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For over four decades, David Harvey has meticulously assembled an extraordinary archive of early marimba and xylophone recordings. His comprehensive collection spans three-quarters of a century—from the 1890s through the 1960s—capturing performances by some of history's most accomplished marimbists and xylophonists across a remarkable spectrum of musical styles.

Xylophone Music from the Golden Age draws from David Harvey's expansive archive Marimba and Xylophone Recordings from History, presenting six specialized playlists that capture the instrument's golden era from the 19th century through World War II:

• Xylophone Ragtime from the Golden Age
• Xylophone Jazz from the Golden Age
• Xylophone Classics from the Golden Age
• Xylophone Marches from the Golden Age
• Xylophone Trios from the Golden Age
• Xylophonists from the Golden Age

This comprehensive series celebrates the xylophone's status as a premier virtuoso instrument during its most influential period. Xylophone Ragtime features authentic performances by twenty-two distinct xylophonists, showcasing the syncopated rhythms that made the xylophone synonymous with American popular music.

The collection spans diverse musical territories: Xylophone Jazz captures the instrument's role in early jazz ensembles, Xylophone Classics presents transcriptions of concert hall favorites, and Xylophone Marches highlights the crisp articulation that made the instrument perfect for military and ceremonial music. Xylophone Trios explores intimate chamber music settings, while Xylophonists from the Golden Age provides an essential overview of twenty-five virtuoso performers who defined the instrument's artistic possibilities.

This collection includes:

XYLOPHONE MUSIC FROM THE GOLDEN AGE

Xylophone Ragtime from the Golden Age

1. "Dinah Medley" . . (Stromberg) . . . Charles P. Lowe (1902)

2. "St. Louis Rag" . . (Turpin) . . . Chris Chapman (1906)

3. "Dixie Blossoms" . . (Wenrich) . . . Thomas Mills (1907)

4. "Wild Cherries" . . (Snyder) . . . Augustus Schmehl (1909)

5. "Red Pepper Rag" . . (Lodge) . . . El Cota (1912)

6. "Hungarian Rag" . . (Lenzberg) . . . Andrew Setaro (1914)

7. "Black and White Rag" . . (Botsford) . . . Anonymous xylophonist (1917)

8. "The Peacock Strut" . . (Friscoe) . . . Lou Chiha Friscoe (1919)

9. "Xylophone Rag" . . (Abbey) . . . Wag Abbey (1920)

10. "Dill Pickles Rag". . (Johnson) . . . William Reitz (1922)

11. "Triplets" . . (Green) . . . George Hamilton Green (1924)

12. "Nickel in the Slot" . . (Confrey) . . . Harry Jordan (1925)

13. "Flapperette" . . (Greer) . . . Harry Breuer (1928)

14. "Dancing Tamborine" . . (Polla) . . . Teddy Brown (1928)

15. "Nola" . . (Arndt) . . . Sammy Herman (1929)

16. "Little Fly" . . (Halet) . . . Francesco Cariolato (ca. 1930)

17. "Rudy's Rambles" . . (Starita) . . . Rudy Starita (1932)

18. "12th Street Rag" . . (Bowman) . . . Harry Robbins (1934)

19. "The Merry Xylophonist" . . (Engel) . . . Kurt Engel (1935)

20. "Xylophonia" . . (Green) . . . Joe Green (1938)

21. "Jack Propelled" . . (Simpson) . . . Jack Simpson (1947)

22. "Dizzy Fingers" . . (Confrey) . . . Phil Kraus (1957)

Xylophone Jazz from the Golden Age

1. "The Dry Town Blues" . . (Friscoe) . . . Lou Chiha Friscoe (1917)

2. "That Jazz Dance" . . (Overstreet) . . . Jasper Taylor with Handy's Orchestra (1917)

3. "Tishimingo Blues" . . (Williams) . . . American Marimbaphone Band (1918)

4. "Sensation" . . (Edwards) . . . George Hamilton Green with the All Star Trio (1919)

5. "Ma!" . . (Conrad) . . . Joe Green with the Van Eps Quartet (1921)

6. "Lonesome Alimony Blues" . . (Hanley) . . . Willie Eckstein with the Harry Thomas Trio (1921)

7. "St. Louis Blues" . . (Handy) . . . George Hamilton Green (1927)

8. "Doggin' Me Mama Blues" . . (Blake) . . . Jimmy Bertrand with Blind Bake (1928)

9. "Jazz Fountain" . . (Abbey ) . . . Wag Abbey (ca. 1928)

10. "Through" . . (Monaco) . . . Teddy Brown (1929)

11. "Body And Soul" . . (Green) . . . Rudy Starita with the Four Bright Sparks (1930)

12. "Red Hearts" . . (Simpson-Charrosin) . . . Jack Simpson (1932)

13. "Knockin' On Wood" . . (Norvo) . . . Red Norvo (1933)

14. "Robbin' Harry" . . (Inns) . . . Harry Robbins (1933)

15. "Steppin Out" . . (Vauchant) . . . Hans Byttner (1935)

16. "Always Smiling" . . (Engel) . . . Kurt Engel (1935)

17. "Ya Vas Da-Ra-Ga-Ya-Loo-Bloo" . . (Erickson) . . . Sammy Herman (1941)

18. "Boomerang" . . (Breuer) . . . Harry Breuer (1943)

19. "Take the Red Car" . . (Norvo) . . . Red Norvo (1947)

20. "Somebody Stole My Gal" . . (Wood) . . . Lou Singer (1951)

Xylophone Classics from the Golden Age

1. "Hungarian Lustspiel Overture" . . (Kéler) . . . J. Frank Hopkins (1902)

2. "Overture to William Tell" . . (Rossini) . . . Charles P. Lowe (1902)

3. "Jeu Bohemien" . . (Heimann) . . . Albert Müller (1905)

4. "Dance of the Hours" . . (Ponchielli) . . . William Reitz (1912)

5. "Intermezzo Russe" . . (Franke) . . . Chris Chapman (1916)

6. "Carnival of Venice" . . (Arban) . . . Raymond Ellis (1920)

7. "Intermezzo from Jewels of the Madonna" . . (Wolf-Ferrari) . . . Joe Green (1922)

8. "Fantasy on Tales of Hoffmann" . . (Offenbach) . . . Franz Krüger (1923)

9. "Liebesfreud" . . (Kreisler) . . . Harry Jordan (1925)

10. "Barcarole" . . (Offenbach) . . . Teddy Brown (1927)

11. "Hungarian Rhapsody No 2" . . (Liszt) . . . Lilian Helton (1929)

12. "Tarantelle de Concert" . . (Greenwood) . . . Anonymous xylophonist (1929)

13. "Caprice de Concert" . . (Migliavacca) . . . Francesco Cariolato (ca. 1930)

14. "Carmen" . . (Bizet) . . . Maria Valente (1930)

15. "Caprice Valsant" . . (Green) . . . George Hamilton Green (1934)

16. "Schön Rosmarin" . . (Kreisler) . . . Rudy Starita (ca. 1935)

17. "Allegro" . . (Mozart) . . . Yoichi Hiraoka (1940)

18. "Tamborin Chinois" . . (Kreisler) . . . A. Kriger (ca. 1940)

19. "Flight of the Bumble Bee" . . (Rimsky-Korsakov) . . . Sammy Herman (ca. 1942)

20. "Valse Op 56 No 2" . . (Godard) . . . Charles Owen (ca. 1940's)

Xylophone Marches from the Golden Age

1. "Big Guns" . . (Avolo) . . . The Xylophone Avolos (1901)

2. "Washington Post March" . . (Sousa) . . . Charles P. Lowe (1902)

3. "Uncle Sammy March" . . (Holzmann) . . . J. Frank Hopkins (1904)

4. "A True Soldier" . . (LaCalle) . . . Harry Yerkes (1907)

5. "American March" . . (Unknown) . . . Louis Vernon (1907)

6. "Watermelon Club March" . . (Lampe) . . . Chris Chapman (1907)

7. "Peter Piper March" . . (Stern) . . . Albert Benzler (1910)

8. "Carnival Maid" . . (Snyder) . . . Thomas Mills (1910)

9. "British Empire March" . . (Whitlock) . . William Whitlock (ca. 1911)

10. "Eldorado March" . . (Herbert) . . . William Reitz (1913)

11. "The Messenger Boy March" . . (Furth) . . . Howard Kopp (1918)

12. "American Pep" . . (Green) . . . Joe Green (1920)

13. "A Bunch of Roses" . . (Chapi) . . . George Hamilton Green (1922)

14. "Stars and Stripes Forever" . . (Sousa) . . . Teddy Brown (1927)

15. "Great Little Army" . . (Alford) . . . Victor Sterling (1927)

16. "American Patrol" . . (Meacham) . . . Franz Krüger (1929)

17. "Merry Widow March" . . (Lehár) . . . Francesco Cariolato (ca. 1930)

18. "Radetzky March" . . (Strauss) . . . Anonymous Xylophone (ca. 1935)

19. "Toy Soldiers' March" . . (Kreisler) . . . A Kriger (1936)

20. "A Frangesa" . . (Costa) . . . Sammy Herman (ca. 1936)

Xylophone Trios from the Golden Age

1. "Fluffy Ruffles" . . (Green) . . . George Hamilton Green with the All Star Trio (1919)

2. "Keep Movin'" . . (Green) . . . George Hamilton Green with the All Star Trio (1919)

3. "All Star" . . (Green) . . . George Hamilton Green with the All Star Trio (1920)

4. "Dotty Dimples" . . (Green-Arden) . . . George Hamilton Green with the All Star Trio (1920)

5. "Hindustan" . . (Wallace-Weeks) . . . Joe Green with the Sensation Instrumental Trio (1919)

6. "Toodles" . . (Green) . . . Joe Green with the Diamond Trio (1921)

7. "Catalina" . . (Gay) . . . Howard Wyness with the Harry Thomas Trio (1922)

8. "Lovely Lucerne" . . (Godin) . . . Anonymous xylophonist with the Willie Eckstein Trio (1922)

9. "Love's Ship" . . (Morrison) . . . George Hamilton Green with the Blue Ribbon Trio (1923)

10. "Bees Knees" . . (Lewis-Lopez) . . . Joe Green with the Broadway Trio (1923)

11. "Struttin' Jim" . . (Carleton) . . . Joe Green with the Mobile Trio (1923)

12. "Tea for Two" . . (Youmans) . . . Teddy Brown with the Diamond Trio (1924)

13. "When My Sweetie Smiles" . . (Osborn) . . . Harry Breuer with the White Way Trio (1925)

14. "Paradise Valley and You" . . (Brock) . . . Sammy Herman with the Max Terr Trio (1925)

15. "Shall I Have It Bobbed or Shingled" . . (Weston-Lee) . . . Ted Brown Trio (1926)

16. "Havana" . . (Rose) . . . George Hamilton Green's Star Trio (1927)

17. "Xylophonia" . . ( Green) . . . Joe Green Trio (1927)

18. "Roxyette" . . (Breuer-Rickenbach) . . . Harry Breuer's Roxy Trio (1928)

19. "After My Laughter" . . (Turk) . . . Sammy Herman with Andy

Xylophonists from the Golden Age

1. "Carnival of Venice" . . (Arban) . . . William Kite (1897)

2. "Silver Heels" . . (Moret) . . . Newell and Niblo (ca. 1902)

3. "Tammany Medley" . . (Rubsam) . . . Edward Rubsam (1905)

4. "Galop Bravoura" . . (Unknown) . . . Ed King (1905)

5. "American Tunes Medley" . . (Czermack) . . . Peter Lewin (1906)

6. "High and Low Mazurka" . . (Unknown) . . . Martin J Schlig (1909)

7. "The Mocking Bird Fantasia" . . (Stobbe) . . . Charles Daab (1910)

8. "Broadway Hits No 1" . . (Manne) . . . Charles Manne (ca. 1915)

9. "Valse Danseuse" . . (Miles) . . . William Dorn (1916)

10. "Gran Jota Aragonesa" . . (Tárrega) . . . Señor Moreno (ca. 1920)

11. "Bright Eyes" . . (Motzan-Jerome) . . . Jess Libonati (1921)

12. "Doina and Hora" . . (Traditional) . . . Jacob Hoffman (1923)

13. "Opium Smoke" . . (Gilbert) . . . Charles Green (1924)

14. "Al Fresco" . . (Herbert) . . . Sammy Herman (1926)

15. "La Debutante" . . (Siras) . . . Anonymous xylophonist (1930)

16. "Xylophonia" . . (Green) . . . Harry Sculthorpe (1930)

17. "Piano Pastimes" . . (Deneke) . . . Three Brothers Nehring (1931)

18. "Steppin Out" . . (Vauchant) . . . Hans Byttner (1935)

19. "The Two Dons" . . (Alford) . . . B. Wright & L. Negus (1939)

20. "Butterflies in the Rain" . . (Myers) . . . Tatiana Egopova & Vladimir Shteiman (1945)