[78-L] Columbia 647

[Chris Zwarg]

At 19:45 30.11.2008, you wrote:
>At 18:50 30.11.2008, you wrote:
>>Jack Raymond wrote:
>>> Yes, if the Florodora girls recorded their number for Columbia it was 
>>> probably on Take 2.  

BTW: The description "Florodora GIRLS" is not quite appropriate for a recording of this piece of music - in the stage version it is a double sextet (6 ladies, 6 gentlemen), and to make sense of the lyrics, the male/female dialogue is indispensable. The Columbia recording, as well as Edison's version, reduce the cast to a sextet (3+3 voices), while other early versions are arranged for mixed quartet or even a male/female duet. "Girls only" however is not an option if you try to do justice to this part of the score, and I have never heard a version without the male counterparts.

Chris Zwarg