Just got my copy today and in fact I'm about to take it into the .. uh .. meditation room. dl Steven Smolian wrote: > It's a long story. Read the articles. > > Steve Smolian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:43 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Which US Orchestra Recorded First ? > > >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? > > > >