Columbia matrix 774. The messenger boy : Selection / Columbia Orchestra

TitleSource
The messenger boy : Selection (Primary title)Brooks/Rust
Unverified composer information: Ivan Caryll; Lionel Monckton
PersonnelNotes
Columbia Orchestra (Musical group)
Hager's Orchestra (Musical group)
Climax Orchestra (Musical group)
Additional Information
  • Description: Orchestra
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Brooks/Rust associates two different ensembles (Columbia and Climax Orchestras being the same ensemble) with the recording sessions that include this master number. However it is not known whether one of them, or a different ensemble, is responsible for the recordings that are unattributed here.
Information on this recording from "The Columbia master book discography, volume 1: U.S. matrix series 1 through 4999, 1901-1910 with a history of the Columbia Phonograph Columbia to 1934," by Tim Brooks (Greenwood Press, 1999). Database edition by arrangement with the publisher.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
between January and September 1902 New York, New York Unknown Master Climax 774 10-in. Performed by Hager's Orchestra; announced.
between January and September 1902 New York, New York Unknown Master Columbia 774 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix 774. The messenger boy : Selection / Columbia Orchestra," accessed January 25, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000136732/774-The_messenger_boy_Selection.

Columbia matrix 774. The messenger boy : Selection / Columbia Orchestra. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 25, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000136732/774-The_messenger_boy_Selection.

"Columbia matrix 774. The messenger boy : Selection / Columbia Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 25 January 2026.

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