- Irish Music on Cylinder Recordings
Irish Music on Cylinder Recordings
Cylinder recordings created the first auditory documents of sound, and Irish music and themes played central roles in this new medium. Produced between 1877 and 1929, the creation of these recordings coincided with steady Irish immigration to the United States. The newly evolving music industry recorded traditional and folk melodies for this office, as well as the almost overwhelming number of Tin Pan Alley songs exploring themes of Irishness.
The following digitized cylinders from our collections show how Irish music, musicians, and themes shaped the recording industry. Included within are a couple homemade recordings of unknown musicians singing Irish folk songs.
Recordings digitized by David Giovannoni.
Further information about cylinder records: UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive’s Cylinder Recordings: A Primer
Listen to more homemade recordings of Irish traditional music at our Dunn Family Collection site.
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A Little Bunch of Shamrocks: Frank X. Doyle and Chorus
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

A Nation Once Again: John McCormack
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Arrah Wanna Medley: Edison Military Band
- Instrumental
- Mick Moloney Collection

Avourneen: John McCormack
- Folk Song
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Barney Google: Billy Jones and Ernest Hare
- Baritones
- Tenors
- Vocal Duo
- Irish Fest Collection

Believe me if all those endearing young charms: Frank Mazziotta
- Instrumental
- Piccolo
- Mick Moloney Collection

Believe me if all those endearing young charms: Franklin Lawson
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

Bonnie Sweet Bessie; The Maid Of Dundee
- Folk Song
- Vocal Quartette
- Irish Fest Collection

Can You Tame Wild Wimmin?: Billy Murray
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Cleopatra Finnegan: Edison Military Band
- Instrumental
- Mick Moloney Collection

Cloud Chief (A) Medley of Jigs (B): Vess L. Ossman and Charles D'Almaine
- Banjo
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- Mick Moloney Collection

Come Back to Erin: Ernest Pike and Peter Dawson
- Baritones
- Tenors
- Vocal Duo
- Irish Fest Collection

Crowd on McNally's Back Stoop: Collins and Harlan
- Comic Song
- Vocal Duo
- Irish Fest Collection

Dear Little Shamrock: John McCormack
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Dear Little Shamrock: John McCormack
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Dougherty: Ada Jones
- Female Vocalist
- Mick Moloney Collection

Down at Finnegan's Jamboree: Charles D'Almaine & Company D'Almaine (violin) with uncredited speakers
- Comic Sketch
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- Vaudeville
- David Giovannoni Collection

Drill Ye Tarriers Drill: George J. Gaskin
- Folk Song
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Dublin Daisies: Peerless Quartette
- Vocal Quartette
- Mick Moloney Collection

Eileen Alannah: John McCormack
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Famous Songs in Irish Plays—Medley: Walter Van Brunt
- Most Recent
- Tenors
- David Giovannoni Collection

Father O'Flynn: David Brazell
- Baritones
- Irish Fest Collection

Father O'Flynn: Frank Croxton
- Most Recent
- Bass (Vocalist)
- David Giovannoni Collection

Finnegan's Flat: Steve Porter
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Finnegan's Irish Band: Steve Porter
- Comic Song
- Mick Moloney Collection

Fisher's Hornpipe—Medley: Charles D'Almaine
- Most Recent
- Fiddle
- Hornpipes
- Irish Traditional
- David Giovannoni Collection

Flanagan and "The Reilly's" at a Baseball Game: Steve Porter
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Flanagan at the Vocal Teachers: Steve Porter
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Flanagan's Irish Jubilee: Steve Porter and Company
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- David Giovannoni Collection

Flanagan's Married Life: Steve Porter
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Flanagan's Shopping Tour: Steve Porter
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Flanagan's St. Patrick's Day: Steve Porter
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Flanagan's Trouble With His Tailor: Steve Porter
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Green Fields of America/Teetotalers/Swallow's Tail (Reels): Patrick J. Scanlon
- Accordion
- Instrumental
- Irish Traditional
- Reels
- Mick Moloney Collection

Green Isle Of Erin: John McCormack
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

If Shamrocks Grew Along the Swanee River: Charles Hart and Lewis James
- Tenors
- Vocal Duo
- Mick Moloney Collection

I'll take you home again, Kathleen: Kaplan's Melodists
- Instrumental
- Irish Fest Collection

I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You: George J. Gaskin
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Imitation of Bagpipes and Scotch Airs: Charles D'Almaine
- Fiddle
- Instrumental
- Scottish
- Mick Moloney Collection

Indian Intermezzo: John J. Kimmel
- Accordion
- Instrumental
- Mick Moloney Collection

Irish Repartee: Steve Porter and Billy Murray
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Jim Lawson's Medley of Reels: Charles D'Almaine
- Most Recent
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- Reels
- David Giovannoni Collection

Judy (Irish Eyes): Walter Scanlon
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

Kathleen Mavourneen: Mrs. Clarence Eddy
- Most Recent
- Female Vocalist
- David Giovannoni Collection

Kerry Dance: Brass Quartette
- Instrumental
- Mick Moloney Collection

Killarney: John McCormack
- Folk Song
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Killarney: Orchestra Recording
- Instrumental
- Irish Fest Collection

Kitty O'Neil—Medley of reels: Charles D'Almaine
- Fiddle
- Instrumental
- Irish Traditional
- David Giovannoni Collection

Maggie Clancy's New Piano: Ada Jones and Len Spencer
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Mary Ann O'Houlihan: Edward M. Favor
- Comic Song
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

McGinty at the Living Pictures: Edward M. Favor
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Medley of Irish Airs: Dan Murphy
- Fiddle
- Instrumental
- Irish Traditional
- Mick Moloney Collection

Medley of Irish Jigs: John J. Kimmel
- Accordion
- Irish Traditional
- Jigs
- Mick Moloney Collection

Medley of Reels: Edison Military Band
- Instrumental
- Reels
- Irish Fest Collection

Michael Casey Digging in the Klondike Gold Fields: Jim White
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Molly Malone (from the Passing Show of 1919): Charles Hart
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

Mr. & Mrs. Malone: Ada Jones and Len Spencer
- Female Vocalist
- Vocal Duo
- Mick Moloney Collection

Mrs. Clancy And The Street Musicians: Steve Porter, Billy Murray, Ed Meeker
- Vaudeville
- Irish Fest Collection

My Galway Rose (from Irish Eyes): Walter Scanlan
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

My Irish Molly-O: Billy Murray
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

My Little Dutch Colleen: Ada Jones
- Comic Song
- Mick Moloney Collection

My Wild Irish Rose: Harry Anthony
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

My Wild Irish Rose: Harry Anthony
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

New Tipperary March: John J. Kimmel
- Accordion
- Instrumental
- Irish Traditional
- Mick Moloney Collection

Nora Acushla: Will Oakland
- Tenors
- David Giovannoni Collection

Nothing's Too Good for the Irish: Dan W. Quinn
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Pretty Molly Shannon: Harry Macdonough
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

Santiago Flynn: Ada Jones and Len Spencer
- Comic Sketch
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

Singular Dream (home recording)
- Female Vocalist
- Folk Song
- Home Recording
- Mick Moloney Collection

Snowy-Breasted Pearl: John McCormack
- Folk Song
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

Sullivan: Steve Porter
- Comic Song
- Vaudeville
- Mick Moloney Collection

The Dublin Rag: Ada Jones
- Female Vocalist
- Ragtime
- Mick Moloney Collection

The Dying Cowboy (home recording - version of Street of Laredo): Unknown
- Folk Song
- Home Recording
- Irish Fest Collection

The Irish, The Irish: Edward M. Favor
- Comic Song
- Milwaukee
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

The Last Rose & Old Folks at Home: M. Nagy
- Cimbalom
- Instrumental
- Mick Moloney Collection

The Rocky Road To Dublin (Reel): Allen Sisson
- Fiddle
- Instrumental
- Old-Time
- Reels
- Irish Fest Collection

The Spailpin Fanach: Unknown
- Irish Language
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

The Wearing of the Green: Marie Narelle
- Female Vocalist
- David Giovannoni Collection

Tipperary: Stella Tobin
- Female Vocalist
- Mick Moloney Collection

Tooral-I-ooral-I-ay: Billy Murray
- Female Vocalist
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

Top O' The Morning (Bridget McCue): Ada Jones
- Female Vocalist
- Mick Moloney Collection

Under The Irish Moon: Byron G. Harlan
- Tenors
- Irish Fest Collection

What do you think of Hoolahan: Edward M. Favor
- Tenors
- Mick Moloney Collection

Where the River Shannon Flows: Will Oakland
- Most Recent
- Tenors
- David Giovannoni Collection

Where the River Shannon Flows: Will Oakland and W.H. Thompson
- Baritones
- Tenors
- Vocal Duo
- Mick Moloney Collection
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