Columbia Phonograph Company

E59484

Columbia Phonograph Company was an early American record label and phonograph company that became one of the pioneering firms in the recorded music industry.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American company
phonograph company
record label
activity manufacturing playback equipment
marketing recorded music to the public
recording artists
businessModel commercial sale of recorded sound
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distributionFormat physical records
genre classical music recordings
popular music recordings
spoken word recordings
hasSuccessor Columbia Records NERFINISHED
historicalRole early competitor in the American phonograph market
pioneer in mass-market music distribution
industry phonograph industry
recorded music industry
knownFor being one of the pioneering firms in the recorded music industry
locationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
mediaType sound recording
product cylinder records
disc records
phonograph records
phonographs
significance early adopter of commercial sound recording
helped establish the commercial record industry in the United States

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Columbia Records formerName Columbia Phonograph Company
Columbia Records foundedAs Columbia Phonograph Company