Cylinder recording
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
Creator(s)
- Theodore F. Morse (Composer)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Edison Gold Moulded Record (Publisher)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The wax cylinder was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Edison wax cylinder recording of the vaudeville song, "When Moshe with his nose leads the band ...." When the sheet music was published, the title was changed to, "When Mose with his nose leads the band ...", presumably to give it wider appeal and make it less offensive. The wax cylinder is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 160 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
label : EDISON GOLD MOULDED RECORDS / Echo All Over the World
Subjects
- Humorous songs.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Jews in music.
- Popular music--United States--1901-1910.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials