Bessie Volckmann
Last updated: 12.02.25
All that can presently (February 2025) be gleaned about Bessie Volckmann from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American singer who recorded 3 works on 4 min. way cylinders 3 works that were published between 1891 and 1912.
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  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
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cylinder15.gif Rockin' in De Win' (1912) W.H. Neidlinger Bessie Volckmann Edison Amberol: 1004
cylinder15.gif Good Bye, Sweet Day (1911) K. Vannah Bessie Volckmann Edison Amberol: 809
The peformer is featured on 3 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
     Title Composer Attribution Items
         
perf15.jpg Just For To-Day (1894) Jane Bingham Abbott Samuel Wilberforce (words)
Bessie Volckmann (perf.)
perf15.jpg Rockin' in De Win' (1912) William Harold Neidlinger(w&m) Bessie Volckmann (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Good Bye, Sweet Day (1891) Kate Vannah Celia Thaxter (words)
Bessie Volckmann (perf.)
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