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CHORAL and VOCAL ENSEMBLE 78s FISK UNIVERSITY JUBILEE SINGERS 3178. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia A-3370 [79597-1/79598-3]. EZEKIEL SAW DE WHEEL /

YOU’RE GOING TO REAP JUST WHAT YOU SOW (Negro Sprituals). Excellent late ‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3095. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia A-3596 [79607-1/79614-3]. YOU HEAR THE LAMBS A-CRYIN’ / I AIN’T GOIN’ TO STUDY WAR NO MORE (Negro Spirituals). Excellent laminated pressing. One TB and few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

3097. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 562-D [W141524-1/W141525-1]. STEAL AWAY TO JESUS / EVERY TIME I FEEL THE SPIRIT (Negro Spirituals). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

CANTORI ROMANI and BOYS CHOIR dir. ALESSANDRO MORESCHI 2933. 10” Blk. (G&T) Gram. Concert Canto Gregoriano lbl. 54779 [2198h]. GLORIA IN

EXCELSIS DEO. Minor lt. rubs, 2-3. $20.00.

GREGORIAN RECORDS 2723. 12” Red Victor 71001 [271½i]. GREGORIAN HIGH MASS: Kyrie Eleison. Recorded in

St. Peter’s, Rome, 1904. Dir. by Mon. RELLA of the SISTINE CHAPEL. 2-3. $8.00. 2725. 12” Red Victor 71002 [278½i]. GREGORIAN HIGH MASS: Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Recorded in St. Peter’s, Rome, 1904. Dir. by Mon. RELLA of the SISTINE CHAPEL. Superficial rubbing, one harmless LSS. 3. $8.00.

2724. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 71003 [302½i]. GREGORIAN HIGH MASS: I due Alleluja. Recorded in St. Peter’s, Rome, 1904. Dir. by Mon. RELLA of the SISTINE CHAPEL. Cons. 2-3. $8.00.

2728. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 71004 [280½i]. GREGORIAN HIGH MASS: Credo [Pt. I]. Recorded in St. Peter’s, Rome, 1904. Dir. by Mon. RELLA of the SISTINE CHAPEL. Small edge flake face side not to grooves, gen. 2-3. $8.00.

2727. 12” Red Victor 71006 [294i]. GREGORIAN HIGH MASS: Sanctus et Agnus Dei. Recorded in St. Peter’s, Rome, 1904. Dir. by Mon. RELLA. 2-3. $8.00.

2726. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 71007 [295i]. GREGORIAN HIGH MASS: Sequentia Messa S. Gregorio. Recorded in St. Peter’s, Rome, 1904. Dir. by Mon. RELLA. Superficial rubs, two harmess and tiny edge flakes blank side. 3. $8.00.

METROPOLITAN OPERA CHORUS 2937. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45051. HUGUENOTS: Rataplan [Coro di Soldati] (Meyer-

beer) / MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis und Osiris (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

PRINCETON SEMINARY MALE CHORUS. Forty voices, ten on each part. No information as to the conductor’s name. 2641. 12” White elec. Victor Special Record Mat. CVE-34982-2. Y DELYN AUR [THE

GOLDEN HARP] (Gymreig, arr. D. Pugh-Evans). With Blanche Hubbard [harp], Edith C. Roberts [pianist]. Recorded March 27, 1926. 2. $12.00.

2640. 12” White elec. Victor Special Record Mat. CVE-34983-1. YE WATCHERS AND YE HOLY ONES (17th Century German). With Blanche Hubbard [harp], Edith C. Roberts [pianist]. Recorded March 27, 1926. 2. $12.00.

RUSSIAN OPERA CHORUS dir. A. U. SLUTZKY 3242. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4120. EUGEN ONEGIN: Beautiful girls / EUGEN ONEGIN:

On the bridge (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

VICTOR (LIGHT) OPERA COMPANY 2546. 12” Blk. RCA Victor 35757 [takes 1/2]. Gems from THE LOVE SONG (Künneke-

Offenbach) / Gems from THE STUDENT PRINCE (Romberg). Side one is take 1 (recorded April 1, 1925), a late post-War replacement take for the original issue, take 7 (recorded April 16, 1925). For take 1 Richard Crooks is the tenor soloist while on the common take 7 Lambert Murphy is soloist. Harmless stain one area side one, cons. 2. $8.00.

2619. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 35940 [20T/23]. AIDA: Gems (Verdi). Two sides. Artists include Crooks, Marsh, Della & Elsie Baker, Murphy, Charles Hart, Judson House, Royal Dad-mun, Olive Kline, etc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR dir. Dr. R. R. TERRY 2767. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D340 [Ho1362ac/Ho1364ac]. TE DEUM (Francesco Anerio).

Two sides. Missing from Bennett, Vol. I. Harmless lbl. crease (not a crack), gen. 2. $10.00.

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INSTRUMENTAL 78 rpm Discs MARO AJEMIAN [pianist] 2463. 12” Red RCA Victor 12-0343. RONDO No. 1 ON A FOLK TUNE; BULGARIAN DANCE

No. 1 [both from “Mikrokosmos”] (Bartók] / ANAHID AJEMIAN [violinist]. CHANT POÈME (Khatchaturian). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JOHN AMADIO [flutist] 2566. 12” PW Plum Electrola EH 229 [CR1604-I/CR1605-I]. FLUTE CONCERTO: Andante/

Finale (Mozart, K.314). Cons. 2. $10.00.

2634. 12” PW Red Orth. “Z” shellac Victrola 11132 [CR1604-I/CR1605-I]. Same as preceding listing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

4019. Red Orth. Victrola 9695 [Cc17488-IV/17489-III]. THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE (arr. Briccaldi)/HUNGARIAN PASTORAL FANTASIE (Doppler). With Orch. dir. George Byng. Small lbl. stkr., few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.

AMAR QUARTET [Licco Amar, Walter Caspar, Paul Hindemith, Rudolf Hindemith]

2585. 12” Blk. EE Polydor 66419, 66420 [423bg/424bg, 425bg/426bg]. STRING QUARTET IN E MINOR (Verdi). Four sides. IMs. Cons. 2. $50.00.

WILHELM BACKHAUS [pianist] 4269. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74159 [2840f]. ÉTUDE C# MINOR, Op. 25, No.6; ÉTUDE A

FLAT, Op. 25, No. 1 (both Chopin). Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $12.00.

2167. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88160 [2649f]. HAR-MONIOUS BLACK-SMITH (Händel). Cata-logue number 71040 stamped in matrix. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

M. G. BALAY dir. REPUB-LICAN GUARD BAND

2399. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 12-59019 [CTR3441-I/ CTR3442-I]. CONCER-TINO FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA (v.Weber). Two sides. Arr. for band, the solo played by a group of clarinetists. Cons. 2. $7.00.

GEORGES BARRÈRE [fl.], CARLOS SALZEDO [hrp], HORACE BRITT [cel.] 3079. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1975. LA PANTOMIME (Rameau) / LA TIMIDE;

L’INDISCRETE (all Rameau). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

Sir THOMAS BEECHAM [conductor] dir. BEECHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2740. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68017-D [6559/6560]. MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Mozart).

Two sides. Tiny patina side one into grooves about ¼”, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3419. 12” Gold Flags acous. Columbia 68018-D [6602/6603]. SYMPHONY PATHÉTIQUE: 2nd Mvt. / SYMPHONY PATHÉTIQUE: 3rd Mvt. (Tschaikowsky).Few lt. mks., 2. $12.00.

RENÉ BENEDETTI [vln] and JEAN WIENER [pno] 2743. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D15074, D15075 [WLX437/438, 439/440]. LE BOEUF

SUR LE TOIT (Milhaud). Four sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

WILHELM BACKHAUS in the HMV record pressing plant, late 1920s

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INSTRUMENTAL 78 rpm Discs

LEONARD BERNSTEIN [pianist] 4269. 12” New Music Recordings NMR 1611 [1081/1012]. PRELUDE AND FUGUE No. 3

IN C# MAJOR (David Diamond) / JUILLIARD SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE. SCHERZO FOR FLUTE, OBOE, CLARINET, BASSOON AND HORN (Frederick Jacobi). Bernstein’s first recording? At any rate, very early. Two faint, harmless 1” rim crks. side two, cons. 2. $8.00.

ARCADIE BIRKENHOLZ [violinist]. New York City, 1904-1975. He began studies at the age of six with Leopold Lichtenberg and then became a pupil of Leopold Auer, making his debut at New York’s Town Hall. Much of his career was developed on the radio in the later 1920s, and by 1929 he had played most of the major concerti with the NBC Orchestra. Choosing the security of consistent work and less traveling, he became a violinist with the NBC Symphony under Toscanini. His birth date varies, according to source, from 1904 to 1906.

3014. 10” Blk. elec. Edison 11047 [N-686-2/ N-687-A]. COQ D’OR: Hymn to the Sun / SADKO: Song of India (both Rim-sky-Korsakov, arr. Kreisler). Piano acc. Herman Neuman. Small indentation (possibly a very few lt. sounds), otherwise just about 1-2. $35.00.

LEO BLECH [conductor] dir. BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA

2629. 12” Red Orth. Victor 11407 [ D439-2/ 2D432-2]. ANDANTE FOR THE FLUTE / IDOMENEO: Ballet Music (both Mozart). IMs, few lightest mks. 2. $7.00.

1840. 12” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Victor 11457 [2B1521-II/2B1522-I]. NORWEGIAN DANCE No. 3 / NORWEGIAN DANCE No. 4 (Grieg, Op. 35). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

ADRIAN BOULT [conductor] dir. LIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

2165. 12” Red PW (silver print) Victor 18155 [2EA7636-I/2EA7637-I]. TWO INTERLINKED FRENCH FOLK MELODIES / FETE GALANTE: Minuet (both Dame Ethel Smyth). Unusual repertoire. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MARIA THÉRÈSE BRAZEAU [pianist]. A pupil of Canadian pianist Moïse Saucier. 4263. 12” Green PW Fr. Polydor 27096 [701Bi/702Bi]. BERCEUSE EN RÉ DIÈSE (Chopin,

Op. 57) / DANSE D’OLAF (Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

Mr. BUSONY [violinist]. 1470. 10” Blk. acous. Symphony Concert Record 2771 [5301/4885]. SERENADE (Toselly)/

GIPSIES MELODIES [sic] (Sarasate). Record manufactured probably around 1914 by the “Isi-Works International Record Co.” in Saxony. Lt. superficial rubs, 3. $15.00.

GASPAR CASSSADO [cellist] 2746. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Col. 67895-D, 67896-D [WAX5382-2/5383, 5384/5415-2].

SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO (Debussy). Three sides. / ARAGONESA (Cassado). With GIULIETTA VON MENDELSSOHN GORDIGIANI [pianist]. Few lt. rubs, gen. cons. 2. $15.00.

ARTHUR CATTERALL [violinist] 3468. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 67052-D, 67053-D [AX71-AX74]. KREUTZER SONATA,

Op. 47 (Beethoven). With WILLIAM MURDOCH [pianist]. Few lightest mks., sides from just about 1-2 to cons 2. $12.00.

GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER [composer/conductor] 2172. 12” Red Decca G-25928 – G-25930 [XXP7102-2/7103-2. 7104-2/C, small ND in

outer margin side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

LEO BLECH

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ALBERT COATES [conductor] 3420. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55270-55272. LE COQ D’OR: Suite (Rimsky-Korsakov). Six

sides. With SYMP. ORCH. From 1-2 (mostly) to cons. 2. $15.00. 4020. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 9216, 9217 [CR894-I/895-1A, 896-II/897-IIA]. THE

FOUNTAINS OF ROME (Respighi). Four sides. Excellent pressings. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

4021. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 11160 [Cc20615-II/20614-II]. SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE: Chinese March (Igor Stravinsky). Two sides. Excellent copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.

2186. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 11424 [CR2454-III/C17848-II]. MAY NIGHT: Over-ture (Rimsky-Korsakov). With LONDON SYMP. ORCH. Two sides. Cons. 2. $10.00.

PIERO COPPOLA [conductor] 3116. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.521 [BL36-II/BL37-II]. PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE:

Interlude du 2e acte, Scène II / PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Interlude du 2e acte, Scène III (Debussy). With ORCH. du CONCERTS PASDELOUP. 2. $10.00.

3115. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.522 [BL68-II/BL69-II]. PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Interlude du 3e act, Scène II / PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Interlude 4e acte, Scène III (Debussy). With ORCH. du CONCERTS PASDELOUP. 2. $10.00.

3461. 12” Blk acous. Disque Gram. W-534 [CP123-I/CT336-I]. MAROUF: Danses (Henri Rabaud). Two sides. With ORCH. du CONCERTS PASDELOUP. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1755. 12” Blk. PW elec. Disque Gram. W-963, W-964 [CK2776-1/2777-II, 2778-III/2779-I]. LA RONDE SUR LA CLOCHE (Piero Coppola). Three sides / BURLESQUE (Piero Coppola). With SYMP. du GRAMOPHONE. Rare. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

4022. 12” Blk. PW Disque Gram. W-1029, W-1030 [CM349-III/350-V, 351-IV/352-III]. RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE (Ravel). Four sides. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2710. 12” PW elec. Blk. Disque Gram. W-1163, W-1164 [GC1030-I/1031-II, 1032-I/1033-II]. LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN (Ravel). With ORCH. du. SOCIETÉ DES CONCERTS DU CONSERVATOIRE Four sides. With Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4023. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4950, DB-4951 [2W-1518-2/1519-2, 1520-1/767-1]. ISTAR-VARIATIONS SYMPHONIQUES (Vincent d’Indy). Three sides. / MARCHE

JOYEUSE (Chabrier). Couple small rubs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

ALFRED CORTOT [pianist] 2752. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6065. LA LEG-

GIEREZZA (Liszt) / JEAU D’EAU (Ravel). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

4024. 12” Red Australian HMV DB 1069, DB 1070 [CR1406-IIA/1407-II, 1408-II/ 1409-II]. VARIATIONS SYMPHONIQUES (Franck). Four sides. With Sir LANDON RONALD dir. LONDON SYMP. ORCH. Excellent pressings. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

EUGEN D’ALBERT [pianist] 2173. 12” Purple U.S. Odeon 53103 [XXB5730].

INVITATION TO THE WALTZ (Weber). Lt. superficial scuffing but no visual wear. 3. $12.00.

4271. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 65562 [1120m/1121m]. NOCTURNE FIS-DUR, Op. 15, No. 2 / WALZER AS-DUR, op. 42 (both Chopin). Nice copy. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $150.00.

DESIRÉ DEFAUW [conductor] dir. BRUXELLES CONSERVATOIRE ORCH.

2172. 12” PW Eng. Columbia LFX 66 [WLB2/WLB3]. MEPHISTO VALSE (Liszt). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

Deadeye ALFRED CORTOT

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VINCENT D’INDY [composer/pianist] 3969. 10” Blk. acous. Fr. Gramophone (SR) P.472

[Bb3071-II/Bb3072-II]. LE LAC VERT / LA POSTE; L’HALTE AU SOIR (all from “Tableaux de Voyage”) (d’Indy). D’Indy here is pianist. Patch of shellac discoloration into grooves ½” could swish lightly, otherwise cons. 2. $60.00.

1826. 10” Blue Art-Label Pathé X.8806, X.8807 [N.350048/350049, 350050/350051]. LE CAMP DE WALLENSTEIN (d’Indy). Here d’Indy conducts an unidentified Symphony Orchestra with spoken comments at close. Four sides. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

SAMUEL DUSHKIN [violinist] 1858. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works

17075-D [CL4277-4/CL4371-1]. PASTORALE. With IGOR STRAVINSKY [pianist] / DUSHKIN [violinist], LOUIS GROMER [oboe], GEORGES DURAND [Eng. Horn], ANDRÉ VACCELLIER [clarinet], GABRIEL GRANDMAISON [bassoon]. PETROUCHKA: Danse Russe (both Stravinsky). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JOSÉ ECHANIZ [pianist] 4013. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 162-M [W144914-2/144915-3]. TANGO (Albeniz, arr.

Godowsky)/ L’ARLESIENNE: Minuet (Bizet, arr. Rachmaninoff). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

WERNER EGK [composer/conductor) dir. ORCH. BERLIN STAATSOPER 1742. 12” Telefunken 1936 Olympics Special Label E2030 [050360/050361]. WAFFEN-

TANZ (Werner Egk for 1936 Olympics). Two sides. Few tiny rim patinas, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

1743. 12” Telefunken 1936 Olympics Special Label E2031 [05050522/050523]. TOTENKLAGE (Werner Egk for 1936 Olympics). Two sides. Some small edge patinas in about ½” will sound lightly, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

GEORGES ENESCO [violinist] 3654. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2008-M [81530-3/81556-5]. AUBADE PROVENÇALE

(Kreisler) / SÉRÉNADE (d’Ambrosio, Op. 4). Piano acc. Edward C. Harris. Looks mint (as do most listings in this category). Just about 1-2. $300.00.

4272. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50161-D [W98627-5/W98628-10]. FOLIES D’ESPA-GNE (Corelli). Two sides. Piano acc. Sanford Schlussel. Couple insignificant, totally harmless paper scrs., otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $400.00.

EMANUEL FEUERMANN [cellist] 2571. 12” Elec. Parlophon P.9291 [2-20756/2-20757]. LE CYGNE (Saint-Saëns) / DANSE

ESPAGNOLE (Granados). Piano acc. Michael Taube. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

4025. 12” PW Purple Japanese Columbia W243 [2-20213/2-20858]. TRAUMEREI (Schu-mann)/LE CYGNE (Saint-Saëns). Piano acc. M. Taube.. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

FLONZALEY QUARTET: ADOLFO BETTI [1st vln], ALFRED POCHON [2nd vln], LOUIS BAILLY [vla], IVAN D’ARCHAMABEAU [cello]

3217. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1276. DEEP RIVER / IRISH REEL (both arr. Alfred Pochon). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

2637. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6117. FIVE NOVELETTES: Interludium in Modo Antico (Glazounov, Op. 15, No. 3) / QUARTET IN D MINOR: Allegretto ma non troppo [Theme and Variations] (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2708. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6486. QUARTET IN G MAJOR, 1st Mvt / QUARTET IN G MAJOR: 3rd Mvt. (Haydn, Op. 77, No. 1). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $7.00.

VINCENT D'INDY at home

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1175. 12” White vinyl Orth. Victrola mat. CVE-37402-1. QUARTET IN E FLAT: Scherzo (Cherubini). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $75.00.

ZINO FRANCESCATTI [violinist] 2785. 10” White Test Columbia Matrix WL3595-1. SADKO:

Chant Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov). Circa. 1931-32. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

FRENCH GRAMOPHONE COMPANY DOUBLE QUINTETTE

3436. 12” Blk. acous. W311 [811aj/812aj]. PETITE SUITE: En bateau / PETITE SUITE: Cortège (Debussy). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

HANS FRENZ [flautist] 3113. 10” Red Decca G-20497, G-20498 [Be11101/11102,

11103/11100]. CONCERTO FOR FLUTE IN G MAJOR (Quantz). Three sides. / SONATA IN G MINOR: First Movement (Frederick the Great). With String Quintet. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

OSKAR FRIED [conductor] dir. BERLIN PHIL. 2570. 12” PW Blue Grammophon 95204 [1420½bm/1421½bm].

DANSE MACABRE (Saint-Saëns). Lbl. stkr. 2. $10.00.

RUDOLF FRIML [composer/pianist] 4017. 10” EE Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 533-D [W141391-2/

141392-2]. THE VAGABOND KING: Song of the Vaga-bonds/ CHANSONETTE (both Friml). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3562. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2113-D [W141391-2 / W143647-4]. THE VAGABOND KING: Song of the Vagabonds / THE COLUMBIANS. THE VAGABOND KING: The Vagabond King Waltz (Friml). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lt. rubs, very minor lbl. stain, cons. 2. $8.00.

RUDOLF GANZ [conductor] dir. ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY 4273. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1508. MURMURING ZEPHYRS (Jensen, arr. Niemann) /

SPRING SONG, Op. 62, No. 6 (Mendelssohn). Ganz here as solo pianist. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4026. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55202. FESTIVAL OVERTURE (E. Lassen). Two sides. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

GEORGE GERSHWIN [composer/pianist] 1620. 10” PW British elec. Columbia 4065 [WA3553/3555]. TIP-TOES: Sweet and Low

Down/ TIP-TOES: Looking For a Boy (Gershwin). Superficial rubs, 3. $20.00. 1261. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55225. RHAPSODY IN BLUE (Gershwin). Two sides. With

PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS CONCERT ORCH. Mint? Just about 1-2. $20.00.

WALTER GIESEKING [pianist] 4268. 12” Gold Brunswick 50104 [XE22250/XE22253]. LA PLUS QUE LENTE (Debussy) /

SILVER CASCADE (Niemann). Excellent late ‘30s Columbia pressing. Lt. superficial rubbing, 2-3 (should play as new). $12.00.

2711. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 68019-D [H-52549/H-52550]. ARABESQUES FOR PIANO: No. 1, Andante con moto / No. 2, Allegretto Scherzando (Debussy). Excellent pressing from Homocord matrices which Gieseking signed. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2721. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 68033-D, 68034-D [WAX 6016-2/6017-2, 6018-4/ 6019-2]. SUITE BERGAMASQUE (Debussy). Four sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

LEOPOLD GODOWSKY [pianist] 1864. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15017 [4048/4706]. RUSTLE OF SPRING (Sinding) /

WITCHES’ DANCE (MacDowell). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2753. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50069. REFLECTS DANS L’EAU / CLAIR DE LUNE (both Debussy). Cons. 2. $8.00.

FLONZALEY QUARTET

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EUGENE GOOSSENS [conductor] dir. NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1746. 12” Red PW Victor 9787, 9788 [CR2017-II/

2018-1A, 2019-1A/2025-II]. TINTAGEL Three sides / MEDITERRANEAN (both Bax). Disc one PW (gold print). Disc two Scroll (“Z” shellac). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

EDVARD H. GRIEG [composer/pianist]. Bergen, Norway, 1843-1907. The preeminent Norwe- gian nationalist composer, Grieg made his debut as a concert pianist in 1861. He also conducted, having to miss the premiere of his A minor Piano Concerto in 1869 because of a conducting engagement elsewhere. He worked for a period with Liszt and met most of the pro- minent composers of the period, including Tschaikowsky. His music for the premiere of Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt was composed at the request of the author. Grieg made nine exceedingly rare G&Ts in Paris, 1904, which are among the great recorded piano rarities, along with those of Saint-Saëns, Pugno and Debussy.

3860. 10” White lbl. HMV [2161-F-1]. NORWEGIAN BRIDAL PROCESSION, Op. 19, No. 2 (Grieg). This is the only special pressing of this 1904 recording I’ve ever seen (probably stamped about 60 years ago). I had no idea that the matrix had been preserved. It’s obviously of great importance. Just about 1-2. $250.00.

GUARNERI STRING QUARTET [Daniel Karpilowsky, Mauritz Stromfeld, Boris Kroyt, Walter Lutz] 4027. 12” Gold Bruns. 90080 [118bv/119bv]. QUARTET D MAJOR: Third Mvt. [Notturno]

(Borodin). Two sides. PW Columbia pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

ALBERT GRÜNFELD [pianist/composer] 1477. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 45548/45549 [10902u/10905u]. DANSE CAPRICE, Op. 46 /

SERENADE NAPOLITAINE, Op. 47 (both A. Grünfeld). Some MGTs, 2-3. $15.00.

ANTONIO GUARNIERI dir. MILAN SYMPHONY

2603. 12” Red PW Odeon E5113 [XXPh6188-2/XXPh6189-2]. NOVELLETTA (Giuseppe Martucci). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GASTON HAMELIN [clarinetist] 4028. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4809 [2G349-II/350-II]. RAPSODIE POUR CLARI-

NETTE ET ORCHESTRE (Debussy). Two sides. Orch. dir. PIERO COPPOLA. IMs, minor rubs, gen. 2. $12.00.

JULIUS HARRISON dir. HASTINGS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 2771. 12” Red Decca G-25714 [KA1/KA2]. SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, Op. 22: No. 2,

Marching Song (Holst) / ROMANCE-SONG OF ADORATION (Julius Harrison). Few lt. mks., 2. $8.00.

ROBERT HEGER dir. VIENNA PHILHARMONIC

2169. 12” PW Plum Electrola EH 292 [CW2161-1A/CW2162-II]. FEUERSNOT: Liebes-Szene (R. Strauss). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JASCHA HEIFETZ [violinist] 3967. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3312. HORA STACCATO (Dinicu-Heifetz) / LA FILLE

AUX CHEVEUX DE LIN (Debussy, arr. Hartmann). Piano acc. Emanuel Bay. Scarce late issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

VICTOR HERBERT [cellist/composer] 3597. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 64240. THE ANGEL’S WHISPER (Lover). Piano

acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1616. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64297. PETITE VALSE-A PABLO CASALS (Herbert). Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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1263. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74286. PENSÉE AMOUREUSE (Victor Herbert). Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Label smudge trademark area (where apparently small sticker had been removed), otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1646. 12” Purple Pats. “A” plate Victor 70049. NATOMA: Dagger Dance, Act II (Herbert). Victor Herbert here conducting His Orchestra. One LSS (scuff), cons. 2. $10.00.

MYRA HESS [pianist] 3315. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 157-M

[W145545-1/W145545-1]. PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE (Ravel). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3148. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2063-M [W145542-2/W145543-2]. FIFTH FRENCH SUITE: Gigue / CANTATA No. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (both Bach). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3207. 10” Blue PW Col. Master Works 4084-M [W145542-2/W145543-2]. Same as previous listing (item #3148) but mid-1930s renumbering. TB side two. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3206. 10” Blue PW Columbia 4085-M [W148375-2/W148376-4]. THIRD PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN C# MAJOR / TOCCATA G MAJOR: Allegro (both J. S. Bach). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

PAUL HINDEMITH [composer/conductor/violist] dir. BERLINER PHIL.

2741. 12” PW Blue Telefunken E1647 – E1649 [016762/016763, 016764-1/016765, 016766/016767]. SYMPHONIE: MATHIS, DER MALER (Hindemith). Hindemith here conducting. Six sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2772. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 15643. TRAUERMUSIK (Paul Hindemith). Two sides. Orch. dir. Bruno Reibold. Hindemith here as violist. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

RUDOLF HINDEMITH [cellist] 2766. 12” Red Decca 25239, 25240 [H-M5110/511, 512-1/513]. CONCERTO IN D

MAJOR (Tartini). Four sides. Homocord matrices. Lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $12.00.

HIRT TRIO [HIRT – BRUN – LEHR] 2176. 12” PW Blue Polydor 95286 – 95289 [106BO-111BO, 112½/113BO]. TRIO, C-DUR

(Brahms, Op. 87). Seven sides. / TRIO No. 5, G-DUR: Andante (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

JOSEF HOFMANN [pianist] 2567. 12” Lt. Blue Eng. Columbia L1391 [49309/48976]. RONDO CAPRICCIOSO (Men-

delssohn) / MINUET IN G (Paderewski). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GUSTAV HOLST [conductor/composer] 1802. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 67076-D, 67077-D [AX304/305, 306/307]. BENI MORA-

ORIENTAL SUITE (Gustav Holst). Four sides. One tiny, harmless, rim patina side three, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

VLADIMIR HOROWITZ [pianist] 1808. 12” Late Red RCA Victor 11-9693. MENDELSSOHN’S WEDDING MARCH AND

VARIATIONS AFTER LISZT (Horowitz). Two sides. One rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

1764. 12” Late Red RCA Victor 12-3154. RÁKÓCZY MARCH (Horowitz, after Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 by Liszt). Two sides. Spectacular technique. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

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GEORGES HÜÉ [conducor/composer] 1825. 10” Blue Art-Label Pathé X.8775 [N300878-A/N300879-1]. LE MIRACLE (ballet,

1910): Escholiers et Ribaudes; Danse de l’ours / Variations et finale (Georges Hüe). Two sides. Concludes with a “vocal autograph” (few spoken comments by the composer/conductor). Just about 1-2. $40.00.

LOUIS KAUFMAN [violinist] 4029. 12” Blue Microphone PW Columbia 70727-D [AM1376/1377]. HEXAPODA [FIVE

STUDIES IN JITTEROPTERA]: Gut-Bucket Gus; Jane Shakes Her Hair; Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes / ’Till Dawn Sunday; Jam Jives (Robert Russell Bennett). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

GUNILD KEELMAN dir. JUGENDORCHESTER der GÜNTHER-SCHULE, MÜNCHEN 1744. 12” PW Telefunken Special 1936 Olympics Label E2032 [050561/050562]. EINZUG

UND REIGEN DER MÄDCHEN (Carl Orff). Some edge patinas in about ½” will sound lightly (probably from dampness), otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

HANS KINDLER [conductor] dir. NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1844. 12” Red PoW 11-8452. PRELUDE AND HULA (Dai-keong Lee). Two sides. Enjoyable

and certainly ususual. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY dir. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2395. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-1060. GYMNOPÉDIE No. 1 / No. 2 (Satie, orch.

Debussy). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY [string bassist] 2543. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7159. SONATA: Largo (Eccles, arr. Koussevitzky) /

CHANSON TRISTE (Koussevitzky, Op. 2). Piano acc. Pierre Luboschutz. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

FRITZ KREISLER [violinist] 3232. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 43944 [2084x].

CHANSON SANS PAROLES (Tschaikow-sky). Tiny harmless edge flake blank side only. Nice copy, bright label. 2-3. $35.00.

3233. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 43947 [2087x]. AIR (J. S. Bach). Very fine copy. Cons. 2. $50.00.

1747. 12” PoW RCA Victor 6608 [takes 9/7]. LIEBESFREUD / LIEBESLEID (both Kreisler). Piano acc. Carl Lamson. Take used for side one available only on PoW U.S. pressings. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2250. 12” Rockwell SS Prof. Acetate. MIDNIGHT BELLS (Heuberger-Kreisler). From Tele-phone Hour broadcast 28/11/1949. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

HUGO KREISLER [cellist] 4015. 10” Red acous. Victrola 729. SPANISH

SÉRÉNADE (Chaminade, arr. Kreisler)/ VIENNESE FOLK SONG-FANTASY (arr. H. Kreisler). Piano acc. Fritz Kreisler. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

QUATOUR KRETTLY [string quartet] 4030. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D15182 [WLX674/675]. TROIS PIÈCES POUR QUA-

TOUR A CORDES (Igor Stravinsky). Few minor rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.

JAN KUBELIK [violinist] 3185. 10” Blk. London G&T 7967 [4601b]. CARMEN: Habanera [CARMEN FANTASIA,

Pt. 1] (Bizet-Sarasate). Recorded Dec., 1903. Cons. 2. $25.00.

3186. 10” Blk. London G&T 7968 [4602b[. CARMEN: Last Movement [CARMEN FANTASIA, Pt. 2] (Bizet-Sarasate). Cons. 2. $25.00.

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3256. 11” Fonotipia 39163/39191 [XPh272/XPh271]. DANSE HONGROISE (Rivader Nachez) / SÉRÉNADE (Ambrosino). Cons. 2. $20.00.

3416. 12” Grey elec. Ultraphon G11386 [31843/31847]. POËME (Fibich) / BURLESKA, Op. 17 (Suk). Piano acc. Alfred Hole�ek. NR on lbl. side one. Cons. 2. $20.00.

WANDA LANDOWSKA [harpsichordist] 3096. 10” Red Scroll Victor 1599 [Bb12564-II/Bb12565-V]. WOLSEY’S WILDE (Byrd) /

GAVOTTE IN G MINOR (Bach). “Z” surface material. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3151. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1130 [Bb19231-III/Bb19232-II]. LE ROSSIGNOL EN AMOUR

(Couperin le Grand) / SONATA No. 9: Pastorale (Scarlatti). Cons. 2. $8.00.

LENER STRING QUARTET 2709. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 67033-D [AX158-2/AX166-2]. QUARTET IN G MINOR:

Andantino doucement expressif (Debussy, op. 10) / QUARTET IN D: Scherzo – Allegro non tanto a con fuoco (Tschaikowsky, Op. 11). Cons. 2. $15.00.

RENÉ LE ROY [flautist] and PASQUIER TRIO

2631. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 12165 [2LA2157-I/2LA2158-II]. QUARTET FOR FLUTE AND STRINGS IN A MAJOR (Mozart, K.298). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3417. 12” Red PW (silver print) Victor 6840. BLUE DANUBE WALTZ (Strauss, arr. Schulz-Evler). Two sides. 2. $7.00.

MAURICE MARÉCHAL [cellist] 1776. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7261-M [WLX1567/WLX1587]. HISTOIRES (Jacques Ibert).

Two sides. Unaccompanied. As new, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

YEHUDI MENUHIN [violinist] 4014. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1329. LA CAPRICCIOSA (Ries)/ALLEGRO (Fiocco). Piano acc.

Louis Persinger. Good shellac but not “Z”. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LORENZO MOLAJOLI [conductor] dir. MILAN SYMPHONY

2295. 12” PW Eng. Col. 9833, 9834 [WBX331/335, 346/349]. THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME (Respighi). Four sides. Sides 1, 2 and 4 just about 1-2. Side 3 few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2635. 12” Blue PW Columbia 7194-M ]WBX207-2/WBZX208-1]. IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO: Sinfonia (Cimarosa). Two sides. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

MARCEL MOYSE [flautist] 3074. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works 17066-D [CL5246-1/CL5247-1]. PIECE FOR

SOLO [UNACCOMPANIED] FLUTE (Jacques Ibert) / SONATA IN A MINOR FOR SOLO FLUTE: Sarabande (J. S. Bach). Superficial rubs, 2-3. $7.00.

3076. 10” Blue PW Full Range Master Works Columbia 17090-D [CL5244/CL5245]. JOUEURS DE FLUTE: Pan / JOUEURS DE FLUTE: M. de la Péjaudie; Tityre (Albert Roussel). Piano acc. Joseph Benvenuti. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2748. 12” Blue PW Columbia 68433-D. TROIS PIÈCES POUR FLUTE [UNACCOMPANIED] (Ferroud). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2747. 12” PW Plum Disque Gram. L1013, L1014 [2LA738-1/739-1, 740-1/741-3]. CONCERTO POUR FLUTE ET ORCHESTRA (Jacques Ibert). Four sides. With Eugéne Bigot dir. Symp. Orch. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ROBERT MURCIE [flautist] 2750. 12” acous. Columbia 67069-D, 67070-D [AX319/320-2, 321-2/322]. SUITE IN B

MINOR FOR FLUTE AND STRINGS (Bach). Four sides. With Orchestra (unidentified ensemble and conductor). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

JEAN NADA [flautist]. From Nice, Nada was the principal flutist of the Tonhalle Orchestra, likely in the ‘20s, and teacher of Otto Luening.

2730. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50316-D [WZX131/WZX132]. SONATA FOR FLUTE AND HARPSICHORD (Loeillet). Two sides. With JOHANN HOORENMANN [harp-sichord). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2630. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50316-D [WZX131/WZX132]. Same as previous listing (item #2730). IMs, few lt rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

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NEW YORK STRING QUARTET: OTTOKAR CADEK [vln], JAROSLAV SISKOV- SKY [vln], LUDWIG SCHWAB [vla], BEDRICH VASKA [cello] 2751. 12” Brunswick 20043, 20056. QUARTET IN G MINOR, Op. 10 (Debussy). First disc

(Mvts. 1 & 3) is an electric recording from earlier in 1925. Disc two (mvts. 2 & 4) dates from later in 1927. The sonic differences are considerable! Note that these are different copies than those sold last year. It is seldom necessary to re-list items. Minor indentation near beginning of side two, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.

ELLY NEY [pianist] 4274. 10” Gold acous. Brunsick 15021 [7233/

7381]. HUNGARIAN DANCE No. 2 (Brahms) / NOCTURNE IN F# MAJOR, Op. 15, No. 2 (Chopin). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3112. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15094. VALSE PETITE (Carreño) / FEUX D’ARTIFICE (Debussy). One small LSS, few lt. rubs. 2. $12.00.

ELLY NEY TRIO: WILH. STROSS (vln), LUD- WIG HOELSCHER (cello), ELLY NEY (pno) 2178. 12” Green PW Polydor 27316 – 27319.

TRIO, H-DUR (Brahms, Op. 8). Eight sides. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ODEON STREICH ORCHESTER [conductor not identified] 1532. 12” Brown acous. Odeon 800682/80069

[XXB54112/XXB5412]. ROSENKAVA-LIER: Walzer (Strauss). Two sides. The Hansfried Sieben Odeon Discography gives side one as take 3, rather than take 2. Part of a group of records featuring three of the opera’s creators. For others in this group see in this catalogue Margarethe Siems and Eva Plaschke Von der Osten. Just about 1-2 except for small mk. side one and lt. scr. side two. $35.00.

IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI [pianist] 3150. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1531. DANSEUSES DE DELPHES / VOILES (Debussy). Just

about 1-2. $8.00.

1641. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6438. ÉTUDE DE CONCERT IN F MINOR (Liszt) / ÉTUDE IN A MINOR [“WINTER WIND”] (Chopin, Op. 25, No. 11). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1791. 12” Red PW Hist. HMV DB 1029 [CVE-35619/CVE-35620]. NOCTURNE A RAGUZE (Ernest Schelling). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

HANS PFITZNER [conductor/composer] dir. ORCH. BERLIN STAATSOPER 4264. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66122 [2012as/2013as]. PALESTRINA: Vorspiel, II. Akt

(Pfitzner). Two sides. Beautiful copy as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

4265. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66132 [2042as/2043as]. PALESTRINA: Vorspiel zum II. Akt (Pfitzner). Two sides. One barely noticeable, absolutely harmless LSS, otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

GABRIEL PIERNÉ [conductor/composer] 1278. 12” PW Red Odeon 123.574 [XXP6730-2/XXP6731-2]. RAMUNTCHO [OUVERTURE

SUR DES THÉMES POPULAIRES BASQUES] (Pierne). Two sides. Colonne Orch. dir. by the composer. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

2170. 12” Red Decca 25509 [XXP6729-2/XXP6975-2]. FIREWORKS / SUITE No.2: Polka and Galop (both Igor Stravinsky). Odeon Orchestra. Small PW and one tiny rub side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

ELLY NEY and daughter?

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ROBERT POLLAK [violinist]. Vienna, 1880 – Brunnen, Swiz., 1962. A student of Johann Ritter in Vienna and Hans Sitt in Leipzig, Pollak taught at the Geneva Conservatory (1905- 14) and the Moscow Conservatory (1918-19). He then returned to Vienna and taught, also serving as first violinist of the Buxbaum Quartet. During the period of 1926-30 he taught in San Fran- cisco and the following six years in Tokyo. From 1937 on he taught in Los Angeles, becoming an American citizen in 1943. His pupils included Isaac Stern and Bronislaw Gimpel. -Internet sources.

4262. 12” acous. Homokord 8103 [50695/50696]. SÉRÉNADE VIÉNNOISE (Jeral) / MEN-UETT IN G (Beethoven-Burfmeser). Piano acc. Few small bumps, lightest surface roughness (should not be a problem), 2-3. $15.00.

POLTRONIERI QUARTETTO 2464. 12” PW Green Eng. Columbia GQX 10045 [WBX826/WBX845]. QUARTETTO IN LA

MINORE-HUMORESCA: Intermezzo (Ippolitov-Ivanov). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1741. 12” PW Green Eng. Collumbia D14545 – D14548 [WBX-502/503, 508/589, 510/514, 515/516]. QUARTETTO IN LA MIMOLLE (Stan Golestan). Eight sides. Few lightest marks, gen. just about 1-2. $25.00.

FRANCIS POULENC [pianist/composer] 3072. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D13053 [WL947/WL1209]. MOUVEMENTS PERPETU-

ELLES: Nos. 1 and 2 / MOUVEMENTS PERPETUELLES: No. 3 (Poulenc). Side one cons. 2. Side two few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

2643. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D15094. LES BICHES: No. 2, Rondeau / LES BICHES: No. 3, Adagietto (Francis Poulenc). Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3470. 12” PoW Blue Eng. Columbia D15094. Same as previous listing but later pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3439. 12” PoW Eng. Col. LVX 266 [WLX1613-1/WLX1614-1]. DEUX NOVELETTES POUR PIANO (Poulenc) / CAPRICE POUR PIANO (both Poulenc). Side one cons. 2. Side two lt. superficial rubbing, gen. 2-3. $8.00.

2745. 12” PW Red Eng. Columbia D14213, D-14214 [WLX273/274, 272/275]. TRIO POUR PIANO, HAUTBOIS ET BASSON (Poulenc). Four sides. With ROGER LAMORLETTE [oboe], GUSTAVE DHÉRIN [bassoon]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

VASA PRIHODA [violinist] 1842. 12” acous. French Odeon 86511

[XXB7264/XXB7265]. CONCERTO EN RÉ MAJEUR: Andante (Mozart) / ARIA (Bach). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

RAOUL PUGNO [pianist]. Montrouge, 1852-Moscow, 1914. Studying first at the École Niedermeyer and then with Mathias at the Paris Conservatory (1866-1869), he was regarded as one of the great pianists of his time. His debut had been in 1858 at the age of six, and he was encouraged by a father who wanted him to be a musician. Pugno toured internationally, both as a soloist and at one point with the Belgian violinist Eugen Ysayë. Despite his grand size, his touch, stated Harold Schonberg, “was light and his technique was incredibly flexible”. Musical commentator Wilson Lyle refers to “the delicacy, fire and power of his playing”. His pupils included composer and pianist Nadia Boulanger, André Benoist, Ernst Levy and Germaine Schnitzer, among many others. His only records, 1903 G&Ts, are exceptional rarities.

2591. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 35508 [2054-F]. SÉRÉNADE Á LA LUNE (Raoul Pugno). Extraordinarily fleet playing. Harmless inherent surface depressions, one lightest (absolutely superficial) scr., just about 2. $500.00.

VASA PRIHODA

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QUINTETTE INSTRUMENTAL DE PARIS: PIERRE GROUT [violin], RENÉ BAS [viola], ROGER BOULME [cello], RENÉ LEROY [flute], PIERRE JAMET [harp]

2636. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4250, 4251 [BS4367-II/4368-II, 4369-II/4370-I]]. SONATA FOR FLUTE AND STRINGS (A. Scarlatti, arr. Germaine Tailleferre). Four sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF [pianist/composer] 1862. 10” Red acous. Victrola 816. SERENADE, Op. 3, No 5 (Rachmaninoff) /L’ARLESI-

ENNE: Minuet (Bizet, arr. Rachmaninoff). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2569. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6636. ONE LIVES BUT ONCE (Strauss-Tausig). Two sides. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

MAURICE RAVEL [composer/conductor] 3458. 12” Blue acous. Colmbia 67091-D, 67092-D [AX171-AX174]. SEPTET (Ravel). Four

sides. GWENDOLEN MASON [harp]; ROBERT MURCIE [flute]; HAYDN P. DRAPER [clarinet]; CHARLES WOODHOUSE, H. DINSEY, ERNEST TOMLINSON, S. JAMES [string quartet). Few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

MARGUERITE ROESGEN-CHAMPION [harpsichordist]. Geneva, 1894-1976. She studied at the Geneva Conservatory with Ernest Bloch and Émile Jacques-Dalcroize. Settling in Paris in 1926, she lived as both a composer and a harpsichordist/cembalist.

3077. 10” Red Scroll Victor 4363 [OLA-209-1/210-1, 211-1/212-1]. CONCERTO FOR HARPSICHORD AND ORCHESTRA, No. 6 (Händel). Three sides / HARPSICHORD SUITE No. 11: Sarabande and Gigue (Händel). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. “Z”-type shellac. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

Sir LANDON RONALD [conductor] dir. GRAMOPHONE ORCH. 3462. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W707 [Cc5863-III/Cc5864-II]. NOCTURNES: No. 2,

Fêtes (Debussy). Dir. GRAMOPHONE ORCH. Two sides. Cons. 2. $12.00.

1647. 12” Blk. elec. PW HMV D.1939, D.1940 [Cc19731-II/Cc19732-II, Cc19733-I/Cc19734-I]. WELSH RHAPSODY (Edward German). Four sides. Lbl. stkrs. sides 1 and 3. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MAX ROSEN [violinist] 4031. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50110. THAÏS: Méditation (Massenet)/HUMORESQUE

(Dvorák). Side one orch. acc., side two piano acc. Isiah Seligman. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

CARLO SABAJNO [conductor] dir. LA SCALA ORCHESTRA 2168. 12” PoW Green VdeP S10368 ]2M326-II/2M337-II]. GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF: Inter-

mezzo Atto 4.o (Mascagni) / EDGAR: Intermezzo Atto 3.o (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

FELIX SALMOND [cellist] 4032. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 7107-M [W98240-1/98242-3]. LONDONDERRY

AIR (arr. G. O’Connor-Morris)/LE CYGNE (Saint-Saëns). Piano acc. Simon Rum-schisky. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

4033. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 7117-M [W98234-5/98241-2]. SÉRÉNADE ESPAGNOLE (Glazounov, Op. 20, No. 2)/ VILLANELLE (Pianelli, arr. J. Salmon). Piano acc. Simon Rumshinsky. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

PABLO DE SARASATE [violinist] 3990. 10” Blk. vinyl White lbl. Victrola 62113-A and 52711 [4263o and 4264o].

ZIGEUNERWEISEN (Sarasate). Two single faced pressings. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3989. 10” Blk. vinyl White lbl. Victrola 62118-B [4265o]. HABANERA (Sarasate). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

FLORENT SCHMITT [composer/conductor] 2602. 12” PW Green Pathé X.96096 [250132/250133]. REFLETS D’ALLEMAGNE (Florent

Schmitt). Two sides. Conducted by the composer. With “vocal autograph” (a few spoken remarks by the composer following the performance). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

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LUCIEN SCHWARTZ [cello] 4261. 12” PW Plum Disque Gram. L-751 [2K120-II/CN405-III]. RÊVERIE (Piero Coppola) /

THAÏS: Méditation (Massenet). Piano acc. M. Petitjean. Side one just about 1-2. Side two lam. crk. (lt. sound) first ¼” side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

FABIEN SEVITZKY [conductor] dir. INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCH. 1795. 12” PW Red (silver print) Victor 18070. NEGRO HEAVEN (Otto Cesana). Two sides.

Oddity. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

Dr. JAMES SIMON [pianist]. Berlin, 1880 – Auschwitz, 1944. A gifted pupil of Conrad Ansorge (piano) and Max Bruch (com- position, Simon received his Ph.D. in Munich, 1904, and from 1907-1919 taught in the Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin. He was also active throughout his life as a solo re- citalist and a chamber music player, as well as a composer of solo vocal and choral music in particular, although he wrote an opera (performed once) and several well received instrumental pieces which included a cello sonata (Op. 9). He was interred in the “model” Theresienstadt Prison Camp and while there performed, composed and lectured. In October of 1944 he was transported to Auschwitz and was murdered in a gas chamber. -Internet

sources. 4266. 12” Red acous. U.S. Odeon 3021.

NOCTURNE IN B MAJOR / ÉTUDE IN G FLAT; WALTZ IN E MINOR (all Chopin). Parlophon matrices, rec. Sept. 28, 1921. Two of only six sides. Superficial rubs, Side one 3, side two 2-3. $15.00.

NICHOLAS SLONIMSKY dir. PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE. Slonimsky (St.Petersburg, 1894-Los Angeles, 1995) was a noted conductor, composer, editor, educator and pianist. As a conductor, he gave the premieres of Ives’ Three Places in New England (1931) and Varèse’s Ionisation.

3986. 10” PW Blue Shellac Columbia 4095-M [W152759-2/W152760-2]. IONISATION (Edgar Varèse). Two sides. Varèse, in his autobiography, recalled some of the composers who participated in this recording. “Carlos Salzedo, the great harpist, played the thematically important Chinese blocks. Paul Creston was at the anvils, Wallingford Riegger rubbed the güiro. Henry Cowell pounded tone-clusters on the piano keyboard. William Schumann, then a mere youngster, pulled the cord of the lion’s roar.” Varèse was in charge of the sirens. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ALBERT SPALDING [violinist] 2097. 12” PW Blue French Polydor 595011. NOCTURNE EN SOL MAJEUR (Chopin, Op.

37, No. 2) / INTRODUCTION-TARANTELLE (Sarasate, op. 43). Piano acc. Excellent pressing from U.S. Brunswick matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

CHARLES GILBERT SPROSS [pianist/composer]. Poughkeepsie, NY, 1874-1961. Dr. Spross (awarded an Honorary Doctorate), a pupil of Xavier Scharwenka, was a noted soloist and accompanist who played for numerous singers such as Anna Case (in a tour of the U.S. and Hawaii), Lillian Nordica, Lucrezia Bori, Frieda Hempel, Beniamino Gigli, Emmy Destinn, Johanna Gadski and dozens of others, as well as some noted instrumentalists. He was also a composer whose songs were in the repertoire of many singers of the period. A number were recorded, such as Yesterday and Today (Dan Beddoe), Will-o-the Wisp (Gluck, acc. by Spross; Hinkle, DiPasquale, De Cisneros, etc.) and Gunga Din. As a very young (14-15) collector, I corresponded with Dr. Spross for a year or so. As he was associated with most singers active in the 1900-1940 period, I would ask him, basically, “whatever became of …” queries mixed with occasional questions about his career, including people whom he accompanied. Of Caruso, he commented that he had played for his first public performance of a song in English, The Lost Chord, featured at a Metropolitan Opera Sunday night concert in 1912. This correspondence continued until he asked if I were a concert manager. When I replied that I was a sophomore in high school the letters came to an abrupt end!

JAMES SIMON

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2014. 12” Blk. Pats. Victor 31844. MAZURKA, No. 2., Op. 51 (Godard). Cons. 2. $20.00.

2048. 12” Blk. Victor 35223. CAPRICE ESPA-ÑOL (Moszkowski) / FERDINAND HIMMELREICH [pianist]. LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti-Himmelreich). Himmelreich (1879-Spring Lake, NJ, 1937) was a “nearly blind” organist and pianist active in the Philadelphia area and had been an organist in both the NYC and Philadelphia Wanamaker Stores and also Gimbels in Philadelphia. His recording (Edison and Victor) and performance career seem to have been limited to the New York and Philadelphia areas, perhaps because of his eyesight difficulty. Side one 2. Side two superficial rubs, 3. $10.00.

VICTOR STAUB [pianist] 3152. 10” Green PW Fr. Odeon 166045 [KI-

1275x/1286x]. LE TOMBEAU DE COUPERIN: Rigaudon (Ravel) / NUIT DE PRINTEMPS (Schumann-[Liszt). Cons. 2. $10.00.

LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI dir. PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA.

2712. 12” EE Victrola 6514. PRINCE IGOR: Polevetzki Dance (Borodin) / CAUCA-SIAN SKETCHES: No. 2, In the Village (Borodin). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2161. 12” Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6791 [takes 4/3]. LOHENGRIN: Prelude (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

WALTHER STRARAM [conductor] dir. ORCH. DES CONCERTS STRARAM 3438. 12” Blue shellac PW Columbia 68077-D [WLX1519-2/WLX1520-1]. ALBORADO

DEL GRACIOSO (Ravel). Two sides. Lt. superficial rubbing, 2-3. $8.00.

IGOR STRAVINSKY [composer/conductor] 1648. 12” PW Blue Columbia 67694-D [WLX626-2/WLX627]. SUITE DE PULCINELLA:

Duetto; Minuetto / Finale (Stravinsky). Dir. unspecified SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Two sides. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2396. 12” Green PoW Columbia 7479-M [xco37778/xco30779]. EBONY CONCERTO (Stravinsky). Two side. Written for and played by WOODY HERMAN’S ORCH. dir. by Stravinsky. Couple lt. rubs side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

LIONEL TERTIS [violist] 2729. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 67071-D, 67072-D [AX755-2/756-2, 757-2/758-2].

CHACONNE FOR VIOLA ONLY (Bach). Four sides. From just about 1-2 to cons. 2 (few lt. rubs). $12.00.

JACQUES THIBAUD [violinist] 2638. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6746 [Cc9954-II/9955-II, 9956-I/9957-II, 9958-II/9959-II].

CONCERTO IN E FLAT MAJOR (Mozart). Six sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ARTURO TOSCANINI dir. NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2050. 12” SS White Private Pressing 1941 Greeting from RCA Victor’s Musical Directors.

CS 068593-2. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Excerpt of Rhine Journey Recording Rehearsal (Wagner). Pressing for “Maynard Morris” (see label illustration). RCA Vr Bk. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2251. 12” ARS Acetate. “TOSCANINI REHEARSES” typed on label. Side one Kodaly piece, dated 2/8/41. No stopping or comments this side. Side two, Wagner, dated 4/7/42 opens with Toscanini comments which continue through side. Label damage. Surfaces cons. 2. $15.00.

CHARLES GILBERT SPROSS

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1643. 12” SS RCA Victor test pressing Matrix D4-RC-686-1. FIDELIO: Leonora’s Aria (Beethoven) – Part One. With ROSE BAMPTON [s] and NBC SYMPHONY. Unpublished take recorded 19 Dec. 1944. Issued version was take 4, recorded 14 June 1945. Some lt. scuffs, gen. 2-3. $100.00.

1644. 12” SS RCA Victor test pressing Matrix D4-RC-687-1. FIDELIO: Leonora’s Aria (Beethoven) – Part Two. With ROSE BAMPTON [s] and NBC SYMPHONY. Unpublished take recorded 19 Dec. 1944. Issued version was take 3A, recorded 14 June 1945. Alas, this has a thin (likely sounding) crack through the grooved area. Otherwise some lt. scuffs, gen. 3. $25.00.

1645. 12” SS RCA Victor test pressing Matrix D4-RC-687-2. FIDELIO: Leonora’s Aria (Beethoven) – Part Two. With ROSE BAMPTON [s] and NBC SYMPHONY. Unpublished take recorded 19 Dec. 1944. Issued version was take 3A, recorded 14 June 1945. Some lt. scuffs, gen. 2. $100.00.

TRIO DI TRIESTE: DARIO DE ROSA [pno], RENATO ZANETTOVICH [vln], LIBERO LANA [cello]

2223. 12” Plum PoW HMV C.7694 – C.7696 [2EA12104/12121, 12105-3/12120-1, 12106/12119-2]. TRIO IN C MINOR, Op. 101 (Brahms). Six sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

TRIO DE LA COEUR DE BELGIQUE: A. DUBOIS [vln], MAURICE DAMBROIS [cello], EMMA BOSQUET [pianist]

2639. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50292-D [WLX336/WLX710]. CHARADE (Quinet) / PIERRE CHAGNON dir. SYMP. ORCH. TROIS PETITES PIÈCES MONTÉES (Erik Satie). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EMANUEL VARDI [violist] 4034. 12” Red Royale 604 [US 121548/ 121464]. CAPRICE No. 17 (Paganini)/ NOCTURNE

IN C# MINOR (Chopin). Side two with VIVIAN RIVKIN [pianist]. One minor rub side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

WIND QUINTET DE L’ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LA RADIO FRANÇAISE 2397. 12” Blue Fr. Columbia LFX 910 [SCFX49-II/SCFX50-II]. TROIS PIÈCES BRÈVES

(Jacques Ibert). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ALBERT WOLFF dir. LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA 3471. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 67044 [2136½BMP/2192BMP]. CASTOR ET POLLUX:

Menuet; Passepied / CASTOR ET POLLUX: Gavotte; Tambourin (Rameau). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

Sir HENRY J. WOOD [conductor] 2572. 12” Blue Shellac acous. Columbia 67096-D [AX4/AX359]. GAVOTTE IN E [FOR

STRINGS ONLY] (Bach) / FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE (Rimsky-Korsakov); A MUSICAL SNUFF BOX (Liadov). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

EUGEN YSAYE [violinist] 2171. 12” TC Columbia 36521 [take 1]. MAZURKAS, Op. 19: Obertass; Menetrier

(Wieniawski). Cons. 2. $15.00.

ELIANE ZURFLUH-TENROC [pianist] 4267. 12” PW Blk. Disque Gram. W-1031 [CS3738-I/CS3739-I]. LA VALLÉE DES

CLOCHES / OISEAUX TRISTES (Ravel, Miroirs Nos. 2/5). IMs. Very minor mks., 2. $12.00.

ARTURO TOSCANINI suiting up for a plane ride with conductor FRITZ REINER to his left

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PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s KARL REICH AVIARY in BREMEN 3299. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45057 [15493L/15507L].

SONG OF A THRUSH / SONG OF A NIGHTIN-GALE, No. 2. Remarkably lifelike, considering that these were recorded acoustically almost a hundred years ago (May, 1913). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3302. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45058 [15491L/15500L]. CANARY AND THRUSH DUET / SONG OF A SPROSSER. One tiny ND, small lbl. scr., other-wise just about 1-2. $12.00.

NORA BAYES [comedienne] 3298. 10” Purple Victor 60112. WE TAKE OUR HATS

OFF TO YOU, MR. WILSON! (Merrill). Probably the only topical song regarding President Wilson. Minor lt. rubs, 2-3. $10.00.

3301. 10” Blue Victor 45105. WHEN JOHN Mc COR-MACK SINGS A SONG (Jerome-Goetz-Schwartz) / KICKI HOY (Murphy-Muir). Cons. 2. $15.00.

2292. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. Victor 70020. WHAT GOOD IS WATER WHEN YOU’RE DRY? (Paley-Goetz). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER [statesman). Elizabeth, NJ, 1862-1947. His impressive list of credits includes President of Columbia University (1901-1945), Nobel Peace Prize (1931), Honorary Doctorates from Oxford and Cambridge, and authorship of numerous books on educational and public problems. Dr. Butler was also active in politics, having been a Republican Vice-Presidential candidate with W. H. Taft in 1912. He made only the following record.

1759. 12” vinyl Nation’s Forum (Columbia) [49784-3]. SAVE AMERICA (Speech). This is an unpublished take. The Columbia Master Book (Rust-Brooks) gives the issued take as “1”. Excellent sound, needless to say. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $25.00.

CHOIR RECORD. This is how the label identifies the performers (i.e. “Choir Record”), but the Fagan-Moran Victor Encyclopedic Discography lists the performing group as The Lyric Trio (soprano: Grace Spencer, tenor: Harry Macdonough, bass: William Hooley).

3300. 10” Blk. Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3394. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (Dykes). Rec. March 11, 1901. Announced. Bright label. Quite clean surface, 3. $12.00.

COLUMBIA MILITARY BAND 3303. 10” Flexible Columbia Marconi Velvet Tone 051 [take 5]. FAUST: Ballet Music

(Gounod). Nice copy. These Marconi pressings are often worn to death. Few lt. mks., 2. $8.00.

CALVIN COOLIDGE [U.S. President). See: Col. Charles Lindbergh.

NOEL COWARD [singer/composer]

2453. 12” Victor Picture Record 39002. VARIOUS COWARD SONGS. Two sides. Sung by Coward, with LEO REISMAN and HIS ORCHESTRA. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

DOLORES DEL RIO [soprano/film actress]. Durango, Mexico, 1905-Newport Beach, CA, 1983. Born Lolita Dolores Asunsolo de Martinez, Del Rio left convent school in 1920 and the following year wed Jaime del Rio. She was noticed by film director Edwin Carewe, who persuaded her to become a film actress. Her debut was in 1925, and she continued film and TV appearances in the U.S. and in Mexico until 1978, in 1960 playing Elvis Presley’s mother in Flaming Star. Two versions of the song Ramona (below) were issued, that below on Victor 4053 in English and another in Spanish, Victor 4054. 4016. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4053. RAMONA (Wayne)/YA VA CAYENDO (Nacho). Side

one in English. One harmless TB and couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

NORA BAYES

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PERSONALITY, SPEECH and CURIO 78s

MARIE GREENE [s] and her MERRY MEN [male quartet]. A band vocalist, film (at least one short and several appearances as an uncredited singer in film soundtracks) and radio singer active in the 1930s-‘50s.

1847. 10” Purple Okeh 5664 [LA2235A/LA2238A]. TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi … somewhat) / DIXIE MEDLEY (Emmett-Foster). Orch. dir. Perry Botkin. Side one a be-bop arrangement of sorts. Greene sings in Italian and follows the score … mostly … while the quartet and band do their thing. She ends on an A flat above high C, à la Erna Sack. Very strange! Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EDGAR A. GUEST [poet]. Birmingham, England, 1881-Detroit, MI, 1959. His family settled in Detroit in 1891 where, in 1895, young Guest began an association of sixty years with the Detroit Free Press. He was first a copy boy and eventually a syndicated columnist to 30 news- papers throughout the country. He authored over twenty volumes of poetry and was known as “the poet of the people”, a result of the sentimentality and direct connection to everyday lives and experiences that his “folksy verse” reflected. 3305. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45258. IT COULDN’T BE DONE; WAIT ‘TILL YOUR PA

COMES HOME / MA AND THE AUTO (all Edgar Guest). Cons. 2. $8.00. 3306. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45368. TEN LITTLE MICE; WHEN FATHER SHAKES THE

STOVE / SHE POWDERS HER NOSE; THE GOOD LITTLE BOY (all Edgar Guest). Gen. 2. $7.00.

SASHA GUITRY [actor/author] 3979. 10” Blk. acoustic (SR) Fr. Gram. P.399 [s20886u/s20888u]. DEBUREAU: L’aboyeur

marseillais des Funambules / DEBUREAU: Conseils de Debureau à son fils (Guitry). Discoloration area first ½” both sides could cause very lt. “swish”. 2-3. $12.00.

ROBERT HILLIARD [actor]. New York, 1857-1927. Beginning adult life in a broker’s office on Wall Street, Hilliard became interested in the theater. His first professional engagement was in 1886 and he soon was known as one of the best leading men of the period, as well as among the most handsome. He created the role of Dick Johnson/Ramerrez in the 1905 premiere of David Belasco’s The Girl of the Golden West. Perhaps his greatest success was the 1909 production of Porter Emerson Browne’s A Fool There Was. He retired in 1918 and thereafter was a frequent first-night audience member, noted for “the immaculateness with which he dressed” and creating “a striking and handsome figure, an invariable white carnation in his buttonhole matching the silver whiteness of his hair”.

1325. 12” Purple Victor 70093. CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE WORKHOUSE (Sims). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELSIE JANIS [comedienne] 3309. 10” Purple ’12 Pats. Victor 60090. FASCINATING BASE-BALL SLIDE (Janis). Slight

label fade. Minor lt. mks., 2-3. $10.00.

AL JOLSON [entertainer] 3031. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 17119. THAT LOVIN’ TRAUMEREI (Stauffer) / BILLY

MURRAY [comic]. LUCIA SEXTETTE BURLESQUE (Irving Berlin). Few lightest marks, cons. 2. $15.00.

RUDYARD KIPLING [author/speaker]. Bombay, 1865-1936. Fascinating personality, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for literature and author of prose and poetry that reflected Great Britain’s status the first half of the last century. His Gunga Din, Mandalay, and Jungle Book are just three examples of his extraordinary output.

1952. 12” Acetate Recording (cut at 33.3 rpm). INTRODUCTION AND ADDRESS AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE, May 6, 1935. Two sides. “Made for Radio Corp. of America”. Seems to be incomplete (possibly an additional side or two missing?). I don’t know of this having been reissued in any other format, nor do I know of any other recordings of his voice. Excellent sound, likely professionally recorded for broadcast purposes. Lbl. tear side one. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

Col. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH [famed aviator] 1110. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 35834. LINDBERGH’S ADDRESS BEFORE THE PRESS CLUB

AT WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 1927. Two sides. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

1111. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 35836, 35837. PRES. COOLIDGE WELCOMES LINDBERGH AT WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 1927. Three sides / COL. LINDBERGH REPLIES TO PRES. COOLIDGE. IMs. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.

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JOSEPH NATUS [singer] 3296. 10” Blk. Victor Monarch (with Dog) 1114. DAY BY DAY (Stanford … no, not from

Godspell! ). Announced. 1901 recording. Slight edginess clears up as the playback progresses, otherwise plays cleanly. 3-4. $12.00.

POLA NEGRI [film actress]. Janova, Poland, 1894-San Antonio, TX, 1987. Negri was raised in dire poverty by her mother after her father had been sent by the Russians to a Siberian prison camp. She auditioned for the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet and was accepted, but her dancing career ended after she contracted tuberculosis. She then auditioned for the Warsaw Imperial Academy of Dramatic Arts and became a successful stage actress. World War I inter- vened, and she turned to films and became an international star. An affair with Rudolf Valentino ended with the actor’s death in 1926. At the funeral she created a memorable scene, tossing herself on his casket, fainting (twice, the second time for photographers who missed it the first), and presenting a huge floral display reading “P-O-L-A”. Her career in the U.S. diminished when talkies came in, but she became a big hit in Nazi Germany. Despite Hitler’s admiration for her (he had given her full Aryan status when she was being investigated for Jewish ancestry) she refused the addition of propaganda to her films and left Germany for France in 1938. After Germany invaded France, she came to the U.S. and in 1951 became an American citizen. Her final film was a featured role in Walt Disney’s The Moon-Spinners (1964). Despite the fact that it was claimed she led the remainder of her life in seclusion, she was a visible resident of San Antonio and participant in its cultural activities. During her final illness, she was seen by “a handsome young doctor who looked at her chart, and failed to respond immediately in seeing her name.” The 92 year old Negri “reputedly pulled herself up into a ‘movie star’ pose and asked: ‘You don’t know who I am?!?!?’ ”

3710. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor V-73 [OB647-II/OB649-I]. BLACK EYES / FAREWELL, MY GYPSY CAMP (Russian Songs). These takes appear to differ from those used in the French issue. Small lbl. stkrs., otherwise just about 1-2 (i.e. as new). $15.00.

ADA REHAN [actress]. County Limerick, Ireland, 1860-New York City, 1916. She was born as Delia Crehan and was brought to the United States at about the age of six years. Misbilled as Ada C. Rehan in an early performance, the name stuck. Her acting career began early with some minor parts as a child, then her activities increased in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Mrs. Drew's theatre from 1873 to 1875. Subsequently, she appeared in Baltimore, Albany, and other cities with John W. Albaugh's company. When Augustin Daly opened his New York theatre in 1879, she joined his company, and continued to work with Daly until his death twenty years later. Ada Rehan was widely admired in Europe, having acted in Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, London, Edin- burgh, Dublin, and Stratford-on-Avon. She retired from the stage in 1906 and made New York City her home until her death there in 1916. 3197. 10” PW Green SS IRCC 5000. TAMING OF THE SHREW: Why, sir, I trust I may

have leave to speak (Shakespeare, ad. Daly); THE COUNTRY GIRL: And you, good gentry, what say you to this? (Garrick, ad. Daly). Excellent PW pressing by Columbia. RR from an 1898 Berliner. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY [poet]. Greenfield, IN., 1849-Indianapolis, IN, 1916. Known as both the “Hoosier poet” and “the poet laureate of democracy”, Riley was America’s most popular poet for generations. His career began as a staff writer for the Indianapolis Journal and his verse contributions established his fame. 1305. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. Victor 70078. OUT TO OLD AUNT MARY’S (Riley). Text label on

reverse. Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY [c.] and unidentified local dignataries (1913)

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BLANCHE RING [entertainer] 2797. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45188. I’VE

GOT RINGS ON MY FINGERS (Scott) / YIP! I ADEE! I AYE (Flynn). TB side two. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $10.00.

WILL ROGERS [entertainer] 3335. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45369. WILL

ROGERS TELLS TRAFFIC CHIEFS HOW TO DIRECT TRAFFIC / WILL ROGERS NOMINATES HENRY FORD FOR PRESIDENT (comic monologues). Few lt. mks., 2. $12.00.

MARK SHERIDAN [entertainer] 1640. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 35229

[z5523f/z5673]. NIGHTMARE IN THE DESERT [spoken, with orchestral effects] (Powell) / THE CONUNDRUM – WHAT WILL I PLAY NEXT?. Side two a disc with parallel grooving (dating from about 1911). One of three pieces will play, depending upon where the stylus (needle) makes contact with the grooves. Very minor lbl. NR. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT [U.S. President / Supreme Court Chief Justice] 3651. 10” Blk. Vinyl White Lbl. Victrola 5554. RIGHTS AND PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO

(Speech). Recorded for the 1908 Presidental Campaign. Just about 1-2. $75.00.

1727. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 35256. PRESIDENT TAFT DISCUSSES LABOR AND CAPITAL / WHO ARE THE PEOPLE? (Speeches). Recorded for 1912 Presidential Campaign. One harmless scrape first ½” side two, some lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

ELLEN TERRY [actress] 1632. 10” Red Pats. “A” Victor 64194. MERCHANT OF VENICE: Mercy Speech, Act IV

(Shakespeare). Never doubled. Text label on verso. Perfect first edition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1673. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74239. HAMLET: Ophelia’s Mad Scene (Shakespeare). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

Count LEO TOLSTOI [author/speaker]. Tula Province, Russia, 1828-Astapovo, Russia, 1910. Born on his family’s estate of Yasnaya Polyana, Leo was the youngest of four sons. After the premature death of his parents he was raised by an aunt, and upon her death in 1840 by another aunt. He was educated at home by German and French tutors. Entering Kazan University, planning on a diplomatic career, he studied Oriental languages and then law, but left the University in 1847 without completing a degree. He began writing after joining the army as what was known as a “gentleman-volunteer”. In 1852 a semi-autobiographical sketch was published by the leading literary journal of the day. It met with great success and led to his extraordinary career. His War and Peace “created a fantastic out-pouring of popular and critical reaction” and repre- sents “a high point in the history of world literature”. His second masterwork was Anna Karenina.

WILL RODGERS prior to his entertainer years

LEO TOLSTOY

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1418. 10” Blk. HMV SR E158 [6878r/ 3324e]. THOUGHTS FROM THE BOOK “FOR EVERY DAY” (Tolstoy) /H.E. THE CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER. SPEECH ON (CATHOLIC) EDUCATION. Both sides spoken in English. Matrix side one signed by Tolstoy. Francis Alphonsus Bourne (1861—1935) served in Eng-land as Archbishop from 1903 until his death in 1935. Small lbl. Stkr., gen. 2. $20.00.

RUDOLF VALENTINO [film actor/baritone]. Italy, 1895-New York City, 1926.

2934. 10” Bruns. “Celebrities Recording Co.” L-842/L843. KASHMIRI SONG (Woodforde-Finden) / EL RELI-CARIO (Padilla). Recorded May 14, 1923 by Brunswick but unissued until a few years after Valentino’s death. This is the only form of issue. RR, announced. Judging from this record, I would say that talkies would have ended his career. Excellent later 1930s Columbia pressing. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $20.00.

H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES 1310. 12” Blk. Victor 35746. SPORTSMANSHIP (Speech) /

COLDSTREAM GUARDS BAND and CHORUS dir. Liet. R. G. EVANS. GOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES (Richards). Special labels with portraits of the Prince. Few minor rubs and spots. 2. $10.00.

WOODROW WILSON [U.S. President] 1709. 12” Blk. Vinyl White lbl. Victrola 35252. TO THE

FARMERS / DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES (Speeches). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

Dr. STEPHEN S. WISE [speaker]. Budapest, 1874-New York, 1949. Founder and Rabbi from 1907 of the New York Free Synagogue and President of delegation of American Jewish Congress at the 1919 Peace Conference in Paris. Dr. Wise was known as a brilliant orator.

1760. 12” Blk. Col. Nation’s Forum NF 6 [49798-4/30517-3]. PRESIDENT WILSON (Address by Dr. Wise)/ PRINCE’S BAND. AÏDA: Triumphal March (Verdi). Includes orig. sleeve (in excellent condition). Relatively quiet pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

RUDOLF VALENTINO

WOODROW WILSON (center, hatless), speaking to (on his left) CHAMP CLARK

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