Victor matrix BS-068880. Minstrels / E. Robert Schmitz

Title	Source
Minstrels (Primary title)	Victor ledgers
Preludes, book 1 (Work title)	Victor ledgers
Preludes, piano, book 1. Minstrels (Uniform title)
Authors and Composers	Notes
Claude Debussy (composer)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
Personnel	Notes
E. Robert Schmitz (instrumentalist : piano)
Ronald E. Wise (session supervisor)	Takes 1 & 2.

Additional Information

Description: Piano solo
Category: Instrumental
Master Size: 10-in.
Title Note: The Victor ledgers state that the selection is number 12 in Debussy's Prelude, book 1.

Notes
Victor ledgers (takes 1 & 2): "R. Wise, present."
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Source(s): Victor ledgers.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status
1/15/1942 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.]	1	Unknown
1/15/1942 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.]	2	Unknown
1/15/1942 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.]	2A	Not processed
2/5/1942 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.]	3	Unknown
2/6/1942 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.]	4	Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-068880. Minstrels / E. Robert Schmitz," accessed January 6, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200053025/BS-068880-Minstrels.

Victor matrix BS-068880. Minstrels / E. Robert Schmitz. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 6, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200053025/BS-068880-Minstrels.

"Victor matrix BS-068880. Minstrels / E. Robert Schmitz." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 6 January 2026.

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