Victor matrix D4RB-0700. I wonder as I wander / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout ; Victor Orchestra

TitleSource
I wonder as I wander (Primary title)Disc label
Appalachian folk song (Title descriptor)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
John Jacob Niles (arranger)Disc label credit: "Collected and arranged by."
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Victor Orchestra (Musical group)
Jay Blackton (conductor)
Gladys Swarthout (vocalist : mezzo-soprano)
Victor Chorale (Vocal group)
Robert Shaw (choral director)
Macklin Marrow (session supervisor)
Jacques Gasselin (instrumentalist : violin)
Tosha Samaroff (instrumentalist : violin)
Serge Kotlarky (instrumentalist : violin)
Kurt Bieterle (instrumentalist : violin)
Harry Urbont (instrumentalist : violin)
Sidney Zwilling (instrumentalist : violin)
Murray Feldman (instrumentalist : violin)
Murray Kellner (instrumentalist : violin)
Harry Zarief (instrumentalist : violin)
Arnold Eidus (instrumentalist : violin)
Frank Brieff (instrumentalist : viola)
Leon Frengut (instrumentalist : viola)
Julius Shaier (instrumentalist : viola)
Abram Borodkin (instrumentalist : cello)
Lucien Schmidt (instrumentalist : cello)
Paul Prinz (instrumentalist : string bass)
Frank Signorelli (instrumentalist : piano)
Leane Pettigrew (instrumentalist : harp)
Frank B. Warrell (instrumentalist : guitar)
Robert Bloom (instrumentalist : oboe)
Arthur Lora (instrumentalist : flute)
Alfred Gallodoro (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Theodore A. Gompers (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Edward V. Powell (instrumentalist : saxophone)
John G. Cressy (instrumentalist : saxophone)
James N. De Med (instrumentalist : saxophone)
George J. Gaber (instrumentalist : drums)
Joseph Rescigno (instrumentalist : French horn)
Ralph W. Brown (instrumentalist : French horn)
Stanley Casner (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Charles Margulis (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Frank R. Venezia (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Albert Godlis (instrumentalist : trombone)
Ralph Liese (instrumentalist : trombone)
Robert Paolucci (instrumentalist : trombone)
Additional Information
  • Description: Mezzo-soprano solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra
  • Instrumentation: 10 violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, flute, oboe, 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 horns, guitar, piano, string bass, harp, and drums
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Macklin Marrow, present"; "Union musicians used."
Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 1 Master Victor 10-1181 10-in.
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 1A Destroy
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 2 Hold
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 2A Destroy
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 2B Hold Dub of take 2A, made 1/30/1945 at Victor New York Studio 6.
11/15/1944 New York, New York. Lotos Club (110 W. 57th St.) 2C Destroy Dub made 1/30/1945 at Victor New York Studio 6.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix D4RB-0700. I wonder as I wander / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout ; Victor Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300001849/D4RB-0700-I_wonder_as_I_wander.

Victor matrix D4RB-0700. I wonder as I wander / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout ; Victor Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300001849/D4RB-0700-I_wonder_as_I_wander.

"Victor matrix D4RB-0700. I wonder as I wander / Jay Blackton ; Gladys Swarthout ; Victor Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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