Vintage Christmas Wax

Rare turn-of-the-century Christmas recordings taken from wax cylinders.

Some of the earliest recordings around are of Christmas music, both in the popular vein, as well as more traditional hymns and other Christmas classical favorites. The Archivist doesn't recall where he first collected these transcriptions from wax cylinders (some are from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California - Santa Barbara, released under Creative Commons), but they represent some of the earliest music in his library.

1. Hail Smiling Morn (Christmas Carol) - The Edison Quartette | 1904
2. Christ The New Born King - Robert Price | 1904
3. Winter - Harry Macdonough & Haydn Quartet | 1905
4. Will You Love Me In December, As You Do In May - Harry Macdonough & Haydn Quartet | 1905
5. Silent Night - Edison Male Quartet | 1905
6. Joy To The World - Edison Concert Band | 1906
7. O Tannenbaum - Nebe-Quartett | 1907
8. Ring Out The Bells For Christmas - Edison Concert Band | 1907
9. Christ Is Come - Edison Concert Band | 1908
10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Henry Burr | 1908
11. The Star Of Bethlehem - A Christmas Song - Henry Burr | 1908
12. Auld Lang Syne - Frank C. Stanley | 1910
13. Christmas Time Seems Years And Years Away - Manuel Romain | 1910
14. Ring Out The Bells For Christmas - The Edison Concert Band | 1912
15. Silent Night - Elizabeth Spencer & Anthony Harrison | 1912
16. Bells Of Christmas - Edison Concert Band | 1913
17. Hail! Hail! Day Of Days - Edison Mixed Quartet | 1913
18. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Edison Mixed Quartet | 1914
19. O Come, All Ye Faithful [adeste Fideles] (Take 2) - Edison Mixed Quartet | 1914
20. Night Before Christmas - Harry E. Humphrey | 1914
21. Ring Out, Wild Bells - Carol Singers | 1916
22. Christmas Eve: a Fantasie On Old German Christmas Carols - Robert Gayler | 1916
23. Hallelujah Chorus - Messiah - Oratorio Chorus | 1916
24. The First Nowell - Carol Singers | 1916
25. Christmas, Christmas, Blessed, Blessed Day - Metropolitan Quartet | 1917
26. God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen - Carol Singers | 1917
27. Christmas Morn - Miro's Band | 1918
28. Christmas Eve - Miro's Band | 1918
29. Christmas Bells - Robert Gayler | 1919
30. If Winter Comes - Atlantic Dance Orchestra | 1922
31. Ave Maria - Kathleen Parlow | 1923
32. Silent Night - Florence Easton | 1924
33. Holy Night - Florence Easton & Chorus | 1928
34. Bethlehem - The Shepherd's Nativity Hymn - Westminster Glee Singers | 1929
35. The Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Is Just To Keep The Things That I've Got) - Eddie Cantor | 1939

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