File:Robert Radford - Oh, better far to live and die (1920).mp3

Robert_Radford_-_Oh,_better_far_to_live_and_die_(1920).mp3 (MP3 audio file, length 1 min 9 s, 320 kbps overall, file size: 2.62 MB)

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

Summary

Description

English: Extract: "Oh, better far to live and die"

From The Pirates of Penzance

Recorded in London, July 2–October 1, 1920

Conductor: George W. Byng

Major-General Stanley: George Baker
The Pirate King: Robert Radford
Samuel: Edward Halland
Frederic: Derek Oldham
The Sergeant of Police: Peter Dawson
Mabel: Violet Essex
Edith: Bessie Jones
Kate: Nellie Walker
Ruth: Edna Thornton

Chorus: Walter Glynne, Ernest Pike, Harold Wilde, Sarah Jones

Date

2 July 1920 (creation)
1921 (publication)

Source

His Master's Voice

Author

His Master's Voice

Permission
(Reusing this file)

Recording

This work is in the public domain in its source country for the following reason:

This sound recording is not protected because it was published in the United Kingdom more than 50 years ago (Directive 2006/116/EC, for recordings which entered the public domain in 2013 or earlier) or more than 70 years ago (Directive 2011/77/EU/UK Performers’ rights) and the rights of its performers and producers have expired.

English | македонски | 中文（简体） | +/−

This work is in the public domain in the United States for the following reason:

Under the Classics Protection and Access Act (17 U.S.C. § 1401), this sound recording is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924.

Not all audio files are "sound recordings". Sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work are not sound recordings under U.S. copyright law. Use this template's equivalent, {{PD-US-expired}}, for works that are not sound recordings.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Text

The author died in 1911, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Musical composition

The author died in 1900, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:02, 28 December 2023		1 min 9 s (2.62 MB)	D. Benjamin Miller	=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information \|description={{en\|1=Extract: "Oh, better far to live and die"<br> From ''The Pirates of Penzance''<br> Recorded in London, July 2–October 1, 1920<br> Conductor: George W. Byng<br> Major-General Stanley: George Baker<br> The Pirate King: Robert Radford<br> Samuel: Edward Halland<br> Frederic: Derek Oldham<br> The Sergeant of Police: Peter Dawson<br> Mabel: Violet Essex<br> Edith: Bessie Jones<br> Kate: Nellie Walker<br> Ruth: Edna Thornton<br> Chorus: Wal...

File usage

The following page uses this file:

Robert Radford