Author: (McCormack, John).
Title: The Story of a Career Unique in Musical History: Mr. John Mccormack. (Publisher's Catalog).
Description: (Cincinnati/New York/London: The John Church Company), [1918]. [1918]. - Octavo, pictorial self-wraps with a black-and-white photographic portrait of John McCormack on the first page. 8 pages. The edges of the 2 outer pages are very slightly darkened & there is a small chip out of the front edge of the first page. Very good.

The first listing in this sale catalog prints the words and music for the song "The Last Hour" sung by John McCormack: "The wonderful success and popularity of this song assures its place among 'The songs that never die'." This is followed by a three-page biographical "Story Of A Career Unique In Musical History" and then by three pages of listings of other pieces by A. Walter Kramer, the composer of "The Last Hour".

John McCormack was a world-famous Irish tenor known for his performances of the operatic and popular song repertoire. McCormack trained in Italy, became Covent Garden's youngest principal tenor in 1907 and began a career in America in 1909, becoming a citizen in 1917. He made hundreds of recordings, the first on phonograph cylinder in 1904. His most successful records were made for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the 1910s and 1920s. Very good .

Keywords: MUSIC; OPERA; POPULAR SONG; IRISH SINGER; TENOR; JOHN MCCORMACK; SALE CATALOG; THE LAST HOUR; COMPOSER; A. WALTER KRAMER; THE JOHN CHURCH COMPANY.

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