I have not seen your article yet,but I am assuming,you have uncovered the identities,of the orchestras,on many pre-1916 recordings.If I am not mistaken,the first identified US orchestras ,were The New York Philharmonic,and Metropolitan Opera Orchestras,on Columbia,predating the Mucks on Victor,by a few months.In looking through my own records,the earliest symphonic records I found,were,an early Columbia Double Disc 1911,I think (Although this may be a European recording.),by Felix Weingartner,and an unknown orchestra.And some pre-1916 recordings by The Victor Concert Orchestra (Shilkret ?),with excerpts from symphonies. My question is would The VCO count as a "real" orchestra?
  

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