Prague Museum, Mechanical Musical Instruments

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Recordings of Mechanical Musical Instruments in the Prague National Museum

Annotation last modified on 2013-03-02 17:30 UTC.

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
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1Pin operated Musical Box: Martha
partial instrumental recording of:
Martha
composer:
Friedrich von Flotow (composer)
librettist:
Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
premiered at:
Theater am Kärntnertor in Wien, Austria (on 1847-11-25)
Friedrich von Flotow0:44
2Pin operated Musical Box: Coppélia
partial recording of:
Coppélia
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer) (in 1870)
premiered at:
Salle Le Peletier (1821-1873) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1870-05-25)
Léo Delibes1:39
3Pin operated Musical Box: Violetta
partial instrumental recording of:
La traviata
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
premiered at:
La Fenice in Venezia, Venezia, Veneto, Italy (on 1853-03-06)
Giuseppe Verdi1:24
4Pin operated Musical Box with percussion: Unidentified Composition
[unknown]1:13
5Pin operated Musical Box with Reed Organ: Don Giovanni / Lohengrin / Tausend und eine Nacht
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Richard Wagner / Johann Strauss II2:26
6Pipe Barrel Organ: Bird Organ
[unknown]0:58
7Pipe Barrel Organ: Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II2:09
8Pipe Barrel Organ: Der eiserne Grenadier / Frühlingsgruss
[unknown]2:29
9Mechanical Reed Organ: Wo sind deine Haare / Ta nase pisnicka ceska
Richard Fall / Karel Hašler1:11
10Mechanical Reed Organ: The Orphan / Kdo jedenkrát
[unknown] / Josef Stelibský1:25
11Mechanical Reed Organ: Koline, Koline
František Kmoch0:53
12Mechanical Harmonica: O sole mio
Eduardo di Capua1:03
13Orchestrion - Piano: Proc bychom se netesili / Unidentified Composition
Bedřich Smetana / [unknown]3:41
14Polyphone: Bohemians March / Morav, Moravo / Serenade
Joseph Kovarik / Josef Nesvera / Josef Bohuslav Foerster2:56
15Polyphone: Radetzky March
recording of:
Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228
composer:
Johann Strauss (Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father) (in 1848)
dedicated to:
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
premiered at:
Wasserglacis in Wien, Austria (on 1848-08-31)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Sr. by opus number (number: op. 228)
Johann Strauss I2:14
16Polyphone: Annen Polka / Znam jednu divku
Johann Strauss II / Bedřich Smetana2:01
17Polyphone: March of the Cadets
John Philip Sousa2:11
18Polyphone: Carmen
partial instrumental recording of:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
premiered at:
Salle Favart (1840–1887, second home of Opéra‐Comique) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1875-03-03)
part of:
Hugh Macdonald Catalogue (Bizet GB #s) (number: GB 9) and Winton Dean Catalogue (Bizet WD #s) (number: WD 31)
Georges Bizet1:11
19Polyphone: Proc bychom se netesili / Kde domov muj
Bedřich Smetana / František Jan Škroup1:48
20Pianola: Hungarian Waltzes
[unknown]3:45
21Pianola: Listecku dubovy
[traditional]2:38
22Pipe Orchestrion: Carnival of Venice
Pietro Frosini3:07