Meloware's Antique Record Categories

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Category Description
Comic Love (21 Items) 'Sickly sweet' and humorous Love songs
Comic Songs (34 Items) Many bizarre, humorous subjects
Ethnic Characters (35 Items) Comic titles using explicit ethnic stereotypes
Hymns/Sacred (19 Items) Beautifully performed Christian Hymns and sacred duets
Instrumental (21 Items) Bands, Orchestras, and Instrumental solos
Other (11 Items) Titles very hard to categorize
Patriotic (16 Items) Patriotic tunes, War songs, Soldier songs
Popular (11 Items) Tin Pan Alley, Ragtime songs and others with general subjects
Sentimental (39 Items) ‘Plantation songs’, serious Love subjects, Death, and other emotional themes
Talking (15 Items) Comic stories, humorous conversations, and other interesting Recitations
Traditional (15 Items) Mostly Irish and Scotts songs, which were old, even at the time they were recorded
Vaudeville (32 Items) Minstrel shows, and descriptive acts, long before radio or television