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SECOND 1914 EDITION with biographical sketches, opera plots,
new portraits and special Red Seal section
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. 16908. This appears first under the A’s, as follows:
aOR Ragtime Band (Berlin) Collins and Harlan The Oceana Roll (Lewis-Dennis) Eddie Morton
And this record will also be found under the O's, with titles reversed, thus :
{capes Roll, The (Lewis-Dennis) Eddie ean 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 | Comin’ Thro’ the Rye—Edith Helena and Ye Banks and Braes—Henry Burr| 16162) 10 75 Flow Gently, Sweet Afton—Miller and Ould Plaid Shawl—Henry Burr 17203 ie a
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I'm Wearing Awa’—Wells and Daddy (Behrend) Elizabeth Wheeler|17203
Jock o’ Hazeldean—John Young and Scots, Wha’ Hae’—Reinald Werrenrath\16961 ahs 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, Paradise (L’ Africana—O Paradiso) (Meyerbeer), Williams|74148|12)1.50 Bohemian Girl—Heart Bow’'d Down (Balfe) Herbert Goddard |
and Good Bye, Sweetheart, Good Bye (Hatton) Herbert poe ae 4 75 |
Bohemian Girl—I Dreamt | Dwelt in Marble Halls—Elizabeth Wheeler and Bohemian Girl—Then You’ll Remember Me—Harry Macdonough 16398)|10) .75 Carmen—Toreador Song (Bizet) Alan Turner | and Trovatore (Tempest of the Heart) (Verdi) Alan Turner,16521|10) .75 Contes d’'Hoffman—Barcarolle (Offenbach) Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler | : : : and Fatinitza Selection (von Suppe) Pryor’s Band 16827/10| .75
| Trovatore—Tempest of the Heart—Alan Turner | : | and Carmen—Toreador Song (Bizet) Alan Turner.16521'10' .75
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Copyright, 1912, by Victor Talking Machine Company Copyright, 1913, by Victor Talking Machine Company Copyright, 1914, by Victor Talking Machine Company