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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs Minimum bid as indicated per item.

Listings “Just about 1-2” should be considered as mint and “Cons. 2” with just slight marks. For collectors searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The further we get from the era of production (in many cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are actually from mint dealer stocks acquired years ago and others the result of having improved copies in my own collection via dozens of collections purchased over the past fifty years.

* * * For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those items marked “late” are usually of high quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in this catalogue are excellent pressings from that era. Also featured are many “Z” shellac Victors, their best quality surface material (produced in the later 1930s) and PW (Pre-War) Victor, almost as good surface material as “Z”. Likewise laminated PW Columbia pressings (1923-1940) offer similarly fine sound.

* * * Please keep in mind that the minimum bids are in U.S. Dollars, a benefit to many collectors. These figures do not indicate the “value” of the records but rather the lowest minimum bid I can accept. Some will sell for much more, although bids at any figure from the minimum on up are welcomed and appreciated. To avoid possible tie winning bids (which would otherwise be assigned to the earlier received bid), I’d suggest adding a cents amount to your bid.

* * * “Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-1914), Victor pressed silver-on-black labels on the reverse sides of some of their single-faced recordings, usually featuring translations of the text or related comments.

VERTICALLY CUT RECORDS. There were basically two systems: the “needle-cut” method employed by Edison, which was also used by Aeolian-Vocalion and Lyric and the “sapphire ball” system of Pathé, also used by Rex. and vertical Okeh. While the grooving is similar (up and down or “hill and dale”), an Edison reproducer and its diamond point would ruin any other needle-cut vertical record. Emerson used the needle cut system early on but cut on a 45 degree angle, supposedly thereby playable either as a vertical or a lateral record.

VINYL PRESSINGS. There are a number of vinyl pressings from various sources in this catalogue, mostly produced originally in extremely limited quantities (estimated from one to twenty). Red vinyl pressings were pressed as tests for the Victor Heritage Series in the late 1940s in quantities of three. The sound quality of vinyls is usually superior to any shellac issues. Those marked 10” (on 12”) are of 10” records (or other smaller sizes) pressed on 12” format (likely because 10” record presses weren’t available). Some collectors will prefer the clean sound of most vinyl pressings, while others are attracted by the lure of original shellac pressings, which of course also provide excellent sound via clean copies.

LINA ABARBANELL [s]. Berlin, 1879 (or 1880)-Monte-fiore Hospital, Bronx, NY, 1963. Abarbanell had first appeared on the stage at the age of six. While she had considerable experience in opera (including dozens of performances as Adele in Die Fledermaus with the Berlin Court Opera and the role of Hänsel in the 1905 Metropolitan Opera premiere of Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel), much of her career was in operetta. In 1900, she married political writer Eduard Goldbeck and in 1933 their only daughter, Eva, married American composer Marc Blitzstein. Lina’s husband died the next year and Abarbanell then concluded her performing career. Her daughter died only three years later but Abarbanell continued in various theatrical capacities, including as a chorus director and even as a casting consultant for the 1954 film Carmen Jones. She also continued to be close to Marc Blitzstein after the 1936 death of her daughter (his wife). In 1949 she was the casting director for Blitzstein’s opera Regina and the same for his 1959 musical Juno.

1958. 10” BLK. Wien G&T 43421 [791z-Lo-2z]. MAMSELL NITOUCHE: Babet und Cadet (Hervé). Excellent copy, small (harmless) PB near start. Bright lbl. 2. $200.00.

LINA ABARBANELL

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BESSIE ABOTT [s]. 3721. 12” Red ’06 GP “A” plate Victor 88050. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). 2. $8.00.

3025. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 79 [C-3237-1/C-4991-2]. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Tho-mas) / RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (Verdi). Side two with MARIO ANCONA [b]. From orig. 1908/1909 Victor masters. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

LUIGI ABRATE [t] 3905. 12” Purple acous. La Cigale (Columbia) D17548 [74832/74833]. ANDREA CHEN-

IER: Improvviso / ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel dì (Giordano). Cons. 2. $20.00.

ALBERTO ADAMI [t]

2134. 10” Blk. Victor 65752. LA JUIVE: Rachele, allor che Iddio (Halévy) / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Harmless lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

SUZANNE ADAMS [s] 1654. 10” Red Monarch 5006 [2149-wg]. HOME,

SWEET HOME (Bishop). Very fine copy, bright label. Some LGTs, otherwise 2. $50.00.

4270. 10” B&S Columbia 1196 [take 2]. OBSTI-NATION (de Fontenailles). With LEO STERN [cellist]. Stern, a distinguished British cellist (1862-1904), had given the London (world) and New York premieres of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. Adams was his se-cond wife. This appears to be his only record-ing. Harmless rubs, cons. 3. $150.00.

AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t]. See also: AMELIA TALEXIS [s]

1195. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32971 [2417-CS]. LA STATUE: Ah! laisse-moi te contempler (Reyer). Couple tiny pressing indentations, otherwise remarkably clean copy, just about 1-2. $60.00.

2331. 11” Brown Odeon 60308/56094 [XP3330/ XP3532]. THAMARA: Rêve de Nour-Eddin (Bourgault-Ducoudray) / LISE LANDOUZY [s], GASTON DUBOIS [t], PAOLO ANA-NIAN [b]. FAUST: Alerte (Gounod). A par-ticularly uncommon Affre disc. Nice copy. Cons. 2. $40.00.

CARMELO ALABISO [t] 2018. 10” Blue acous. Fonografia Nazionale

A4597/C4598. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). One tiny (harmless) scr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1541. 10” Plum elec. PW Eng. Columbia D6048 [WB2555/WB2556]. ISABEAU: Canzone del Falco / ISABEAU: Or solo intorno (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1972. 10” Plum elec. PW Eng. Columbia D11556 [WB2423/WB2557]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Few minor rubs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

FRANCESCO ALBANESE [t] 1226. Red Cetra-Soria TI 7018 [52229/52231]. MUSICA PROIBITA (Gastaldon) / SERE-

NATA (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

CARLO ALBANI [t] 1502. 10” Red vinyl Victor mat. B-4890. ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel dì di Maggio

(Giordano). Unpublished except for HMV AGSA 13. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1729. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 13 [B-4890/B-4897]. ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel dì di Maggio (Giordano) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Both sides first and only issued versions (1907 Victor matrices). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AGUSTARELLO AFFRE in Reyer’s La Statue

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3532. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 74095 [C-4886]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Oh tu che segno (Verdi). Excellent copy, a few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

3733. 12” Red vinyl Victor 74095 [C-4886]. Same as previous listing but vinyl pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3745. 12” Red vinyl Victor 74096 [C-4889]. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

EMMA ALBANI [s] 4021. 10” Red London G&T 53325 [4760L]. XERXES:

Ombra mai fu (Händel). An intriguing (and extremely rare) record indicating how Händel was approached the later part of the 19th century, at least by Mme. Albani! As heard here, she breathes wherever she wants and demonstrates little phrasing sense, but still does some fascinating things, such as producing a won-derful trill at one point (which of course she holds, bending the line out of shape) and a penultimate high G which goes on and on (attractively, but not related to anything musi-cally at that point). Perhaps she believed that the music was simply a vehicle for her to do with as she pleased. It still has a magical, ghostly and fascinating aura about it, even if all wrong by today’s outlook. Label clean. Greying at some forward points, but less so at others and occasionally none at all. 4-5. $150.00.

TOMMASO [TOMÀS] ALCAIDE [t] 1941. 10” PW Green Italian Columbia GQ 7161 [WB4204/WB4210]. MANON: Il sogno /

MANON: Ah, dispar, vision (Massenet). In Italian. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1490. 10” PW Blue French Col. LF 111 [WB3749-1/WB4203-1]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni) / MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

FRANCES ALDA [s] 1702. 10” LP Audiodisc Transcription. FRANCES ALDA SPEAKS ABOUT HER CAREER

AND RECORDS. WQXR radio broadcast, NY, 14 Dec. 1939 / EMMA EAMES SPEAKS ABOUT HER CAREER AND RECORDS. WQXR, NY, 14 Dec. 1939. Transcriptions of the spoken parts by Alda and Eames introducing the records they chose for these broadcasts. Quite fascinating! Cons. 2. $15.00.

1519. 10” Red Vla 64625. SUCH A LI’L’ FELLOW (Dichmont). Bright copy, lightest mks., cons. 2. $6.00.

1518. 10” Red Vla 64692. RULE BRITANNIA! (Arne). Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1804. 10” Mauve elec. HMV AGSA 9 [BVE-32816-6/BVE-34561-2]. LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Sempre così / LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Mi chiamo Lisabetta (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1730. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 14. BOHEME: Donda lieta / GIANNI SCHICCHI: O mio bab-bino caro (both Puccini). Side one first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3371. 12” Red vinyl Victor 88247 [C-8883]. FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3380. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88325 [C-11152-2]. LORELEY: Ah! dunque ei m’amara (Catalani). Her most remarkable recording. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3121. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 111 [C-8883/C-11150]. FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio (Verdi) / LORELEY: Ah! dunque ei m’amerà (Catalani). Two of her finest recorded performances. Label signed by Alda. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

NORMAN ALLIN [bs] 3479. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia L1612 [AX417/AX427]. PARTENOPE: Hark the

Tempest Wildly Raging (Händel) / ETHIOPIA SALUTING THE COLOURS (Wood). Side one with orch. Side two with piano. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EMMA ALBANI

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GITTA ALPAR [s]. Budapest, 1903-Los Angeles, 1991. Born Regina Klopfer, and the daughter of a Cantor, Alpar studied in Budapest, making her operatic debut in 1923, singing principal coloratura roles there as well as in Berlin, Vienna and London. She became a celebrated operetta star from the late 1920s, appearing as such on stage and in films. Being Jewish, her career in Germany ended in 1933 and she left Germany, first for Austria and Hungary, then England and eventually the United States. She settled in California in 1939 and appeared on occasion there, including in the 1941 film The Flame of New Orleans, but she subsequently “faded from view”, likely, as one source indicates, the result of heavily accented English, although this seemed not to be a big hinderance earlier in England. – Internet sources.

1277. 10” PW Dk. Blue Odeon O-11412 [Be9390/ Be9391]. DAS VEILCHEN VOM MONTMARTRE: Warum weiss dein Herz nichts von mir / DAS VEILCHEN VOM MONTMARTRE: Ich sing mein Lied im Regen und Schnee! (Kálmán). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2200. 10” PW Dk. Blue Odeon O-11642 [Be9868-2/ Be9870]. WAS KANN SO SCHÖN SEIN WIE DEINE LIEBE? / DORT, WO DIE WÄLDER GRÜN (Brodszky). Both from film Gitta entdecht ihr Herz. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Despite the different film names, record company and matrix numbers, these are likely the same recordings as item #2199 below). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

2176. 10” PW Red Parlophon B47257 [Be10032-2/Be10033]/ WENN MAN SEIN HERZ VERLIERT [TANGO] / WIR SIND JUNG (both Otto Stransky). Orch. dir. Otto Dobrindt. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2215. 10” PW Red Parlophon B47344 [Be10171-2/Be10172-2]. ICH HAB’ EINEN MAN, DER MICH LIEBT / LA BELLA TANGOLITA (both Paul Abraham). From the operetta Ball in Savoy. Creator performances (Berlin, 1932). Conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2199. 10” PW Red Parlophon B48176 [133476-2/133478]. WAS KANN SO SCHÖN SEIN WIE DEINE LIEBE? / DORT, WO DIE WÄLDER GRÜN (Brodszky). Both from film Das Lied der Puszia. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissman. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1194. 10” PW Parlophone-Odeon RO 20151 [38841-2/Be9268-3]. SCHÖN IST DIE WELT: Sag’armes Herzchen, sag’ / SCHÖN IST DIE WELT: Es steht vom Lieben gar oft geschrieben (Lehár). Side two with RICHARD TAUBER [t]. Conducted by the composer. Creator performances. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1419. 10” Parl.-Odeon RO 23332 [CE8062-1/CE8063-1]. SING SOMETHING IN THE MORNING / NO MORE (both Nicholas Brodszky). Both from the Chas. B. Cochran Coronation Revue, Home and Beauty. In English. Several of the songs in this Alpar group were written by Nicholas “Slug” Brodszky, a Russian (born of Hungarian parents) “tunesmith”. He settled in Hollywood prior to W.W. II and there composed a number of hits for Mario Lanza films, including Be My Love. Orch. dir. G. Walter. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1215. 10” Parl.-Odeon RO 20333 [CE8064-1/CE8065-1]. PLAY IT AGAIN / TWILIGHT SONATA. Both from the Chas. B. Cochran Coronation Revue, Home and Beauty. Duo-piano and violin (side one) acc. In English. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PAUL ALTHOUSE [t]. See: MARGARETE OBER [c]

PASQUALE AMATO [b]. 4020. 11” Fonotipia 92505/92506 [XPh3914/XPh3913]. TANNHÄUSER: Oh! tu, bell’

astro / TANNHÄUSER: Nel rimirar quest’adunaza (Wagner). Side one some lbl. damage around edge and one harmless internal scr, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

2360. 11” SS Fonotipia 92760 [XPh3948]. OTELLO: Brindisi (Verdi). The single-sided later Fonotipias, while bearing regular Fonotipia labels, have an Odeon back. Surface material is of superior quality. The purpose for their being pressed single-face is unknown (at least to me). Cons. 2. $10.00.

GITTA ALPAR

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3239. 12” Red Vla ’12 Pats. “A” plate 89056. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With MARCEL JOURNET [b]. Rousing performance. Perfect copy, i.e. just about 1-2. $8.00.

3742. 12” Red Vla Pats. 89057. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Il dolce idillo (Wolf-Ferrari). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3530. 12” Red Vla Pats. “B” plate 89062. LA FAVORITA: Ah! l’alto ardor (Donizetti). With MARGARETE MATZENAUER [ms]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3713. 12” Red Vla ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 89069. TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Gleaming pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3614. 12” Red Vla ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 89070. TROVATORE: Vivrà contende il giubilo (Verdi). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3514. 12” PW Orange Victor HRS 1002. L’AFRICAINE: Adamastor, re dell’onde (Meyerbeer) / RICCARDO MARTIN [t]. LE CID: Ô souverain! (Massenet). From orig. 1914/1910 Victor matrices. Both labels signed by the respective artists. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

PAOLO ANANIAN [bs]. See: AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t]

MARIO ANCONA [b]. See also: BESSIE ABOTT [s] 2135. 10” C.R.S. 13. HUGUENOTS: Nobil Dama (Meyerbeer) / LA FAVORITA: A tanto a-

mor (Donizetti). RR from 1906 Edison cylinders. Good dubs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3458. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 052075z [227m]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo).

Piano acc. 1904 G&T matrix. Just about 1-2. $15.00 3643. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88055. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Few lt. rubs, cons.

2. $10.00. 3617. 12” Red Victor 88062. ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (Verdi). Excellent pressing.

Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3455. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88169 [C-6044]. DINORAH: Sei vendicata asai (Meyerbeer). Just

about 1-2. $15.00. 3123. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 89013. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste al tempio (Verdi). With

BESSIE ABOTT [s]. Few lightest mks., just about 1-2. $12.00. 3030. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 108 [C-4286-2/C-6044]. LA FAVORITA: A tanto amor /

DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (both Meyerbeer). From orig. ‘07/’08 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ROSETTE ANDAY [c] 3336. 12” Red & Blk. acous. Vox *02174 [1763A/1764A]. LIEBESBRIEFCHEN; PAGEN-

LIED / DIE TOTE STADT: Mariettas Lied zur Laute (all Erich Wolfgang Korngold). Accompanied by the composer. Label signed by Anday. Just about 1-2. $150.00.

3484. 12” White lbl. elec. HMV mat. CW2150-I. LA FAVORITA: Via dunque vero! (Doni-zetti). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

PETER ANDERS [t] 1289. 10” Dutch HMV EG 7378 [ORA6238-2/ORA6240-3]. COUNTESS MARITZA: Grüss’

mir mein Wien (Kálmán) / LIEBESGESCHICHTEN: Immer und ewig (Kreuder). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Good pressing material. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $7.00.

3764. 12” Blue PW Televunken E.5272 [023090/023093]. GYPSY BARON: Wer uns getraut (J. Straus). With AULIKKI RAUAWAARA [s]. Orch. dir. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. Crayon mks. (former radio station copy). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3383. 12” Blue PW Telefunken E.2628 [022990/022992]. AIDA: Holde Aida (Verdi) / LA BOHEME: Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

A dapper PASQUALE AMATO at the Victrola

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3382. 12” Blue PW Telefunken E.2654 [023088/023089]. TOSCA: Mit deinen Augen [I. Akt] (Puccini) /CARMEN: Ich seh’ die Mutter dort [I. Akt] (Bizet). Both with AULIKKI RAUTAWAARA [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3805. 12” Red Swiss Telefunken E.3338 [026813/026814-II]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni) / IL TROVATORE: Lodern zum Himmel (Verdi). Three very tiny and harmless scrs. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

MARIAN ANDERSON [c] 1548. 9½” highly flexible green plastic Phonycord (Beka matrices) 681 [11769/11770]. LA

FAVORITA: O mio Fernando and cabaletta (Donizetti). Two sides. Cons. 2. $15.00. 1503. 9½” highly flexible blue plastic Phonycord (Beka matrices) 769 [11767/11768].

L’ENFANT PRODIGUE: Air de Lia (Debussy) / JEANNE D’ARC: Air des Adieux (Tschaikowsky). Cons. 2. $15.00.

1616. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1300. OH! MEN FROM THE FIELDS (Colum-Thomas) / BRIGHT PHOEBUS (Hook). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

CLEMENS [KLIMENTII] ANDRIJENKO [t]. Western Ukraine, 1885-1967. He ap-peared in leading roles at the Lviv Opera, concertized, and taught voice at the Lysenko Music Institute of Lviv. Having emigrated to Berlin in 1926, Andrijenko appeared in opera and receiving excellent reviews in Germany, even being considered the “Ukranian Caruso”, although Caruso did, indeed, have his name attached descriptively for better or worse to a number of tenors. I don’t hear much of Caruso in his voice, although it’s a very capable bright, lyric instrument.

3904. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Parlophon P.53000 [2-79500/2-79501]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Kuda, kuda / EUGEN ONEGIN: I Love You Olga (Tschaikowsky). 3-4 or better but mostly rubbing, no apparent greying. $20.00.

IVAR ANDRESEN [bs] 3651. 12” Green acous. Eng. Dog Con. Gram. Z.93 [48ar/49ar]. MIGNON: Slummérsång

(Thomas) / LOHENGRIN: Bön ur (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARTHA ANGELICI [s] 1202. 10” Dk. Blue French Odéon 281.125 [KI-7806-1/KI-7807-1]. MOGLIE E MARITU /

A CANZONA DI LI FIORI (both F. Agostini). In Corsican. With GASTON MICHE-LETTI [t]. Lbl. stkrs. One minor PB near start (should be harmless), cons. 2. $12.00.

3139. 12” Lumen elec. 32.071 [YL185/YL186]. RÉVEIL / LA NUIT (both Ernst Chausson). With ANCRÉE FAURE-ESPÉREL [ms]. Jean Ullern [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3662. 12” Red La Voix d.s. Maitre DB 11247 [2LA5612-13B/2LA5611-13B]. CHANSON DE PRINTEMPS (Gounod) / L’ABSENCE (Berlioz). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

FANNY ANITUA [c] 2015. 10” Blue acous. Columbia C2689 [41989-

1/48990-1]. SOBRE LAS OLAS (Rosas) / LA PERJURA (de Tejada). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GIUSEPPE ANSELMI [t] 2311. 11” Fonotipia 62186/62187 [XPh2589/XPh2587].

DITELE (Cociubei) / CHE FELICITÀ (Davidov). In Russian. Piano acc. Minor lbl. mks. Few harmless tiny PBs, few MGTs (i.e. should be harmless), gen. 2. $60.00.

2307. 11” Fonotipia 62282/62283 [XPh3911/XPh3912]. MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi / MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto). Piano acc. One (harm-less) LSS. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2376. 11” Plum PW Parl.-Odeon (Fonotipia) PO 61 (62183/62166) [XPh 2559/XPh2569]. DON PASQUALE: Sogno soave e casto (Donizetti) / LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]. See also: MARCEL JOURNET [bs]

3503. 12” White lbl. HMV 2-032055 ][Ho4428-II-af]. MATTINATA [AUBADE] (Redeghiere). In French. Excellent copy of this undoubled rarity. Few harmless mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

GIUSEPPE ANSELMI

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3077. 12” White lbl. HMV SS 2-032084 [CT487-I]. PANIS ANGELICUS (Franck). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3653. 12” Red PW acous. Disque Gram. DB 487 [CS838-II/CS847-I]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Nature immense (Berlioz) / ORFEO: J’ai perdu mon Eurydice (Gluck). One LGT side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

3117. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1095 [Cc10951-I/Cc10954-I]. WERTHER: Invocation à la Nature / WERTHER: J’aurais sur ma poitrine (Massenet). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Lt. superficial rubs. Very fine laminated surfaces. 2. $12.00.

3011. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1268 [Cv178-IITI/Cv179-ITI]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Air de la Meule (Saint-Saëns). Two sides. Orch. and chorus dir. Piero Coppola. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3228. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1384 [CS4261-II/CS4262-I TI]. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). With EDITH ORENS [ms]. Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3301. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1410 [CTR3368-II/CF2294-II]. MANON: Duo de Saint-Sulpice (Massenet). Two sides. With FANNY HELDY [s]. One TN, just about 1-2. $12.00.

3885. 12” PW Gold acous. HRS 1038 (2-032073/052429) [Cc5845/744m]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Vois ma misère, hélàs (Saint-Saëns) / BERNARDO DE MURO [t]. DON CARLOS: Io l’ho perduto (Verdi). Both labels signed by the respective singers. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GIANNA ARANGI-LOMBARDI [s] 2278. 10” Green acous. Eng. Columbia D12266 [B712/B713]. IL TROVATORE: D’amor

sull’ali rosee / IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). Minor lbl. fade side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

3766. 12” Green elec. Italian Columbia GQX 10281 [WBX769/WBX747]. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca (Rossini) / LA SCALA CHORUS. MEFISTOFELE: Ridda e fuga infernale (Boïto). Radio station crayon markings. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3278. 12” Green PW elec. Italian Columbia GQX 10702 [CBX1327/CBX1328]. I LOMBAR-DI: Te Vergin santa invoco, Atto I / I LOMBARDI: O Madre, dal cielo, Atto II (Verdi). Scarce. Among her finest recordings. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ANDRÉ ARENSEN [t]. Among the more enigmatic figures in opera history, Arensen (occasionally Areson or Aresoni) appeared sometimes as André, other times Herman, Enrico or André Enrico and in Germany as Heinz. Some sources state he was born in the U.S. (Providence, RI), with others citing the locale as Russia or Germany. His teachers, depending upon what one reads, were Raoul Gunsbourg, Jacob Ginsberg, Wilfried Klamroth, Percy Rector Stephens and, in Germany, Richard Lowe. His American career was slow in picking up steam, a 1910 Boston Opera debut as Rhadames having been given lukewarm press. His subsequent European credits include two years at the Dal Verme in Milan and a season at Nice, where he sang Samson under composer Saint-Saëns’ baton. Back in the U.S. he removed himself (or was removed) as Canio during performances of Pagliacci in Boston and then again in Montreal, according to one account as a result of nervousness, another citing vocal fatigue and a third blaming throat problems. Whatever the reason may have been, he then “vanished” for a period and reappeared with the Aborn Opera in Brooklyn during its final performance of the season, although his name did not appear on the program. This time he succeeded. It was shortly after this that he went to Germany, studied with Richard Lowe, and was engaged for the Charlottenburg Opera for four years. The First World War interrupted his career, but he apparently also sang in Switzerland and Portugal in dramatic repertoire sometime during this period. Another fascinating tale is that as Arensen was (purportedly) Russian, he was arrested while in Germany, and the Kaiser, an Arensen fan, permitted him to leave for America. Arriving in France en route back to the U.S., the tenor was detained by the authorities as a result of his German affiliations. He was freed through the intervention of the daughter of a Russian General, soprano Nadia Legat, who had become enamoured of the tenor and he with her when they sang “leading roles together at La Scala” (according to the La Scala annals something that never occurred). Legat just happened to be serving at a nurse in the Russian hospital in nearby Monte Carlo at the time of Arensen’s problems and offered to marry him to prove that he was a loyal Russian, the assumption, as I guess, that she was because of her Russian General father. They did wed and were permitted to return to the United States (where Legat had also earlier appeared as Nadine Legat). What happened to the couple after 1918 seems not to be known.

1365. 10” Red vertical (needle-cut) Gennett 15002 [1420/1421a]. L’AFRICAINE: O Para-dis (Meyerbeer) / PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Side one in French. Orch. dir. Pietro Floridia. Side one cons. 2. Side two 3. $15.00.

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KATHARINA ARKANDY [s]. Budapest, 1896-1961. Arkandy’s first appearances were as a child prodigy when she toured the Hungarian provinces. Her operatic debut was in 1918 at the Budapest National Opera where she met Emmy Destinn, who became her mentor. From 1921-25 she was a leading coloratura at the Munich Opera as the successor to Maria Ivogün. After a season in London, 1926-27, she decided to remain there, giving concerts and radio performances. Her few and beautiful records are Polydor acoustics as well as once electrical ensemble disc for HMV in 1928. – from 2014 VRCS CD notes.

3649. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 65697 [1021as/1029as]. LAKMÉ: Glöck-chen-Arie (Delibes) / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Puppen-Arie (Offen-bach). Few lt. (harmless) superficial rubs, 2. $25.00.

VITTORIO ARIMONDI [bs] 3282. 12” PW Red Columbia IRCC 59 [30099-1/30019-1]. FAUST: Mephistopheles’ Sere-

nade (Gounod) / DAVID BISPHAM [b]. DER ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Great press-ing, perfect copy, as you can expect from a disc graded as “just about 1-2” as this is. $20.00.

3395. 12” TC Columbia A5002 [30111-1/30118-1 (M-72-1)]. MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli) / EDUARDO CASTELLANO [t]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $15.00.

SIGRID ARNOLDSON [s] 1391. 10” White lbl. HMV 33844 [10848L].

MANON: N’est-ce plus maman (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2166. 10” White lbl. HMV 43777 [1288½ar]. ECHOLIED [SWISS ECHO SONG] (Eckert). Never reissued. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1879. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 53 [3580-R/ 12489u]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Leise, leise (v. Weber) / LA TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). From orig. 1906/07 Berlin matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1614. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 122 [1285-R/ 12486u]. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet) / FAUST: Il était un roi de Thulé (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

BLANCHE ARRAL [s] 1253. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64098. THE BEG-

GAR STUDENT: Czardas (Millöcker). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1376. 10” White lbl. Vla 64098. Same as preceding item (#1253). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1877. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 46. EL BOLERO GRANDE (Vasseur) / PAULINE DONALDA [s]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Both labels autographed by the respective artists. From orig. 1909 Victor/1908 London matrices. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3724. 12” White lbl. Victor 74146. I LOMBARDI: Polonaise (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3075. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74147. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

KATARINA ARKANDY

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3212. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74151. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3106. 12” Red IRCC 100. MANON: Au Cours-la-Reine (Massenet) / LA VERITABLE MANOLA (Bourgeois). RR from 1909 Edison cylinders. Fine transfers, pressed by Columbia in 1937. Label signed by Arral. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JEAN ATHANASIU [b]. Bucharest, Rumania, 1885-1938. His first musical studies were in Bucharest, then in Italy with Ernesto Colli and Manlio Bavagnoli. 1912 marked his debut as Silvio in Pagliacci. Encouragement from Mattia Battistini was of help and by 1914 he had been heard in several Italian houses, including Palermo, where he created Amfortas in that company’s 1914 premiere of Wagner’s Parsifal. He returned to Rumania during World War I and became a celebrated artist there, occasionally also appearing with the Berlin State Opera. Athanasiu’s sudden death of typhoid fever was at the height of his career. Forgotten Opera Singers (Ashot Arakelyan).

1260. 10” Blk. acous. Vox 3574 [3250B/3251B]. ROMANTĂ RUSEASCĂ (Russiache Romanze) (L. Malaschkin) / CĂNTEC DE LEAGĂN (J. V. Borgovan). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ANITA ATWATER [s] 1323. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2066-M

[W145385-3/W145386-2]. COLONIAL SONG [A SONG OF AUSTRALIA] (Percy Grainger). Two sides. With LUIS ALBERTO SANCHEZ [t]. Conducted by the composer. The Columbia Master Book indicates that two takes were issued of each side. Small lbl. stkr. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

FLORENCE AUSTRAL [s]. See also: FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs], MIGUEL FLETA [t]

1295. 10” PW Australian HMV E.593 [Bb18695-IV/Bb18696-II]. ALLELUIA (arr. Collings-wood) / VESPER HYMN (both arr. L. Collingswood). With orch. and organ (Arnold Grier) dir. Lawrance Collingswood. Excellent laminated pressing. Cons. 2. $12.00.

FERNANDO AUTORI [bs] 3081. 12” Blue elec. Australian Parlophone AR 1006 ]WXA281/WXA282]. THE LOVE OF

THREE ORANGES: Hymn to Italia (Montemezzi) / DON PASQUALE: Ah, un foco insolito (Donizetti). Piano acc. Side one a particularly striking performance. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

SALVATORE BACCALONI [bs] 3743. 12” Maroon PW Eng. Columbia CQX 16446 [WBX781/XBX782]. PIPELÈ: Vieni quà

mio be tesor (Berninzone). With AURORA RETTORE [s] / TUTTI IN MASCHERA: Addio bel Turco (Pedrotti). With IRMA MION [s]. Unusual repertoire. Harmless rim bump, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

ERNESTO BADINI [b]. See also: CAROLINA PIETRACEWSKA [c], VITTORIO DE GOTZEN [b], DORA DOMAR [s], AMLETO GALLI [bs]

3037. 12” Blue Victor 55006 [1354c/1355½c]. FRA DIAVOLO: Io son Signor, un infelice / FRA DIAVOLO: Del Capitano alla salute! (Auber). With ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs], GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ELSIE BAKER [c] 1550. 10” Blue Orth. Victor 45489. SOMETIME (Kahn-Fiorito) / BY THE MISSISIPPI (G.

Tilden Davis). Side two with OLIVE KLINE [s]. Scarce Blue label Orthophonic Victor. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2171. [as EDNA BROWN]. RCA Victor 20441. GRANDADDY LONG LEGS; TOUCHING; KATY DID / IN SCOTLAND; IN CHINA; IN GERMANY (Miessner). Piano acc. Myrtle C. Eaver). Late PoW pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JEAN ATHANASIU honored in 1961 on Rumanian postage stamp

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GEORGE BAKLANOFF [b]. 2245. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-2-62636/X-2-62637 [2698r/4987L]. THE SONG

OF TRIUMPHANT LOVE: Arioso of Muzio (A. Yu. Simon) / A. D. DAVYDOV [b] (as N. S. MOSKALYOV [b]). OH, MY GOD (Kalinnikov). Includes penned notes from Aida Favia-Artsay on the Simon opera (“Important record, selection, opera and artist.”) and the first cast. Side one 4-5. Side two gen. 3. $60.00.

1770. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-2-62133/X-2-62134 [2695IIr/269IIr]. DEMON: Accursed World / DEMON: I Am He Who You Called (Rubinstein). Rare. Few MGTs, 2-3. $75.00.

1680. 10” Red vinyl Victor mat. B-22241-3. THE DEMON: Do Not Weep, My Child (Rubin-stein). Recorded in 1919 by Victor but never issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1682. 10” Red vinyl Victor mat. B-22243-4. THE DEMON: I am He Who You Called (Rubinstein). Recorded in 1919 by Victor but never issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1681. 10” Red vinyl Victor mat. B-22878-2. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Voici les roses (Ber- lioz). Recorded in 1919 by Victor but never issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3068. 12” Lt. Blue Eng. Col. A5270 [30622/30623]. OTELLO: Il Sogno / OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Excellent laminated pressings. Side one slight lbl. discoloration, otherwise both sides just about 1-2. $12.00.

GINA BALDASSARRE-TEDESCHI [s]. Trani, 1881-Rome, 1961. She studied in Pesaro and made her debut at the Teatro Coccia, Novara, as Mascagni’s Iris. Her career, which emphasized the verismo repertoire, continued throughout Italy as well as in Madrid and Lisbon. Retiring in 1931, she became a noted teacher and included among her pupils Licia Albanese, Pia Tassinari and Stella Roman. See: SALVATORE POLLICINO [t].

VICENTE BALLESTER [b]. 1241. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-64 [48287-1/48348-1?]. AL FIN SOLOS [ALONE AT

LAST]: Salida de Frank (Lehár) / LAS GOLONDRINAS: Se reia (Usandizaga). Few lightest rubs side two. Cons. 2. $15.00

2071. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-105 [93109-2/93113-?]. QUEN FOR A MOCIÑA / DOORA (both J. Zon). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1403. 10” Green Columbia 2284-X [82696-3/82700-1]. MARIANELLA MARIANELLA / ARRE LUCERO (both Alberto Soler). The spirited side one recording was selected for the 2015 VRCS CD. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELVIRA BARBIERI [s]. See: MATTIA BATTISTINI [b]

WANDA BARDONE [s] 3316. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 68908 [CD4546-II/Ck1897-IV]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini) /

LA SCALA CHORUS. IRIS: Inno al sole [Hymn to the Sun] (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARIA BARRIENTOS [s] 2390. 11” Fonotipia 39459/39460 [XPh1619/XPh1620]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce

poco fa / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono docile (Rossini). Piano acc. Nice copy, cons. 2. $15.00.

3939. 12” Gold Flags lbl. Columbia 68052-D [49370-1/49371-3]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce / I PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3138. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7180-M [49768-3/49782-1]. LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti) with EMMA NOE [ms], CHARLES HACKETT [t], GEORGE MEADER [t], RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b], JOSÉ MARDONES [bs] / RIGOLETTO: Quartet (Verdi). With JEANNE GORDON [c], CHARLES HACKETT [t], RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. Biographical clippings on Noe in folder. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3844. 12” PW Purple Columbia 9014-M [49768-3/49782-1]. Same as preceding item but earlier pressing (also excellent laminated surfaces). Couple harmless tiny lams. just into grooves side one. One halfmoon crk. in rim (just to first groove) side two. Otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

3800. 12” Purple Eng. Columbia 7338 [48650/49151]. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod) / LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Small lbl. stkr. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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MÁRIA BASILIDES [ms] 1350. 10” PW Plum Czech HMV AM1672 [BW2058-II/BW2059-I]. SZOMORÚ FÜZFÁNAK /

KITRÁKOTTY MESE (both Zoltan Kodály). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1351. 10” PW Plum Czech HMV AM1675 [BW2064-II/BW2065-I]. MEGALOK, MEGHA-LOK / SZÖLLÖHEGYEHN KERESZTÜL (both Zoltan Kodály). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1352. 10” PW Plum Czech HMV AM1687 [BW2110-II/BW2109-I]. TÖLEM A NAP (Ko- dály). Piano acc. Otto Herz. / IMRE PALLÒ [b]. HÁRY JÁNOS: Bordal (Kodály). Orch. dir. Rékai Nándor. Side two creator performance. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

AMADEO BASSI [t] 2367. 11” Fonotipia 39643/39644

[XPh1804/XPh1805]. SIBERIA: Orride steppe / SIBERIA: T’incontrai per via (Giordano). Presumably accompanied by Giordano, who has signed the matrix and dated it 1906. Cons. 2. $50.00.

2377. 11” Fonotipia 39651/39652 [XPh1798-2/ XPh1799-2]. TESS: Aria di Angel, Atto I (d’Erlanger). Two sides. Piano acc. Creator performance. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

JANE BATHORI [ms] 2270. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D.13097

[WL1414-2/WL1556]. CLAIR DE LUNE (Fauré) / LIED (Chabrier). Self-accom-panied. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1675. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D.13097 [WL1414-2/WL1556]. Same as previous listing (item #2269). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $18.00.

1328. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D.13086 [WL1416/WL1417]. TROIS CHANSONS DE BILITIS: No. 1, La Flûte de Pan / No. 2, La chevelure (Debussy). Self-accompanied. Couple lt. rubs side two. Cons. 2. $20.00.

1568. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LF 50 [WL1415-II/WL2081]. TROIS CHANSONS DE BILITIS: No. 3, Le tombeau des naiades / C’EST L’EXTASE (both Debussy). Self accompanied. Lbl. stkr. side one. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MATTIA BATTISTINI [b] 2139. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52664 [440z-Ao-2z]. TANNHÄUSER: Aria della Stella

(Wagner). One LSS, few MGTs, very lt. lbl. rubs, gen. 2-3. $25.00. 2277. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52665 [441z-Ao-2z]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Aria (Tschaikow-

sky). Exceptionally bright label and surface. Very small lbl. smudge. Cons. 2. $35.00.

2140. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52666 [442z-Ao-2z]. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). Bright label. Some LGTs (i.e. sounding), 2. $25.00.

1688. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52668 [444z-Ao-2z]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $50.00.

1687. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52670 [446z-Ao-2z]. DEMON: Deh non plorar (Rubinstein). Beautiful copy of this 1902 G&T. Cons. 2. $50.00.

1686. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52671 [447z-Ao-2z]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Fine copy indeed.Small lbl. rub, couple MGTs, cons. 2. $35.00.

2077. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 600 [Ck1422-I/Ck1433-III]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi) / DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1615. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 77 [447z/RR]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al facto-tum (Rossini) / EUGENIA MANTELLI [ms]. CENERENTOLA: Non più mesto (both

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Rossini). Side one orig. ’02 Warsaw G&T matrix. Side two RR. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2142. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 24 [439z/447z]. FAL-STAFF: Fin’ ch’han dal vino (Verdi) / IL BARBI-ERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). From orig. 1902 Warsaw G&T matrices. Side one includes studio applause and shouts, followed by a repeat. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2143. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 30 [Ck1422-I/Ck1433-III]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi) / DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). From orig. 1924 HMV matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3452. 12” Red vinyl (pressed by Victor) HMV 052371 [236af]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3860. 12” Red vinyl (pressed by Victor) HMV 052403 [2807c]. MALIA (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3439. 12” Red vinyl (pressed by Victor) HMV 2-052253 [Ck1423-1]. FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3055. 12” Orange Dog. Gram. Mon. 054106 [880c]. ERNANI: Vieni meco sol di rose (Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00

3542. 12” Opera Disc 054106 (76292) [880c]. Same as previous listing (item #3055) but different pressing. Looks new, but a very faint 1” hair crack, absolutely silent and visible only on the grooved side. Just about 1-2. $5.00.

3311. 12” Red Victor 92046 [881c]. ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s], LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3366. 12” White lbl. HMV 054450 [2813½c]. ERNANI: Finale Atto I (Verdi). With ELVIRA BARBIERI [s], GAETANO TOMMASINI [t], VINCENZO BETTONI [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3477. 12” Red PW Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 189 [216af/888c]. WILLIAM TELL: Su queste rose / WILLIAM TELL: Resta immobile (both Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3476. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 201 [285aj/225½af]. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza / LA TRAVIATA: Pura siccome un angelo (Verdi). Side two with MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3028. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 202 [234af/889c]. MACBETH: Pietà, rispetto, amore (Verdi) / ZAMPA: Perchè … tremar (Hérold). Side one piano acc. Cons. 2. $12.00.

3966. 12” Red late ‘30s Electrola DB 203 [221af/222af]. PAGLIACCI: Decidi il mos destin [Nedda-Silvio duet]. Two sides. Excellent pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

3510. 12” White lbl. HMV SS DB 737 [Ck1419-III]. DON CARLOS: O Carlo ascolta … Io morrò (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3959. 12” Blue HMVA ABHB 4 (052369/2-052251) [234af/Ck1418-I]. MACBETH: Pietà, rispetto, amore (Verdi) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale (Verdi). Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

4028. 12” Pink Zurich Sociéte Suisse des Disques Phonographiques d’Art. No. 301. IDEALE (Tosti). Piano acc. The first of Battistini’s extremely rare two 1920 Swiss recordings. Very decent copy. 2-3. $300.00.

4029. 12” Pink Zurich Sociéte Suisse des Disques Phonographiques d’Art. No. 302. CARO MIO BEN (Giordani). The second. Piano acc. 2. $325.00.

ANDRÉ BAUGÉ [b]. See: EDMÉE FAVART [s]

MARISE BEAUJON [s] 1285. 10” PW Blue French Col. LF 29 [WL2113-1/WL2170-2]. LA DANSEUSE DE

TANAGRA: Je dansais, oui, jadis / LA DANSEUSE DE TANAGRA: Oui, près de toi me pressant (Henri Hirchmann). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Very attractive music and performances. Lbl. stkr. Superficial rubs (probably from spending much unsleeved time). Side one some rubs, just about 3. Side two more heavily rubbed, just about 3-4. $12.00.

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GINO BECHI [b]. See also: GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI [t]

1872. 10” Red late VdelP DA 11309 [OBA7088/OBA7089]. SIGNORIELLA (Valente) / SIGNORIELLA MIA (D’Anzi). Both from film Signoriella. Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

FRIEDEL BECKMANN [s] 3654. 12” Red Electrola DB 5693 [2RA5425-2/2RA5426-1]. CARMEN: Draussen von

Sevilla / CARMEN: Nein, du liebst mich nicht (Bizet). Side two with TORSTEN RALF [t]. As mint. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JOSÉ BECKMANS [b] 3285. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 66971 [1791BMP/1801BMP]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leon-

cavallo) / TOSCA: La povera mia cena fu interrotta (Puccini). In French. Lamoureux Orch. dir. Albert Wolff. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

DAN BEDDOE [t]. Wales, 1874-New York City, 1937. At the age of 19 (or 14, depending upon the source), he emigrated to the U.S. after having won the gold medal and first prize in the tenor solo class at the Royal Welsh National Eisteddfod. Following studies with various U.S. teachers, he settled in the Cincinnati area and became a highly regarded soloist at U.S. and British choral festivals, as well as having appeared with leading orchestras of both countries. In New York he was heard with the New York Oratorio Society for many years, beginning in 1905 as the tenor soloist in the U.S. premiere (in concert form) of Richard Strauss’s Taillefer. He was a soloist with this group as late as 1933, this time in Handel’s Messiah, garnering excellent reviews. He was injured in an auto accident in Cincinnati two years later and retired. His son was actor Don Beddoe, who appeared on Broadway as well as having taken character roles in many films.

1840. 10” Red Victor 64196. IRISH LOVE SONG (Margaret R. Lang). Beautiful singing. Lovely copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

GEMMA BELLINCIONI [s] 3365. 12” Red Gram. Mon. G&T 052017 [572].

MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. She indeed sounds demented in the cadenza portions of each verse. I wonder if this is what Boïto had in mind? Bright label but needle wear on all forward spots. Narrow stylus (1 to 2 mil) needed on these ’03 G&Ts. 5. $35.00.

3317. 12” Red Gram. Mon. G&T 052019 [577]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah! fors’ è lui (Verdi). Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. Ndle. scr. on lbl. (about 2”). Wear causing a “swish” which decreases somewhat after an inch or so. 5. $35.00.

XENIA BELMAS [s] 3284. 12” Blk. PW elec. Polydor 66748

[916bm/979½bm]. THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE (Rimsky-Korsakov) / THE FAIR AT SOROTCHINSZY: Parassia’s Song (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANGELO BENDINELLI [t]. Near Pisa, 1876-Livorno, 1942. A student of Cortesi in Pisa and Giacchetti in Firenze, Bendinelli was first heard in 1902 at the Livorno Casino del Teatro San Marco in Rossini’s Stabat Mater. In opera, his debut was as Alfredo in La Traviata in Florence at the Arena Nazionale and from 1907 to 1925 was a leading tenor at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. In addition, Bendinelli appeared in principal opera houses in Italian cities including Bologna, Mantua and Venice, and outside of Italy in Cairo, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Paris. His repertoire included the principal tenor roles in operas such as Rigoletto, Iris, La Boheme, l’Amico Fritz, Manon, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Falstaff.

1390. 10” Brown acous. Columbia-Rena D5529 [11255/11256]. L’HISTOIRE D’UN PIERROT: Serenata / L’HISTOIRE D’UN PIERROT: Favola dei Piccioni (P. Mario Costa). Tiny lbl. stkr. 2. $20.00.

ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t] 3310. 11½” Pink acous. Fonografia Nazionale G2025/G2026. AÏDA: Aïda, ove sei tu? /

AÏDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With VALERIA MANNA [s]. “Marca di Edizione” stamps signed by Bergamaschi and Manna. Cons. 2. $60.00.

GEMMA BELLINCIONI

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3780. 11½” Pink acous. Fonografia Nazionale G2131/G2132. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Un dì all’azzurro spazio / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vicino a te s’acqueta (Giordano). With ZITA FUMAGALLI-RIVA [s]. “Marca di Edizione” stamp side one signed by Bergamaschi. Gen. 2. $50.00.

3521. 11½” Pink acous. Fonografia Nazionale G2139/G2140. BOHÈME: Mimi è una civetta. With CARLO TAGLIABUE [b] / ZITA FUMAGALLI-RIVA [s]. BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimi (Puccini). “Marca di Edizione” stamps signed by Bergamaschi and Fumagalli-Riva. One PB side two (few lightest sounds possible). Cons. 2. $50.00.

RUDOLF BERGER [b/t]. Brünn, Austria, 1874-New York City, 1915. A student of Adolf Robinson in Berlin, Berger made his debut in 1896 as Telramund and had a successful baritone career for over a decade. He met American teacher Oscar Saenger, the teacher of his wife-to-be, Marie Rappold, while singing at Bayreuth in 1908. Saenger suggested that he was really a tenor. Berger cancelled upcoming performances so as to study with Saenger in New York. Upon returning to Germany, he made his re-entry at the Berlin Opera as Lohengrin and never returned to baritone parts. In 1914 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Siegmund. Berger’s last appearance was as Siegfried in Götterdammerung on Feb. 18, 1915. He died eight days later of heart problems from which he had apparently been suffering for some time.

1914. 10” Red/Blue Homocord B.831 [M1088/M1934]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / KARL NEBE [bs]. WO DO HINGEHST, DA WILL ICH AUCH HINGEHEN (Hildach). 2. $10.00.

PIERRE BERNAC [b] 1331. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA-4893 [OLA-1174-3/OLA-1188-1]. LA STATUE DE

BRONZE; LE CHAPALIER (both Eric Satie) / LE GLOXINIA (Georges Auric). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3881. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV mat. OEA-12615. AURORE (Fauré). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

EMMY BETTENDORF [s] 3058. 12” Blue acous. Homocord B.8327 [51295/51296]. AVE MARIA (Schubert) / CARO

MIO BEN (Giordani). Side two in Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

VINCENZO BETTONI [bs]. See: MATTIA BATTISTINI [b]

AUGUSTO BEUF [b]. See: TITO GOBBI [b]

LÉON BEYLE [t]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs], LOUIS DUPOUY [b]

GERTRUD BINDERNAGEL [s] 3350. 12” Blk. PW Telefunken SK 1163

[018458/018468-1]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod / LYDIA KIN-DERMANN [ms], HELGE ROS-WAENGE [t], MAX KUTTNER [t], HANS REINMAR [b], PAUL YODER [bs]. MEISTERSINGER: Selig wie die Sonne (both Wagner). Orch. dir Sel-mar Meyrowitz. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

DAVID BISPHAM [b]. See also: VITTORIO ARIMONDI [bs]

3063. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 152 [268c/RR]. O THAT WE TWO WERE MAYING (Gounod) / TANNHÄUSER: Als du in kühnem Sange (Wagner). From 1904 London piano acc. recordings. Side one from original matrix. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3441. 12” Gold Flags Columbia A-5778 [30773-2/30774-2]. DANNY DEEVER (Damrosch) / PIRATE SONG (Gilbert). Paint initials in trademark area. Excellent surfaces. Harmless patina in about ½” from rim, other-wise cons. 2. $10.00.

DAVID BISPHAM

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GÖSTA BJÖRLING [t] 1407. 10” Red Swedish HMV X.6490 [OSB1234/OSB1235]. O HOLY NIGHT [JULSÅNG]

(Adam) / HYMN (Aug. Söderman). With String Orch. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1823. 10” Red Swedish HMV X.6781 [OSB2186-I/OSB2187-I]. KONVALJENS AVSKED

(Lindvall) / HUR SKULLE JAG KUNNA GLÖMMA DIG (Enna). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JUSSI BJÖRLING [t]. All “X” series HMVs in Swedish.

1410. 10” Plum HMV X.3376 [Be2118-II/Be2121-II]. GONDOLSÅNG [CARMÈ] (de Curtis) / FÖR DIG ALLÉN [FOR YOU ALONE] (Geehl). Both pro-ducts of his first recording session as a tenor (aged 18). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1299. (as ERIK ODDE). 10” PW Plum HMV X3882 [OT554-II/OT558-II]. ALLSVENSKA DANS-SERIEN [BAGDAD] (Helge Lindberg) / SVEN HELAN [t]. ALLSVENSKA DAN SSERIEN [FOR-LAT MIG-VALS] (Sonja Sahlberg). The singers (Jussi Björling “disguised” as “Erik Odde”) are vocal refrain soloists with Fred Winter and His Orchestra. IMs. Cons. 2. $30.00.

2107. 10” Plum HMV X.3885 [OT529-I/OT530-I]. LAND OF SMILES: Du ar min Hela Värld / LAND OF SMILES: Av Appelblömmor jag (Lehár). Just about 1-2. $10.00

1399. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. BS-046746. FRÜHLINGSGLAUBE (Schubert). Piano acc. Recorded 30 Jan. 1940. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3283. 12” Red HMV DB 21311. LA BOHÈME: In un coupé? … O, Mimì tu più (Puccini) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ora (Verdi). With ROBERT MERRILL [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

RAMON BLANCHART [b]. 1216. 10” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 45036 [6022o/13182b]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Che fai

tu qui? (Berlioz) / FRANCESCO FEDERICI [b]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

3708. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5206 [30424/30450]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Small lbl. stkrs. Very minor lbl. damage side one around edge. Superb laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ROBERT BLASS [bs] 1500. 10” White lbl. Vla 64032 [B-582]. DER SCHLESISCHE ZECHERLUND DER TEU-

FEL (Reissinger). 1903 recording. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1790. 10” GP ’06 Victor 64032 [B-582]. Same as preceding listing but early pressing. Light lbl. fade. Cons. 2. $25.00.

3440. 12” Red vinyl Vla 85007 [C-587]. FREISCHÜTZ: Schweig’! damit dich Niemand (v.Weber). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3586. 12” Red DeLuxe 85011 [C-580]. IM WUNDERSCHÖNEN MONAT MAI; ICH GROLLE NICHT (both Schumann). Piano acc. Lt. lbl. gilt fade. Clean surface, gen. 2. $35.00.

LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s] 1905. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 8. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi) / MARCELLA

SEMBRICH [s]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge (Bellini). From orig. 1905/’04 Victor matrices. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3596. 12” early TC Columbia A5078 [30150-2/30123-1]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa … Io sono docile (Rossini) / CHARLES GILIBERT [b]. MADRIGAL (Lemaire). One LGT side one, 2. Side two few minor rubs, cons. 2-3. $15.00.

AMÁLIE BOBKOVÁ [s]. Turnov, Western Slovakia, 1874-Prague, 1956. Her studies were with retired Czech prima-donna Marie Petzoldové-Sittová. She was then introduced by her teacher to composer and director of the National Theater Karel Kovařovic, who scheduled her debut there in 1900 as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust. The following year she sang Vendulka in Smetana’s Hubička. It was at the express request of composer Dvořák that she next created the First Dryade in the world premiere of his Rusalka. She went on to become known as a major artist in an extraordinary array of roles, ranging from Gilda in Rigoletto through Chrysothemis in Elektra.

JUSSI BJÖRLING

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2137. 10” Blk. Victor 16637 [103z/3701L]. HUBIČKA: Ukolébovka (Smetana) / MARIE KUBÁTOVÁ [s], MARIE KLÁNOVÁ [ms], MIRKO ŠTORK [t], EMIL POLLERT [bs]. V STUDENI: Kvartétto (Blodek). From orig. 1902/1906 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

LUIGI BOLIS [t]. See: CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s}

HANS HEINZ BOLLMANN [t]. See: FRITZI MASSARY [s]

MICHAEL BOHNEN [b]. See: VERA SCHWARZ [s]

ALESSANDRO BONCI [t] 2295. 11” Fonotipia 92100/92101

[XPh2695/XPh2696]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Quant’ è bella (Donizetti) / DON PASQUALE: Cercherò lon-tana terra (both Donizetti). Very fine later pressing. Small lbl. stkr. and few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2385. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92220/92221 [XPh3406/XPh3405]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / MANON: Ah! dispar vision (Massenet). Nice copy, cons. 2. $12.00.

3779. 12” Blue acous. Collumbia 8923-M [36656-1/36657-1]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti) / L’AFRI-CAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Lightest NR on lbl. side one. Superb pressing, just about 1-2. $10.00.

CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s] 1691. 10” Red Milano G&T 53373 [2145L].

GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Few LGTs, gen. 2-3. $12.00.

1651. 10” Red Milano Angel Pre-Dog 53419 [7325b]. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi). Cons. 2. $12.00.

1679. 10” Red Pats. Victor 91071 [7320b]. IL TROVATORE: Vivrà, contende il giubilo (Verdi). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2201. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-37 [11045/11046]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: La Vegine degli angeli / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Madre pietosa, Vergine (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3932. 12” Blk. Columbia 5034-M [30356-1/30357-1]. NORMA: Casta diva / NORMA: Ah! bello a me ritorna (Bellini). None better than these later “M” series pressings. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3200. 12” Blk. Columbia 5035-M [30352-1/30358-1]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli). Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3262. 12” Red Milano G&T 053101 [853c] NOTTURNO (Cantoni). Few MGTs, one small indentation (silent when checked here). Gen. 3. $125.00.

3233. 12” Red Milano G&T 054062 [530c]. ERNANI: Da quel dì (Verdi). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Few LGTs first inch or so, otherwise 2. $8.00.

3100. 12” Red ’06 GP “B” plate Victor 92001 [535½c]. L’AFRICAINE: Già l’odio m’abban-dona (Meyerbeer). Nice copy, a few rubs, two bumps in outer margin (i.e. harmless). 2. $8.00.

3150. 12” Red Victor 92031 [800c]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Madre pietosa vergine (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3275. 12” White lbl. Vla 92034 [854c]. RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). With LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3569. 12” Red Victor 88223 [1951c]. AIDA: I sacri nomi (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3173. 12” White lbl. HMV 2-053136 [3197c]. LORELEY: Lascia per or che liberta

(Catalani). With LUIGI BOLIS [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ALESSANDRO BONCI in Un Ballo in Maschera

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3026. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 84 [3197c/3198c]. LORELEY: Lascia per or che libera (Catalani) / IL GUARANY: Sento una forza (Gomes). With LUIGI BOLIS [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

FRED BORDON [bs] 1828. 10” Red PW Eng. Columbia RF 1 [WL-1985/WL-1917]. GRISÉLIDIS: J’avais fait

comme on dit le diable sur la terre / GRISÉLIDIS: Loin de sa femme (Massenet). Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ASSUNTA BORGANI [s]. I traced an Assunta Borgani who was born in Italy, June 3, 1884. She entered the U.S. at Ellis Island in 1915 from Lyons, France, and died in 1967 in Cincinnati, Ohio. However the very curious voice on this disc (probably from around 1920) sounds like an untrained very young girl rather than a woman who would have then been in her ‘30s.

1382. 10” acoustic SS Blk. & Gold “Special Record”. Unnumbered. A LITTLE LOVE, A LITTLE KISS (Silésu). In Italian. Piano acc. 2. $15.00.

DOMENICO VIGLIONE BORGHESE [b]. Mondovi, 1877-Milano, 1957. A pupil at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro and of Antonio Cotogni, Viglione Borghese made his debut in Lodi, 1899, as the Herald in Lohengrin. In 1901 he left for America, becoming a dock worker in San Francisco. Caruso heard him and recommended him to Scognamillo’s touring troupe in Western America (which featured Tetrazzini). He was hired for the 1904-05 season. From that point his career steadily moved ahead. Returning to Italy in 1907, he made a second debut as Amonasro in Parma and was subsequently a featured baritone at the Teatro Costanzi, then La Scala. He was in the Italian premiere of Wolf Ferrari’s I Gioielli della Madonna, 1913, remaining active on stage as a leading baritone until he retired in 1940. He then taught in Milano. His scarce, desirable and few records were acoustically recorded for Fonotipia and Polydor.

4018. 11” Fonotipia 92649 [XPh4220/XPh3849]. LE VILLI: Anima santa (Puccini) / RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. I VESPRI SICILIANI: In braccio alle dovizie (Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $30.00.

3622. 12” Red acous. Schall. Grammophon 72939 [643az/679az]. LA GIOCONDA: Pesca-tore affonda l’esca / LA GIOCONDA: O monumento (Ponchielli). Small, harmless press. bumps one small area of rim side one, far from grooves. Cons. 2. $35.00.

3080. 12” Red acous. Schall. Grammophon 72941 [673az/674az]. TOSCA: Tarda è la notte (Puccini) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Il cavallo scalpita (Mascagni). Unidentified writing on labels, otherwise just about 1-2. $40.00.

3549. 12” Red acous. Schall. Grammophon 72942 [675az/678az]. OTELLO: Credo in un Dio crudel (Verdi) / PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $40.00.

FERNANDO BORGHETTI [t]. See also: DISCO BELLINIANO at the close of this section

2218. 10” Blk. Scroll Victor V-12337 [no matrix numbers]. VIENI! (Denza) / BOCCA DI ROSA (Tagliaferri-Valente). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Lbl. stkr. and lbl. scrs. but surface just about 1-2. $15.00.

DINO BORGIOLI [t]. See: BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]

LUCREZIA BORI [s] 1304. 10” PW IRCC 101. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini) / YVONNE

DE TRÉVILLE [s]. MANON LESCAUT: C’est l’histoire amoureuse (Auber). From 1910/1916 Edison cylinders. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3575. 12” PW acous. style lbl., “Z” shellac Victor 6561. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpen-tier) / BOHEME: Addio (Puccini). Early elec. recording despite acous. lbl. Wonder-ful late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3206. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 70. IRIS: Un di al tempio (Mascagni) / IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Oh gioia la nube leggera (Wolf-Ferrari). From orig. 1915/1920 Victor matrices. Label autographed by Bori. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3436. 12” PW White lbl. Victor test matrix CVE-41442-2. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). RCA VrBk. Recorded 1928. Unissued until around 1944, with a Caruso dub on the reverse (Victor 11-8569). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

INGE BORKH [s] 3762. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 11544 [2RA-6928-3/2RA-6969-3]. FIDELIO: Abscheulicher,

wo eilst du hin? (Beethoven). Two sides. Orch. dir. Artur Rother. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

OLIMPIA BORONAT [s]. 1717. 10” Red St. Petersburg G&T 53347 [1771L] (II). SENZA L’AMORE (Tosti). Piano acc.

Only form of issue. Fine copy, cons. 2. $75.00.

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1936. 10” Red St. Petersburg G&T 53352 [1776L] (II). DESIDERIO (Redento Zardo). Piano acc. Only form of issue. Small ND, lt. rubbing, 3. $60.00.

1878. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 50 [1773L/1775L]. MIREILLE: O légère hirondelle (Gounod) / I PURITANI: O rendeteme le speme … Qui la voce (Bellini). From orig. 1904 Russian G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2273. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 180 [1772L/1777L]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi) / PEARL FISHERS: Siccome un dì (Bizet). Piano acc. From orig. 1904 Russian G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3508. 12” Red Dog Gram. Mon. 053185 [1506½c]. DON PASQUALE: So anch’io la virtù magica (Donizetti). Reissued on Victor’s Heritage Series (15-1023) but a very rare original here. Cons. 2. $50.00.

3515. 12” White lbl. HMV 053187 [1517c]. LES HUGUENOTS: A ce mot (Meyerbeer). Doubled only as IRCC 56. Excellent press-ing, cons. 1-2. $15.00.

HERMINE BOSETTI [s] 2299. 11” Brown Odeon 99499/99517 [XB4838/

XB4862]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Arie der Adina (Donizetti) / FRIEDA HEMPEL [s]. DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Weiss nicht die Welt (Donizetti). Slightest gilt fade on label, otherwise just about 1-2. $35.00.

2375. 11” Blue Odeon 52668/52669 [XB5139/ XB5140]. MANON: Cours de le reine / MA-NON: Gavotte (Thomas). IMs. One harmless PB. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

2374. 11” Blue Odeon 52702/52703 [XB5150/XB5160]. DAUGHER OF THE REGIMENT: Auf dem Felde der Ehre / DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Heil Dir, mein Vaterland (Donizetti). IMs. One rub side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $35.00.

GEMMA BOSINI [s]. See: BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]

VINA BOVY (MALVINA BOVI VAN OVERBER-GHE) [s]. Ghent, Belgium, 1900-Ghent, 1883. Bovy made her debut in 1920 at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie as Marguerite in Faust and five years later was first heard at the Paris Opéra-Comique as Manon. A number of seasons there followed as Lakmé, Rosina, and Lucia, among many other roles, and from 1935 to 1947 at the Opéra as Gilda, Juiliette, and Lucia, to cite three of many parts. Her international guest appearances included South America (the Teatro Colón) and the Metropolitan Opera (1936-38), where she was heard in ten of her major mostly coloratura successes. As her career progressed into the 1940s and ‘50s, she undertook such dramatic roles as Maddelena in Andrea Chenier, Fedora and Katiusha in Alfano’s Risurrezione. Her only 78s are three French Gramophone discs from the late 1930s.

3758. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4997 [2LA-821-3/2LA-822-1]. DINORAH [LE PARDON DE PLOERMEL]: Ombre légère (Meyerbeer) / RIGOLETTO: Air de Gilda (Verdi). Orch. Dir. Henri Busser. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3500. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4998 [2LA-912-1/2LA-954-1]. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Doni-zetti). Two sides. In French. Orch. dir. Henri Busser. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

HERMINE BOSETTI

VINA BOVY

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KARIN BRANZELL [ms] 1569. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62404 [179ax/568at]. EIN TRAUM / ICH LIEBE DICH (both

Grieg). Piano acc. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

SOPHIE BRASLAU [c] 1413. 10” Red Victor 64541. BID ME GOOD-BYE

(Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2368. 10” Oversized Victor test pressing mat. B-20344-1. MY LADY CHLO’ (Clough-Leighter). Take two was issued on Victor 64742. This test, take one, is marked in pencil on the surface “Des.” (destroy). Plays excellently but is heavily scuffed. 5. $35.00.

OSKAR BRAUN [t]. Vienna, 1867-Berlin?, after 1940. His first singing work was in operetta. His operatic career began in 1891 as Turiddu. Subsequently he studied with Edmond Duvernoy and Giovanni Sbriglia and in 1898 became a member of Berlin’s Theater des Westens and the Kroll Opera. His career alternated between romantic operatic roles, such as Roméo, Faust and and Don José and operetta parts, in which he continued to be a great success. Although of Jewish descent, he lived in Berlin until 1941, but what subsequently became of him seems not to be known.

2384. 11” Blue Odeon 25834/25398 [BX779/VX2358]. GYPSY BARON: Als flotter Geist / FRANZ GLAWATSCH [t]. GYPSY BARON: Sittencouplet (both Strauss). Glawatsch (Graz, 1871-Vienna, 1928) was a famed operetta baritone, impresario and film star. IMs. Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARIA I. BRIAN [s]. 1886-1965. “The lyric soprano Maria Brian came to the Russian Theatre of Musical Drama straight from college, having completed the St. Petersburg Conservatory … class in 1912 with the gold medal. Brian had had good training and possessed great artistic charm. Her soft lyric soprano of medium range was characterized by exceptional fullness and solidity. Her timbre from F to top C sharp, irrespective of the dynamic, was exceptionally even and beautiful and didn’t lose its evenness, even when the volume was increased or reduced, and she produced wonderful fioritura and exquisite reduction of sound from piano to pianissimo.” Brian appears to have made only this one record. –The (Sergei) Levik Memoirs (trans. Edward Morgan). Symposium Press.

1421. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Amour Gram. 2-23813/ 2-23814 [18302b/18063b]. OH, IF YOU WOULD FOR A MOMENT, Op. 39, No. 12 / LIUBOV A. ANDREYEVA-DELMAS [ms]. SNEGUROCHKA: Cloud Said to the Thunder (both Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Nice copy of this exceptional rarity. Both wonderful singers. Few LGTs, 2. $350.00.

SUZANNE BROHLY [ms] 1279. 10” Blk. Disque Gram. 33887/33787 [18620u/15837u]. ARIANE: Air des Roses /

VICTORIA FER [s]. MANON: Voyons Manon (both Massenet). Few LGTs side one, otherwise cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $20.00.

1871. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.438 [BS335-II/BS336-I]. SI MES VERS AVAIENT DES AILES (Hahn) / IDEALE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

CORNELIUS BRONSGEEST [b]. 3691. 12” Blue PW elec. Ultraphon E613 [15162Z/15438-Z-1]. DAS GRAB AUF DER

HEIDE (Heiser) / AN DER WESER (Pressel). Orch. dir. Selmar Meyrowitz. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s] 3930. 12” TC Columbia A5181 [30429-1/30460-1]. TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara / TRAVIATA:

Un dì, felice eterea (Verdi). Both with FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. Good surface material (flush pressing). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3096. 12” TC Columbia A5182 [30439-1/30445-1]. LUCIA: Verrano a te / FAUST: Dammi ancor (Gounod). With FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3038. 12” Lt. Blue Eng. Col. A5193 [30454/30472] RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi) / AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Superb laminated pressing, just about 1-2. $15.00.

CLAIRE BROOKHURST [c]. A concert singer active in the U.S. in the earlier 1920s, she appeared on the Chautauqua circuit and under the management of Annie Friedberg.

2243. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 19146. PININ’ JUST FOR YOU (Adams) / LOVE’S LOTTERY: Sweet Thoughts of Home (Julian Edwards). The second side is the leading song from the Broadway musical that starred Schumann-Heink in her solitary Broadway venture in 1905, an excerpt which she also recorded. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. 1596. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P-632 [BD4083-II/BD4084-II]. LE RÊVE: Oh!

Monseigneur / LE RÊVE: Je voudrais être Reine (Bruneau). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

1393. 10” Blk. PW elec. Disque Gram. P-775 [BT4005-II/BT4006-II]. LE FORÊT BLEUE: Ou suis-je, la forêt / LA FORÊT BLEUE: J’ai rêvé de princesses blanches (Louis Aubert). Small lbl. stkr. Lt. rubbing, 2-3. $12.00.

JOHN BROWNLEE [b] 2080. 10” Red PW Australian HMV E.442 [Bb8429-

IV/Bb9029-I]. TREES (Rasbach) / INVICTUS (Huhn). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ELISA BRUNO [s]. See: GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]

DMITRI I. BUKHTOYAROV [bs]. 1866-1918. See also: VLADIMIR KASTORSKY.

MARCELLE BUNLET [s] 3369. 12” Blk. elec. PW Disque Gram. W-988 [CV-

269-I/CV-270-I]. ARIANE ET BARBE-BLEU: Air des diamants [Act I] / ARIANE ET BARBE-BLEU: Voici la clef [Act II] (Paul Dukas). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

TOM BURKE [t] 1456. 10” Blk. EE Columbia 520-D [W141181-9/W141182-7]. LET US WALTZ AS WE SAY

GOODBYE (Beiner) / DON’T WAIT TOO LONG (Berlin). With George Stell [violin], Robin Hood Bowers [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HENRY BURR [t] 1579. 10” PW (gold print) Victor 19884. HEAVEN IS MY HOME (Sauvage) / I NEED THEE

EVERY HOUR (Lowry). Side two with ALBERT CAMPBELL [t]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

EUGENIA BURZIO [s] 1372. 10” Lt. Blue Eng. Col. D.8077 [11050/11051]. ZULMA: Da tanto tempo ardevo /

ZULMA: Oh! si ricordiamo (Romano Romani). Conducted by the composer. IMs. Excellent glassy surfaces. Cons. 2. $15.00.

ROBERT BÜSSEL [b]. Nürnberg, 1880-Dresden, 1953. Büssel was in the 1925 Dresden premiere of Busoni’s Doktor Faust as well as in the first hearings of d’Albert’s Die Toten Augen and Strauss’s Intermezzo and Arabella, and a number of now forgotten works. His repertoire, from larger through comprimario parts, was said to have included over six hundred roles.

3751. 12” Girl and Phono Parlophon P.586/P.660. DER WEGWEISER (Schubert) / DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARCELLE BUNLET

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CLARA BUTT [c] 1889. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X302

[35935/65521]. THE ROSARY (Nevin) / KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN (Crouch). With piano (plus, side one, organ and bells). Lbl. stkrs. top halves of labels). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

2238. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X302 [35935/65521]. Same as preceding item (#1889). No lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1296. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X306 [71316/71850]. MY AIN FOLK (Lemon) / EILEEN ALANNAH (Thomas). 1922 re-makes. Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1810. 10” Purple elec. PW Eng. Columbia PB 1 [WA6181/WA9558]. ABSENT (Metcalf) / UNTIL (Sanderson). Piano acc. Side two recorded in Central Hall, Westminster. Small lbl. stkr. side two. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1771. 10” Purple elec. PW Eng. Columbia PB 4 [WA9473/WA10583]. ROSE IN THE BUD (Forster) / THE ROOKS (Waterford). Piano acc. Recorded in Central Hall, Westminster. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2079. 10” Purple elec. PW Eng. Columbia PB 7 [WA10499/WA10580]. THE ROSARY (Nevin) / L’ANGELUS (Traditional). Side two in French. With organ and bells. Recorded in Central Hall, Westminster. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

1798. 10” Purple elec. PW Eng. Columbia PB 9 [WA12167/WA12168]. WHERE IS MY WONDERING BOY TONIGHT? (Lowry) / ROCK OF AGES (Toplady-Redhead). With organ. Recorded in Central Hall, Westminster. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3945. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 03368/03324 [Ac6392f/4559IIf]. A YOUTH ONCE LOVED A MAIDEN; THE TEARS THAT NIGHT (Maud Valérie White) / WILL HE COME? (Sullivan). Side one just about 1-2. Side two a few inherent marks, perhaps light master corrosion, although it doesn’t sound when just checked. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3305. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 7306 [6668/76016]. THREE FISHERS WENT SAILING (Hullah) / THE ENCHANTRESS (Hatton). Side one piano acc. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

3756. 12” Purple elec. PW Eng. Columbia 7374 [WAX3052/WAX3053]. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: God Shall Wipe Away All Tears (Sullivan) / ABIDE WITH ME (Liddle). Recorded in Christ Church, Westminster Bridge Road. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3249. 12” Purple elec. PW Eng. Columbia PX 4 [WAX5670/WAX5671]. YONDER (Teschemacher-Oliver) / HUSHEEN (Fahy-Needham). Piano acc. Side one also organ. Recorded in Central Hall, Westminster. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ERIK (OLE) BYE [b]. Oslo, 1883 – Oslo, 1953. His career began as an operatic bass in 1914, after studies in Oslo, London (with Raimund von zur Mühlen), Paris (R. Willani), Italy and Germany. He soon switched to baritone and bass-baritone roles, singing a variety of parts such as Amonasro, Wolfram and the High Priest (in Samson et Dalila). Bye was active in the U.S. from the late ‘teens of the past century to the later 1920s. Here he recorded for Columbia, Victor and Vocalion and appeared mainly in Scandinavian music and arts festivals. A son, Erik Erikssønn Bye, was born in Brooklyn, 1926. The family returned to Norway shortly after. Son Eric became a versatile Norwegian journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He became one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular radio and television figures in Norway. -Wikopedia

1737. 10” Green acous. Columbia E7692 [88452-1/88453-2]. WENN DIE ROSEN BLÜ-HEN (Reichardt) / EIN RHEINISCHES MÄDCHEN (Hoppe). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1816. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 72700. SIGURD JORSALFAR: Norrönnakvadet / SIGURD JORSALFAR: Kongekvadet (Edvard Grieg). Side one a particularly spirited excerpt that ranges from a high A down to a C. His most interesting record. Side one 3-4 (but little greying). Side two one ND that clicks several grooves. 4. $15.00.

CLARA BUTT

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ROSA CALIGARIS (-MARTI) [s]. She was apparently a highly regarded soprano, although details as to her life and career are most elusive. In 1882, she received mention in Musical World as having “particularly distinguished herself” with an Italian company in Barcelona. Twenty years later she appeared at La Scala in Il Trovatore with a cast including Elisa Bruno, Giuliano Biel, Antonio Magini-Coletti and, in his Scala debut, bass Giovanni Gravino. One reviewer of this performance described Caligaris as “a soprano of large proportions whose voice in the high range is admirably [suitable for] … Leonora”. She appeared in Cremona in 1903. What became of her after 1905 seems not to be known. Her few rare records were for G&T (1903) and Pathé (1905).

4009. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053012 [567-R]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Ver-di). Very clean label. Quite clean looking surface, except for light greying areas, mostly at start, midpoint, and near end. There’s a light “swish” and a couple of light shatters midpoint and also near end. An acceptable (I would think) copy of this early rarity. 4. $75.00.

4010. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053013 [568-R]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Bright label. A few LGTs, but a clean looking 2-3. $125.00.

ICILIO CALLEJA [t]. 1251. 10” Silver Flags Columbia

S-59 [41922-1/41925-1]. PAGLIACCI: No, Pagliaccio non son (Leoncavallo) / ISA-BEAU: Canzone del Falco (Mascagni). Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

HÉLÈNE CALS [s]. Watergraafs-meer, near Amsterdam, 1903-Rimi-ni, Italy, 1937. A student of Rosa Schönberg, Cals never appeared in opera but was rather a concert singer and very popular on the radio in the Netherlands, as well as in Germany. She appeared in concert with conductors Pierre Monteux, Willem Mengelberg and Albert van Rallte, as well as Frieder Weissmann (who conducted most of her recordings). Shortly before her untimely demise, she also taught at the Utrechts Conservatorium. Her death was the result of a fall while vacationing with her husband, radio conductor Nico Treep, at Lago Maggiore. A fine soprano, highly recommended. Note: A photo presented in last year’s catalogue in error as Cals was actually Gloria Swanson!

2021. 10” Red PW Odeon A164171 [Da1459/Da1460]. LAKMÉ: Où va la jeune Indoue (Delibes). In French. Two sides. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Excellent copy. Tiny lbl. stkr. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.

3752. 12” Dk. Eng. Parlophone E10990 [Aoo1280/Aoo1282]. IL BACIO (Arditi) / MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

EMMA CALVÉ [ms] 1685. 10” Red Monarch 5001 [2060-F]. ENCHANTEMENT (Massenet). Bright label.

Excellent copy of this rarity. One rub, few LGTs, gen. 2. $50.00. 1655. 10” Red Monarch 5003 [2063-F]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mas-

cagni). Piano acc. ’02 G&T matrix. One harmless linear rub, tiny edge flake grooved side not to grooves. Bright label and fine looking copy but a bit “surfacy” sounding. Stylus experimentation may help. Some LGTs. Appears cons. 3. Bright lbl. $35.00.

1733. 10” Red ’04 GP Victor 91002 [2062-II]. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Superb early pressing. Cons. 2. $20.00.

3669. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88089. OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster). Piano acc. The second (March 9, 1908) of three issued takes, this never having appeared in any other form. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3263. 12” Red Victor 88119 [take 7]. CHANTEZ, RIEZ, DORMEZ (Gounod). The second (undoubled) of three issued takes. Piano acc., Darius Lyons [flute]. Lovely copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LÉON CAMPAGNOLA [t] 1812. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.552 [s21744/s21746]. ÉLÉGIE (Massenet) / SI

VOUS L’AVIEZ COMPRIS (Denza). Acc. by le Septour Moderne. 2. $10.00.

HÉLÈNE CALS in her listening room

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3357. 12” Purple acous. Disque Gram. 032216/032280 [02157v/02575v]. HÉRODIADE: Air de Jean / SAPHO: Ah, qu’il est loin mon pays (both Massenet). Cons. 2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE CAMPANARI [b] 3386. 12” Red vinyl Victor 85026 [C-740]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Piano acc.

Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3385. 12” Red vinyl Victor 85028 [C-743-2]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncvallo). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3855. 12” Blk. vinyl Victor 83073 [C-2480-1]. CARMEN: Canzone del Toreador (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3363. 12” Red vinyl Victor 85085 [C-2487]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu? (Verdi). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3384. 12” Red vinyl Victor 85086 [C-2689]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3403. 12” Red vinyl white lbl. Vla 85087 [C-2688]. ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (Verdi). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3381. 12” Red vinyl Vla 85088 [C-2687]. HÉRODIADE: Visione fuggitiva (Massenet). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LINDA CANNETTI [s]. See: GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]

BETTINO CAPPELLI [t]. Firenze, 1879-Aus-tralia, 1927. A student of Vincenzo Vannini, Cappelli made his debut in 1907 as Alfredo in La Traviata. He subsequently appeared in the major houses of Parma, Bologna, and Cremona, among others, in a variety of roles including Lohengrin, Walter in Catalani’s Loreley and Riccardo in Donizetti’s Maria di Rohan. Sometime around 1916 he either moved to or frequently performed in Australia, primarily with the Gonzalez touring company where he was successfully received in various roles such as the Duke in Rigoletto and Manrico.

2364. 11” Fonotipia 92975/69117. LA FAN-CIULLA DEL WEST: Una grazia ed una promessa / LA SCALA CHORUS. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Canzone della Nostalgia (Puccini). Side two features various unidentified soloists and chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARIA CAPPIELLO [ms]. Internet sources indicatesthat she likely made her debut in the later 1880s and retired in 1917. Her career seems to have been in major roles in mostly smaller Italian theaters.

3260. 12” Blue Pats. Victor 55005 [1964c/1960c]. AIDA: Chi mai fra / AIDA: O tu che sei d’Osiride (Verdi). With La Scala Chorus. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

GIORGINA CAPRILE [s]. Florence, 1877-Rome, 1951. Caprile studied in Milan with Carlo Carignani and made her debut at the Rome Costanzi in 1900 as Suzel in l’Amico Fritz, co-starring with the title role’s 1898 creator, Fernando de Lucia. For the next fifteen years she sang throughout Italy, at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, as well as in Russia and South America. She was a particularly attractive woman and a good actress and was at home in a variety of roles, including Salome, Violetta, Mimì, and Manon Lescaut, to cite just a few.

4015. 11” Fonotipia 92575/92576 [XPh3986/XPh3987]. LA BOHÉME: Canzone dì Mu-sette (Leoncavallo) / L’AMICO FRITZ: Ballata dì Suzel (Mascagni). IMs. Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

EMMA CARELLI [s] 3320. 12” Red Milano G&T 054028 [Con703]. TOSCA: Duetto Tosca-Scarpia, Act II.

(Puccini). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Piano acc. S. Cottone. Such melodrama! Small lbl. stkr. and lt. lbl. rubs. Surface unusually clean, 2 or better. Plays beautifully. $150.00.

BETTINO CAPPELLI

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MARGHERITA CAROSIO [s] 1814. 10” Red VdP DA 5403 [OBA4526/OBA4527]. I PASTORI (Ildebrando Pizzetti). Two

sides. Orch. dir. Gianandrea Gavazzeni. Rare and beautiful. Side two scr. last inch or so not sounding when checked here, otherwise cons. 2. $12.00.

ENRICO CARUSO [t]. 1280. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1551. LUNA FEDEL (Zardo). Nice copy. One small mk.

and one tiny scr., both harmless. Just about 2. $2000.00.

1769. 10” Red Milano G&T 52346 (VIII) [1786b]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtive lagrima (Donizetti). Clean copy, no apparent greying. Gen. 2, but somewhat noisy surface. No visual problems. Perhaps some stylus experimentation may help. Only form of issue. $60.00.

1774. 10” Red Milano G&T 52349 (IIII)[1790b]. TOSCA: E lucean le stelle (Puccini). Caruso enters early and a 4th too high in pitch, remaining there for three phrases. He finds his way back which pianist Salvatore Cottone, probably about ready to give up at that point, quickly realizes and all is well for the remainder. I suppose that it was thought that Tosca, then just a bit over two years old, wouldn’t have been known well enough by the general public to warrant recording the aria over again. Clean label, few MGTs, gen. 3. $35.00.

1266. 10” Red Milano G&T 52369 (II) [1784g]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). This first take, available only from March through Nov., 1902. One small press. bump sounds several grooves. Greying at start clears up after piano intro. Otherwise 3-4. $100.00.

1282. 10” Red Flush Milano G&T 52378 (II) [1782-nb]. GERMANIA: Studenti udite! (Franchetti). Creator performance. Clean label and surface, but greying sounds. 4-5 because of greying (but it looks better). $60.00.

1281. 10” Red Milano G&T 52419 (I) [2880-w2]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Non, più nobile tu sei (Francesco Cilèa). Creator performance. Piano acc. by the composer. Lt. greying, lbl. rubbing. Gen. 3-4. $100.00.

1322. 10” Red Milano G&T 52442 [I) [2882-R]. LUNA FEDEL (Zardo). Caruso makes a false start beginning of one section. Lt. lbl. rubs. Excellent copy of this rarity. 2. $250.00

1283. 10” Red Milano G&T 52034 [2181h]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). “Scritta expressa-mente per il Grammofono”. Accompanied by the composer. Cons. 2. $40.00.

1996. 10” Red Vla 81025 [B-994]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1248. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87001. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1246. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87018. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Text lbl. on verso. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1564. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87042. POUR UN BAISER (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1560. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87071. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi). Just about 1-2.

$7.00. 1561. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87091. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi). Just

about 1-2. $7.00. 1562. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 87095. LOVE IS MINE (Gartner). Cons. 2. $7.00. 1839. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 87128. PIMPINELLA, Op. 38, No. 6 (Tschaikowsky).

Piano acc. Gaetano Scognamiglio. Beautifully bright early pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1563. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 87135. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). This early label gives the opera as just “Manon”. Cons. 2. $7.00.

1565. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87161. LASCIATI AMAR (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $7.00

1665. 10” Red Victor 87271. POURQUOI? [TELL ME WHY] (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1626. 10” Red Vla 87294. OVER THERE (George M. Cohan). In English and French. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1845. 10” Red Vla 503. L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA / LA MIA CANZONE (both Tosti). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2249. 10” Red Vla 514. TRUSTING EYES (Gartner) / YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME WHAT I DID NOT KNOW (O’Hara). In English. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

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1850. 10” Red Vla 520. SÉRÉNADE ESPAGNOLE (Ronald) / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Magische note (Goldmark). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2182. 10” Red Vla 958. TU, CA NUN CHIANGE! (de Curtis) / NOCHE FELIX (Pasadas). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1806. 10” Red Vla 1007. SCORDAME (Fucito) / SENZA NISCIUNO (De Curtis). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1793. 10” Red Vla 1117. VAGHISSIMA SEMBIANZA (Donaudy) / SULTANTO A TE (Fucito). This first issue of this disc was in 1925, four years after Caruso’ s death. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2022. 10” late Red VdelP DA 113 [B-13104/RR ]. LASCIATI AMAR (Leoncavallo) / TROVA-TORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). The Leoncavallo song was dedicated to Caruso (1901). Side two is an S/8 transfer. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1207. 10” Red HMV DA 1656 [OEA5832-I/OEA6753-II]. TRUSTING EYES (Gartner) / YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME WHAT I DID NOT KNOW (O’Hara). Re-recording with electrically dubbed orchestra. Never issued as such in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1380. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 2. SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa) / NOCHE FELIZ (Pasadas). Both from orig. Victor matrices. Side one piano acc. Vincenzo Bellezza. First edition of side one, regarded by many as the best recorded representation of his voice at that (1918) period. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3843. 12” Blue Opera Disc 052066 (76062) [268i]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Piano acc. Mo. Cottone. Orig. 1904 G&T master. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3007. 12” Red HMV DB 132 [C-14201-2/C-12681-2]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure) / HOSANNA (Granier). Note that take 2 of side (15 Dec. 1913) one was only issued in Europe. Take 3 (9 Mar. 1914) was pressed for the Victor issues. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3486. 12” Red vinyl Victor 85049 [C-2341]. CAR-MEN: Il fior (Bizet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3394. 12” Red Victor 88003 [C-3102]. FAUST: Salut, demeure (Gounod). Beautiful copy, pressed shortly before having been replaced by a dubbed S/8 matrix. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3584. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88060. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Un di all’ azzurro spazio (Giordano). Bright pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3161. 12” Red vinyl Victor 88206. MAMMA MIA, CHE VO’ SAPÈ (Nutile). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3464. 12” Red ’12 Pats “B” plate Vla 88348. MANON: Je suis seul … Ah! fuyez, douce image! (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3122. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88403. HOSANNA (Granier). Text lbl. on verso. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3252. 12” Red Victor 88556. LA PROCESSION (Franck). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3251. 12” Red Victor 88582. EUGEN ONEGIN: Echo lointain de ma jeunesse! (Tschai-kowsky). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3874. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 89018. IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. First issued take (1908, replaced in 1911). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $8.00.

3128. 12” Red Vla 6027. LO SCHIAVO: Quando nascesti tu (Gomez) / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma se m’è forza perdeti (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3447. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89034. FAUST: Attends! Voici la rue (Gounod). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

ENRICO CARUSO taking a break

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3807. 12” Red vinyl Victor 89078. IL GUARANY: Sento una forza (Gomez). With EMMY DESTINN [s]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3865. 12” Red late RCA Victor 6001. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / PAGLIACCI: No, Pagliaccio non son! (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3601. 12” Red Vla 6013. LE CID: O souverain (Massenet) / LA JUIVE: Rachel! Quand du Seigneur (Halévy). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3827. 12” Red late ‘30s Victor 6016. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi). Excellent “Z” type shellac. Radio station crayon markings inner margins. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3264. 12” Red Vla 6030. TRISTE RITORNO! (Barthèlemy) / UOCCHIE CELESTE (de Crescenzo). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3074. 12” Red Vla 6035. LA PROCESSION (Franck) / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Prête-moi ton aide (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3789. 12” Red “Z” type shellac PW Red Victor 8000. BOHÈME: Ah Mimì, tu più (Puccini) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi). With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3293. 12” Red Vla 8012. AÏDA: Già i sacerdoti adunansi / AÏDA: Aïda a me togliesti (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3864. 12” Red PW (gold print) late ‘30s Victor 8042. TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti. With ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c] / TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). With FRANCES ALDA [s]. Side one from orig. matrix. Side two S/8. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3696. 12” Red ‘30s “Z” shellac Vla 8045. OTELLO: Si pel ciel (Verdi). With TITTA RUFFO [b] / RUFFO [b]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3174. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 61. LA BOHEME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s] / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire anora (Bizet). From orig. 1912 Victor/1904 G&T matrices. Side one first edition. Just about 1-2. $25.00

3175. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 50. LA BOHEME: O soave fanciulla. With GERALDINE FARRAR [s] / FARRAR [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (both Puccini). Side one the only published edition other than the preceding IRCC issue (item #3174). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANNA CASE [s] 2086. 10” PW Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2213-D [W150129-8/W150130-7]. FLORIDANTE:

Amor commanda (Händel) / MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Piano acc. Two takes of both sides were issued. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LELIO CASINI [b]. Pisa, 1865-Volterra, 1910. After studying at the Pacini Conservatory in Lucca, Casini made his debut in 1886 at the Teatro Verdi, Pisa, in Marchetti’s Ruy Blas, repeating the principal baritone role in that opera in 1887 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. He subsequently was heard throughout Italy. In 1897 he and Enrico Caruso created the leading male parts in the world premiere of Cilèa’s l’Arlesiana at the Milano Teatro Lirico. Casini’s pupils included Titta Ruffo and tenor Giuseppe Taccani. Said Ruffo of Casini, “Just to listen to him was a lesson in bel canto; although I must confess that I never succeeded, with all my talent, in equaling his remarkable finesse. [When] singing, Casini was transfigured - a sculptor of the exquisite.” Quote from Ruffo’s autobiography La Mia parabola, translated by C. M. DeCaro.

2195. 10” Dk. Blue Disco Reale [Zonophone] X-494. STORNELLO TOSCANO [NON PENSO A LEI] (Ferradini). If in top condition, it would sell in the four-digit area. The label is clean, but there is a one inch crk. (sealed on the blank side) and greying. The crack appears not to sound but the greying will (although there are no deep blasts). 5-6. $40.00.

ENRICO CARUSO dumbfounded by ANTONIO SCOTTI'S card trick.

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BRUNA CASTAGNA [c] 1445. 10” PW Red Victor 1936. CARMEN: Card Song / CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Orch.

dir. Wilfrid Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

GWEN CATLEY [s] 3914. 12” Plum HMV C.4043 [2EA15119-1/2EA15120-1]. LA PASTORELLA (Rossini) /

THE SKATERS-WALTZ (Waldteufel). Orch. dir. Warwick Braithwaite. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

CHIEF CAUPOLICAN [b]. Temuco, Chile, 1876-Seattle, WA, 1968. Born Emile Barragon, son of an Ararucanian Indian and a French mother, he was sent to France at the age of four to live with his grandfather. He ran away to sea at 16 and ended up in the U.S. Somehow or other he became interested in show business. Touring in vaudeville as an Indian Chief, he was heard at New York’s Palace Theater in 1920 by Caruso, who, as a result, wanted him to sing Tonio in Pagliacci with him at the Met. Caruso’s death in 1921 prevented this from happening, although he did sing one Tonio there in 1922 and three performances as Hans Mathis in Der Polnische Jude (Karel Weis), also appearing in three Sunday evening concerts. He sang with Gallo’s and other touring opera troupes and was particularly active with the Philadelphia Opera from 1928 to 1932. One of his roles there was Boniface in Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, which starred Mary Garden. He was also appearing on Broadway beginning in 1928 as Black Eagle in Whoopie! starring Eddie Cantor, and he likewise was in the 1930 filmed version. In 1935, by which time vaudeville had virtually disappeared, he retired from the stage. He was always referred to as “Chief Caupolican” in programs and even as “Chief” by his daughter. He made only one record.

2246. 10” Orth. Victor 20983. LOVER’S WOOING / THE SUNRISE CALL (both trad. Zuni songs, harm. Carlos Troyer). Piano acc. Myrtle C. Eaver. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELDA CAVALIERI [s] 1235. 10” Red ’06 GP Victor 64064. TU-HABANERA (De Fuentes). Orch. acc. A version

with piano was issued as Victor 64056. One small PB, superficial rubs, 3. $25.00.

3397. 12” Red vinyl white lbl. Vla 74047 [C-3633]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3404. 12” Red vinyl white lbl. Vla 74054 [C-3807-2]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3877. 12” Red vinyl white lbl. RCA Vr 74055 [C-3805-1]. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Orch. acc. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

LOUIS CAZETTE [t]. 1887-1922. 1301. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P-413 [s21761u/s21847u]. POUR UN BAISER (Tos-

ti) / MON COEUR EST UN OISEAU FIDÈLE (Maingueneau). Really lovely per-formances. Side one small lt. scr. (should be superficial), otherwise both sides just about 2. $15.00.

1271. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P-436 [Be215-I/Bs280-II]. GRISÉLIDIS: Je suis l’oiseau (Massenet) / FORTUNIO: J’amais la vielle maison grise (Messager). Another beautiful performance, as are all the too few recordings of Cazette. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3236. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W.487 [03458IIv/03459IIv]. MANON: Le Rêve / MA-NON: Ah! fuyez, douce image (Massenet). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

MARIA CEBOTARI [s] 2055. 10” Dk. Blue Odeon O-25931 [Be11741/Be11742]. FREIHEITS-HYMNE / STRAHL-

ENDER STERN DIE LIEBE (Beckmann) both from 1939 film Starke Herzen im Sturm. On side one, Cebotari first sings the main march tune. It is repeated by a chorus with Cebotari singing a high flying coloratura obbligato. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

LIONELLO CECIL [t] 2032. [as CECIL SHERWOOD]. 10” English Pathé Actuelle 11461 [N94307/N94338]. A

FAREWELL (Liddle) / LIKE STARS ABOVE (Squire). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CHIEF CAUPOLICAN

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WINIFRED CECIL [s] 1193. 10” Green Cetra TI.7006 [50248/50249].

TU LO SAI (Torelli) / RADAMISTO: Som-mi Dei (Händel). Piano acc. A. Simo-netto. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

GERMAINE CERNAY [s] 3944. 12” PurpleL’Oiseau-Lyre OL.137, OL.138

[PART1472/PART1473, PART1474/ PART1475]. LA VOYANTE (Henri Sauguet). Four sides. Orch. dir. Roger Désormière. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SUZANNE CESBRON-VISEUR [s] 3522. 12” PW Red French Odéon 123.599

[XXP6775-1/XXP6776-1]. L’EAU QUI COURT (Richepin-Georges) / LE COLIBRI (Chausson). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00

3276. 12” PW Red French Odéon 123.600 [XXP6777-2/XXP6778-2]. SONNEZ LES MATINES (Georges Hüe) / L’AMOUR DE MOI (arr. Tiersot). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

Cantor BERELE CHAGY [t] 2104. 10” Blk. Victor 73215. V’CHULOM M’KABLIM [ALL ASSUME THE YOKE OF

HEAVEN] / V’SHOMRU [FRIDAY EVENING PRAYER (both Chagy). One harmless PB, cons. 2. $12.00.

ROSALIA CHALIA [s] 3997. 7” Pre-Label Zon-o-phone T9449-1. TANGO DEL CAFÉ (Nieto). Small (harmless)

LSS. 3. $200.00.

3999. 7” Pre-Label Zon-o-phone T9139-6 (?). SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini). There’s a “6” above the Zon-o-phone emblem. I think that indicates the take, but I’m not sure. 3. $250.00.

1574. 10” Blk. Victor Monarch 3406. CARMEN: Si tu m’aimes (Bizet). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA (as CARLOS FRANCISCO) [b]. 1901 recording. Exceptionally nice copy except for pressing defect in the rim area which sounds a bit through announcement (by De Gogorza) and in the beginning of piano intro. Cons. 2. $150.00.

1700. 10” Blk. Victor 63673. GUAJIRA: Bajo un guayhabo juraste / GUAJIRA: Mulatica de mi vida (José Marin Varona). Extraordinarily rare. Just about 1-2. $250.00.

FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]. See also D. A. BOGEMSKY [comedian] in Personality Section

3299. 10” White HMV (on 12”) mat. y16738e. SAPPHISCHE ODE (Brahms). Piano acc. Unpublished except for Historic Masters HMA 46. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1570. 10” PoW Maroon Electrola DA 1061 [Bb16990-IV/Bb16991-IITI]. DOWN THE PETERSKY / MASCHENKA (Russian Folk Songs). Great surfaces. Crayon radio station marks (easily removeable). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1802. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 11 [B-29247-2/7220L]. LA BOHEME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini) / ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA [s]. MTSURA: Song of the Fish (Arensky) From orig. 1924 Victor/1907 G&T matrices. Side one first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3052. 12” Red Vla 88462 [613m]. NORMA: Ite sul colle o Druidi (Bellini). With Chorus. VrBk. Most pressings of this are from dubbed (S/8) matrices. This isn’t. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3170. 12” White Vla vinyl mat. C-26103-1. A REVERIE (Semeon Y. Nadson). Dramatic reading by Chaliapin. Unpublished. A synopsis of the text prepared by Aida Favia-Artsay is enclosed in the sleeve. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3192. 12” White HMV vinyl 022096 [290m]. SONG OF THE FLEA (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3719. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022096 (76012) [290m]. SONG OF THE FLEA (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

SUZANNE CESBRON-VISEUR

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3666. 12” White HMV mat. 2007c. ASKOLD’S TOMB: In olden days our forefathers (Verstovsky). With male chorus and piano. Unpublished, except for Historic Masters HMB 95. Excellent pressing, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3158. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022222 (76441) [2492½c]. BORIS GOUDONOV: Bidding farewell to the son [Part I] (Mousorgsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3125. 12" Blue Opera Disc 022223 (76442) [2493c]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Bidding farewell to the son [Part II] (Mousorgsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3693. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022226 (76445) [2496c]. NOW YOU ARE FREE [NOW LET THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE (Strokin). With unaccompanied chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3344. 12” Blue Opera Disc 052355 (76416) [615m]. MEFISTOFELE: Scherzo stru-mentale ed Ave Signor (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3274. 12” White lbl. SS HMV mat. CR384-I. MEFISTOFELE: Ave Signor [Prologo] (Boïto). Unpublished. Recorded live at Covent Garden perf., 31 May 1926. Orch. dir. Vincenzo Belezza. Few harmless small mks., 2. $25.00.

3506. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 403 [2693c/2694c]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Vieni, la mia vendetta (Donizetti) / ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi). In Italian. One rub line side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

4032. 12” Red elec. Czech HMV DB 899 [Cc7067-II/Cc7075-II]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Church Scene (Gounod). With FLORENCE AUSTRAL [s]. Orch. dir. Albert Coates. Two sides. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3281. 12” PW Red French Disque Gram. DB 1342 [Cc17102-IIA TI/Cc17103-II TI]. LE COR (Flégier) / THE OLD CORPORAL (Dargomyzhsky). Orch. dir. George Byng. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3190. 12” Plum Electrola DB 1469 [CF3357-III/2B883-II]. STEN’KA RASIN (Glinka) / DOUBT (Glinka). Piano acc. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARIO CHAMLEE [t] 2268. 10” Green Brunswick 10018 [4060]. YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME (Geoffrey

O’Hara). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1962. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10224. PLEADING (Kramer) / E’EN AS THE FLOWER

(Logan). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MARIE CHARBONNEL [c] 3712. 12” Blk. Dog Disque Gram. 033170/033171 [02863v/02862v]. LE PROPHÈTE: O

mon fils / LE PROPHÈTE: O toi qui m’abandonnes (Meyerbeer). Fine early heavy pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARIA B. CHERKASSKAYA [s]. See: EVGENIYA ZBRUYEVA [c].

GIOVANNI CHIAIA [t]. Rutigliano Puglia, Italy, 1893 – 1965. He was self-taught and made his debut in 1916 at the Naples Teatro Mecadande as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. He subsequently appeared throughout Italy and in the Americas. New York area appearances included Rhadames in an open air performance of Aida at the Polo Grounds in 1930 under the direction of the indomitable Alfredo Salmaggi.

1780. 10” PW DQ 1186 [WB2652/WB2653]. NORMA: Meco all’altar di Venere / NORMA: Me protegge (Bellini). Very lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

BORIS CHRISTOFF [bs] 3947. 12” White lbl. SS HMV vinyl mat. 2EA 16399. I VESPRI SICILIANI: O tu Palermo!

(Verdi). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

FEODOR CHALIAPIN (1928)

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FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. See also: ANTONIO PAOLI [t], CELESTINA BONINSEGNA

3430. 12” Blk. Victor 35171 [1209½c/1208c]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. Conducted by the composer. Lightest NR on lbl. side one. Lbl. stkr. side two. Surfaces just about 1-2. $7.00.

CLARA CLAIRBERT [s] 1633. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 62704 [5808BKP/5809BKP]. IL BACIO (Arditi) / VILLANELLE

(dell’ Acqua). Side one in Italian. Orch. dir. Albert Wolff. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3954. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66791 [1300bm/1306½bm]. MANON: Je suis encore toute étourdie (Massenet) / LAKMÉ: Air des Clochettes (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

EDMOND CLÉMENT [t] 2242. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64233. JOCELYN:

Berceuse (Godard). Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1274. 10” Red Victor 64226. ÇA FAIT PEUR AUX OISEAUX (Paul Bernard). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Excellent pressing, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $7.00.

1327. 10” White lbl. Vla 64232. CHANSON LORRAINE (Arcadet). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

1379. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 5. SOUS LA FENÊTRE, Op. 34, No. 3 (Schumann) / DANTE: Nous allons partir (Godard). Both with GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. From orig. 1913 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2082. 10” Brown shellac Pathé Actuelle X.3004 [N200182/N200185]. FUYEZ JEUNES FILLES (F. Cavalli) / LA TRUITE [THE TROUT] (Schubert). 2. $25.00.

2319. 11” Red Odeon 56002 [XPh758/XPh2333]. LA DAME BLANCHE: Grand Air (Boiel-dieu) / VICTOR MAUREL [b]. A YEAR AGO (d’Hardelot). Side two in English. Piano acc. Superb early ‘30s pressing of these two rarities. One small lt. rub, just about 1-2. $50.00.

3242. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 76020. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Du rendezvous (Meyerbeer). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3110. 12” Red Victor 76021. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Le bonheur est dans l’inconstance (Meyerbeer). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3821. 12” Red Pats. Victor 76022. PEARL FISHERS: Au fond du temple saint (Bizet). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3309. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6062. LE ROI D’YS: Vainement, ma bien aimée (La- lo) / MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet). Piano acc. side two by Frank La Forge. Superb surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

JOHN COATES [t] 1829. 10” Blk. SS HMV 4-2614 [Ho1379ab]. O MAY MY DREAMS COME TRUE (Pother-

gill). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $12.00.

3652. 12” Blk. SS Dog HMV 02584 [Ho751ac]. IN THE DAWN (Elgar). Piano acc. Cons. 2. Never doubled. $15.00.

3526. 12” Pink Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion A-0232 [03853/03854]. SIGH NO MORE, LADIES (Stevens) / COME NOT, WHEN I AM DEAD (Joseph Holbrooke). Piano acc. Berke-ley Mason. Some lt. superficial rubs. Side one 2-3. Side two 2. $10.00.

EUGENE CONLEY [t] 3793. 12” Red London T.5156 [AR.13651-3/AR.13693-1]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil

(Donizetti) / LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. See: MATTIA BATTISTINI [b], CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]

EDMOND CLÉMENT in Quo Vadis?

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FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. See also: EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s]

1992. 10” Silver Flags lbl. Columbia S26 [4053-1/4061-1]. LA FAVORITA: Una vergine, un angio di Dio (Donizetti) / MARTHA: M’apparí (Flotow). Excellent pressing, just about 1-2. $15.00.

3033. 12” TC Columbia A5205 [30437-1/30465-1]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni) / MIGNON: Ah! non credevi tu (Thomas). Cons. 2. $10.00.

3642. 12” Red Victor 74075. TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). With ALICE NIELSEN [s]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

NORMAN CORDON [bs] 1725. 10” Red Victor 10-1114. WATER BOY (arr.

Avery Robinson) / GO DOWN, MOSES (arr. Burleigh). Piano acc. Karl Kritz. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1726. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1176. THE BLIND PLOUGHMAN (Clarke) / BEDOUIN LOVE SONG (Pinsuti). Piano acc. Archie L. Black. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GERMAINE CORNEY [s]

1288. 10” PW BLK. Polydor 561042 [4320BKP/ 4322BKP]. COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL (Charles Bordes) / LES CIGALES (Chabrier). Acc. Quintette Jean Ibos. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

FERNANDO CORENA [bs] 1313. 10” Blk. London P.18229 [MBR.2413/

MBR.2414]. ME SO’ MABRACATO E’ SOLE (Manlio) / DICITENCELLO VUJE (Fusco-Falvo). Orch. dir. Ernest Micelli. Few lighest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. 2328. 11” Fonotipia 39515/39516 [XPh1694/ XPh1695]. LE EDUCANDE DI SORRENTO:

Recit. e Duetto atto III (Usigilo). Two sides. With ELISA PETRI [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

EMILIA CORSI [s]. See: MATTIA BATTISTINI

ANTONIO CORTIS [t] 1267. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1118. LA ALEGRÍA DEL

BATALLÓN: Canción y Guajiras (Serrano) / UNA VIEJA: Un español que viene (Gaz-tambide). Nice copy. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3165. 12” Late Red VdelP DB 1468 [CF3455-I/ CF3473-II]. BOHEME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Wonderful late surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

MARILYN COTLOW [s]. Minneapolis, MN, 1924- . Cotlow, a lyric coloratura soprano, is probably best remembered for originating the role of Lucy in Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Telephone (Broadway, 1947). She sang professionally during the 1940s and 1950s in the United States and Europe, performing with such companies as the Metropolitan Opera (1948-49). After retiring from the stage in the later 1950s, Cotlow taught voice at the Peabody Conservatory and from her home. Several of her students have gone on to have successful careers, including Alessandra Marc and Jennifer Wilson

1476. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-1467. AT THE WELL (Richard Hageman) / SLEEP, NOW (Samuel Barber). Piano acc. Claire Stafford. Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $7.00.

FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI

MARILYN COTLOW

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ANTONIO COTOGNI [b]. 1831-1918. It has never been proven whether the unpublished baritone records made during Tamagno’s recording sessions are of the celebrated Cotogni or Tamagno’s younger baritone brother, Giovanni, who had a minor career. Both artists have been attributed, although there is no explanation why or confirmation that Cotogni would have been at Tamagno’s estate at the time. Likewise, there would seem no reason to believe that recordings of the famed Cotogni would have been shrouded in secrecy and anonymity by G&T. However there is one authentic recording of Cotogni’s voice which is listed below, an item of particular rarity. I listed a copy of it some years ago and I’m delighted to now be able to offer you another.

1188. 10” Red Pre-Dog Gramophone 54373 [11180½b]. I MULATTIERI (Masini). With FRANCESCO MARCONI [t]. Some lt. lbl. rubbing and small sticker (see label photo). Few LGTs. 2-3. $850.00.

ARMAND CRABBÉ [b] 1935. 10” Purple SS Argentine Disco Nacional 82013 [14a]. HI, LITTLE FELLER (F.

Ricker). In English. Harmless superficial rubs, 3. $40.00. 2085. 10” Purple SS Argentine Disco Nacional 82025 [24a]. OUVRE TES YEUX BLEUS

(Massenet). In French. Thin line PB just over ¼” could sound lightly (particularly near the end), otherwise 2. $40.00.

3001. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1305 [CM688-II/CM694-IIT1]. ALEXANDER’S FEAST: Chant de Guerre (Händel). Two sides Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3841. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4824 [2W558-I/2W559-II]. AMARYLLIS: Les Adieux d’Apollon (Maurage) / IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). In French. Very lt. (harm-less) superficial scr. side two, cons. 2. $20.00.

HILDA (VICTORIA BOLONGARO) CREVENNA [s] 3710. 12” PW Electrola EH 387 [CLR4733-III/CLR4734-III]. AIDA: Also sieger kehre heim

(Verdi) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Frieden, o Allerbarmer (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GIULIO CRIMI [t] 3996. 12” Vertical Gold Aeolian-Vocalion 54009 [ ? ]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina

(Puccini). Note that vertically cut Vocalion records require a narrow stylus point (same as Edisons, around 1.5 mil). Few MGTs, gen. 2. $50.00.

CLAIRE CROIZA [ms] 2286. 10” PW Blue French Columbia LF 63 [M31/M36]. SOIR / APRÈS UN RÊVE (both

Fauré). Piano acc. George Reeves. Few lighest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 3270. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D15129 [WLX657/WLX682]. LIGHT (Albert Roussel) /

DEUX RONDELS (Pierre de Bréville). Accompanied by the respective composers. Side one lt. rubs (absolutely harmless, of course), cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

3271. 12” PW Blue French Columbia D15187 [WLX658/WLX964]. INVOCATION / LES FEES (both Pierre de Bréville). Accompanied by the composer. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3296. 12” Plain lbl. SS vinyl Eng. Columbia D15187 [WLX658]. INVOCATION (de Bré-ville). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

RICHARD CROOKS [t] 1526. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45481. SUN GIRL (Frank Tours) / RED, RED ROSE (Mel

Schaur). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1412. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 19954. SONG OF THE FLAME: Cossack Love / SONG OF THE FLAME: Song of the Flame (both Stothart-Gershwin). While the record is by the VICTOR LIGHT OPERA COMPANY, Crooks occupies much of the first side as uncredited soloist. Small lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $8.00.

1525. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1360 [BS78861/BS78862]. SMILIN’ THROUGH (Penn) / MY SONG GOES ROUND THE WORLD (Hans May). Cons. 2. $7.00.

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1529. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1368 [BS78863/BS78864]. O SONG DIVINE (Temple) / A DREAM OF PARADISE (Gray). Never issued by Victor. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1527. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1449 [BS87396/BS87877]. GARDEN OF HAPPINESS (Wood) / ARISE O SUN (Day). Never issued by Victor. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1530. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1654 [BS022986/BS022987]. ALL OF MY HEART (Olmstead) / TO ONE AWAY (Davis). Orch. dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1528. 10” Red HMV EW 75 [BLR5752-III/ BLR5753-II]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Sicili-ana (Mascagni) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Both in German. Side one with Max Saal (harpist). Side two with orch. dir. Clemens Schmalstich. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

3414. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 9014. AH, MOON OF MY DELIGHT (Leh-mann) / BELOVED, IT IS MORN (Aylward). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3739. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 7105. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land / MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3825. 12” late Red RCA Victor 11-8570. AVE MARIA (Schubert) / HOW LOVELY ARE THY DWELLINGS (Liddle). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3761. 12” White lbl. test pressing mat. CVE-42513-1. OPEN THE GATES OF THE TEMPLE (Crosby-Knapp). With or-ganist Mark Andrews. Three takes of this, all unpublished, were recorded on Feb. 17, 1928. Published version is on blue label with orch., 1925. 2-3. $65.00.

ADA [JEMIMA] CROSSLEY [c]. Tarraville, Australia, 1874-London, 1929. She studied voice in Melbourne under Fanny Simonsen and then in Europe in 1894 with Mathilde Marchesi and Charles Santley. Her career was as a concert and oratorio singer, her debut having been in Queen’s Hall, London, in 1895. She gave five command performances for Queen Victoria over the span of two years and was heard internationally. For record collectors, she is remembered as hav- ing made the first U.S. Red Seal Victor recordings in April, 1903.

1689. 10” Red Monarch 81004 [2189]. FOUR LEAF CLOVER (Willeby). What a nice copy! Bright lbl. and very fine surface condition except for a couple LGTs. Cons. 2. $60.00.

ROYAL DADMUN [b]. Williamstown, MA, 1884 – 1964. His birth date varies from 1878 to 1885 depending upon the source, 1884 appearing to be the most likely choice. Mr. Dadmun’s career was exclusively American, both in training and performance. He studied, beginning in 1907, at the NY Institute of Musical Art, his teachers including at various times Herbert Witherspoon, Bruno Huhn and Percy Rector Stephens. For well over two decades he was heard coast to coast in various musical festivals, in oratorio and concert opera presentations (roles including Valentin in Faust, Amonasro in Aida and the High Priest in Samson et Dalila) and as a soloist with major orchestras. During the summers, Dadmun taught in Portland, ME, and, beginning in 1933, was the head of the Julius Hartt School of Music in New Haven, CT. He subsequently taught in various locations, and in 1959 he and his wife retired to Boca Raton, FL. His recordings were for U.S. Everlasting Cylinders, Emerson, Okeh and Victor. See also: LUCY ISABELLE MARSH [s].

2181. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 4003. COME RAGGIO DI SOL (Caldara) / VITTORIA, MIO CORE! (Carissimi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t] 3069. 12” Red elec. PW Eng. Columbia D14682 [WBX64/WBX65]. MANON: Il sogno /

MANON: Ah, dispar, vision (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GILDA DALLA RIZZA [s] 2019. 10” Green Flags lbl. Columbia E-1895 [42083-1/42084-1]. OTELLO: Ave Maria /

OTELLO: Canzone del Salce (Verdi). Excellent surfaces. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

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TOTI DAL MONTE [s] 1904. 10” Red VdelP DA 5370 [OBA2282-II/OBA3502-II]. FA LA NANA, BAMBIN /

BARCAROLA DE LA MARANGONA (both Geni Sadero). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Charming performances. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3209. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1040 [CVE-36744-3/CVE-36745-3]. LUCIA: Regnava nel silenzio / FILLE DU RÉGIMENT: Convien partir (both Donizetti). Excellent laminated later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

CHARLES DALMORÈS [t] 1537. 10” Red vinyl Victor 87120 [B-12544]. JE

T’AIME (Massenet). Piano acc. Great pressing of a particularly beautiful record. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1755. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 131 [B-4395-3/5716o]. LE PROPHÈTE: Roi du Ciel (Meyerbeer) / MAURICE RENAUD [b]. RONDEL DE L’ADIEU (De Lara). From orig.1907 Victor/1905 Paris G&T matrices. Side one first and only edition. Label auto-graphed by Dalmorès. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2265. 10” PW Gold Victor HRS 1054. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez, ô mes frères (Saint-Saëns) / JE T’AIME (Massenet). Very small lbl. tear side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3048. 12” White lbl. (shellac) Vla 85121 [C-4253-3]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi, soleil! (Gounod). First issued version (of two), this recorded 3 Apr. 1907. Excellent copy, just about 1-2. $15.00.

3624. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 85123 [C-4394-1]. IL TROVATORE: Ah sì, ben mio (Verdi). In Italian. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3638. 12” Red vinyl Vr 88330. NINON (Tosti). Few minimal mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3594. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88397. GRISÉLIDIS: Ouvrez-vous sur mon front, portes du Paradise! (Massenet). Gleaming pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3042. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 169 [C-4253/C-4254]. CARMEN: Je suis Escamillo (Bizet) / FAUST: Vision Céleste (Gounod). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. One small harmless mk., otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c]. A note on the following three oversized SS Victor shellac test pressings (about 10¾”). They were Mme. D’Alvarez’s own copies and are titles that were never issued. Vinyl pressings of these selections exist but these are all different takes. These were recorded in Liederkrantz Hall, NYC, early in 1930, and the pianist was Pierre Senesco. All are in good (gen. 3) condition, no problems other than rubbing (probably the discs were once unsleeved).

2339. Oversized 10” Victor White lbl. (shellac) mat. BVE-58147-10. OJOS TAPATIOS (Velásquez). Vinyl pressings are of take 12. Gen. 3. $100.00.

2340. Oversized 10” Victor White lbl. (shellac) mat. BVE-58148-2. LAS HIJAS DEL ZEBEDEO: Carceleras (Chapí). Vinyl pressings are of take 12. Gen. 3. $100.00.

2341. Oversized 10” Victor White lbl. (shellac) mat. BVE-58150-8. EN CALESA (Alvarez). Vinyl pressings are of take 12. Gen. 3. $100.00.

3054. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70010 [7372/ ? ]. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyer-beer) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3155. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70020 [7414?/7618], ELIJAH: O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) / SILENT NIGHT (Gruber). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3156. 12” British Aeolian-Vocalion A-0144 [5151]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) / EXPLA-NATORY TALK. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

VASILI P. DAMAYEV [t]. See also: ELENA KATULSKAYA [s].

3343. 12” White HMV vinyl 022143 [1920c]. MAY NIGHT: Sleep, my Beauty (Rimsky-Kor-sakov). Reissued as one side of HMB 27. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

CHARLES DALMORÈS as Julien in Louise

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3342. 12” Red Amour Russian Gram. 024073 [250af]. SADKO: Queen of the Sea (Rimsky-Korsakov). With SOFIA I. DRUZAYAKINA [s]. Very fine copy, cons. 2. $80.00.

3337. 12” Red Amour Russian Gram. 024089 [2965½c]. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With PAVEL I. TIKHONOV [bs]. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $75.00

HENRI DANGES [b]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs]

CARLO DANI [t] 2366. 11” Fonotipia 39958/39957 [XPh2290/XPh2291]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile/

RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

2365. 11” Fonotipia 39961/39969 [XPh2329/XPh2300]. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto) / LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Slightest marginal label edge tears side one, otherwise excellent. Cons. 2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE DANISE [b] 3909. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50082. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse (Massenet) /

JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME: Légende de la Sauge (both Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ANDRÉ D’ARKOR [t] 1293. 10” PW Red. French Col. RF 66 [WLB320-1/WLB321-1]. SÉRÉNADE DE DON JUAN

(Tschaikowsky) / JE CACHE MON AMOUR AU PROFOND DE MOI (R. Strauss). Piano acc. F. Goyens. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LÉON DAVID [t] 2336. 11” French Fonotipia 39069/39219 [XPh546/XPh551]. LA VERITABLE MANOLA

(Bourgeois) / CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Side one small PB, 4-5. Side two PB, 5-6. About the same condition as the following disc (see description) except side one a bit better. Will play without big problems (no greying). $50.00.

2335. 11” Fonotipia 39094/39221 [XPh545/XPh573-1]. MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas) / RIGOLETTO: Comme la plume au vent (Verdi). Piano acc. Rubs, LSSs, some lbl. wear (mainly side two). Plays very acceptably (no apparent greying) except for one small PB side two, but looks as though it has spent most of its life on the move without a sleeve. 5-6. $50.00.

ALEXANDR DAVIDOV [t]. See also: VLADIMIR KASTORSKY

1639. 10” Blue Notes Columbia E1037 [36033-1/ 36039-1]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / NERO: Aria (Rubinstein). Side one bears the wrong label (this for a TOSCA aria, matrix 36032). Piano acc. Superficial scr. side two. Gen. 3. $35.00.

TUDOR DAVIES [t] 3520. 12” Red HMV D.1142 [Cc8774-II/Cc8775-II]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Legend of

Kleinsack (Offenbach) / HIAWATHA: Onaway! Awake! Beloved (Coleridge-Taylor). Just about 1-2. $10.00

PETER DAWSON [bs/b] 1989. 10” Plum PW HMV B.2884 [Bb14550-I/Bb14553-I]. CAPTAIN HARRY MORGAN

(Bantock) / CARGOES (Shaw). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1779. 10” Plum PW HMV B.8866 [OEA6395-I/OEA6396-I]. SPEAK, MUSIC! (Elgar) / RANN OF EXILE (Bax). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Harmless lt. rubs, gen. 2-3. $8.00.

NAZZARENO DE ANGELIS [b]. See: ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]

BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. See also: ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]

3162. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88264 [1881c]. AIDA: Quest’ assisa ch’io vesto [conclusion Atto 2o] (Verdi). With GIULIA FABRIS [s], EGIDIO CUNEGO [t], ERNESTO BADINI [b], RIZZO SANT’ ELIA [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3795. 12” Red Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Mon. 054197 [1285c]. LA FAVORITA: Fia vero la-sciarti (Donizetti). With ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t]. Very tiny lbl. tear and tiny stain. Surface cons. 2. $50.00.

MAURICE DÉCLERY [s] 1571. 10” Blk. vinyl Columbia 50559-1. FAUST: Sérénade (Gounod). From orig. 1905

matrix. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

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VITTORIO DE GOETZEN [b]. A student in Padova of Giacomo Orfice, De Gotzen (or De Goetzen) likely made his debut in Parma in 1908. He seemed to have been active singing principal roles in various smaller Italian houses into 1913. What became of him subsequently seems not to be known.

3111. 12” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 55034 [369aj/02322v]. FALSTAFF: Monologo di Ford / ERNESTO BADINI [b]. FALSTAFF: Monologo di Falstaff (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

EMILIO DE GOGORZA [s]. See also: MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s]

4001. 7” [as Sig. E. FRANCISCO]. Victor 1963 [ ? ]. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Organ (harmonium) acc. Pre-matrix. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $25.00.

2058. 10” [as Sig. FRANCISCO]. Climax (Columbia) 9 [1028]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Piano acc. Exceptionally rare. First groove (prior to announcement) sticks. Some noise during announcement which clears up. Heavily scuffed (disc and label). Plays without any great problems, despite looking gen. 5-6. $12.00.

1627. 10” [as Sig. FRANCISCO]. Blk. Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3058. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). Remarkably clean surface, cons. 2, but one stuck groove and one small ND. $25.00.

1986. 10” [as HERBERT GODDARD]. Blk. Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3328. BOHEMIAN GIRL: The Heart Bowed Down (Balfe). Clean label. Small ND, some LGTs. Otherwise clean 2. $20.00.

2198. 10” [as HERBERT GODDARD]. Blk. Pre-Matrix Monarch 781. THE CLANG OF THE FORGE (Rodney). Excellent copy. Small PB (should be harmless), otherwise cons. 2. $20.00.

1228. 10” [as Sig. FRANCISCO]. White lbl. Victor 437 [B-417-2]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Piano acc. 1903 recording. Excellent late ‘30s pressing, RCA Vr back. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2271. 10” [as Señor FRANCISCO]. Blk. GP ’05 Victor 4767 [B-2748]. EL CAPITAN DE LANCERO: Sevillanas (Hernandez). Tiny lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1777. 10” [as Sig. FRANCISCO]. Blk. ’10 Pats. Victor 16065. LA GOLONDRINA / LA PALOMA (Yradier). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1637. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64372. BEAUTY’S EYES (Weatherly-Tosti). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2043. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 72 [B-417-2/BVE-43617-1]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / VOICI QUE LE PRINTEMPS (Debussy). Side two piano acc. Helen M. Winslow. From orig. 1903/1928 Victor matrices. Label side one signed by de Gogorza. Side two first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3444. 12” [as Sig. FRANCISCO]. Blk. DeLuxe 31184 [C-967-1]. IDEALE (Tosti). Piano acc. A remarkably fine copy. Perfect label and disc has only a few minor mks. Cons. 2. $35.00.

3409. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 113 [C-7066/C-6233]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo / IL TRO-VATORE: Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (both Verdi). Side two with EMMA EAMES [s]. Label signed by DeGogorza. Lbl. scr., otherwise superb condition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3009. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 74124. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). Beautiful copy, as are all items listed as just about 1-2. $8.00.

3318. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. Victor 74229. PATRIE: Air du Sonneur (Paladilhe). Perfect copy of this rarity, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3753. 12” Red “B” plate Pats. Victor 74234. ALLELUIA D’AMOUR (Faure). Another particularly rare disc. Small lbl. stkr. Very faint ULC slightly visible (and absolutely harmless) on the blank side, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3006. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88180 [C-7067-1]. HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3553. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89022. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With EMMA EAMES [s]. IMs. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

FRANCO DE GREGORIO [t]. See also: AMLETO GALLI [bs] 2025. 10” Blk. Victor 67659 [16646L/16647L]. MANON: Manon? Tu piangi? (Massenet).

Final duet. Two sides. With FRANCESCA SOLARI [s]. Reviewer’s “X” on lbls. Harmless lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

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SOFIA DEL CAMPO [s] 2291. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1260. YO YA SABIA (Canción Chilena) / EL MAJO DISCRETO

(Granados). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1674. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4037. MANON LESCAUT: L’éclat de rire (Auber) / IL GUARANY:

Gentile di Cuore (Gomes). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2275. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4049. NO QUIERO CASARME [THE BASHFUL MAID] (Spanish

Folk Song) / PESARES [SORRY] (Alvarez). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 2266. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4050. EL BARBER DE SIVILLA: Polonesa (Nieto) / LA TRAN-

QUERA (Pérez-Freire). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1373. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4150. OLHOS TRISTES [MELANCHOLY EYES] (Netto) / CORA-

ÇÃO INDECISO [UNDECIDED LOVE] (Nepomuceno). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3574. 12” Red “Z” type shellac Victor 9206. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Waltz (Gounod) /

VILLANELLE (dell’ Acqua). Superb copy. “X” scratched in lbl. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

PIERRE DELDI [b] 3725. 12” Brown late Fr. Columbia BFX 16

[CLX1590/CLX1790-1]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / PEARL FISHERS: Au fond du temple sainte (Bizet). Side two with JOSÉ LUCCIONI [b]. Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

JEAN-FRANÇOIS DELMAS [bs] 2269. 10” Red Monarch 5077 [1287-F]. PATRIE: Air

de Rysoor (Paladilhe). Greyish surface will sound although no apparent heavy greying (i.e. blasting). Few small scrs., harmless PB, LGTs, 4-5. $25.00.

2312. 11” Fonotipia 39027/39028-3 [XPh ? /XPh514-4]. HUGUENOTS: Bénediction des Poignards (Meyerbeer) / FAUST: Veau d’Or (Gounod). Early flush pressing. Couple PBs should be harmless. Few MGTs. Side one 2. Side two 2-3. $35.00.

2355. 11” Fonotipia 39027/39028 [XPh ? /XPh514]. Same as preceding listing but different take for side two (easy to determine as there is no take number and Delmas’ matrix signatures differ). Just about 2. $35.00.

MARIO DEL MONACO [t] 2252. 10” Plum HMV HN 2378

[OBA6647/OBA6648]. CHE BELLA FIESTA / MALINCONIA D’AMORE (both D’Anzi). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Early (1948) Del Monaco. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES [s] 1201. 10” Red HMV DA 1961 [OEA14830-1/OEA14831-1]. NO QUIERO TUS AVELLANAS/ JOTA (both Gurilli). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Quiet pressing from radio station

archive. Harmless (removable) crayon marks. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. See also: AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s], ELISABETH RETH-BERG [s].

2169. 10” Red Milano G&T 52422 [2884-R]. ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet). Minor lbl. rubbing. Few harmless inherent surface depressions, otherwise excellent, cons. 2. $90.00.

2112. 10” Red Monarch 5039 [2887-R]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior (Thomas). Small lbl. stain. Harmless very lt. NS. Some LGTs. No heavy blasts. 4. $25.00.

1692. 10” Blk. GP ’07 Victor 52440 [2859-R]. DON GIOVANNI: Deh vieni alla finestra (Mozart). From ’02 Red G&T matrix. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3824. 12” Red Vla 74787. PURITANI: Ah per sempre (Bellini). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

JEAN-FRANÇOIS DELMAS as Iago in Otello

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3531. 12” Red Vla 6078. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu / DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. 1652. 10” Red Monarch 5028 [2868-R]. TOSCA:

Recondita armonia (Puccini). Piano acc. Most minimal lbl. stain on trade mark. Small harmless pressing bump, otherwise a remarkably clean copy, cons. 2. $50.00.

1378. 10” Red Milano G&T 52078 [2154L]. FEDORA: Vedi, io piango (Giordano). Only form of issue. Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. One small PB. Couple MGTs. Bright lbl. Gen. 2-3. $30.00.

1786. 10” Red Milano G&T 52079 [2155L]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Piano acc. Carlo Sabaj-no. Only form of issue. Some LGTs, other-wise gen. 2-3. $20.00.

1860. 10” Red Milano G&T 52081 (CO-II) [2157L]. LA FAVORITA: Un vergin, un angiol di Dio (Donizetti). Piano ac. Carlo Sabajno. Only form of issue. Nice copy. 2. $30.00.

1747. 10” Red Milano G&T 52083 [2160L]. ADRI-ANA LECOUVREUR: L’anima ho stanca (Cilèa). Piano acc. by the composer. Only form of issue. First rate copy. Cons. 2. $60.00.

1746. 10” Red Milano G&T 52084 [2159L]. LONTANANZA (Cilèa). Piano acc. by the composer. Only form of issue. One grey groove, few LGTs, otherwise 2-3. $40.00.

1715. 10” Red Milano G&T 52413 [2867w2]. NAPULITANATA (Costa). Only form of issue. Piano acc. Harmless (i.e. silent) scr. (or matrix defect), otherwise surface is cons. 2. $50.00.

1693. 10” Red Milano G&T 52414 [2868] (V). TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Cons. 2-3. $40.00.

1716. 10” Red Milano G&T 52415 [2869-R]. FUNESTA CHE LUCIVE (Cottrau). Piano acc. Only form of issue. Bright lbl. Small PB (few lt. ticks), otherwise exceptionally fine cons. 2. $50.00.

1862. 10” Red Milano G&T 52437 (I) [2899-R]. CARMEN: Romanza del fiore (Bizet). Piano acc. Nice copy. Lt. surface rubs, lt. lbl. rubbing. 2. $20.00.

1861. 10” Red Milano G&T 52438 (I) [2900-R]. TU SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa). Piano acc. Only form of issue. Inherent harmless pressing indentations. Bright lbl. Cons. 2. $50.00.

2193. 10” Red Milano G&T 2-52474 [7341b]. PEARL FISHERS: Della mia vita (Bizet). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

1745. 10” Red Milano G&T 2-52519 [8058b]. FAUST: Salva dimora (Gounod). Piano acc. Carlo Sabaino. Only form of issue. Two small scrs., one at start (about ½”) and the other at the end (about ¼”), otherwise very fine cons. 2. $40.00.

1748. 10” Red Milano Angel Pre-Dog 2-52667 [11167b]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Minor lbl. stain label trademark area. Surface one harmless LSS, cons. 2. $10.00.

1395. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 2-52676 [11169b]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! perchè non posso adiarti (Bellini). Piano acc. Only form of issue. IMs. Lt. lbl. fade. Few LSSs, gen. 3. $25.00.

2231. 10” White HMV 2-52698 [13331b]. SULLA BOCCA AMOROSA (Barthélemy). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2232. 10” White HMV 2-52699 [13332b]. ERA DI MAGGIO (Costa). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1787. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 2-52723 [13338b]. NON ME GUARDATE ‘CCHIÙ (Gambar-della). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

FERNANDO DE LUCIA (1893)

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1788. 10” Red Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 54384 [11168b]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ah! qual colpo (Rossini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Piano acc. Only form of issue. Label stain about the size of a quarter in trademark area (likely from a removed lbl. stkr.), otherwise an excellent copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $25.00.

1895. 10” Silver PW Victrola IRCC 57 [10515b/13337b]. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet) / CARMELA MIA (Cannio). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2106. 10” White HRS 2001. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini) / RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). From orig. G&T 1903 matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3003. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 388 [619c/630c]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: All’ idea di quell metallo / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ah! qual colpo (Rossini). Both sides with ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs], side two also with GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3886. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 64 [621c/1443c]. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso (Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] / LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3031. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 104 [1171c/1444c]. LOHENGRIN: Mio Salvatore! (Wag-ner). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] / LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso del zeffiro (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3747. 12” Phonotype M.1808/M.1960. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Sia Benedetto il dolore (Massenet). With ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s] / RIMPIANTO (Toselli). Side one gen. 2. Side two few LGTs, 3. $35.00.

3517. 12” Phonotype M.1871/M.1872. ‘O SOLE MIO (Di Capua) / CATARÌ (Costa). Side one some rubs, gen. 2-3. Side two cons. 2. $50.00.

ZÉLIE DE LUSSAN [s] 1728. 10” Red Monarch 81007 [B-18].

CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Piano acc. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $30.00.

1597. 10” Red vinyl Victor 81009 [B-17]. LA PALOMA (Yradier). Piano acc. 1903 Victor matrix. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1792. 10” Red ’04 GP Victor 81003 [B-19]. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). One minor PB. Cons. 2. $12.00.

1319. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64005 [B-19]. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). Beautiful pressing of this 1903 rarity. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1402. 10” PW Silver Vla IRCC 22. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas) / CAR-MEN: Habanera (Bizet). Orig. 1903 Victor matrices. Label side two signed by De Lussan. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1907. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 22. Same as preceding item (#1402) but label not signed. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

OLGA DE MELGOUNOFF [c]. Her debut (as Olga Petrovna Melgunova) appears to have taken place at the Moscow Bolshoi Theater as Vanya in A Life for the Tsar. Three years later she was in France (as “Mlle Olga de Melgounoff, de l’opéra de Moscou”) singing Russian and French art songs. She also took part in the eleven performances of Götterdämmerung under Cortot at the Chateau d’eau beginning on May 17, 1902. De Melgounoff was the Second Norn (and on one occasion sang the role of Waltraute, Olitzka singing the First Norn and Waltraute). Others in the cast were Litvinne (Adiny on May 25th), Dalmorès, Albers and Vallier. Judging from this record, the voice was of good quality and is handled well except for a strong break between registers. -Career information courtesy of Luc Bourrousse.

1696. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 33194 [1624-F]. LES GRIFFES D’OR (Augusta Holmès). Piano acc. Nice copy. Couple LGTs, one tiny nick, harmless inherent pressing indentations. Otherwise 2. $60.00.

ZÉLIE DE LUSSAN

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MARIO DEL MONACO [t] 3950. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV 11337 [2BA 7568]. OTELLO: Esultate; Ora e per

sempre addio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MONTALANT [s]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs]

2108. 10” Blk. French Gram. P.434 [s222rr/BE271-II]. NOTRE-DAME DES PETITS ENFANTS / MARCELLE DENYA [s]. LE CIEL A VISITÉ LA TERRE (both Gounod). Cons. 2. $15.00.

1404. 10” Blk. SR French Gram. P.456 [s22242u/21838u]. PSYCHÉ (Paladilhe) / CHARLES FRIANT [t]. CLÉOPÂTRE: Tu veux la voir (Massenet). This and item above uncommon late de Montalant recordings. Side two of this disc the only appearance of selection on records? Lt. superficial scr. and few lt. rubs side one, 2. Side two cons. 2. $20.00.

BERNARDO DE MURO [t] 3682. 12” Red Vla acous. 6387. ISABEAU: Fu vile l’editto (Mascagni) / ANDREA

CHENIER: Si fui soldato (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3684. 12” Red Vla acous. 6528. OTELLO: Esultate / OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio

(Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3867. 12” White Orth. vinyl Vla mat. CVE-42963-1. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio

(Verdi). Unpublished take. Issued version (on Victor 6891) was take 2. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b]. See also: SELMA KURZ [s], LEO SLEZAK [t]

1291. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog 4-42174/4-42175 [13838u/13839u]. AUF DEM MEERE (Franz) / DON SEBASTIANO: Lissabon, du teure Heimat (Donizetti). Few rubs side two, gen. cons. 2. $15.00.

1284. 10” Blk. Dog Gramophone 4-42202/4-22203 [13080u/13837u]. TIEFLAND: Hüll’ in die Mantille (d’Albert) / ICH DENKE OFT ANS BLAUE MEER (Felix Weingartner). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1333. 10” Blk. Hist. No. 2 HMV E.323 [13160u/13161u]. WIEDER MÖCHT’ ICH DIR BE-GEGNEN (Liszt) / DIE UHR (Loewe). Piano acc. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3405. 12” Red vinyl white lbl. HMV 042117 [457c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). In German. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ERNA DENERA [s]. See also: MARGARETHE SIEMS [s] 3556. 12” Girl-and Talking Machine

Parlophon P.489/P.491. AIDA: Als Sieger kehre heim [Ritorna vincitor] (Verdi). Two sides. Won-derful copy. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3467. 12” Multi-Color Odeon acous. AA.57262/AA.57263 [XXBo6424/ XXBo6425]. KINDERLIEDER: Das Mutterauge; Weihnachtslied / KINDERLIEDER: Der liebe Gott in Himmel; Spinnlied (Carl Rei-necke). Piano acc. Robert Erben. Fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00.

BERNICE DE PASQUALI [s] 1387. 10” Flush Blk. London G&T 53247

[2028nb]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2-3. $50.00.

EDOUARD DE RESZKE [bs]. 1908. 10” Blue shellac PW Columbia IRCC 28. MARTHA: Canzone del Porter (Flotow) /

ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi). 1933 re-recordings from 1903 Columbias. Small rim bump. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ERNA DENERA

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ANTON DERMOTA [t] 1999. 10” Red Eng. Decca M38124 [VDR142-1/VDR143-1]. DIE LOTOSBLUME, Op. 25,

No. 7 (Schumann) / ZUEIGNUNG (Strauss, Op. 10, No. 1). Piano acc. Hilde Dermota. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ANDREAS PERELLO DE SEGUROLA [bs]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t], ANTONIO PAOLI [t]

3668. 12” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 55007 [1286c/1339c]. PURITANI: Sorgea la notte (Bellini) / ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

DOLORES DE SILVERA [c] 3442. 12” Red PW Eng. Columbia D14254 [WLX996/WLX997]. CINQ POÈMES (Pierre-

Octave Ferroud). Two sides. Includes original text sheet. Superficial rubs and LSSs, gen. 2. $15.00.

EMMY DESTINN [s]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t], HERMANN JADLOWKER [t], JOHN MC CORMACK [t]

1341. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 87316 [B-23502-2]. EJ, HORY (Czech Folk Song). Only form of issue. Beauti-ful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1832. 10” Red Vla 87317. NÁMLUVY [WOOING]; DIVIČI POPĚVEK [MAIDEN’S SONG] (Wenig-Bier-baum-Destinn). Rare original. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1906. 10” Silver PW Vla IRCC 16 [4870h/4871h]. SALOME: Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt / SALOME: Dein Haar is Grässlich! (Strauss). Side one just about 1-2. Side two one minor rub and tiny (absolutely harmless) LSS, cons. 2. $15.00.

2148. 10” PW White lbl. Victor (Gram.) 43874 [4870h]. SALOME: Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt (Strauss). Late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2149. 10” PW White lbl. Victor (Gram.) 43875 [4871h]. SALOME: Dein Haar ist Grässlich (Strauss). Late ‘30s U.S. pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3308. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5387 [30971/30972]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Two sides. Excellent mid-‘20s surface material. Minor lbl. scr. side two. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3134. 12” White lbl. vinyl Columbia 30973-4. AIDA: O Patria mia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3801. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5398 [30970/36365]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vergine degli angeli (Verdi). Superb laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3027. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 82 [514i/0802v]. FLYING DUCHMAN: Traft ihr das Schiff (Wagner) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Nur zu flüchtig (Mozart). From orig. 1907 Berlin matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3020. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 184 [272ac/273ac]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle (Wagner) / DALIBOR: Wär es wahr? (Smetana). From orig. 1909 Berlin matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3177. 12” Yellow PW Odeon O-9030 [XXB5293/XXB5300]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Traft ihr das Schiff / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Isoldes Liebestod (Wagner). Excellent early ‘30s pressing from orig. 1911 matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

EMMY DESTINN

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KATHLEEN DESTOURNEL [s]. Aylsham, Norfolk, England, 1890-Same, 1972. Some of her early vocal training took place in France, where she adopted as a stage name Destournel (which translates to starling in French). Approved by Melba, she appeared with her in Australia in 1911 and later at Covent Garden, 1919. There she was Musetta to Melba’s Mimì in La Bohème. Much of her subsequent success was in concerts as well as via her recordings. She married an American entertainer, Robert Taylor (not the film actor), and ofter performed with him, particularly during W.W. II. After the War they settled in Tucson, AZ. Following her husband’s death, she returned to her home town in England and lived there with her sisters until their deaths and then on alone until her own passing.

3465. 12” British Aeolian-Vocalion C-01021 [02379]. PEER GYNT: Solveig’s Song (Grieg, Op 23, No. 1). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GENNARO DE TURA [t] 2100. 10” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. 54398 [13045b]. LA BOHEME: O Mimì tu più non

torni (Puccini). With ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Bright lbl., few LGTs, gen. 2. $25.00.

3548. 12” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. 052256 [1522c]. ERNANI: Come rugiada al cespite (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3235. 12” White Gram. Co. Sp. Press. 054143 [1191c]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: No, no Turiddu (Mascagni). With CLARA JOANNA [s]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3093. 12” White Gram. Co. Sp. Press. 054169 [1202c]. LA TRAVIATA: Inviato qui a seguirlo (Verdi). With GIUSEPPINA PICCOLETTI [s]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3619. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Victor 76012 [1458c]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Scarce issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3378. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 76019 [1970c]. FAUST: La vaga pupilla (Gounod). With La Scala Chorus. Perfect copy, as is the case with the majority of records in this catalogue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

DEVA-DASSY [ms]. France, 1911-2016 . Born Marie-Anne Lambert, her stage name came from Edouard Churey and means “The Servant of God” or “The Sacred Dancer”. Her Opéra-Comique debut was in 1932 as Suzuki, although she was perhaps more noted for her work in operetta. She also appeared in one film, 1946, “Monsieur Bibi”. She resided in Mouries (near Arles, France) at the time of her death.

1909. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4850 [OPG1641-1/OPG1642-1]. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? / MIGNON: Elle est aimée (Thomas). Orch. dir. E. Bervily. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Few lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.

CLEMENTINE DE VERE-SAPIO [s] 3018. 12” SS PW IRCC 191 (Victor Back). MARITANA: Recit. and Scenes That are

Brightest (Wallace). RR from 1914 Edison Disc. Label signed by Mme. De Vere-Sapio. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MAFALDA DE VOLTRI [s]. See: HIPÓLITO LAZARO [t]

CLAUDE DEVOS [t] 3955. 12” late Red Pathé PDT 283 [CPT1324/CPTX1325]. CHANSON D’AVRIL (Bizet);

BALLADE À LA LUNE (Lalo) / OU VOULEX-VOUS ALLER [BARCAROLLE] (Gou-nod); A COLOMBINE (Massenet). Piano acc. Gilberte Lecompte. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

DEVA-DASSY

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DAVID DEVRIÈS [t]

3579. 12” Red PW French elec. Odéon 123.553 [XXP6673-II/XXP6674-II]. LES ROSES D’ISPAHAM (Fauré) / L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE (Duparc). Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

GIUSEPPE DI BENEDETTO [t]. Di Benedetto, a World War I decorated Italian army war veteran, was the leading tenor with the WEAF radio’s hour long weekly opera broadcasts in New York City, beginning in 1925. One interesting performance (of many) was as the Duke in a late 1925 Rigoletto with Ferruccio Corradetti in the title role.

1772. 10” Blk acous. Victor 78167. QUI FU NA-POLI (Murolo-Tagliaferri) / TAGGIA LASSÁ MARÍ (Valente). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

DONALD DICKSON [b] 1436. 10” PW (silver print) Victor 2194. L’HEURE

EXQUISE (Poldowski) / EXTASE (Duparc). Piano acc. William Hughes. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $8.00.

MARIE DIETRICH [s]. See also KARL JÖRN [t], FRANZ NAVAL [t]

UMBERTO DI LELIO [b]. 1894 - Rome, 1946. Di Lelio studied with Antonio Cotogni. His debut appears to have been in 1916 and it continued through 1941. Included were several first performances such as the La Scala world premiere of Pizzetti’s Deborah and Jael in 1922. His daughter Loretta was a noted soprano who retired upon becoming Mrs. Franco Corelli.

1677. 10” Maroon elec. PW Columbia D5744 [WB1610/WB1611]. LA FAVORITA: Vieni Leonora (Donizetti) / BORIS GODOUNOV: Canzone di Warleau [Varlaam] (Mous-sorgsky). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ENRICO DI MAZZEI [t]. Sofia, 1894-Geneva, 1958? Born Enricus Damasus Tacchella Di Mazzei, the son of an Italian diplomat, Di Mazzei’s vocal studies were in Milano with Mo. Fumagalli and then at the Conservatory in Geneva. His first stage experience was in Geneva, 1925. His Paris Opèra debut was as Cavaradossi in 1926 and then he appeared with increasing success in Nice, Bordeaux, Liège and Monte Carlo. He seems to have disappeared in 1928. Pierre Key, in his International Music Yearbook, 1929-30, reported Di Mazzei as having died in an earthquake at Philippopolis, Central Bulgaria, in May, 1928. Yet another source indicates a possible death of syphillis, date unspecified. A third source gives the Swiss death date above.

1549. 10” Red PW Odeon A188.666 [KI-2452-II/KI-2453-I]. MON COEUR EST POUR TOI / T’AMO (both Leo Silésu). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2259. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.688 [KI-2675-2/KI-2676-2]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Two sides. In Italian. Piano acc. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

BERNICE DI PASQUALI [s] 3791. 12” Columbia (plain lbl.) vinyl 30880-1. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’

anima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ANDREAS DIPPEL [t] 1776. 10” PW Blue IRCC 136. HUGENOTS: Bianca al par (Meyerbeer) / ALOIS BURG-

STALLER [t]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Durch die Wälder (v.Weber). Pressed by Columbia. RR from Edison cylinders. Burgstaller made only a few cylinders for Edison and Columbia and Dippel only four cylinders for Edison (and unpublished discs for Victor). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

DAVID DEVRIÈS

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ÄNNIE DIRKENS [s]. Berlin, 1869-Vienna, 1942. She studied in Berlin at the Stern Conservatory in Dresden with Nina Falkenberg and made her debut in 1893. She became one of the most celebrated operetta stars of the period and created a number of roles. In 1898 she wed Baron Wilhelm Freiherr von Ham-merstein-Equord and thereby became a Baroness. Her husband died in 1914. Around that time she volunteered as a nurse in a military hospital and was wounded seriously enough to end her career. She then worked at a tobacco shop near the Burgtheater until her death.

2098. 10” Blk. Pre-Dog Angel Gram. 2-044478/ 2-044480 [14174u/14176u]. DIE GESCHIE-DENE FRAU [THE DIVORCED WOMAN]: Gonda, liebe kleine Gonda. With HUBERT MARISCHKA [t] / MIZZI JEZEL [s], RICH-ARD WALDEMAR [t]. DIE GESCHIEDENE FRAU: Kirmesslied (Leo Fall). Members of the Vienna Carltheater world premiere cast con-ducted by the composer. Just about 2-3. $20.00.

GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO [t] 1509. 10” Plum Dutch HMV JK 34

[OZA1239/OZA1240]. SE VUOI GODER LA VITA / MAMMA (both Bixio). Piano acc. Very early Di Stefano. Fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2092. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3268. ABBALLATI / MUTTETTI DI LU PALIU (both Sicil-ian Folk Songs, arr. A. Favara). Orch. dir. Renato Cellini. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2145. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3269. A LA VALLELUNGHISA /CANTU A TIMUNI (both Sicilian Folk songs, arr. A. Favera). Orch. dir. Renato Cellini. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

DORA DOMAR [s]

3621. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88228. LA BOHÈME: Duetto Marcello e Mimì (Puccini). With ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Very scarce, particularly in top condition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3728. 12” Red Orth. Vla 14-9270. ADDIO, COLOMBA (Simoni-Pietro) / LEILA CAMBI [s]. NINNA NANNA (Sandro Benelli). Soloists with I MAESTRI CANTORI DI FIRENZE dir. SANDRO BENELLI. Recorded during U.S. tour, 1928. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PAULINE DONALDA [s] 4000. 7” Emerson 7218 [2582/2484-2]. CARMEN: Card Scene (Bizet) / CHARLES MORA-

TI [t]. POUR UN BAISER (Tosti). The 7” Emersons play through one channel (or a bit less effectively in stereo mode). 2. $40.00.

1877. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 46. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod) / BLANCHE ARRAL [s]. EL BOLERO GRANDE (Vasseur). Both labels autographed by the respective artists. From orig. 1908 London/1909 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

LOUIS (GOLDSTEEN) DORNAY [t]. Amsterdam, 1877-Huntington, LI, NY, 1940. While his name was Goldsteen, he adopted the stage name Dornay when singing abroad. His debut was in 1909 as Walter in Tannhäuser. He subsequently appeared throughout the Netherlands, the Hague, Belgium and Germany. In 1920 he began the American phase of his career, first as a guest and then a resident. He divorced his first wife (who eventually died in Auschwitz in 1944) and then married Betsy Culp, sister of contralto Julia Culp. This appears to have been late in 1922, as September of that year she divorced her first husband. Dornay had been selected in 1922 to head the vocal department of the Kansas City Conservatory along with his wife as a pianist/accompanist. They also gave some recitals during that period and he recorded for Victor as well. Early in 1924 he was appearing in New York at the Strand Theater as part of the between-film entertainment. In later years he taught in New York, one of his leading pupils having been soprano Dorothy Kirsten.

2172. 10” Blk. Eng. Columbia D3630 [36312/36317]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leon-cavallo) / RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). In Dutch. Excellent mid-‘20s laminated pressing. Circa 81.6 rpm. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ÄNNIE DIRKENS

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2173. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 78187. DAS ZAUBERLIED (Meyer-Helmund) / ICH WEISS EIN HERZ, FÜR DAS ICH BETE (Rodominsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CARLO DRAGO-HRZIC [b] 1466. 10” Green PW Grammophon 21633 [1574½bk/

1575½bk]. AMOR TI CHIEDO (Cimino) / DI TE (Tirindelli). Superficial rubs, gen. 2-3. $10.00.

SOFIA I. DRUZYAKINA [s]. See: VASILI P. DAMAYEV [t]

GASTON DUBOIS [t]. See: AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t]

MARIA DUCHÈNE [c]. See: ENRICO CARUSO [t]

LOUIS DUPOUY [b] 3418. 12” Blk. Dog Disque Gram. 032156/034054

[0965v/01287v]. SOLANGE: Adieu vieille maison (Salvayre) / FRANÇOIS LE BAS BLEUS: Espérance en d’heureux jours (Mes-sager). Side two with MARTHE BAKKERS [s]. Side one couple tiny bumps, some lbl. rubbing near center hole, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.

CLAIRE DUX [s] 3172. 12” Red acous. Schall. Grammophon 72892

[282av/283av]. IL TROVATORE: In deines Kerkers tiefe Nacht / IL TROVATORE: Es glänzte schon das Sternenheer (Verdi). Lt. superficial rubs, side one 2, side two cons. 2. $25.00.

EMMA EAMES [s]. See also: EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b] 1799. 10” PW Gold IRCC 179. TOSCA: Torture Scene, Act II (Puccini). Two sides. From

Jan. 3, 1903 Mapleson Cylinders. With EMILIO DE MARCHI [t], ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Orch. dir. Luigi Mancinelli. De Marchi, who never recorded commer-cially, was the creater of Cavaradossi in the 1900 world premiere. Includes the original mimeographed text and comment sheet. This first issue is the best sounding transfer thus far (likely as the cylinders probably deteriorated from wear with further attempts). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2283. 10” PW Gold IRCC 216. TOSCA: Final Scene (Puccini). Two bands: First with MILKA TERNINA [s], rec. Feb. 1, 1902; second with EMMA EAMES [s], rec. Jan. 3, 1903 / MILKA TERNINA [s], JEAN DE RESZKE [t]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Isolde extinguishes the torch; Fragment of the Love Duet (Wagner). Rec. March 13, 1901. With original mimeographed text and comment sheet. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3567. 12” White lbl. Vla 88006 [C-4049-1]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). With orch. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3566. 12” White lbl. Vla 88037 [C-3388-2]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). This is the first issued version (undoubled). Small lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $20.00.

3088. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 90 [C-4034-2/C-6206-1]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / LA CHANSON DES BAISERS (Bemberg). Label signed by Mme Eames. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

FLORENCE EASTON [s]. 1254. 10” Vertical Gold Aeolian-Vocalion 30008 [A616]. MY LADDIE (Thayer). Some

LGTs, 2-3. $30.00.

1423. 10” Vertical Gold Aeolian-Vocalion 30025 [1381]. GIANNI SCHICCHI: O mio babbino caro (Puccini). This exceptionally rare and important record (Easton created the role of Lauretta in the Dec. 10, 1918 Metropolitan Opera world premiere of Gianni Schicchi) was available for just a matter of months before Vocalion switched over to lateral recording. 2. $250.00.

CLAIRE DUX visiting Florida

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2239. 10” Blue (blk. shellac) Aeolian-Vocalion 30103 [5603]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1318. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15193. ROSE-MARIE: Indian Love Call (Friml) / MLLE. MODISTE: Kiss Me Again (Herbert). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2288. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1712 [OB5559-I/OB5560-II]. ICH BIN EINE HARFE / ALLE DINGE HABEN SPRACHE (both Erich Wolff). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3043. 10” Red PW IRCC 166. SAINT ELISABETH: Prayer (Liszt) / GIÀ IL SOLE DAL GANGE (Scarlatti); LUNGI DAL CARO BENE (Secchi). Piano acc. Lester Hodges/Karl Kritz. From 1939 radio broadcast and 1940 studio performance. Label signed by Easton. Minor lbl. scr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3730. 12” Vertical Gold Aeolian-Vocalion 54014 [1580]. HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Masse-net). Cons. 2. $60.00.

NELSON EDDY [b] 1451. 10” Orange PoW Microphone Columbia 40034 [rhco4435-1D/rhco4436-1D]. WITH

THESE HANDS (Silver) / TILL WE MEET AGAIN (Whiting). Both with JO STAFFORD [vocalist]. Orch. dir. Paul Weston. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3046. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 69819 [wxco26274A/ wxco26275A]. THE PLAY’S THE THING [scene from Shakespeare’s Hamlet] (Martin H. Skiles). Two sides. Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LOUISE EDVINA [s] 3461. 12” White lbl. HMV 2-033071 [Ho4087af].

LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier). Scarce, particularly in such fine condition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SIMON EDWARDSEN [t] 3191. 12” PW. Plum Scandinavian HMV Z184

[CS2972-II/CS2973-I]. I CAVALIERI DI EKEBÙ: Gösta’s Aria / HELGA GÖRLIN [s]. I CAVALIERI DI EKEBÙ: Mariannes Aria (Zandonai). Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

IRENE EISINGER [s] 2281. 10” PW Blue Ultraphon A138 [10105/10106]

LA BOHEME: Walzer der Musette / GIANNI SCHICCHI: Arie der Lauretta (both Puc-cini). Orch. dir. Selmar Meyrowitz. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GERVASE ELWES [t] 3406. 12” Blue Eng. Col. L1152 [75357/75360]. A CAROL OF BELLS (Charles Villiers

Stanford) / SEMELE : Where’er You Walk (Händel). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle. Superb surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3620. 12” Blue Eng. Col. L1398 [74150/74151]. THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE (Yeates-Ley) / A SEA DIRGE (Shakespeare-Dunhill). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle. Just about 1-2. As above, top surfaces. $15.00.

ARTHUR ENDRÈZE [b] 1578. 10” Blk. Pathé PA 1377 [CPT3640-2/CPT3641-2]. PASSING BY (E. Purcell) / DRINK

TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES (Mellish). Piano acc. Mme. Endrèze-Krieger. In English. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

KARL ERB [t] 1420. 10” PW HMV DA 4426 [ORA2227-II/ORA2228-II]. DES FREMDEN KINDES

HEIL’GER CHRIST (Loewe) / WEINACHTSGESANG [O HOLY NIGHT] (Adam). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3923. 12” Brown/Blk. Odeon Rxx 76485/Rxx 76486 [XXB6072-2/XXB6073]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Magische Töne / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Da pläschert eine Silberquelle (Goldmark). Early and highly recommended Erb. IMs. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

LOUISE EDVINA

LOUISE EDVINA

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NANCY EVANS [ms] 3053. 12” PW Blue Eng. Decca K.889 [DTA.3630/DTA.3631]. THE SCRIBE; NINE OF THE

CLOCK O’ / ALL NIGHT UNDER THE MOON (all Ivor B. Gurney). Piano acc. Hubert Foss. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ERSILLA FANELLI [s]. See: AURELIANO PERTILE [t]

ERNESTINE FÄRBER-STRASSER [c]. Königsberg, 1884 - ? . Her debut was in Leipzig. Then, from 1903-1913 she was engaged at the Stadttheater in Aachen and, following this, the Court Opera in Munich through 1921. She continued to appear there on occasion in later years. She then returned to Leipzig and also made guest appearances at Covent Garden as well as in Spain and Switzerland. She also toured as a noted song interpreter. From 1927 she was a star of the Stuttgart Opera but was deleted from the roster in 1933 for being Jewish. She then emigrated to the U.S. and next to Switzerland. Little is known of her during this period. Her husband was the painter Benno (Benjamin) Strasser.

4033. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62372 [1227ar/1229ar] MORGEN (Strauss) / HEIDENRÖS-LEIN (Schubert). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

MARIA FARNETI [s] 1767. 10” Green elec. Italian Columbia WB4330/WB4336]. COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL

(Verlaine-Ettore Panizza) / LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Io non son che una povera fanciulla (Puccini). Cons. 2. $100.00.

3171. 12” Green elec. Italian Columbia GQX 10326 [WBX1078/WBX1079]. IRIS: Io pian-go / IRIS: La piovra (Mascagni). Reissued on Historic Masters. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. See also: PASQUALE AMATO [b], ENRICO CARUSO [t], EDMOND CLEMENT [t], HERMANN JADLOWKER [t].

1617. 10” Red vinyl Victor 87004 [B-4255-1]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ancora un passo (Puccini). First of three issued takes. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1287. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87024. ROBIN ADAIR (Burns). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1973. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 87251. MUR-MURING ZEPHYRS (Jensen). No U.S. doubling. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1581. 10” White lbl. (orig. shellac) test Victor 87313 [B-23589-3.] AU PRINTEMPS (Gounod). Unpublished take. Issued version is take 4. 2-3. $40.00.

2045. 10” White PW Victor IRCC 1 [B-26870-2/B-27730-2]. DER NUSSBAUM (Schumann) / OUVRE TES YEUX BLEUS (Massenet. Both sides first and only issues. Label side one auto-graphed by Farrar. Labels very clean but surfaces rubbed. No sonic prob-lems. 3. $15.00.

1874. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 30 [3800h/ B-12739-1]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto) / EXULTATE JUBILA-TE: Allelujah (Mozart). From orig. 1906 G&T/1912 Victor matrices. Label side one autographed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1875. 10” Silver Orth. Victor IRCC 41. [BVE-37350/BVE-37356]. AUF FLÜGELN DES GE-SANGES (Mendelssohn) / CHRISTINA’S LAMENT (Dvořák). 1927 electrical Victor matrices. Unpublished. Lbl. side one autographed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1876. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 45 [1316r/3798h]. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi) / CHERRY RIPE (Horn). From orig. 1906 G&T matrices. Label side one autographed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

GERALDINE FARRAR (circa 1905)

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1897. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 56 [BVE-27731-3/B-26734-2]. SERENADE (Strauss) / CHANT VENETIEN (Bemberg). Side one elec. (Orthophonic label), piano acc. by Claude Gonvierre. Side two acous. (acoustic style label), harp acc. Label side two autographed by Farrar. Very lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.

1205. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 67 [B-12740-1/BVE-92846-1-RR]. WONNERVOLLER MAI, O KOMM’ HERBEI (Gluck) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non so più (Mozart). Side two scroll label (electric) autographed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2006. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 67. Same as preceding disc [item #1205]. Label also autographed and clean. Side one cons. 2. Side two harmless lt. rubbing, 2-3. $15.00.

1800. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 132 [2496L/3799h]. DER ROLAND VON BERLIN: Elspeth’s Gesang (Leoncavallo) / DEAR HEART (Mattei). From orig. 1904/1906 G&T matrices. Label side one autographed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

4263. 11” SS elec. (oversized 10” test) no number assigned. FRASQUITA: Passion Rose (Lehár). Dated Jan. 12, 1927 and written in matrix “Please send pressing to Miss Farrar to study”. Title inscribed in pencil on grooves and marked “D” (destroy). Originally Farrar’s copy (and the only known pressing of this test). 3-4. $250.00.

3144. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88052. ANNIE LAURIE (Douglass). Seems to be take 2 (very short life, not doubled or issued any other form). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3896. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88053. TANNHÄUSER: Allmächt’ge Jungfrau (Wagner). First (1907) of two issued takes, the second from 1909. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $7.00.

3634. 12” Red Victor 88192 [C-8264-2]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). This, the 2nd of two issued takes, never appeared on a European issue. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3754. 12” Red Victor 89072. ALLA CAPANNA ANDIAMO (Campana). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Bright pressing. Never doubled on Victor. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3927. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 68. DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi check sapete (both Mozart). Label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3205. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 156. NYMPHES ET SYL-VAINS (Bemberg) / TOSCA: Ora stammi a sentir (Puccini). From orig. 1908/1911 Victor matrices. Label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3023. 12” Red PW IRCC 144 (pressed by Columbia). The FOUR MARGUERITES (Schubert, Gounod, Berlioz, Boïto). Two sides. Discussion with her own piano illustrations. Label signed by Farrar. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

EILEEN FARRELL [s] 1536. 10” Blk. Decca 23366 [72331/72429]. A KISS IN

THE DARK (Victor Herbert) / ALWAYS (Irving Berlin). Orch. dir. Salvatore Camarata. Cons. 2. $10.00.

EDMÉE FAVART [s] 1855. 10” Red elec. Pathé X.2608 [N201656-1/N201655-1]. CIBOULETTE: C’est la

banlieue / CIBOULETTE: Nous avons fait un beau voyage (Hahn). Side two with ANDRÉ BAUGÉ [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MAFALDA FAVERO [s]. See: TITO SCHIPA [t]

GERMAINE FERALDY [s] 2162. 10” PW Blue Fr. Columbia D13098 [WL1582/WL1583]. MÉLODIES ARABES: Le

baisir dans la nuit; La sultane de l’amour / MÉLODIES ARABES: Une jeune fille; Notre maison (Maurice Perez). Piano acc. by the composer. One harmless rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

EDMÉE FAVART

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3524. 12” PW Blk. Pathé PAT 35 [CPTX147-1/CPTX148-1]. SÉRÉNADE A WATTEAU / LES YEUX DE BERTHE (both Gustave Charpentier). Conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ARTURO FERRARA [t]. Francavilla, Sicily, 1900-Giardini-Naxos, 1983. A pupil of Franco Manucci, Ferrara made his debut in Cairo as Rodolfo in La Boheme. His career, which continued until 1950, included a large number of varied roles. His work was particularly admired by composers such as Mascagni and Respighi.

1558. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 58224. ADDIO GARÇONNIERE / CENERENTOLA (both Cherubini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

NIKOLAI FIGNER [t]. See: MEDEA MEI-FIGNER

JOHN A. FINNEGAN [t]. Wilmington, DE, 1871-Roosevelt Avenue subway station, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY, 1940. Finnegan had been a church singer since his youth, eventually becoming a noted tenor soloist. Groups which he toured included Victor Herbert’s Orchestra and the Paulist Choristers. He was also tenor soloist at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

3066. 12” Blk. Pats. Victor 35046. STABAT MATER: Cujus animam (Rossini) / HELENE NOLDI [s]. STABAT MATER: Inflammatus (Rossini). Few lightest rubs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.

KATHARINE FLEISCHER-EDEL [s] 2322. 11” Odeon 52421/52422 [XB3066-

2/XB3067-2]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Ballade der Senta (Wagner). Two sides. Very minor residue on lbl. side one where a label was apparently removed. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

MIGUEL FLETA [t]. 3907. 12” Red acous. Spanish Disco Gram. DB

919 [CS2282-II/CS2290-I]. EL GUI-TARRICO: Jota de Perico (Pérez Sori-ano) / SANGRE DE REVES (Alamo). Scarce. Side one 2-3. Side two 2. $20.00.

3295. 12” White lbl. SS acous. HMV vinyl DB 956 [Cc2860-II]. TOSCA: Amaro sol per te (Puccini). With FLORENCE AUSTRAL [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PIERRE FLETA [t]. Son of Miguel Fleta.

1292. 10” Red Pathé PD 160 [CPT8528/ CPT8529]. EL TRUST DE LOS TENORIOS: Te quiero moreno (Serrano) / PRINCESITA (Padilla). Few lt. rubs., cons. 2. $12.00.

HANNA FOERSTROVA [s] 1831. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 63644. FLEDERMAUS: Czardas (Strauss) / VICTOR BAND.

BAI-KAI-LAI: Pochod (Pospíšil). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

FRANK FOREST (FRANCO FORESTA) [t]. St. Paul, MN, 1896-Santa Monica, CA, 1976. Born Frank Eugene Hayek, he always hoped for a musical career which his mother encouraged, although his Czech born father preferred that he become a farmer. After various college and working experiences. he partnered with a friend and developed (another source states “invested in”) White Laboratories, a drug manufacturing firm in New Jersey which produced Feenamint, a laxative chewing gum. Success with this made possible musical studies in Europe, where he made his debut in Italy in 1924 as Rodolfo in La Boheme. He sang there as Foresta, “Forest” being the meaning of his family name (Hayek) and easier for Italian pronunciation. He made his La Scala debut in 1932, also having appeared in many European opera houses before returning to America (and dropping the “a” of Foresta) for a debut with the Chicago Opera. No doubt he would have had continued success on U.S. operatic stages subsequently, but Hollywood lured him with fame and greater fortune than opera. He appeared in five films, including I’ll Take Romance with Grace Moore and Champagne Waltz with Gladys Swarthout, both in 1937, and he was heard frequently on the radio as well.

2042. 10” Red Decca 23019 [DLA659/DLA661]. COULD I BE IN LOVE (William Daly) / LA BOMBA (Ralph Ranger). Cons. 2. $12.00.

KATHARINE FLEISHER-EDEL

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BERTHA FÖRSTER-LAUTERER [s]. See: LEO SLEZAK [t]

CESARE FORMICHI [b]. 1782. 10” Blue Notes Columbia C2711 [41856-1/10850-1]. GLI ZINGARI: Canto Notturno

(Leoncavallo) / MARIA IVANSI [s], ANTONIO FASSINO [t]. IL GUARANY: Sento una forza (Gómez). Couple tiny, harmless LSSs side two. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2005. 10” Purple La Cigale (Columbia) D9388 [70433/70434]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà /ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara (Leoncavallo). Side one lbl. pressed on both sides. Small lbl. stkrs. Small (harmless) edge bruise. Excellent lam. surface material, just about 1-2. $12.00.

2072. 10” Maroon PW elec. Italian Columbia CQ 1146 [WB4898/WB4910]. RESURRE-ZIONE: Oh! no, non crediate (Alfano) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatal (Verdi). Couple lightest mks., still just about 1-2. $20.00.

3599. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7078-M [AX479/AX481]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Ver-di) / TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LUIGI FORT [t] 1939. 10” Blue Italian Columbia DQ 1979 [B7667/B7670]. ANIMA ALLEGRA: È arrivata

primavera (Adami-Vittadini) / IDEALE (Tosti). Small lbl. stkr. side two. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3678. 12” Blk. Eng. Columbia DCX 48 [WBX1288-1/WBX1292-1]. L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa) / FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

BENVENUTO FRANCI [b] 1811. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5018 [B236/B279]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo /

RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). Side two with ENA SURINACH [s]. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

1991. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5173 [B281/B249]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / PEARL FISHERS: Dal Tempio al limitar (Bizet). Side two with DINO BORGIOLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GUSTAV FRANZ [b] 2313. 11” Blue Odeon 25336/25337 [XB2259/XB2218]. SEI GEGRÜSSTG, DU MEIN

SCHÖNES SORRENT (L. Waldmann) / SERENADE (Max Bruch). Cons. 2. $25.00.

OLIVE FREMSTAD [s] 1659. 10” Blue Eng. Columbia A1451 [39073/39081]. DIE WALKÜRE: Ho-yo-to-ho! / DIE

WALKÜRE: Du bist der Lenz (Wagner). Excellent laminated surface material. Side one just about 1-2. Side two superficial lbl. and disc rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

3207. 12” PW Silver SS Columbia IRCC 74 [30644-1]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Label signed by Fremstad. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3240. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5282 [30644/30646]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) / CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3204. 12” PW Pink IRCC 158. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner) / DON CAR-LOS: O don fatale (Verdi). RR by Columbia in 1939. Label signed by Fremstad. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4264. 12” White lbl. unpublished test Columbia 30647-2. LES FILLES DE CADIX (Delibes). In French. The only known copy of this disc. A rather unlikely piece for a Wagnerian soprano, but she had great success with it in concerts (including at the Met). Some rubs and harmless lt. patinas, gen. 3. $800.00.

CHARLES FRIANT [t]. See: BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MONTALANT [s].

POVLA FRIJSH [s] 3563. 12” White PW vinyl Victor mat. CS-048933-1. POÈMES JUIFS: No 1, Chant du

Nourrice (Milhaud). Piano acc. Rec. 19 Apr. 1940. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANNI FRIND [s] 1621. 10” Plum PW Electrola EG 948 [BLR4429-II/BLR4427-I]. CASANOVA: Ich hab’ dich

lieb. With FRANZ BLANKENHORN [t] / ANNY AHLERS [soubrette]. CASANOVA: Das ist mein Südllichs Temperament (Strauss, arrr Benatzky). Orch. dir Ernst Hauke. Ahlers (1907-1933) had a short but successful operetta career, her death from apparent suicide. Minor rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

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MARTA FUCHS [s]. Stuttgart, 1898-Stuttgart-Sonnenberg, 1974. She studied in Stuttgart and began her career in 1923 in concerts and oratorio. Her operatic debut was in Aachen in 1928 where she appeared in mezzo and contralto roles. Restudying as a high dramatic soprano the following year, she made a second debut in Dresden in 1930, appearing with great success in roles such as the Marschallin, Isolde, Brünnhilde and Fidelio. From 1935 on she was also with the Berlin State Opera and from 1933-1942 a major figure at Bayreuth. She remained distant from the National Socialist party and was a devout Christian, although her work was admired by Hitler and Göring. She used her influence to free persecuted Christians in the early 1940s. After one of her Isoldes in 1944, Fürtwängler commented that he had never experienced such a beautiful and moving performance. Her career continued for several years following the War. –Wikopedia

3900. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV mat. 2RA-2191. LIEBESTREU; DIE MÄDCHEN SPRICHT (Brahms). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3901. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV mat. 2RA-2192. IMMER LEISER WIRD MEIN SCHLUMMER (Brahms). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3902. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV mat. 2RA-2415. DIE ALLMACHT (Schubert). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

LUCIEN FUGÈRE [b]. Paris, 1848-Paris, 1935. His first singing experience was as a chansonnier at the Bataclan in 1870 and then as an operetta singer. His Opéra-Comique debut was in 1877 where he last performed in 1929, creating there leading roles in a number of operas such as Louise, Don Quichotte, Fortunio and Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame. At the age of twelve, he had an earlier connection with Notre-Dame. There, as an apprentice mason along with his brothers, he worked on repairing the Cathedral’s statues and gargoyles. His Columbia recordings were made when Fugère was in his early 80s.

1985. 10” PW elec. Blue Eng. Col. LF 30 [WL2256/WL2283]. DINORAH [LE PARDON DE PLOERMEL]: Chant du chasseur (Meyerbeer) / LE VAL D’ANDORRE: Chanson du Chevrier (Halévy). Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3002. 12” PW elec. Blue French Col. LFX 32 [WLX1297/WLX1298]. LE MAÎTRE DE CHAPELLE: Grand Air (Ferdinand Paër). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

YOSIE FUJIWARA [t] 1278. 10” Red Scroll Japanese Victor 13538 [BAVE-12040/BAVE-12041]. ALMA DEL

BANDONEON / CLAVEL DEL AIRE (Tangos). Other than this title information, the labels are in Japanese. With tango orchestra. Evidently recorded for the South American Japanese trade (?). Includes original sleeve and pamphlet (in Japanese). Very rare, indeed. Tiny harmless lam. in inner land area side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $35.00.

MARTA FUCHS as Kundry in Parsifal

Mme. MATHIEU-LUTZ (Papagena) and LUCIEN FUGÈRE (Papageno) in Die Zauberflöte

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JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. See also: PASQUALE AMATO [b]

1217. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 81045 [B-1077]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Piano and violin acc. Lightest NR on lbl. Cons. 2. $7.00.

1415. 10” Red Victrola 87028. SALOME: Jocha-naan, Ich bin Verliebt (Strauss). Excellent VrBk late ‘30s pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1414. 10” Red Victrola 87052. DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe! (Wagner). Another excellent VrBk late ‘30s pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1334. 10” Red Victor 87173. ANNIE LAURIE (Scott). In English. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1754. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 128 [B-8924-2/B-8599-?]. DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Betrug! Schändlichster / DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Thaten (Wagner). From orig. 1910/1912 Victor matrices. Side one first edition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1858. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 177. DIE WALKÜRE: Excerpts From Acts II (?) and III (Wagner). Two sides. Includes LILLIAN NORDICA, LOUISE HOMER, CARRIE BRIDEWELL, ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK, CAMILLE SEYGARD, EMMA VAN CAUEREN, etc. dir. Alfred Hertz. Recorded on Mapleson Cylinders during Feb. 7th, 1903 Met performance. Includes original mimeographed German text sheet identifying the singers by phrase. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2202. 10” PW Gold IRCC 201. LOHENGRIN: Act II Duet. With LOUISE REUSS-BELCE [ms] / LOHENGRIN: Mein Held (Wagner). With GEORG ANTHES [t]. Recorded on Mapleson Cylinders during Feb. 21st, 1903 Met performance. Includes original mimeographed German text sheet. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3731. 12” Red Victor 88040. ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3608. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88058. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). 1st of three issued takes. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3268. 12” Red Pats. Victor 88059. STABAT MATER: Inflammatus (Rossini). 2nd issued take (1910). Perfect copy except for index mks. on lbl. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3633. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 88137. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). 1st of two issued versions. Only form of issue. Lightest NR on lbl., just about 1-2. $7.00.

3377. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88186. SIEGFRIED: Ewig wär Ich (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3899. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88275. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor (Mozart). Uncommon. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3474. 12” White lbl. Vla 88362. LOBETANZ: An allen Zweigen (Thuille). Gadski was in the 1912 Met premiere of this work. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3771. 12” Red Victor 88497. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò ma prima in grazia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3065. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 88515. DIE WACHT AM RHEIN (Carl Wilhelm). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3694. 12” Red Victor 88571. MESSIAH: He Shall Feed His Flock (Händel). Never doubled. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3741. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 89041. ORFEO ET EURIDICE: Su e con me vieni cara (Gluck). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

JOHANNA GADSKI

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3398. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla mat. C-8599. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Thaten (Wagner). Rec. 7 Feb. 1910. Unpublished except for HMV AGSB 36. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

3045. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 164 [C-14803/C-14804]. OBERON: Ozean! Du Unge-heuer! (v. Weber). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3973. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 186. MAGIC FLUTE: Ah, lo so (Mozart) / TANNHÄUSER: Allmächt’ge Jungfrau (Wagner). From orig. 1910/1906 Victor matrices. Side two first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

MIKLOS GAFNI [t] 1742. 10” Orange PoW Columbia 15194-F [co33257-1/co33258-1]. CHI SE NNE SCORDA

CCHIU! (Barthelemy) / DICINTENCELLO VUIE! (Falvo). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

YVONNE GALL [s] 1480. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.0650 [N201514-1/N201515-1]. LAKMÉ: Tu m’as donné /

LAKMÉ: Dans la forêt (Delibes). Small harmless scr. last ¼” side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

AMLETO GALLI [bs]. Bologna, 1886-Milano, 1949. He began as an apprentice to a shoe-maker and then an engraver, but his voice was discovered and he then spent a short period at the Bologna Conservatory. He subsequently was basically self taught. He was also talented as a painter, sculptor and in astrononomy. His debut was likely around 1905, and he arrived at La Scala in 1911 in Gluck’s Armida. Two seasons later he was in the premiere there of Alfano’s L’Ombra di Don Giovanni and then in 1922 Pizzetti’s Debora e Jaele. He had great success in 1936 in the premiere of Malipiero’s Giulio Cesare at the Genoa Teatro Carlo Felice.

3820. 12” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 55019 [236ai/249ai]. LA GIOCONDA: Si, morir elle dé / FANNY LOTTI [s], FRANCO DE GREGORIO [t], ERNESTO BADINI [b]. LA GIOCONDA: Già ti vedo (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. See also: TITO SCHIPA [t] 1460. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-46391-1. COMIN’ THRU’ THE RYE (Old

Scottish Air). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1384. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-47429-2. NO QUIERMO CASARME (arr.

Liebling); JURAME (Grever). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1978. 10” Red Scroll Victor “Z” type shellac 1174. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Donizetti). Two sides. Flute obb. by Clement Barone. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1664. 10” PW Blk. Victor 26658. PARLA! (Arditi) / SERENATA (Tosti). Side one with orch. Side two with piano acc. by Homer Samuels. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1975. 10” late Red VdelP DA 1028 [BVE-41236-1/BVE-41237-1]. RIGOLETTO: Ah! Veglia, o donna / RIGOLETTO: Piangi, fanciulla (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Short life on Victor and not the best surfaces, unlike here. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3792. 12” Red Vla 74812. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Ah! tardai troppo … O luce di quest’ anima (Donizett). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3781. 10” Red acous. Vla 6469. DINORAH: Bellah! Capretta adorata! … Si, carina (Meyer-beer) / PRETTY MOCKING BIRD (Bishop). Side two flute obb. Manuel Berenguer. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3597. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6562. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Thomas). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3840. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6924. LO! HERE THE GENTLE LARK (Bishop) / PEER GYNT: Solvejg’s Song (Grieg). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3854. 12” Red late RCA Victor 6924. Same as preceding item. A likewise fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3833. 12” Red acous. Vla 8025. LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine / LA TRAVIATA: Imponete (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3358. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-1144 [CVE-20663-9/CVE-40222-5]. AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch) / ZEMIRE ET AZOR: La Fauvette (Grétry). Superb glassy pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3882. 12” Red PoW VdsM DB 1144. Same as preceding listing (#3358) but late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

4265. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Victor mat. CVE-25548-8. ECHO SONG (Bishop). Unpublished. Rec. Sept. 26, 1930. With orch. and George Possell [flute]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

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MARIA GALVANY [s]. See also: TITTA RUFFO [b], FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]

2014. 10” Red Spanish Dog Disco Gramo. 53551 [11192b]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge (Bellini). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $30.00.

2141. 10” Red Victor 87058 [10894b]. VARIAZIONI (Proch). Aural fireworks! Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2276. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 92 [11187½b/11190b]. FADO PORTUGUEZ: Ouvi dizer (Neupatk) / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3640. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88219 [1455½c]. LAKMÉ: Aria delle campanelle (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3423. 12” Red vinyl white lbl. Vla 88221 [1454c]. LUCIA: Spargi d’amaro pianto (Doni-zetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3331. 12” White lbl. Vla 88222 [1451½c]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3312. 12” Red Vla 88236 [1399½c]. L’INCANTATRICE [THE ENCHANTRESS] (Arditi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3972. 12” White Victor (unnumbered IRCC) 053163/053181 [1308c/1453½c]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / LUCIA: Splendon le sacre faci (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ALFREDO GANDOLFI [b]. Torino, 1885 – New York City, 1963. A student of Chiarina Fino-Savio, Gandolfi made his debut in Turin, 1911, as Enrico in Lucia. In the 1914 Italian premiere of Wagner’s Parsifal, Gandolfi created the role of Amfortis. Despite success in his native land, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1923 and was active into the ’40s. In 1932, he was Scarpia in Tosca, in the opening of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, sharing the stage with Claudia Muzio. The first act of this performance was broadcast and has circulated on LP and CD. At the Met from 1929 to 1936 he appeared in 38 roles, primarily comprimario, but including again Scarpia. This time it was as a last minute substitution for Antonio Scotti “who did not arrive”. He also appeared with the Chicago Opera for a period. Gandolfi and his wife, soprano Alice Kurkjian, resided in New York’s Ansonia Hotel, where he had a teaching studio.

2258. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 79473. ME OMNETIN / L’GRILLO E LA FÜRMIA (Piedmontese Dialect Songs, composers not cited). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

EDOARDO GARBIN [t]. 1757. 10” Red Milano G&T 52433 [2840-w].

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mas-cagni). Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. One lt. lbl. rub. Harmless inherent pressing indentations. One small ND near start, otherwise fine 2. $35.00.

4017. 11” Gold Fonotipia 39038/39065 [XPh59/ XPh36]. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet) / SENTO CHE T’AMO (Fatua). Side one early gold label. Side two green label. Side one 2. Side two cons. 2. $35.00.

MARY GARDEN [s] 3167. 12” Gold Flags Columbia A-5289 [30699-

1/30701-2]. LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME: Liberté / HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (both Massenet). Great surfaces. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1385. 10” White lbl. RCA Victor vinyl test pressing mat. BVE-40733-2. AFTON WATER (Burns-Hume). Piano acc. Jean Dansereau. Unpub-lished take (issued take was 5). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $30.00.

3818. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6623 [14/6]. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) / RÉSUR-RECTION: Dieu de Grâce (Alfano). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

MARY GARDEN as Juliette

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MABEL GARRISON [s] 3858. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 70 [C-23742/C-27798]. L’ÉCLAIR: Call me thine own

(Halévy) / HUGUENOTS: Nobil signori, salute (Meyerbeer). Side two first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

GABRIELLA GATTI [s] 3288. 12” Red HMV DB 21045 [2EA-13064-1/2EA-13065-1]. O DEL MIO AMATO BEN

(Donaudy) / NOTTE (Respighi). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

EVA GAUTHIER [s]. See: ORVILLE HARROLD [t]

JULIETTE GAULTIER [s]. Ottawa, 1881-1972. A younger sister of Eva Gauthier (despite the spelling differences in their last names), Juliette was a student at Canada’s McGill University and won a scholarship to further her studies in Europe. There she studied violin for two years in Budapest with Jenö Hubay and then four years of voice in Italy with Vincenzo Lombardi. She claimed to have been a descenant of Pierre Gaultier de la Verendrye, discoverer of the Canadia Rockies, and usually billed herself as Juliette Gaultier de la Verendrye. Her interest in folk music, particularly Eskimo and various Indian tribes of Northern Canada, was presented to the public in the form of lecture-recitals, one such given at New York’s Town Hall on April 8th, 1927. Here, she appeared “in Eskimo dress against a background of the rising sun.” Said the Musical America reviewer, “There were songs to illustrate every mood. … Mlle. Gaultier’s voice is an exceedingly attractive one, with a curious, plaintive note peculiarly well adapted to the songs she sang.”

1396. 10” Blk. PW elec. (gold print) Victor 22329. TAMA SONG; PARETIN SONG (British Columbia Red Indian Songs) / CALL OF THE SEAL; STONE AGE DANCE-SONG; INCANTATION FOR HEALING THE SICK; ESKIMO CHANT (Eskimo Songs). With tom-tom acc. Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

EVA GAUTHIER [ms] 1800. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 127 [B-19277-

2/RR BS024862-1]. LE RETOUR DE PROMIS (Dessauer) / NINA BOBOH [Malay Slumber Song] (arr. Paul Seelig). Side one from orig. 1917 Victor matrix. Side two RR from 1915 Columbia test with piano acc. by Carlo Edwards. Label side two signed by Gauthier. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARIA GAY [c]. See also: GIOVANNI ZENA-TELLO [t]

3029. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 197 [3807f/ 3816f]. DON GIOVANNI: Vedrai, carino (Mozart) / CARMEN Les tringles des sistres (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARIA LUISA GEMELLI [s] 3928. 12” Red Cetra PE.195 [F.0131/F.0132].

OTELLO: Assisa a pie d’un salice (Ros-sini). Two sides. Orch. dir. Arturo Basile. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

ELSE GENTNER-FISCHER [s] 2116. 10” Plum PW elec. Electrola EG 757

[BLR1350-II/BLR-1351-II]. FIDELIO: Arie der Leonore (Beethoven). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

GIOVANNI GENZARDI [t]. Palermo, 1881, Verdi Casa di Riposo, Milano, 1972. He studied in Palermo with Mo. Cantelli and made his debut in 1903 at the Palermo Teatro Massimo as Alfredo in La Traviata. His career, mostly in various Italian theaters, continued until at least 1931.- Internet: Forgotten Opera Singers (a site I highly recommend and from which I frequently borrow).

2314. 11” Brown Odeon 37427 [Xm778/Xm854]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / LUIGI BALDASSARI [b]. TOSCA: Monologo di Scarpia (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

ELENA GERHARDT [ms]. 1335. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 770 [Bb7882-III/Bb7883-II]. IN STILLER NACHT / VOR

DEM FENSTER (both Brahms). Piano acc. Paula Hegner. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ELSE GENTNER-FISCHER as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier

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3870. 10” (on 12”) white lbl. vinyl HMV 2-43441 [13438r]. CÄCILIE (Strauss). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Top copy. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3198. 10” White lbl. vinyl HMV 043258 [1308s]. DU BIST DIE RUH’ (Schubert). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00

RUDOLF GERLACH-RUSNAK [t] 1882. 10” Plum PW Electrola EG 2190 [OD1773-2/OD1774-

2]. MAGIC FLUTE: Dies Bildnis (Mozart) / PEARL FISHERS: Hör’ ich die stimme in traum (Bizet). Orch. dir. Ludwig Rüth. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JEANNE GERVILLE-RÉACHE [s] 1805. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 1. WERTHER: Va! Laisse

couler mes larmes (Massenet) / LA VIVANDIÈRE: Viens avec nous (Godard). From orig. 1908/1911 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3738. 12” Red late ‘30s Vla 88166. SAPHO: O ma lyre immortelle (Gounod). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3552. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88198. ORFEO: J’ai perdu mon Euridice (Gluck). Cons. 2. $10.00.

ALEXIS GHASNE [b] 2308. 11” Brown APGA 1737/1738. RONDEL DE L’ADIEU / MESSALINE: Viens aimer

(both Isadore de Lara). APGA sticker on side one seems to be signed (rather than printed) by Ghasne. Very nice copy, cons. 2. $25.00.

DUSOLINA GIANNINI [s]. During the later 1920s, Giannini had great success in concert and opera in Germany, England, Italy and Australia. Shortly before her German concert tour, she and her chaperone, Mother Giannini, were awakened by a pistol packing burglar. She advised the burglar that they had no money (all the talk being in German) and pleaded, “Have you no mother? Have you no sister?” He was young and apparently overcome by a wave of sentimentality (and also seeing that the pickings were slim), left via the window that was the scene of his original entrance. He was caught the next day. This episode introduced her to the German press, but it was soon replaced by her successful concert and opera reviews. See also: BENIAMINO GIGLI [t].

1290. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1029 [BL4953-I/BL4954-II]. ALLERSEELEN / ZUEIG-NUNG (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Lbl. stkr. Rubbed but plays without problems. 3-4. $7.00.

1245. 10” Red PW Italian Disco Gram. DA 1230 [OF512-II/OF513-II]. LES FILLES DE CADIX (Delibes) / MATTINATA No. 2 (Tosti). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Excellent late ‘30s laminated pressing. Few lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

1613. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1319 [OD1531-II/OD1532-II]. HEIMLICHE AUFFOR-DERUNG/ STÄNDCHEN (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3248. 12” PW Red Electrola DB 1093 [CVE-38035-3/CVE-39534-1]. AIDA: Kehr’ im Triumphgesang / AIDA: O Vaterland (Verdi). In Italian. Recorded in the U.S. but issued only in Europe. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3598. 12” Red Electrola DB 1228 [Cc15056-II/CF2425-II]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio! …Madre, pietosa Vergine (Verdi). Two sides. Post-War. Good surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3558. 12” PW Czech HMV DB 1247 [Cc15480-I/Cc15482-III]. O SOLE MIO (Di Capua) / MANELLA MIA (Trans. Giannini). Orch. dir. George Byng. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. 1585. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1403. CANTE PE’ ME (De Curtis) / STORNELLI MARINI

(Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1663. 10” Red late VdelP DA 899 [BVE-36928-3/BVE-37117-2]. RONDINI AL NIDO (De Crescenzo) / TORNA, AMORE (Buzzi-Peccia). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2034. 10” White HMV SS Test mat. OEA 10686-1. SO DEEP IS THE NIGHT (Chopin). Unpublished take. Issued take (on DA 1892) is 3. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

RUDOLF GERLACH-RUSNAK

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2038. 10” White HMV SS Test mat. OEA 13680-2. SONA CHITARRA (de Curtis). Unpub-lished take. Issued take (on DA 1917) is 1. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $40.00.

2036. 10” White HMV SS Test mat. OEA 13881-1. PAESE CHE ‘NCATENA (de Curtis). Unpublished take. Issued take (on DA 1917) is 2. Lbl. stkrs. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00.

1778. 10” Red late VdelP DA 11324 [OBA7430-2/ OBA7431-2]. CON LA PIOGGIA O CON LA LUNA / CITTÀ SILENT (both Caslar-Galdieri). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Both from film Taxi di notte. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3169. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl Orth. Vla CVE-37319-2. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Unpublished except for AGSB issue. Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3168. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl Orth. Vla CVE-37321-1. LA GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo (Ponchielli). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Unpublished except for AGSB issue. Another wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3776. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7194. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) / L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3454. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV mat. 2F515-II. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui, Santuzza (Mascagni). With DUSOLINA GIANNINI [s]. Unpublished take. Issued version is matrix 2M-804-2. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3698. 12” Red late acous. VdelP DB 271 [1048aj/3310c]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With MARIA ZAMBONI [s] / MEFISTOFEOLE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto). With GEMMA BOSINI [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3783. 12” Red late VdelP DB 3905 [2RA1337-1/2M1169-II]. L’ARLESIANA: È la solita storia (Cilèa) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla Madre (Mascagni). Side one dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler, side two by Carlo Sabajno. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3254. 12” Red late VdelP DB 05353 [2RA5608-II/2RA5609-IV]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / VALZER DELLA FELICITÀ (Millöcker). He sings the “Prologo” up a full tone. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3699. 12” Red late VdelP DB 5408 [2BA4480-II/2BA4484-II]. LODOLETTA: Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna / ISABEAU: Non colombelle (both Mascagni). Orch. dir. Umber-to Berrettoni. Beautiful performances and pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

RINA GIGLI [s] 1344. 10” Red late VdP DA 11353 [OBA-8307/OBA-8308]. ANDALUZA (Granados) /

SADKO: Chanson Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov). Side one in Spanish. Side two in French. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CHARLES GILIBERT [b]. See also: NELLIE MELBA [s] 1259. 10” B&S Grand Opera Columbia 1234 [take 3]. LA VIERGE À LA CRÈCHE

(Perilliou). The label gives the composer as Perilkow and an internet discography as Alexis Contant. Slightly noisy (for absolutely no visually apparent reason) but a superb looking copy. Likely stylus experimentation will help. Cons. 2. $150.00.

1647. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 17 [B-8745/7293e]. CARMEN: Notre métier est bon. With GABRIELLE LEJEUNE [ms], MARIA DUCHÊNE [c], SUSANNE DUMESNIL [s], DAVID DEVRIES [t], F. LEROUX [t] / MARIA GAY [c]. CARMEN: Presso il bastion di Siviglia (Bizet). Side one first and only edition from 1910 Victor matrix. Side two 1907 G&T master. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

BENIAMINO GIGLI as Enzo in La Gioconda (1914)

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1801. 10” PW Silver IRCC 187. VÉRONIQUE: Strophes de le Lettre (Messager) / JEAN NOTÉ [b]. WILLIAM TELL: Sois immobile (Rossini). RR from Edison and Pathé cylinders. Announced by the respective singers. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3734. 12” TC Columbia A5007 [30108-1/30114-5]. LA JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH: Quand la flame (Bizet) / Mme. JOSÉ GRAVILL(E) [s]. LES HUGUENOTS: Nobles Seigneurs (Meyerbeer). Excellent copy, few lightest mks, cons. 2. $15.00.

3672. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74155. XERXES: Largo (Händel). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3105. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 102. BERGERETTE; MAROTON VA-T-A L’IAU (both arr.

Weckerlin) / POL PLANÇON [bs]. LE VALLON [Gounod). Both piano acc. From orig. 1907/1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARIO GILION [t] 2357. 11” Fonotipia 39811/39812 [XPh2111/XPh2109]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Or

muoio tranquillo / IL TROVATORE: Duetto atto I (Verdi). With FRANCESCO MARIA BONINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

DINH GILLY [b] 3554. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 188 [Cc14229-4/Cc14231-1]. O DEL MIO AMATO BEN

(Donaudy) / AMARILLI (Caccini). Piano acc. George Reeves. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

RIA GINSTER [s] 3291. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7822

[2B4036-II/2B439-I]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Martern aller arten / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sapete (both Mozart). Side one piano acc. Gerald Moore. Side orch. dir. Malcolm Sargent. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3788. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 10080 [OZA1255-II/ OZA1256-I]. DER HIRT AUF DEM FELSEN (Schubert). Two sides. Piano acc. Paul Baumgartner. E. Fanghänel [clarinet]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t] 3715. 12” Red G&T 052083 [229m]. FEDORA: Mia

madre, la mia vecchia madre (Giordano). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

4011. 12” Red G&T 052106 [529c]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Couple LGTs, 2-3. $30.00.

EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b]. See also: GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t], ROSINA STORCHIO [s]. 2356. 11” Fonotipia 39445/39446 [XPh1513/XPh1512]. OTELLO: Era la notte / OTELLO:

Credo (Verdi). This was reissued on HMB 9, but here is a nice original. One LGT, one TB, otherwise very fine 2. $25.00.

2358. 11” Red early ‘30s Odeon Fonotipia 39446/39536 [XPh1514/XPh1512]. HAMLET: O vin discaccia la tristezza (Thomas) / OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Side one not on Historic Masters. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

HERTHA GLATZ [c] 3568. 12” PW (gold print) Victor 15247. FRÜHLINGSTRAUM, Op. 89, No. 11 /GRETCHEN

AM SPINNRADE, Op. 2 (both Schubert). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ALMA GLUCK [s] 1517. 10” Red Victor 64399. SERENATA (Tosti). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1887. 10” Red Victor 64566. THE TYROLEAN: Nightingale Song (Carl Zeller). With Charles

Kellogg (bird voice imitations). Just about 1-2. $5.00. 3637. 12” Red Victor 74249. HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE: Rossignols Amoureux (Rameau).

Great record! Lovely bright pressing. Few most minimal marks. Cons. 2. $8.00. 3613. 12” Red Victor 74263. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini). Text lbl.

on verso. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

RIA GINSTER

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3718. 12” Red Victor 74369. JOCELYN: Berceuse (Godard). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3534. 12” Red Victor 88418. HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Suse, liebe Suse (Humperdinck).

With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

TITO GOBBI [b] 1218. 10” Purple RCA Vr 25-7146. TORNA (Valente-Vento) / DICITENCELLO VUJE

(Fusco-Falvo). Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3817. 12” Red late VdelP DB 5400 [2BA5146-II/2BA4372-II]. L’ARLESIANA: Come due tizzy accesi (Cilèa) / AUGUSTO BEUF [b]. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Il lacerato spirito (Verdi). Orch. dir. Umberto Berretotoni. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

SARAH GOLDSTEIN [s] 1521. 10” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon O-11522 [Qu323/Qu324]. KIM ZE MIR IN CHEDERL

(Gelbart) / OIF DEN WEG STEJT A BOIM; JOSSEL IN ZLATTE (Schack-Kohen). Piano acc. Hans Bund. In Yiddish. Attractive and stylish voice. She was obviously of importance, but I’ve not found any information about her. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AIDA GONZAGA [s]. See: FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]

JEANNE GORDON [c] 3049. 12” White lbl. Victor elec. test pressing mat. CVE-31313-6. SUMMER NIGHT (A.

Goring Thomas). Unpublished. Only known copy. Rec. 10 July 1925. VrBk. Rubs, 3-4. $100.00.

IGOR GORIN [b]. Grodek, Austria, 1904 – Tucson, AZ, 1982. Born Ignatz Greenberg, son of a rabbi. Gorin studied in a Talmudist school where he mastered Hebrew and eventually was able to speak eight languages fluently as well. He moved to Vienna at the age of 15 and was heard by the noted voice teacher Viktor Fuchs, who offered him free lessons via one of his teaching assistants. From 1926-29 Gorin studied at the Vienna Music Academy. His idol was Battistini and he worked in particular to emulate that singer’s bel canto style. In 1930 he became a member of the Vienna Volksoper, singing a number of standard roles. His first visit to the U.S. was a period from late 1930 into 1931 where he officiated as a cantor in a temple in Providence, RI. Returning to Austria and seeing the anti-semitic problems of the time, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1933 permanently and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1939. His voice proved ideal for recording and radio work, and he became much in demand for the various musical radio shows of the period. His operatic appearances included the Chicago Lyric Opera (1962), the NYC Opera (1963), and the Metropolitan Opera (one guest performance in 1964 as Giorgio Germont). He retired in 1966 to Arizona because of declining health, where he became a Professor of Music at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He also made LP recordings for Golden Crest Records in Huntington Station, NY, following his stage retirement. Sometime in the 1970s, when I happened to be visiting the Golden Crest studios, the head of the company (I think his name was Mr. Galehouse) proudly told me that Igor Gorin had been there only shortly before to record and had I been a couple of days earlier I could have met him.

1901. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 4414. OVER THE STEPPE, Op. 5, No. 1 (Gretchani-noff) / HOPAK (Moussorsky). Orch. dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1499. 10” late Red RCA Victor 4535. THE LORD’S PRAYER / PLEDGE TO THE FLAG (both Albert Hay Malotte). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1902. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-0038. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART, Op. 6, No. 6 (Tschaikowsky) / THE BLIND PLOUGHMAN (Clarke). Orch. dir. Wilfred Pelletier/Saul Caston. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

IGOR GORIN

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HENRIETTE GOTTLIEB [s]. Berlin, 1884 - Łódź Ghetto, 2 January 1942. This diminu-tive soprano was particularly noted for her Wagnerian performances, one celebrated example being the role of Brünnhilde in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, in a 1928 performance of Der Ring der Nibelung, when she was a young and promising singer. She performed in the premieres of the operas Die Hügelmühle by Friedrich Koch (Berlin, 1918 and Holofernes of Emilvon Reznicek (Berlin, 1923). Following the Nazi Berufsverbot she lived in Berlin until she was deported to Poland in 1941.

3070. 12” Red Victor “Z” type shellac 11826 [2D1336-II/2D1337-II]. FIDELIO: Mir ist so wunderbar / FIDELIO: Er Sterbe, doc her soll (Beethoven). With ERNA BERGER [s], MARCEL WITTRISCH [t] side one; WALTER LUDWIG [t], WALTER GROSS-MANN [bs] side two; WILLY DOMGRAF-FASBAENDER [b] both sides. Orch. dir. Fritz Zweig. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GUNNAR GRAARUD [t]. 1886-1960. A leading Norwegian operatic tenor who made his debut in 1919, Graarud was a prominent member of the Berlin State Opera (1924-1926) and the Vienna State Opera (1929-1937). He was first heard at Bayreuth in 1927 and the following year recorded the complete Tristan for Columbia. In 1927, he was a creator in the Hamburg world premiere of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane. After his retirement he taught at the Vienna Academy of Music where among his pupils was Otto Edelmann.

1612. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62376 [1458ar/ 1460ar]. IDEALE / LA SERENATA (both Tosti). In Italian. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

HANNA [VON] GRANFELT [s]. Sakkola, Fin-land, 1884-Helsinki, 1952. Granfelt studied in Helsinki and then in Paris with Duvernoy. She was active in opera, particularly admired as a Wagner and Strauss interpreter, and appeared 1915-22 at the Berlin Opera as well as a guest at Covent Garden. She was equally noted as a concert singer.

1196. 10” PW Plum HMV X.3134 [BE1572-II/ BE1573-I]. RUUSU PIENI [SMALL ROSE] (Kilpinen) / ÄIDIN SILMÄT [THE MOTH-ER’S EYES] (Hannikainen). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. See also: GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t], HINA SPANI [s], GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t].

3749. 12” PW Disco Grammofono DB 1453 [Ck2003-II/CM1647-III]. ANDREA CHENIER: Un di, m’era di gioia (Giordano) / LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine (Verdi). Side two with ANNA ROSZA [s]. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LOUIS GRAVEURE [baritone on first disc/tenor on remaining items]. 2095. 10” Blk. Columbia 88-M [80569-3/80570-1]. LESS THAN THE DUST / THE TEM-

PLE BELLS (Amy Woodforde-Finden, from Four Indian Love Lyrics). Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

2003. 10” Red PW Grammophon 10135 [5708½BD/5709½BD]. ES GIBT NUR EINE LIEBE / ICH ZOG HINAUS, WIET ÜBER’S MEER (both Künneke). From film Es gibt nur eine Liebe. Couple lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

3187. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50108-D [W98544-2/W98545-1]. LA BOHEME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Takes one and two were issued of both sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3871. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50270-D [W98667-1/W98668-3]. DIE MAINACHT / AN EINE AEOLSHARFE (both Brahms). Piano acc. Walter Golde. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ALEXANDER GRAY [b]. Wrightsville, PA, 1891-Indio, CA, 1976. Raised in Baltimore, MD, Grey studied industrial engineering in college and also sang and enrolled in dramatic classes. He continued voice studies while teaching and was heard by Louise Homer, who encouraged him to continue a vocal career seriously. He did for a few years, winning a competition by the National Federation of Music Clubs and then as a result touring as a recitalist. After realizing that concert life wasn’t very lucrative, he took a position with a company as a manager of advertising and sales

GUNNAR GRAARUD and ERNA BERGER at Bayreuth

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promotion, continuing singing in church work. Eventually, an arrangement was made for an audition with Flo Ziegfield, Jr., and Grey began a career as a Broadway and then film star. Around 1934, this work slowed down and Grey returned to the concert world for a Town Hall debut accompanied by Erno Balogh. A Musical America review reported, “He made the difficult entry into the concert field with success, for his singing of this taxing program revealed not only his brilliant vocal gifts, but also his seriousness of purpose, his artistic instinct, and, happily, his modesty, a too rare quality among singers so richly endowed as he.” Nothing much followed in a classical music vein, although he became a radio star and toured in operettas and supper clubs for a number of years.

1501. 10” Blk. EE Columbia 427-D [W140767-2/W140768-2]. WHAT A WORLD THIS WOULD BE (Henderson-De Sylva) / REMEMBERING YOU (Coots-Grey). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

KATHRYN GRAYSON (ZELMA KATHRYN ELISABETH HEDRICK) [s]. Winston-Salem, NC, 1922-Los Angeles, CA, 2010. Grayson’s stage name came from the first of her two middle names and her mother’s maiden name. Her childhood was spent in St. Louis where she had basic voice lessons before serious training with Frances Marshall of the Chicago Civic Opera. She was then signed by RCA Victor Red Seal records at the age of 15. Supposedly the Met also offered her the opportunity of singing Lucia around the same time, but expectations for film success prevented this. Records during this period did result, but they remain unpublished. Grayson’s actual debut in opera occurred only in 1960, after her film career was virtually over.

1600. 10” Yellow MGM Metrolite 30507. LOVE IS WHERE YOU FIND IT (Brown-Brent) / YESTERDAYS (Kern). Orch. dir. G. Stoll. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.

MADELEINE GREY [s]. 1219. 8” elec. La Chanson à l’École 89101 [PART577/PART587]. BONJOUR, PETIT

BONHOMME! (Ronde normande) / EN REVENANT D’AUVERNE (both harm. Germaine Weill). Includes original sleeve. Side one small scr., cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

1220. 8” elec. La Chanson à l’École 89102 [PART589/PART576]. DIMANCHE EN AL- SACE / MARCEL ENOT [b]. QUAND J’ÉTAIS CHEZ MON PÈRE (Chanson de berger, both harm. Germaine Weill). Includes original sleeve. ENOT (1909-1979) made his Opéra-Comique debut in 1934, around the time of this recording. His Paris Opéra debut was twenty-five years later. Harmless mks., 2. $15.00.

1242. 8” elec. La Chanson à l’École 89104 [PART583/PART586]. MA LISETTE / Y A RIEN DE SI CHARMANT (both harm. Germaine Weill). Includes orig. sleeve. Side two with M. Blanquart [flute]. Side one harmless stain one area, otherwise both sides just about 1-2. $15.00.

JOSEF GROENEN [b]. Waalwijk, Holland, 1885-Hamburg, 1959. He made his debut in Mainz, 1913, as Wagner’s Flying Dutchman, and until his retirement in 1944 was heard throughout Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium in a variety of roles, with an emphasis on Wagner. He also toured as a concert singer.

2279. 10” Green acous. No-Dog Gram. H42035/H42036 [2003ar/2005ar]. LIEFDE (v.Tus-senbroek) / MIJNE MOEDERTAAL (Brandts Buys). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $20.00.

2255. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62520 [3490ar/3491ar]. DIE LOTOSBLUME; DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME / WANDERLIED (all Schumann). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

TRAJAN GROSAVESCU [t] 3328. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8506 [XXB6932-II/XXB6933-II]. PAGLIACCI: Scherzet

immer / PAGLIACCI: Jetzt spielem (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3689. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8596 [XXB6928-II/XXB6930-II]. TOSCA: E lucevan le

stelle (Puccini) / RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

NINON GUÉRALD [s]. The label and one other source indicate that she sang with the Opéra-Comique, but she isn’t listed in the Wolff book (covering the history of the Opéra-Comique during the 1900-1950 period). She appears to have been involved on the concert stage with contemporary music in particular.

3968. 12” Blue PW Ultraphone EP 661 [C2009/C2010]. LES ANES DU CAIRE / CLAIR DE LA LUNE (both Emile Nérini). Side one with orchestra and side two with piano acc. by the composer. Side one 2. Side two minor rubs, gen. 2-3. $15.00.

JANE GUYLA [s] 3984. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV DB 4970 [2LA-140-1]. GRISÉLIDIS: La mer! Et sur les

flots (Massenet). Appealing performance and excerpt. Just about 1-2. $12.00.