John Coates

APhillida flouts me
BKnight of Bethlehem

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: 5103
Genre: Voice
Condition: Very good
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #20189

John Coates, the British tenor, recorded 'Phillida Flouts Me' and 'Knight of Bethlehem' for Columbia (5103). Coates was a major Edwardian and early twentieth-century singer in the classical and oratorio repertoire.

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