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LINA PAGLIUGHI [s] 2192. 12” Green Cetra 25093 [2.70628/2.70629]. IL RE: O Colombello sposarti (Gior-

dano) / FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio (Verdi). Side one particularly lovely music beautifully sung. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LUELLA PAIKIN [s]. 1896-New York City, 1969. Collectors will hopefully have read Michael Bott’s recent valuable research on Miss Paikin (Mrs. Joseph Bernham) in The Record Collector magazine. It was Mr. Bott who, through much effort, managed to find a death date for Miss Paikin. She was a pupil of Marie Brema in England and is described in one article dating from 1925 as a protégée of Luisa Tetrazzini. A popular artist in England during the 1920s and ‘30s both in concert and opera, Paikin recorded acoustically for Aeolian-Vocalion and electrically for HMV, her records all quite uncommon. She emigrated to the U.S. prior to W.W. II, but a career here failed to take hold.

2102. 12” PW Red HMV DB 1057 [Cc8588-V/Cc10847-III]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Ah, I Loved Him (Mozart) / AIR AND VARIATIONS (Mozart). In English/Italian. Couple rubs, one small LSS, cons. 2. $12.00.

JOSÉ PALET [t] 2918. 10” Red acous. Victrola 927. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti) /

LA DOLORES: Di que es verdad (Bretón). Cons. 2. $10.00.

1705. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6384. LA DOLORES: Jota (Bretón) / MARINA: Duo de Marina Jorge (Arrieta). With MERCEDES FARRY [s]. Valencian soprano Farry had a notable career in Spain in major zarzuela and operatic roles (such as Ophelia in Thomas’ Hamlet). She made her U.S. debut in 1922 in concert at Aeolian Hall, NYC. One critic indicated that the coloratura arias were “exceedingly well sung” and that “Mme. Farry exhibited coloratura abilities of a high order. Her scales were sung with admirable clarity”. Scarce. As new Just about 1-2. $15.00.

IMRE PALLÓ [b] 2247. 12” Plum PW Czech HMV AN 453 [CV757-

II/CV758-I]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi) / FAUST: Avant de quitter (Gounod). In Hungarian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ROLANDO PANERAI [ms] 2760. 12” Parlo.-Odeon R.30033 [2-21276/

2-21277]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Act II Duet (Saint-Saëns). Two sides. With LUISA RIBACCHI [ms]. In Italian. Orch. dir. Arturo Basile. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CHARLES PANZÉRA [b] 3535. 10” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P-723

[BFR65-I/BRF80-II]. CHANSON TRISTE (Duparc)/ NOËL DES ENFANTS QUI N’ONT PLUS DE MAISON (Debussy). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1612. 10” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P-724 [BFR-110-I/115-II]. CHANSON POUR LE PE-TIT CHEVAL (de Sévérac)/LES BER-CEAUX (Fauré). Piano acc. Mme. Panzéra-Baillot. Excellent later ‘30s laminated pressing. MGT side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3739. 10” Red Disque Gram. DA-4913 [OLA-1446-2/OLA-1449-1]. EXTASE / AURORE (both Fauré). Piano acc. Mme. Panzéra-Baillot. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3459. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W-652 [CL41-II/CL42-II]. ORFEO: Plaintes d’Orfeo (Monteverdi) / AMADIS: Bois épais (Lully). Side one 2. Side two 2-3. $10.00.

2217. 12” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. W-990 [CT4023-II/CTR3150-I]. KADDISH / CHANSON HÉBRAÏQUE (both Ravel). Piano acc. Side one 2. Tiny rim flake side two far from grooves, IMs, lt. rubs, 2-3. $12.00.

IMRE PALLÓ in his creator role of Háry János (Kódaly)

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1013. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 5009 [2LA1332-1/2LA1333-1]. L’HORIZON CHIMÉR-IQUE (Faure). Piano acc. Mme Panzéra-Baillot. Few light rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

ANTONIO PAOLI [t]. 1871-Ponce, PR- 1946. Judging from remarks by colleagues who heard him (as quoted in the 1972 article on Paoli by Jesus M. López in The Record Collector, Vol. XXII, Nos. 1-2), Paoli must have been the great dramatic tenor of his era: “Paoli was one of the greatest dramatic tenors in the world of his time – and of this time, too” (Lazaro). “Paoli was one of the greatest singing actors I have ever seen in my life” (Piccaluga). [After “O Paradiso” in l’Africana] “sounded the most stupendous ovation I have heard in my fifty years [as a chorister] at La Scala” [Enrico Neni]. “I sang with Paoli several times. His high notes … sounded so loud that to sing with him you had to know the music well, as otherwise you had no chance to hear the orchestra” [Manfredo Polverosi]. “Let me tell you that during my long life I have not heard a better Otello than his and believe me I have heard a lot of Otellos” (Elvira de Hidalgo). 3347. 10” Red SR HMV 54340 [10519b].

TROVATORE: Di geloso amor (Verdi). With CLARA JOANNA [s], FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3575. 10” Red Vinyl Victor press. of Gram. 2-52811 [1302ah]. OTELLO: Tu? Indietro: Fuggi! (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3221. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 22 1180ah]/ 12521b]. DÉJANIRE: Viens, o toi/ SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei (both Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1933. 12” Red PW HMV DB 469 [1210c/1211½c]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / PAGLIAC-CI: No, pagliaccio non son (Leoncavallo). From the complete 1907 series supervised by the composer, side one was never issued on Victor. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

2283. 12” White lbl. Victrola 92032 [1182c]. TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). With La Scala Chorus. Excellent pressing. Couple small mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

1174. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 92035. CARMEN: Mia tu sei (Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], INES SALVADOR [ms], FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Inez Salvador (Barcelona, 1878-London, 1910) was first heard at the Milan Teatro Lirico in 1902. Her career included a number of Italian houses, as well as South America and Eng-land, where her sudden death occurred at the age of 32. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2404. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 92048 [1186c]. WILLIAM TELL: Che finger tanto (Rossini). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. IMs and lt. NR on lbl. Cons. 2. $12.00.

1652. 12” Red vinyl While lbl. Victrola 92050 [1257c]. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). With MARIA PASSARI [ms]. RCAVr Bk. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ISABELLA PAOLI [s]. Firenze, 1863?–Bologna, 1903. Paoli began her career in 1878 in operetta. Blessed with both beauty and vocal talent, she quickly became a great success. She subsequently appeared in opera, an early performance having been in Valencia, 1889, as Elsa in Lohengrin. Heard in a number of Italian theaters, including the Politeama in Genoa, the Dal Verme in Milano, and the Mercadante in Naples, Paoli gained considerable attention, both for her on stage performances and her prima donna behavior with related scandals and eccentricities. She died as a result of complications following surgery while engaged to sing Gioconda at the Duse Theater in Bologna. Judging from her records, she was one of the great dramatic sopranos of her era. Her four extremely rare records (four Zonophones) were recorded the year of her death. How fascinating it is that we are able to recall through records a voice stilled for over 100 years!

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1425. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono X-1842 (take 2]. GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli). Clicks from very lt. scr. disappear in from about an 8th of an inch (following her first “Suicidio!”), otherwise a remarkable. 2. $2500.00.

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GRAZIELLA PARETO [s]. Barcelona, 1889-Rome, 1973. Making her debut at the age of sixteen in Barcelona as Micaela in Carmen, Pareto gained quick success. In 1908 she appeared at the Teatro Regio, Parma, as Amina in Bellini’s Sonnambula and also made her first recordings. Heard in other Italian houses, she subsequently appeared in Buenos Aires and Havana. Her La Scala debut was in 1914 and she first sang at Covent Garden in 1920, in both instances as Gilda in Rigoletto. New venues in the 1920s

included the Chicago Opera and Monte Carlo. She was married to composer Gabriele Sibella. The five 10” very late

(1926) Spanish acoustical recordings below, all excellent Spanish pressings, were Pareto’s personal copies. Each has a white semi-label over the trademark area rubber stamped “no vendible”.

1885. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 53522 [11100b]. SONNAMBULA: Ah non giunge (Bellini). Slightest gilt fade on label. Surface without problems. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1886. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 53521 [11099b]. SONNAMBULA: Sovra il sen (Bellini). Slightest gilt fade on label. Surface without problems. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1458. 10” acous. VdeSA DA 772 [BS2252-I/BS2260-I]. MI NIÑA (Guetaris) / ESTRELLITA (Ponce). Piano acc. Federico Longás. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $150.00.

1459. 10” acous. VdeSA DA 773 [BS2243-I/BS2259-I]. DOLOR DE AMAS (Gabironco-Longás) / LA PIEL DE MI AMADA (Mata-Longás). Piano acc. Federico Longás. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $150.00.

1460. 10” acous. VdeSA DA 774 [BS2244-II/BS2258-I]. LA GUINDA (Mata-Longás) / MUÑEQUITA (Zaragoza-Longás). Piano acc. Federico Longás. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $150.00.

1461. 10” acous. VdeSA DA 775 [BS2241-1/BS2242-1]. CANÇO DE BRESSOL (Arús-Longás) / PENSANT AMB TU (Vendrell-Longás). Piano acc. Federico Longás. Lt. NS last ½” side one, few lt. mks., cons. 2. $150.00.

1462. 10” acous. VdeSA DA 781 [BS2250-II/BS2251-I]. LA PAS-TORATA [Canço de Nada] / L’HEREU RIERA; BON CAS-SADOR (Canciones catalanas). Piano acc. Federico Longás. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $150.00.

1750. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 76009 [1389c]. LUCIA: Quando rapita in estasi (Donizetti). Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2673. 12” Red Victrola 88630 [Ho4416af]. DON PASQUALE: Quel guardo (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELIZABETH PARKINA [s]. Kansas City, MO, 1882-Colorado Springs, CO, 1922. Parkina studied in Paris with Marchesi at the advice of Nellie Melba, who heard her in 1896. Her debut was in 1902 at the Paris Opéra Comique as Lakmé. It was as Musetta in La Boheme with Melba and Caruso that Parkina made her Covent Garden debut. She toured Australia in 1905 with great success. Sometime in the 1907-08 period she appears to have abandoned her career as a result of ill health. She resided in Europe until the beginning of the World War in 1914, returning then to Kansas City. Her death, a result of pulmonary tuberculosis, occurred in 1922 at a sanatorium in Colorado near the home of a brother. Her few, attractive London G&Ts are keenly sought by collectors.

3641. 10” Blk. London G&T 3659 [8225b]. LA SERENATA (Tosti). In Italian. Few MGTs, 2-3. $60.00.

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ARMIDA PARSI-PETTINELLA [ms]. Rome, 1868- Milano, 1949. Having made her debut in 1893, Parsi-Pettinella was heard frequently at La Scala and throughout Italy in major roles (Dalila, Ulrica, Eboli, etc.), as well as in Buenos Aires, London, Paris and Madrid. At the Academy of Music in New York, 1896, she created Madelon in the U.S. premiere of Gior- dano’s Andrea Chenier. She was one of the major mezzo-sopranos of the period. Her last years were spent at the Verdi Casa di riposo in Milano. Parsi-Pettinella recorded only for Fonotipia.

9308. 11” Green Fonotipia 39792/39793 [XPh2128/2129]. LA FAVORITA: Fernando, Fernando / LA FAVO-RITA: Che fino al ciel (Donizetti). Side two with La Scala Chorus. Cons. 2. $15.00.

9388. 11” Green Fonotipia 39817/39818 [XPh2126/ XPh2149-2]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: È bella la Guerra / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Rataplan (Verdi). With La Scala Chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1558. 11” Red Fonotipa 92094/92095 [XPh2933/ XPh3016]. CARMEN: Voglio danzar pel tuo piacer/ MIGNON: Gavotta di Federico (Thomas). Nice Ger-man pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

TAURINO PARVIS [b] 3094. 10” B&S Columbia 3140. CARMEN: Toreador Song

(Bizet). Nice bright copy, cons. 2. $8.00.

3392. 10” Blue Notes Columbia C2424 [10582-1/10970-1]. NABUCCO: Deh’ perdona / LA SCALA CHORUS: NABUCCO: Vi pensiero (Verdi). IMs. Cons. 2. $8.00.

TANCREDI PASERO [bs] 3041. 10” Red PW Eng. Columbia D12572 [WB1778/

WB1792]. MIGNON: Berceuse (Thomas) / SON-NAMBULA: Tu non sai (Bellini). One tiny LSS, just about 1-2. $10.00.

3426. 12” Red PW Eng. Columbia D14691 [WBX126/ WBX133]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini) / BIANCA SCACCIATI [s]. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2153. 12” Red late VdP DB 5440 [2BA4852-IV/2BA4903-II]. LUISA MILLER: Il mio sangue / NABUCCO: Tu sul labbro (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

LINA PASINI-VITALE [s]. Rome, 1872 – Rome, 1959. She studied in Rome and made her debut at the Milan Teatro dal Verme, 1892, in Cilèa’s Tilde. She subsequently sang in all of Italy’s principal opera houses, including La Scala (Milan), the Teatro Costanzi (Rome), the San Carlo (Naples) and the Teatro Regio (Turin), and in South America as well. Her career continued through the 1920s in roles ranging from Micaela, Mimi and Gretel earlier in her career to dramatic Wagnerian parts such as Brünnhilde and Kundry as her voice matured. Her husband was the conductor Edoardo Vitale and her son, Riccardo, Artistic Director of the Rome Opera 1958-1963. Pasini-Vitale’s only recordings were for Fonotipia.

1552. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia 92519/92520 [XPh3919/XPh3990]. BOHÊME: Donde lieta usci (Puccini) / FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gounod). The conductor of her recordings was her husband, Edoardo Vitale. Gen. 3 but some LGTs. $12.00.

1555. 11” Green Fonotipia 92521/92522 [XPh ]. TANNHÄUSER: Salve d’amor / TANN-HÄUSER: Oh! Vergin santa (Wagner). Side one few LGTs, 2-3. Side two one LGT, 2. $12.00.

4226. 11” Green Fonotpia 92567/92568 [XPh4032/XPh4033]. MEFISTOFELE: Dimmi se credi. With RINALDO GRASSI [t] / GRASSI [t], ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. MEFISTO-FELE: Strano figlio (Boïto). IMs. Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

1554. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia 92583/92584 [XPh3956/XPh3993]. MANON: Addio o nostro piccolo desco (Massenet) / AMICO FRITZ: Bel cavaliere (Mascagni). Side one gen. 3 (harmless rubs), side two 2. $15.00.

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ADELINA PATTI [s]. Madrid, 1843 - Craig-y-nos Castle, Wales, 1919.

While Victor originally sold records of Patti using a special label and charging a premium price, the American issuance of her records was evidently not enthustically endorsed by that company. Calvin Child, head of Victor’s recording laboratory, wrote in 1906 to a colleague at the British G&T Company, “Personally, I was greatly surprised at the sale of the Patti records, and also at the apparent continued demand for them. To me, they were the saddest things I ever listened to, not from a recording standpoint, which I think is mighty good, but from the fact that the voice shows that it is worn and old, and is such a painful contrast to what it was.” There is no doubt that the voice, breath control and support documenting Patti at the age of 63 were not what they had been even a few years earlier, but there is enough left of the Patti sound and the stylistic elements displayed in these fascinating sonic documents to provide at least fleeting glimpses of one of the 19th century’s most celebrated vocal artists.

2277. 12” Red Victrola 95029. HOME, SWEET HOME (Bishop). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1265. 12” Red Victor “B” plate Patti Record 95031. ROBIN ADAIR (Keppel). Nice early copy. Tiny (¼”) letter “H” scratched in lbl. above horn, otherwise 2. $25.00.

2098. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 33 [543f/538f ]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod) / PUR DI-CESTI (Lotti). Piano acc. Landon Ronald. Side one first edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3431. 12” Pink late VdP S03051 [537f]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart). Excellent late Italian pressing. Orig. matrix. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1049. 12” White HMV VB 40 [684½c/Melba26]. LA CALASERA (Yradier) / NELLIE MELBA [s]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor (Mozart). From orig. 1906/1904 G&T matrices. Side one a sprited, colorful performance. Lbl. mks. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

TINO PATTIERA [t] 3523. 10” Yellow Deut. Gram. 62627 [436bh/437bh]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia /

TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). In Italian. Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1304. 12” PW Brown Parlophon P.9153 [2-20195/2-20196]. VORREI MORIRE / ADDIO (both Tosti). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Cons. 2. $15.00.

PIERO PAULI [t] 3600. 10” Red PoW VdP DA 1332 [OM1342-I/OM1345-II]. GERMANIA: Studenti! Udite /

GERMANIA: No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi (Franchetti). Fine copy of this scarce item, cons. 2. $25.00.

2536. 12” Red PW VdP DB 2012 [2M1301-II/1411-II]. NINNA-NANNA (R. Strauss) / ADRI-ANA LECOUVREUR: No, la mia fronte (Cilèa). Side two with ADELAIDE SARACENI [s]. Excellent late ‘30s surfaces. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ADELINA PATTI visiting wounded Belgian troops at the outset of World War I

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GIANNA PEDERZINI [ms] 2323. 12” Red Scroll Argentine Victor 12480. CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo) / APRILE (Tosti).

Orch. dir. Antonio Marranti. Rare South American issue. Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $15.00.

2471. 12” Red VdP DB 1539 [CM1323-II/2F386-I]. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). With RENATO ZANELLI [t]. In Italian. Cons. 2. $8.00.

JAN PEERCE [t] 3048. 10” Blk. Brunwsick 7635 [B18813-1/B18814-1]. MY ROMANCE (Rodgers) / A

BEAUTIFUL LADY IN BLUE (Coots). His first commercial recording (1936) and his only disc for Brunswick. Side one slight partial label fade. Surfaces few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3047. 10” Blk. Royale 1844 [US1262-1/US1263-1]. I LOVE YOU MUCH TOO MUCH (Towber) / I HAVE SO LITTLE TO GIVE (Thayer). His records for Royale were made in the 1939-40 period. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2976. 10” Vinyl White RCA Victor Prevue 20-4318 [E1-RB-2914-1/E1-RB-2954-1]. HOW DO I LOVE THEE? (Browning-Hugo Winterhalter) / ONCE (Spina). Side one just about 1-2. Side two lt. scuffs, 2. $10.00.

2948. 10” Vinyl White RCA Victor Prevue 20-4960 [E2-RB-0897/E2-RB-0898]. ANY-WHERE I WANDER (Frank Loesser) / MARIA-LA-O (Wolfe Gilbert-Lecuona). Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2949. 10” Vinyl White RCA Victor Prevue 20-5338 [E2-RB-0455/E2-RB-1824]. JUST FOR A WHILE (Geiger) / I’LL KNOW MY LOVE (Lee Jones). These vinyl issues were produced for radio stations. Lbl. skrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3356. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-3802 [E2RB-0154/E2RB-0156]. THESE THINGS ARE KNOWN (Hardt) / A MOTHER AS LOVELY AS YOU (Connelly). One rub side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $10.00.

2967. 10” Red South African RCA 70.019 [8JRB90/8JRB91]. HEIMWEE (Marais-von Bruggen) / INVOCATION (Mocke). In Afrikaans. Indeed rare! A few harmless rubs, otherwise cons. 2. $20.00.

ALOIS PENNARINI (ALOYS FEDERIER) [t]. Neudorf, near Vienna, 1870-Aussig, 1927. Pennarini studied in Vienna, making his debut in Bratislava in 1893 as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. He subsequently was with the Olmütz and Elberfeld Theaters, the Theater an der Wien and from 1898-1900 in Graz. In 1900 he became principal tenor of the Hamburg Stattstheater, remaining there until 1913. During this period he also was a guest at the Vienna and Berlin Hofopers, Covent Garden and Amsterdam. In the United States Pennarini toured in 1903 with the Savage Opera as Parsifal, the unauthorized American premiere of the opera. He was noted for his Wagnerian roles, but he also sang in a number of Italian and French operas (albeit in German), including the German premieres of Cilèa’s Adriana Lecouvreur and Massenet’s Jongleur de Notre Dame.

9314. 11” Brown Odeon 50119/50193 [Bx-1497-2/Bx1790]. PAGLIACCI: Jetzt spielen (Leoncavallo) / LA JUIVE: Recha als Gott (Halévy). Side one few LGTs, 2-3. Side two small scrabble (about ½”), lt. rubs, 2-3. $20.00.

LUCY PERELLI [ms] 1911. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4806 [2G826-I/CG851-II]. MARIE MADELEINE: C’est

ici meme à cette place (Massenet) / LE NIL (Leroux, orch. H. Busser). Side two with LUCIEN SCHWARTZ [vln]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARGHERITA PERRAS [s] 1722. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 4438 [2RA866-2/2RA869-1]. MARTHA: Letzte Rose (Flo-

tow) / MIGNON: Titani is Herabgestiegen (Thomas). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

1947. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 10089 [OZA1345/OZA1346-1]. DAS BESCHEIDENE WÜNSCHLEIN / DIE DREI ZIGEUNER (both Othmar Schoeck). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1784. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 10090 [OZA1343-1/OZA1344]. IN DER FREMDE; SOMMERABEND /NACHTLIED (all Othmar Schoeck). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3428. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 10093 [OZA1375-2/OZA1380-2]. CANTATA No. 21: Tränen, Kummer / CANTATA No. 68: Mein gläubiges Herze (J. S. Bach). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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AURELIANO PERTILE [t] 2814. 10” Pathé Actuelle 11491 [N.84810/

N.84812]. NERONE: Questa ad un lido fatal / NERONE: Scendi sul sognier (Boïto). Scarce. Creator recording. Superficial rubs, gen. 2-3. $15.00.

3025. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 1908-M [70602/70603]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta / FEDORA: Vedi io piango (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3687. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 1909-M [70588/70589]. CAVALLERIA RUSTI-CANA: Siciliana / CAVALLERIA RUSTI-CANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3637. 10” Blue elec. Odeon M6023 [Pho5773/ Pho5774]. LOHENGRIN: S’ei torna alfin / LOHENGRIN: Cigno fedel (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3679. 10” Blue elec. Columbia GQ 7177 [WB4903/WB4904]. FEDORA: Vedi, io piango / FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Excellent late pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

3706. 10” Blue elec. Columbia GQ 7180 [WB4908/WB4912]. IRIS: Serenata / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (both Mascagni). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3035. 10” Red late VdP DA 1105 [BM1365-I/ BM1449-II]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / MANON LESCAUT: Tra voi, belle brune (Puccini). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3036. 10” Red late VdP DA 1185 [BF3707-II/BM1448-I]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La dolcissima effige (Cilèa) / ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel dì (Puccini). Excellent pressing. Small scrabble side two causes few very lt. ticks, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

3040. 10” Red late VdP DA 1185 [BF3707-II/BM1448-I]. Same as preceding listing (item #3036). Lbl. stkrs., otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

2959. 10” Red late VdP DA 1185 [BM1448-I/BF3707-II]. Same as preceding listings (items #3040 and #3036). Few lightest mks.. side two, cons. 2. $8.00.

3034. 10” Blk. U.S. Decca 70024 [IO-5776/IO-3792]. LA CAMPANA DI SAN GIUSTO (Aro-na) / GIOVANNI MALIPIERO [t]. LA LEGGENDA DEL PIAVE (Mario). Side one harmless lt. discoloration area and few MGTs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $8.00.

2959. 10” Red late VdP DA 1185 [BM1448-I/BF3707-II]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Come un bel dì di Maggio / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La dolcissimja effige (Cilèa). Few lightest mks.. side two, cons. 2. $8.00.

2128. 12” Blue German Fonotipia O-8905 [XXPh5972/XXPh5973]. MADAMA BUTTER-FLY: Addio fiorito asil (Puccini). With GIULIO FREGOSI [b] / WANDA BARDONE [s], G. FREGOSI [b]. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

2302. 12” Green elec. Odeon F5532 [XXPho5772/XXPho5775]. LOHENGRIN: Raccanto (Wagner) / BOHÊME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). Side two with ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1843. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5541 [XXPh5491-I/XXPh5492-I]. NERONE: Sortita di Nerone / NERONE: Ecco la Dea si china (Boïto). Creator performances. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2308. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5543 [XXPh5560-2/XXPh5561]. CAVALLERIA RUSTI-CANA: Siciliana / IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (both Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AURELIANO PERTILE

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2303. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5545 [XXPh5672-2/XXPh5673]. TROVATORE: Di quella pira / TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2305. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5546 [XXPh5562-3/XXPh5563-3]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2445. 12” Red acous. Fonotipia F5547 [XXPh5558-3/XXPh5559-3]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Two sides. Small (should be harmless) PB, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

2306. 12” Red late VdP DB 1208 [CF2458-II/CF2459-II]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu che in seno (Verdi) / GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2237. 12” Red late VdP DB 1219 [CF2534-II/CF2535-II]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano Alvaro (Verdi). Two sides. With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Excellent pressing, few tiny mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

2301. 12” Red late VdP DB 1281 [CM834-I/CM835-I]. MANON LESCAUT: Tu! Tu! Amore tu! (Puccini). Two sides. With MARGARET SHERIDAN [s]. One of those “desert island” discs. Great surface material. A beautiful listening copy. One lbl. stkr. and some superficial rubs and scuffs. Side one 2-3, side two 2. Will play as new. $6.00.

2444. 12” Red late VdP DB 1289 [CM844-III/CM845-I/. ANDREA CHENIER: Vicino a te s’aquieta (Giordano). Two sides. With MARGARET SHERIDAN [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2304. 12” Red late VdP DB 1480 [CF3677-I/CF3695-II]. WILLIAM TELL: Ah! Matilde, io t’amo (Rossini). With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b] / FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Excellent late pressing. Slightest lbl. stain trademark area side two. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2309. 12” Red late VdP DB 1481 [CF3543-II/CF3548-V]. LUCIA: Sulla tomba / LUCIA: Verranno a te (Donizetti). With ANNA ROZSA [s]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

ELISA PETRI [s] 1553. 11” Green Fonotipia 39821/39823 [XPh2142/XPh2141]. OCCHI TURCHINI (Denza)/

SOGNO (Tosti). Some LGTs, otherwise gen. 2-3. $15.00.

NINO PICCALUGA [t]. Casorate, 1890-Milano, 1973. Having made his debut in Novara as des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Piccaluga, for the next two decades, appeared as a leading tenor throughout Italy, as well as in South America. Particularly admired by composer Riccardo Zandonai, Piccaluga was heard with Rosa Raisa in the La Scala premiere of that composer’s Una Partita in 1933. In his later years, Piccaluga resided at the Verdi Casa di riposa in Milano.

3177. 10” Blue acous. Odeon B3741 [Pho5284-2/Pho5297]. OTELLO: Addio sante memorie / OTELLO: Esultate! (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3164. 10” Blue elec. Odeon M6048 [Pho6209/Pho6096]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi) / ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1516. 12” Blk. elec. Homocord H-9100 [H-2-58076/H-2-58074]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love Duet (Puccini). With CESARA VALOBRA [s]. Few LGTs, some harmless rubs, 3. $75.00.

2733. 12” Green elec. Odeon N.6598 [XXPh6208/XXPh6212]. OTELLO: Morte d’Otello (Verdi) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

ALFRED PICCAVER [t]. Long Sutton, Lancs. England, 1884-Vienna, 1958. While British by birth, Piccaver was raised in Albany, NY, and in his later teenage years was employed at Edison’s laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ. He was one of eight accepted among the six hundred contestants for the newly established Metropolitan Opera school in 1905, where he remained under the tutelage of Mme. Jaeger for two years. Taken abroad in 1907 with nine other members of the Metropolitan Opera school, he was the only one to have secured an important engagement, as he was almost immediately hired by the Prague Opera as Gounod’s Romeo. From 1910 through 1937 he was a distinguished member of the Vienna Opera. Supposedly his colleague on the Vienna stage, Maria Jeritza, “had not given Piccaver her wholehearted recommendation …[on personal matters rather than artistic] … when her advice was sought by the Metropolitan officials” (according to a newspaper clipping), Jeritza then being a superstar of both Vienna and the Metropolitan. As a result, Piccaver did not sing in New York and he and Madame, although often sharing the Vienna stage, were on less than cordial terms from then on. Piccaver resided in England during World War II and eventually returned to Vienna, where he taught. His only American operatic appearances were with the Chicago Opera during the seasons of 1923-25.

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3513. 10” acous. Brown Shellac Vocalion 21008 [2584ar/2585½ar]. TORNA A SURRIENTO (De Curtis) / MARIA, MARI (Di Capua). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3516. 10” elec. Blue Polydor 90151 [783BT/ 1505bk]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano) / MANON: Le rêve (Masse-net). In German. Some minor super-ficial rubs, 2. $10.00.

3127. 10” Eng. Decca M.450 [GS5882/ GS5893]. OUT OF THE TWILIGHT (Harding) / DREAMS (Gideon). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $8.00.

1584. 11” Odeon X99937 [XB6158]. CAVALLE-RIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). 2. $10.00.

2494. 12” Odeon Lxx 76963 [XXB6167]. AFRI-CAINE: Pays merveilleux (Meyerbeer). In French. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2422. 12” Odeon Lxx 76989 [XXB6521]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Ha, wie in meinen Seele (Offenbach). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1376. 12” brown shellac acous. Vocalion 70035 [1375as/1377as]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / BO-HÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Side one few lt. mks., cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

2007. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72876 [1368as/ 1385as]. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet) / FAUST: Salut demeure (Gounod). In French. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2408. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72878 [1370as/1410as]. IL TROVATORE: Ah! si ben mio / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Forse in soglia attinse … O tu che seno (both Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2240. 12” PW Blk. elec. Polydor 66769 [1035½bm/1042bm]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). In Italian. Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

CAROLINA PIETRACEWSKA [c] 1350. 12” Red Victor 76005 [1479¾c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Re dell’abisso (Verdi). Early

“B” plate (did it go much higher?). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [b] 2594. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55006 [1354c/1355½c]. FRA DIAVOLO: Io son, Signori, un

infelice (Auber). Two sides. With ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AMELIA PINTO [s] 1614. 10” Red Flush Milano G&T 53240 [1781-BS]. GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli).

Bright label, one very tiny blk. spot. Plays cleanly with a narrow (1.5 mil) stylus. Slight “swish” through first couple of phrases could be inherent. Two pressing bumps could cause light sound, otherwise 3. $100.00.

9440. 11” SS Pink Sample lbl. Fonotipia 92400 [XPh3533]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Label torn. Surface cons. 2. $90.00.

EZIO PINZA [bs] 1605. 10” White Orth. vinyl Victrola mat. BVE-41299-1. MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis und Osiris

(Mozart). In German. Unpublished. Rec. 5 Jan. 1928. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 3394. 10” White vinyl RCA Victor Special Purpose 10-3256. YESTERDAYS (Kern) / SEP-

TEMBER SONG (Kurt Weill). Radio station pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ALFRED PICCAVER

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3963. 10” Blk. RCA Victor 20-4313. MY CONCERTO (Tepper) / PAINT YOUR WAGON: I Still See Elisa (Lerner-Loewe). Scarce very late 78 issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1695. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1087 [CVE-37823-4/CVE-37825-2]. VESPRI SICILIANI: O tu Palermo / DON CARLOS: Dormirò sol (both Verdi). Excellent pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

1942. 12” Red RCA Victor 18015. NOZZE DI FIGARO: Non più andrai / ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]. NOZZE DI FIGARO: Dove sono (Mozart). Excellent pressing. From set M-783. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1938. 12” Blue PoW 72826-D [xco35590-1/xco35591-1]. NORMA: Ite sul colle / NORMA: Dell’ aura tua profetica (Bellini). With Met. Orch. and Chorus dir. Fausto Cleva. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

POL PLANÇON [bs] 3583. 10” Red London G&T 2-2666 [II]. PHILÈ-

MON ET BAUCIS: Couplets de Vulcain (Gounod). Nice copy. Lightest (raised) lbl. fade, couple LGTs, gen. 2-3. $60.00.

4228. 10” Red G&T AU PAYS BLEU (Chami-nade). Extremely rare. Some edginess but no blasting. Internal hair crk. on blank side not through. Lt. lbl. rubbing. Cons. 4. $275.00.

1615. 10” Red Monarch 91016 [ ? ]. FAUST: Sérénade (Gounod). Bright label. Some lt. greying. Visually just about 3 except for the LGTs (i.e. sounding). $20.00.

3973. 10” White lbl. Victrola 81039 [B-1052]. EMBARQUEZ-VOUS (Godard). Rare. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

3700. 10” Red vinyl Victor 81087 [B-4345]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Un puce gentile (Berlioz). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3006. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 45 [B-3024/ B-4346]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Devant la maison (Berlioz) / MARTHA: Chi mi dirà (Flotow). From orig. 1906/1907 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1728. 12” Red Victor 85020 [C-3267-2]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). Excellent surface. Later pressings are S/8 dubs. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

7228. 12” White lbl. Victrola 85018 [C-871]. SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $20.00.

2722. 12” Red Victor 85099 [C-3029]. NOËL [O HOLY NIGHT] (Adams). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1022. 12” Red Victrola 85099 [C-3029]. Same as previous listing [item #2722]. Excellent bright pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2487. 12” White lbl. Victrola 85100 [C-3023]. FAUST: Sérénade Mephistophèles (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1675. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 85117. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Voici des roses (Berlioz). Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2447. 12” White lbl. Victrola 85124. ÉTOILE DU NORD: O Jours heureux (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1335. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 81. STABAT MATER: Pro Peccatis (Rossini) / ÉTOILE DU NORD: O Jours heureux (Meyerbeer). From orig. 1907/1908 Victor matrices. Side one never commercially issued by Victor. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2697. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 94;. LE LAZZARONE (Ferrari); LE FLIBUSTIER (Georges)/ MIGNON: Del suo cor (Thomas). From orig. 1905 (piano acc.)/1908 Victor matrices. Couple minor mks. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $25.00.

2696. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 74. STABAT MATER: Pro Peccatis (Rossini) / MIGNON: Ninna-nanna (Thomas). From orig. 1907/1908 Victor matrices. Side one never commercially issued by Victor. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

POL PLANÇON

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JEAN PLANEL [t] 3028. 10” PW elec. Pathé X.93137 [E204041/E204042]. D’UNE PRISON / OFFRANDE

(both Hahn). Piano acc. G. Andolfi. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AFRO POLI [b] 2264. 12” Red Cetra PE.199 [F055/F056]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Ecco il monologo

(Cilèa) / FALSTAFF: E sogno or realtà? (Verdi). Scarce late issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

TINA [ERNESTINA] POLI-RANDACCIO [s] 1072. 12” Red late VdP DB 729 [Ck1255-I/Ck1254-I]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo

sapete (Mascagni) / NORMA: Deh! non volerli vittima (Bellini). Side two with ROMÉO BOSCACCI [t], EZIO PINZA [bs]. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2682. 12” PW (laminated) Parlophone-Odeon R20110 [XXPh6408/XXPh6409]. IL TROVA-TORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime / TROVATORE: Vivrà contente il giubilo (Verdi). With GIOVANNI INGHILLERI [b]. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

SALVATORE POLLICINO [t] 2815. 10” Red acous. Fonotipia 152594/152595 [XPho5446-2/XPho5449-2]. NERONE:

Questo ad un lido fatal / NERONE: Decurione (Boïto). Side two with INES LOMBARDI [s]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2626. 12” Red acous. Fonotipia 74248/74247 [XXPh5448/XXPh5447-2]. NERONE: Ecco la Dea si china / INES LOMBARDI [s]. NERONE: E il mio Nume e l’adoro (Boïto). 2. $20.00.

LILY PONS [s] 1260. 12” Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7369 [takes 3/1]. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Donizetti). Two

sides. Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $5.00.

CARMELA PONSELLE [ms] 3140. 10” TC Columbia A3999 [81122-2/81124-3]. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini) /

L’HEURE EXQUISE (Hahn). Excellent lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ROSA PONSELLE [s]

3098. 10” TC Columbia 80392 [take 3]. WHERE MY CARAVAN HAS RESTED (Löhr). With CARMELA PONSELLE [ms]. Excellent surface material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2373. 12” White acous. vinyl Columbia Historic AF 1 (98093/98096-3]. LOHENGRIN Elsas Traum (Wagner) / LA JUIVE: Il va venir (Halévy). First and only editions from orig. 1923 Columbia matrices. Tiny PB. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2554. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9010-M [49734-1/49922-2]. AIDA: O terra addio. With CHARLES HACKETT [t] / TROVATORE: Mira, di acerbe lagrime (both Verdi). With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. Excellent pressing. Small scr. could lightly sound near end of side one about ¼” or less, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

A reclining, contemplative ROSA PONSELLE, circa. 1919, with her portrait in hand

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1707. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9010-M [49734-1/49922-2]. Same as previous listing (item #2554). Dealer sticker over trademark area side one. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

1271. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6453. SERENADE / GOOD-BYE (both Tosti). Side one with Francis Lapitino [harp]. Soon replaced by electric version (below). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

1267. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6711. SERENADE / GOOD-BYE (both Tosti). Side one with Francis Lapitino [harp]. Short catalogue life. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1270. 12” Late Red acous. VdeP DB 854 [C-29061-2/31709-2]. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi)/ GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1518. 12” Private Acetate May 26, 1951 (recorded by and during a party at the home of Lloyd Garrison). L’AMICO FRITZ: Son pochi fiori (Mascagni) / TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ali rosee (Verdi). Side two an imitation by Ponselle of Claudia Muzio! She stops before the phrase leading to the top notes because, as she says, “You have to be in awfully good voice …”. Other requests are shouted out and then she sings something else in the style of Muzio that I don’t recognize. This fascinating curio (the only copy as far as I know) was sold here a few years ago and now returns for a home with another lucky collector. Gen. 2. $100.00.

GIACINTO PRANDELLI [t] 2986. 10” Green Cetra TI 7049 [52913-II/52914].

MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini) / RISURREZIONE: Piangi, piangi (Alfano). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

YVONNE PRINTEMPS [s] 3826. 10” Red Australian DA 1539 [OEA3935-II/OEA3936-II]. GOODBYE, LITTLE

DREAM, GOOD BYE (Cole Porter) / WHEN A WOMAN SMILES (Ellis). Both from O Mistress Mine. With PIERRE FRESNAY [b]. Excellent laminated pressing. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3696. 10” Red PoW Disque Gram. DA 4927 [OLA-3409-3/OLA-3410-4]. LE CHEMIN DE L’AMOUR (Francis Poulenc) / JE CHANTE LA NUIT (Maurice Yvain). Orch. dir. Maurice Cariven. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SALVATORE PUMA [t]. Racalmuto, Sicily, 1920-Rome, 2007. Puma made his debut in Pesaro, 1949, as Rhadames. He was active in dramatic and some lyric roles throughout Italy as well as in Japan, South America, Paris and Belgium. His few early Cetra 78s are much prized among collectors.

1465. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0390 [11089/ 11090]. PAGLIACCI: Recitar … Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / DEJANICE: Mio bianco fior (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $75.00.

1513. 10” Red Cetra PE 204 [F095/F097]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $75.00.

Two svelte divas: LILY PONS (l.) and YVONNE PRINTEMPS

SALVATORE PUMA as Andrea Chenier

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FLORENCE [FIORENZA] QUARTARARO [s]. San Francisco, 1922 – 1994. A student of Pietro Cimini and Elizabeth Weil, Quartararo made her debut in Hollywood Bowl, 1945, replacing an indisposed Helen Traubel. The same year she appeared on Bing Crosby’s radio show as Florence Alba. Edward Johnson, the Met General Manager, convinced her to return to her own name, Quartararo, when she was hired the next season for the Met. Her debut there was at a student performance as Micaela in Carmen (her first staged opera performance, without a dress rehearsal) which was, by good fortune, attended by a NY Times reviewer who wrote a glowing and substantial piece on her. As a result, she was given more leading roles for adult audiences that first season, often on the occasion at the indisposition of other artists. So successful was she that she received major casting from that point on. Her repertoire included Donna Elvira, Desdemona, Pamina, and Nedda. Toscanini wanted to use her for his broadcast of Otello in 1950, but the Met wouldn’t excuse her from her responsibilites there to meet Toscanini’s demanding series of rehearsals. In the mid-1950s she filed for bankruptcy, at which point her New York work seems to have ended. She did appear in concerts sponsored by the Community Concerts Association (before and possibly after this date) and in 1953 she made her European debut at the Arena Flegrea in Naples as Margherita in Mefistofele. In 1956 she wed bass Italo Tajo, became a mother, and retired, according to some sources as Tajo felt one singer in a family was enough. More likely, the end of her U.S. career might have been connected with her 1950 bankrupcy. She was crowned a second Rosa Ponselle by more than one reviewer.

1969. 12” Red RCA Victor 12-0530. TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1951. 12” Blk. Vinyl Red RCA Victor Special Purpose 12-0531. TOSCA: Act I Duet (Puccini). Two sides. With RAMÒN VINAY [t]. Vinyl radio station pressing. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1924. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 12-1000. ATALANTA: Care selve (Händel) / ANDREA CHENIER: La mamma morta (Giordano). Excellent late beveled-rim pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ROBERT RADFORD [bs] 2317. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D.256 [2317f/3407f]. ACIS AND GALATEA: O, ruddier than

the cherry / JUDAS MACCABAEUS: Arm, arm, ye brave (both Händel). Few lt. mks., 2. $12.00.

ROSA RAISA [s] 4231. 10” Brown shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30108 [5811]. DON GIOVANNI: La ci darem

(Mozart). With GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. One of two issued takes (the other was 5810). Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1667. 12” Gold Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 54027 [1855]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchi-elli). Excellent copy of this rarity. Couple MGTs, cons. 2. $40.00.

1975. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 52023 [7104]. AIDA: La fatal pietra (Verdi). With GIULIO CRIMI [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1074. 12” Blk. shellac Blue lbl. Aeolian-Vocalion 55001 [5508]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). One small NR on lbl. Surface just about 1-2. $15.00.

1171. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 55010 [11189 ]. TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). With ARMAND TOKATYAN [t]. Orch. dir. Gennaro Papi. Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

1798. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70018 [7092/7163]. OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi). Side two one of two issued take. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2548. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70036 [11157/11190]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto) / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). 2. $15.00.

3451. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 90004. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Turiddu, mi tolse l’onore (Mascagni) / TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). Both with GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Side one inherent bump near end, lt. rubs, 2-3. Side two gen. 2. $12.00.

FLORENCE QUARTARARO

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PETÁR RAITSCHEFF [t]. Varna, Bulgaria, 1887-Sofia, 1960. His teachers included Umberto Mazetti in St. Petersburg and Fernando de Lucia in Naples. 1920 marked his debut in St. Petersburg as Lenski. He then moved to Europe and had, in particular, great success in Germany and Austria, including at the Vienna Staatsoper and in Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Hamburg. From World War II on he spent most of his time in Bulgaria basically retired as a singer, but he returned to the stage once at the age of 69 to replace an ailing colleague as Canio.

2609. 12” Red acous. Vox *03563 [2098A/2562A]. SNOW MAIDEN: Allmächtig ist Natur (Rimsky-Korsakov) / RUSALKA: Seenixe (Dargomyschsky). In Russian. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

CARLOS RAMIREZ [b] 2504. 12” late Purple RCA Victor 38-5000. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al Factotum

(Rossini) / GRANADA (Augustin Lara). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LINA BRUNA RASA [s]. Padua, 1907-Milan, 1984. Rasa began vocal studies at the age of 14 and made her debut in a Teatro la Fenice concert in 1925, creating a sensation singing “Suicidio!” from La Gioconda. Later that year she made her operatic debut at the Genoa Teatro Politeama as Elena in Boïto’s Mefistofele. She sang the same role for her La Scala debut under Toscanini in 1927, appearing in a number of operas there the following seasons. Her most celebrated part was Santuzza, which she first sang in 1927 and then in 1928 under the composer Mascagni’s direction. He immediately championed her and often directed performances of the opera with her, including a complete recording in 1940. In 1931, at the age of 24, she began showing signs of mental problems, further increased in 1935 with the death of her mother. While she continued sporadic stage appearances through 1942, her increasing mental difficulties spelled an end to her career although her voice was at its zenith. She spent the remaining forty-plus years of her life institutionalized. Gino Bechi, the Alfio in her 1940 Cavalleria recording, “recalled that during the recording sessions she would insistently ask him if he had noticed the white horses in the wings she believed were waiting to take her away, but she would become completely lucid when the music began.” – Wikopedia and Opera Gems Internet sources. 1944. 12” Blk. PW Viva-Tonal Columbia 52813-D [WBX286/WBX288]. AIDA: Rivedrai le

foreste / Su dunque (Verdi). With CARLO GALEFFI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AULIIKI RAUTAWAARA [s] 3682. 10” Blue PW Telefunken A1900 [20810/20811]. DER ERSTE KUß / MÄDCHEN

KAM VOM STELLDICHEIN (both Sibelius). Orch. dir. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. Label side one autographed by Rautawaara. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

SYDNEY RAYNER [t] 2982. 10” Green elec. Sonabel 12136 [50752/

50753B]. MARTHA: Air des Larmes (Flo- tow) / SI VOUS L’AVIEZ COMPRIS (Denza). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2983. 10” Green elec. Sonabel 12137 [50754/ 50755]. RIGOLETTO: Qu’une belle / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Sicilienne (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2823. 10” Green elec. Sonabel 12173 [50939/ 50940]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (both Puccini). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3530. 10” SS Orange Eng. Decca test mat. GB4648-1D. I LOVE LIFE (Manna-Zucca). Piano acc. Issued as one side of M423. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1228. 12” Blk. Decca 29001 [CA4722-2/CA4723-1]. WERTHER: Désolation de Werther / MANON: Ah! fuyez douce image (both Massenet). Good pressing. One rub, cons. 2. $12.00.

2739. 12” Blk. PW Eng. Decca K.677 [GA4724/ GA4725]. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi soleil! (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2685. 12” Orange Eng. Decca T.205 [GA5379/GA5383]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Cons. 2. $15.00.

SYDNEY RAYNOR

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VIRGINIA REA [s]. Louisville, KY, 1897 or 1898 -New York, 1941. Her family name was Murphy, but she adopted her mother’s family name, Rea, for professional purposes. She studied with Serge Klibansky in New York and then in Paris with Blanche Marchesi. In 1919 she was engaged by the Edison Company for a series of records. The following year she became a star soprano in Brunswick’s first record catalogue, remaining with them through 1926, at the same time being one of the early radio stars on NBC. Despite her coloratura skills, she seems not to have appeared in opera. In 1927 she made one Red Seal Victor record and participated in several of that company’s ensemble recordings. The same year she became radio’s “Olive Palmer” on the Palmolive Hour and recorded as Palmer one electrical disc for Edison in 1929. Little was heard of Virginia Rea during that period. In 1932 she reinvented herself as “Virginia LeRae” and gave a concert in Chicago. Subsequent LeRae advertising mentioned her phenomenal range (with a top of C or B flat above high C), but Miss LeRae soon vanished, replaced again by Virginia Rea who was heard frequently on the radio as a guest on popular radio shows of the period. In 1938 she made another attempt at a classical recital in New York (her last had been in 1923) and, while successful, it didn’t lead to many concert book- ings. Also, the evolution of popular music styles and the introduction of new artists left few radio appearances available to her. Her death in 1941 was attributed to suicide.

1121. 12” Blk. acous. Brunswick 20034 [X4506/X11372]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ANTENORE REALI [b] 2777. 12” Green Cetra 25130 [2-70930/2-70968]. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara (Leonca-

vallo) / L’ARLESIANA: Racconto di Baldassare (Cilèa). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CARLO RENARD [t]. Also known as CARLO DELLA VOLPE. A very capable tenor who recorded several sides for Victor in 1926. He also appeared in a 1931 U.S. film (in Neopolitan with some English) entitled Santa Lucia Luntana or Memories of Naples, playing a “wholesome immigrant fellow” named Mario.

9374. 10” Victor oversided test pressing matrix B[VE]-34996-5. ADDIO SANTA LUCIA (Frustaci). Issued as one side of Blk. Victor 78724. Scuffed, 4, but plays without problems. $8.00.

HEINRICH REHKEMPER [b]. Schwerte, 1894- Munich, 1949. After working for a period as a machinist, Rehkemper studied singing in Hagen, Düsseldorf and finally Munich. His debut was in Colberg, 1919, and then he sang as a leading baritone at Stuttgart. From 1925 he was with the Munich Staatsoper where he achieved great popularity and musical success. He was equally at home on the concert stage and was considered as one of the great lieder interpreters of his era. During World War II, in addition to singing, Rehkemper taught at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

2942. 10” PW Blue Polydor 90021 [1495bk/1496bk]. EIFERSUCHT UND STOLZ / DIE BÖSE FARBE [both from Die schöne Müllerin[ (Schubert). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1792. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66004 [1731½as/1732as]. PROMETHEUS (Wolf). Two sides. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

VIRGINIA REA

HEINRICH REHKEMPER as Der Spielmann in Humperdinck's

Königskinder

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MAURICE RENAUD [b]. Bordeau, likely 1861-Paris, 1933. Born Maurice Arnold Croneau, Renaud studied in Paris and Brussels, making his debut at La Monnaie in Brussels, 1883, remaining to 1890. He was in the world premieres there of Reyer’s Sigurd and the same composer’s Salaambô. 1890 marked his Opéra-Comique debut. From then on he was heard at various points throughout the world, including New Orleans, the Metropolitan and Man- hattan Operas, Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra, St. Petersburg, Berlin and Monte- Carlo. He was wounded in the 1st World War and he then retired from opera and from singing entirely in 1919, appearing in a silent film the following year. He was noted for the beautiful timbre of his voice as well as his acting skills. Mary Garden described him as “one of the greatest artists in the world”.

3630. 10” Blk. Flush Paris G&T 32079 [714g]. GUILLAUME TELL: Prière (Rossini). Superb copy, lightest superficial scr., cons. 2. $75.00.

3544. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 32084 (II) [716]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir (Masse-net). 1901 recording. One press. bump and some inherent (in this pressing) surface depressions, the latter all likely silent. Label somewhat faded. Otherwise gen. 2. $25.00.

3457. 12” Red PW Hist. HMV D857 [871i/872i]. FAVORITE: Léonore viens (Donizetti) / HAMLET: Comme une pale fleur (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1105. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 38 [5779p/5802p]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse do mon avenir / HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SOLANGE RENAUX [s] 3398. 10” Red elec. Pathé PD 11 [CPT1906-1/CPT1907-1]. LALLA-ROUKH: Si vous ne

savez plus charmer / JEAN PLANEL [t]. LALLA-ROUKH: Ma maitreesse a quitté la tente (David). Side one few MGTs, otherwise both sides just about 1-2. $12.00.

ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]. 3717. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15069 [ ? / ? ]. PEER GYNT: Solvejg’s Song (Grieg) /

SERENADE (Schubert). Side two with Frederic Fradkin [vln]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2582. 12” Purple SS Odeon JXX 81065 [XXB6646]. BARTERED BRIDE: Nun in Lust und Leide (Smetana). With RICHARD TAUBER [t]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2006. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8054 (Rxx80712/Rxx80713) [XXB6643/XXB6644]. CARMEN: Duett zwischen Micaëla und José (Bizet). Two sides. With RICHARD TAUBER [t]. Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $20.00.

2061. 12” Gold Brunswick (Polydor pressing) A73028. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (both Puccini). Excellent pressing, few light mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

1758. 12” Blue Fr. Polydor 596012 [same as previous issue, item #2061). Another excellent pressing, this marked incorrectly as “Electro-Polyfar”. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

2224. 12” Purple elec. Brunswick 30119. RENDI IL SERENO AL CIGLIO / XERXES: Largo (both Händel). Lt., harmless rubs, 2-3. $10.00.

2202. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50118. SNOWY-BREASTED PEARL (De Vere) / WOULD GOD I WERE THE TENDER APPLE BLOSSOM [COUNTY DERRY AIR] (Fisher). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

MAURICE RENAUD as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca

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1223. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Victrola 6831 [CWR1329-II/CWR1330-II]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich teure Halle / LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum (Wagner). Berlin State Op. Orch. dir. Fritz Zweig. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2599. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 8207. AIDA: Ciel! Mio Padre! / AIDA: Su dunque (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

AURORA RETTORE [s]. 1903 or 1901? - ? . She seems to have made her debut at the Sociale Breo in Mondavi singing Lucia. Her career included the Teatro Costanzi in Rome and the Teatro Dal Verme in Milano and a number of smaller Italian houses. In 1924 she toured Australia with Melba, singing Musetta, a role she repeated at Covent Garden in 1926 at Melba’s Farewell. Her career seems to have concluded at the Teatro Sociale in Como in 1937, singing roles in l’Arlesiana (Cilèa), Ballo in Maschera and William Tell.

3841. 10” PW Maroon elec. Eng. Col. CQ 61 [WB3150/WB3155]. PIPELÈ: Ma ricordo quand’ero fanciulla (De Ferrari) / IRMA MION [s]. TUTTI IN MASCHERA: Son Teresa la fiorera (Pedrotti). Scarce. Only recordings? Just about 1-2. $20.00.

CHARLES RICHARD [t]. 1901-1973. Born of American parents in Paris, Richard began his vocal career in operetta. From the 1940s through the 1950s he was a principal lyric tenor with various opera companies, including la Monnaie in Brussels, Monte-Carlo, Lyons and the Paris Opéra-Comique.

3485. 12” Red PoW Disque Gram. DB 11119 [2LA4283-1/2LA4284-1]. MIGNON: Adieu Mignon / MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas). Lamoureux Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ABBY RICHARDSON [ms]. Newark, NJ, June 18, 1885 - ? . Born Abbie Richardson Goble, she and her family likely moved to Boston some point before she left to study in Paris with Rose Caron. At the time the press listed her as Martha Abby Richardson. One source indicates that her stage debut was in Nantes, 1910. Another gives 1911, stating that she made her debut at the Paris Gaité Lyrique as Urbain in Les Huguenots. She also appeared in Nice and married Pierre Chéreau, the stage director there at the time. They were still married at the time of his death in 1948 in Paris. In 1915 Richardson made her debut with the Opéra-Comique. She was first heard at the Paris Opéra in 1922 as Dame Quickly in Falstaff, replacing an indisposed Ketty Lapeyrette, reappearing there in 1931 as Maddelena in Rigoletto. It was the Opéra-Comique, however, that can be considered her artistic home. There she sang Carmen, Margared in Le Roi d’Ys, Charlotte in Werther and the Mother in Louise. In addition she was a noted concert singer and later taught in Paris. - Most information kindly provided by Luc Bourrousse.

2401. 12” Red PW Fr. Columbia RFX 2 [WLX1176/WLX1177]. LA PRINCESSE ENDOR-MIE (Borodin) / SADKO: Chanson Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Lbl. stkr. side one, minor lbl. stain side two. Surface lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.

DELIA RIGAL [s] 2656. 12” Red Argentine Odeon 66017 [C18577/C18578]. PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leonca-

vallo) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Few tiny pinpoint bumps, gen. 2-3. $15.00.

ANTONIO RIGHETTI [bs]. Vicenza, 1892 – Milano, 1951. His debut was likely at the Teatro Eretenio, Vicenza, in 1919 as Sparafucile in Rigoletto. He went on to sing a wide variety of roles, including Cornelius (Isabeau), Hunding (Die Walküre), Sparafucile, King Henry (Lohengrin), Alvise (Gioconda) and Boïto’s Mefistofile, among dozens of others. There must have been very few houses in Italy he missed during his career, which ended in 1945 at the Teatro Goldoni, Livorno, as Ferrando in Il Trovatore.

1935. 12” Green elec. Odeon F5590 [XXPho6508-2/XXPho6509-2]. NORMA: Dall’aura tua profetica / NORMA: Ite sui colle (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Verona, 1888-Chicago, 1952. Rimini made his debut in Verona in 1910 after having prepared in that city’s Conservatory. He met and sang with Rosa Raisa in Verdi’s La Battaglia di Le- gnano at the Teatro Colón in 1915. He joined Raisa with the Chicago Opera in 1916 and they married in 1920. Raisa appears to have insisted Rimini be booked wherever she sang. Likely most companies were glad to oblige as his presence would strengthen their baritone wing. Later in his career he moved from serious to buffo parts and made a complete recording in the 1930s of Verdi’s Falstaff. Raisa was to have joined him in this recording but ill health at the time prevented her at the last moment from doing so. According to a friend who had been a protégé of Raisa, Rimini was very much a male chauvinist. At one time, to close a discussion in which Raisa and Rimini were disagreeing. she recalled Rimini turning to Raisa and telling her she should shut her mouth and open it only for singing. Raisa, on the other hand, was pleasantly passive and found such comments amusing.

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3599. 10” Blk. shellac Vocalion 60012. JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Serenata Rafaele (Wolf-Ferrari) / EL RELICARIO (Padilla). One LSS (absolutely no harm), few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

2414. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70024 [8641/7117 ]. PAGLIACCI: Prologue (Leonca-vallo) / TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2227. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70033 [7119/7161?]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi) / AFRICAINE: Adamastor, re dell’ onde profonde (Meyerbeer). Very tiny lbl. stain, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

GABRIELLE RITTER-CIAMPI [s] 1394. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66840 [1486BM/1487BM]. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpen-

tier) / BOHÊME: On m’appelle Mimì (Puccini). Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.

PAUL ROBESON [bs] 3078. 10” Blk. PW (gold print) Victor 22889.

ROCKIN’ CHAIR (Hoagy Carmichael) / RIVER, STAY ‘WAY FROM MY DOOR (Woods). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1922. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 71367-D [xco32370-1/xco32371-1A]. CRADLE SONG (Gretchaninov) / WITHIN FOUR WALLS (Moussorgsky). Piano acc. Law-rence Brown. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

WILLIAM ROBYN [t] 3295. 10” acous. Cameo 611 [1014/1016]. AVE

MARIA (Bach-Gounod). With EUGENE ORMANDY [violin], CARL SCHUERTZE [harp] / ORMANDY [vln], SCHUERZE [harp]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Same piece, but in different key and without singer. 3-4 but no greying. Should play without problems except for one scr. side one which will sound two or three revolutions. $10.00.

ANTONIO ROCCA [t]. Rocca made his debut at the Paris Gaité-Lyrique in 1908 as Gérald in Lakmé, singing there Turiddu as well. He also appeared at the Paris Opéra-Comique and with the Chicago Opera. 3086. 10” Red acous. Arto 3095. GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) / TOSCA: E lucevan

le stelle (Puccini). Side one 2-3. Side two lbl. tears, 3-4. $10.00.

JOSEPH ROGATCHEWSKY [t] 3996. 10” Blue PoW Columbia LF 95 [WLB275-3/

WLB276-2]. SERENADE (Gounod) / SERE-NADE (Schubert). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3500. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Coloumbia 50146-D [WLX89/WLX90]. PEARL FISHERS: Je crois entendre encore (Bizet) / LE ROI D’YS: Aubade (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

RAOUL ROMITO [t]. Leghorn, Italy, 1883- ? . Having been supposedly discovered in Italy by Boston Opera Impresario Henry Russell while singing as a fisherman, Romito appeared with the Boston Opera in 1912 as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. Announcements stated that he had “a wonderful voice which promises to vie with that of Caruso”. Most of his subsequent career, however, was as a singer of popular music in vaudeville and other similar stage venues. He recorded extensively for Brunswick and Colum- bia through the 1920s. In 1940, he was reported as a resi- dent of New York City. One source indicates that a son, Victor Raoul Romito (Italy, 1908-Los Angeles, 1980), was a film actor who played small, mostly uncredited, roles in dozens of movies (including Citizen Kane).

ANTONIO ROCCA

JOSEPH ROGATCHEWSKY

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1780. 12” Green acous. Columbia E-5249 [59748-3/59749-1]. INNO A MUSSOLINI [HYMN TO MUSSOLINI] (Onomari) / GIOVINEZZA [INNO DEI FASCISTI] (Gastoldo). With chorus. Excellent late ‘20s pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

FABIO RONCHI [b] 2824. 10” acous. Fonotipia 152631/152632 [Pho5460/Pho5466]. NERONE: S’Avanza un

gran nube di turbe / NERONE: Pel sangue che l’innoda (Boïto). Slight surface rippling about ½” both sides doesn’t seem to sound, likewise with one depression. Otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

ANNE ROSELLE [s]. Hungary, 1893 (more likely 1888)-Florida, 1989. Born Anna Gyenge (and under which name her first recordings were made), Roselle studied in Hungary where she made her debut in The Merry Widow, 1904, with the composer, Franz Lehár, conducting. She married in 1911 and sailed with her new husband to America, there studying with William S. Brady. In New York she again appeared in operetta with a Hungarian company. Her career then moved to New York movie houses and Scotti’s touring opera company. Her Met debut was as Musetta in 1920, but she stayed with the company only two seasons as a result of no major roles being offered. She returned to Europe in 1925 and the following year created in Dres- den the title role in the German premiere of Puccini’s Turandot. Other important career events included Marie in the American premiere of Berg’s Wozzeck in Philadelphia, 1931, along with other roles that season including Elektra, Aida, and Elsa. Her subsequent career included performances with (inexplicably) mostly small, local New York opera companies and some radio broadcasts. Thanks to the late Jim McPherson’s research on Roselle in The Record Collector (Vol. 47, No. 4) we know that Roselle taught at the New York College of Music (1942-56) and then in Lakeland, Florida at Florida Southern College. The last performance of her traced was as Bloody Mary in a Lakeland Little Theatre production of South Pacific in 1965.

2009. 12” Red EE Polydor 73024 [489bg/490bg]. TURANDOT: In questa reggia / TURAN-DOT: Del primo pianto (Puccini). The first (and rarer) of two Polydor recordings she made of these excerpts. Minor very light rubs, 2. $15.00.

2592. 12” Red EE Polydor 73025 [106bm/107bm]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’arido stelo / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò ma prima in grazia (Verdi). One pinpoint nick, few rubs, 2. $15.00.

2695. 12” Green PW French Polydor 516.545 [2154½BMP/2155½BMP]. MERRY WIDOW: Czardas (Lehár) / GYPSY BARON: Air de Saffi (Strauss). Lbl. stkr. and lbl. rubs. Superficial rubs, side one gen. 2. Side two some scuffs (harmless), gen. 2-3. $15.00.

Cantor JOSEF ROSENBLATT [t]. Near Kiev, 1882-Palestine, 1933. Born of a Cantor father, young Yossele was singing as a member of his father’s choir from the age of four. It was at the time against the tenets of the Orthodox faith for an unmarried man to accept a cantorial position, so at the age of 18 (the youngest possible) he wed and became a Cantor in Hungary, then Presberg and following this, America. When 14, he successfully tried his hand at cantorial composition, some of his works having become so popular, Rosenblatt stated, “that even old chasanim of repute adopted them.” In America he reached his peak in popularity through an exclusive five-year contract with Columbia Records and then one with Victor. He was also offered by Campanini the role of Eleazar in La Juive for a then huge sum, an offer he turned down for religious reasons. He did accept concert tours however, becoming very successful singing both Jewish and Yiddish repertoire, as well as the occasional Western concert pieces. He was particularly proud of being referred to as “the Jewish tenor”, rather than by his nationality. “What Harry Lauder is to the Scotch and John McCormack to the Irish, I want to be for the Jews.”

3764. 10” Blk. Victor 17450. WESEOREW (Hebraic Prayer). Two sides. With Ohab Zedek Choir. Minor marks, gen. 2. $15.00.

ANNE ROSELLE as Germany's first Turandot

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1251. 12” Blk. Victor 35312. EL MOLE RACHMIM [FÜR TITANIK] (Rosenblatt) / KOL NIDRE (arr. Rossotto). Side one in memory to those who perished on the Titanic. IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

ABRAHAM ROSENSTEIN [t] 3085. 10” Green Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Con. V.*2-102778/V.*2-102779 [4729r/4735r].

ISRULIK KIM AHEIM / HALT DICH AN. Songs in Yiddish. The label credits Rosen-stein as from “New-York”. He did record in the U.S. for Victor, Emerson and Columbia. As this was made in Germany he must have had an international career, but I’ve not found any information about him. 2-3. $7.00.

VLADIMIR ROSING [t] 4232. 10” Pink acous. Brit. Aeolian-Vocalion B-3104 [01714/01994]. THE ORPHAN

(Moussorgsky) / SPRING WATERS (Rachmaninoff). Piano acc. Frank St. Leger. IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00.

2547. 12” Pink acous. Brit. Aeolian-Vocalion A-0102 [01414]. TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.

ARCHANGELO ROSSI [bs]. Ferentino, 1857-Milano, 1907. A very humorous (at least I find him so) buffo who made his Met debut in La Boheme, 1903, as both Benoit and Alcindoro. His other roles during his Met tenure included Don Pasquale, Dr. Dulcamara, Masetto and the Sacristan in Tosca. He had been in San Francisco touring with the Metropolitan Opera during the disastrous earthquake of 1906 and it left him in a state of increasing “emotional distress”. On Feb. 16, 1907, he participated in Don Pasquale which turned out to be one of the strangest presentations in Met history. The first scene of act one was completely omitted. Rossi appeared in the second act but sang it entirely seated in a chair. It was announced that he was indisposed and that the remainder of the opera would be sung without a Don Pasquale. The act turned out to be tenor Andreas Dippel singing Ernesto’s Serenata, “Com’ è gentil” and then soprano Marcella Sembrich concluded the opera by rendering Arditi’s completely unrelated waltz, Parla. Shortly after, Rossi or the management cancelled the rest of his season. He returned to Italy and in June of 1907 committed suicide “in a moment of desperation”. –Information from Jim McPherson’s article in The Record Collector, Vol. 46, No. 1.

3089. 10” Blk. ’08 Victor 62626 [B-2509/7056b]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Udite, o rustici / EMILIO PEREA [t]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Quant’ è bella (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

HELGE ROSWAENGE [t] 3968. 10” Plum PW Electrola EG 3619

[ORA929-1/ORA930-2]. DIE GROßE SÜNDERIN: Historchen, geschichten/ DIE GROßE SÜNDERIN: Immerzu singt dein Herz (Eduard Künneke). Creator performances. Rare. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1770. 12” PW Odeon O-6588 [XXB7963/ XXB7964]. DON GIOVANNI: Tränen vom Freunde (Mozart) / DER POS-TILLON VON LONJUMEAU: Freunde, vernehmet die Geschichte (Adam). Few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

2738. 12” PW Red HMV DB 4623 [2RA3426-I/2RA3427-II]. KÖNIGSBALLADE: Ewig muß ich dein gedenken / KÖNIGSBALLADE: Euren König will ich preisen (Rudolf Wille). Creator perf. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3433. 12” PW Red Electrola DB 4499 [2RA2364/2RA2366]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: In dieser feierlichen Stunde (Verdi) / BOHÊME: Ach, Gelibte, du kahret mir (Puccini). Both with GERHARD HÜSCH [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

HELGE ROSWAENGE

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1661. 12” PW Red Electrola DB 5624 [2RA4871-1/2RA4872-2]. THE ENCHANTRESS [DIE ZAUBERLIN]: Mein los ist seltsam (Tschaikowsky). Two sides. With TIANA LEM-NITZ [s]. Very rare. Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00.

2320. 12” Blue PW Polydor 95451 [1187½BI/1639BM]. CARMEN: Ich seh’ die Mutter dort. With HEDWIG DEBICKA[s] / FELICE HÜNI-MIHACSEK [s], WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. CARMEN: Diese Menge in Gedränen (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2337. 12” Yellow Deut. Gram. 15099 [491¾GS/490½GS]. DIE GROßE SÜNDERIN: Das Lied vom Leben des Schrenk / DIE GROßE SÜNDERIN: Immerzu singt dein Herz (Eduard Künneke). Side two with TIANA LEMNITZ [s]. Creator performances, conducted by the composer. Appealing music beautifully sung. Two small rubs, otherwise 1-2. $15.00.

LÉON ROTHIER [bs] 1253. 12” TC Columbia A5876 [48634-4/48647-2]. LE CAÏD: Air de Tambour-Major

(Thomas) / LES HUGUENOTS: Piff! Paff! (Meyerbeer). Good surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARKO ROTHMÜLLER [b] 2505. 12” Red Swiss PoW HMV DB 10062, DB 10063 [OZA1169/1170, 1171-2/1172-2].

SONGS AND DANCES OF DEATH (Moussorgsky). Four sides. With SUSAN GYR [pianist]. Few lt. rubs side two, cons. 2. Other sides just about 1-2. $15.00.

EDOUARD ROUARD [b] 2226. 12” Red PW Fr. Odeon 123680 [XXP7012-2/XXP7013-2]. FAUST: Mort de Valentin/

FAUST: Trio du Duel (Gounod). Side two with MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t], ÉTIENNE BILLOT [bs]. Orch. dir. H. Defosse. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE [t]. St. Nazare, 1875-Jone-les-Tours, 1950. Having made his debut in 1900 in Béziers in the premiere of Gabriel Fauré’s Promethée, Rousselière was then heard at the Paris Opéra the same year as Saint-Saëns’ Samson. From there on he reigned as one of France’s principal tenors for over two decades. In addition, he was heard in South America, Italy and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. His recordings were in two groups, the first in the 1903-06 period (for the most part) and then electrics in the late 1920s.

4234. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32756 [1688-F]. LA FAVORITE: Ange si pur (Donizetti). Few tiny PBs. Very nice copy, cons. 2. $60.00.

1621. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32818 [1802-F-1]. MIREILLE: Anges du Paradis (Gounod). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $60.00.

3520. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32818 [1815-F-1-1]. HÉRODIADE: Air de Jean (Massenet). Harmless surface waviness, one tiny bump. Cons. 2. $60.00.

1609. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 3-32842 [1813-F-1]. LA JUIVE: Dieu m’éclaire (Halévy). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $60.00.

3519. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32845 [1816-F]. WALKÜRE: Leed [sic] du Printemps (Wagner). Couple of harmless inherent depressions, otherwise just about 1-2. $60.00.

1610. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32847 [1818-F-1-1]. STANCES (Flégier). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $60.00.

4233. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32986 [2265 C.S.]. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: O bell ange, ma Lucie (Donizetti). Harmless rim bump. Surface clean 2. $60.00.

3512. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 34016 [1805-F-1]. MIREILLE: Vincenette a votre âge (Gounod). With JEANNE LECLERC (Mme. ROUSSELIÈRE). Harmless inherent indentations, otherwise just about 1-2. $60.00.

CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE

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TITTA RUFFO [b]

3248. 10” Pink Dog Gram. Con. 2-52678 [9214e]. E LA MIA DAMA (Stornello Toscano). One TB, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

2668. 10” Blue Opera Disc 2-52686 (74572) [9228e]. CHATTERTON: Tu solo a me rimani (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3657. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 87152 [9229e]. NON PENSO A LEI (Ferradini). Very rare Victor issue. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3837. 10” Red Victrola 87331. QUERIDA (Seismit-Doda). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2970. 10” Red Victrola 818. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata [take 2] (Mozart) / ERNANI: Lo

vedremo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3708. 10” Red Victrola 822. EL RELICARIO (Padilla) / QUERIDA (Seismit-Doda). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2971. 10” Red Victrola 995. MARECHIARE (Tosti) / SANTA LUCIA (Cottrau). Reviewer’s “X” on lbl. Never issued single-face. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3658. 10” Blk. Vinyl RCA Victor acous. Reference Recording 1076 [B-31696-2]. MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). The issued take is 1. This is the only known copy of take 2. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

3661. 10” Blk. Vinyl RCA Victor elec. Reference Recording 1460-B [BVE-24109-3]. SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa). These “Reference” pressings (done in the early

‘60s), along with a number of the other superb condition items, came originally from the collection of late friend George Jellinek, who had enough clout to have special pressings made for him by RCA of some desirable items by Ruffo … his favorite singer. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3515. 10” Red late VdP DA 164. AFRICAINE: All’erta marinar! (Meyerbeer) / DAMNATION OF FAUST: E che fai tu quì? (Berlioz). Superb late pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3659. 10” Red late VdP DA 353 [1911ah/1912ah]. TORNA A SURRIENTO (De Curtis) / MARIA MARI (Di Capua). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2972. 10” White HMV VA 16 [9228e/10906b]. CHATTERTON: Tu sola a me rimani (Leoncavallo) / PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). Side two with ANDREA DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3656. 10” White & Blue Victor HRS 2015 [B-15892-1/9217e]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale / TROVATORE: Per me ora fatale (both Verdi). Side one first edition (1915 Victor matrix). Autographed by Ruffo. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3247. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 10. NABUCCO: Tremin gl’ insani (Verdi) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Per me ora fatale (both Verdi). The only edition of side two other than the previous listing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3658. 10” Arte Registrazione Suono (acetate re-recording of elec. matrix OB 5462). MAT-TUTINO (Costa). Recorded Nov. 21, 1933. Unpublished. Minor lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

1446. 10” White HMV orig. test, matrix OB.5465-1. UNTIL (Sanderson). Piano acc. In English. Rec. 25 Nov. 1933. The only known copy. This was originally owned by Ruffo. Few MGTs (slightly over-recorded), otherwise just about 2. $1200.00.

3662. 10” Acetate re-recording of matrix OB.5468 (take not specificied: either 1 or 2). A VISITING CARD TO CHALIAPIN [MOCK CONVERSATION BETWEEN RUFFO AND CHALIAPIN, RUFFO TAKING BOTH PARTS). In Italian. Recording dated as Nov. 25, 1933, although noted as Nov. 24 in the Moran Discography. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 1767. 12” White lbl. Victrola 92038 [1318c]. DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (Verdi). Just

about 1-2. $8.00.

1917. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 92040 [1341c]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1915. 12” Red Victor 92064 [2732f]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior (Thomas). IMs. Surface just about 1-2. $7.00.

1050. 12” Red ’12 Pats. early “B” plate Victrola 88395 [464ai]. DAI CANTI D’AMORE (Ettore Titta). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2669. 12” White lbl. Victrola 89058 [02535v]. RIGOLETTO: Deh! non parlare al misero (Verdi). With GIUSEPPINA FINZI-MAGRINI [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1729. 12” Red ‘30s Victrola 6263. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo (Rossini) / RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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2220. 12” Red Victrola 6264. FALSTAFF: L’Onore! Ladri! / ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2718. 12” Red late VdP DB 406 [C-23947/2736f]. AFRICANA: Adamastor, re dell’onde (Meyerbeer) / CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). From orig. Victor/HMV acous. matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2720. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSAB 91. DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Verdi) / FAVORITA: Vien Leonora (Donizetti). From orig. 1914 Victor/1913 HMV matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ELSA RUHLMANN [s] 3994. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-3696, K-3697 [OG893-2/894-1, 895-1/898-1].

HISTOIRES NATURELLES: Le Grillon/Le Martin-Pêcheur; Le Pintade/SUR L’HERBE (all Ravel). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GERTRUDE RUNGE [s] 2765. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 71027 [241m]. MIGNON: Arie der Titania (Thomas). Lbl. fade

and lt. rubs. Surface gen. 2. $10.00.

GERTRUD RÜNGER [s] 1363. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 67072 [318Go/319Go]. MACBETH: Sleepwalking Scene (Verdi)/

DON CARLOS: Arie der Eboli (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIANNINA RUSS [s]. 1548. 11” Green Fonotipia 39357/39481 [XPh401/

XPh365]. AFRICANA: Figlio del Sol (Meyer-beer) / MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Side one just about 1-2. Side two tiny pimple, cons. 2. $25.00.

9411. 11” Red Fonotipia 39398/39399 [XPh474/XPh475]. RIGOLETTO: Figlia! … mio padre / RIGOLETTO: Ah! veglia o donna (Verdi). With ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI [b]. Harmless minor light depressions, 2-3. $15.00.

9415. 11” Fonotipia 92747/92748 [XPh4395/ XPh4396]. DON CARLO: Tu che le vanità / DON CARLO: Tra voi, vaghi giardin’ (Verdi). Some harmless small marks and rubs, gen. 2. $60.00.

1502. 11” Fonotipia 69076/69077 [XPh4936/ XPh4937]. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio / SEMI-RAMIDE: Ah, qui verrà (Rossini). Pressing no. 29. Few lightest mks. A superb copy, cons. 2. $125.00.

ELENA [ZBOINSKA-] RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Lvov, 1877-Cracow, 1948. Ruszkowska first appeared in her native Poland in the last year of the 19th century. She subsequently was heard in Lvov, Lemberg, Warsaw and Krakow and then appeared in various Italian theaters, including La Scala. Other venues included the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Vienna Hofoper, the Prague National Opera, her repertoire featuring parts such as Aida, Isolde, Leonora (Forza del Destino) and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. Through the 1920s she was a leading soprano with the Warsaw Opera. Follow- ing a radio concert in Poland, 1938, she retired to Kracow where she taught. Ruszkowska’s beautiful voice was recorded by Zonophone, Edison (cylinders), the Gramophone Company and Odeon.

3645. 10” Red Gram. Con. 53568 [13110b]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). Excellent copy of this rarity, cons. 2. $150.00.

1765. 12” Red Spanish Disco Gramofono 053243 [1865c]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Rare. Some lt. rubs, 2. $150.00.

TITTA RUFFO (in 1928)

GIANNINA RUSS

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2486. 12” Red Gram. Mon. 054261 [1809c]. AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With CARLO BARRERA [t]. Never on Victor. Small PB (could cause lightest sound less than ¼”), few LGTs, one harmless LSS, 2-3. $30.00.

1086. 12” Red Pats “A” plate Victrola 88271 [1864c]. GIOCONDA: L’amo come il fulgor del creato (Ponchielli). With BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [ms]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2532. 12” Red Victor 88271 [1864 ]. Same as preceding disc (item #1086). Few LGTs, 3. $15.00.

1680. 12” Red Victrola 8049. TOSCA: Non la sospiri la nostra casetta / TOSCA: Qual occhio al mondo (Puccini). With EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]. Probably the best singing on record by Cunego (excepting his “Edison Trial” recordings). No doubt the superb Ruszkowska inspired him. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1703. 12” Dk. Blue acous. Odeon O-6245 (AA53098/AA53099) [XXWa84/XXWa104]. NOCTURNE (Chopin) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: La Vergine degli angeli (Verdi). Side one with harp and cello. Rare. Harmless rubs, gen. 3. $20.00.

THALIA (MYTARAKI) SABANIEVA [s]. Born in Athens, 1895, Sabanieva was raised by her parents in Odessa. Her early studies were with Mme. Sophie Cehanovska (I believe the mother of baritone George Cehanovsky) in St. Petersburg. She made her debut in St. Petersburg around 1914. After the Revolution, she returned to Greece. Appearances then followed in Athens. Following tours of France, Spain, Portugal and Italy, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1923, stepping in at the last minute as Cio-Cio-San for an ailing colleague (Delia Reinhardt). For the next twelve seasons she appeared at the Met in a variety of roles, including Mimi, Micaela, Gretel, and Juliette. She was teaching in New York in 1938, although her subsequent activity doesn’t appear in reference sources. Her sister, Anna Criona (wife of tenor Dimitris Kryonas), is her duet partner on all four of her recorded sides. Two of the four sides are of Pique Dame, sung in Greek, an interesting combination of her cultural heritages.

2392. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9303. AT THE SEASHORE (Grodsky) / PIQUE DAME: Evening is coming (Tschaikowsky). In Greek. Both with ANNA CRIONA [ms). Few minor rubs, 2. $15.00.

EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Barcelona, 1876-1949. Early in his career he was active in South America and from the start specialized in zarzuelas and operettas. He premiered at least 100 zarzuelas. In 1914 Sagi-Barba wed soprano Luisa Vela, with whom he had sung frequently and would continue to appear on stage until his retirement in 1932. Sagi-Barba appeared in opera, singing a variety of Italian roles, usually in Spanish.

1469. 10” Madrid Angel Pre-Dog Disque Gram. 2-62085 [Ho33ab]. EL DIABLO EN EL PODER: Romanza (Gaztambide). Orch. dir. Mo. Calleja. Some LGTs, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.

2659. 12” Red Victor 74161 [37z]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). In Spanish. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CALLIOPE SAINESCO [s]. Rumanian soprano who studied in Bucarest. She made her debut in 1905 at the Sociale of Casale Monferrato as Gilda in Rigoletto. Active in various Italian theaters, Sainesco also sang for a season in Brazil. Her recordings seem to have numbered three: the solo below and two ensembles with Battistini, the latter two seemingly not issued (no copies are known and parts no longer exist).

2434. 12” Blk. acous. Spanish Disco Gram. 053321/054430 [625aj/578aj]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome / ERNESTO BADINI [b]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). Few LGTs side one, otherwise gen. 2. $35.00.

HENRI SAINT-CRICQ [t] 3483. 12” Art-Label elec. Pathé X7236 [N250099/N250532]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Air

de Faust (Berlioz) / L’ENFANCE DU CHRIST: Le repos de la Sainte Famille (Berlioz). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MANUEL SALAZAR [t] 1330. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52062-X [WBX537/WBX564]. OTELLO: Niun mi

tema / OTELLO: Monologo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2402. 12” Blue PW Australian Columbia 04383 [WBX537/WBX564]. Same as preceding

listing (item #1330). One LSS side one, few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

MINNIE SALTZMANN-STEVENS [s] 2382. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 044107 [3819f]. WALKÜRE: Wer bist du, sag (Wagner).

With PETER CORNELIUS [t]. Cons. 2. $30.00.

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MAFALDA SALVATINI [s]. Baia (near Naples) 1888-Lugano, 1971. A student of Pauline Vierdot-Garcia and Jean de Reszke, Salvatini apparently made her debut in Germa- ny in 1908 and was among the leading sopranos in Germany from her debut in 1908 until her retirement in 1932. Although she performed throughout Germany and in Austria, Paris, Bel- gium, France, Holland, and Latvia, she appears never to have performed at theatres in her native country. In 1926, she was Berlin’s first Turan- dot. After retiring from the stage, Salvatini lived in retirement in the Swiss canton of Ticino. From 1908 until his suicide in 1918, she was the mistress of Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg with whom she had two sons: Horst Gérard and the set and costume designer Rolf Gérard. – mostly Internet sources

2508. 12” Dk.Blue PW Odeon O-7535 [XXB7625-2/XXB7626-2]. TURAN-DOT: In questa reggia (Puccini). Two sides. In German. Orch. dir. Fritz Zweig. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARGHERITA SALVI [s] 1884. 10” Red SA Orth. Victrola 4210. EL

PIROPO [Federico Longás)/VALS DE AMOR (Rengifo). Side one accompanied by the composer. Side two with orchestra. Salvi’s only Victor record. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

[GIUSEPPE] MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Palermo, 1867 [or 1868)-Milan, 1930. His debut was as Valentin in Faust in Palermo, 1888. Between 1895 and 1913 he was heard several seasons at La Scala, His international career included Covent Garden (debut in 1904 as Scarpia), the Manhattan Opera in New York (1907-10), and the Boston and Chicago Opera Companies (1909-1913). He was also a success in South America and Spain. His operatic creations included the leading baritone roles in Andrea Chenier (La Scala, 1896), Zazà (Milan Teatro Lirico, 1900), Franchetti’s Germania (La Scala, 1902), Mugnone’s La vita Brettone (1905, Naples San Carlo) and d’Erlanger’s Tess (San Carlo) as well as Victor Herbert’s Natoma (Chicago, 1911) and (1912) Wolf- Ferrari’s I gioielli della Madonna. One of the leading baritones of his era, Sammarco also participated in a number of local premieres and important revivals. His pupils included Giovanni Inghilleri, Paul Schöffler and Alexander Sved.

3635. 10” Red Milano G&T 52371 [1705-G]. GERMANIA: Racconto Atto I (Franchetti). Creator performance. Two tiny numbers written on label. Inherent (silent) pressing indentations, otherwise exceptionally clean cons. 2. $90.00.

9395. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92172/92173 [XPh3166/3167]. ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì m’era di gioia (Giordano) / DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su queste rose (Berlioz). Side one creator performance. Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $50.00.

1503. 11” Fonotipia 39272/39295 [XPh327/XPh325]. TANNHÄUSER: O tu bell’astro (Wagner) / GIOCONDA: Barcarola (Ponchielli). Few lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.

1507. 11” Fonotipia 92336/92337 [XPh3484/XPh3483]. OTELLO: Brindisi (Verdi) / AFRI-CAINE: Adamastor, re dell’ acque (Verdi). 2. $35.00.

2341. 12” Plum POW Parl.-Odeon PXO 90 [XXPh3369/3840]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi) / RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo) / Side two conducted by the composer (who signed the matrix as well). Orig. 1907/ 1908 Fonotipia matrices. Couple small rubs side one, just about 1-2. $15.00.

1916. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88310. AFRICAINE: Adamastor, Re dell’ onde profonde (Meyerbeer). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1226. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88320. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2204. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-052044 (76210) [5191f]. LUCIA: Cruda funesta smania (Donizetti). One LGT, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

2451. 12” Red HMV SR 2-052044 [5191f]. Same as previous disc (item #2204) but different form of issue. Lt. minor rubs, 2. $10.00.

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2287. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 92 [3743f/5188f]. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart); FALSTAFF: Quand’ero Paggio (Verdi) / ERNANI: Lo vedremo (Verdi). From orig. 1909/1911 London Gram. matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SVEN-OLOF SANDBERG [b]. Stockholm, 1905-1974. Working various jobs until 1923, Sandberg then took an acting course and began pursuing a career as a singer and actor. He made his first recordings in 1927 (see below) and appeared often on the radio. Subsequently he decided to study for opera and worked with Joseph Hislop at the Stockholm Conservatory beginning in 1937, making his debut at the Stockholm Royal Opera in 1940. He made various concert tours, including one of the U.S. in 1948-49, and appeared later again singing popular music on the radio, in concerts and on television. In addition he composed popular songs and was a fiction and travel author under the name Tom Wilson.

2996. 10” Blk. U.S. Odeon elec. 19253 [Sto2216/Sto2217]. POTPOURRI ÖVER VÄRM-LANDS MELODIER (Swedish Song Medley). Two sides. With Odeon-Konsert Orkester. Nice Columbia laminated pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

Sir CHARLES SANTLEY [b] 2412. 12” acous. Eng. Col. 373 [6113/6115].

SIMON THE CELLARER (Hatton) / FATHER O’FLYNN (arr. Villiers-Stan-ford). Piano acc. Excellent ‘20s lam. pressing. Looks mint except for NS last ½” side one (should be harmless). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MICAËLA SARAZAN [ms] 3147. 10” Red elec. French Colisée 11.067

[7144AP/7139AP]. CARMEN: Segu-idilla / JULIAN HAREL [b]. CARMEN: Air du Toréador (Bizet). 1934 record-ings. Cons. 2. $8.00.

ADA SARI [s]. 3566. 10” Blk. Czech HMV ER 288 [BW1874-

1/BW1875-I]. ZAL [Étude, Op. 10, No. 3] (Chopin) / CUDNE OCZY (Wiltold Friemann). With Otto Schulhof, pianist. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2123. 12” Red acous. Polydor 73012 [953az/958½az]. BOHÊME: Sono andati? / BOHÊME: Donde lieta usci (Puccini). In Italian. Minor lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

1954. 12” Red elec. Polydor 73071 [65bo/68bo]. HU-GUENOTS: O lieto suol (Meyerbeer) / PURI-TANI: Deh, come vi piace la fanciulla (Bellini). Small lbl. stkr. Superficial rubs, 3. $7.00.

CELESTINO SAROBE [b]. Orio, Spain, 1892- Zarauz, 1952. Originally Celestino Aguirresarobe Zatarain, Sarobe began a career in architecture, changing to medical studies. In the meantime he studied voice, first with Ignacio Tabuyo and in Rome with Mattia Battistini. Sarobe made his debut at the Liceo as the King in Verdi’s La Favo- rita, 1919, following this with a tour of Spain and Portugal. Among his successes in Italy was in Boïto’s Nerone, 1926, where he appeared under Toscanini in Galeffi’s role with the otherwise original cast. He also sang at La Scala, the Paris Opéra, the Teatro Reale and many other of Europe’s major houses. He was also successful in recitals and chamber music repertoire.

3156. 10” Blk. elec. Polydor 62675 [436BT/437BT]. AVE MARIA / IDEALE (both Tosti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ADA SARI as Violetta

CELESTINO SAROBE

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BIDÙ SAYÄO [s] 2435. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 71451-D [xco32589/

xco032590]. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui/ TRAVI-ATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Orch. dir. E. Leins-dorf. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

BIANCA SCACCIATI [s] 3024. 10” Red PW elec. Eng. Columbia D12576 [WB1781/

WB1782]. LA WALLY: Ebben? ne andrò lontano (Catalani) / GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

AUGUSTO SCAMPINI [t] 1606. 10” Blk. Concert Gram. 2-52611/2-52690 [10794b/

11279½b]. ERNANI: Come rugiada al cespite/I LOMBARDI: La mia letizia infondere (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $40.00.

ÉMILE SCAREMBERG [t]. Besançon, 1863-1938. Another of the exceptional tenors exclusive to Fonotipia-Odeon, Scaremberg began his musical life as a French horn player in a regimental band. It was the director of that organization who suggested that Scaremberg study voice. This he did in Paris for four years with Charles Nicot. He made his debut in 1893 at the Opéra-Comique in Grétry's Richard Coeur-de-Lion. During the rest of the 1890s through 1907, Scaremberg was heard in a number of the French provincial houses, as well as at Covent Garden, in Moscow and at the Brussels la Monnaie. His Paris Opéra debut was as Lohengrin in 1903, and of this performance one reviewer stated: "He has a good, sonorous voice, with the required compass for a tenor of grand opera, uses it with skill and taste, and [he] possesses the figure and [acting] ability at present essential for success on the lyric stage." He suddenly lost his voice in 1907 (the cause of this tragedy not being clear) and retired to his native Besançon where he taught until his death.

9437. 11” French Fonotipia 39171/39180 [XPh641/ XPh656]. MANON: Ah, fuyez douce image (Massenet) / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Grand Air (Gounod). Cons. 2. $200.00.

1560. 11” French Fonotipia 39176/39187 [XPh672/ XPh661]. SIGURD: Entrée de Sigurd (Reyer) / LOHENGRIN: Ah respirons (Wagner). Excellent copy. Side one cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $250.00.

1480. 11” French Fonotipia 39176/39187 [XPh672/XPh661]. Same as preceding listing (item #1560). Side one worn groove on Scaremberg’s first note, couple LGTs, otherwise no reproduction problems. 2-3. Side two just about 1-2. $200.00.

4275. 11” French Fonotipia 39185/39188 [XPh750/XPh664-4]. AFRICAINE: O Paradis (Meyerbeer) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Scène du Tombeau (Gounod). A few LGTs, 2-3. $200.00.

9441. 11” French Fonotipia 56074/56095 [XPh763-2/XPh762]. SI J’ÉTAIS ROI: J’ignore son nom (Adam) / MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas). Odeon numbers but Fonotipia label. Very clean indeed. Cons. 2. $200.00.

9319. 11” Brown/White Odeon 39189/391863 [XPh686/XPh760]. MIREILLE: Ange du Paradis (Gounod) / WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet). Side one piano acc., side two orch. Despite an Odeon label issue, the catalogue number listing is given as “Fonotpia No.”. See label illustration. Nice copy, 2. $200.00.

THEODOR SCHEIDL [b] 2322. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66777 [1146bm/1147½bm]. L’AFRICAINE: Fille du Roi / L’AF-

RICAINE: Adamastor (Meyerbeer). In German. Few minor mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ELIETTE SCHENNEBERG [s] 2092. 12” Blue French Columbia LFX 690 [CLX2448/CLX2449]. TROIS PSAUMES (Arthur

Honegger). Two sides. Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

BIANCA SCACCIATI

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PIERO SCHIAVAZZI [t] . Caligari, 1875-Rome, 1949. A scholarship student at the Pesaro Conservatory, then under the direction of Mascagni, Schiavazzi found a particular connection with the music of Mascagni who, in turn, greatly admired his work. His debut was as the Lamplighter in the 1898 Rome Opera world premiere of Mascagni’s Iris, soon taking the principal tenor role of Osaka. He was a leading tenor in Mascagni’s 1902 American touring company, singing Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Osaka in the American premiere of Iris. He was heard at the Milano Teatro dal Verme, 1907, in Mascagni’s Amica as well as in several other Italian houses and in South America (including the first performance in Italy, the premiere having been with Rous- selière and Farrar in Monte Carlo), as well as first La Scala performance of Alfano’s Risurrezione, 1906, and the world premiere of Zandonai’s Conchita, 1911. His final performance was in 1931 as Canio in Pagliacci at the Caligari Teatro Massimo. In August, 1909, he shot himself (so one unidentified clipping reports) in the Milan Hotel Metropole for reasons not stated, but successfully returned to the stage after recuperating.

9426. 11” Fonotipia 39689/39690 [XPh1727/1728]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leonca-vallo) / IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). Cons. 2. $25.00.

THEODOR SCHEIDL [b] 3068. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62300 [256ar/

257ar]. SÜßES BEGRÄBNIS (both Loewe). Piano acc. Looks new. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1794. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66008 [485az/ 486az]. NACHTLAGER VON GRANA-DA: Die Nacht ist schön (Kreutzer). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

2284. 12” Gold Brunswick 90213 [185½bv/ 186bv]. SCHWANDA: Ich bin der Schwanda / SCHWANDA: Wie kann ich denn vergessen (Weinberger). Excellent later ‘30s Columbia pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2356. 12” PW Blue Grammophone 95213 [1430bm/1431bm]. HEINRICH DER VOGLER (Loewe) / DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Small lbl. stkr. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

TITO SCHIPA [t] 1873. 10” Green French Pathé Actuelle

X.0048 [N.86567/N.86568]. L’AR-LESIANA: Lamenti (sic) di Federico (Cilèa) / RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3625. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1668 [OW1928-I/OW2035-IV]. SERENATA MATUTINA (Murolo-Schipa) / CHE BENE VOGLIO A TTE! (Murolo-Tagliaferri). Very rare on Victor. Lbl. scrs. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $25.00.

3746. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1717 [OW2483-III/OW2485-II]. O MARENARIELLO (Gambardella) / TORNA A SURRIENTO (De Curtis). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

4007. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1751. A LA LUZ DE LA LUNA (Michalena)/LOS RUMBEROS (Schipa). Both with EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Delightful duets. Excellent ensemble work. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3626. 10” Red PoW RCA Victor 10-0026 [takes 11/8]. DON PASQUALE: Tornami a dir (Donizetti) / RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi). Both with AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. Take 11 for side one was pressed only on this post-War issue (take 10 otherwise used). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3909. 10” Blk. vinyl RCA Victor test pressing acous. matrix B-30082-2. SÉRÉNADE D’AUTREFOIS [SERENATA MEDIOEVALE] (Cimmino-Silvestri). Unpublished take. Published version was take 3. Only known copy. Just about 1-2. $75.00.

3988. 10” Blk. vinyl White lbl. Victrola mat. B-30088-1. SUZANNE: Comme un petit oiseau (Paladilhe). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

THEODOR SCHEIDL as Daland in Wagner's Flying Dutchman

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3064. 10” Red late VdP DA 366 [2901ah/2902ah]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita / RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi). Early Schipa, 1913. Excellent press-ing, one very tiny harm-less scrabble, just about 1-2. $10.00.

2981. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1088 [BM1336-II/ BM1346-II]. NINNA-NANNA (Benelli) / FA LA NANA, BAMBIN’ (Sadero). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3744. 10” Red PW Disco Gram. DA 1484 [OB1312-II/OB1314-I]. L’ANGURIA (Rocca) / LA PRINCIPESSA LIANA: Barcarola Veneziana (Rocca-Schipa). A particularly scarce Schipa disc. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

3646. 10” Late Red VdP DA 1592 [OB-2184-I/OB-2185-I]. ERA DI MAGGIO (Costa) / VOCE ‘E NOTTE (E. De Curtis). Beautiful late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3669. 10” Late Red VdP DA 5421 [OBA-5010/OBA-5011]. VILLA TRISTE (Simeone) / LU-NA MARINARA (both Simonini). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1334. 12” White lbl. HMV 052422 [731aj]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Very early, 1913. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1751. 12” Red late acous. VdP DB 811 [C-27994/C-30910]. SONNAMBULA: Son geloso (Bellini) / LUCIA: Verranno a te sull’ aria (Donizetti). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. Beautiful late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2761. 12” Red late. VdP DB 1723 [2M481-II/2M482-III]. SENTO NEL COR (Scarlatti) / ORFEO: Che farò senza Euridice (Gluck). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1974. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6632. ALMA DE DIOS: Canción Hungarica (Serrano) / LA PARDITA (Alvarez). Scarce. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3410. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7583. L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa) / PRECE (Schipa). Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.

1839. 12” Red PoW Victor 18068 [CS-063345-5/2BA2814-1]. LIEBESTRAUM (Liszt) / AVE MARIA (No. 2) (Schipa). Side one with Salvatore Sciaretti, pianist. Not to be confused with the 1925 Victor recording of Liebestraum and Ave Maria (No. 1). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

EMIL SCHIPPER [b] 2330. 12” Blk. elec. Czech HMV ES 734 [CA63-III/2L31-2]. FAUST: Tod des Valentin

(Gounod) / HANS HEILING: An jenem Tag (Marschner). Some very lt. spots, 2. $15.00.

CARL SCHLEGEL [b] 3230. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 67930. TIEF IN BÖHMERWALD (Bicherl) / RATTENFÄNGER

VON HAMELN: Wandern, ach wandern (Neuendorff). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b] 2811. 10” Blk. Schall. acous. Gram. 62364 [14102r/14105r]. HEIMKEHR / ICH LIEBE

DICH (both Richard Strauss). Accompanied by the composer. Couple superficial rubs, gen. 2. $35.00.

3674. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70706 [3581ar/3582ar]. SCHLECHTES WETTER / HEIM-LICHE AUFFORDERUNG (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

3065. 10” Blk. PW elec. Polydor 62679 [1617½BH/1618BH]. FRÜHLINGSFAHRT (Schu-mann) / AM RHEIN (Humperdinck). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.

3066. 10” Blk. PW elec. Poydor 30003 [6132½GD/6133½GD]. TALISMANE / PROVEN-CALISCHES LIED (both Schumann). Piano acc. F. Rupp. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

Tea time for AMELITA GALLI-CURCI and TITO SCHIPA

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2104. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 65574 [1516s/1517s]. TANNHÄUSER: Blick’ ich umher / WALKÜRE: Feuerzauber (both Wagner). IMs, small lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $15.00.

2512. 12” PW Blk. elec. Polydor [146be/155be]. EPIPHANIAS (Wolf) / STÄNDCHEN (Strauss). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Cons. 2. $10.00.

2694. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66610 [150be/156be]. WIE BIST DU MEINE KÖNIGIN / FELDEINSAMKEIT (both Brahms). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2334. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66610 [150be/156be]. Same as previous listing (item #2334). Few lt. mks., 2. $10.00.

2335. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 67061 [676BE/677BE]. ERLKÖNIG (Schubert) / ROMANZE (Schumann). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

2269. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 67061 [676BE/677BE]. Same as previous listing (item #2335). Harmless lt. superficial scuffs, cons. 2-3. $8.00.

2336. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 67538 [1018½GS/1019½GS]. REGENLIED / VON EWIGER LIEBE (both Brahms). Piano acc. Sebastian Peschko. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2380. 12” PW Purple Grammophon 35003 [696BE/1257BI]. SICILIAN VESPERS: Arie des Montfort (Verdi) / PIQUE DAME: Als du zum Gatten (Tschaikowsky). Orch. dir. Alois Melichar. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2369. 12” PW Purple Grammophon 35016: EUGEN ONEGIN: Sie schrieben mir (Tschai-kowsky) / AN DAS RHEINES GRÜNEN UFERN (Gumbert). Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Tiny lbl. stkr., few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2331. 12” PW Purple Grammophon 35023. TANNHÄUSER: Blich ich umher / TANN-HÄUSER: Lied an den Abendstern (Wagner). Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2451. 12” PW Purple Grammophon 35088 [682GS/683GS]. DIE DREI ZIGEUNER (Liszt) / O KOMM IN TRAUM (Liszt). Piano acc. Sebastian Peschko. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2333. 12” PW Blue Grammophon 95391 [236BO/239BO]. ADELAIDE (Beethoven). Two sides. Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1930. 12” Orange Eng. Decca CA.8144 [456BSIII/457BS]. DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE / DER HIDALGO (both Schumann). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

ERIK SCHMEDES [t] 3518. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 42897 [882x-Eo-2z].

LOHENGRIN: Graalerzählung (Wagner). Lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2-3. $15.00.

3948. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 3-42501/3-42563 [749r/ 4274L]. NORMA: Mit Adalgisa Hand in Hand (Bellini) / TEMPLER UND DIE JÜDIN: Du stolzes England freue dich (Marschner). Only recording of side two aria? Harmless lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.

3879. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 3-42561/3-42618 [4130L/4132L]. MORGENHYMNE (Hen- schel) / WINTERLIED (Koss). Piano acc. Beautiful copy, fine performances. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2941. 10” Blk. Wien G&t 2-44186 [9958u]. PRO-PHÈTE: Liebtest du diesen Sohn? (Meyer-beer). With HERMINE KITTEL [c]. Bright copy, cons. 2. $15.00.

JOSEPH SCHMIDT [t] 3537. 10” PW Australian Purple Parlophone A3507

[133485/133486-2]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina / BOHÊME: Mimì e una civetta (Puccini). In German. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3911. 10” PoW Parlophone DP 182 [CE-7683-2/7685-2]. I’M HAPPY WHEN IT’S RAINING / A STAR FELL FROM HEAVEN (both Hans May, from film A Star Fell From Heaven). In English. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

ERIK SCHMEDES as Rienzi

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KARL SCHMITT-WALTER [b] 2588. 12” PW Blue Telefunken E3028 [024475/024476]. ADDIO! (Tosti) / AVE MARIA

(Bach-Gounod). In Italian/Latin. Small lbl. stkr. Lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

RUDOLF SCHOCK [t] 2177. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 21098 [2EA14638-2/2EA14639-1]. AMICO FRITZ: Cherry

Duet (Mascagni). Two sides. In Italian. With JOAN HAMMOND [s]. Harmless small scuff side one, cons. 2. $10.00.

LOTTE SCHÖNE [s] 3240. 10” Blk. elec. PW HMV E.503

[BLR3793-II/BWR1343-I]. TURAN-DOT: Signore, ascolta! / TURANDOT: Tu che di gel sei cinta (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2019. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8012 (Rxx80211/Rxx80213) [XXB7004/ XXB7009]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr, die ihr Triebe / DON GIOVANNI: Wenn du fein fromm bist (both Mozart). Scarce. Small lbl. stkrs. Minor superficial rubs, 2. $25.00.

1756. 12” Brown acous. Odoen O-8218 [XXB7209/XXB7210]. DER ARME JONATHAN: Ach wir armen Prima-donnen (Millöcker) / CAGLIOSTRO IN WIEN: Zigeunerkind, wie glänzt dein Haar (Strauss). Small LSS, lbl. stkrs., cons. 2. $35.00.

2665. 12” PW Red HMV DB 1127 [Cc10964-II/CWR1341-1]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’anima. With JOSEPH HISLOP [t] / RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (Verdi). With HERBERT JANSSEN [b]. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $10.00.

2674. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 10 [2D270-I/2D271-1]. DON PASQUALE: Pronto io son/ DON PASQUALE: Vado, corro (Donizetti). In Italian. Both with WILLY DOMGRAF-

FASSBAENDER [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2228. 12” Red elec. Decca 25220 [XXB7770/XXB7772]. WIE MELODIEN ZIEHT ES MIR (Brahms) / DIE FORELLE (Schubert). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $10.00.

FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b] 3393. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10173. THE OLD ROAD (Scott) / FORGOTTEN

(Cowles). Side one just about 1-2. Side two couple harmless marks and few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

3352. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15088. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart) / CZAR UND ZIMMERMAN: Sonst spielt’ ich mit Sceptor (Lortzing). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3711. 10” PW Blk. Electrola EW 87 [BR2491-II/BR2492-III]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Arie des Eremiten (von Weber) / TANNHÄUSER: Als du in kühnem Sang (Wagner). Orch. dir. Albert Coates. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3169. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1224 [OB524-II/OB535-II]. FRIDERICUS REX (Loewe). Two sides. Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

1638. 12” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gram. 65622 [2az/3az]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wirst du des Vaters Wahl / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Ach, könntes, das Geschick (Wagner). With MELANIE KURT [s] (Wagner). IMs. Gen. 2. $35.00.

1923. 12” Swiss HMV DB 10123 [CDR4742-I/CDR4743-II]. MEISTERSINGER: Flieder-monolog (Wagner). Two sides. Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Excellent pressing. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2125. 12” Red “Z” Shellac Scroll Victor 7427 [CR2777-I/CR2778-I]. MEISTERSINGER: Grüss Gott / MEISTERSINGER: Mein Freund (Wagner). With RUDOLF LAUBENTHAL [t]. Cons. 2. $10.00.

LOTTE SCHÖNE

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1968. 12” Red PW Gold Print Victor 7682 [2B523-II/2B543-IIIA]. MEISTERSINGER: Euch macht ihr’s Leicht / MEISTERSINGER: Selig, wie die Sonne (Wagner). Side two with ELISABETH SCHUMANN [s], LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t], GLADYS PARR [ms], BEN WILLIAMS [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

FRITZ SCHRÖDTER [t]. Leipzig, 1855-Vienna, 1924. Schrödter was discovered by Johann Strauss, who introduced him to the Vienna comic opera stage. He subsequently became a prominent Vienna Hofoper member, creating among other roles Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus. “When Schrödter’s voice began to fail,” it is noted in one obituary, “he became the stumbling block for Gustav Mahler [who wished Schrödter’s salary reduced]. Schrödter’s influence with court circles helped him to remove Mahler from his director’s post when the latter refused to grant him a new contract. Schrödter retired from the Vienna Hofoper in 1915.” The following year he returned to operetta, creating the role of the composer Schubert in Dreimäderlhaus (Blossom Time).

3617. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 42883 [1013x-D1-2z]. TROVA-TORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). In German. Harmless inherent surface depressions. An excellent cons. 2. $20.00.

ELISABETH SCHUMANN [s] 2047. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65613 [272as/278as].

WILDSCHÜTZ: Auf des Lebens raschen Wogen (Lortzing) / HÄNSEL UND GRETEL: Wo bin ich (Humperdinck). Scarce, particularly as a perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $75.00.

1809. 12” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gramophone 65613 [272as/278as]. Same as previous listing (item #2047). IMs and few minor rubs, one LSS. Cons. 2. $60.00.

1658. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65654 [269as/270as]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Neue Freuden, neu Schmerzen / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr, die ihr Triebe (Mozart). One LSS (more a scuff), absolutely harmless. Otherwise just about 1-2. $60.00.

ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c] 3757. 10” White lbl. Victrola 87022 [take 2]. IRISH LOVE SONG (Lang, Op. 22). 1915 re-

make, never doubled. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3204. 10” Red Victrola 87022 [take 2]. Same as preceding listing but earlier pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1625. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1540. LENZ (Hildach)/DIE FORELLE (Schubert). Piano acc. Katherine Hoffmann. An exceptional rarity, available for only a few months. Few lt. rubs. Good surface material. Cons. 2. $60.00.

2076. 12” White lbl. Victrola 85092 [C-2979]. LOVE’S LOTTERY: Sweet Thoughts of Home (Julian Edwards). Creator performance. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1025. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88090. MIGNON: Kennst du das Land (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2179. 12” Red Victrola 88095. LE PROPHÈTE: Scène de la prison, Part II (Meyerbeer). Spectacular coloratura doings. Small minor lbl. stain, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

1297. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88187. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer). Excellent copy. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2181. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 88188. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti). Text label on verso. Nice bright pressing. Few tiny rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.

1324. 12” Red Victor 88343 [take 2]. TRÄUME (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2379. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88448. MY HEART EVER FAITHFUL (Bach). For some unknown reason, this had an extremely short catalogue life and is one of her most uncommon discs. Tiny lbl. tear and stain. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

2033. 12” Red (gold print) “Z”-type shellac late ‘30s Victor 6273. LORELEI (Silcher) / ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Gorgeous pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2180. 12” Red (gold print) “Z”-type shellac late ‘30s Victor 6273. Same as previous listing. Few minor rubs and marks, 2. $15.00.

FRITZ SCHRÖDTER

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2182. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6723 [takes 2/2]. WEIHNACHTEN (Humperdinck) / STILLE NACHT (Gruber). Different takes used on PoW pressings. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1320. 12” Red Scroll “Z” pressing Victor 7388. ST. PAUL: But the Lord is Mindful of his Own (Mendelssohn) / MY HEART EVER FAITHFUL (Bach). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

4045. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7584. TAPS (Esenwein, arr. Pasternack)/THERE IS NO DEATH (O’Hara). Very rare. Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $25.00.

LEO SCHÜTZENDORF [bs] 2584. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65816 [418az/419az]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Ich hab’

erreicht das Höchste / BORIS GODOUNOV: Huh! War das schwer (Moussorgsky). Rare. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. Riga, 1880-Berlin, 1926. Following studies in Vienna and Berlin, Schwarz made his debut in Linz, 1902, as Amonasro in Aida. After appearances in Riga, Graz and St. Petersburg, he sang with the Vienna Volksoper and then made his debut at the Vienna Hofoper, 1909, as Count de Luna in Verdi’s Il Trovatore. In 1915, Schwarz first appeared with the Berlin Opera. He began a two-season tenure with the Chicago Opera in 1921 where he was extremely successful. During this period he wed wealthy widow Clara Sielken. A prolonged honeymoon causing missed performances resulted in his Chicago Opera contract being terminated. He was first heard at the Paris Opéra in 1923 and at Covent Garden, 1924, these appearances and his Chicago debut all as Verdi’s Rigoletto. He seems to have been engaged by the Metropolitan Opera for the season of 1925-26 and also made trial records for Victor. He became ill in 1924, however, and most of his subsequent stage appearances were in concert rather than opera. He died in 1926 following kidney surgery. Schwarz was particularly interested in astronomy and was quoted as saying, “It is more elating to look for a star than to become one”. See also listings in Pathé grouping.

2915. 10” Red SS Schall. Gram. 4-42632 [19197L]. DIE EHRE GOTTES IN DER NATUR (Beethoven). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3479. 12” Pink Parlophon P.331 [2-1669-2/2-7049]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Schöne, selig Stunden / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Für dein Glück (Verdi). Side one an area of lt. superficial rubs, gen. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

2103. 12” Pink Parlophon P.332 [2-1670/2-1671]. WILLIAM TELL: Sohn knie nieder (Rossini) / ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN: Sonst spielt’ ich (Lortzing). Small lbl. stkrs. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

1306. 12” Red shellac Vocalion 48003 [1404s/1408s]. TANNHÄUSER: Blick’ ich umher (Wagner) / FAUST: Valentins Gebet (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3480. 12” Red Schall. Gram. 72530 [954m/1023m]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Spiegel-Arie (Offenbach) / TRAVIATA: Hat dein heimatliches Land (Verdi). Cons. 2. $20.00.

1804. 12” Red Schall. Gram. 72537 [1032m/1267m]. O KOMM’ IM TRAUM (Liszt) / CARO MIO BEN (Giordani). Perfect copy of a gorgeous record. Just about 1-2. $35.00

2469. 12” Red Schall. Gram. 72600 [1021m/1407s]. RIGOLETTO: Feile Sklaven! (Verdi) / HANS HEILING: Am jenem Tag (Marschner). Few MGTs side two, cons. 2. $15.00.

EVELYN SCOTNEY [s]. Near Melbourne, 1886-London, 1967. Scotney studied originally in Australia and was recommended by fellow Australian Nellie Melba to her teacher, Mathilde Marchesi, with whom Scotney worked in Paris, 1910. This was followed by a period with Tosti in England. She then appeared with the Boston Opera, making her debut as Lucia in 1912. She married Boston bass Howard White (1882-1919) and toured with him in concert for several seasons, both in America and Australia. Following White’s untimely death during the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic and Scotney’s own severe bout with that illness, she returned to opera following her recovery, making her debut at the Met in 1919 where she remained two seasons. Her career continued thereafter for a number of years, primarily in recital.

3966. 10” Brown Shellac Vocalon 60042. YOUR VOICE (MacDermid) / LOVE’ S OLD SWEET SONG (Molloy). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3734. 10” Blk. PW elec. HMV E.450 [Bb9067-IV/Bb9070-IV]. CALLER HERRIN’ / O WHISTLE AND I’LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD (Trad. Airs). Piano acc. Few minor rubs, 2. $12.00.

2671. 12” Blk. PW elec. HMV D.1119 [Cc8760-II/Cc8761-II]. DON GIOVANNI Non mi dir / DON GIOVANNI: Mi tradi (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1269. 12” Blk. PW elec. HMV D.1485 [Cc6328-II/Cc12168-II]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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ANTONIO SCOTTI [b].

3546. 10” Red Columbia Grand Opera 1207 [take 1]. DON GIOVANNI: “Selections” [Deh vieni alla finestra; Fin ch’ han dal vino] (Mozart). A remarkably fine copy. Label slightly off-center. Just about 1-2. $600.00.

2927. 10” Silver IRCC 3055. DON PASQUALE: Bella siccome un angelo (Donizetti) / GIU-SEPPE CAMPANARI [b]. LA DANZA (Ros-sini). Good quality RRs from 1906 Edison cylinders. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

4006. 10” Red ’06 GP Victor 81022 [B-878]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Piano acc. 1903 recording. Nice copy. Very lt. mks., 2. $20.00.

1626. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 81063. LA MAN-DOLINATA (Paladilhe). Piano acc. Nice pressing of this 1905 recording. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1301. 12” Red Victor 88122. TOSCA: Cantabile di Scarpia (Puccini). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1389. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88203. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1841. 12” Red Pats. “B” plate Victrola 88290. LUNA NOVA (Costa). With NY Grand Opera Cho-rus. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2601. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 190. DON CAR-LOS: Per me giunto (Verdi) / ELISIR D’A-MORE: Come Paride (Donizetti). Piano acc. From orig. 1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2271. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 24. ELISIR D’AMORE: Come Paride vezzoso (Donizetti) / RIGOLETTO: Deh, non parlare al misero (Verdi); DON GIOVANNI: Finch’ han dal vino (Mozart). Piano acc. From orig. 1905/1904 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LEILA BEN SEDIRA [s] 3668. 10” PW elec. Salabert 3141 [SS949/SS955].

COEUR CONTRE COEUR (O. Straus) / MIMI BROADWAY (Ellis-Fietter). Orch. dir. Raoul Labis. Side two delightful bit of up-tempo musical fluff. Cons. 2. $15.00.

SOPHIE SEDLMAIR [s]. Hannover, 1857- Hannover, 1939. Originally an operetta singer, she appeared in Leipzig, Mainz and Dresden (1880-85). She was heard in New York, 1887, at the Thalia Theater. Restudying as a dramatic operatic soprano, she made a second debut in 1893 as Leonore in Fidelio, from then on alternating both lyric and dramatic roles with much success. While appearing primarily in Germany, Sedl- mair also sang at Covent Garden in 1897 as Brünnhilde in Siegfried with Jean de Reszke and as Isolde. Another noted achievement was a Ring Cycle under Mahler in which she sang each Brünnhilde on three successive evenings to great acclaim.

1437. 10” Brown acous. Janus 5496 [2037/2046]. MARTHA: Letzte Rose (Flotow) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr, die ihr Triebe [Voi che sapete] (Mozart). Minor lbl. creases side one (not cracks), rubber stamp on lbls. Few LGTs side two, surfaces gen. 2. $500.00.

Caricature of ANTONIO SCOTTI by Enrico Caruso

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IRMGARD SEEFRIED [s] 3638. 10” Yellow Var. Micrograde Deut. Gram. 46007. ROMANZE; SELIGKEIT / AVE

MARIA (all Schubert). Piano acc. Erik Werba. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s] 3054. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 8. SON-

NAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini) / LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]. VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi). From orig. 1904/1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2001. 12” Red Victor 89002. DON PAS-QUALE: Pronta io son (Donizetti). With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Nice copy. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2038. 12” Red Victrola 88018 [take 4]. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’è lui … Sempre libera (Verdi). Very minor lbl. rubs. Surface just about 1-2. $7.00.

1035. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88026. DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti o bel Masetto (Mozart). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1156. 12” Red Pats. Victor 88101. HALKA: Gydyby rannem (Moniuszko). The label on this rarity gives it as “Halka-Polish Song”. This is a “D” plate pressing and likely the last issue before it was discontinued. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1152. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88389. WALTZ DREAM: Non sai mia bella (Straus, trans. LaForge). Tiny rim flake blank side (about ¼”), scarcely noticeable. Otherwise everything just about 1-2. $15.00.

1811. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 88389. Same as preceding listing (item #1156). Reviewer’s “X” on label, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

1082. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 129. HALKA: Gydyby rannem (Moniuszko) / SI MES VERS AVAIENT DES AILES! (Hahn); WOHIN? (Schubert). Side two, piano acc., is the first edition. From orig. 1907/1908 Victor matrices. Tiny (¼”) scr. side two should be superficial, otherwise just about 1-2. $25 .00.

4235. 12” White lbl. Sample Victor mat. C-9559-2. NÄR JAB BLEF SJUTTON ÂR [WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN] (arr. Lilljebjörn). In Swedish. Original test pressing. Unpublished. Metal parts don’t exist. Rec. 13 Oct. 1910. Gen. 3. $800.00.

LJUBA SENDAROWNA [ms]. 1901-New York City, 1986. Apparently having made her debut in Germany where the record below was made in 1923, Sendarowna may have sung in opera in Kassel, Germany, and then left Germany in 1933 for residence in the U.S. She appeared with the Philadelphia Opera and various other companies and in South America. She also taught.

2190. 12” Blue acous. Homocord B.8235 [51159/51160]. GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchelli) / MIGNON: Kennst du das Land (Thomas). 2-3. $12.00.

FELIX SENIUS [t]. Königsberg, 1868-1914. Senius spent much of his youth in St. Petersburg, where, in 1872, his father became a bank director. He first worked in his father’s bank and sang in charity concerts. His first lieder concert was in 1900 as well as his debut in oratorio as tenor soloist in Händel’s Messiah. He was exceptionally successful in concerts given in Russia, Scandinavia and Germany. He settled in Berlin in 1906 and was considered one of the most successful concert singers from then until his tragic death in 1913, a result of a banquet given in his honor by his native city. He died of fish poisoning contracted that evening. Conductor Sir Henry J. Wood succinctly summarized Senius’s talent: “He had a beautiful tenor voice and an artistic delivery”. His few records are rare and particularly desirable.

1155. 12” Anker 9437 [04670/04671]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / DON GIOVANNI: Il mio tesoro (Mozart). Harmless lt. surface rubs, gen. 2-3. $35.00.

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[ERNEST] TILKIN SERVAIS [b]. 1888-1961. Servais studied with Richard Barthélemy, a composer and coach/accompanist for Caruso. His career covered the 1911-1945 period. While Belgium was his artistic home, he also had success at Covent Garden as well as in Paris, Monte Carlo and Buenos Aires. 2762. 12” Blk. elec. HMV AU 30 [2B458-II/2B459-I]. LAKMÉ: Stances de Nilakantha (De-

libes) / PAGLIACCI: Prologue (Leoncavallo). In French. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

NIKOLAI A. SHEVELEV [b]. 1874-1929.

1736. 12” Blk. Angel Amour Russian Gram. 022278/022281x [2620c/2636½c]. IZMENA [BETRAYAL]: Aria of Otar-Bey (Ippolitov-Ivanov) / EVGENI WITTING [t]. HALKA: The wind wails in the trees (Moniuszko). Side one a creator performance (Zimin Opera, 4 Dec. 1910, conducted by the composer). Small ND side two, otherwise 2-3. $25.00.

MADELEINE SIBILLE [s] 3020. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.0689

[N202243/N202244]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Plus grand dans son obscurité (Gounod). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3161. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.3499 [N.250028/N.250029]. RÉDEMPTION: Air de l’Archange (Franck). Two sides. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2090. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4853 [2W1366-IIT2/2W1367-IT2]. LA LEPREUSE: Berceuse et monologue d’Aliente (Sylvio Lazzari). Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3452. 12” PW Green Pathé PGT 17 [CPTX145/ CPTX148]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: C’est toi, Santuzza! (Mascagni). Two sides. With JANY DELILLE [ms], MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t]. Cons. 2. $15.00.

LEV SIBIRIAKOV [bs] 4236. 10” Blk. Angel Con. Gram. 4-22137/4-22169 [14817b/14870b]. WHY I WAS BORN,

UNFORTUNATE BOY / OH, YOU ARE MY PORTION (both Harteveld). Side one cons. 2. Side two lt. rubs, gen. 2. $50.00.

2795. 10” Blk. Russian Favorite 1-75097/1-75101 [6443-o/6447-o]. THE TWO GRENA-DIERS (Schumann) / FLIES (Sobolovsky). Side one 2. Side two few MGTs, 2-3. $25.00.

2796. 10” Blk. Russian Favorite 1-75271/1-75264 [2095-b/2094-b]. ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi) / (Rimsky-Korsakov). Side one in Italian. Few LGTs, otherwise side one 2, side two cons. 2. $25.00.

MARGARETE SIEMS [s]. See also under Minnie Nast and Odeon Orchestra for two other discs in this Odeon Rosenkavalier series.

1530. 12” Brown Odeon 80064/80065 [XXB5403/XXB5404]. ROSENKAVALIER: Hab’ mir’s gelobt. With EVA PLASCHKE VON DER OSTEN [s], MINNIE NAST [s] / VON DER OSTEN [s], NAST [s]. ROSENKAVALLIER: Ist ein Traum (Strauss). Creator performances. Much rarer than the Gramophone versions. One tiny pinpoint nick side two, small lbl. stkr., otherwise cons. 2. $600.00.

FRANCESCO SIGNORINI [t]. Rome, 1860-1927. Signorini’s debut was in 1882 at the Teatro Politeama in Firenze. His career encompassed many of the leading Italian houses, including La Scala (Don Carlos, 1897). In addition, he appeared in Buenos Aires, San Francisco and Los Angeles (1907), Odessa (1898) and Prague. Judging from his extremely rare records, Signorini’s huge, brilliant voice must have been thrilling. 1456. 10” Red Milano Pre-Dog Gram. 2-52668 [11210b]. CHATTERTON: Tu sola a me

rimani (Leoncavallo). The principal tenor aria. Lt. greying, gen. 3-4. $300.00.

1694. 12” Red Milano Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Mon. 054210 [1486½c]. TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). With CAROLINA PIETRACEWSKA [c]. As new. Just about 1-2. $250.00.

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PAOLO SILVERI [b] 2229. 12” Blue late. Ital. Columbia GQX 77523 [CBX1679/CBX1680]. HAMLET: Mono-

logo / HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ALESSANDRO SILVESTRI [bs]. Padova, 1851, Alessandria (near Turin), 1922. His debut was in Padova, 1867, at the age of sixteen. So successful was he that he quickly became known as one of Italy’s leading basses. His La Scala debut was in Il Guarany in 1881, and in 1884 he created the role of King Philip in Verdi’s revised version of Don Carlos. In addition he was heard in almost all of Italy’s major opera houses as well as being an important operatic figure in South America, Spain and Russia. His career lasted for about forty years. The late vocal historian and record collector John Freestone stated in 1952 that Silvestri’s records “must be immensely rare, if exisiting at all. I myself have never seen or heard one, and I do not know anyone who possesses any.”

1423. 10” Green Zonophone X-92012 [rad0516]. DOLCE SOGNO (Romanza … composer?). Piano acc. Looks gen. 3-4, but only a couple slight LGTs. $500.00.

BICE SILVESTRI [s]. Daughter of the celebrated bass Alessandro Silvestri. Details as to Bice Silvestri's life are difficult to find, excepting 1902 through 1904. Performances during that period were traced at Trento, Treviso and the Lisbon San Carlos (where she appeared with tenors Fernando de Lucia and Angelo Masini). Her La Scala debut was in 1903, as Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera (with Zenatello, Magini-Coletti and Luppi), and she also sang Kundry in Parsifal (with Giuseppe Borgatti). Her rare Zono- phones were made about the time of her La Scala performances.

1473. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1530. LA BOHÊME: Addio di Mimì (Puccini). One LGT, 2-3. $350.00.

MARTIAL SINGHER [b] 3740. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4841 [OPG-567-1/OPG-

567-II]. PARSIFAL: Lamentations d’Amfortas, 1er Acte (Wagner). In French. Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3741. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4842 [OPG-569-1/OPG-570-1]. PARSIFAL: Lamen-tations d’Amfortas, 3e Acte )Wagner). In French. Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

4004. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4865, DA-4866 [OLA-168-2/169-1, 170-1/171-1]. DON QUICHOTTE À DULCINÉE (Ravel). Three Sides. / RONSARD À SON ÂME (Ravel). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. IMs. Lt. scr. side two should be superficial. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GINO SINIMBERGHI [t] 2991. 10” Blk. PW Grammophon 62805 [8067¾GD/8068¾GD]. MATTINATA (Leonca-

vallo) / FUNICULI-FUNICULA (Denza). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2992. 10” Blk. PW Grammophon 62806 [8066½GD/8069¾GD]. VERGIN TUTT’ AMOR (Durante) / IDEALE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

Cantor GERSHON SIROTA [t] 3030. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64231 [7109L]. KAWOKORES ROHE ADRE [LIKE A

SHEPHERD]. With chorus and boy alto. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2926. 10” Broadcast Twelve elec. 5017. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / AIDA:

Celeste Aida (Verdi). In Italian. Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 4237. 10” Blk. Victor 17796 [1224ab/1230ab]. KWOJDOJ UND MIMKOJMOI / HAM-

CHADEISCH B’TUWOJ (Hebraic Prayers). Cons. 2. $10.00.

2617. 12” Blk. Wilna G&T 011500/011501 [168HP/169HP]. ADOIN OILIM / ODOM YA-SOIDO MEATOR (Hebraic Prayers). With Choir. 1903 matrices. Cons. 2. $15.00.

4238. 12” Green Columbia E8000 (2-75501/2-75504) [140p/143p]. RZEI / ODON JSED, MEOFOR (Hebraic Prayers). From Favorite masters. Good pressing. Harmless rim (just into grooves) patina side one. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2618. 12” Blk. PW elec. Eng. Col. 9453 [WAX3647/WAX3695] EILI, EILI (arr. Alman) / HATIKVAH. With Organ and Choir dir. S. Alman. Side one few MGTs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.

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LEO SLEZAK [t]. Moravia, 1873-Austria, 1946. A pupil of baritone Adolf Robinson, Slezak made his debut in Brno, 1896. His greatest successes began when he made his debut at the Vienna Hofoper in 1901 for which he was selected by Mahler. He subsequently appeared at Covent Garden and the Met, his principal roles having been Otello, Manrico, Siegfried, Tann- häuser, Lohengrin and Walther. His 6’4” frame commanded almost as much attention on stage as did his remarkable voice. In later years, Slezak was heard in character roles in films in the 1930s.

9385. 11” Brown Odeon 38017/38036 [XV 53/ XV 34]. LOUISE: O glanz von Paris (Charpen-tier) / PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leon-cavallo). In German. Piano acc. One LGT side one, cons. 2. $25.00.

9403. 11” Brown Odeon 38318/38319 [Vx1437/ Vx1442]. MANON: Flieh’ o flieh’ (Masse-net) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). One TB, few lt. rubs, 2. $25.00.

9430. 11” Multi-Color Odeon X22073 [Vx1436/Vx1442]. TANNHÄUSER: Liebe-slied (Wagner) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Excellent copy (as the grading indicates), cons. 2. $25.00.

2616. 11” Purple U.S. Okeh 70201 [XB2663]. MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen Herd (Wagner). Few minor rubs, 2. $10.00.

1852. 10” Red Victor ’08 Pats. 64111 [11807u]. DER LENZ (Hildach). Mint? Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1433. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 2-42567 [741z]. DIE THRÄNE (Rubinstein). 1903 recording, piano acc. Gleaming mint label. Surface few LGTs, 2. $25.00.

3862. 10” Blk. Dog Schall. Gram. 42852/3-42746 [964z/10060u]. ERNANI: Arie des Ernani (Verdi) / FAUST: Umsonst beverage ich die Sterne (Gounod). Side one piano acc. 1903 G&T matrix. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3847. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 2-42568 [742z-g-2z]. MORGEN-HYMNE (George Henschel). Scarce 1903 recording. Piano acc. Few LGTs, 2-3. $35.00.

1440. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 2-44050 [694r]. HUGUENOTS: Duett (end, Act IV) (Meyerbeer). With ELSA BLAND [s]. Small lbl. stain trademark area. Excellent condition, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

3845. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 2-444425/2-44426 [132325u/13226u]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ich bin dir Nah’ (Verdi) / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Kommst du endlich wieder (Goldmark). Both with ELSA BLAND [s]. Cons. 2. $20.00.

3895. 10” Blk. Dog Schall. Gram. 62021 (3-42886/3-42889) [10853u/10854u]. DIE STUMME VON PORTICI: Barcarole (Auber) / ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Constanze, dich wieder zu sehen (Mozart). Two small scrapes both sides should be superficial, otherwise exceptionally clean, cons. 2. $15.00.

3175. 10” Orange Opera Disc 13950 [6844b/797r]. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied / MEIS-TERSINGER: Am stillen Herd (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4239. 10” White lbl. Schall. Gram. 13955 [11801u/11802u]. PROPHÈTE: Triumphge- sang / PROPHÈTE: Pastorale (Meyerbeer). Blank white lbl. test pressing with labels

marked and signed by Slezak. Side one “Schlecht. Weg!!” and side two “Sehr gut. Bleibt!!”. See photo of lbl. for side one. Excellent copy, couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00.

4240. 10” White lbl. SS Schal. Gram. 4-42389 [15838u]. LA JUIVE: Recha, als Gott (Halévy). As above, a blank white lbl. pressing which Slezak has signed and written “Sehr gut. Bleibt”. Excellent, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

3173. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 21690 [1517bk/1518bk]. IM ABENDROTH / LITANEI (both Schubert). Piano acc. Few minor mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3705. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 23017 [595BT/598BT]. MORGEN, Op. 27, No. 4 / STÄNDCHEN, Op. 17, No. 1 (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Two lightest rubs side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

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3174. 10” Yellow PoW Deut. Gram. 26506 [1520bk/1540bk]. DER LENZ (Hildach) / STÄNDCHEN (Brahms). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1771. 12” Purple Okeh 52001 [XB5682]. FAUST: Gegrüsst sei mir (Gounod). Few lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

1106. 12” Blk. acous. Hist. No. 2 HMV D.828 [484c/01514v]. LAKMÉ: Diese Bilder, nebelhafte Schäume (Delibes) / LE PROPHÈTE: In eines Domes Wunderbau (Meyerbeer). Side one piano acc. Excellent performances and recordings. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1108. 12” TC Columbia A5385 [30991-1/30993-1]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (both Verdi). In Italian. Good flush pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2367. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65774 [1240as/1243as]. DU BIST DIE RUH’ / DER LINDENBAUM (both Schubert). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

DMITRI SMIRNOV [t] 3652. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52865 [17824b].

MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

3624. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52853 [17826b]. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

1714. 12” White HMV 022143 [434½s]. PEARL FISHERS: Je crois entendre encore (Bizet). In Russian. As new as are most “Just about 1-2” listings. $50.00.

1687. 12” White HMV 022302 [2687c]. MAY NIGHT: The Sun Descends (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $50.00.

1711. 12” White HMV 022334 [2853c]. RUSS-LAN AND LUDMILLA: There is a deserted land (Glinka). As new. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

2342. 12” Red HMV 2-022024 [Cc3211-I]. CHANSON GEORGIENNE (Rachmani-noff). One rub, few lt. mks. 2. $15.00.

1710. 12” Green Schall. Gram. 85200 (022154/022299 [430s/2686c]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Wohin seid ihir entschwunden / EUGEN ONEGEN: In euren Hause (Tschaikow-sky). In Russian. Few minor rubs, one small (absolutely harmless) LSS, cons. 2. $25.00.

1690. 12” Pink Dog Mon. Gram. 052373 [02451½v]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). In Italian. IMs. Couple small mks., otherwise just about 1-2. $50.00.

1698. 12” White lbl. HMV 052373 [02451½v]. Same as preceding listing (item #1690). Looks mint, as one would expect from a copy with an “about 1-2” grading (as this has). $50.00.

1691. 12” White lbl. HMV 052408 [2841c]. TRAVIATA: De’ miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $50.00.

1677. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 566 [2545c/2660½c]. ALEKO: Romance of the Young Gypsy (Rachmaninoff) / DUBROVSKY: O Give Me Oblivion (Napravnik). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

2053. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 72 [Cc4720-I/Cc3335-I]. FAIR AT SOROTCHINTZTY: Pour-quoi mon triste coeur (Moussorgsky) / BORIS GODOUNOV: Oh! Tsarevich! I Im-plore You (Moussorgsky). Side two with MARIA DAVIDOV [ms]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LEONID SOBINOV [t] 2004. 12” White acous. HMV VB 45 [2217c/2513c]. RAPHAEL: My Heart Trembles

(Arensky) / RUSSALKA: Unwillingly to These Sad Shores (Dargomyshsky). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

DMITRI SMIRNOV

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WÄINÖ SOLA [t]. Helsinki, 1883-1961. Originally an actor and then a businessman, Sola studied voice in Helsinki as well as at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and in Italy and France, beginning an operatic career in 1909. He was also a noted concert singer and toured Europe and the U.S.

3017. 10” PW Plum HMV X.2809 [BW1692-II/BW-1694-II]. MA OKSALLA YLIMMÄLLÄ (Linsen) / RISTILUKKI (Sibelius). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3196. 10” PW Plum HMV X.2809 [BW1692-II/BW1694-II]. Same as previous listing (item #3017). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

CHRISTY SOLARI (CRISTOS SOLARIS) [t ]. Smirna, 1888-Rome, 1974. Of Greek, Turkish and Italian ancestry, Solari studied with, among others, Antonio Cotogni and made his debut at the Teatro Sociale, Mantua, as Arturo in I Puritani, a role he repeated frequently. In addition to many houses in Italy (although not La Scala), Solari was heard in Holland and Buenos Aires. One source indicates that he also made dance band recordings for Italian Columbia in the late 1920s as Franco Lary.

1419. 10” Maroon PW elec. Eng. Col. D11441 [WB2871/WB2873]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet) / PURITANI: Credeasi misera (Bellini). Cons. 2. $15.00.

1420. 10” Red PoW It. Col. CQ352 [WB3694/WB3695]. LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere (Verdi) / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di Pescatore ignobile (Donizetti). Cons. 2. $15.00.

INA SOUEZ [s] 3062. 10” Eng. Columbia DB 839 [CA12579-2/CA12580-2]. I WANT YOUR HEART (Haydn

Wood) / LOVE EVERLASTING (Friml). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1987. 12” Blk. PW (gold print) Victor 36286 [2EA1576-II/2EA1577-I]. NORMA: Casta Diva (Bellini). Two sides. Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GÉRARD SOUZAY [b] 2768. 12” SS Orange Decca test Mat. AR11406-1. NOCTURNE (César Franck). Piano acc.

Jean Michel Damasc. If I’ve interpreted the Souzay Discography (Manuel Morris) correctly, this disc was only issued in dubbed 10” format. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

HINA SPANI [s] 4241. 10” acous. Eng. Col. D5165 [B338/ B342].

BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò ma prima in grazia / AIDA: O cieli azzuri (both Verdi). Gen. 2. $50.00.

3525. 10” PW Red Chilean (Gold print) Victor 1450 [Bk2005-I/2009-II]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide / LA BOHÊME: Donde lieta (both Puccini). Excellent PW surfaces, probably the best extant pressing format of this item unless vinyl pressings exist. Few lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.

1285. 10” (on 12” disc) vinyl White HMV mat. OF 168-III. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca (Rossini). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2519. 12” Red late VdP DB 1163 [CF1625-II/ CF1627-I]. FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gou-nod) / LA WALLY: Ebbene? .. Andrò solo e lontana (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JUAN SPIWAK [t] . Slowenien, 1883-New York City, 1946. Spiwak’s first appearances were with the Vienna Volksoper during the seasons of 1907-09. In 1910-11 he transferred to the Vien- na Hofoper. Subsequently he was heard as a leading tenor in several other theaters, including Düsseldorf, Bremen and Nuremberg. He left Germany for New York in 1933, where he taught. 9306. 11” Blue Odeon 51364/51365 [XB-3925/XB-3901]. CARMEN: Duett Escamillo und

José (Bizet) / MARTHA: Duett zwischen Lyonel und Plunket (Flotow). With JUAN LURIA [b]. Luria, born Johannes Lorie, sang at the Met as early as the season of 1890-91. He died at Auschwitz in 1942 at the age of 80. Very nice copy, cons. 2. $20.00.

HINA SPANI

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MARIANO STABILE [t] 2687. 12” PW Plum Italian Columbia GQX 16504 [WBX353-2/WBX354]. FRANCESCA DA

RIMINI: Duetto Atto IV (Zandonai). Two sides. With GIUSEPPE NESSI [t]. Gen. 2. $12.00.

3475. 12” PW Red PW Eng. Columbia D14718 [WBX353-1?/WBX354]. Same as preceding listing but just about 1-2. $15.00.

HELEN STANLEY [s]. Chicago, 1889-Phila- delphia, 1969. Her career began as a church soloist at the age of 14 and it continued into the 1930s, both in concert and opera, as well as oratorio. She made her operatic debut in Würzberg, 1911 and was with the Chicago Opera and the New York Century Opera for several years. Later, 1927, she appeared with the Cincinnati Opera as Tosca with tenor Forrest Lamont and the next year with the Philadelphia Opera as Sieglinde. Although she appeared more often in concerts and recitals, her performed operatic repertoire included many roles, such as Maiella (Jewels of the Madonna), Prince Charming in Massenet’s Cendrillon (with Maggie Teyte in the title role), Donna Elvira, Nedda and Micaela. Stanley’s recordings were made in the ‘teens, first for Edison and then for Columbia

1154. 12” TC Columbia A5912 [48863-4/48876-6]. DON GIOVANNI: In qual eccesi (Mozart) / CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet). Side one Italian, side two English. Good surfaces, cons. 2. $12.00.

ELEANOR STEBER [s] 4242. 12” Red RCA Victor 11-9186. STAR DUST (Carmichael, arr. Parrish) / PORGY AND

BESS: Summertime (Gershwin). Orch. dir. Jay Blackton. Very attractive performances. Cons. 2. $10.00.

1958. 12” Blk. vinyl Red lbl. RCA Victor Special Purpose 12-0526. NOZZE DI FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Special “silent” pressing for radio stations. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

SUZANNE STEN [ms]. Eberswalde, 1908- ? . Sten studied in Berlin and made her debut in Breslau, 1930, as Azucena in Il Trovatore. She was also a member of the Deutsches Theatre in Prague. As Sten was Jewish, her career in Germany ended in 1933 for all practical purposes, but she remained there and continued singing with the Theater des Jüdischen Kulturbundes in Berlin from 1935-1938. In 1938 she emigrated to the U.S. and found work immediately on the radio and in concert. She made her debut with the San Francisco Opera in 1940 as Amneris and sang elsewhere in the U.S. in opera and concert. Following the War she appeared at the Vienna Staatsoper and later taught at Juilliard. She was married to pianist Leo Taubman.

3194. 10” Blue PW Microphone Col. 17241-D [wco26888/ wco26889]. ICH ATMET’ EINEN LINDEN DUFT / HANS UND GRETE (both Mahler). Piano acc. Leo Taubman. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

HORACE STEVENS [bs] 2625. 12” Eng. acous. Vocalion K-05266 ]04476/04477].

THE CREATION: Now Heaven in Fullest Glory Shone (Haydn) / ST. PAUL: O God Have Mercy (Mendelssohn). 2. $12.00.

2598. 12” Blk. Eng. elec. Decca K.528, K.529 [MA1464-1/MA1465-1, MA1466-3/MA1467-2]. DIE WALKÜRE: Wotan’s Farewell (Wagner). Four sides. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2423. 12” Blk. Eng. elec. Decca K.608 [GA2847/GA2848]. MESSIAH: Why Do the Nations / MESSIAH: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Händel). Cons. 2. $10.00.

HELEN STANLEY

SUZANNE STEN

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RISË STEVENS [ms] 3961. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3108. IT’S A LOVELY DAY TODAY / YOU’RE JUST IN

LOVE (both Irving Berlin, from Call Me Madam). With ROBERT MERRILL [b]. Very scarce, late 78 issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

DAVID STOCKMAN [t]. Göteberg, 1879-1951. Originally a furniture designer, Stockman then studied voice with H. Hoffmann in Breslau and sang in a vocal quartet. His debut was with the Swedish Royal Opera in 1906 in Un Ballo in Maschera, and he remained with that company as leading tenor until 1942. His repertoire there eventually encompassed over 100 roles, including Tristan (the Swedish premiere in 1909), Parsifal (in the Swedish premiere, 1917), Roméo, Pinker- ton, Raoul, and Marouf. He was still active as late as 1949 when he was in the first Swedish performance of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.

3870. 10” Blk. acous. HMV V162 [790ah/791ah]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah, lève-toi soleil (Gounod). In Swedish. As new, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ROSINA STORCHIO [s] 1575. 11” Red PW Odeon HRS 1018 [XPh1502/XPh1513]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce

di quest’anima (Donizetti) / EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Excellent pressing from orig. 1906 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. Most of the items below are in desirable mid-late 1920s pressings.

2778. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D5042 [77085/77088]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita / ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (both Verdi). Minor lbl. stain. Excellent lami-nated pressing. Surface just about 1-2. $15.00.

3402. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4008-M [A1863/A1889]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior (Thomas) / DAMNA-TION DE FAUST: Serenade (Berli-oz). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3317. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4020-M [79719-2/79875-1]. LA SPAG-NOLA (di Chiara)/NOSTALGIA (de Curtis]. Excellent pressing. Superficial rubs, gen. 2-3. $10.00.

1876. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4022-M [78100-2/78104-3]. SANTA LUCIA (Cottrau) / FUNICULI, FUNICULA (Denza). With Male Chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3998. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4030-M [A1934-1/A1935-2]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. Scarce late acoustic version. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2779. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X323. Same as previous listing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2822. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X332 [A1901/A1903]. OTELLO: Brindisi / OTELLO: Sogno (Verdi). One rub, few lt. superficial mks., 2. $12.00.

3355. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D12472 [A1863/A1926]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior / HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). Cons. 2. $15.00

2780. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D12511 [A1865/A1866]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara (Leoncavallo). Few lt. mks., side one cons. 2, side two (one LGT) 2. $12.00.

3264. 11” SS Col.-Fonotipia 390582 [XPh1811]. LUCIA: Cruda, funesta smania (Donizetti). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3282. 11” Fonotipia 92623/92624 [XPh3849/XPh3744]. I VESPRI SICILIANI: In braccio alle dovizie (Verdi) / ANDREA CHENIER: Un di, m’era di gioia (Giordano). Tiny lbl. stkr. Few rubs and few LGTs, 2. $12.00.

3277. 11” Fonotipia 92430/92431 [XPh3768/XPh3769]. GERMANIA: Ferito, prigionier / GERMANIA: Ascolta, io morirò! (Franchetti). Nice copy, cons. 2. $20.00.

Baritone RICCARDO STRACCIARI [left] and tenor TITO SCHIPA in ?? (Is there a boxing opera? Maybe

“The Ring” but that’s already taken.☺)

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1583. 11” U.S. Fonotipia 72102 [XPh3826]. TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1956. 12” PW Plum POW Parl.-Odeon PXO 90 [XXPh3840/3369]. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zin-gara (Leoncavallo) / MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Side one conducted by the composer (who signed the matrix as well). Orig. 1909/1908 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2556. 12” PW Red Fonotipia F5617 [XXPh5000/XXPh5002]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani / DON CARLO: O Carlo ascolta (both Verdi). Mid-‘20s lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2555. 12” Gold Flags acous. Columbia 68070-D [49522- / 49333-2]. CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Side two with SASCHA JACOBSEN [vln). Piano acc. Philip Hauser. Excellent pressing. Side one tiny scr. about an 8th of an inch, otherwise cons. 2. Side two few rubs, 2. $15.00.

1819. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9015-M [49517-1/49590-2]. THERE’S A LONG, LONG TRAIL (Elliott) / THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE (Ray). Scarce excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2474. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9024-M [AX959/AX960-2]. TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini)/ OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2587. 12” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D14652 [AX961/AX991]. ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Few LGTs, cons. 2. $20.00.

2475. 12” Blue PW elec. Eng. Columbia L2133 [WBX152/ WBX153]. ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (Verdi) / TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini). Cons. 2. $15.00.

1912. 12” Blue PW elec. Fr. Columbia D18060 [WBX457/ WBX458]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza) / APRILE (Tosti). Uncommon. 1-2. $20.00.

ELSA STRALIA [s] 2590. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7329 [6650/75943].

TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida / ERNANI: Ernani, involami (both Verdi). In Italian. Side one cons. 2. Side two 2-3. $12.00.

WILHELM STRIENZ [bs] 3375. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 6627 [ORA3337-II/

ORA3338-I]. KENNST IHR DAS LAND? (Nägeli) / WAS IST DER DEUTSCHEN VA-TERLAND? (Reichardt). This must have had a very short catalogue life in England. With Choir, Organ and Orchestra dir. Bruno Sei-dler-Winkler. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

2790. 10” Plum HMV EG 6800 [ORA3872-2/ ORA3873-1]. PENNY-SERENADE (Weersma)/

DU HAS GLÜCK BEI DEN FRAU’N, BEL AMI (Mackaben). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2789. 10” Plum PW Electrola EG 6919 [ORA3872-2/ ORA4100-1]. PENNY SERENADE (Weersma) / GOOD BYE, JOHNNY (Kreuder). Lbl. stkr., couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3373. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 7126 [ORA4733-II/ ORA4734-V]. WAS WILL ICH NOCH MEHR (Kleine) / ICH SPIEL’ AUF MEINER GEIGE (Kerber). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3383. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 7127 [ORA4732-3/ORA4735-1]. LISELOTT: Heimat, ich hab’ Heimweh nach Dir (Künneke) / MONIKA: Heimatlied (Dostal). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ELSA STRALIA

WILHELM STRIENZ

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2332. 12” Plum PW HMV EH 1044 [2RA1945-I/2RA1946-II]. DER TOD; HEIMAT / VOR MIR DIE STEPPE (all Gretchaninov). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Scarce. Short catalogue life. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

2364. 12” Plum PW HMV EH 1051 [2RA1965-II/2RA1966-II]. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Für mein gebrchenes Vaterherz (Verdi) / EUGEN ONEGIN: Ein Jeder kennt die Lieb’ (Tschaikowsky). Another short lived issue. HMV deleted most of this German series in 1939. Germany subsequently deleted most Russian music from its Electrola catalogue when their treaty with Russia was broken. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

SUSAN STRONG [s]. Brooklyn, 1870-London, 1946. Daughter of New York State Senator Dennis Strong, Susan studied at Lon- don’s Royal College of Music with Fran- cis Korbay. She made her debut in London, 1895, as Sieglinde in Der Wal- küre. Before the turn of the century, she sang roles such as Brünnhilde, Venus and Donna Anna at Covent Garden. With the Mapleson Opera Company in New York she appeared as Marguerite in Faust and Elsa in Lohen- grin. Then at the Metropolitan (1897- 1901), she made her debut as Elsa in Lohengrin, also singing there Aida and several Wagnerian roles. A “torrid romance” with British writer Aleister Crowley (“an occultist, prolific writer, mystic, hedonist, and sexual revolu- tionary”) took place in 1899-1900 during which period Strong swore she would leave her American husband for him. After departing England for the U.S., however, “her ardor cooled”, although apparently her American husband had also lost interest in her. Returning to England in 1902, she sang principally in concerts, having permanently left the operatic stage. Late in 1905 she again visited the U.S. In 1906, as a guest at the Wolcott Hotel in NYC, Strong and pianist Wassily Safonoff decided to entertain friends at 1:00 a.m. with Russian arias. A guest called the hotel manager, complaining and asking who would have “such infernal noises going on at this time of the morning”? More complaints followed and the hotel’s “night watchman” was eventually dispatched. He knocked on the door and announced to the astonished guests, pianist and diva, “This noise must stop!”. It was just a short time after this episode that a concert Strong gave at Mendelssohn Hall came in for only slightly more complementary commentary. It was apparently sometime around this point that she had fallen on financially hard times and also, for a period, lost her voice as well. To make ends meet, she and her maid returned to England and opened a “high-class laundry establishment” in London’s Baker Street. This quickly expanded to a three-story building operation with fourteen employees. Her voice soon returned along with her wealth. Success in catering to the laundry needs of the nobility made it possible for her to give concerts when she chose and to teach, which she continued to do after she retired from the laundry business.

2426. 12” Blk. London G&T 03099 [1995f]. MARY GRAY OF ALLANDALE (arr. H. Lane Wilson). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $150.00.

2650. 12” Blk. London G&T 03099 [1995f]. Same as preceding listing [item #2426]. Rubbed. 4, but no apparent greying. $40.00.

4243. 12” Blk. London Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Mon. 03116 [2435f]. HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Extremely rare. Few MGTs, 2. $200.00.

2425. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 159 [2004f/2EA8053-I]. DIE JUNGE NONNE (Schubert)/ HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Label side one autographed by Strong. Side one from orig. 1907 London G&T matrix. Side two RR from 1908 Gramophone pressing. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

ELSIE SUDDABY [s]. Leeds, 1893-Radlett, Herts., 1980. Suddaby studied voice with Sir Edward Bairstow and made her concert debut in London, 1917. She soon became a celebrated concert and oratorio artist, appearing throughout the U.K. and in the Netherlands. Her career continued into the 1950s.

4244. 10” PW Red HMV E.413 [Bb7726-III/Bb7727-I]. NYMPHS AND SHEPHERDS (Purcell) / MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn). Piano acc. IMs. Couple lt. mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

3374. 10” Plum PW HMV B.3476 [Bb16989-IIA/Bb18593-III]. HIAWATHA: Spring had come (Coleridge-Taylor) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Intermezzo [Ave Maria] (Mascagni). Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.

SUSAN STRONG (left) at work in her laundry

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CONCHITA SUPERVIA [ms]

2922. 10” Maroon Parl.-Odeon RO 20154 [KI-4398-2/So4908]. CLAVELITOS (Valverde) / LA FARRUCA (Turina). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2923. 10” Red Decca P-G-20463 [KI-4399-2/So6059]. AY-AY-AY (Perez-Frèire) / LAS HIJAS DEL ZEBEDEO: Carceleras (Chapi). One PB side two should be harmless, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

3586. 10” Blue PW Australian Parlophone AR 329 [So7885/So7887]. SENTIR GITANO-CANCÍON ANDALUZA (de Aquino) / UN BARBERILLO ALEGRE (Media Villa). Excellent pressing. Lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.

ALEXANDER (DE) SVED [b] 2184. 12” Late Red VdeP DB 5366 [2BA3928-I/2BA3929-I]. MACBETH: Pietà, rispetto,

amore (Verdi) / WILLIAM TELL: Resta immobile (Rossini). Few rubs, 2. $8.00.

3493. 12” Red VdeP DB 5367 [2BA3934/2BA3935]. DER WANDERER / AN DIE MUSIK (both Schubert). In German. Piano acc. A. Beltrami. Scarce. Cons. 2. $15.00.

GLADYS SWARTHOUT [ms] 1961. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-1002. WERTHER: Letter Scene (Massenet). Two sides.

In French. Orch. dir. Jean Paul Morel. Late beveled edge pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1812. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-1002. Same as previous listing (item #1961). Lt. superficial rubs, 2. $8.00.

1683. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-1077. FA LA NANA BAMBIN (Sadero) / SING ME TO SLEEP (Greene). Side two with LEONARD ROSE [cellist]. Both acc. by Gibner King. Uncommon. Late beveled edge pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JESKA SWARTZ [ms]. Albany, NY, 1885- ? . Swartz (Mrs. Julian Morse) studied with Clara Munger and with Charles White at the New England Conservatory, from which she was graduated in 1908. She began her operatic career with the Boston Opera its opening week in 1909 and continued through the last week in 1914 in roles such as Stephano in Romeo et Juliette, Mallika in Lakmé, Siebel, Suzuki and Hänsel. She then sang a season at Covent Garden and one with the Chicago Opera, plus appearances with the French Opera in New Orleans as well. She also toured across the U.S. with the Alice Nielsen-Riccardo Martin Operatic Concert Company. Her first marriage, in 1913, lasted three days, but she was much more successful with her second, apparently continuing the rest of her life. Swartz commented in a letter to Leo Riemens (Nov. 6, 1955) on many of the sopranos with whom she appeared, including Lillian Nordica, Alice Nielsen, Mary Garden (“an extraordinary Marguerite, the spontaneity of the ‘Jewel Song’ was unforgetta- ble”), Lucille Marcel, Emmy Destinn (“great, great artist” as Butterfly), Lucrezia Bori (“she was charming”), Nellie Melba (“There never was such a golden voice!”), Galli-Curci (“the most beautiful voice of the coloraturas”), and so on. Why did Swartz make only this one record? “I made no other records because I was not pleased with the Siebel aria and the Jeanne d’Arc.”

1964. 12” TC Columbia A5438 [36434-2/36435-3]. FAUST: Le parlate d’amor (Gounod) / JEANNE D’ARC: Farewell, Ye Hills (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t]. Milano, 1885-10. A pupil of Lelio Casini, Taccani made his debut as Giordano’s Andrea Chenier in Bologna, 1905. While he never appeared at La Scala, he was heard in most of the major Italian houses as well as in Buenos Aires, Madrid, Barcelona and in New York with the Manhattan Opera. He retired in 1940 and subsequently taught in Milano. See also CARMEN MELIS for other items.

3340. 10” Blk. ’08 GP Victor 52505 [10628b]. L’ALBATRO: Romanza di Erick (Pacchierotti). Conducted by the composer. Rubbed. 4, but no greying. Should play without any problems. $20.00.

3772. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5362 [B-625/B-640]. LUCIA: Hai tradito in ciel (Donizetti) / CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet). Tiny lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $25.00.

2093. 12” White SS acous. Victrola 58386 [1254c]. HERMES: Finale Ultimo (Atillio Parelli). With IDA GIACOMELLI [s], FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Orch. dir. by the com-poser. Very rare indeed. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

2538. 12” Blk. ’07 GP SS Victor 58386 [1254c]. Same as preceding listing (item #2093). Lbl. tear in trademark area. Surface rubbed, but there seems to be no greying. Should play well despite looks. 4. $15.00.

2298. 12” PW Green elec. Eng. Col. D14464 [WBX277/WBX279]. GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF: Quando fanciulla ancora / GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF: Come avenisse non so (Mascagni). Should play as new. Superficial rubs, side one 2-3, side two 3. $15.00.

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2467. 12” PW Green elec. Eng. Col. D14466 [WBX282/WBX283]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano) / GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI [t] 3832. 10” late Blue Cetra AT 0115 [51318-III/51319-III]. VOGLIO VIVERE COSÌ / TU

NON MI LASCERA! (both D’Anzi). From film, Voglio vivere così. Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3824. 10” late Blue Cetra AT 0125 [51759/51760]. MALINCONIA D’AMORE / NO MESSO IL CUORE NEI PASTICCI (both D’Anzi). From film, La donna è mobile. IMs. Another fine late pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3997. 10” very late Blk. RCA Victor 25-7162. ANEMA È CORE (Manlio) / ME SO’ MABRACATO ‘E SOLE (both Manlio). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ITALO TAJO [bs] 2759. 12” Blk. Eng. Telefunken 6X.61p069 [D026550-1A/D026553]. BARBER OF

SEVILLE: La calunnia (Rossini) / MACBETH: Come dal ciel precipita (Verdi). Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t] 3235. 10” Red Milan G&T 52679 [3014-R]. LE

PROPHÈTE: Sopra Berta (Meyerbeer). Excellent early pressing (Serial No. 0466). Cons. 2. $50.00.

3237. 10” Red Victrola 95007 [3014-R]. Same as preceding listing (item #3235) but late 1930s RCA Victrola pressing, RCA Vr Bk. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3236. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 95005 [3011-R]. LE PROPHÈTE: Inno (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $15.00

3336. 10” Red Victrola 95006 [3013-R]. IL TRO-VATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00

1631. 10” Monarch 95009 [3020-R]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). Early “B” plate. Bright label, Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $25.00.

1599. 10” Red Monarch 95010 [3021-R]. WILLIAM TELL: Corriam! (Rossini). Early “C” plate (pressing #688). Bright label. Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $25.00.

3673. 10” Red Hist. HMV DR 101 [3019/3027]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei (Saint-Saëns) / HÉRODIADE: Quand nos jours (Massenet). Harmless lt. rubs side one, 2. Side two just about 1-2. $7.00.

3209. 10” late Red VdP DR 105 [3004ft/3028ft]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra (both Verdi). Side two begins with Tamagno giving a spoken dedication. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1429. 10” White unpublished “Advance Copy” Gramophone mat. 3007-. ANDREA CHEN-IER: Un di all’ azzurro spazio (Giordano). Unpublished take (issued only in Historic Masters Tamagno 10” set). Lightest surface grittiness, otherwise gen. 2. $15.00.

OTTO [HASSELBAUM] TAMINI [t]. 1880 - ? . Son of a German father and Italian mother, Tamini was originally a banker and was supposedly convinced by Lilli Lehmann to seek a career in opera. At that point he adopted his mother’s maiden name, Tamini, as his surname in place of Hasselbaum. He appeared with the Vienna Volksoper and then developed a career in England, appearing in concert under Beecham’s baton. In 1911, Tamini secured his British Certificate of Naturalization. This was revoked in 1918 for “false representations” as to his address. In 1919 he spearheaded a project in Berlin for a huge opera house in which he invested “a large part of his fortune”. What became of this project isn’t known. In the later 1920s he appears to have settled in Laredo, Texas, singing and teaching.

2774. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 042191. FREISCHÜTZ: Durch die Wälder (v.Weber). Cons. 2. $20.00.

FRANCESCO TAMAGNO

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ANNA TARIOL-BAUGÉ [ms]. Veyre Monton, 1871-Asnières, 1944). While having success in opera roles such as Carmen and Charlotte (in Werther) early in her career (primarily in Russia), Tariol-Baugé is remembered as a gifted operetta singer. Much of her success was in Paris, although she appeared in the provinces as well. She created a number of operetta roles, including Agathe in Véronique. Her husband, Alphonse Baugé, had success in both opera at the beginning of his career and then, as with his wife, in operetta. Their son, André Baugé, became known likewise for his work in opera and operetta, as well as films.

3850. 10” Blk. Victor 62976 [6528h/6529h]. LES BRIGANDS: Couplets de Fiorella / LA VIE PARISIENNE: Je suis veuve d’un Colonel (both Offenbach). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3507. 10” Blk. ’10 Victor Pats. 62984 [7184o/ 7185o]. LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT: Marchande de mare (Lecocq) / LA PERI-CHOLE: Couplets des aveux (Offenbach). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PIA TASSINARI [s] 2221. 12” Red late VdP DB 1932 [2M1207-1/

2M1208-II]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto) / LA BOHÊME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). Side two with PIERO PAULI [t]. Lt. superficial scuffing, gen. 2 (but should, of course, play as new). $10.00.

AMELIA TALEXIS [s] 1559. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia 39316/39346 [XPh387/XPh389]. HÉRODIADE: Il est

doux (Massenet) / PRINTEMPS NOUVEAU (Vidal). Untrimmed edges. Side one 3-4 (some LGTs). Side two few likely MGTs, 3. $25.00.

RICHARD TAUBER [t] 2987. 10” Orange U.S. Odeon 10429 [Be5325/Be5330]. DAS ZERBOCHENE RINGLEIN

(Friedrich Glück) / TREUE LIEBE (German Folk Song). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3603. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4926 [Be7649-2/7651]. MÄDCHEN, WENN ES FRÜHLING

IST (Roßmann) / KENNST DU DAS KLEINE HAUS AM MICHIGANSEE (Heymann). Tauber provides his own piano accompaniment and sings in a very intimate style. Few LSSs and minor rubs. 3-4, but no greying. Just five light ticks on side one. $15.00.

3691. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4968 [Be8942/Be8943-2]. ROT IS DEIN MUND / ES WAR EINMAL EIN FRÜHLINGSTRAUM (both Tauber, from film Das lockende Ziel). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Small lbl. stkr., few minor rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3692. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4984 [Be9316-2/Be9319-2]. KEINE FRAU KANN SCHÖNER SEIN ALS DU (Klupsch) / DU FARST MIR EIN ROMAN (Bronislaw Kaper, from film Die große Attraktion). Lbl. stkrs., cons. 2. $15.00.

2024. 12” SS Purple Odeon JXX 81025 [XXB6440]. TRAUME (Wagner). IMs. Superficial rubs, gen. 2-3. $10.00.

2493. 12” SS Purple Odeon JXX 81027 [XXB6441]. ZUEIGNUNG (Strauss). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2581. 12” SS Purple Odeon JXX 81030 [XXB6446]. BARTERED BRIDE: Es muß gellingen (Smetana). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2495. 12” SS Purple Odeon JXX 81067 [XXB6747]. DON GIOVANNI: Nur ihrem Frieden (Mozart). 1” hair crk. (visible but not broken through to grooved side), otherwise cons. 2. $7.00.

2371. 12” White/Brown acous. Odeon Rxx80082/Rxx80083 [XXB6740/XXB6742]. MORGEN (Strauss) / LIEBESFEIER (Weingartner). Piano acc. Side one violin acc. Faint harmless edge patina side one, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ANNA TARIOL-BAUGÉ

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2027. 12” Brown acous. Odeon Rxx80748/Rxx80749 [XXB6446/XXB6646]. BARTERED BRIDE: Es muß gelingen / BARTERED BRIDE: Nun in Lust und Leide (Smetana). Side two with ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]. Excellent glassy pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2030. 12” acous. Brown Odeon O-8171 [XXB6444-II/XXB6841-II]. DER EVANGELIMANN: Selig sind (Kienzl) / EUGEN ONEGIN: Recit. und Arie des Lenski (Tschaikowsky). Note that take II is used on side one (take I was also issued and is without recit.). Excellent surfaces, few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

2021. 12” acous. Brown Odeon O-8614 [XXB6748-II/XXB6750]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Strahlt auf mich der Blitz des Goldnes (Rossini) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: In diesen feierlichen Stunde (Verdi). Both with BENNO ZIEGLER [b]. Excellent glassy pressing. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

2069. 12” acous. Purple U.S. Odeon 5015 [XXB6439/XXB6442]. STÄNDCHEN (Carl Beines) / RUHE MEINE SELLE (Strauss). Piano acc. Carl Beines, who was Tauber’s teacher. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2557. 12” acous. Purple U.S. Odeon 5039 [XXB6441/XXB6847]. ZUEIGNUNG (Strauss) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Side one piano acc. Side two in French with violin and piano. Side one cons. 2. Side two some LGTs, 2-3. $10.00.

1659. 12” acous. Purple U.S. Odeon 5040 [XXB6546/XXB6559]. VERBORG’NE LIEBE / DER FRÜHLING (both Grieg). Side one piano acc. Beautiful performances. One tiny LSS start of side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

1058. 12” Blk. U.S. Odeon 85201 [XXB8110-3/ XXB8111-3]. FRIEDERIKE: Sah ein Knab’ ein Röslein stehn / FRIEDERIKE: O Mädchen, mein Mädchen (Lehár). Harmless superficial rubs, 3. $7.00.

1273. 12” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia G-9044-M [XXB7632/XXB7962]. CIRCUS PRINCESS: Zwei Märchenaugen (Kálmán) / WIEN, DU STADT MEINER TRÄUME (Sieczynski). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

RICCARDO TEGANI [b]. Agrigento, 1880-Milano, 1937. Tegani seems to have made his debut in 1901at the Ivrea Civico in Verdi’s I due Foscari. For the next thirty years he performed throughout Italy, both in opera and operetta. He was successful in South America as well as several seasons (1914-17), singing roles in New York at the Metropolitan in Italian, French and English. His repertoire in Italy included such familiar parts as Scarpia and Angelotti, Telramund, Marcello, Germont and Sharpless, as well as parts in now forgotten operas such as Il Sabba (Perotti), La Favola di Helga (Santoliquido) and Il Principa Zilah (Alfano).

1566. 11” Brown Odeon 37867/37868 [XM1371/ XM1372]. ERNANI: Da quel dì / ERNANI: Fiero sangue d’Aragona (Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s]. Cons. 2. $15.00.

Tenors TINO PATTIERA [l.] and RICHARD TAUBER

RICCARDO TEGANI

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MARGARETE TESCHEMACHER [s] 3543. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 3896 [ORA-1780-2/ORA-1781-2]. MUTTER, O SING MICH

ZU RUH / IM HERBST (both Robert Franz). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Small lbl. stkrs., just about 1-2. $15.00.

LUISA TETRAZZINI [s]. Firenze, 1871-1940. Tetrazzini’s career, which began in Firenze, 1890, included great success in South America, Russia and the Western U.S. It wasn’t until her 1907 Covent Garden debut (as Violetta in La Traviata) that she became an “overnight sensation”. A debut with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera and a recording contract with the Gramophone Company followed, and these records plus those made for Victor fairly soon after made her a household name. She had also recorded five sides for Zonophone in San Francisco, 1904. Her operatic career ended in 1913, but she continued appearing in concerts through 1934.

3578. 9” red vinyl Victor press. of Zonophone X10002 (2501) [3513]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). This is actually a 9” pressing, rather than on a 10” sized disc. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3553. 10” (from 9” matrix) blk. vinyl Zonophone X10004 (2504) [3516]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini). From orig. 1904 Zonophone matrix, probably recorded in San Francisco. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1487. 11” (10” oversized test) HMV matrix Bb1809-II. PICCOLO AMORE (Lama). With ATTILIO BAGGIORE [t], TOTO AMICI [guitar]. Recorded 11 Sept. 1922. Baggiore is described in the Gattey biography of Tetrazzini as “a handsome Italian tenor in his early twenties who was clearly her lover of the moment. She told reporters (in an 8 Sept. 1922 interview in London) that he had a great future”. This was Tetrazzini’s own (and only known) pressing and her only duet recording. Lt. ndle scr. last inch, few LGTs and minor scuffs, otherwise just about 3. $1000.00.

1988. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 92014 [2170f]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1805. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88292. CAR-NIVAL OF VENICE (Benedict). Pt. II. Text label on verso. Beautiful copy. Spectacular coloratura pyrotechnics. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2488. 12” Red Victrola 88294. LAS HIJAS DEL ZEBEDEO: Carceleras (Chapi). VrBk. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1167. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88295. RIGO-LETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Text lbl. on verso. Small lbl. scr., cons. 2. $6.00.

1141. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88303 [3077f]. LUCIA: Regnava nel silen-zio (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1186. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88308. MARTHA: Last Rose of Summer (Flotow). In English. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1166. 12” Red Victor 88508. SOLVEJG’S SONG, Op. 23, No. 1 (Grieg). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2018. 12” Red HMV DB 543 [Ai5180f/C-14817]. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Thomas) / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’anima (Donizetti). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2311. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 544 [3102f/3403fII]. PEARL FISHERS: Siccome un di / PEARL FISHERS: Brahma, gran Dio (Bizet). Lt. fade, few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

1078. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 690 [C-10071/C-12917]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini) / ROSALINDA: Pastorale (Veracini). Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

1999. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 148 [2586f/Ac188Ho]. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss) / PURITANI: Come per me sereno (Bellini). From orig. 1908/1912 Gram. matrices. Side one piano acc. by Cleofante Campanini. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

LUISA TETRAZZINI - practicing the "Bell Song"?

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BLANCHE THEBOM [ms] 3666. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-1485. LOVE IN THE DICTIONARY (Celius Dougherty) /

MÉLANCOLIE [based on Op. 10, No. 3] (Thebom-Chopin). Piano acc. William Hughes. Uncommon late 78 issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2528. 12” Red HMV DB 21494 [2EA14895-1/2EA14938-1A]. DON CARLOS: Nel giardin del bello saracin / DON CARLOS: O don fatale (Verdi). L.S.O dir. Warwick Braith-waite. I don’t believe this was ever issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CONRAD THIBAULT [b] 3359. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1679. THE SHEPHERDESS (Edward Horsman) / PASSING

BY (E. Purcell, arr. William A. Fisher). Piano acc. Martha Halbwachs. Scarce. $15.00.

2707. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 11829. SEMELE: Where’er You Walk (Händel) / DEDICATION (Franz); OUR NATIVE LAND (Grieg); MARIE (Gottschalk). Piano acc. Myrtle Eaver. Few lt. rubs side two, cons. 2. $12.00.

GEORGES THILL [t] 3802. 10” Blue Col. Master Works 17157-D

[CL6364-1/CL6365-1]. RECONTRE; TOUJOURS / ADIEU; FLEUR JETÉE (all G. Fauré). Piano acc. Maurice Fauré. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2666. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50247-D [WBX203/WBX204]. MAROUF: La cara-vane / MAROUF: Il est des Musulmans (Rabaud). Mint? Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1366. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52064-X [WBX495/WBX497]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano) / TURANDOT: Nes-sun dorma (Puccini). In Italian. Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

1227. 12” Blue PW Columbia 7308-M [WLX1291/ WLX1296]. SAPHO: Ah! qu’il est loin, mon pays (Massenet) / ALCESTE: Bannis la crainte (Gluck). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1046. 12” Blue PW Col. Master Works 9121-M [CLX1903-1/CLX1904-1]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Scène de la Meule (Saint-Saëns). Two sides. Orch. dir. Philippe Gaubert. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1168. 12” Blue PW Col. Master Works 9142-M [CLX1935-1/CLX1958-1]. LE MARIAGE DES ROSES; S’IL EST UN CHARMANT GAZON / NOCTURNE (all César Franck). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2754. 12” Blue PW Columbia L2064 [WLX60/WLX61]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Invoca-tion à la nature (Berlioz) / WERTHER: O nature, pleine de grace (Massenet). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

2045. 12” Blue PoW Eng. Col. LFX 491 [CLX1934-1/CLX1937-1]. PHIDYLE / LA VIE ANTERIEURE (both Duparc). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JOHN CHARLES THOMAS [b] 3212. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Aeolian-Vocalion 30116 [6551]. OUT WHERE THE WEST

BEGINS [Philleo). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3806. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 30145 [8111]. THE LOVE LETTER: Canzonetta (Jacobi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3370. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 30156 [8955]. VALE [FAREWELL] (Russell). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3039. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 60032 [6611/10133]. MOTHER O’ MINE (Tours)/ PASSING BY (Edward Purcell). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GEORGES THILL

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3502. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 60053 [12517/11714]. MARCHETA (Schert-zinger) / IF YOU ONLY KNEW (Von Tilzer). One minor rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3357. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 60055 [11681/12678]. UNCLE ROME [THE OLD BOATMAN] (Homer) / AT DAWNING (Cadman). Very tiny lbl. tear side two at spindle hole, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

1867. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10208. LITTLE MOTHER OF MINE (Bur-leigh) / DADDY (Behrend). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3215. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10208. Same as preceding listing (item #1867). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3382. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10218. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan) / CRUCIFIX (Faure). Side two with MARIO CHAMLEE [t]. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3353. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15200. ROLLING DOWN TO RIO (German) / NICHAVO! (Mana-Zucca). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3201. 10” Red PW (gold print) PW Victor 2054. COMUS: Preach Not Me Your Musty Rules (Arne-Row); A LITTLE SONG OF LIFE (Malotte) / SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE (Malotte). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

4245. 10” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. PBS-019294-1. EIN SCHWAN (Grieg). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Rec. 27 May, 1938. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

4246. 10” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. BS-030512-2. RUHE, MEINE SEELE (Strauss). Piano acc. C. Hollister. Rec. 30 Nov., 1938. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

4247. 10” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. BS-030513-1. GEBET (Joseph Marx). Rec. 30 Nov., 1938. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

4248. 10” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. BS-030514-1. DER TON (Joseph Marx). Rec. 30 Nov. 1938. Unpublished. These German language records, beautifully sung, likely were never issued because of the war clouds of 1939. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2784. 10” Red PoW Victor 10-1177. OKLAHOMA: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ / OKLA-HOMA: Kansas City (Rodgers & Hammerstein). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2702. 12” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 52024 [8109]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Cons. 2. $12.00.

2370. 12” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 52046 [10806]. THE PALMS (Faure). Few minor rubs, 2. $10.00.

1211. 12” Gold acous. Brunwick 50071. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Fine copy of this scarce and effectively sung disc. Few minor rubs side two, cons. 2. Side one just about 1-2. $15.00.

1718. 12” Blue acous. Polydor 595019 [Bruns. acous. matrices]. Same as previous listing (item #1211) but French Polydor pressing. Label incorrectly marked “Electric”. Excellent surfaces. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

2385. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 15184. AU PAYS (Augusta Holmès) / REQUIEM DU COEUR (Emile Pessart). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2459. 12” PoW Red Victor 11-8110. VERY WARM FOR MAY: All the Things You Are / MUSIC IN THE AIR: The Song is You (both Kern-Hammerstein). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2458. 12” PoW Red Victor 11-8568. NON È VER (Mattei) / CHANSON TRISTE (Duparc). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2545. 12” Blk vinyl Victor mat. PCS-072012. E’EN AS A LOVELY FLOWER (Frank Bridge). Piano acc. Piano acc. Rec. Jan. 8, 1942. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

JOHN CHARLES THOMAS [right] with parents

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MOSTYN THOMAS [b]. Blaina, Wales, 1896-1984. Originally Thomas James Thomas, Mostyn worked as a youth in the coal mines. His voice was discovered at the Ammanford Eistedd- Fod, and the Blaina community raised money to send him to Italy for musical studies. His debut was as Tonio in Pagliacci at the San Carlo, Naples, in 1929. In addition he was successful at Covent Garden and the Milan Teatro dal Verme, but he chose to move to the U.S. Here he toured with the San Carlo Opera for many seasons and appeared with a number of other companies as well, such as the Steel Pier Opera in Atlantic City, NJ. He married a millionairess widow, and they resided in Hollywood for a period next door to actress Jane Russell. His career continued into the 1950s, and it was consistently marked with excellent reviews for both his singing and acting. His few records, made early in his career, are scarce.

2469. 12” PW Eng. elec. Columbia DX 213 [WAX5900/WAX5901]. PAGLIACCI: Prologue (Leoncavallo). Two sides. In English. Cons. 2. $20.00.

THOMAS L. THOMAS [b] 2338. 12” Blk. vinyl Columbia test mat. xTo1669-1. BENVENUTO CELLINI: De l’art

splendeur immortale (Diaz). Piano acc. Appears to be from the late ‘30s. Gorgeous performance, several years prior to his commercial RCA Victor discs. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

JOHN THORNE [b]. While his real name was Thomas Greenhalgh, he used John Thorne for his active singing career as a concert baritone primarily in the 1920s. During the same period he recorded for various companies using well over a dozen names.

3390. 10” Red acoustic ACO (British Aeolian-Vocalion) G-1823 [07159/07003]. IN SUMMERTIME ON BREDON (Peel) / BY THE WATER OF BABYLON (arr. Coleman-Young). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b] 3975. 10” Blk. vinyl. White lbl. Orth. test mat. BVE-45187-2. SHAKE YOUR BROWN

FEET, HONEY (Hughes-Carpenter). Piano acc. Great record, sung in dialect but a perfect representation of Langston Hughes’ poetry. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

MARIE TIFFANY [s] 3389. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 13057 [8885/8889]. TEMPLE BELLS / KASHMIRI

SONG (both Woodforde-Finden). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ARMAND TOKATYAN [t]. Ploodiv, Bulgaria, 1894-Pasadena, CA, 1960. Born Tocatlian, his last name was modified, “at the request of his Impresario”. [It didn’t help me much, for I originally pronounced it “To-ka-TY-an” instead of “To-KAT-yan”]. He was raised in Egypt where “he sang in cafés to favorable response.”. In his later teenage years, he was sent to Paris by his father supposedly to apprentice in the tailoring business. Instead he performed in various Parisian Left Bank locations, mostly as a popular and folk singer. Returning to Egypt, he became a star in operetta. He began serious vocal studies in Milano, 1919, and was ready for his debut as Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon two years later, having preceded this by a year with the touring U.S. Scotti Opera Company. Tokatyan first sang at the Metropolitan Opera in 1923, and he remained a leading lyric tenor with that company until 1946. In 1940 he was Canio in the first opera (first act only) telecast from the Met. During his career he also appeared in a number of European houses, including the Berlin Staatsoper and the Prague Opera. He taught in later years, one of his pupils having been mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry.

3342. 10” White lbl. Victor matrix BVE-59751-6. NOUVELLE BERCEUSE (Kelfaian). In Armenian. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3341. 10” White lbl. Victor matrix BVE-59752-3. CHANT D’EMIGRÉ (Komitas). In Armenian. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2978. 10” White lbl. Victor matrix BVE-62316-1. HAIASTAN (Verabel). In Armenian. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2977. 10” White lbl. Victor matrix BVE-62315-1. MY SWEETHEART (Sirquhis). In Armenian. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2439. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 70006 [11500/11499]. TARANTELLA SINCERA (Cres-cenzo) / GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Tiny label wrinkle. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2648. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7183. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini) / ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì all’ azzurro spazio (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1823. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7183. Same as previous listing (item #2648). Side one just about 1-2. Side two minor rubs, cons. 2. $18.00.

4018. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7318. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia)/L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

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GAETANO TOMMASINI [t] 1731. 12” Blk. Dog Monarch Gram. 054332/054333 [362ai/365ai]. AFRICAINE: Di te più

bella imagine [Love Duet] (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With RINALDA PAVONI [s]. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

HELEN TRAUBEL [s] 4251. 10” Mary Howe Prof. Acetate (unnumbered). HILLS / LILY PONS [s]. WINDOW

PANE; TO A MESSENGER (all Frank LaForge). Side one, with orch., dated `15 Nov., ’43.. Piano acc. side two (probably by LaForge). Side two small dig and some “swish” first ½”. Cons. 2. $20.00.

4046. 12” Red late RCA VICTOR 12-3229. A REAL PIANO PLAYER (Durante)/THE SONG’S GOTTA COME FROM THE HEART (Kahn-Styne). With JIMMY DURANTE [comedian]. Quite the combo! Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2646. 12” late Red RCA Victor 12-3229. Same as previous listing (item #4046). Very tiny edge flake far from grooves, few rubs. Gen. 2. $8.00.

EMMA TRENTINI [s]. Milano, 1885 [or more likely Mantua, 1878)-Milano, 1959. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Trentini was born in Milano, 1885, an “American soprano [information I’ve not seen elsewhere] of Italian birth” and “was discovered singing in a Milan cabaret by Oscar Hammerstein, who took her to America in 1906 to sing with his Man- hattan Opera Company.” This seems rather unlikely as she had successfully appeared at La Scala in 1904 and at Covent Garden the following year. More probable is the report that Melba had heard her at Covent Garden and recommended her to Hammerstein, who was at the time in Europe looking for artists for his Manhattan Opera. Trentini remained on the Manhattan roster until the company folded in 1910, singing parts such as Yniold in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande and Musetta in La Boheme. Later in 1910 Trentini created the lead in Victor Herbert’s operetta, Naughty Marietta. In 1912 she was the principal female in the premiere of Friml’s The Firefly, an operetta originally to have been composed by Victor Herbert. As Herbert endured diva difficulties with Trentini during the Naughty Marietta run, he chose not to work with her again and Rudolf Friml was then the composer replacement. It would seem that Friml had better luck with Trentini than Herbert as she was also the star of his 1915 operetta The Pe- sant Girl. Mrs. Friml, however, was objected to these plans and sued Friml for divorce, claming her husband “mis-conducting” himself with Trentini in various locations. Trentini’s career diminished as a result of her “fiery temper and growing arro- gance” or, as described in another source, her “bulging ego and vanity”. She died in poverty, mostly forgotten.

1590. 10” Blk. Victor 16574 [7047¾b/9486½b]. LUCIA: Sulla tomba (Donizetti). With GINO MARTINEZ-PATTI [t] / LINDA BRAMBILLA [s], FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. LUCIA: Il pallor funesto (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2020. 12” TC Columbia 30122 [M-135-1]. DON GIOVANNI: Vedrai carino (Mozart). Excellent early pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ODETTE TURBA-RABIER [s]. 1910- . Making her Opèra-Comique debut as Lakmé in 1936, Turba-Rabier remained a leading coloratura there for a number of seasons. In addition to roles such as Marzelline (Fidelio), Constanze (Abduction From the Seraglio) and Mireille, she was in the 1942 premiere of Dellanoy’s Ginerva. Her Paris Opéra debut was as Gilda in 1945. She was active well into the 1950s but seldom performed outside of Paris. 2249. 12” Red Disque Gram. DB-5001 [2LA1083-I/2LA1084-1]. LAKMÉ: Scène et air des

Clochettes (Delibes). Two sides. With ANDRÉ PERNET [bs]. One small LSS, couple small rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

EVA TURNER [s] 3820. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D1563 [WB1088/WB1089]. BECAUSE / SOMETIMES

IN MY DREAMS (both Guy d’Hardelot). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4252. 10” Blue Eng. Col. LB 11 [CA13721-1/CA13722-2]. I LOVE THEE (Grieg) / HOM-ING (Del Riego). With piano (both sides) and organ (side two). Cons. 2. $15.00.

EMMA TRENTINI in the 1920s, well past her petite diva glory days.

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2758. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia L1817 [BX28/ BX21]. GIOCONDA: Già ti veggo [Finale Act III] (Ponchielli). With EMILIA RUBADI [ms], FERNANDO CINISELLI [t], LEONE PACI [b], BRUNO CARMASSI [bs] / LORENZO MOLAJOLI dir. LA SCALA ORCH. and CHORUS. MEFISTOFELE: Prologo (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

UMBERTO URBANO [b]. Livorno, 1885-Rome, 1969. His debut was in Trieste, 1907. It wasn’t until 1920, however, that his career really picked up momen- tum, beginning as the Herald in Lohengrin at La Scala. He also appeared there in 1923 as Telramund in Lohen- grin and Enrico in Lucia. 1927 marked his debut in Vienna (beginning with four sold-out concerts). Called by some “the second Battistini”, reviewer Paul Bechert noted, “What wins the hearts of Austrian hearers for a singer of Urbano’s type is principally the fluency of his style, and his impeccable legato, so rare in German artists – even though he attains it by a supreme neglect of consonants.” Urbano also appeared at Covent Gar- den, the Paris Opéra and the Prague National Theater. His career appears to have concluded in the mid-1930s.

3333 . 10” Red acous. Polydor 70707 [3645ar/ 3646ar]. TOSCA: Se la giurate fede (Puc-cini) / DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). Few MGTs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $30.00.

2440. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72943 [645az/658az]. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi) / FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Couple rubs, one small indentation side one (should be harmless). Cons. 2. $40.00.

2418. 12” Red acous. No-Dog Gram. 72949 [663az/ 669az]. FAVORITA: Vien Leonora FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti). One tiny PB. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

2419. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 74951 [661az/668az]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) / AY-AY-AY (Pérez). Couple lightest rubs side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $50.00.

2307. 12” Red acous. No-Dog Gram. 72972 [2185½as/2186as]. ERNANI: Oh dei verd’ anni miei / ERNANI: Lo vedremo (Verdi). Beautiful copy. One small barely noticeable LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $50.00.

2442. 12” Red elec. PW Polydor 73078 [275bi/ 282½bi]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo)/ BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al Factotum (Rossini). Couple minor rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

2416. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 66739 [897bm/ 898½bm]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al Factotum (Rossini). Mint? Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2443. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 66882 [672bi/ 1131bm?]. MANDULINATA A NAPOLI (Tagliaferri) / LA MIA BANDIERA (Cotogni-Rotoli). Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

2441. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 66938 [279bi/ 679½bi]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) / AY, AY, AY (Perez-Frière). Minor small lbl. stain side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

2420. 12” Blk. PW Czech HMV ES 625 [Ck3015-I/ CF2359-IV]. DON SEBASTIANO: O Lisbona (Donizetti) / GIOVANNI INGHILLERI [b]. RIOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $20.00.

UMBERTO URBANO

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VIORICA URSULEAC [s] 3046. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 62712 [5579BD/5580¾BD]. ARABELLA: Wenn’s einen gibt für

mich. With MARGIT BOKOR [s] / ARABELLA: So wie sie sind (Strauss). With ALFRED JERGER [b]. Orch. dir. Clemens Krauß. Creators’ recording (all members of the original cast, 1 July 1933). As new. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MANUEL UTOR [t]. Barcelona, 1862-Barcelona, 1946. Utor began as a dock worker, apparently having a naturally superb voice but nothing in terms of studied technique or musical knowledge. He was further handicapped by a glass eye, but he learned and sang operetta and zarzuela romances in cafés and eventually learned the role of Jorge in Arrieta’s Marina. He appeared in this part with tremendous success at the San Boi of Llobregat and then the Barcelona Gran Via Theater. He was heard by Danish millionaire Bernard Janzen who was so impressed with Utor’s voice that he secured an audition for him with Edoardo Mascheroni at the Liceu. This was a failure, but he eventually appeared at the Liceu, thanks again to Janzen and other friends, in Meyerbeer’s l’Africaine in 1903. His singing of “O Paradiso” caused a huge audience applause, but he subesequenty became lost in the final duet with Selika and apparently couldn’t get back on track. He was given a second chance in the same opera three years later, but he was apparently much more successful with Marina, which he sang throughout Spain. He ended his career as it had begun, as a café singer. He died in the Barcelona House of Charity. He appears to have made only two records, both selections from Marina.

1410. 10” Blk. Barcelona G&T 62726 [7183F]. MARINA: En las alas del deseo (Arrieta). One tiny harmless PB. 2. $100.00.

ALESSANDRO VALENTE [t]. Turin, 1890-London, 1958. Valente was brought to London in 1911 to cover London Hippodrome performances of Cavalleria Rusticana. His first opportunity to sing in public, however, was in variety (vaudeville) at the London Coliseum, where he sang as Alex Vallo. He subsequently toured England with the Castellano Opera Company, but he soon departed from the company and returned to more profitable variety work. After the First World War, Valente became more involved with his talents as a mechanic and inventor, the success of his work in these areas permitting him to return to singing. He recorded in Italy with conductor Carlo Sabajno, although there was considerable animosity between these two artists. Valente did do a small amount of operatic stage work, but it was through his recordings that he became well known. Readers are referred to an excellent article on Valente by Alan Bilgora in Vol. 34/1-2 of The Record Collector magazine. 3211. 10” PW Plum HMV B.3486 [BM1278-II/BM1539-II]. SERENATA (Mascagni) / AN-

DREA CHENIER: Si, fui soldato (Giordano). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1920. 12” PW Plum HMV C.1503 [CF1530-II/CF1531-I]. MANON LESCAUT: Tu! tu amore? (Puccini). Two sides. With EMMA LATTUADA [s]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

NINON VALLIN [s] 3033. 10” Brown shellac acous. Pathé X.0627 [N200723/N200724]. CARMEN: Air des

cartes / CARMEN: Chanson Bohême (Bizet). Cons. 2. $8.00. 3153. 10” Red Decca G-20541 [KI-2776-2/KI-2777-2]. CANTILÈNE DE LA JEUNE FILLE

PERDUE; CHANT ANDALOU / GRANADA (Joaquin Nin). Acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3143. 10” Red Decca G-20542 [KI-2778-2/KI-2779-2]. MONTAÑESA / LA CHARDON-NERET AU BEC D’OR (Nin). Acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2920. 10” Red Decca G-20543 [KI-2780-2/KI-2781-2]. MALAGUEÑA / POLO (both Joaquin Nin). Acc. by the composer. Cons. 2. $7.00.

3012. 10” Green PW Pathé X.93081 [N203569/N203570]. APRÈS UN RÊVE / AU BORD DE L’EAU (both Fauré). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3011. 10” Green PW Pathé PG 62 [CPT2040-1/CPT2043-1]. LES ROSES DE SAADI (Marguerite Canal) / VILLANELLE (Berlioz). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1927. 12” PoW Red Pathé X.90029 [250212/250213]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Sur la mer calmée (Puccini) / LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $6.00.

1931. 12” PoW Red Pathé X.90030 [250208/250210]. CARMEN: Gypsy Song / CARMEN: Séguidille (Bizet). Orch. dir. F. Ruhlmann. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

2065. 12” Red Decca G-25845 [XXP6516-I/XXP7721-2]. SNOW MAIDEN: Lehl’s Third Song (Rimsky-Korsakow) / CHANSON GEORGIENNE (Balakirev). One small rub, just about 1-2. $10.00.

2046. 12” Red Decca G-25848 [XXP7097-2/XXP6642-2]. L’ ENFANT PRODIGUE: Air de Lia / CHARLES FRIANT [t]. L’ENFANT PRODIGUE: Air d’Azael (Debussy). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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URSULA VAN DIEMEN [s] 2956. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 813 [BL3843-II/BL3845-II]. WALDEINSAMKEIT (Reger) / ES

MUSS EIN WUNDERBARES SEIN (Liszt). Piano acc. Arpad Sandor. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3473. 12” Red Scrolla Victor 11884 [CLR4209-IIA/CLR4211-II]. LAUDATE DOMINUM (Mozart) / AVE MARIA (Mendelssohn). With Berlin Philharmonic Choir dir. Siegfried Ochs. “Z” type shellac. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ERNEST VAN DŸCK [t]. Antwerp, 1869-Berlaar, 1923. Before beginning a singing career, van Dÿck studied law and journalism. He then became a vocal student of Saint Yves-Bax in Paris and make his debut in 1887 at the Théâtre Eden in the French premiere of Lohengrin. He prepared further with Felix Mottl and then appeared as Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival in 1888. He subsequently became a member of the Vienna Opera and also appeared at Covent Garden, one visit there in 1897 including the world premiere of Kienzl’s Der Evangelimann. 1898 marked his Metropolitan Opera debut as Tannhäuser, also singing during his appearances there the next four seasons Loge, Tristan, Siegmund, Faust and Des Grieux. One of his last performances was the title role in the 1914 Parisian premiere of Parsifal.

1817. 11” White lbl. Columbia IRCC 6 (Fonotipia 39100/39101) [XPh535/XPh539]. ICH GROLLE NICHT (Schubert) / DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME (Schumann). From orig. 1905 Fonotipia parts. Only 50 pressings were made by IRCC and it was never subse-quently repressed. Glassy 1932 Columbia surfaces. Few minor rubs, gen. 2. $75.00.

ELISABETH VAN ENDERT (BÖHM) [s]. 1876-1956. A protégé of legendary Dresden conductor Ernst van Schuch, Van Endert made her debut in Dresden in 1907. In 1910 moved to the Berlin Hof- oper, where she stayed until 1913, returning for a period in the 1920s. Her next artistic home was the Charlottenberg Opera where she was on the roster until 1921. She appeared in the U.S. in concert, making her debut in New York as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1914 and toured Europe as a concert singer in the 1920s. Van Endert’s first husband, composer Adolph Böhm, shot himself in 1911 after two years of marriage following an affair. Her second husband, Leo Curth was the director of Electrola Records. During the early 1930’s, Van Endert taught singing in Berlin, leaving for the United States in 1935 as her husband was Jewish. During that period she lived in New York City, moving to Zurich in the later 1940s. Van Endert’s varied repertoire included such roles as Micaëla, Marguerite, Octavian, Elisabeth, and Rosa- linde. In 1909 she appeared in the world premiere of Strauss’s Elektra.

3716. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 80225 [BDR4592-III/ BDR4593-I]. STILLE NACHT (Gruber) / O DU FRÖLICHE (German Carol). With Marek Weber Orch. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t]. Murfreesboro, TN, 1868-Houston, TX, 1936. His vocal studies were with Isadore Luckstone in New York, and in Europe with Fidèle König, Jean de Reszke and Antonio Cotogni. 1897 marked his official debut as the tenor soloist in Händel’s Messiah in New York with the NY Oratorio Society in Carnegie Hall. In 1903 he created the solo tenor part in the American premiere of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. In addition, he toured as an assisting artist with both Melba and Sembrich. From 1908-1911, Van Hoose appeared in Germany, singing operatic roles in Mainz, Wiesbaden, Leipzig and Berlin. He also was a soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Nikisch. The season of 1911-12 he appeared with the Chicago Opera, making his debut as Manrico in Il Trovatore. Italian appearances, according to one clipping, included the Rome Costanzi and the Pergola in Florence. From 1915 until his death, Van Hoose was musical director of the Houston, TX, First Presbyterian Church, also conducting other choral groups in Houston as well as teaching voice.

1101. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 117 [C-3016/C-9696]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) / RICCARDO MARTIN [t]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni). From orig. 1906/1910 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ELISABETH VAN ENDERT as Oktavian in Der Rosenkavalier

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JEAN-ÉMILE VANNI MARCOUX [bs] 3114. 10” Red acous. Disque Gram. DA 677

[BL50-I/BL51-II]. PELLÉAS ET MÉLI-SANDE: Ah! tout va bien / PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Une grande innocence (Debussy). Cons. 2. $15.00.

2928. 10” Red acous. Disque Gram. DA 678 [BL24-II/BL25-II]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Oh, je meurs (Moussorgsky). Two sides. 2. $15.00.

3321. 10” Red acous. Disque Gram. DA 678 [BL24-II/BL25-II]. Same as previous listing (item #2808). Hair ULC side two to last groove, absolutely harmless. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3320. 10” Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 1158 [BG821-II/BG822-II]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Sérénade / DAMNATION DE FAUST: Chanson de la Puce (Berlioz). Few MGTs, cons. 2. $12.00.

3327. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 1159 [BG819-I/BG820-I]. LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Légende de la Sauge (Massenet). Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3667. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA-4804 [OG925-II/OG949-II]. CANTATILLE (Lancel) / CHANSON NORMANDIE [Weckerlin). Piano acc. P.Coppola. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3328. 10” PW Red Disque gram. DA 4829 [OW1584-I/OW1585-I]. ENVOI DE FLEURS / PRIÈRE (both Gounod). Piano acc. Lucien Petitjean. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3326. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-6955 [OW1576-1/OW1579-I]. LA PÊCHE DE MOULES; TROP AIMABLE SYLVIE / ÉTOILE DU MATIN (all arr. Weckerlin). Piano acc. Lucien Petitjean. Label for side two erroneously pressed on both sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2136. 12” Red acous. Disque Gram. DB-809 [CL52-I/CL77-II] MONNA VANNA: Ce n’est pas un vieillard (Février) / DON QUICHOTTE: Écoute, mon ami [Act V] (Massenet). Side one 2. Side two some lt. scrs. should be superficial, 2-3. $12.00.

2137. 12” Red acous. Disque Gram. DB-925 [CL235-2/CT1862-I]. MA POUPÉE CHÉRIE (Deodat de Séverac) / PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Few MGTs side two, otherwise 2. $15.00.

2138. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4916 [2PG-1253-1/2PG-1254-1]. MA POUPÉE CHÉRIE (de Séverac) / PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini). Piano acc. L. Petijean. Side one tiny scrs. in about ½” from edge side one cause about five ticks, otherwise just about 1-2. Side two some lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2139. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4950 [2PG-1648-1/2LA-141-1]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Mon coeur est triste [Act I] (Moussorgsky) / LOUISE: Berceuse (Charpentier). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ENRICO VANNUCCINI [bs]. Livorno, 1877 - ? . The first traced performance Vannuccini gave was in Mendelssohn’s oratorio St. Paul in Livorno, 1898. His career subsequently covered dozens of opera houses, all apparently in Italy. His repertoire covered close to one hundred operas, ranging from the familiar Gioconda, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Faust and Aida and in today totally forgotten pieces such as Ominza (Butti), Sarrona (Legrand), Celeste (Pisano) and A Santa Poesia (Cortopassi). He appeared in the last two operas in at least two theaters, so the works were apparently sufficiently successful originally to warrant subsequent performances. Vannuccini continued appearing until 1946 when he sang a final Don Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Teatro Goldoni in his home town. His only recordings are a few 1910 Odeons.

1551. 11” Brown Odeon 110129/110130 [XM1554/XM1553]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La Calunnia (Rossini) / I PROMESSI SPOSI: Al tuo trono (Ponchielli). Some rubs, gen. 2. $25.00.

1556. 11” White test Odeon 100159/100160 [XM ? / XM ? ]. ATTILA: Oltre quell limite / ATTILA: Mentre gonfiarsi l’anima (Verdi). Some rubs but no apparent greying. 3-4. $12.00.

VANNI MARCOUX in Février's Monna Vanna

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ANTON VAN ROOY [b] 2212. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1041. CARMEN: Chan-

son du Toréador (Bizet) / LOHENGRIN: Lied an den Abendstern (Wagner). From orig. 1908 London matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LUISA VELA [s]. Tuéjar, Spain, 1884-Polop de la Marina, Spain, 1938. Having both exceptional tempera- ment and a remarkable voice, Vela was one of the major 20th century zarzuela stars. She studied at the Valencia Conservatory with Maestro Torregrosa, making her debut in the zarzuela Jugar con Fuego. She subsequently developed a huge repertoire, encompassing most of the major zarzuelas of which she premiered a number as well. Early in her career she married the celebrated baritone Emilio Sagi-Barba, their son Luis Sagi-Vela becoming a noted singer as well. Vela was greatly admired by composer Manuel de Falla, and she was chosen by him to premiere his Siete Canciones Popula- res Españolas in 1915. Two years earlier she created the role of Salud in the Spanish premiere of the same composer’s opera, La Vida Breve.

3051. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 61199 [155y]. LA MASCOTTE: Duo de Pippo y Bettina (Audran). With EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. A few rubs, 2-3. $10.00.

3622. 10” Red “A” plate Victrola 64569 [s18996u]. EL REY QUE RABIÓ: Ay de mi (Chapi). Excellent copy of this scarce disc. Royalty lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.

ELVINO VENTURA [t]. Palermo, 1878-Milan, 1952. Ventura studied in Palermo and Milan, making his debut in Pesaro as Turiddu, 1896, a performance conduced by the composer. His particular success was in the verismo repertoire, and he was heard throughout Italy, including the Costanzi in Rome (but not La Scala). He was successful in London, Paris, Buenos Aires, Madrid and Warsaw as well, although he never appeared in the U.S. His brother was the noted compri- mario tenor Ludovico Oliviero, who was with the Met and Chicago Opera.

3259. 11” Fonotipia 39317/39369 [XPh383/ XM689]. IRIS: O come al tuo sottile (Mas-cagni) / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio (Donizetti). Very minor lbl. edge tear side one. Surface gen. 3. $15.00.

9399. 11” Fonotipia 39293/39347 [XPh323/ XPh396]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini) / AMELIA TALEXIS [s], LUIGI LONGOBARDI [t]. TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). Longobardi appears to have spent his later years in New York City, where he was advertised as a “Noted Italian Singing Master”. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $20.00.

MARY VERRIOTIS [s]. As she recorded for Parlophon, Fonotipia and Vox in the earlier 1920s, Verriotis must have had a career or have shown much promise, although information regarding her work on the stage seems impossible to find. Hopefully a reader will be able to supply some details. Her records are in great demand among collectors.

1512. 12” Fonotipia 74221/74222 [XPh5267/XPh5268]. SUOR ANGELICA: Tutto ho offerto alla Vergine / SUOR ANGELICA: Senza mamma (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $150.00.

CÉSAR VEZZANI [t] 1882. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-6545 [OW1215-1/OW1217-2]. MATTINATA (Leonca-

vallo) / LES MILLIONS D’ARLEQUIN (Drigo). Orch. dir. M. E. Bervily. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

GINA CIAPARELLI VIAFORA [s] 2913. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64085. BOHÊME: Musetta’s Waltz (Puccini). IMs. Just about

1-2. $6.00.

LUISA VELA

ELVINO VENTURA

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2029. 12” B&S Columbia 30030 [M-4-2]. DON GIO-VANNI: La ci darem la mano (Mozart). With TAURINO PARVIS [s]. Cons. 2. $15.00.

FRANCESCO VIGNAS (VIÑAS) [t] 1576. 11” SS Fonotipia 39135 [XPh181]. STOR-

NELLO (Amadei). Cons. 2. $75.00

3866. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 39136/39144 [XPh166/ XPh170]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi)/

AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Very fine copy. Lt. rubs, side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $35.00.

1830. 11” Fonotipia 69121/69122 [XPh4913/ XPh4916]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyer-beer) / O PRIMAVERA (Tirindelli). Beautiful copy of this scarce disc. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $200.00.

1488. 11” Fonotipia 69127/69128 [XPh4914/ XPh4915]. EL LUCERO DEL ALBA (Cabal-lero) / ENSÃYO DE LIOS (Cotò). Pressing nos. 16/15. Excellent copy of what is probably his rarest record. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $300.00.

DANIEL VIGNEAU [b] 2231. 12” Blk. Fr. Disque Gram. 032225/032226

[02191v/02192v]. ZAMPA: Camille est là [Grand Air] (Hérold). Two sides. Couple MGTs, minor lbl. stains, cons. 2. $12.00.

MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t] 3145. 10” Red PW Pathé X.90059 [250279/250280].

MAITRE PATHELIN: Je pense à vous (Bazin)/ MIREILLE: Ange du Paradis (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3146. 10” PW Pathé PA1 [204024/204055]. AY, AY, AY (Perez Frèire) / CLAVELITOS (Valverde). First recording I can recall of a male singing CLAVELITOS. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3362. 10” PW Pathé PA 819 [CPT2460-1/CPT2461-1]. QUAND IL PLEUT / QUAND BRILLE LA LUNE (both Ray Pinky Ordner). Pop songs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3009. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.557 [KI-1513-1/KI-1514-1]. LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Il fait beau voir ces homes d’armes / LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Mon beau Seigneur, je reste sage (Massenet). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3579. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.558 [KI-1518-1/KI-1727-2]. CHANSON DE SHYLOCK (Fauré) / PAYSAGE (Hahn). Piano acc. Gustave Cloëz. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2825. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.586 [KI-1655-2/KI-1656-1]. LA DAME BLANCHE: Viens gentille dame /LA DAME BLANCHE: Déjà la nuit plus somber (Boieldieu). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3016. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.613. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Duo de 3e Acte (Puccini). Two sides. With ROGER BOURDIN [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2533. 12” Red PW Odeon 123.517 [XXP6576-1/XXP6577-1]. RENCONTRE (Fauré) / SÉRÉNADE (Gounod). Piano acc. Gustave Cloëz. Cons. 2. $12.00.

RUTH VINCENT [s] 1040. 12” TC Columbia A5086 [6009-2/6016-1]. TOM JONES: Which is My Own True Self

(Edward German) / IL PENSIEROSO: Sweet Bird (Händel). Piano acc. Side two with Albert Fransella [flute]. Side one few mks., gen. 2. Side one lbl. tear, surface just about 1-2. $15.00.

FRANCESCO VIGNAS

MIGUEL VILLABELLA

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EVGENI VITTING [t] 1721. 12” Muszpred M04004 (022207/022234) [2465c/2485c]. QUEEN OF SPADES: I do

not know her name (Tschaikowsky) / THE DEMON: Sinodal’s Arioso (Rubinstein). Post-Revolution pressings (circa. 1920) from orig. Gramophone Matrices. Gen. 2. $25.00.

LOUISE B. VOIGT [s]. Apparently from New York, Louise Voigt had a series of “concert triumphs" in Berlin and had been offered “a most advantageous” contract from the Berlin Royal Opera, as well as by Conried for the Metropolitan. She chose not to accept these offers because of the death of her husband, after which she retired for a period. In resuming her career, primarily in the Midwest U.S., it was as an oratorio soloist and as a guest with the large German-American Sängerfests. At one such event it was noted that her voice carried “to absolute perfection… over a chorus of 5000 in fortissimo”(!). In 1913, Voigt was guest soloist at a special fund raising concert at the Armory on 25th St. and Lexington Avenue in New York where “twelve to fourteen thousand people” heard her sing “Dich theure Halle” with Victor Herbert conducting an orchestra comprised of 150 principal players from the NY Philharmonic, NY Symphony, Metropolitan Opera and the Victor Herbert Orchestra. “Mme. Voigt’s voice easily filled the immense auditorium,” noted a reviewer, “and she was warmly applauded”. Her only recordings are two sides for Victor. [Quotes from period newspaper/magazine articles.] 4047. 12” Blk. Victor 68473. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle (Wagner)/FREISCHÜTZ:

Leise, leise, fromme Weise (von Weber). IMs. Couple very tiny scrs. side two, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

FRANZ VÖLKER [t] 2998. 10” Purple Brunswick 53070 [2987½Bh/2988BH]. HEUT’ IST JA NOCH HEUT’

(Schultze-Buch) / MEIN LIED [IN SILBARNEN MONDLICHT WALLTE DER RHEIN (Sabathil-Eschenbach). Excellent late ‘30s Columbia pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3400. 10” Green PW Polydor 21041 [438½bm/439bh]. IN MEINER HEIMAT (Hildach) / ICH LIEBE DICH (Grieg). Piano acc. Joh. Heidenreich. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2999. 10” Green PW Polydor 22730 [530BT/537BT]. MÄDCHEN MIT DEM ROTEN MÜNDCHEN (Heine-Gall) / ZWEI DUNKLE AUGEN (Heine-Grossmann). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3405. 12” Yellow Deut. Gram. 67685 [1528½GS/1529¾GS]. TIEFLAND: Ich grûß’ noch einmal meine Berge / TIEFLAND: Mein Leben wagt ich drum Wolfserzählung (Eugen d’Albert). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

GIULIO VOLPI [t] 3080. 10” Blue elec. Dominion B.25

[1421-1/1422-1]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: L’anima stanca (Cilèa) / FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Couple LGTs side one, cons. 2. $15.00.

ISMAELE VOLTOLINI [t]. Mantova, 1889-Milano, 1938. Voltolini studied with Raffaele Martelli in Milano and made his de- but at the Sociale in Cento in 1919 as Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West. He sang throughout Italy and in South America roles such as Rhadames, Manrico, Enzo, and Pollione in Norma. In 1938 during a rehearsal break at the Teatro dal Verme in Milano for La Gioconda, Voltolini suffered a stroke and died shortly after.

2624. 12” Pink acous. Fonografia Nazio-nale G2095/G2096. NERONE: Oh! come viene a errar presso (Boïto). Two sides. Small inden-tation side two, 3-4. $20.00.

ISMAELE VOLTOLINI

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KOLOMAN VON PATAKY [t] 4253. 12” PW Blk. elec. Grammophon 66649 [418bm/441bm]. STUMME FON PORTICI:

Du einz’ger Tröster (Auber) / FAUST: Gegrüsst sei mir (Gounod). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1639. 12” PW Blk. elec. Polydor 66809 [1324bm/1329bm]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir (Bizet) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Uncommon von Pataky recording in Italian. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

EDYTH WALKER [ms/s] 1737. 12” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Mon.

043093/043094 [349s/355s]. RHEIN-GOLD: Erdas Warnung / TANNHÄU-SER: Gebet der Elisabeth (both Wag-ner). Minor rubs. Gen. 2. $60.00.

GEORG A. WALTER [t]. Hoboken, NJ, 1876-Berlin, 1952. A son of German parents, Walter studied in Milan with Vidal, Karl Scheide- mantel in Dresden and von zur Mühlen in London, where he made his debut as a recitalist in 1900. He was heard internationally but primarily in Germany for over forty years as a concert singer specializing in Bach, Händel and lieder. Among his students was Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

3329. 10” Plum PW HMV B.2772 [Bw524-IV/Bw525-IV]. NACHT UND TRAUM / DU BIST DIE RUH’ (both Schubert). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2924. 10” Plum PW HMV B.2772 [Bw524-IV/ Bw525-IV]. Same as previous listing (item #3329). Few lt. rubs. 2. $12.00.

GUSTAV WALTER [t]. Near Prague, 1834-Vienna, 1910. His early studies in Prague were as a violinist. As a tenor, he made his operatic debut in 1855 as Edgardo in Lucia. From 1856 through 1887 he was with the Vienna Opera, singing Don Ottavio there at the house opening in 1869 and the Viennese premiere of Die Meistersinger the next year. In 1875 he created the role of Assad in Goldmark’s Queen of Sheba. Following his operatic retirement he was celebrated as a lieder singer. His three records, made in 1904 at the age of 71 and absolutely beautifully sung, are among the extreme record rarities.

1450. 10” Blk. G&T 3-42154 [2423h]. MIGNON: Leb’ wohl, Mignon (Thomas). Bright label, clean 2-3 except for some LGTs. $1000.00.

Lady MAUD WARRENDER [c]. 1870-1945. She was the daughter of the 8th Earl of Shaftsbury and married Sir George John Scott Warrender in 1894, becoming Lady Warrender. “Maudie”, as she was known to her posh friends, frequently performed at house parties of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, as well as for various society and charity events. Her friends included many in the artistic world, including Elgar (who dedicated his song Pleading to her), Melba, Kipling, and dozens of others. It was she who suggested to pianist Ethel Liggins that she change her name to Leginska, in an era when many of the top-class musicians had Polish or Russian sounding names. Her autobiography, My First Sixty Years, detailed much of her interesting life. Two 1909 records

are the only examples of her rich contralto voice. -Various Internet sources.

3842. 10” Dog Gram. Con. 3796 [10176o]. OH! THAT WE TWO WERE MAYING (Nevin). Piano acc. IMs. Few rubs, cons. 2-3. $50.00.

GUSTAV WALTER

Lady MAUD WARRENDER

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PRINCESS WATAHWASO [ms]. Described as a “full-blooded [Maine] Penobscot Indian mezzo-soprano” in publicity material, Watahwaso was active in the late ‘teens and 1920s in concerts of songs of the American Indians or arranged versions by various composers. She would occasionally add groups of other concert repertoire, such as at her Aeolian Hall (NYC) debut in 1920, which included “Voce di Donna” from Ponchielli’s La Gioconda and Bemberg’s Chant Indou.

3314. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18431. BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA / A SIOUX SERENADE (both Thurlow Lieurance). Acc. by the composer. With Hubert Small [flute]. Couple harmless LSS (more like scuffs), 2-3. $8.00.

THEODORE WEBB [b]. ? –Darien, CT, 1977. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Webb studied engineering, piano and organ. He served in World War I and was subsequently engaged as a church soloist, as well as by the Capitol Theater in New York. His radio debut was in 1921, and for a number of years he was heard on the air as a soloist and in various ensembles. Webb was an active concert and occasional opera singer in the later 1920s and 1930s. One appearance was in the 1930 American premiere (Cincinnati) of Eugen Goossens’ Judith, directed by the composer, with a cast including Elisabeth Rethberg, Elisabeth Wysor and Alexander Kisselburgh. Another was as soloist in a 1937 performance of Beethoven’s 9th by the New Jersey Essex Symphony directed by Erno Rapée in Newark Stadium for an audience of 15,000. His colleagues that evening were Beal Hober [s], Edwina Eustis [c] and Jan Peerce [t]. Webb was married to Laura McNichols LaForge, the widow of pianist Frank LaForge.

1879 10” Blk. elec. lateral Edison 11038 [N-786-B/N-787-B]. CALM AS THE NIGHT (Bohm) / FORGOTTEN (Cowles). Superficial rubs, cons. 3. $20.00.

ERIKA WEDEKIND [s] 4049. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 53464/43713 [197r/

198r]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Arie der Rosina (Ros-sini). Side one in Italian, side two in German. Side one some greying and one LSS, 4. Side two some LGTs, 3-4. $25.00.

ROBERT WEEDE [b] 3935. 10” Blue Columbia Microphone 17282-D

[co29679-2/co29702-1]. UNTIL (Sanderson) / YOURS IS MY HEART ALONE (Lehár). Piano acc. Pablo Miquel. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

(WILHEMINE) MINNA WEIDELE [c] c.1876 – Switzerland (?), c.1948. Weidele was active as a concert singer in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. In the mid-1930s she appeared in Australia giving lieder recitals.

3888. 10” Dog Gram. Con. 2-43821/2-43822 [7198r/7199r]. DIE SPRÖDE / MÄGDLEIN SASS IN WALD UND MOOS (both Ulmer). Lbl. stkrs. Surfaces just about 1-2. $20.00.

REINALD WERRENRATH [t] 4254. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 5809. DREAMS, JUST DREAMS (Irving Berlin). Scarce.

Tiny rim flake blank side, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

4255. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 16981. DON JUAN’S SERENADE (Tschaikowsky) / REED MILLER [t]. ‘TIS ALL THAT I CAN SAY (Hood). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3703. 10” Purple Pats. 60072. NATOMA: Serenade (Victor Herbert). Orchestra conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3742. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1289. POOR MAN’S GARDEN (Russell) / THE LIGHT I LOVE BEST (Hopkins). Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3107. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1443. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (Old Welsh Air) / MY LOVELY CELIA (arr. H. Lane Wilson). IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1637. 12” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 31803. ASTHORE (Bingham-Trotére). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $8.00.

1185. 12” Blue Victor 55075. LES DEUX JOURNÉES: Guide Thou My Steps / VICTOR ORATORIO CHORUS. REQUIEM MASS IN C MINOR: Requiem Aeternam (both Cherubini). IMs. Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.

1998. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 6638. ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY (Speaks) / DANNY DEEVER (Damrosch). Nice pressing. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ERIKA WEDEKIND

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GERTRUD PALSON WETTERGREN [ms] 3246. 10” Plum elec. HMV X.2644 [BK2385-I-TI/BK2386-I-TI]. CARMEN: Habanera /

CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). In Swedish. Her only recording. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CLARENCE WHITEHILL [b] 2122. 12” Purple HMV 02416 [z6709f]. PATERNOSTER (Niedermeyer) with Westminster

Cathedral Choir and Orch. dir. Dr. R. R. Terry. Few tiny LSSs, otherwise cons. 2. $10.00.

3478. 12” Red HMV 02416 [z6709f]. Same as previous listing (item #2122). Cons. 2. $10.00.

2633. 12” Purple HMV 02418 [z6708f]. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). Not on Victor. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

8313. 12” Purple Dog Mon. Gram. 02421 [z6667f]. REQUIEM: Confutatis (Verdi). Few minor mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

T. FOSTER WHY [bs] 2692. 12” SS White IRCC 503. LE CAÏD: Air du Tambour-Major (Thomas). Piano acc.

Pressed by RCA Victor (VrBk). Recorded specifically for IRCC. Label signed by Why. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CAMILLA WILLIAMS [s]. 1919-2012. Lyric soprano Williams studied with Marion Szekely in Philadelphia and made her operatic debut with the NYC Opera in 1946, singing Cio-Cio- San in Madama Butterfly. She was the first black female to sing a leading role with a major New York opera company. It was also her first operatic performance. Her career had been boosted by Geraldine Farrar, who had heard her in a concert in 1944 and recommended her to RCA Victor (the recording below having been the result) and impresario Arthur Judson, as well as Laszlo Halasz, director of the NYC Opera. Much of her career was in concert, and she taught from 1977 through 1997 at Indiana University.

2975. 10” Red PoW RCA Victor 10-1425. OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY (arr. Boatner) / CITY CALLED HEAVEN (arr. Hall Johnson). Piano acc. Ralph Berkowitz. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

EVAN WILLIAMS [t] 1268. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 74128. MARTHA: Like a Dream (Flotow). IMs. Few lightest

mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

1147. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74131. JUDAS MACCABAEUS: Sound an Alarm (Händel). Trumpet obb. by Emil Keneke. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2540. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 02211 [C-8036-1]. HIAWATHA: Onaway Awake! (Coleridge Taylor). Recorded in U.S., 1909, but issued only in England. 3-4 but no apparent greying. $15.00.

2513. 12” Red Victor DB 445 [C-13594-2/C-6614]. THE DEATH OF NELSON (Braham) / THE SONG THAT REACHED MY HEART (Jordan). 2. $7.00.

ERIK WIRL [t] 3406. 12” Plum PW Electrola EH

667 [CD9151-I/CD9152-I]. TIEFLAND: Wolfser-zählung / TIEFLAND: Ab-schied von den Bergen (d’Albert). Orch. dir. Cle-

mens Schmalstich. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HERBERT WITHERSPOON [bs] 3765. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 64185. REQUIEM; DEAREST (both Sydney Homer).

Scarce. Only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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3136. 10” Red Victor 64471. A MEMORY (Huntley-Parks). Short catalogue life. Only form of issue. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3179. 10” Red Victor 64474. EYES OF BLUE (Orth). Short catalogue life. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $12.00.

3136. 10” Red Victor 64533. ROSE-MARIE (Weatherly-Molloy). Only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2365. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74082 [2nd issued take, 1909]. ELIJAH: It is Enough (Mendelssohn). Few lighest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

2514. 12” Red Victor 74347. SIMON THE CELLARER (Hatton). Scarce. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2515. 12” Red Victor 74416. ALL IN THE APRIL EVENING (J. Michael Diack). Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $10.00.

MARCEL WITTRISCH [t]. Antwerp, 1901- Berlin, 1955. Born of German parents residing in Belgium, Wittrisch studied in the conserva- tories in Munich and Leipzig and then in Milan and made his debut in Halle, 1925, in Hans Heiling. From 1929 through 1944 he was a featured tenor with the Berlin State Opera. As a guest he made highly successful appearances at Covent Garden, La Scala, and the Munich and Vienna Operas, and appeared at Bayreuth, 1937, as Lohengrin. He was also a popular figure in musical films and operetta.

4256. 10” PW Plum HMV EG 763 [BK2720-II/BK2721-II]. MADAME POMPADOUR: Heut’ könnt’ einer sein glück / MADAME POMPADOUR: Ich bin dein Untertam (Leo Fall). With FRITZI MASSARY [s’]. Scarce. Couple LGTs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3110. 10” PW Plum HMV EG 3056 [OD339-II/OD2091-I]. HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG/ GERHARD HÜSCH [b]. ZUEIGNUNG (both R. Strauss). Wittrisch’s only lieder recording, I believe. One small LSS, 2. $12.00.

3976. 10” PW Plum HMV EG 6104 [ORA2255-II/2257-II]. POUR UN BAISER (Tosti) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). His only recordings sung in French. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3723. 10” Orth. Blk. Victor V-6067 [BNR-788-I/BNR-789-I]. LAND OF SMILES: Immer nur lächeln / LAND OF SMILES: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Lehár). Orch. dir. Marek Weber. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3724. 10” Orth. Victor V-6132 [BD9347-II/BD9348-II]. SCHÖN IST DIE WELT: Schön ist die Welt / SCHÖN IST DIE WELT: Liebste, glaub’ an mich (Lehár). One tiny PB. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3526. 10” PW Blk (gold print) Victor V-6343 [ORA-637-1/ORA-721-1]. EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG: Ach, wie so herrlich (Strauss) / SERENATA VENEZIANA [from film Vergiss mien nicht] (Melichar). Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

1229. 12” PW Red Electrola DB 4411 [2D1103-3/2D1104-2]. DER EVANGELIMANN: Selig sind (Kienzl) / MARTHA: Mag der Himmel (v.Flotow). Side two with ERNA BER-GER [s], MARGARETE KLOSE [c], W. BECK, S. CARLI. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2044. 12” PW Red Electrola DB 4459 [2RA1251-2/RA1252-2]. FAUST: Es ist schon spät (Gounod) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Nein, nein Turiddu (Mascagni). With MAR-GARETE TESCHEMACHER [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1689. 12” PW Plum Electrola EH 1026 [2RA1804-1/1085-2]. HALKA: Arie des Jontek (Moniuszko) / REMBRANDT VAN RIJN: Lied des Cornelis (von Klenau). An exceptional rarity, discontinued when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Side two a creator performance. Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Beautiful copy, few lighest rubs, cons. 2. $100.00.

1724. 12” White lbl. Electrola mat. 2RA-1322-1 (one side of either EH 673 or EH 1090). MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet). In German. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HERBERT WITHERSPOON

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OTTO WOLF [t]. Bernberg, 1871-Munich, 1946. As a youth, Wolf’s musical gifts were evident. He appeared in concert at the age of nine years as a violinist but subsequently began a business apprenticeship in Magdeberg. Vocal studies followed, and in 1897 he made his debut in opera as Almaviva in Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia. From 1909 through 1930 he was a leading tenor with the Munich Opera where he created several roles, including the Emperor in the 1912 world premiere of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. He was a guest artist with a number of houses, his varied repertoire including operas of Wagner, Strauss, Puccini and Verdi, among others. See also listings under JOSEPH SCHWARZ in Pathé section.

2553. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65695 [933as/934as]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Wie sie selig/ TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Wohin nun Tristan scheidet (Wagner). Side one couple lt. scrs. should be superficial, otherwise gen. 2. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.

FRITZ WOLFF [t]. Munich, 1894-Munich, 1957. His vocal studies were with Heinrich König in Würtzburg and his debut in Bayreuth, 1925, as Loge in The Ring Cycle. He was considered the best Loge of his era, and sang this role at every Bayreuth Fes- tival up until 1941. He made his debut with the Berlin State Opera in 1930 and also appeared in opera in Chicago, Cleveland, Paris, Vienna, London, Paris, Prague and Budapest. Loss of most of his vision caused his retirement from the stage.

3117. 10” Blue PW elec. Polydor 90081 [574BT/ 576BT]. BEIM REINSEIN SOLLST DU MEIN SEIN (May) / KOM ZU MIR HEUTE NASCHT (Rascha). Orch. dir. Wilhelm Tarrasch. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $10.00.

2374. 12” Blk. PW elec. Polydor 66855 [1579½hBM/1581BM]. MEISTER-SINGER: Am stillen Herd / LOHENGRIN: Atmest du nichtg (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELLEN BEACH YAW [s]. Boston Corners, NY, 1869-Covina, CA, 1947. A student of Mme. Bjorksen in New York City, where Yaw worked as a law secretary, she was noted as the possessor of an “extremely high voice” and was considered a “musical freak”. Wishing to appeal to “a discriminating public” she went to Paris and studied with Mathilde Marchesi. Appearing in Rome, she changed her name for a time to Elena Elvanna. In London she was selected by Sir Arthur Sullivan to create the leading soprano role, Sultana Zubedyah, in his opera, The Rose of Persia. She was, however, replaced by Isabel Jay as a result of her shaky performances. In 1907 Yaw sang one Lucia at the Met, Yaw claiming that she had been offered a contract but had turned it down as she was expecting an engagement at the Vienna Hofoper (which apparently never materialized). The reviews of her Met performance made much to do about her slender form (Tetrazzini was the competing Manhattan Opera’s Lucia) and how, collapsing after the Mad Scene in her white gown, Yaw appeared as a spilled “saucer of milk”. Little mention was made of her voice. Yaw’s personal life was also colorful. She married a former cowboy in 1907 and he joined her, at least for a period, in West Covina, CA, at her Lark Ellen Ranch. She constructed there the Lark Ellen Bowl as a performance venue for the town. There was also the Lark Ellen Elementary School, the Lark Ellen Railroad Station, the Lark Ellen Newsboys’ Home (in Los Angeles), and the Lark Ellen “Fountain of the Birds”. Lark Ellen Avenue, one of the main West Covina thoroughfares, was likewise named for her. She also established the Lark Ellen League to bring concerts to hospitals and jails. Yaw retired from active concert touring in 1928 but continued to sing sporadically up to the year of her death, spending much of her time teaching and in charitable pursuits. Her few records were for Berliner (1899), Victor (1907), Edison (1913) and Rex (c. 1913), and private electrical recordings.

4258. 10” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. B-4836-2. MANON LESCAUT: Il éclat de rire (Auber). Piano acc. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3577. 10” Gold Herrold 4000. MIREILLE: O légère Hirondelle (Gounod) / SPRING’S INVI-TATION (Yaw). Excellent RR from 1937 HMV private issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4257. 10” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. C-4834-2. LUCIA: Ardon gl’incensi (Donizetti). Unpublished. Rec. 25 Sept. 1907. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2346. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 66. PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David) / LUCIA: Ardon gl’insensi (Donizetti). First and only editions, from orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Side two thought to be take 1. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

FRITZ WOLFF

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NATHALIE ERMOLENKO YUZHINA [s]. Kiev, 1881 – Paris, 1936. Ermolenko (her stage name … she was born Plugovskaya) first studied in Russia with Zolotova and then in Paris with Paul Vidal, Yushina made her debut in Kiev as Lisa in Tschaikowsky’s Pique Dame. In 1906 she married the celebrated tenor David Yuzhin and thereafter took his name professionally. She was considered one of the finest sopranos of the period. In 1913 she created Elektra in the Russian premiere (St. Peters- burg) of the opera. In 1924 Yuzhina emigrated to Paris following the death of her husband a year earlier and appeared on occasion in concert and opera. Her wide repertoire included Sieglinde, Aida, Elsa, Tatiana, Valentine (Huguenots), Violetta and Carmen. Yuzhina’s Rebrikov records seem to have been almost immediately discontinued (perhaps a contract problem).

2417. 10” Rebikov 453. MAZEPPA: Lullaby (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. An extra-ordinary rarity. Artist and title infor-mation appear on the rear side of Rebi-kov Records (the company having been in business in Russia 1902-05). The title/artist information appear to have been taped over (or on tape) and then removed. The Rebikov Discography com-piled by Alan Kelly confirms that this is by Ermolenko (later Yuzhina), one of six records she made for that company. All seem to have had a very short life and are virtually non-existent today. 3. $1000.00.

MARIA ZAMBONI [s] 3168. 10” PW Red Eng. Columbia RQ12628 [WB3086/WB3093]. LE FURIE DI ARLEC-

CHINO: State attendo / LE FURIE DI ARLECCHINO: O Colombina (A. Lualdi). Both sides with ENZO DE MURO LOMANTO [t]. Parts V/VI of rare three disc set. Cons. 2. $12.00.

RENATO ZANELLI [b/t] 3172. 10” Red Victrola 66013. MARIANINA (Ferri).

VrBk. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2472. 12” Red Victrola 74747. AVE MARIA (Luigi

Luzzi). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2473. 12” Red elec. PW It. Disco Gram. DB 1173

[CR2095-2A/CR2094-3A]. OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi /OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Cons. 2. $10.00.

KAPITON ZAPOROZHETZ [bs]. 1880-1937? A leading bass from his operatic debut around 1904 (Zimin Opera) through the year of his death, Zaporo- shetz studied with Laninsky in Moscow and began singing in restaurants and as a choral bass. One of his particularly important performances was the world premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov Golden Cockrel in 1909. He was a leading artist at the Bolshoi, 1910-14, and bass. Later in his career, he sang with Diaghilev’s Russian seasons in Paris and with the Russian Opera in Paris in the 1930s. His rare records were made mainly in the 1910-12 period in Russia, the exception being a 1927 electric Columbia. Levik, in his recollec- tions, classed Zaporozhetz with basses such as Chaliapin, Kastorsky, Pirogov and Sibiriakov. 1434. 10” Maroon acous. Syrena 7073 [10023/

10024]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini) / FAUST: Invocation (Gounod). In Russian. Good surface material. Gen. 2. $250.00.

NATHALIE YUZHINA

KAPITON ZAPOROZHETZ

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A. ZELINSKAYA [s] 2910. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4067. SADKO: Lubava’s Aria / SADKO: Nejata’s Aria

(Rimsky-Korsakov). Very minor rubs, 2. $12.00.

GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t] 1557. 11” Fonotipia 39509/92567

[XPh1637/XPh4032]. MEFISTO-FELE: Fin da stanotte (Boïto). With ADAMO DIDUR [bs] / LINA PASINI-VITALE [s], RINALDO GRASSI [t]. MEFISTOFELE: Dimmi se credi (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1832. 11” Fonotipia 39527/39528 [XPh1664/XPh1663]. AIDA: Gia i sacerdoti adunansi / AIDA: Misero appien mi festi (Verdi). Both with NINI FRASCANI [ms]. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.

9429. 11” SS Fonotipia 39664 [XPh1803]. TRAVIATA: Questa donna cono-scete? (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.

1486. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia 39767/ 39768 [XPh1878/1879]. LA FIGLIA DI JORIO: Che c’è egli, Aligi? With EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b] / LA FI-GLIA DI JORIO: Rinverdisca per noi (Franchetti). Creator performances. Very early pressing, untrimmed rim. Few MGTs, small PB, 2. $35.00.

9409. 11” Fonotipia 39849/39820 [XPh1827/XPh2132]. TROVA-TORE: Ai nostri monti. With AR-MIDA PARSI-PETTINELLI [ms] / LA SCALA CHORUS. TROVATORE: Gypsy Chorus (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.

1484. 11” Fonotipia 39995/39996 [XPh2399/XPh2454]. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leon-cavallo) / VIENI (Denza). Fine surface material. Side one few lightest mks., cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $25.00.

9313. 11” Fonotipia 62012/62013 [XPh2414/XPh2415]. GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior / GIOCONDA: O grido di quest’ anima (Ponchielli). With PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Piano acc. Scarce. Side one few lightest (harmless) superficial scrs., minor rubs, 2-3. Side two 2. $15.00.

9394. 11” Fonotipia 92332/92333 [XPh3426/XPh3427]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: La rive-drð nell’ estasi/BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di’ tu se fedele (Verdi). Cons. 2. $20.00.

1483. 11” White test Fonotipia 92332/92333 [XPh3426/XPH3427]. Same as previous listing (item #9394). Lt. rubs. Side one 2-3. Side two 3. $15.00.

9402. 11” Fonotipia 92757/92508 [XPh4410/XPh3937]. ANDREA CHENIER: Credo in una possanza (Giordano) / PASQUALE AMATO [b]. I DUE FOSCARI: Queste dunque è l’iniqua mercede (Verdi). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $20.00

9392. 11” Fonotipia 92779/92780 [XPh4411/XPh4698]. HUGUENOTS: Bianca al par di neve alpina (Meyerbeer) / TOSCA: O dolci mani (Puccini). Side two with ESTER MAZZOLENI [s], who has signed the matrix but whose name doesn’t appear on the label. Gorgeous copy, just about 1-2. $25.00.

1485. 11” Fonotipia 92779/92780 [XPh4411/XPh4698]. Same as previous listing. Small rub side one, light “swish” last half inch of side two, otherwise 2. $15.00.

1482. 11” White lbl. (info. penned) Fonotipia 92840/92706 [XPh4561/XPh4474]. NINETTA (Cabrera) / FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. O MARENARIELLO (Gambar-della). Side one a particularly rare Zenatello item. One tiny scrape and few tiny bumps (harmless), couple LGTs, otherwise cons. 2. Side two cons. 2. $200.00.

GIOVANNI ZENATELLO

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9428. 11” Fonotipia 92841/92842 [XPh4071-2/XPh4566-2]. TROVATORE: Tace la notte … Deserta sulla terra (Verdi). With PASQUALE AMATO [b] / CANZONETTA [STAR VICINO] (Salvator Rosa). Side two piano acc. One harmless minor depression, otherwise just about 1-2. $100.00.

3219. 10” Mauve elec. AGSA 3. MANON LESCAUT: Ah! Manon, mi tradisce / TOSCA: O dolci mani (Puccini). Side two with MARIA GAY [c] singing Tosca’s phrases in the recitative. Only issue other than the scarce original 1929 Victor (as Victor 1399). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3447. 12” Red PW elec. HMV DB 1007 [Ck1914-II/Ck1895-II]. OTELLO: Una vela … Esultate! / OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). With APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. Few lt. mks., 2. $8.00.

4259. 12” Blk. elec. Vinyl Victor 6714 [Ck1918-IV/Ck1919-II]. OTELLO: Act I Love Duet (Verdi). Two sides. With HINA SPANI [s]. Wonderfully quiet surfaces, most HMV and Victor shellac pressings being exceptionally noisy. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

4260. 12” Blk. SS elec. Vinyl Victor 6961-A. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). With unidentified bass singing the Jailor’s introductory phrases. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2407. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7314. CARMEN: Final Duet (Bizet). In Italian. Two sides. With MARIA GAY [c]. Passionate performances! Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2288. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 20. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ah! morte infamia (Verdi). Side two with G. MARION [s], A. BOEMI [b]. From orig. 1930 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MARIE SIDENIUS ZENDT [s]. Viscanda, Småland, Sweden, 1882-Elgin, IL, 1968. Marie and her family emigrated to Elgin, Illinois, when she was three. She was employed in a factory and was an amateur church and chorus singer. After marrying George H. Zendt in 1901, she began musical studies in Chicago with Herbert Witherspoon and Karleton Hackett. A career as an important concert singer soon developed, and she also was on the faculty of the American Conservatory in Chicago. She traveled as far afield as California, Florida, and Washington, D.C., although Chicago and its environs provided most of her concert venues. While often considered a “Swedish soprano”, her repertoire was varied, including several languages. Had she not been happily married (over 65 years) and attached to her community, an international career would have been likely.

2995. 10” Blk. Victor 73795. I VILLANDE SKOGEN [ALL IN THE DIM FOREST] (Randel); TITANIA, Op. 17, No. 3 (Berger) / HVA JAG HAR LOFVAT [WHAT I HAD PROMISED] (arr. Hägg). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

NICOLA ZEROLA [t] 3103. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64166. BALLO IN

MASCHERA: Barcarola (Verdi). Cons. 2. $12.00.

2954. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64170. TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Small lbl. stkr. 2. $10.00.

2955. 10” Red Pats. “A” Plate Victor 64206. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Cons. 2. $15.00.

3099. 10” Red ’12 Pats. 64207. L’ALBA NASCEN-TE (Attilio Parelli). Cons. 2. $15.00.

ALESSANDRO ZILIANI [t] 2621. 12” Red late VdP DB 2804 [2BA1381-1/

2BA1382-1]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Duetto d’amore (Puccini). Two sides. With MAFALDA FAVERO [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

FRIEDRICH ZOHSEL [t]. Stuttgart, 1879- Berlin, 1952.

3187. 10” Green acous. Schall. Gram. 14167 [1015ar/1016ar]. RIENZI: Erstehe, hohe Roma / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Steuer-mannslied (both Wagner). Cons. 2. $12.00.

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