Victor records (May 1914)

FIRST 1914 EDITION with biographical sketches of composers, brief opera plots, new portraits and other new features 1 The Victor’s New Style Catalogue Our customers and dealers continue to be enthusiastic over the Victor’s radical departure — the first real alphabetical catalogue ever issued, and which is not only a catalogue, but something of a musical dictionary as welL It is everywhere pronounced a very great improvement over the old form, many declaring it to be the most valuable and unique catalogue ever issued by any corporation. A Catalogue Without Indexes or Page Numbers! It will be observed that the new catalogue has no indexes — or rather, it is all index, — every title, subject, singer, organization and composer being in its proper place, with all the records in each class set underneath the subject heading; and each with its number, size and price printed plainly after the title, — and in every case where a double-faced record is listed both titles are given. For example, take double-faced record No. 16906. This appecirs first under the A s, as follows : /Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Berlin) Collins and Harlanl \ The Oceana Roll {LewisDennis) Eddie Morton] And this record will also be found under the O’s, with titles reversed, thus : /Oceana Roll, The ^Lewis-Dennis) Eddie Morion) ,, ( Alexander’s Ragtime Band {Berlin) Collins and Harlan] ^ | It will be noticed that each title appears in its proper alphabetical order, with the title of the selection on the other side of the record indented and printed in italic type to keep the alphabetical column perfectly clear. Method of Listing Under Subject Headings. In so complete a catalogue some records are listed several times under various headings, and under these subject headings it has been found necessary to list double-faced records in a different way, as follows : SCOTCH SONGS Cornin’ Thro* the Rye — E<lith Helena and Ye Banks and Braes — Menry Burr \S\62 10 .75 Flow Gently, Sweet Afton — Miller and Quid Plaid Shawl — 7/cnry fiurr l 7386 10; .75 I’m Wearing Awa’ — Wells and Daddy (Behrend) Elizabeth lVhee/er\l7203 10 .75 Jocko’ Hazeldean— John Young and Scots, IVha' Hae’—Reinald tVerrenrath\lS96\i\0\ .75 The two selections in this case being set on the same line (the second title in italic type) and divided by the symbol and. Alphabetical Plan Preserved in All Cases. To show how this plan preserves the alphabetical arrangement take this example ; OPERA AIRS IN ENGLISH Africana — Oh. Paradiae (L'Africana — O Paradise) (Meyerbeer) AX'illiams 74148 12 1.50 ^hemian Girl — Heart Bow’d Down (Balfe) Herbert Goddard and Good Bye, Sweetheart, Good B\fe (Hatton) Herbert Goddard 16064 10 .75 Bohemian (jirl — 1 Dreamt 1 Dwelt in Marble Halls — Elizabeth )X^heeler and Bohemian Gid — Then You’ll Remember Me — Harry Macdoncugh 16398 10 .75 Carmen — Toreador Song (Bizet) Alan Turner i and Trot)atore (Tempest of the Heart) (Kerdi) Alan Turner \G32\ 10 .75 Contes d’Hoffman — Barcarolle (Offenbach) Mr. and Mrs. )X'*beeler and Fatinitza Selection ivonSuppe) Pryor’s Band \SS27 10 .75 * * * ~w~ Trovatore — Tempest of the Heart — Alan Turner ! and Cormcn — Toreador Song {Bize£) Alan TurrKr \SS2\ 10 .75 [oter] Copyright, 1912, by Victor Talking Machine Company Copyright. 1915, by Victor Talking Machine Company Coprright, 1914, by Victor Talking Machine Company ^ J i I \ h