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Late to the game, National attempted to earn a share in the market with products of superior sound quality and a brand consecrating partnership with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, but the project proved to be little more than a costly precursor to later efforts. National's earliest Grand Opera cylinders have received little attention from scholars and labels specializing in historic reissues owing to poor documentation, idiosyncratic repertory, and, above all, the 2-minute duration limitation of Edison's gold-moulded cylinders of the period. The new discovery of session data for Met artists recorded by National, along with details of the business arrangement between the two companies, allows for a more complete picture of National's first Grand Opera Series. Documenting several artists from the Metropolitan Opera's German wing, these early cylinders provide aural glimpses of underrepresented artists such as Robert Blass, Alois Burgstaller, Andreas Dippel, Heinrich Knote, Marie Rappold, and Anton van Rooy in repertory that was profitable on stage, yet not widely exploited in American-made recordings at the beginning of the 20th century. By filling in the discographical gaps for these recordings, we gain new insights about the artists National recorded and the company's bold Grand Opera project.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Video Editor"]},"value":{"en":["Amanda McCabe"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThomas A. Edison's National Phonograph Company joined Columbia and Victor in the celebrity opera recordings business in 1906 with its first Grand Opera Series. Late to the game, National attempted to earn a share in the market with products of superior sound quality and a brand consecrating partnership with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, but the project proved to be little more than a costly precursor to later efforts. National's earliest Grand Opera cylinders have received little attention from scholars and labels specializing in historic reissues owing to poor documentation, idiosyncratic repertory, and, above all, the 2-minute duration limitation of Edison's gold-moulded cylinders of the period. The new discovery of session data for Met artists recorded by National, along with details of the business arrangement between the two companies, allows for a more complete picture of National's first Grand Opera Series. Documenting several artists from the Metropolitan Opera's German wing, these early cylinders provide aural glimpses of underrepresented artists such as Robert Blass, Alois Burgstaller, Andreas Dippel, Heinrich Knote, Marie Rappold, and Anton van Rooy in repertory that was profitable on stage, yet not widely exploited in American-made recordings at the beginning of the 20th century. 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