Charles A. Prince
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In 1905, Prince assembled the ensembles Prince's Band, Prince's Orchestra, and the Banda Espanola. They principally recorded for Columbia's disc releases and performed much of the same music as the Columbia Band, which was given over for cylinder recording to the veteran flutist and conductor George Schweinfest. Prince's own composition, "The Barbary Rag", was recorded by the band in 1913.
Prince's Band was the first to record many compositions that became jazz standards. Their version of W. C. Handy's "Saint Louis Blues" in 1915 is the first known recording of the song. It took the band two sessions to record a successful take, which was considered unusual considering the talent of the band and its leader. Another song by Handy, "The Memphis Blues", was recorded by Prince's Band in 1914, a week after its first recording by the Victor Military Band. Other standards introduced by the band are Porter Steele's "High Society" (1911) and Lew Pollack and Ray Gilbert's "That's a Plenty" (1914). His band also played the popular instrumental "Too Much Mustard" released by Columbia and Sears's Oxford Records.
Prince recorded as a solo celeste player under the name Charles Adams. As such, his recording of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" was popular.
At Columbia, Prince also showed initiative in expanding the company's "classical" orchestral catalogue and in experimenting with the size of ensembles that acoustic recording equipment could capture. In October 1910 he conducted an abbreviated version of Franz Schubert's ''Symphony No. 8 in B Minor'', popularly known as the ''Unfinished Symphony'', on two sides of a 12-inch disc (released as Columbia A 5267), which was the first orchestral recording of any part of a symphony. He assembled a 90-piece orchestra to record the overture to Richard Wagner's opera ''Rienzi'' in February 1917 (released as Columbia A 6006), which was the largest ensemble commercially recorded to that date. Prince's last recording for Columbia was in 1922. He then changed labels to Puritan Records and later to Victor Records, where he worked as associate musical director.
Prince was related to the U.S. presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Provided by Wikipedia
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143by Graff, George Jr, Abrahams, Maurice, Ball, Ernest R, Berlin, Irving 1888-, Botsford, George, Bryan, Alfred, Carroll, Harry, Fischer, Fred, Friedland, Anatole, Friml, Rudolf, Gifford, Harry, Goodwin, Joe, Graff, George Jr, Harbach, Otto, Havez, Jean, Herbert, Victor 1859-1924, Janis, Elsie, Jerome, William, Jones, Earl C, MacDonald, Ballard, Macklin, Cecil, May, Ren G, McCarthy, Joseph, Mellor, Tom, Merson, Billy, Monaco, James V, O'Dea, James, Olcott, Chauncey, Piantadosi, Al, Sterling, Andrew B, Trevor, Huntley, Von Tilzer, Harry, Wenrich, Percy, Woolf, Edgar Allan, van Alstyne, Egbert“...Prince's Band...”
Published 2001
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144by Graff, George Jr, Abrahams, Maurice, Ball, Ernest R., Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, Botsford, George, Bryan, Alfred, Carroll, Harry, Fischer, Fred, Friedland, Anatole, Friml, Rudolf, Gifford, Harry, Goodwin, Joe, Graff, George Jr, Harbach, Otto, Havez, Jean, Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924, Janis, Elsie, Jerome, William, Jones, Earl C., MacDonald, Ballard, Macklin, Cecil, May, Ren G., McCarthy, Joseph, Mellor, Tom, Merson, Billy, Monaco, James V., O'Dea, James, Olcott, Chauncey, Piantadosi, Al, Sterling, Andrew B., Trevor, Huntley, Von Tilzer, Harry, Wenrich, Percy, Woolf, Edgar Allan, van Alstyne, Egbert“...Prince's Band...”
Published 2001
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146by Buck, Gene, Ball, Ernest R, Berlin, Irving 1888-, Bland, James, Brennan, J. Keirn, Brockman, James, Bryan, Alfred, Buck, Gene, Caryll, Ivan, Clarke, Grant, Cobb, George L, Darewski, Herman E, Donaldson, Walter, Foster, C. R, Friedland, Anatol, Gay, Byron, Gilbert, L. Wolfe, Golden, John, Hirsch, Louis A, Jerome, William, Judge, Jack, Kern, Jerome 1885-1945, Lewis, Sam M, Marshall, Henry I, McCarthy, Joseph, Meyer, George W, Monaco, James V, Murphy, Stanley, Olman, Abe, Payne, John Howard, Piantadosi, Al, Radford, Dave, Reynolds, Herbert, Schwartz, Jean, Sterling, Andrew B, Von Tilzer, Harry, Weston, R. P, Whiting, Richard A, Willams, Harry, Yellen, Jack“...Prince's Band...”
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147by Buck, Gene, Ball, Ernest R., Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, Bland, James, Brennan, J. Keirn, Brockman, James, Bryan, Alfred, Buck, Gene, Caryll, Ivan, Clarke, Grant, Cobb, George L., Darewski, Herman E., Donaldson, Walter, Foster, C. R., 1879-1972, Friedland, Anatol, Gay, Byron, Gilbert, L. Wolfe, Golden, John, Hirsch, Louis A., Jerome, William, Judge, Jack, Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, Lewis, Sam M., Marshall, Henry I., McCarthy, Joseph, Meyer, George W., Monaco, James V., Murphy, Stanley, Olman, Abe, Payne, John Howard, Piantadosi, Al, Radford, Dave, Reynolds, Herbert, Schwartz, Jean, Sterling, Andrew B., Von Tilzer, Harry, Weston, R. P., Whiting, Richard A., Willams, Harry, Yellen, Jack“...Prince's Band...”
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151by Mahoney, Jack, Abrahams, Maurice, Atteridge, Harold, Berlin, Irving 1888-, Branen, Jeff T, Brown, A. Seymour, Bryan, Alfred, Carroll, Harry, Clarke, Grant, Clarke, Grant, Cobb, George L, Donovan, Walter, Eardley-Wilmot, D, Fields, Arthur, Fischer, Fred, Gardner, William Henry, Gumble, Albert, Handy, W.C, Hayman, Joe, Judge, Jack, Kahn, Gus, Le Boy, Grace, Leslie, Edgar, Lewis, Sam M, Löhr, Hermann, Mahoney, Jack, Meyer, George W, Puck, Harry, Roma, Caro, Ross, Adrian, Schwartz, Jean, Shannon, James Royce, Silésu, Lao, Smith, Chris, Sterling, Andrew B, Von Tilzer, Harry, Wenrich, Percy, Willams, Harry, Yellen, Jack“...Prince's Band...”
Published 2011
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152by Mahoney, Jack, Abrahams, Maurice, Atteridge, Harold, Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, Branen, Jeff T., Brown, A. Seymour, Bryan, Alfred, Carroll, Harry, Clark, Grant, Clarke, Grant, Cobb, George L., Donovan, Walter, Eardley-Wilmot, D., Fields, Arthur, Fischer, Fred, Gardner, William Henry, Gumble, Albert, Handy, W.C, Hayman, Joe, Judge, Jack, Kahn, Gus, Le Boy, Grace, Leslie, Edgar, Lewis, Sam M., Lohr, Hermann, Mahoney, Jack, Meyer, George W., Puck, Harry, Roma, Caro, Ross, Adrian, Schwartz, Jean, Shannon, James Royce, Silésu, Lao, Smith, Chris, Sterling, Andrew B., Von Tilzer, Harry, Wenrich, Percy, Willams, Harry, Yellen, Jack“...Prince's Band...”
Published 2011
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153by Ford, Lena Guilbert, Abrahams, Maurice, Ball, Ernest R, Berg, David, Berlin, Irving 1888-, Brennan, J. Keirn, Brown, Lew, Cawthorn, Joseph, Clarke, Grant, Cooke, Leonard, Elliott, Zo, Fischer, Fred, Ford, Lena Guilbert, Goetz, E. Ray, Golden, John L, Grant, Bert, Harris, Charles K, Jackson, Tony, Jarnagin, Jerry, Johnson, Howard, Kahn, Gus, Kalmar, Bert, Key, Francis Scott, King, Stoddard, Leslie, Edgar, Lewis, Sam M, McCarron, Charles, McCarthy, Joseph, Moran, Ed, Morse, Theodore, Murphy, Stanley, Newton, Eileen, Novello, Ivor, Ray, Lilian, Schwartz, Jean, Solman, Alfred, Sterling, Andrew B, Tate, Arthur F, Traditional, Von Tilzer, Albert, Von Tilzer, Harry, Wendling, Pete, Young, Joe, van Alstyne, Egbert“...Prince's Band...”
Published 2005
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155by Ford, Lena Guilbert, Abrahams, Maurice, Ball, Ernest R., Berg, David, Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, Brennan, J. Keirn, Brown, Lew, Cawthorn, Joseph, Clarke, Grant, Cooke, Leonard, Elliott, Zo, Fischer, Fred, Ford, Lena Guilbert, Goetz, E. Ray, Golden, John L., Grant, Bert, Harris, Charles K., Jackson, Tony, Jarnagin, Jerry, Johnson, Howard, Kahn, Gus, Kalmar, Bert, Key, Francis Scott, King, Stoddard, Leslie, Edgar, Lewis, Sam M., McCarron, Charles, McCarthy, Joseph, Moran, Ed, Morse, Theodore, Murphy, Stanley, Newton, Eileen, Novello, Ivor, Ray, Lilian, Schwartz, Jean, Solman, Alfred, Sterling, Andrew B., Tate, Arthur F., Traditional, Von Tilzer, Albert, Von Tilzer, Harry, Wendling, Pete, Young, Joe, van Alstyne, Egbert“...Prince's Band...”
Published 2005
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156Published 1978“...Prince's Band...”
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