Music recorded in 1892

Music recorded in 1892

The year 1892 saw the simultaneous strains of the dynamics of immigration, labor, and empire. In the United States, Ellis Island Immigration Station began operations in January 1892, and border crossing was institutionalized as a process of "inspection and recording." Within industrial society, the Homestead Strike (1892) intensified, violently exposing the conflict between capital and labor. Furthermore, in Europe, the Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention (1892) was concluded, tightening the balance of power with the "fixture" of alliance. In Japan, the second general election for the House of Representatives was held (February 15, 1892), marking the beginning of a period in which parliamentary politics, along with its associated frictions, was entering into practical operations.

In the fields of science and urban life, the 1892 cholera epidemic in Hamburg made visible the damage caused by the gap in water and sanitation infrastructure, highlighting the weaknesses of modern cities. In the same year, Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864–1920) reported on pathogens that remained infectious even after filtration, paving the way for the existence of a lineage separate from bacteria (the later concept of viruses).

In the fields of culture and media, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's (1840–1893) ballet The Nutcracker premiered in December 1892, marking the beginning of urban entertainment taking the form of a "classic work" that could be reproduced. Furthermore, in the context of recording history, it was revealed that Emile Berliner (1851–1929) had already established a system for duplicating hard rubber discs and was moving toward their market launch as early as 1892, ushering in a new axis: the disc, which was more resilient to duplication and distribution, into a world centered on wax cylinders.

Confirmed recordings from this year: 62

Music believed to have been recorded in 1892 (date unknown)

Music believed to have been recorded in 1892 (date unknown)

Title	Artist
Joyful Hour Schottische	William Stanley Grinsted
Lumber Yard Jig	William Stanley Grinsted
Anonymous Cornet Solo, title unknown	n/a
Beulah Land [excerpt]	John R. Sweney
Only Remembered	John R. Sweney
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep	Holding's Parlor Orchestra

Music believed to have been released in 1892 (release date unknown)

Title	Artist
Grover Cleveland march	Gilmore's Band
The night alarm	Holding's Military Band
Poor blind boy	RI Jose

This provisional list compiles recordings that can be determined to have been recorded in 1892 based on descriptions in primary and secondary sources, but for which the recording date (year, month, and day) cannot be determined. Because early recordings tend to have inconsistent granularity, and the same titles often contain re-recordings, alternate takes, and different distribution formats, this list prioritizes not missing any recordings for which the year can be determined. In the future, as recording dates are confirmed (or narrowed down to the month), the recordings will be moved to the "Dates Confirmed" section of each month's page, and individual recording pages will be updated to clearly state the "Recording Date" and (if necessary) the release date along with supporting documentation. To avoid misattribution, materials derived from inventory lists or catalogs for which it is difficult to determine the recording year (e.g., Columbia inventory lists, NJPC 1892 catalogs) will be excluded from this list and will be handled on their own dedicated pages.

Music presumed to be an 1892 recording (ca. 1892)

Title	Artist
There is no Deception there	Wiley Wiggam
Take Your Time, Gentlemen	Press Eldridge
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow	Silas Leachman
The Laughing Darkey	George W. Johnson
Uncle Ned's Dream	George W. Johnson
Baby song	n/a
Brown wax home recording of recitation of Columbus	Joaquin Miller

This entry categorizes recordings that are "highly likely to have been recorded (or produced/distributed)" in 1892, but for which it is difficult to determine the exact date, as "ca. 1892." For early cylinder recordings, the recording year is often written as "ca." depending on the source, or only the release year is available, so these are provisionally included with the understanding that the basis for the recording year (recording/release/first appearance in catalog, etc.) will be clearly stated on the individual page.

Sound sources with a clearly stated "estimated recording year range (xx-xx)" including 1892

Since there are no songs that have been confirmed to have been recorded, the list will include the "estimated release year range (XX to XX)" including 1892.

Title	Artist
Nannon Waltz	Issler's Orchestra
Bell buoy	J.W. Myers
Down on the farm	Edward Clarance

Discography of Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Records

These recordings are included in the discography of "Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Records," a collection of Berliner's early commercial recordings, and the recording years are all listed as "1890-95."

Title	Artist
Alfred Jones [version 2]	n/a
Auld Lang Syne	n/a
Blue Bells of Scotland	n/a
By thy cold breast (Byron's “Manfred”)	n/a
Czarenlied, from “Czar und Zimmermann”	n/a
El Credo	n/a
Father William	n/a
The Flowers that Bloom, from “The Mikado”	n/a
Fra Diavolo	n/a
Gesänge	n/a
God Bless the Prince of Wales	n/a
God Save the Queen!	n/a
Gramophone	n/a
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	n/a
Hobellied	n/a
Home! Sweet Home!	n/a
I Due Ladri e l'Asino	n/a
In the Sweet By-and-By	n/a
Jägers Abschied	n/a
La Boiteuse	n/a
La Marseillaise	n/a
La Rondinella	n/a
Le Corbeau and le Renard	n/a
Le Père la Victoire	n/a
Lena, la bella Lena	n/a
A Little Ship Was on the Sea	n/a
Long, Long Ago	n/a
Me Gustan Todas / Aroro Mi Nena	n/a
The North Wind	n/a
Numeri, La Settimana, Le Mesi	n/a
Numeros, Dias, Meses	n/a
Old King Coal	n/a
Old Mother Hubbard	n/a
Pilgrims' Chorus, from ’Tannhäuser“	n/a
Proverbs	n/a
Rule, Britain!	n/a
Sing a Song of Sixpence / Oh, Carry Me Back	n/a
Sing a Song of Sixpence [3-in doll disc]	n/a
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!	n/a
Versos y Canto	n/a
We don't want to fight [version 2]	n/a
Whist! The Bogie Man	n/a
Who Killed Cock Robin?	n/a
Willow Tit-Willow, “from The Mikado”	n/a
Wot Cher!	n/a

These are the earliest Gramophone discs, thought to have been recorded mainly in London and Hanover, and are a core group of sound sources from the "disc side of the 1890s," a lineage separate from the Edison cylinder lineage.

Ruben Collection

The Ruben Collection (Ruben-samlingen) is a collection of Denmark's earliest wax cylinder recordings, produced in Copenhagen by Gottfried Moses Ruben (1837–1897) between 1889 and the mid-1890s. MOPM has collectively organized the wax cylinder recordings made between 1889 and the mid-1890s as the "Ruben Collection," and has posted a list of the recordings on a dedicated page.

Ruben-samlingen

This is a list of the Ruben Collection (Ruben-samlingen)

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