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Condition: The record has scratches across the entire single and the sleeve is torn and creased. Overall not bad for almost 120 years old.

10” Victor Announced by the Haydn quartet a capella

(pronounced Hay - Dun, not Haidn)

The Old Oaken Bucket

Samuel Woodworth (author)

George Kiallmark (composer)

Haydn Quartet (Vocal group)

Description: Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied

7/22/1903 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Victor 1790

The Haydn Quartet, later known as the Hayden Quartet, was one of the most popular recording close harmony quartets in the early twentieth century. It was originally formed in 1896 as the Edison Quartet to record for Edison Records; it took its new name when recording for other companies. The name was a homage to Joseph Haydn, the classical composer; the spelling was later revised to Hayden, which reflects the way it was pronounced. The group disbanded in 1914.

The Edison Quartet formed in 1896, with a membership of John Bieling (tenor), Jere Mahoney (tenor), Samuel Holland Rous (who performed under the name S. H. Dudley, baritone), and William F. Hooley (bass). Mahoney was soon replaced by John Scantlebury Macdonald, who used the pseudonym Harry Macdonough. They recorded as the Edison Quartet (or Edison Male Quartet), before taking the name Haydn Quartet in order to record for companies other than Edison.

Founding members of the Edison Quartet, 1896

In 1901 they signed a contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company, and in 1902 also traveled to England to record for the Gramophone Company, which was Victor's affiliate. The group had great success over the next decade as one of the premier recording groups of the time, on a par with the Peerless Quartet. The Haydn Quartet often sang material at a slower tempo and in a statelier fashion than other groups.