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A British Educational record, produced for the Anglo French Music Company. These records date from 1923 - 1926 and were recorded and manufactured initially by Vocalion UK (1923), and later by Parlophone (1924-26).

The catalogue series was in a 2000-range, irrespective of the record's size or the manufacturer.

The majority of the records were of piano music, graded to match the examination of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music.

The records were of 10" and 12" in diameter; the 10" cost 3/6 and 12" were 5/-.

 Thanks to Bill Dean-Myatt for the label images.

The label listing here was kindly sent to me by Jolyon Hudson.

Please e-mail me if you have any additions or corrections to this page.

Page last updated on: November 24, 2023

The first issues below, up to No. 2046, were recorded & manufactured by Vocalion.

Cat No Size Matrix No. Title Artist on Label Date
2001 10" 03101 Study in F, Op 100. No. V (Burgmuller)
A Story (from Six Pieces for Children, Op. 22) (F. Swinstead)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03102 Minuet and Trio (Pleyel) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2002 10" 03103 Soldiers' March Op. 68, No. 2 (Schumann)
Call of the Woods (from Holiday Pictures, Book II) (Somervell)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03104 Study in D, Op. 137, No. IX (Bertini) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2003 10" 03105 Study in C . op 17. No VI (Lecouppey)
Bourree (from Four Little Dances) (Markham Lee)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03106 Minuet in G (from Magdalena Book) (Bach) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2004 10" 03107 Allegro, Op. 20, No. 1 (Kuhlau) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03108 Study in G Op. 100 No. XIV (Bertini)
Playtime (from Six miniature Cameos) (W.H. Richards)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2005 10" 03109 Song of the Reapers Op. 68. No XVIII (Schumann)
To a Seabird (from Sea idylls) (Walter Carrol)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03110 Study in G. Op 23. No. VII (Brunner) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2006 10" 03111 Study in C. Op 37. No. III (Lemoine) 
Petite Valse (from four Tweenies) (Peggy Cochrane)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03112 Rondo (from Sonatina in F) (Beethoven) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2007 10" 03113 Study in D, Op. 636, No. V (Czerny) 
Polonaise in G minor (from Magdalena Book) (Bach)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03114 A Little Romance (from Lyric Thoughts) (Thomas F. Dunhill)
Presto (from Sonata in G) (Haydn)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2008 10" 03115 Jig in G minor (from Suite no. VIII (Purcell) 
Sonata in C. (First movement) (Mozart)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03116 Intermezzo (from Six Lyrics, Bk. II) (George Dyson)
Study in G Op. 100 No.II (Bertini)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2009             Feb 1923
         Feb 1923
2010 10" 03130 Prelude in C minor (from "Six Little Preludes") (Bach)
Negro Song (from Five Miniatures, Op.8) (Hurlstone)
Study in A, Op.849 No.XXIII  (Czerny)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 8th 1923
03131 Andante in C (from Op.14 No.II)  (Beethoven) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 8th 1923
2011 10" 03132 Prelude in F (from “Twelve Little Preludes”) (Bach) 
Frolicsome Wave Ripples (from “By Wave and Shore”) (Bainton)
Study in C minor (Op. 46, No. XXVI) (Helter)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 8th 1923
03133 Song Without Words (op. 19 No. 2) (Mendelssohn) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 8th 1923
2012         Feb 1923
      Feb 1923
2013 12" 03136 The Lake (from Op. 10) (Bennett) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03137
 Study in D minor (Op. 740. No. XXXVIII) (Czerny)
Scherzo (from Op. 2 No. III) (Abridged) (Beethoven)
Valse (Op. 70, No. II) (Abridged) (Chopin
Allegro in F (from Suite No. II.) (Handel)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2014 12" 03138 Finale (from Sonata in C.) (K.330) (Mozart) Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
03139
 Scherzino (from Op. 124) (Schumann)
Saraband (from Dance Suite Op. 3a) (Bowen)
Allamande in E flat (Bach)
Study in D, (Op. 46 No XII) (Heller)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Feb 1923
2015          
       
2016 10" 03155 Study in E (No. 76 from Gradus) (Clementi)
Fugue in A (WTC 2, No.19) (Bach)
Dance of the Insects (from Impressions) (Livens)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
03156 Nocturne Op. 32 No. 2 (abridged) (Chopin) Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
2017 10" 03157 Sonata, op 2 No III (partI 1) (Beethoven) Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
03158 Sonata, op 2 No III (partI 2) (Beethoven) Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
2018 10" 03159 Study in C (Op 70. no. 1) (Moscheles) Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
03160 Fugue in F (No 11, Book I) (Bach) 
Prelude in G (Op. 28 No. III) (Chopin)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
2019 10" 03161 Kreisleriana (Op. 16, No. V) (Schumann) Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
03162 At the Spinning Wheel (No. 6 from Lyric Suite Book II) (Alcock) Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
2020 10" 03163
03164		 Sonata, op 2 No II Finale (part 1) (Beethoven)
Sonata, op 2 No II Finale (part 2) (Beethoven)		 Desirée McEwan (piano) Mar 1923
2021          
       
2022   03222 Studies in the Form of a Suite Op 16 – Nos. 1, 'Prelude' (Matthay) Tobias Matthay (piano) April 1923
03223 Monothemes Op 13 Nos. 5 & 6 (Matthay) Tobias Matthay (piano) April 1923
2023          
       
2024          
       
2025          
       
2026          
       
2027          
       
2028 10" 03366 Study in D, op 100, No. 10 (Burgmuller)
Gavotte (No. 2 of “Six Sketches Elementary”) (Stanford)		 Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03367 Sonatina in F, Op. 36, No. 4 (First Movement) (Clementi) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2029 10" 03368 Study in C Op. 61, No. 6 (Daveroy) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2029 10" 03369 Menuet No. 1 in B Minor (from French Suite No. 3)
Sonatina in D, Op. 36, No. 6 (Clementi)		 Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2029 10" 03370 A Dance of Moonlight, (No. 5 of “A Sheaf of Little Dances”) (Abridged) (Carse) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2030   03394 Study in G, Op.46, No.8 (Heller)
Allegretto in E minor (Scarlatti)
The Midsummer Fairy Dances (From "A Story Book") (Dunhill)		 Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03395
 Sonatina in C minor [sic!], Op.49, No.1 (First Movement) (Abridged) (Beethoven) Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2031 10" 03382 Study in D, op. 636, no. 11 (Czerny)
Sonatina in G, Op.. 118 No. 1 (Second Movement) (Schumann)		 Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03383 Gavotte in G (From French Suite No. 5) (Bach)
The Sylvan Dell (No. 2 of “Treasure Island”) (Twinning)		 Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2032         Jul/Aug 1923
      Jul/Aug 1923
2033 10" 03370 Study in C minor, Op. 46 No. 5 (Abridged) (Heller) 
The Lonely Stranger (No. 2 of Three Sketches) (Brewer)		 Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03371 Variation No. 5 (from Sonata in A) (Mozart)
Bagatelle in C, Op 33 No. 2 (Abridged) (Beethoven)		 Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2034 10" 03396 Study in A Op. 636, No. 6 (Czerny)
Prelude in G (Op. 28 No. III) (Handel)
Tone Sonnet in E flat, Op. 20 No. 4 (Austin)		 Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03397 Moment Musical, op. 94 No. 4 (Abridged) (Schubert) Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2035 10" 03373 Adagio, from Sonata Op. 13, part 1 (Beethoven) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03374 Adagio, from Sonata Op. 13, part 2 (Beethoven)
Humoresque in E flat major Op. 101, No. 4 (Abridged) (Dvorak)		 Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2036 10" 03375 Fantasia in C (Handel) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03376 Study in B minor, op. 45 No. 11 (abridged) (Heller)
Mazurka in F# minor, Op. 6 No. 1 (Chopin)		 Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2037 10" 03402 Prelude in C minor, No. 2, Book II (Bach)
Romance in E flat, Op. 44, No. 1 (Rubinstein)		 Margaret Bennett (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03404 Valse in A flat, Op. 64, No. 3 (Chopin) Margaret Bennett (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2038 10" 03403 In the Woods, Op. 86, No. 3 (abridgd) (Heller) Margaret Bennett (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03405 Western Daisy, Op. 53 No. 2 (Schwarenka) Margaret Bennett (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2039 10" 03360 Prelude in C minor Op. 8 No. 1 (Pachulski) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03361 Prelude in G major from WTC Book 2, No. 15  (Bach)
Allegro in E flat from Sonata Op. 7 (Beethoven)		 Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2040 10" 03358 Arabesque Op. 18 (abridged) (Schumann) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03359 Slow Air, No. 4 of Six Short Pieces (Vaughan Williams) Margaret Portch (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2041 10" 03386 Au Couvent (Borodin) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03387 ? Boats (No. 2 of Crescent Moon) (Colin Taylor) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2042 10" 03387 ? Prelude in E, Op. 9 Book II (Abridged) (Bach)
La Filenuse, Op 157, No. 2 (Abridged) (Raff)		 Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03389 Humoresque, Op 20 (First Movement) (Abridged) (Schumann) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2043 10" 03398 Preambule (from Partita No.5) (Bach)
La Coucou Op.34 No.2 (Arensky)		 Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03400 Scherzo Op.16 No.3 (Mendelssohn) Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2044 10" 03399 Study in E Op.AF 70 No.4 (Moscheles) Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
03401 Electra Op.44 No.4 (Jensen) Egerton Tidmarsh (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2045   03392 Partitas, harpsichord, BWV826 - IV. Capriccio (Bach)
Study in A minor Op. AF 70 No. 5 (Moscheles)
Le Ruisseau (Cochrane)		 York Bowen (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
2046   03391 Sonatas, piano, no.13, op.27, no.1 - I. Andante - Allegro – Andante (Beethoven) 
Eclogue (Liszt)		 York Bowen (piano) Jul/Aug 1923
    The issues below were made by Parlophone.  
2047 10" AF-7012 Study in C (Heller)
unknown piece (Reinecke)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7013 Nymphs Dances (Dunhill Wood) 
Prelude in G (Handel)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2048 10" AF-7014 Study in C (Bertoni)
Study in G minor (Raimo)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7015 unknown piece (Beethoven)
unknown piece (Lemour) 		Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2049 10" AF-7016 Study in A (Loeschorn) 
Study in C (Heller)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7017 Caprice (Rowley)
3 miniature pastorals, No.3 (Bridge)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2050 10" AF-7018 Study in A flat (Mozskowski) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7019 Study in E flat (Lechorn) 
'Corirante' (Blow) 
Goblin's Frolic (Vincent)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2051 10" AF-7020 Study in C minor (Burgmuller)
Study in G major (Esipoff)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7021 Presto (from Sonata in F, Hob.XVI 23.) (Haydn)
Souvenir (Schumann)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2052 10" AF-7022 Study in Bb major (Holbrooke)
Study in A major (Czerny)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7023
 Allegretto (from An Album of Flowers) (Campbell)
Salterello in E minor (from Les Petites Danseuses) (Botting)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2053 12" AF-7024 unknown piece (Czerny)
Study in F Major (Mozskowski)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7025 Rosemary (Frank Bridge)
No III (from “Scenes from Imaginary Ballet,” Op. 74) (Coleridge-Taylor)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2054 12" AF-7026 Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2 (Chopin) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
AF-7027 Rondo op.13 [sic] (Beethoven) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1924
2055 12" AF-7006
AF-7007		 The Joy Of Speaking Poetry, part 1
The Joy Of Speaking Poetry, part 2		 Jessie Matthay (spoken word) Jul/Aug 1924
2056 12" AF-7008
AF-7009		 The Joy Of Speaking Poetry, part 3
The Joy Of Speaking Poetry, part 4		 Jessie Matthay (spoken word) Jul/Aug 1924
2057 12" AF-7010
AF-7011		 The Joy Of Speaking Poetry, part 5
The Joy Of Speaking Poetry, part 6		 Jessie Matthay (spoken word) Jul/Aug 1924
2058 12" AF-7028   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7029   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2059 12" AF-7030   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7031   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2060 12" AF-7032 Longing, Op. 8 No 5 (abridged) (Jensen)
Sleepless Nights, No. 3 in G (Heller)		 Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7033 Prelude in C, from Suite V (Purcell)
Sonata in D, Hob.XVI:37 (First Movement) (Haydn)		 Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2061 12" AF-7034   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7035   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2062 12" AF-7036   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7037   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2063 10" AF-7038   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7039   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2064 10" AF-7040   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7041   Rae Robertson (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2065 12" AF-7042 Theme and Variations in C (Haydn)
Two Pt. Invention, No.1, in C  (Bach)
Petite Valse, Op.10 (Karganoff)		 Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7043 The Frolic (Abridged)  (Lee) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2066 12" AF-7044 Two Pt. Invention, No. 13 in A minor (Bach)
Contented, from Op. 15 (Schumann)
Valse Gracieuse Op. 46 (Swinstead)		 Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7045 Fantasie in D Minor (K.397) (Mozart) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2067 10" AF-7046 Study in C, Op. 168 (Mayer)
Sonata in D minor (Scarlatti)		 Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7047 Allegro from Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 (Beethoven) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2068 10" AF-7048 The Lost Lamb (Alwyn)
April Shower (Alwyn)		 Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7049 Nocturne, Op. 32 No. 1 (abridged) (Chopin) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2069 10" AF-7050   Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7051   Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2070 10" AF-7052 Impromptu, Op. 29 (abridged) (Chopin) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7053 Quasi Sarabande from “Hands accross the centuries” (Parry) Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2071 10" AF-7054   Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7055   Hilda Dederich (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2072 10" AF-7056 Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 81 No. X (Heller)
Prelude in C minor (Marnic) (Buck)		 Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7057 Courante in E minor from Suite IV (Handel)
Sonatina in G, First movement Op. 79 (Beethoven)		 Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2073 12" AF-7058   Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7059   Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2074 10" AF-7060   Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7061   Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2075 12" AF-7062   Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
AF-7063   Dorothy Howell (piano) Jul/Aug 1925
2076 12" AF-7064 Study in F (Holbrooke)
Study in D (Cramer)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
AF-7065 Six Poems No 1 (MacDowell)
Pipe and Tabor (Quilter)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
2077 12" AF-7066 Sonata in E [?Op 14 no. 1] (Beethoven) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
AF-7067 Nocturne in F, Op. 55  (Chopin) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
2078 10" AF-7068 Etude Op. 25 No. 9 (Chopin)
Capriccio (Scarlatti)		 Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
AF-7069 Adagio molto from Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 (Beethoven) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
2079   AF-7070 Fantasia in C minor (Bach) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
AF-7071 Valse Alsacienne (Holbrooke) Alec Rowley (piano) Jul/Aug 1926
2080