Victor matrix CVE-43143. Metropolis / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra

TitleSource
Metropolis (Primary title)Disc label
Part 3 (Title part)Disc label
A blue fantasie (Subtitle)Disc label
Fantasie in E flat (Alternate title)Victor ledgers
Authors and ComposersNotes
Ferde Grofé (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra (Musical group)
Roy Bargy (instrumentalist : piano)
Bix Beiderbecke (instrumentalist : cornet)
Henry Busse (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Rupert ("Rube") Crozier (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Rupert ("Rube") Crozier (instrumentalist : bassoon)
Rupert ("Rube") Crozier (instrumentalist : flute)
Boyce Cullen (instrumentalist : trombone)
Kurt Dieterle (instrumentalist : violin)
Irving ("Izzy") Friedman (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Jack Fulton (instrumentalist : trombone)
Wilbur Hall (instrumentalist : trombone)
Chester Hazlett (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Min Leibrook (instrumentalist : tuba)
Matty Malneck (instrumentalist : violin)
Charles Margulis (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Roy J. ("Red") Mayer (instrumentalist : alto saxophone)
Harold McDonald (instrumentalist : drums)
Eddie Pinder (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Mike Pingitore (instrumentalist : banjo)
Bill Rank (instrumentalist : trombone)
Mischa Russell (instrumentalist : violin)
Tom Satterfield (instrumentalist : piano)
Charles Strickfaden (instrumentalist : baritone saxophone)
Charles Strickfaden (instrumentalist : clarinet)
Mike Trafficante (instrumentalist : string bass)
Frank Trumbauer (instrumentalist : C-melody saxophone)
Ferde Grofé (director)Listed as Assist. in Victor ledgers.
Paul Whiteman (director)
Additional Information
  • Description: Orchestra
  • Instrumentation: 4 violins, bass, 6 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 12-in.
  • Title Note: Victor ledgers: "Fantasie in E flat ... comp. and arr. for the Paul Whiteman Orchestra." Victor ledgers: "Based on two themes by M. Malneck and H. Barris."
Notes
Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from Sunbeam CD notes.
Source(s): Sunbeam CD notes (personnel); John Bolig files (Gramophone issues); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 1 Destroy
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 2 Destroy
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 3 Hold Sunbeam BX CD7 Compact disc
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 3 Hold Sunbeam [CVE-43143] 12-in. Custom pressing.
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 4 Master Victor 35934 12-in.
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 4 Master Gramophone 7-965 (Not issued) 12-in. Gramophone Co. face number.
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 4 Master Gramophone 5-0862 (Not issued) 12-in. Gramophone Co. face number.
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 4 Master Gramophone (Australia) EB-32 12-in.
3/14/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall 4 Master Sunbeam BX CD7 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix CVE-43143. Metropolis / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017321/CVE-43143-Metropolis.

Victor matrix CVE-43143. Metropolis / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017321/CVE-43143-Metropolis.

"Victor matrix CVE-43143. Metropolis / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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