Descriptive

AThe Prodigal's Return
BA Naval Disaster

Label: Zonophone
Catalogue number: 42
Genre: Music Hall
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #12608

A descriptive musical scene, 'The Prodigal's Return' and 'A Naval Disaster', from Zonophone 42. This is a very early release (catalogue 42 suggests 1900s-1910s) in the descriptive or narrative music genre popular in the acoustic era. Zonophone was a British label active since the 1890s.

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