* UPDATE * VATICAN CHANT cylinder records...any translators out there?

[snakeo1]

Latin? Any info? Haven't even picked these up yet. Just found at a 3 generation auction along with a bunch of Edison cylinders. See pics...

UPDATE ~ Just picked these up and there's only one record intact...will be listing them on ebay shortly. The things are crazy rare which of course doesn't always equate to value but we'll see what happens And just a note...there ended up being a total of 3 of the Vatican record boxes...one has sold already and is going into an upcoming book on the world's original cylinder records/sleeves.

[snakeo1]

Having trouble with pics...I'll try this. Here's a couple more.

[epigramophone]

Choral music with a connection to the Vatican would almost certainly have been sung in Latin.
Your local Catholic Priest should be able to translate the cylinders, and would probably find them interesting.

[Roaring20s]

French? German? Latin? Any translation? Any info? Haven't even picked these up yet. Just found at a 3 generation auction along with a bunch of Edison cylinders. See pics...

This is your man ...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/810 ... n-bansbach

https://ia801906.us.archive.org/0/items ... 32phil.pdf

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James.

[snakeo1]

Great detective work! That's awesome...many thanks!

[VanEpsFan1914]

I about promise you I have the sheet music for this at home in the 1925 edition of the St Basil's Hymnal. I have a little bit of a background in Gregorian, and have settings for some of this in regular notes as well as an organ in working order.

There's a really good chance I'm holding onto the sheet music. Let me look and I'll get back to you.

Do the cylinders play well?

[snakeo1]

Will have to get back with you. The auction was out of town....I'll be picking them up in a week.

[snakeo1]

I about promise you I have the sheet music for this at home in the 1925 edition of the St Basil's Hymnal. I have a little bit of a background in Gregorian, and have settings for some of this in regular notes as well as an organ in working order.

There's a really good chance I'm holding onto the sheet music. Let me look and I'll get back to you.

Do the cylinders play well?

Just updated....