Early 20th century brass music digitized from wax cylinders and Berliner flat discs.
“The recordings of this early music were recorded on cylinders and then on the first flat records, such as Berliner and Zonophone. One must remember that these recordings are indictive of the primitive recording reproduction that was used. The early listener still marveled at these recordings as they had never heard anything like this before in their own home! I attempted to use the correct speeds especially with the early recordings, as they were not 78rpm. Also, some of the recordings are “mournful brass solos” as my wife calls them, but they were the songs popular at the time. I hope you enjoy the recordings from my personal collection for over 45 years.”
Early Cornet & Trumpet Solos
From A. Hayes to Herbert L. Clark, these recordings have been captured from some of the greatest cornetists and trumpeters who’ve ever lived.
| Musician A. Hayes Hayes was the cornet soloist with the H.M. Grenadier Guards Band in London. |
| Goodbye, ca. 1910 |
| Adam Schirra Adam Schirra was the grandfather of the famous astronaut Wally Schirra, one of the original astronauts on the Mercury project. |
| Coming Through the Rye, 1896 |
 Albert (Al) Sweet (1876–1945) When Al Sweet was 20 years old, he went to New York and was introduced to Paris Chambers, who became very interested in the talented young man. He studied under Chambers, and in 1899, Sweet became director of music at the Edison Phonograph Company, where he remained for about five years. He later organized his own band, The White Hussars, in which he was the cornet soloist. (Bridges) |
| Commodore Polka, 1900
Pretty Violets, ca. 1899 Prismatic Polka, ca. 1899 |
 Bode was with Gilmore’s Band and was the first cornet soloist with the Sousa Band in 1892. He stayed with the band, sharing soloist duties with Clarke and others until 1897. |
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Sea Flower Polka, ca. 1901 |