March selections from Smetana’s Bartered Bride, performed in 1911 by Kryl’s Bohemian Band, whose excellent recordings are well worth seeking out.
Kryl’s Bohemian Band: Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)—March
Joseph Pasternack, Victor Symphony Orchestra: Funeral March of a Marionette, by Charles Gounod
A good interpretation of the famous Gounod piece that Alfred Hitchcock used for his theme, recorded in 1922 on a twelve-inch Victor record.
Victor Military Band: Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Military bands were the pop-music engines of the first decade and a half of the 1900s. Here the Victor house band gives us a spirited performance of Irving Berlin’s monster hit, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” Our usual restoration brings out a very lively sound for 1911.
The Lateral Cut 