Music Boxes, Carousels, and Hand Organ

(Cook Records, 1950), 45 mins

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Field of Interest: World Music
Description: 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.
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 45 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: Piece, Traditional
Label: Cook Records
Release Date: 1950
Subject: World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá