Charles P. Lowe was an American xylophonist who made numerous recordings in the early days of the recording industry.
In 1883 Lowe was featured in a series of concerts at West End, New Orleans directed by Gustav D'Aquin. Lowe was a featured performer in New York theaters in the 1880s, including Huber's Prospect Garden (1884).
Lowe first recorded for the New Jersey Phonograph Company in 1892 and remained the most prominent xylophonist in the recording industry's formative years. He recorded for most American record companies in existence before 1905, including 21 titles for Berliner Gramophone between 1897 and 1899, Columbia cylinders (pre-1900 - 1905) and discs (1902 to 1905), Edison cylinders, Victor Records from 1900 to 1904, and numerous recordings for Zonophone between 1900 and 1903. His last recordings were made in 1905.
Lowe played xylophones with rounded bars in order to ease the execution of glissandi. His rolls were played in a faster style than was to be common later.
He was married to contralto Jacobine Wichmann Lowe, who performed as "Miss Jottie"
References
- Baron, John H. (2013). Concert Life in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: A Comprehensive Reference. LSU Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780807150849.
- Clinton, George; Odell, Densmore (1970). Annals of the New York Stage: 1882-1885. AMS Press. p. 537.
- ^ Frank Hoffmann, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. p. 1260. ISBN 9781135949501.
- Walsh, Jim (March 1966). "Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists: Early Zon-o-phone Record Catalogs Part II". Hobbies. p. 36.
- ^ "Charles P. Lowe (instrumentalist : xylophone)". Discography of American Historical Recordings. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- Laboissonnière, Guy; Settlemier, Tyrone; Sage, Glenn (April 12, 2012). "COLUMBIA (USA) "XP" cylinders: 32500 - 33000 series Numerical Listing". Online Discographical Project. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- Walsh, Jim (January 1967). "A March, 1901, Catalog of "Concert" Cylinders part III". Hobbies. p. 36.
- ^ Singer, Jonathan (2017). NOODLING CHANGES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF XYLOPHONE IMPROVISATION IN NEW YORK CITY (1916-1942) (PhD). The City University of New York.
External links
- Charles P. Lowe recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
- Charles P. Lowe cylinder recordings, from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
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