Cylinder of the Month
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For July 1998 . . .
This month: From 1898, The Charge of Roosevelt's Rough Riders,
a commemorative recording dramatizing America's victory that year in the Spanish-American war.
The Charge of Roosevelt's Rough Riders
| Company |
Columbia Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
15195
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| Category |
Descriptive selection
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| Title |
The Charge of Roosevelt's Rough Riders
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| Performed by |
Columbia Orchestra
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| Circa |
1898
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| Announcement |
"Descriptive selection, The Charge of Roosevelt's Rough Riders,
played by Columbia Orchestra, for Columbia Phonograph Company of New York and Paris."
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Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders' charge of San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898
quickly became the stuff of American legend.
The American sound recording industry
responded to this, the first war of its young life,
with dozens of war-theme records.
In this "descriptive selection" we hear sample bugle calls, a battle re-enactment,
and tunes popularized during the war – including
A Hot Time in the Old Town To-night.
To hear a later version of the Hot Time March from 1904
played by the Edison Military Band, click here.
To learn more about the Spanish-American War, see the:
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To hear The Charge of Roosevelt's Rough Riders —
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To hear an excerpt —
For help playing these sounds, click here.
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— This cylinder of the month is from the collection of Bruce Stinchcomb —
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