Complex sentence: Early fare included popular tunes, dance numbers and patriotic marches, mostly recorded by small groups of unnamed musicians hired in New York City credited as the "Emerson Orchestra" or sometimes grandly, "The Emerson Symphony Orchestra".
Split into simpler sentences: Early fare included popular tunes, dance numbers and patriotic marches, mostly recorded by small groups of unnamed musicians hired in New York City. They were credited as the "Emerson Orchestra" or sometimes grandly, "The Emerson Symphony Orchestra".