Concerto in B Minor
Sir Edward William Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Shellac with paper label
Collection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275641.2.1
Summary
Part 1 of Elgar's 'Concerto in B Minor' for violin and orchestra performed by Sir Henry J Wood and the New Queen's Hall Orchestra. Violin solo by Albert Sammons. Published by Columbia Gramophone Co Ltd. Retailed (ie purchased by the Shaws from) Mecolico (sticker on record label). Disc no 1071.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950
Makers and roles
Sir Edward William Elgar (1857 - 1934), composer Sir Henry Joseph Wood (London 1869 - Hitchin 1944), creator Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd, engraver and publisher