Music Boxes, Carousels and Hand Organs (1950) CD

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This special collection of 19th-century music boxes, carousels and hand organs yields not only the delicate bell-like tingle we associate with the music box or the huskier sound of hand organ bellows, but also a few not-yet-so-elegant jangles from some of the earliest ever mechanical contraptions.


     101     Lancers     American Olympia     1:04    
     102     Wagner: Bridal Chorus     "Console Grand" Capitol     0:49    
     103     Oh, Promise Me     "Concert" Regina     1:05    
     104     Mendelssohn: Recessional     "Concert" Regina     1:10    
     105     Hearts and Flowers     "Household" Regina     1:08    
     106     Last Rose of Summer     "Household" Regina     1:00    
     107     Listen to the Mockingbird     Swiss "Coffin" Box by Mermod     0:46    
     108     Love's Old Sweet Song     "Concert" Regina     1:04    
     109     Home Sweet Home     Swiss "Coffin" Box by Mermod     0:44    
     110     Girl I Left Behind Me     Swiss Box with Three Beautiful Silver Bells     0:30    
     111     In the Gloaming     "Household" Regina     1:07    
     112     Maryland, My Maryland     Swiss "Coffin" Box by Mermod     0:40    
     113     I Don't Want to  in Your Yard     "Miniature" Capitol     0:32    
     114     Offenbach: The Grand Duchess     Swiss "Mandoline-Cartel" Music Box by Bremond     0:48    
     115     Offenbach: Orpheus in Hades     Swiss "Mandoline-Cartel" Music Box by Bremond     0:49    
     116     Offenbach: Genevieve of Brabant     Swiss "Mandoline-Cartel" Music Box by Bremond     0:48    
     117     Offenbach: The Perickole     Swiss "Mandoline-Cartel" Music Box by Bremond     0:50    
     118     Strauss: The Blue Danube     "Console" Regina     1:43    
     119     Artist's Life     Swiss Box with Eighteen Golden Bells by Rivence     0:55    
     120     Skater's Waltz     "Concert" Regina     1:03    
     121     Boccaccio's March     Swiss Box with Three Beautiful Silver Bells     0:28    
     122     Strauss Waltz     "Household" Regina     0:59    
     123     Swiss Folk Song     Extremely Rare Simple Swiss Mechanism Representing the Early Era of the Art     0:25    
     124     The Lost Chord     "Concert" Regina     1:04    
     125     Ave Maria     "Household" Regina     1:06    
     126     Auld Lang Syne     Swiss "Coffin" Box by Mermod     0:46    
     127     Jingle Bells     "Household" Regina     1:08    
     201     Three O'Clock in the Morning     n/a     2:07    
     202     Faust Waltz     n/a     6:59    
     203     Amusement Parks     n/a     2:17    
     204     My Wild Irish Rose     n/a     1:29    
     205     Tennessee Waltz     n/a     1:01    
     206     Sweet Rosie O'Grady     n/a     3:11    
     207     Sidewalks of New York / When You and I Were Young Maggie (Maggie) / Billie Boy / Oh! Marie     n/a     2:34