Sparnon Orchestra
date: label: recording date
content: 1945
label: associated date
content: 1/30/45
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content: 2/5/45
name: label: recording artist
content: Sparnon, Ken
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content: <p>Sparnon Orchestra. Part I January 30, 1945; Part II February 5, 1945 (Presto Custom Recording).</p>
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content: <p>This recording is by the Sparnon Orchestra led by Rochester, New York Radio Station WHEC musical director Ken Sparnon.</p>
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content: <p>Kenneth H. Sparnon (1895-1972) was a pianist, organist, trombonist, and arranger who performed in vaudeville and in movie theater stage shows. He was also music director of radio stations in Syracuse and Rochester, New York and provided consultant services to radio music directors as an employee of the Broadcast Music Inc.</p>
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content: <p>A companion collection, Kenneth H. Sparnon Collection, Archives Collection #64, is housed in the National Museum of American History, Archives Center.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arabella S. Sparnon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0797.14
label: accession number
content: 1980.0797
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0797.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
label: Other Terms
content: Phonorecord; 33 1/3 Rpm
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
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label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in; 40.64 cm