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1908 Harry MacDonough tenor Stephen Adams Hymn THE HOLY CITY Victor 16184 _ For Sale

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Early recording pioneer Harry MacDonough recorded Stephen Adams famous Hymn 21! times since 1899.
Here the first double sided version with amazing high tessitura singing

Here the 1908 Take 3recording

The Holy City (Primary title)
Part 1/ Part 2
Sacred song
Stephen Adams (composer)
F. E. Weatherly (lyricist)

Harry Macdonough (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Description: Male vocal solo, with orchestra

Language: English

12/3/1908 Camden, New Jersey Victor 16184

FIRST PUBLISHED TAKE 3/3, not the 1918 re recording Orig Issue 5 line Victor Patent 10\" 78 rpm.
CONDITION: EXCELLENT some scuffs, plays E+ EXCEPTIONALLYquiet rare ticks

A SUPERB COPY

The Holy City is a religious Victorian ballad dating from 1892, with music by Michael Maybrick writing under the alias Stephen Adams, with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly. Its sheet music sales made it one of the most commercially successful songs in the UK and United States around the beginning of the 20th century, and also \"perhaps the most pirated musical piece prior to the Internet\", according to copyright scholar Adrian Johns.[1]

The song is recorded in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review in 1911 as having been sung by an opera singer awaiting trial for fraud in his cell while a group of men arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct were before the judge. The men were said to have dropped to their knees as the song began \'Last night I lay a-sleeping, There came a dream so fair.\', the lyrics contrasting with their previous night\'s drunkenness. The song\'s conclusion resulted in the judge dismissing the men without punishment, each having learned a lesson from the song.[2]

The song is mentioned in James Joyce\'s Ulysses (1922).[3] It gained renewed popularity when it was sung by Jeanette MacDonald in the 1936 hit film San Francisco.[4][5] The melody formed the basis of a Spiritual titled Hosanna, which in turn was the basis for the opening of Duke Ellington\'s \"Black and Tan Fantasy\". In the 1970s it was also translated into Afrikaans and sung by South African baritone Gé Korsten under the title \'Jerusalem\'. That version is still popular in South Africa today.[6]

John Scantlebury Macdonald (May 30, 1871 – September 26, 1931) was a Canadian-Irish-Scottish singer and recording executive. Under the pseudonym Harry Macdonough, he was one of the most prolific and popular tenors during the formative years of the recording industry. Based upon the ledgers of the four major record companies of the early twentieth century (Edison, Victor, Columbia and Brunswick), which are accessible online through the Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR), some of his most popular recordings included “Shine On, Harvest Moon” (with Elise Stevenson), “Down By The Old Mill Stream”, “They Didn’t Believe Me” (with Olive Kline), “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden” (with Grace Spencer), and “Where The River Shannon Flows”.

Music career
Macdonald was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[1] His earliest recorded performances were for the Michigan Electric Company in Detroit, which made phonograph cylinders for penny arcades.[2] He caught the attention of Edison Records with a demo recording he made in October 1898, and began recording for Edison in the Haydn Quartet.[3] From 1899 until his retirement in 1920, he recorded hundreds of songs both as a soloist and in ensembles.[4]

One of Macdonald\'s lesser-known performances is for performing \"Tessie\", then billed as \"Tessie (You Are the Only Only Only)\" from the Broadway musical The Silver Slipper in 1903, becoming a rallying cry for the Boston Red Sox until 1918 and starting again in 2004 during the World Series.[5][6][7]

During the 1900s Macdonald took a job with the Victor Talking Machine Company, becoming assistant manager and later manager of its New York City studio.[8] As studio manager he oversaw the studio schedule, as well as negotiating contracts with artists and music publishers.[9] In October 1913 he recorded a duet with the American singer Marguerite Dunlap of \"When It\'s Apple Blossom Time in Normandy\".[10] Macdonald rose rapidly at Victor, becoming its national sales manager in 1920 and manager of artists and repertoire in 1923.[9] He moved to Columbia Records in 1925 and oversaw the technical development of its studios until his death.[11]7

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1908 Harry MacDonough tenor Stephen Adams Hymn THE HOLY CITY Victor 16184 _ For Sale

1908 Harry MacDonough tenor Stephen Adams Hymn THE HOLY CITY Victor 16184 _: $14.99

1908 Harry MacDonough tenor Stephen Adams Hymn THE HOLY CITY Victor 16184 _:
$14.99