26 V OCAL 78 rpm Discs Minimum bid as indicated per item. Listings “Just about 1-2 ” should be considered as mint and “Cons. 2 ” with just slight marks. For collectors searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The further we get from the era of production (in many cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are actually from mint dealer stocks and others the result of having improved copies via dozens of collections purchased over the past fifty years. * * * For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those items marked “late” are usually of high quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in this particular catalogue are excellent pressings from that era. Also featured are many “Z” shellac Victors, their best quality surface material (later 1930s) and PW (Pre-War) Victor, almost as good surface material as “Z”. Likewise laminated Columbia pressings (1923- 1940) offer particularly fine sound. * * * Please keep in mind that the minimum bids are in U.S. Dollars, a benefit to most collectors. * * * “Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-‘14), Victor pressed silver-on-black labels on the reverse sides of some of their single-faced recordings, usually featuring translations of the text or similarly related comments. VERTICALLY CUT RECORDS . There were basically two systems, the “needle-cut” method employed by Edison, which was also used by Aeolian-Vocalion and Lyric and the “sapphire ball” system of Pathé, also used by Rex. and vertical Okeh. While the grooving is similar, an Edison reproducer and its diamond point would ruin any other needle-cut vertical record. Emerson used the needle cut system early on but cut on a 45 degree angle, supposedly then playable either as a vertical or a lateral record. BESSIE ABOTT [s]. Riverdale, NY, 1878- New York, 1919. Following the death of her father, which left her family penniless, Bessie and her sister Jessie (born Pickens) formed a vaude- ville sister vocal act, accompanying themselves on banjo and guitar. Upon the recommendation of Jean de Reszke, who heard them by chance entertaining on a ship, Bessie began operatic training in New York with Frida Ashforth. She subsequently studied with de Reszke himself and appeared with him at the Paris Opéra, making her debut as Gounod’s Juliette . She also sang the Forest Bird in Wagner’s Siegfried with de Reszke in the title role. Despite various biographical references to the contrary, Abott seems not to have studied with Marchesi. She appeared at the Met during the seasons of 1906-08, and left, dissatisfied with her roles assigned for the next season. She then began arrangements with Mascagni for a new opera in which she would star and tour. The work turned out to be Isabeau. Mascagni, however, developed other ideas as to what would be done with the opera when it was completed, a decision which produced lawsuits on both sides. After touring with her own opera company and appearing in operetta as well, Abott married sculptor T. Waldo Story (brother of Emma Eames’ first husband, artist Julian Story) in 1912 and subsequently spent much time in Italy, where they had an estate. She evidently met Puccini during this period, as she claimed the composer presented her with one of her proudest possessions, a Pomeranian puppy. 2253. 10” White lbl. Vla 87007. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Lt. rubs, 2 . $7.00. 2474. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88051. MAGIC FLUTE: Aria della Regina (Flotow). Just about 1-2 . $12.00. BESSIE ABOTT
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Listings “Just about 1-2” should be considered as mint and “Cons. 2” with just slight marks. For collectors searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The further we get from the era of production (in many cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are actually from mint dealer stocks and others the result of having improved copies via dozens of collections purchased over the past fifty years.
* * * For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those items marked “late” are usually of high quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in this particular catalogue are excellent pressings from that era. Also featured are many “Z” shellac Victors, their best quality surface material (later 1930s) and PW (Pre-War) Victor, almost as good surface material as “Z”. Likewise laminated Columbia pressings (1923-1940) offer particularly fine sound.
* * * Please keep in mind that the minimum bids are in U.S. Dollars, a benefit to most collectors.
* * * “Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-‘14), Victor pressed silver-on-black labels on the reverse sides of some of their single-faced recordings, usually featuring translations of the text or similarly related comments.
VERTICALLY CUT RECORDS. There were basically two systems, the “needle-cut” method employed by Edison, which was also used by Aeolian-Vocalion and Lyric and the “sapphire ball” system of Pathé, also used by Rex. and vertical Okeh. While the grooving is similar, an Edison reproducer and its diamond point would ruin any other needle-cut vertical record. Emerson used the needle cut system early on but cut on a 45 degree angle, supposedly then playable either as a vertical or a lateral record.
BESSIE ABOTT [s]. Riverdale, NY, 1878-New York, 1919. Following the death of her father, which left her family penniless, Bessie and her sister Jessie (born Pickens) formed a vaude-ville sister vocal act, accompanying themselves on banjo and guitar. Upon the recommendation of Jean de Reszke, who heard them by chance entertaining on a ship, Bessie began operatic training in New York with Frida Ashforth. She subsequently studied with de Reszke himself and appeared with him at the Paris Opéra, making her debut as Gounod’s Juliette. She also sang the Forest Bird in Wagner’s Siegfried with de Reszke in the title role. Despite various biographical references to the contrary, Abott seems not to have studied with Marchesi. She appeared at the Met during the seasons of 1906-08, and left, dissatisfied with her roles assigned for the next season. She then began arrangements with Mascagni for a new opera in which she would star and tour. The work turned out to be Isabeau. Mascagni, however, developed other ideas as to what would be done with the opera when it was completed, a decision which produced lawsuits on both sides. After touring with her own opera company and appearing in operetta as well, Abott married sculptor T. Waldo Story (brother of Emma Eames’ first husband, artist Julian Story) in 1912 and subsequently spent much time in Italy, where they had an estate. She evidently met Puccini during this period, as she claimed the composer presented her with one of her proudest possessions, a Pomeranian puppy.
2253. 10” White lbl. Vla 87007. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Lt. rubs, 2. $7.00. 2474. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88051. MAGIC FLUTE: Aria della Regina (Flotow). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
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3333. 12” Red Vla 88084. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4120. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88171. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). A particularly rare Abott disc, issued some months after her other discs and quickly discontinued. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4121. 12” Red GP ’07 VicTor 89009. MARTHA: Mesta ognor (Flotow). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Cons. 2. $12.00.
4136. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 89013. RIGO-LETTO: Tutte le feste … Piangi fan-ciulla (Verdi). With MARIO ANCO-NA [b]. IMs. NR on lbl. Surface gen. 2. $8.00.
AÏNO ACKTÉ [s]. Helsinki, 1876-Numela, 1944. Having studied voice with Edmond Duvernoy, Giraudet and Paul Vidal, as well as with her mother (Emmy Ackté, a soprano with the Helsinki Opera), Ackté made her debut at the Paris Opéra, 1897, as Marguerite in Gou-nod’s Faust. Her subsequent career included all the major European operatic centers and the Metropolitan Opera (1903-05). In 1910, she was England’s first Salome (and one of the few sopranos at the time to do the “Dance of the Seven Veils” herself). Her repertoire was diverse, including Micaela in Carmen, Nedda (which she sang in the Paris Grand Opera premiere of Pa-gliacci in 1902) and Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried, among other Wagnerian heroines.
4392. 10” Red Monarch “A” plate 91042 [1505-F]. À MA FIANCÉE [WID-MUNG] (Schumann). A really superior copy of this rarity. Few TBs, couple LGTs. 2-3. $350.00.
ESTHER ADABERTO [s]. Adaberto had been active with the touring Lombardi (or
Lambardi?) Opera Company, appearing in San Francisco with them in 1906 and again as a recitalist in 1907 in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, performing “some of the most popular hits of her operatic career”. In 1909 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, singing two performances of Leonora in Il Trovatore with Maria Gay, Riccardo Martin, Pasquale Amato, and Enzo Bozano (who, by coincidence, sings on the reverse side of the record below). She also sang “Vissi d’arte” on a Sunday Evening Concert. She evidently returned to touring after her short Met career ended.
1905. 10” Red vertical Rishell F-2020 [039/890]. LA BOHÈME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini)/ ENZO BOZANO [bs]. GIOCONDA: Pescator, affonda l’esca (Ponchielli). Labels lightly faded. Cons. 2. $15.00.
SUZANNE ADAMS [s] 1442. 10” B&S Columbia Grand Opera 1198 [take 1]. COQUETTE (Leo Stern). Few tiny
bumps, rubbed but only a few MGTs. 4-5. $100.00.
AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t]. St. Chinian, France, 1858-Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1931. He studied at the Toulouse Conservatoire and then in Paris. 1890 marked his Paris Opèra debut as Edgardo to Nellie Melba’s Lucia, the soprano appearing in Paris for the first time the same evening. He remained a leading tenor of that institution for twenty years, also appearing in various other French houses as well as in Brussels, and at London’s Covent Garden. In 1911 he moved to the United States, where he was heard in operas in New Orleans and San Francisco, and in Havana. According to one source, Affre became director of the French Opera House in New Orleans in 1913 when it came under the ownership of Tulane University, and he remained there until his house burned down in 1919. He then retired to a villa on the Côte d’Azur.
9002. 11” Odeon 97002/92068 [XP4259/XP4356]. WILLIAM TELL: O Mathilde / WILLIAM TELL: Accours dans ma nacelle (Rossini). Both with LUCIEN RIGAUX [b]. Cons. 2. $20.00.
AÏNO ACKTÉ in Le Statue (Reyer)
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GUIDO AGNOLETTI [t]. Agnoletti’s career as an operetta tenor seems to have begun in Buenos Aires in 1912. From 1914 he toured in Italy with major operetta companies. In 1919 he first ap-peared in opera, singing principal tenor roles in La Traviata, Fedora and Rigoletto, later in 1920 re-turning to operetta. He ventured again into opera in 1932, his roles having included Prunier in La Rondine and Pinkerton, as well as comprimario parts such as Gastone in La Traviata and Parpignol in La Boheme. These performances included radio broadcasts over Rome’s EIAR.
3125. 12” elec. Blk. Edison Bell X549 [1829/ 1829]. SI: Act I Duet / SI: Act II Duet (Mascagni). With AMELIA ARNOLDI [s]. Si (1919) was Mascagni’s only venture into operetta. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ADELINA AGOSTINELLI [s]. Bergamo, 1882- Buenos Aires, 1954. A student in Milan of Giuseppe Quiroli, whom she later married, Agostinelli made her debut in Pavia, 1903, as Giordano’s Fedora. She appeared with success in South America, Russia, Spain, England and her native Italy and was on the roster of the Hammer-stein Manhattan Opera, 1908-10. One New York press notice indicates that her rendering of the “Suicidio” from La Gioconda on a Manhattan Sunday night concert “kept her busy bowing in recognition to applause for three or four minutes”. At La Scala she was cast with Battistini in Simon Boccanegra and created for that house in 1911 the Marschallin in their first Rosenkavalier. Her career continued into the mid-1920s, when she retired to Buenos Aires and taught.
9069. 11” (oversized 10”) SS B&S U.S. Columbia Trial Record, mat. M-2096-1. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Piano acc. Data engraved on outer rim in addition to the above includes March 21, 1908, NY, SP. #21 (I think the horn size) and “for Tosi”. She and the pianist are a bit disjoined shortly after the beginning but connect as the aria progresses. Fine singing. This is the only known copy. 2. $250.00.
GIUSEPPE AGOSTINI [t] Verona 1870 - Abdington 1951. Agostini made his debut at the Teatro Municipale in Alessandria in 1895 as Alfredo in La Traviata, replacing an ailing Gaetano Pini-Corsi. He was active in Italy’s smaller houses and first visited New York in 1898, creating for the U.S. the role of Rodolfo in La Boheme at Wallack’s Theater. He appeared in San Francisco and toured the U.S. for a number of years with the San Carlo Opera and other touring companies. In 1903, he replaced Caruso for two Metropolitan Opera performances (Rodolfo in La Boheme and the Duke in Rigoletto). Agostini’s career continued until 1928, the last years mainly in the Philadelphia area where he lived in neighboring Abington. He subsequently taught at Temple University.
9023. 11” Odeon 37029/37089 [XM34/XM193]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar / LA SCALA CHORUS. LA GIOCONDA: Coro dei marinai (Ponchielli). Lt. rubs, 2-3. $25.00.
FEDOR D. AVGUSTOV [b]
4432. 10” Blk. Monarch 61056 [139-Do-Z2]. DEMON: Demon’s Song (Rubnstein). Piano acc. Bright lbl., cons. 2-3. $60.00.
LINA AIMARO [s]
3688. 12” Red late VdP DB 5358 [2BA3664/2BA3665-II]. LA TRAVIATA: E strano … Sempre libera (Verdi). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
MARINO AINETO [b]
2399. 7” G&T 62662 [924-F]. LAS ASTAS DEL TORO: Excerpt (Gaztambide). Few LGTs, gen. 2-3. $30.00.
LICIA ALBANESE [s]
3131. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-3277. BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS, No. 5: Aria (Villa-Lobos). Two sides. With LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI [conductor] and FRANK MILLER [solo cello]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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CARLO ALBANI [t]. Trieste, 1872- ? . Born of an Italian-French family, Albani sang in the French provinces before coming to the U.S. in 1907. His debut was with the Manhattan Opera as Manrico in Il Trovatore. After one repetition, Albani claimed illness, necessitating the postpone- ment of a production of Ernani in which he was to star. The Manhattan’s Impresario, Oscar Hammerstein, discovered that Albani had not only recovered but was appearing in Boston with the San Carlo Opera in what must have been his favorite work, Il Trovatore. Hammerstein promptly sued, and a constable was dispatched to arrest the tenor, then at work on stage. The performance was allowed to continue, providing that the officer might follow the Pavarotti sized tenor about until the opera ended. Whenever the constable appeared from behind a tree or some other stage prop, he was roundly hissed by the audience. This ended Albani’s American career, but he was more successful in Europe, appearing at the Paris Opéra and the Costanzi in Rome, among other theaters, in, again, Il Trovatore and Aida, among other operas. There seems to be no sign of him after World War I.
9103. 11” Brown Odeon X.110097/X.110098 [XM.1557/XM.1558]. NORMA: Meco all’altar di Venere / NORMA: Me protegge (Bellini). IMs. Fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
9101. 11” Brown Odeon X.110409/X.110410 [XM.1694/XM.1819]. LA FAVORITA: Vieni, ah vieni (Donizetti). With GINA STEFANI MORETTI [s] / OLIMPIA FRATTI [s]. LA CONTESSA D’AMALFI: Io son la farfalla (Petrella). One harmless discoloration area side two. IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
1610. 10” Blue Odeon A.82634/Z.82635. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescator ignobile (Donizetti) / LA JUIVE: Rachele, allor che Iddio (Halévy). Lightest NR on lbls., couple tiny PBs. 2. $15.00.
1243. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 64081. TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra (Verdi). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
2135. 10” Red GP ’07 Victor 64082. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
1717. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 13. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel di dì maggio (Giordano). Both sides are first and only editions from orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4101. 12” Red GP ’06 Victor 74097. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). One tiny PB. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3858. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 65. ANDREA CHÉ-NIER: Improvviso (Giordano) / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizet-ti). Side one unpublished (other than limi-ted HRS edition). Both from orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EMMA ALBANI (-GYE) [s]. Chambly (near Montréal, 1847 – London, 1930. Born Marie Louise Emma Cécile Lajeunesse, Emma and her family moved to Albany, NY, when the future diva was eighteen. She was subsequently given the opportunity to study in Paris with Duprez and then Lamperti in Milano. Lamperti considered her as “the most accomplished musician and the most finished singer in style that ever left my studio.” Her elocution instructor, one Signor Delorenzi, suggested her name change to Emma Albani, as it was simpler and “more European”. Her debut took place in Messina in 1870 as Amina in La Sonnambula. From 1874 she made London her home, although she travelled from there all over the world for concert and opera work. Her repertoire was wide and varied, including Isolde (which she sang to Jean de Reszke’s Tristan at Covent Garden in 1896), Senta, Gilda, Marguerite and Lucia. Through poor investing, Albani and her husband lost most of their (her) wealth, and upon his death in 1925 she was kept afloat by benefit concerts arranged by friends and income from teaching.
3232. 12” Dog Gram. Concert 03014 [321c]. THEODORA: Angels Ever Bright and Fair (Händel). This exceptional rarity, with label autographed by Mme Albani, is in remarkably fine condition. Just about 1-2. $800.00.
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TOMMASO ALCAIDE [t] 1671. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2447-D
[WB3721/WB3724. MIGNON: Ah! non cre-devi tu / MIGNON: Addio Mignon (Thomas). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1479. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2447-D [WB3721/WB3724]. Same as preced-ing listing (item #1671). Few lightest rubs, excellent copy. Cons. 2. $10.00.
1999. 10” Purple Late It. Columbia DQ 1138 [WB3723/WB3375]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / MARIA CA-NIGLIA [s]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puc-cini). Excellent late pressing material. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
MERLE ALCOCK [c] 1994. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45169. ‘TIS ALL
THAT I CAN SAY (Temple) / GENTLE ANNIE (Foster). Just about 1-2. $8.00
1979. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45257. THE COMING OF THE KING: The Virgin’s Lullaby (Dudley Buck) / OLIVE KLINE [s], LAMBERT MURPHY [t]. AN OLD SACRED LULLABY (Liddle). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2359. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45377. GRASS AND ROSES (Bartlett) / HOLD THOU MY HAND (Briggs). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
FRANCES ALDA [s] 2026. 10” Red Vla 64689. FOR YOUR
COUNTRY AND MY COUNTRY (Irving Berlin). Spirited W.W. I song, with drums and brass, probably intended to compete with “Over There”. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
4197. 10” Red Vla 64692. RULE BRITAN-NIA! (Arne). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1629. 10” Red “A” plate Vla 64981. LA WALLY: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1422. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87066. O SI LES FLEURS AVAIENT DES YEUX (Massenet). Piano acc. The first of two issued takes, the second acc. by orchestra. Rare. Few lt. mks., 2. $10.00.
1980. 10” Red “B” plate Victor 87216. TES YEUX! (Rabey). With MISCHA ELMAN [vln]. Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4198. 10” Red EE Vla 1094. PLEASE KEEP OUT OF MY DREAMS (Nora Bayes-Elsa Maxwell) / INDIAN DAWN (Zamecnik). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1022. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1176. THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (Adams) / EVER OF THEE I’M FONDLY DREAMING (Hall). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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1283. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1330. WAIATA MAORI (Hill) / A MAORI SLUMBER SONG (Princess Te Rangi Pai). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1198. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1359. LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Sempre così / LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Mi chiamo Lisabetta (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1209. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1474. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide / MANON LESCAUT: L’ora, o tirsi (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4164. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74335. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3556. 12” Red Victor 74401. SARI: Love’s Own Sweet Song (Kálmán). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Doubled version with orchestra (rerecorded in 1924) and down a half-step. Small lbl. stain. Surface just about 1-2. $8.00.
2797. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat. C-8506-1. IL TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). With ENRICO CARUSO [t]. Unpublished take without chorus. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
3208. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 95209. MARTHA: Presto, presto (Flotow). With JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Small lbl. stkr. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $7.00.
4117. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 95211. LOMBARDI: Qual voluttà (Verdi). With ENRICO CARUSO [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Text label on verso. Excellent, bright pressing. Few very faint rubs, cons. 2.
MAUD PERCEVAL ALLEN [s]. Ripley, Derbyshire, 1880-London, 1955. She studied voice with William Shakespeare in London and made her debut in 1905 with the London Symphony. That she was known prior to this is apparent, as her first recordings (see below) date from 1901-02. 1908 marked her debut with the London Royal Opera as Brünnhilde under Hans Richter, and she created there in 1910 the role of Lia in the first staged performance of Debussy’s l’Enfant Prodigue. Allen was known particularly for dramatic Wagner and Strauss repertoire. Outside of England she gained operatic success in Australia as well as the U.S. (in Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia). She made a world tour in 1913-14.
2400. 7” Berliner 3237 [ ? ]. SPRING IS HERE (E. Dicks). Piano acc. Greying, 5. $25.00. 2401. 7” Blk. London G&T 3305 [4997-w2]. O DRY THOSE TEARS (del Riego). Piano acc.
Lovely. 72.6 rpm (if in A flat). Few LGTs, 2-3. $40.00. 2402. 7” Blk. London G&T 3306 [4999-w2]. MADCAP MARJORIE (Norton). Piano acc.
These 7” G&Ts all have inherent surface depressions which are harmless. Couple LGTs, 2-3. $40.00.
2404. 7” Blk. London G&T 3312 [5012]. A ROUNDELAY (Lidgey). Few LGTs, cons. 2-3. $40.00.
2403. 7” Blk. London G&T 3346 [6150a]. SING ME TO SLEEP (Greene). Few LGTs, 2-3. $40.00.
Mme. ALPERT-ROSANOFF [s]. Russian soprano apparently active in Japan.
1443. 10” acous. Japanese Nitto 1804 [no mat. nos.]. THE NIGHTINGALE (Alabieff) / THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. A. Kaloogsky. Couple. LGTs, 2. $15.00.
ELSA ALSEN [s]. Obra, Poland, 1880-New York City, 1975. Born of Norwegian and French parents, Alsen began her career in concert as a contralto in 1900 and in 1902 in opera in Heidelberg. A decade or so later she switched to dramatic soprano, concentrating on Wagner roles, and became an important member of the Berlin Staatsoper. In 1923 she appeared in New York as a member of the German Opera Company. Much of the remainder of her career, through 1935, was spent in the U.S. in concerts, opera (mainly with the Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles Operas) and as soloist with orchestras under Toscanini, Stokowski, Walter, Koussevitsky and other leading maestri. She retired in 1935 and taught in California and then New York. In her late years she could frequently be seen at the NY Vocal Record Collectors’ Society monthly meetings, on occasion nodding off when the singing was less than inspiring.
3595. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 5065-M [W98262-10/W98263-10]. CARO MIO BEN (Giordani) / RINALDO: Lascia ch’io pianga (Händel). Piano acc. Frank Bibb (side one), Alderson Mowbray (side two). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2767. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7177-M [W98260-12/W98261-13]. DU BIST DIE RUH’ / GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE (both Schubert). Piano acc. Alderson Mowbray. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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2770. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7296-M [W98408-2/W98409-2]. LITANEI / AVE MARIA (both Schubert). Piano acc. Celius Dougherty. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3184. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50083-D [W98564-2/W98565-1]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). Two sides. Tiny rim patina just to grooves side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.
PAUL ALTHOUSE [t] 1986. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45055. PAGLIACCI:
Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3521. 12” Red Victor 76031. BORIS GODOUNOV: Finale Atto 3 (Moussorgsky-Rimsky-Korsa-kov). In Italian. With MARGARETE OBER [c]. A wonderful record if you don’t mind the internationalization of Moussorgsky. With these beautiful results I don’t! Just about 1-2. $12.00.
[XPh2440/XPh2510]. LA TRAVIATA: Recit. … Di Provenza (Verdi) / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $20.00.
9050. 11” Fonotipia SS 62013 [XPh2415]. LA GIOCONDA: O grido di quest’ anima (Ponchielli). With GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. Piano acc. Beautiful mint pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
9017. 11” White lbl. test Fonotipia 92008/92009 [XPh2690/XPh2691]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Orch. acc. Label information inked in. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $15.00.
2420. 11” Fonotipia 92569/92570 [XPh4025/XPh4024]. IL TROVATORE: Giorni poveri vivea (Verdi). With FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b], ARMIDE PARSI-PETTINELLA [ms]. Two sides. Lbl. tear (trademark area) side two. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
1542. 10” Red “B” plate Vr 87180. TORNA A SURRIENTO (DeCurtis). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1770. 10” Red Victor 87180. TORNA Á SURRIENTO (De Curtis). Label autographed in black ink by Amato (clearly visible but not the greatest contrast). Cons. 2. $15.00.
1071. 10” Red Vla 539. GIOCONDA: Pescator, affonda l’esca (Ponchielli) / JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Serenata Rafaele (Wolf-Ferrari). Both with Met. Chorus. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3115. 12” Red Victor 88326. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3740. 12” Red Victor 88327. CARMEN: Canzone del Toreador (Bizet). Just about 1-2.
$6.00.
2918. 12” Red “C” plate Victor 88438. I DUE FOSCARI: O vecchio cor, che batti (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2669. 12” Red Victor 88474. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 2487. 12” Red “A” Plate Victor 88490. L’AFRICAINE: Adamastor, rè dell’ onde profonde
(Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. As new, as the grading indicates. $10.00.
4337. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. 89057. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Il dolce idillio (Wolf-Ferrari). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3483. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 89067. AIDA: Ciel! Mio Padre! (Verdi). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3440. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 89068. AIDA: Su dunque! (Verdi). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Text label on verso. Amato is an Amonasro of searing intensity! Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3590. 12” Green SS Homocord 51497. HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). 1924 acous. master. Lightest NR on lbl. and lightest mks. Nice copy. Cons. 2. $25.00.
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PAOLO ANANIAN [bs]. Ananian was early on with the Monte Carlo Opera, making his debut there in 1905, then emigrating to the U.S. in 1908. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut that year and remained with the company through 1935, singing 99 roles. He also appeared with the Boston Opera, the San Francisco Opera, and the Ravinia Summer Opera (Chicago). He was also traced to Hammerstein’s London Opera House in 1914. Mentions of him indicate that he was Armenian, but other details of his birth, early years and retirement haven’t been found. While in Boston, he was involved in a dispute with tenor Zanco de Primo, who, along with his secretary, inflicted “several blows” upon Mr. Ananian for remarks they considered offensive. “They departed separately, vowing vengeance.” How very operatic!
9018. 11” Brown Odeon 60231/60232 [XP.3210/XP.3211]. LE CHÂLET: Arrêtons-nous ici / LE CHÂLET: Chant de nos Montagnes (Adam). Minor lbl. tears/stains side one. Surfaces cons. 2. $20.00.
MARIO ANCONA [b]. Leghorn, 1860-Firenze, 1931. Beginning a career in business, Ancona subsequently studied voice and made his debut in Trieste, 1889 in Massenet’s Le Roi de Lahore, with appearances the following year at La Scala. He was chosen to create Silvio in the world premiere of Pagliacci at the Teatro dal Verme, but apparently illness prevented this from happening (the part actually created by Mario Roussel). The following year he took the role of Tonio in the British premiere of Pagliacci with Melba and de Lucia, a part he repeated in the Metropolitan Opera American pre-miere, 1893. While active in South America and throughout Italy, Ancona also sang with the Man-hattan Opera, the Boston Opera and, in 1916, with the Chicago Opera.
2358. 10” Red ’08 GP Victor “B” plate 87015. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3135. 12” White lbl. HMV 052075 [227m]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Piano acc. Excellent pressing from orig. 1904 G&T master. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3632. 12” White lbl. Vla 88500 [C-4285-2]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4136. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 89013. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste … Piangi fanciulla (Verdi). With BESSIE ABOTT [s]. IMs. NR on lbl. Surface gen. 2. $8.00.
3833. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 108 [C-4286/C-6044]. LA FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti) / DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer). From orig. 1908/1909 Victor matrices. Few tiny rubs near rim of side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
PETER ANDERS [t] 1881. 10” Orange Polydor 49260 [5644/5645]. GYPSY BARON: Wer uns getraut (J.
Strauss) / THE OPERA BALL: Im Chambre separée (Heuberger). With RITA STREICH [s]. Lt. superficial rubs, gen. 2. $8.00.
MARIAN ANDERSON [c]. Philadelphia, 1897-1993. On Dec. 16, 1923, Anderson appeared in her native Philadelphia as a soloist with Josef Pasternack conducting the Philharmonic Society of Philadelphia, her most important concert appearance thusfar in her beginning career. The reviews were raves. For example, the Evening Pulic Ledger stated, “It is not too much to say that she has one of the most superb contralto voices that has been heard in Philadelphia for a very long time. Her voice is of vast range, splendid quality and color and absolute evenness of tone throughout.” Her first record, the first disc listed below, was recorded just six days before this concert.
1027. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 19227. DEEP RIVER / MY WAY’S CLOUDY (both arr. H. T. Burleigh). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1072. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 19560. NOBODY KNOWS DE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN (arr. L. Brown) / MY LORD, WHAT A MORNIN’ (arr. H. Burleigh). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2030. 10” PW Plum HMV B.4253 [Bb20204-II/ Bb20205-II]. TRAMPING (Boatner) / OH, WASN’T DAT A WIDE, WIDE RIBBER (arr. Harry Burleigh). Never on Victor. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1184. 10” Red “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1766. SAF, SAF, SUSA, Op. 36, No. 4 / FLICKAN KOM IFRAN SIN ALSKLINGS MOTE (both Sibelius). Piano acc. Kost Vehanen. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1386. 10” Purple elec. PW Artiphon 11749/11750. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD (Brown) / HEAVEN, HEAVEN (Bur-leigh). Piano acc. William King. Recorded 1930. Minor lbl. stain. Gen. 2. $15.00.
PAVEL Z. ANDREEV [bs] 1418. 10” Green Russian Zonoophone X-2-62131/X-
2-62132 [4405h/4406h\. DEMON: Accursed world (Rubinstein) / RUSALKA: The Miller’s Aria (Dargmyzhsky). 2. $25.00.
IVAR ANDRESEN [bs]. Oslo, 1896-Stockholm, 1940. His debut was at the Stockholm Royal Opera, 1919, as the Landgrave in Tannhäuser, where he remained as a principal bass until 1934. His career was particularly successful in Germany, singing there with The Dresden Opera (1925-[34), the Berlin State Opera (1934-36), Bayreuth (1927-1936) as well as having sung at Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona and New York’s Metropolitan Opera.
3849. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia OL2358 [WAX4890/WAX4891]. IM KUHLEN KELLER SITZ’ ICH HIER (Fischer) / PER SVINAHERDE (Swedish Folk Song). Piano acc. Franz Hallabch. In German/Swedish. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ADELAIDE ANDREYEVA VON SKILONDZ [s]. St. Petersburg, 1882-Stockholm, 1969. Her debut was in 1904 at the Marinsky Theater. In 1909 she created the Queen in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Le Coq d’Or and the following year came to the Berlin Hofoper, sharing coloratura roles with Frieda Hempel. Much of her later career was in Sweden, where she taught at the Royal Academy. Her pupils included Kim Borg and Elisabeth Söderstrom.
3905. 12” Girl-and-Gram. Parlophon P.573/P.1647. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Rosen-arie (Mozart) / MARGARETHE SIEMS [s]. RIGOLETTO: Teurer Name (Verdi). 2. $275.00
3280. 12” Girl-and-Gram. Parlophon P.1647/P.1648. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Rosen-arie (Mozart) / VILLANELLE (dell-Acqua). Small PB side one, couple tiny bumps side two, otherwise cons. 2. $20.00.
2791. 12” Purple Dog Mon. Gram. 043221/043222 [330al/332al]. ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Arie und Rondo der Zerbinetta (Strauss). Two sides. Tiny lbl. stkr. Small PB, otherwise just about 1-2. $35.00.
MARTHA ANGELICI [s]. Cergèse, Corsica, 1907-Ajaccio, 1973. Angelici’s vocal studies took place in Brussels. She was a noted concert and radio singer and made her operatic debut in Marseille, 1936, as Mimi in La Boheme. Her Opèra Comique debut was in 1938, and she starred at the Paris Opèra beginning in 1953. In addition, she appeared as a guest at Brussels, Monte Carlo, and La Scala. Her repertoire, both in song and opera, was extensive.
2282. 10” late Red VdeSM DA 5032 [OLA5794/OLA5796]. NON, JE N’IRAI PLUS AU BOIS (Weckerlin) / LE TEMPS DES CERICES (Renard). With LILY LASKINE [harp]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2164. 10” late Red VdeSM DA 5048 [OLA5609/OLA5610]. BERCEUSE (Mozart) / MA POUPÉE CHÉRIE (de Sévérac). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GIUSEPPE ANSELMI [t]. Near Carania, 1876-Near Rapallo, 1929. He first appeared as a violinist in his native city at the age of 13. After operetta experience, he made his operatic debut in Greece in the late 1890s, singing leading roles. Further study followed in Italy with Mancinelli, and he then appeared in Genoa and the Naples San Carlo (1900). A well received guest at Covent Garden (1901, 1904, 1909), Anselmi also was particularly admired in Russia, Buenos Aires and Spain. In addition to writing songs (a few of which he recorded), he was a composer of chamber music and a larger scale Poema Sinfonico for orchestra. Desmond Shawe-Taylor noted in the Grove
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Opera Dictionary that Anselmi’s “beautiful timbre and impassioned delivery were helped by vivid enunciation as well as by a romantic appearance.” He retired in 1918 and returned to the violin toward the end of his life. His recordings were for Fonotipia (1907-11) and a few sides in 1912 for Edison, and all the Fonotipias are piano accompanied.
9106. 11” Cream Odeon Historic ‘30s pressing O-5600 [XPh2569/XPh2559]. LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al placido (Verdi) / DON PASQUALE: Sogno soave e casto (Donizetti). Piano acc. 1907 Fonotipia masters. Excellent surfaces. Cons. 2. $15.00.
9121. 11” Yellow PW Odeon HRS 2002 [XPh2836/XPh2845]. LUISA MILLER: Ah fede negar potessi (Verdi). Piano acc. 1907 Fonotipia masters. Glassy surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
FERNAND ANSSEAU [t] 1006. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 898 [Bb10949-1/ Bb10950-1]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA: E
lucevan le stelle (Puccini). In Italian. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2226. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1471 [BS4259-I/BS5260-1]. MONNA VANNA: Air de Prinzivalle / MONNA VANNA: Elle est à moi (Février). Beautiful performance! Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2889. 12” Red acous. French Disque Gram. DB 782 [CL38-I/CL487-I]. LA PROCESSION / PANIS ANGELICUS (both Franck). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2804. 12” Red PW French Disque Gram. DB 1410 [CTR3368-II/CF2994-II]. MANON: Duo de Saint-Sulpice (Massenet). Two sides. With FANNY HELDY [s]. Minor lbl. stain side two, few lt. rubs. 2. $8.00.
2902. 12” Red Orth. Vla 8185 [CS4270-II/CS4271-I]. FAUST: Mais ce Dieu que peut-il pour moi? [Conclusion Act I] (Gounod). Two sides. With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. As new. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GIOVANNI APOSTOLU [t]. Athens, 1863-Naples, 1905. After success in his native Greece, Apostolu studied further in Italy and made his debut in Ascoli as Don Alvaro in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino. At La Scala in 1895, he created the leading tenor role in Leoncavallo’s I Medici (with Adini and Kaschmann) and Karloo in Paladilhe’s Patrie, likewise in 1895 and again with the same two artists. He also sang the title part in the first La Scala performances of Andrea Chenier (1897), sharing the role with Giuseppe Borgatti. Apostolu was a popular artist at the Naples San Carlo, but his career also took him to the principal theaters in Russia as well as Monte Carlo, where in 1897 he appeared with Adelina Patti (at her request) in Traviata and Lucia, as well as with Marie Van Zandt in Rigoletto.
2451. 7” Blk. Milano G&T 52284 [5521-R]. MANON LESCAUT: Tra voi belle (Puccini). Few LGTs, gen. 3. $150.00.
LUCRÈCIA ARANA [s/c]. Haro, 1871-Madrid, 1927. A popular operetta and zarzuela singer noted for her “poise and great temperament”, Arana made her debut in 1889 in Audrain’s La Mascotte. By 1895 she began concentrating more on zarzuela and became known as a leading soprano in that genre, creating a number of roles. In 1908 she wed the famous sculptor Mariano Beniliure. Upon the death of his wife, Beniliure created the Medal of the "Concurso de canto Lucrecia Arana", awarded each year by the Madrid Conservatory to the most outstanding graduating singer. Much material on Arana appears (in Spanish and Catalan) on the Internet.
4242. 10” Blk. GP ’08 Victor 52194 [9264u]. EL DÚO DE LA AFRICANA: Jota-Duo (Caballero). With OLARO MORENO [b]. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
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GIANNINA ARANGI-LOMBARDI [s]. Marigliano, 1891-Milan, 1951. After studies in Naples at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella with Beniamino Carelli, she made her debut in Rome in 1920, singing mezzo-soprano roles for the next three years. After further studies (with Adelina Stehle and Tina Poli-Randaccio), she made a second debut as a soprano in 1923. From 1924-1930 she was on the roster of La Scala, her debut there having been as Elena in Boïto’s Mefistofele, conducted by Toscanini. Her career encompassed most of the major Italian houses as well as South America. She toured Australia with Nellie Melba in 1928, creating for Australia the title role in Puccini’s Turandot. She never appeared in England, France or the United States. In 1935 she sang at the Salzburg Festival and retired three years later, still in good voice. She then taught at the Milan Conservatory and subsequently in Ankara, Turkey, where one of her pupils was soprano Leyla Gencer. –Wikopedia
2624. 12” White lbl. Vinyl It. Columbia (plain lbl.) GQX 10702 [CBS-1327-1]. I LOMBARDI: Te, Vergin santa (Verdi). The ideal performance. Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
PHYLLIS ARCHIBALD [c]. British born, probably around 1890, Archibald was early on championed by Ada Crossley. She studied in Paris and within a year was hired by Covent Garden as a Walkyre. Further studies and coaching then took place with Blanche Marchesi. A contract with the Berlin Imperial Opera was voided with the beginning of W.W. Two in 1914. Archibald was, however, again to appear at Covent Garden, this time as Kundry in Parsifal, directed by Thomas Beecham. She subseqently sang leading roles with the Moody-Manners and Carl Rosa Opera Companies, including Carmen, which, she advised an interviewer, “is considered one of my best characters”. In 1918 she made a concert tour of the U.K. as an assisting artist to Luisa Tetrazzini. She supposedly sang at the Paris Opera in Hérodiade with John O’Sullivan (although she is not listed in either the Gourret or Wolff Paris Opera volumes). However she is documented as having appeared at the Monte Carlo Opera in 1923 as Brangäne, Madelon (in Andeat Chénier with de Muro), Amneris (with Muzio as Aida), Azucena (again with Muzio) and Nancy in Martha (with Joyn McCormack as Lionel). Appearances in Australia took place in 1924 with a touring company organized by Melba. Here, again, she was very successful, particularly as Carmen. Unfortunately, shw soon became afflicted by a “nervous disorder” that necessitated the ending of her career prematurely and her being cared for in a sanitorium, apparently for the rest of her life.
3381. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Vocalion K-05196 [04061/04062]. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer) / CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
TERESA ARKEL [s]. Lemberg, Austria, 1861-Milano, 1929. Her studies were at the Lemberg Conservatory, and her operatic debut in the same city, 1884. It was in Italy, however, that Arkel became particularly celebrated. Her La Scala entry was as Venus in Tannhäuser, 1891, and there she also sang Norma and Desdemona. She had similar success in Spain and South America. Prominent in Arkel’s repertoire were the dramatic Wagner heroines. Noted as a teacher, her pupils included Claire Dux, Lucette Korsoff, Eugenia Bronskaya and Irene Eden.
2422. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053004 [514-R]. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi). Piano acc. Very individual performance (no cookie cutter approach here). Some graying but plays decently. 4. $125.00.
2424. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053061 [502c]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). Orch. acc. Some greying, 4. $100.00.
SIGRID ARNOLDSON [s]. Stockholm, 1861-1943. Considered by the press as the suc-cessor to Jenny Lind, Arnoldson studied in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi and made her debut in Prague, 1885, as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. She was a sensation in Russia the following year and made an equally successful entry at Covent Garden in 1887. Other triumphs included performances in her native Stockholm, the Paris Opéra Comique, Monte Carlo, Berlin, Zurich and the Metropolitan Opera, where she first appeared in 1893. Arnoldson’s warm lyric-coloratura voice and attractive appearance made her among the most popular stars of the period.
2019. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 80 [1298r/10848L]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi) / MANON: Hélas! l’oiseau qui fuit (Massenet). Label side one autographed by Arnoldson. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
2245. 10” White lbl. HMV 43777 [1288½r]. ECHO-LIED (Eckert). Beautiful copy, as mint. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
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BLANCHE ARRAL [s]. Liège, 1865-New York, 1945. Arral studied with Marchesi and appeared as Clara Lardinois (her birth name) in a small role in the 1884 world premiere of Massenet’s Manon. Much of her career was spent giving concerts in exotic locales. Her biogra- phy is crammed with fascinating stories, some of which certainly must veer to the offside of reality. It is known that her singing career was about over by 1920. In later years she married an elemen- tary school principal (considerably her junior), opened a mail order beauty cream business, did some radio broadcasting (fortunately mostly preserved) and taught in her Cliffside Park, NJ home.
1767. 10” White lbl. Vla 64098. BEGGAR STUDENT: Czardas (Millöcker). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2327. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64107. EL BOLERO GRANDE (Vasseur). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2483. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74151. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3608. 12” Green acous. IRCC 112. LE GRAND MOGOL: Allons, petit Serpent [Snake Waltz] (Audran) / LE PERLE DU BRÉSIL: Charmant oiseau (David). RR from 1909 Edison cylin-ders (good quality dubs). Label signed by Arral. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ANITA ATWATER [s] 1398. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2066-M
[W145385-3/W145386-2]. COLONIAL SONG [A SONG OF AUSTRALIA]. (Percy Grainger). Two sides. With LUIS ALBERTO SANCHEZ [t]. Conducted by the composer. A number of very tiny rim lams. side two, just to first groove (i.e. harmless), otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
1476. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2066-M. Same as preceding listing. One tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
FLORENCE AUSTRAL [s] 2186. 10” Red PW Australian HMV E.561 [Bb18692-
II/Bb18712-II]. EVERYWHERE I GO (Martin) / ZEMIRE ET AZOR: Rose Softly Blooming (Spohr). Orch. dir. Lawrence Collingwood. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2989. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7117 [CR2163-II/CR2162-I]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Senta’s Ballad / NELLIE WALKER [c]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Spinning Chorus (Wagner). Both with Royal Opera House Chorus and Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
F. D. AVGUSTOW [b] 4432. 10” Blk. Monarch 61056 [139z-Do-2z]. DEMON:
Demon’s Song (Rubinstein). Fine copy, gen. 2. $40.00.
ERNESTO BADINI [b] 1612. 10” Blue Victor 45001 [13038b/13053b]. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza / LA
TRAVIATA: Pura siccome un angelo (Verdi). Side two with GIULIETTA BATTAGLIOLI [s]. Lightest NR on lbl. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
1758. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45012 [103ah/224ah]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Son sessant’ anni / EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Si, fui soldato (Giordani). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1996. 10” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 45032 [13179b/13173b]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo / ALBERTINA CASSANI [s], FRANCESCO FEDERICI [b] RIGOLETTO: Piangi fanciulla. (Verdi). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1258. 10” Green Flags acous. Columbia 14094-F [B441/B442]. NERONE: Sento che ascende. With LINA LANZA [ms] / NERONE: Guarda quaggiù (Boïto). With FERNANDO AUTORI [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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4318. 12” Blue Victor 55020 [224ai/209ai]. LA BOHÈME: C’è Rodolfo. With EBE BOCCOLINI [s] / LA BOHÈME: Addio, dolce svegliare (Puccini).. With ANITA SANIPOLI [s], MARIA PASSARI [ms], GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2961. 12” Blue Victor 55023 [1876c/212ai]. OTELLO: Credo / FANNY LOTTI [s], FRAN-CESCO CONTI [t]. OTELLO: Quando narravi (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3745. 12” Blue Victor 55043 [02325v/02288v]. CRISTOFORO COLOMBO: Aman lassù le stelle (Franchetti) / DIANA (sic, should be ADELAIDE DI ANNA) [s], GINO GIOVANELLI [s], GINO LUSSARDI [b], VINCENZO BETTONI [bs]: LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti). Missing a couple of folks! Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3692. 12” Red Dog Gram. Mon. 054241 [1969c]. LA GIOCONDA: Assasini! (Ponchielli). With GENNARO DE TURA [t] and chorus. Small lbl. stkr. Lt. lbl. fade. Cons. 2. $25.00.
ELSIE BAKER [c]. Philadelphia, 1885-1958. A pupil of Gilchrist and Henry Gordon Thunder in Philadelphia and Oscar Saenger in New York, Baker was a well known concert and oratorio artist, active from about 1910 well into the 1930s. After making a few cylinders for Edison and Indestructible, Baker became an exclusive Victor artist and appeared on many solo and ensemble recordings from 1912 through 1929.
4221. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 17868. CHRISTMAS EVE (Foster); O BIENHEUREUSE NUIT (Normandie Carol) / OLIVE KLINE [s]. CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING; GOOD NIGHT AND A CHRISTMAS PRAYER (M. B. Foster). Small lbl. stkr. side two. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4222. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 17869. AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE (Riley-Gaynor); LITTLE CHRISTMAS SHOES [Terhune) / OLIVE KLINE [s]. MERRY CHRISTMAS; SLEIGHING SONG (both Riley-Gaynor). Small lbl. stkr. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
1475. 10” PW Blk. (gold print) Victor 19822. SILENT NIGHT (Gruber) / TRINITY CHOIR. HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING (Mendelssohn). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
1638. 10” Blue EE Victor 45495. SHANEWIS: Spring Song of the Robin Woman / SHANEWIS: Her Shadow (Cadman). Side two, despite not being so indicated on the label, was incorporated into the Shanewis score. Side one piano acc. by Grover Tilden Davis. Excellent copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1474. 10” Blue EE Victor 45526. SECRET OF MINE (Fearis) / COME TO THE FAIR (Martin). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2059. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4007. THE GYPSY’S WARNING (Coard) / TAKE BACK THE HEART (Claribel). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2276. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4124. SWEET IS TRUE LOVE (Gilchrist) / GOOD BYE, SWEET DAY (Vannah). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3947. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 35617. HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD: Ewa-Yea; Wah-wah- taysee / OLIVE KLINE [s], ELIZABETH WHEELER [s], MARGUERITE DUNLAP [c]. HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD: By the Shores of Gitchie Gumee; Then the Little Hiawatha (Longfellow-Bessie M. Whitley). Small lbl. strs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GEORGE BAKER [b] 3591. 12” Orange acous. Aeolian-Vocalion C-01013
[01706/D01700]. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet) / EXPLANATORY TALK. One lt. superficial scuff, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
GEORGES BAKLANOFF [b] 1204. 10” Blue Columbia 2013-M [77911-1/4
7211-1]. LA GIOCONDA: Pescator, affonda l’esca (Ponchielli) / HIPOLITO LAZARO [t]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1762. 10” Red SR HMV 7-22002 [B-22884]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Alas, There Is No Doubt (Tchaikowsky). Nice pressing. IMs. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
3828. 12” Vinyl Columbia 30621 [take 1]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). One indentation should be harmless, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
3686. 12” TC Columbia A5271 [30617-1/30618- ]. THE DEMON: Thou wilt be the world’s queen / THE DEMON: The vow (Rubinstein). Good quality flush pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3285. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7028-M [49452-1/49020-1]. HAMLET: Brindisi (Tho-mas) / HIPOLITO LÁZARO [t]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GIUSEPPINA BALDASSARRE-TEDESCHI [s]. Triani, 1881-Rome, 1965. A student at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro, Baldassarre-Tedeschi made her debut at the Coccia of Novara, 1905, as Mascagni’s Iris. She performed throughout Italy, the major house perhaps having been the Rome Costanzi, where she was heard a number of times. After her retirement in 1930, she was noted as a teacher, her pupils having included Licia Albanese, Stella Roman and Pia Tassinari. She sang Eva in Die Meistersinger and Sieglinde, but her major repertoire emphasis was of roles related to the verismo school, such as Manon Lescaut and her favorite part, Cio-Cio-San. She was also notable as Wally, Maddelena, Tosca, Nedda and Fedora.
9042. 11” Fonotipia 69255/69256 [XPh5150/XPh5151]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Non più danzar / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Morte di Butterfly (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
9001. 11” Fonotipia 69257/69258 [XPh5152/XPh5153]. LA WALLY: Ebben? ne andrò lontana / LA WALLY? Ne mai dunque avró pace (Catalani). 2. $20.00.
9010. 11” Fonotipia 69299/69292 [XPh5194/XPh5187]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini) / MARIA PEROSIO [s], MANFREDO POLVEROSI [t]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’anima (Verdi). Cons. 2. $20.00.
1245. 10” Green Notes Columbia E2382 [42272-1/42273-1]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Io sono l’umile ancella / ANDREA LECOUVREUR: Poveri fiori (Cilèa). Cons. 2. $10.00.
SUZANNE BALGUERIE [s] 1922. 10” Blk. PW French Polydor 561054 [4979BKP/4980BKP]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE:
Liebestod (Wagner). Two sides. In French. Orch. dir. Albert Wolff. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3908. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LFX 23 [WLX968-4/WLX969-4]. ARIADNE ET BARBE BLEUE: Oh! mes clairs diamants / ARIADNE ET BARBE BLEUE: Ah! ce n’est past encore la claret veritable (Dukas). Some lbl. rubs and lt. lbl. staining. Surfaces are as new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
VICENTE BALLESTER [b]. 1887-Valencia, 1927. After studies in Spain, Ballester worked with Jean de Reszke in Paris beginning in 1913. He subsequently appeared in Spain in operas and zarzuelas. His American debut was in 1916, and he remained active in North and Central America for a decade. While scheduled for the Metropolitan Opera the season of 1923-24, he suffered an upper respiratory tract infection (which proved to be a great break for Lawrence Tibbett). His tonsils were eventually removed, but the recuperation evidently required the whole season and continued to trouble him on and off the remainder of his life. He did, however, appear with the Chicago Opera in July of 1924 as Rossini’s Figaro and Count Gil in Wolf-Ferrari’s The Secret of Suzanne. His eventual Metropolitan debut was on November 11, 1924 as Valentin in Faust, his other roles including Rigoletto, Alfio, the High Priest in Samson et Dalila and Enrico in Lucia. Sporadic U.S. appearances in various locations took place in 1925. He returned to Spain in 1926, where he died the next year.
2612. 12” Green Columbia 52001-X [83056-3/83057-2]. LA ALEGRIA QUE VUELVE: Romanza No. 1 (Micelli) / TORNA A SURRIENTO (de Curtis). One tiny internal patina side one should be harmless. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ROSE BAMPTON [c/s]. Lakewood, OH, 1908-Bryn Mawr, PA, 2007. A student at the Curtis Institute, Miss Bampton first appeared in small roles with the Philadelphia Grand Opera. Her Metropolitan Opera debut was as Laura in La Gioconda with Rosa Ponselle in 1932, three years after she began voice studies. She sang the premiere of Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach in 1933. In 1937 Bampton made a second debut as a soprano, singing Leonora in Il Trovatore. She also appeared in that capacity at Covent Garden, with the San Francisco and Chicago Operas, as well as at the Buenos Aires Teatro Colón. After retiring from the Met in 1950, she continued singing on occasion for a number of years, as well as teaching (primarily at Juilliard and the
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Manhattan School of Music). I saw her on stage in 1958 in the premiere of an opera by Paul Bowles on Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, which was written for and starred a miscast Libby Holman (1904-1971) as a young woman wanting to bear a child. Bampton (born four years earlier than Holman) sang the role of her mother. The conductor was Carlos Surinach. I mentioned this to her some years later after a tribute program. A young hanger-on immediately snapped, “Miss Bampton was never in anything like that!” Of course she just as quickly, but more politely, corrected him, and he remained silent through the rest of the conversation. The first three records below feature Bampton as a contralto and the last as a soprano.
1315. 10” Red Scroll Vla 1607. SWANS (Kramer) / DO NOT GO, MY LOVE (Hageman). Piano acc. Wilfred Pelletier. Beautiful performances. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1318. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1628. WHEN I BRING TO YOU COLOUR’D TOYS / LIGHT, MY LIGHT (both from Gitanjali) (John Alden Carpenter). Piano acc. Wilfred Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1234. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1648. A SONG FOR LOVERS, Op. 13, No. 2 (Deems Taylor) / IN THE LUXEMBURG GARDENS (Manning). Uncommon. Piano acc. Charles O’Connell/Sylvan Levin. Side one autographed (black ink) by Miss Bampton. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2693. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 15642. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Figlia, tal nome palpita. With LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b] / GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t], LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b], LEONARD WARREN [b], ROBERTS NICHOLSON [bs]. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Plebe, Patrizi (Verdi). As new. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
SAMUEL BARBER [b/composer] 2510. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac 8998. DOVER
BEACH (Samuel Barber). With CURTIS STRING QUARTET. Two sides. Includes printed sheet (text and info. on Barber) supplied with the first issue of this disc. Few removable crayon mks. (radio station). Just about 1-2. $60.00.
CARLO BARRERA [t] 3693. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88269 [1794c]. AIDA: Già I
sacerdoti (Verdi). With CAROLINA PIETRACEW-SKA [c]. Very rare Victor issue. Note that the label misidentifies the tenor as “Giuseppe Barrera”. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
GENNARO BARRA [t]. Naples, 1892-Milano, 1969. Barra began his vocal studies with Fernando de Lucia and made his debut as Turiddu at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milano, 1914, continuing his career until 1940. In addition, he ap-peared in the U.S., mainly with the touring San Carlo Opera in 1923 and again in 1928. In addition to standard parts such as Pinkerton, Alfredo, Enzo, Calaf and the Duke in Rigoletto, he was heard in principal tenor roles in Loreley (Catalani), Lodoletta (Mascagni), La Rondine (Puccini), Giulietta e Romeo and Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai), and La Rondine (Puccini). In later years he taught (under the name Gennaro Barra-Carraciolo), his pupils having included tenors Gianni Raimondi and Kenneth Lane. He appears never to have recorded commercially (although please see Roberto Marcocci’s Website, which cites a record issued of Barra under another name). The record below is a private (“Personal”) U.S. Columbia 1928 disc.
3962. 10” White/Black Columbia elec. SS Personal Record mat. W170500-1]. TU CA NUN CHIAGNE (DeCur-tis-Bovio). Piano acc. Lt. rubs, 2. $60.00.
MARIA BARRIENTOS [s]. Barcelona, 1883-Paris,1946. Barrientos was a musical prodigy, having started studies at the Barcelona Conservatory at the age of six. By twelve she had earned diplomas in composition, piano and violin. She began vocal lessons at the age of 14 and made her debut the next year at the Teatro Novidades in Barcelona, as Ines in l’Africaine, 1898, quickly following this with the role of Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots. She then became a featured artist at the Teatro Costanzi and La Scala, where she and director Giulio Gatti-Casazza became “an item”. Popular in Central and South America as well, Barrientos was first heard at the Metropolitan Opera, 1916, as Lucia, leaving in 1920 when Galli-Curci was hired. She continued operatic singing for another three years and spent the remainder of her career in concert work and then teaching.
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9047. 11” Fonotipia 39011/39013 [XPh35/ XPh30]. LA SONNAM-BULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini) / LAKMÉ: Bell Scene (Delibes). Cons. 2. $15.00.
9107. 11” Fonotipia 39457/39458 [XPh1608/XPh1609]. LA SONNAMBULA: Come per me sereno / LA SONNAMBULA: Sovra il sen la man (Bellini). IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
9061. 11” Fonotipia 39461/39462 [XPh1621/XPh1607]. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas) / PEER GYNT: Canzone del Solvejg (Grieg). Cons. 2. $15.00.
1202. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4010-M [78363-2/A1880]. RIGO-LETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b] / STRACCIARI [b]. LA WALLY: T’amo ben io (Catalani]. Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3479. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68052-D [49370-1/49371-2]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce / I PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3861. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68057-D [48651-3/49112-1]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart) / PEARL OF BRAZIL: Gentil augel (David). IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3349. 12” Gold acous. Flags Columbia 68068-D [48650-2/49171-2]. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod) / VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2899. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 5130-M [49793-2/49794-1]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono docile (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2531. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7036-M [49171-2/49803-2]. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss) / THEME AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3934. 12” Red acous. Regal (Spanish Col.) RS 5504 [49171/48651]. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart). Lt. lbl. fade, cons. 2. $12.00.
3866. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8906-M [49113-1/49596-1]. MARTHA: Qui sola, vergine rosa (Flotow) / DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2530. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8908-M [49372-2/49598-1]. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2529. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8928-M [49354-4/49611-1]. TRAVIATA: Parigi, o cara. With CHARLES HACKETT [t] / RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste al tempio (both Verdi). With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2523. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8929-M [49612-1/49616-2]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son (Rossini). With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b] / RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi). With CHARLES HACKETT [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2554. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9009-M [49622-3/49666-2]. LA TRAVIATA: Un dì, felice etera (Verdi). With CHARLES HACKETT [t] / HACKETT [t], RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2932. 12” Blk. vinyl Columbia 48629-1. LUCIA: Quando rapito in estasi (Donizetti). No label test pressing. Unpublished. Supposedly from three to five copies were pressed in the early 1960s and the matrix was then destroyed. Cons. 2. $150.00.
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3024. 12” Columbia (shellac) Graphophone “Personal Record” label (no printed or written information). 49805-2. IL PENSIEROSO: Sweet Bird (Händel). In English. Unpublished. Only known copy. In take 1 (also the only known copy, which I listed a few years ago), the tuba player comes in early during the postlude. Here he enters correctly. 2-3. $500.00.
2718. 12” PW Purple elec. Eng. Columbia D17701 [WLX308/WLX309]. EL PAÑO MORUNO; SEGUIDILLA MURCIANA / ASTURIANA (Manuel de Falla). Nos. 1-3 from Sept Chansons Espagnoles. Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3126. 12” Red Viva-Tonal Argentine Columbia A4043 [WLX308/WLX309]. Same as preceding listing (item #2718) except South American pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3299. 12” PW Purple elec. Eng. Columbia PFX 1 [WLX310/WLX1368-2]. JOTA / NANA; CANCIÓN (de Falla). Nos. 4-6 from Sept Chansons Espagnoles. Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
VALERIA BARSOVA [s] 2577. 12” Blk. PW elec. Parlophone E11176 [XXRu618/XXRu619]. LES NOCES DE
JEANETTE: Along my pathway (Massé) / PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David). Both in Russian. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Excellent laminated pressing. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
3279. 12” Blk. PW Elec. Parlophone E11186 [XXRu616/XXRu617]. MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod). Both in Russian. Orch. dir. Frider Weissmann. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
fuggiam da queste mura (Verdi) [Finale Act III] (Verdi). With GENNARO DE TURA [t], MATTEO DRAGONI [b]. Never doubled. Cons. 2. $20.00.
MARIA BASILIDES [c] 3254. 12” Plum PW Czech HMV AN 209 [CW2056-
1/CW2057-II]. HÁROM ARVA (Zoltan Kodály). Two sides. With BÉLA BÁRTOK [pianist]. One tiny scr., few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $30.00.
4293. 12” Plum PW Czech HMV AN 210 [CW2068-II/CW2069-II]. MÓNÁR ANNA (Kodály). Two sides. With BÉLA BÁRTOK [pianist]. Few lightest rubs, con. 2. $30.00.
MARIO BASIOLA [b] 2505. 12” PW Blue Master Works Columbia 69602D
[CBX1432/CBX1433]. L’ARLESIANA: Rac-conto del Pastore (Ciléa) / IL FIGLIUOL PRODIGO: Raccogli e calma (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4071. 12” PW Blue Microphone Columbia 70093-D [CBX1435/CBX1436]. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive / LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir (both Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
JANE BATHORI [ms]. 1877-1970. Born Jeanne-Marie Berthier. Despite success at La Scala in 1902 in Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) and in the world premiere of Franchetti’s Germania, both directed by Toscanini, Bathori decided to devote her career to the concert stage and in particular the music of contemporary French composers. She gave a number of song premieres with the composers accompanying.
1464. 10” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D13086 [WL1416/WL1417]. LA FLÛTE DE PAN / LA CHEVELURE [Nos. 1 and 2 of Trois Chansons de Bilitis ] (Debussy). Self-accompanied. Couple tiny harmless mks., just about 1-2. $20.00.
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1319. 10” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D13097 [WL1414-2/WL1556]. CLAIR DE LUNE (Fauré) / LIED (Chabrier). Self-accompanied. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1887. 10” Blue PW French Columbia D13097 [WL1414-2/WL1556]. Same as preceding listing (item #1319). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
1598. 10” Blue PW Eng. Columbia LF 50 [WL1415-2/WL2081-1]. LE TOMBEAU DES NAÎADES [No. 3 of Trois Chansons de Bilitis] / C’EST L’EXTASE [from ARIETTES OUBLIÉES] (both Debussy). Self-accompanied. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2293. 10” Blue PW French Columbia LF 53 [WL2137/WL2138]. SIX CHANSONS FRAN-ÇAISES (Germaine Tailleferre). Two sides. Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
3459. 12” Blue PW French Columbia D15179 [WLX961/WLX962]. HISTOIRES NATURELLES: I. La Paon / II. Le Grillon; IV. Le Martin-Pêcheur (Ravel). Self-accompanied. Bathori, accompanied by Ravel, created this group in a 1906 concert. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3169. 12” Blue PW French Columbia D15195 [WLX917-2/WLX918-2]. TROIS MÉLODIES (Erik Satie) / TROIS POÈMES (Darius Milhaud). Accompanied by Darius Milhaud. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3185. 12” Blue PW Microphone Columbia 9132-M [WLX917-2/WLX328-1]. TROIS MÉLODIES (Erik Satie) / CLAIRE CROIZA [s]. LE BESTIARE (Francis Poulenc). Accompanied by the respective composers. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
FRANCESCO BATTAGLIA [t]. Catania, 1873-Milano, 1968. After switching from baritone to tenor, Battaglia made his operatic debut as Rhadames in Malta in 1923. He gave ten performances of the same role in Berlin conducted by Mascagni, likely when his five records were made. He had success throughout Italy and in Zagreb as well. His La Scala debut was in 1936 in Giordano’s Siberia. He wasn’t heard in America until the late 1940s, having appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn and Philadelphia Academies of Music, Cleveland, and other U.S. sites as Rhadames, Calaf, Canio, Cavaradossi and Manrico. A biographical sketch on Battaglia in The Record Collector (Vol. 42, No. 3) by Paolo Padoàn (tran. Peter Dempsey) mentions that his five records “are now near impossible to find”.
1908. 10” Red Schall. Gram. 70700 [3637ar/3638ar]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si ben mio / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $50.00.
GIULIETTA BATTAGLIOLI [s]. Her vocal studies were in Milano with Lucia Baragli. She seems to have made her debut in 1905, according to one source as Musetta at the Massa Teatro Guglielmi and to another as Micaëla at the Spoleto Teatro Nuovo. Her career was relatively short, although she managed to appear in a number of smaller Italian, Russian and Polish houses through at least 1912. Her last traced appearance was as Fedora at the Mercadante in Cerignola in company with her husband, tenor Vincenzo Leotti. Likely marriage and family led to the closing of her career.
1612. 10” Blue Victor 45001 [13053b/13038b]. LA TRAVIATA: Pure siccome un angelo. With ERNESTO BADINI [b] / BADINI [b]. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi) Lightest NR on lbl. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
MATTIA BATTISTINI [b] 1095. 10” White HMV 52669 [445z-Ao-2z]. ANCORA (Tosti). Unbuffed 1902 stamper. Just
about 1-2. $20.00. 2174. 10” White HMV Advance Copy 52669 [445z-Ao-2z]. Same as preceding listing but
earlier pressing. Wavy surface (as with preceding listing) is inherent and should sound better than a buffed pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2053. 10” Red “A” plate Vla 87338 [BA3-I]. VITTORIA, MIO CORE! (Carissimi). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4163. 10” White lbl. vinyl HMV (pressed on 12”) SS 7-62019 [BA-1-2]. LA MANTILLA (Alvarez). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1733. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 153 [441z/446z]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Se dell’imen la dolce cura (Tschaikowsky). THE DEMON: No, non plorar tu piangi invano (Rubinstein). Piano acc. From orig. 1902 Warsaw G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2006. 10” White HMV VA 5 [442z-Ao-2z/BA-13-2]. DON GIOVANNI: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Mozart) / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Egli è salvo (Verdi). From orig. 1902/1921 matrices. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4048. 10” (pressed on 12”) White lbl. HMV blk. vinyl SS 2-52848 [17570b]. FAVORITA: Vien Leonora (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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4043. 10” (pressed on 12”) White lbl. HMV blk. vinyl SS 2-52849 [17571b]. FAVORITA: Dei nemici tuoi (Donizetti). Thrilling! Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2556. 12” White (plain label) Victor 92006 [885c]. DON SEBASTIANO: O Lisbona (Donizetti). RCA Vr Bk. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3389. 12” Red Victor 92008 [880c]. ERNANI: Vieni meco sol di rose (Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4331. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 052142 [877c]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4328. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 052309 [267ai]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3853. 12” White lbl. blk. HMV 052310 [268ai]. LE SOIR (Gounod). Piano acc. In French. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4333. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 052314 [287ai]. TANNHÄUSER: O tu bell’astro (Wagner). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4159. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 052320 [289aj]. IDEALE (Tosti). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4037. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 052321 [290aj]. O MA CHARMANTE (Quaranta). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4334. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 052370 [235ai]. NERONE: Epitalamio (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4038. 12” White lbl.blk. vinyl HMV 052403 [2807c]. MALIA (Tosti). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4049. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 2-052203 [CA5-I]. DON CARLOS: Per mi giunto (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4046. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 2-052208 [CA10-I]. MARIA DI ROHAN: Voce fatal (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4332. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 054103 [876c]. ERNANI: Da quel di (Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4329. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 054105 [879c]. ERNANI: Lo vedremo (Verdi). With ARISTODEMO SILLICH [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00
4330. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 054106 [880c]. ERNANI: Vieni meco (Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4284. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 054389 [221af]. PAGLIACCI: Decidi il mio destin (Leoncavallo). With MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4285. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 054390 [222af]. PAGLIACCI: E allor perchè (Leonca-vallo). With MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4050. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 2-054118 [CA7-II]. ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (Verdi). With JANNINA DE WITT [s] and GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2490. 12” Red Vla 6408. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu? / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). As new (as the grading indicates). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3217. 12” Late Red VDP DB 201 [28gaj/225½af]. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza il mar / TRAVIATA: Bella siccome un angelo (Verdi). Side two with MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Beautiful late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3332. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 736 [Ck1423-I/Ck1427-II]. LA FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non più andrai (Mozart). Excellent pressing, cons. 2. $15.00.
3151. 12” White lbl. SS HMV DB 737 [Ck1419-III]. DON CARLOS: O Carlo ascolta … Io Morrò (Verdi). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2869. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 738 [Ck1418-I/Ck1424-I]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (both Verdi). Good pressing. Few lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.
3659. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 202. ZAMPA: Perchè, tremar (Hérold) / MACBETH: Pietà, rispetto, amore (Verdi). From orig. Milan, 1907/London, 1912 Gram. matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4420. 12” Red La Fonotecnica C3002/C5008. IDEALE (Tosti) / CARO MIO BEN (Gior-dani). Piano acc. Fine copy of this exceptional 1920 rarity. Excellent recording and pressing. Cons. 2. $800.00.
S. A. BATURINA [s] 2113. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4116. OPRICHNIK: I Thought I Heard Voices / CHEREVICHKI:
I’ve Tormented Him Enough (both Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MORDECHAI BAUMANN [b]. Bronx, NY, 1912 - New York City, 2007. A graduate of Columbia University and Juilliard, Bauman was a noted concert singer who toured the U.S. in the late 1930s with Hanns Eisler as pianist. Bauman was connected with various socially conscious causes and was also very much involved in 20th century music, having premiered a number of compositions and having been the first to record songs of Charles Ives. He was also the original interpreter of Earl Robinson’s The House I Live In, later sung and recorded by singers as diverse as Lauritz Melchior and Frank Sinatra.
3164. 12” Blue New Music Records NMQR 16 [1412]. SIX SONGS (Charles Ives). Two sides. With Albert Hirsh [pno]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
GINO BECHI [b] 1993. 10” Red late VdP DA 11338 [OBA8164/OBA8165]. HAWAI (Bertini-Olivieri) /
MARINARELLA (Nisa-Olivieri). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
DAN BEDDOE [t] 1018. 10” Red Victor 64195. IRISH LOVE SONG
(Lang). Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1834. 10” White lbl. Vla 64391. A MOONLIGHT SONG (Cadman). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1604. 10” acous. Rainbow 1003. A HEART LIKE THINE (Van De Venter) / CARRY YOUR CROSS WITH A SMILE (Gabriel). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1651. 10” Blk. elec. Brunswick 3847. ELIJAH: If with All Your Hearts / ELIJAH: Then Shall The Righteous Shine Forth (Mendelssohn). Piano acc. (Mrs.) Thomie Prewit Williams. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
THÉO BEETS [t] 4325. 12” Green PW French Polydor 516.734
[1972BMP/1973BMP]. LA JUIVE: Dieu que ma voix tremlante / LA JUIVE: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (Halévy). Slightest lbl. stain one side. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1591BM]. PAGLIACCI: Nedda-Silvio Duet (Leoncavallo). Two sides. In Italian. With WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3283. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66857 [1596BM/1597½BM]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Two sides. In Italian. Orch. dir. Alexander Kitschin. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
PAUL BENDER [bs] 1025. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Concert 3-44031/3-44032 [323ab/5076r]. MIGNON: Schwal-
ben-Duett (Thomas). With MARGARETE PREUSE-MATZENAUER [ms] / RIZA EIBENSCHÜTZ [s], MINNIE NAST [s]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Letter Duet (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $50.00.
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LEILA BEN-SEDIRA [s] 1478. 10” Salabert 3326 [SS.1544A/SS.1545B]. LES NOCES DE JEANNETTE: Air des
Meusles (Massé) / MANON LESCAUT: L’éclat de rire (Auber). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
3746. 12” Red Disque Gram. W-1507 [2LA3699-1/2LA3700-1]. HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE: Rossignols Amoureux (Rameau) / PSYCHE (Aubry-de Falla). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
CELYS BERALTA [s]. A Spanish coloratura as stated in the Vocalion monthly catalogue supplements, Beralta appeared at the Barcelona Teatro Liceo in 1920 as Gilda in Rigoletto opposite Hipólito Lázaro and as Olga in Giordano’s Fedora. Her few records were apparently made in England in 1922, but where else she appeared hasn’t been reported.
3377. 12” Green Engl. Aeolian Vocalion J-04107 [02880X/02882]. MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas) / LUCIA: Il dolce suono (Donizetti) Side two with Charles Stainer [flute]. Cons. 2. $10.00.
soldato / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $60.00.
4315. 12” Pink acous. Fono.-Nazionale G2029/G2030. GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchi-elli) / APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. GIOCONDA: O Monumento. “Marco di Edizione” stamps reversed. Bergamaschi’s is actually signed by him while Granforte’s is a purple signature copy. 2. $90.00.
ERNA BERGER [s]. See also ELSA FOERSTER. 2736. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 11826 [2D1336-II/2D1337-II]. FIDELIO: Mir
ist so Wunderbar. With HENRIETTA GOTTLIEB [ms], MARCEL WITTRISCH [t], WILLY DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b] / GOTTLIEB [ms], WALTHER LUDWIG [t], DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b], WALTER GROSSMANN [bs]. FIDELIO: Er sterbe, doc her soll (Beethoven). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
PIERRE BERNAC [b] 1920. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4894 [OLA-1184-1/OLA-1189-3]. LA TOURTERELLE
(Milhaud) / CHANSONS GAILLARDES: La belle jeunesse; Invocation au Parques (Poulenc). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2208. 10” Red Disque Gram. DA 4928 [OLA-3396-1/OLA-3397-1]. LE COLIBRI (Chausson) / SOUPIR (Duparc). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1886. 10” Red PW French Ultraphone BF1434 [77216-77217-D]. LE COLIBRI (Chausson) / LES CLOCHES; MANDOLINE (both Debussy). Piano acc. Jean Doyen. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1875. 10” Red PW French Ultraphone BF1435 [77218/77219-D]. COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL (Debussy) / TROIS MÉLODIES POPULAIRES GRECQUES (Ravel). Piano acc. Jean Doyen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1921. 10” Red PW French Ultraphone BP1531 [77479/77480]. [TROIS] POÈMES D’APOLLINAIRE / CHANSON GAILLARDES: Sérénade; Madrigal (both Francis Poulenc). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC. $15.00.
1888. 10” Red PW French Ultraphone BP1568 [77563/77564]. LES YEUX (Louis Aubert) / CHANSON POUR LE PETIT CHEVAL (de Séverac). Piano acc. Jean Doyen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GUSTAVO [DE] BERNAL-RES[Z]KY [b]. Agua-scalientes, Mexico, 1875-Paris, 1918. He studied in Mexico City and Italy and made his debut in Italy, 1899, as Germont in La Traviata. Booked for the Metropolitan Opera 1905-06 following a season in Mexico, Berl-Resky
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(as his name appeared in New York and as we’ll refer to him from here on) was released from his New York contract by (then) General Manager Heinrich Conried following the first rehearsal for his debut as Enrico in Lucia late Nov. of 1905. Conried decided that the baritone’s voice “was not perfectly suited to the require-ments of the Metropolitan,” whatever that might have meant. Still, Berl-Resky did sing Enrico in the season’s one performance of Lucia on December 2nd, for which a reporter stated, “People who heard him will be sorry that he is to go away.” He was given a full month’s salary and expenses back to Europe, although it appears he stayed at least through April of 1906, when he completed a group of records for Victor begun the month before. He and his wife, Mme. Scarphy-Resky, also made use of the time to make some cylinders for Edison. Sometime later, Gustavo made at least one record for Homocord. On this was listed as his first credit “del Metropolitan Opera House of New York”. Also given was the “Imperial Opera di St. Petersburgo”. One wonders if he had greater staying power there.
4438. 12” Blk. “A” plate GP ’06 Victor 39052 [take 2]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Monologo (Giordano). Rare issue. Scr. first ¼”. Few rubs, 2. $20.00.
LUISA BERTANA [ms] 2984. 12” Green elec. Odeon N.6651 [XXPh6623-2/XXPh6624-2]. NERONE: Padre nostro.
With ANNA MARCANGELI [s] / NAZZARENO BERTINELLI [b]. NERONE: Vivete in pace (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
BARRON BERTHALD [t] Berthald (sometimes Berthold), is referred to by the press as American by birth. He seems to have been active with various touring companies in the U.S., England (notably the Carl Rosa Opera) and Australia, as well as being on the roster of Mainz Opera in Germany, particularly in the 1890-1915 period. His roles featured Wagner parts in particular, such as Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Sieg-mund. Berthold was appointed as the director of the opera department of Baltimore’s Peabody Institute in 1916. He was hired by the Damrosh Opera on the spot to be their leading tenor in 1895 after rescuing them in a performance of Lohengrin when the scheduled tenor became ill at the last moment. The following season he created the leading tenor role in the Boston world stage premiere of Damrosch’s opera The Scarlet Letter, sharing the stage honors with soprano Johanna Gad-ski. He also sang at the Met in a company organized by Henry W. Savage during the Autumn of 1900. Mr. Berthald’s wife died in Nyack, NY, in 1951, but I couldn’t locate birth and death information for him.
2005. 10” Grey Columbia Personal Record 91232 [take 1]. THE SPIRIT FLOWER (Campbell-Tipton). Superficial rubs, 3-4 but no greying. $75.00.
BIANCA BESALÙ [s/ms]. Buenos Ayres 1887 – 1935. She arrived in Italy in 1908 with Cleofante Campanini and his wife, Eva Tetrazzini, who apparently sponsored her. Making her debut in 1908 as Santuzza, Besalù then appeared in various provincial houses in Italy as well as in tours of Greece and Egypt. In 1910 she restudied as a mezzo and had a successful career in Italy through at least 1920. In the early ‘20s she returned to South America and continued singing for a few seasons, then retiring to teach.
2471. 12” Blue Victor 55022 [222ai/223ai]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui Santuzza (Mascagni). Two sides. With GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]. Just about 1-2. As new, as are most listings with this grading. $12.00.
Reger) / STILLE NACHT (Gruber). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3210. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1219 [2-2910/2-2911]. FAUST: Es ist schon spät lebt
wohl (Gounod). Two sides. With EUGEN TRANSKI [t]. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
3716. 12” acous. Vox *2000 [38A/39A]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Und ob die Wolke (v.Weber) / MIGNON: Kennst-du das Land? (Thomas). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3157. 12” Pink acous. Parlophn P.1272 [2-5555/2-2887]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Romnze der Antonia / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Hörst du es tönen (Offenbach)l Side two with EUGEN TRANSKI [t]. Few rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
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3636. 12” acous. Parlophon P.1927 [2-7824/2-7825]. TANNHÄUSER: O Fürsten [II. Akt, 2. Szene duet]. Two sides With LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t]. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3357. 12” Purple acous. Parlophone E10388 [2-7799/2-7800]. WHO IS SYLVIA?, Op. 106, No. 4 / HEIDENRÖSLEIN, Op. 1, No. 3; WOHIN?, Op. 25 (all Schubert). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $10.00.
3380. 12” Purple acous. Parlophone E10431 [2-8188/2-8189]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morró, ma prima in grazia / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Arie de Amelia, Act II (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4146. 12” Purple elec. Parlophone E10525 [2-8950/2-8951]. OBERON: Ozean, du Unge-heuer (v.Weber). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3065. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon O-7737 [2-21103/2-21104]. LOHENGRIN: 2.Akt duet Elsa-Ortrud (Wagner). With KARIN BRANZELL [c]. Two sides. Lbl. stkr. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
VINCENZO BETTONI [bs] 3558. 12” Red Dog Mon. Gram. 054480 [760m]. MEFISTOFELE: Forma ideal purissima
(Boïto). With SARA SOLARI [s], GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]. Cons. 2. $12.00.
AUGUSTO BEUF [b]. Palermo, 1887-1969. He studied cello and was a member of the orchestra of the Palermo Teatro Massimo. Al-though he hadn’t preliminary vocal studies, he was accepted into a travelling opera troupe that appeared in Egypt and Greece. Upon returning, he made his debut in Italy in 1908. His career quickly gained momentum, but he interrupted it from 1917-18 to study in Rome with Antonio Co-togni. 1920 marked his debut at the Rome Teatro Costanzi, and Mascagni insisted on him for the role of the Capitano in the 1921 premiere of his Il piccolo Marat. From then into the 1950s he sang internationally, including with the Chicago Opera, at La Scala and at the Teatro Colón. In 1953 he appeared at La Scala in the premiere of Pizzetti’s Cagliostro.
1728. 10” acous. Columbia Popolare D800 [B869/B870]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / PEARL FISHERS: Oh! Nadir (Bizet). Excellent laminated surface. Harmless rubs. Side one 2, side two 2-3. $10.00.
LÉON BEYLE [t] 1016. 10” Blk. Victor 62750 [5828h/6732½h].
CARMEN: Je suis Escamillo (Bizet). With HECTOR DUFRANNE [b] / LUCETTE KORSOFF [s]. VALSE DES ROSES (Métra). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1195. 10” Blue Victor 45011 [9115u/9100u]. SI J’ÉTAIS ROI: Un regard de ses yeux! (Adam) / HECTOR DUFRANNE [b]. DON GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00
2655. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 034017/034018 [5085i/5070i]. LA REINE DE CHYPRE: Triste exile (Halévy). With HECTOR DURFANNE [b] / LUCETTE KORSOFF [s], DANIEL VIGNEAU [b]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son (Rossini). In French. Cons. 2. $15.00.
RAFAEL BEZARES [t]. Spain, 1860-1922. Bezares had a substantial career in opera and zarzuela in Spain and Central (and likely South) America. While singing in Mexico in 1911, he and some of hundred spectators were seriously injured when the roof over the audience in the bull ring in Pachuca collapsed. Evidently he survided this and continued with his career. His repertoire in-cluded roles such as Rodolfo, Elvino (in La Sonnambula) and the Duke (in Rigoletto).
4201. 10” Blk. GP ’08 “A” plate Victor MARINA: Recit. and Barcarolle (Arrieta). Cons. 2. $12.00.
TORCUM BEZAZIAN [b] 4083. 12” Green acous. Columbia E5192 [59572-3/59591-2]. BENVENUTO CELLINI:
FORDERUNG (R. Strauss) / ALLEN C. HINKLEY [bs]. BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (Bowers). Piano acc. One LSS (i.e. harmless) side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $40.00.
DAVID BISPHAM [b] 3498. 12” Blk. Columbia 5033-M [30210-2/
30211-3]. BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (Moore) / ACIS AND GALATEA: Oh, Ruddier Than the Cherry (Händel). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JUSSI BJOERLING [t]. The “X” series records are all sung in Swedish.
1852. 10” PW Plum HMV X.3377 [BE2119-II/ BE2120-I]. I DRÖMMEN DU ÄR MIG NARA (Sjögren) / VITA ROSOR (Kör-ling). Bjoerling was 18 at the time of this 1929 recording. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2224. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3628 [BT5206-II/ BT5207-II]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah, lève-toi soleil! (Gounod) / RIGO-LETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2281. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3683 [OT144-II/ OT146-I]. DAS VEILCHEN VOM MONTMARTRE: Du går som en liten prinsessa (Kálmán) / THE DESERT SONG: The Desert Song (Romberg). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2230. 10” Plum HMV X.3702 [OT130-II/OT131-II]. TANTIS SERENAD (Italiensk Folksvisa) / CARMELA (de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1892. 10” Plum HMV X.3993 [OPF46-II/OPF47-II]. SLUT DINA ÖGON (Ammandt) / DAS VIOLET VOM MONTMARTRE: Jag drömmer varje natt om dig [Heut’ nach hab’ ich geträumt vom dir] (Kálmán). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1966. 10” Plum HMV X.4108 [OPA122-II/OPA123-II]. L’ILLUSTRE FREGONA: Serenade (Raul Laparra) / PRINCE IGOR: Cavatina (Borodin). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2169. [as ERIK ODDE]. 10” White SS HMV X.4133 [OPA148-II]. ALT HVAD DER ER DEJLIGT (Tognarelli). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2170. [as ERIK ODDE]. 10” White SS HMV X.4133 [OPA149-II]. KANSKE ATT VI PÅ SAMME DRÖMMAR BÄR (Tilling). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2168. [as ERIK ODDE]. 10” White SS HMV X.4192 [OPA182-II]. DINA BLAÅ ÖGON LOVA MER (Sylvain). The reverse on the record as originally issued record was by another singer. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2003. 10 SS White lbl. X.4196 [OPA-183-1]. KÄRLEKENS SÅNG (LeBeau). Unpublished take. Issued take is 2. Just about 1-2. $75.00.
1891. 10” PW Plum HMV X.4436 [OSB-99-1/OSB-100-1]. FANAL: I männer över lag och rätt (Kurt Atterberg) / FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Låt henne tro [Ch’ella mi creda] (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2049. 10” Plum HMV X.7255 [OSB-742-II/OCS-1834-I]. SJUNG AM STUDENTENS LYCKLIGA DAR (Prins Gustaf) / STUDENTER-SANGFORENINGEN dir. JOHAN HYDE-KNUDSEN. HEILGE FLAMME (Heilberg-Weyse). Side one about 1-2. Side two few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1795. 10” Plum HMV X.7947 [OSB-3843-1S/3846-1S]. TILL HAYS (Nordqvist) / JUNG-FRAU UNDER LIND (Peterson-Berger). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1004. 10” Swedish HMV X.7964 [OSB3844/OSB3845]. SÅNGEN TILL HAVET / VISA KRING SLANBLOM OCH MÅNSKÄRA (both Salén]. Orch. dir. Bertil Bokstedt. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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1973. 10” Red HMV DA 1890 [OSB2880-2/OSB2881-1]. IN THE SILENCE OF THE NIGHT, Op. 4, No. 3 / LILACS, Op. 21, No 5 (both Rachmaninoff). In English. Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1805. 10” White PW blk. vinyl Victor mat. BS-046747-2. WANDRERS NACHTLIED (Schubert). In German. Piano acc. Harry Ebert. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4294. 12” Red late RCA Victor 13588 [2SB823-III/2SB824-I]. STABAT MATER: Cujus animam (Rossini) / REQUIEM: Ingemisco (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3074. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 17831. SKOGEN SOVER (Alfvén); MORGON [SVERIGE] (Eklöf)./AN DIE LEIER, Op. 56, No. 2 (Schubert). Piano acc. Harry Ebert. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3698. 12” Red HMV DB 21426 [E1-RC-2104-1A/E1-RC-2107-1A]. OTELLO: O monstro colpo … Si, pel ciel (Verdi) / PEARL FISHERS: Au fond du temple saint (Bizet). With ROBERT MERRILL [b]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
3548. 12” Red, White, Blue Vinyl V-Disc 863. LILACS (Rachmaninoff); CLORINDA (Bied-lowe); MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) / LILY PONS [s]. DER FLEDERMAUS FANTASY (Strauss, arr. LaForge). With Orch. dir. André Kostelanetz and Julius Baker [flute]. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
ANDREW BLACK [b] 2411. 10” Blk. London G&T 3-2052 [4967]. PADDY’S PERPLEXITY (Kenward).Minor lbl.
rubs one area. Surface 2-3. $15.00.
RAMON BLANCHART [b] 9073. 11” Disque Néron 8004/8005. LA PALOMA (Yradier) / FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO
[t]. NON TE OLVIDO (Manuel Villar). 85 rpm. Piano acc., side two also with violin. Side one gen. 2. Side two few LGTs, 2-3. $30.00.
9120. 11” Disque Néron 8006/8007. MELONCONIA [MALIA] (Tosti) / LOS OJOS NEGROS (Alvarez). Piano acc. Small lbl. stkr. 2-3. $25.00.
1763. 10” Cream Columbia S50 [4436-1/19876-1]. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). With EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s] / BERNICE DE PASQUALE [s], ANDREAS DE SEGUROLA [bs]. MIGNON: Leg-giadre Rondinelle (Thomas). Ex-cellent ‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s] 1724. 10” White lbl. Vla 64029 (18067 in
matrix) [B-424-2]. I VESPRI SI-CILIANI: Bolero (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.
1703. 10” White lbl. Vla 64030 (81069 in matrix) [B-2472]. HOME, SWEET HOME (Bishop). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1246. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 8. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi) / MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge (Bellini). Piano acc. From orig. 1905/1904 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1723. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 4. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi) / PAU-LINE DONALDA [s]. FAUST: O Dieu! que de bijoux! (Gounod). From orig. 1905 Victor/1907 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3817. 12” TC Columbia A5120 [30252-1/30262-1]. RODELINDA: Le Printemps (Händel) / A NORWE-GIAN SONG (Logé). Piano acc. 2. $15.00.
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MAX BLOCH [t]. Cologne, 1890-Düsseldorf, Aug. 19, 1930. He studied voice with his father and became known as a concert singer in Berlin, as well as a member of the Berlin Komischen Opera and the Deutschen Opernhaus Berlin before coming to New York. He made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1914 and sang 43 roles there, including German, Italian, French and English parts. He had little opportunity to be assigned leading roles because of his small stature, although he did sing the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) as well as some Wagnerian parts, such as David in Die Meistersinger and Mime in Siegfried and Das Rhein- gold. He also appeared at the Buenos Aires Teatro Colòn and sang in various concert perform- ances. He recorded acoustically for Edison, Emerson, Victor and Columbia in the 1920-1925 period but strangely appears to never have made any electrical recordings, despite having been active at the Met up to April 15, 1930. The obituary clipping with the dates quoted above was in Musical America. Kutsch-Riemens, however, gives his dates as 1882-New York, 1943. See also EDITH FLEISCHER.
1789. 10” Blk. acous. Emerson 10340 [41377-4/41598-1]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Very fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
1844. [as MARIO BREFELLI]. 10” National Music Lovers 1029 [41377-2/LL-205-1]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giub-ba (Leoncavallo) / STELLAR MALE QUARTET. IL TROVATORE: Anvil Chorus (Verdi). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
EBE BOCCOLINI [(ZACCONI) [s] 4318. 12” Blue Victor 55020 [224ai/209ai]. LA
BOHÈME: C’è Rodolfo. With ERNESTO BADINI [b] / ANITA SANIPOLI [s], MARIA PASSARI [ms], GUIDO CICCOLINI [t], E. BADINI [b]. LA BOHÈME: Addio, dolce svegliare (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MICHAEL BOHNEN [bs-b] 1104. 10” Blk. Scroll Victor V-6308 [BLR4431-
II/BLR4430-I]. CASANOVA: Ständchen / CASANOVA: Kein Weg ist zu Weit (J. Strauss, arr. Benatzky). Side two with EMMY STURM [s]. Orch. dir. Ernst Hauke. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3433. 12” Jockey lbl. acous. Favorite 2-15086/ 2-15087 [130-c/129-c]. MAGIC FLUTE: In diesen heil’gen Hallen / MAGIC FLUTE: Arie des Sarastro (Mozart). IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00.
3418. 12” acous. Odeon 76570/76571 [XXB6285/XXB6286]. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Wahnmonolog (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3387. 12” SS Orange Nordisk Polyphon B22020 [348½av]. KOL NIDREI (Lewandowski). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3434. 12” Grey acous. Polydor 85279 [1036as/1098as]. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Voici donc les debris (Meyerbeer) / AFRICAINE: Dir, o Königin (both Meyerbeer). In French/ German. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
OSCAR BOLZ [t] 9113. 11” Dr. Blue Odeon 51617/51618 [XB.3841-2/XB.3845-2]. LE PROPHÈTE:
Triumphgesang / LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale (Meyerbeer). Excellent ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
ALESSANDRO BONCI [t] 9081. 11” Fonotipia 62300/92979[XPh2694/XPh4883]. ZAZÀ: Mai più Zazà (Leoncavallo)
/ CARLO DANI [t]. LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi l’anel ti dono (Bellini) / Side one piano acc. by the composer. Side two orch. acc. Side one just about 1-2. Few tiny harmless mks., side two, cons. 2. $25.00.
9084. 11” Col. Fonotipia 92218/92219 [XPh3403-2/XPh3404-2]. TESS: Stanotte ho fatto un sogno / TESS: Il sogno XPh3404-2]. TESS: Stanotte ho fatto un sogno / TESS: Il sogno è la coscienza (d’Erlanger). IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00.
1086. 10” Blue Eng. Columbia D8086 [38321-?/38588-1]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Gior-dano) / ELISIR D’AMORE: Quanto è bella (Donizetti). Beautiful mid-‘20s pressing. Side two harmless hair crk. from center to grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.
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3506. 12” Blue U.S. Fonotipia 52201 [XXPh3391]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4140. 12” Blue Columbia blue shellace 5093-M [36657-1/30466-1]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancora (Bizet). Cons. 2. $10.00.
3804. 12” Blue Columbia 8923-M [36656-1/36657-1]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Doni-zetti) / AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Lightest NR on lbl. side one, otherwise as new. Great surface material. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2615. 12” Red elec. Eng. Columbia D14681 [WBX69/WBX75]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: La redro nell’estasi (Verdi). With AURORA RETTORE [s], SALVATORE BACCALONI [bs], G. MANNI [?]/ LE VILLI: Torna ai felici dì (Puccini). Bonci was the tenor lead in the 1908 first Met performance of Le Villi. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
RICHARD BONELLI [b]. Port Byron, NY, 1887-Los Angeles, CA, 1980. student of Jean de Reszke in Paris, Bonelli (born Bunn) made his debut as Valentin in Faust at the Brooklyn Academy in 1915. He later appeared with success at the Chicago Opera and the Met and made guest appearances in Europe, including Monte Carlo and La Scala. His career lasted into the 1950s. Bonelli’s nephew was film actor Robert Stack. His first vertical Aeolian-Vocalion records were issued as Riccardo Bonelli.
1646. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15183. BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE (Coates) / LOVE WAS WITH ME YESTERDAY (Golde). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1227. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15198. VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi) / LUNA D’ESTATE (Tosti). IMs. Obviously a lovely copy as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2134. 10” PW Blue Microphone Columbia 17277-D [wco26643/wco26644]. COME TO THE FAIR (Taylor-Martin) / TIME TO GO (Weatherly-Sander-son). Piano acc. Ernesto Lopez. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4455 . 10” Yellow Metrolite M-G-M 30327. THE PRAYER PERFECT (Riley-Speaks) / STAR-EYES (De Leeow-Speaks). Orch. dir. Macklin Morrow. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
FRANCESCO MARIA BONINI [b] 9043. 11” Fonotipia 39045/39125 [XPh145/XPh100]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi) /
ADDÒ SI GIUTO AMMORE? (Carelli). Side one some rubs, few LSSs, 3. Side two 2-3. $25.00.
CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s] 2329. 10” Red Vla 87559 [7304½b]. TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With
FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3958. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 92026 [537c]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $10.00. 2596. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 92027 [793c]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace mio Dio (Verdi).
Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3084. 12” Blue Opera Disc 053063 (72615) [537c]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida
(Verdi). Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00. 4271. 12” Cream Brazilian Columbia S5022 [30383-1/30461-1]. LA FORZA DEL
DESTINO: Pace, Pace, mio Dio (Verdi) / FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. AURORA: Canto de la Bandiera (Ettore Panizza). Side two never issued in U.S. Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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3856. 12” Dk. Blue Eng. Columbia A5195 [30355/30359]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (both Puccini). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3061. 12” TC Columbia A5196 [30381-2/30382-2]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor / AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Flush pressing. Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2838. 12” Lt. Blue Eng. Columbia A5199 [30380/30383]. ERNANI: Ernani involami / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (both Verdi). Excellent mid-‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3615. 12” Blk. Columbia 5034-M [30356-1/30357-1]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3623. 12” Dr. Blue Eng. Columbia Popolare D17301 [74711/74712]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Non sai tu (Verdi). Two sides. With NARISSO DEL RY [t]. ½” edge patina start of side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
GIUSEPPE BORGATTI [t]. Cento, Ferrara, 1871-near Laggo Maggiore, 1950. Born of a humble family, Borgatti was originally a bricklayer. He entered the service and through a connection there was recommended to study voice with Alessandro Busi in Bologna. His debut was as Gounod’s Faust in 1892. He appeared throughout Italy, developing his talent and repertoire and made a great success in Venice in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, 1894. This led to the title role in the 1896 world premiere of Giordano’s Andrea Chenier. He also took principal Wagner tenor parts and became known as Italy’s foremost heldentenor, as well as being celebrated for his singing of Verdi and Puccini roles. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with glaucoma in 1907, and his eyesight steadily de-teriorated. In 1914, after taking the role of Parsifal in the Italian premiere of that opera, he retired from the opera stage, although his voice was in first-rate condition. He continued with concert appearances until 1923, when he became completely blind, al-though he appeared one last time in 1928 and then also made a few rare electric records for Italian Columbia. His pupils included British tenor Heddle Nash and German baritone Willi Domgraf-Fass-baender.
9048. 11” Fonotipia 39406/39407 [XPh1516/ XPh1517]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / LOHENGRIN: Di non t’incantan (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $150.00.
2625. 11” Fonotipia (pressed on 12”) vinyl 39408 [XPh1524]. MEISTERSINGER: Nel verno al piè (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
DINO BORGIOLI [t]. Firenze, 1891-Firenze, 1960. A student of Eugenio Giachetti, Borgioli made his debut as Arturo in Bellini’s I Puritani at the Milan Teatro Corso, 1914. He appeared at the Teatro dal Verme in 1917 and then for a number of seasons at La Scala. He was enthusias- tically received in England and sang in the U.S. with the Chicago Opera and one season at the Met. Borgioli settled in London, where he remained as a voice teacher during and for a period following W.W. II.
1480. 10” Blue PW Australian Columbia LO-11 [CA15115-2/CA15116-1]. DO NOT GO, MY LOVE (Hageman) / MY LOVELY CELIA (Wilson). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Excellent pressing. Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.
2127. 10” Blue PW Australian Columbia LO-17 [CA15106-1/CA15107-2]. LA BARCAROLA DELLA MARANCONA / GONDOLIERA VENEZIANA (both Geni Sadero). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3881. 12” Dk. acous. Italian Col. D16379 [74846/74847]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Few small rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
LUCREZIA BORI [s] 1145. 10” Red Vla 87181. LA DANZA (Rossini). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1984. 10” Red Victor 87190. MALAGUEÑA (Pagans). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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1178. 10” Red Victor 87219. IRIS: In pure stille (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1581. 10” Red “A” plate Vr 87225. EL PUÑAO DE ROSAS: Ro-manza (Chapí), With ANDREAS DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Very lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
1857. 10” Red acous. Vla 542. THE SNOW MAIDEN: Je con-nais, ma mère (Rimsky-Korsakov) / ROMÉO ET JULI-ETTE: Valse (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2225. 10” Red acous. Vla 546. LA DANZA (Rossini) / VILLANELLA (Sibella). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1545. 10” Red EE Vla 1162. SIMONETTA (Hugo Rum--bold) / THE LITTLE DAMOZEL (Ivor Novello).
In English. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2133. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1190. LA CRUZ DE MAYO
(Font) / PATOTERO SENTIMENTAL (Jovés). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1587. 10” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Victor 1333. VALSE D’OISEAU (Varney) / LA BOHÈME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4200. 10” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Victor 1348. LA VIOLETERA (Goetz-Padilla) / SEGUIDILLA (arr. H. Reimann). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1328. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1385. MALAGUEÑAS (Pagans) / CLAVELITOS (Valverde). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1112. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1978. CONSEJO (Obradors) / JOTA (de Falla). With GEORGE COPELAND [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1625. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1984. MALAGUEÑA (Nin) / SEGUIDILLA (de Falla); JOTA TORTOSINA (Nin). Piano acc. GEORGE COPELAND [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1197. 10” PW Red (silver print) Victor 2201. ARIA DE ACIS Y GALATEA (Literes, arr. Nin) / EL JIGUERITO CON PICO DE ORO (de Laserna, arr. Nin). With GEORGE COPELAND [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2456. 12” Red Victor 88398. PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2506. 12” Red Victor “B” plate 88524. IRIS: Un dì al tempio (Mascagni). VrBk. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
2514. 12” Red Victor 89127. LA REVOLTOSA: Por qué de mis ojos (Chapi). With ANDREA PERELLO DE SEGUROLA [bs]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2598. 12” EE “Z” shellac Vla 6561. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) / BOHÈME: Addio (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3004. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7438. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi) / ROSA PONSELLE [s]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3569. 12” Red acous. Vla 8004. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io son /DON PASQUALE: Vado corro (Donizetti). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3655. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Victor 8068. BOHÈME: Death Scene (Puccini). Two sides. With TITO SCHIPA [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2720. 12” PW Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 58 [C-29286/C-27714]. CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mere (Bizet). With MIGUEL FLETA [t] / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Bizet). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. Both sides unpublished. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
OLIMPIA BORONAT [s]. Genoa, 1867-Warsaw, 1934. Boronat’s musical education was at the Milan Conservatory, where she was sponsored as a young girl by Italy’s Queen Mother. She began her career around 1885, singing in Central and South America, Spain and Portugal, then appearing in Italy’s major houses and in Alexandria. She was invited to sing in Russia in the early 1890s, where she became a particular favorite in St. Petersburg. It was there, in 1892, that she met and in 1893 married “the immensely wealthy” Polish nobleman, Count Rzewuski. He insisted that she retire from the stage. She agreed, and enjoyed a period of luxury and “brilliant
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social life”. Eventually, however, she persuaded her reluctant husband to permit her to perform again, which she did sporadically up to 1922. Her musical interests were of the bel canto school, Wagner and verismo holding no appeal to her.
2315. 10” White HMV VA 11 [1775L/1777L]. PURITANI: O rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce (Bellini) / PEARL FISHERS: Siccome un dì (Bizet). Piano acc. From original 1904 G&T masters. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
HERMINE BOSETTI [s] 1559. 10” Dog Con. Gramophone 2-44132/2-
43350 [4453L/1899y]. TALES OF HOFF-MANN: Barcarolle. With MARGARETE MATZENAUER [ms] / MINNIE NAST [s]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Puppen-Arie (Offenbach). Small PB side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
4268. 12” Dog Schall. Gram. 65319 (043288/ 043289) [986m/987m]. RIGOLETTO: Arie der Gilda (Verdi) / FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN (J. Strauss). Just about 1-2. $50.00.
ROGER BOURDIN [b] 1484. 10” Red elec. PW Odeon 188.513 [KI-1152-
1/KI-1155-1]. SOPHIE ARNOULD: J’ai six moutons / SOPHIE ARNOULD: Dorval jeune ingénue (Gabriel Pierné). With EMMA LUART [s]. Creator recording (Opéra-Comique, 1927). One lt. rub side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.
2072. 10” Red elec. Odeon 188.583 [KI-1652-1/ KI-1653-II]. LE BON ROI DAGOBERT: C’est une toute petite histoire / LE BON ROI DAGOBERT: Majeste, Madam, mon Enfant (Samuel Rousseau). Both with EMMA LUART [s]. Creator recording (Opéra-Comique, 1927). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1668. 10” Red elec. PW Odeon 188.634 [KI-2169-1/K(I-2170-2]. LYDIA / LES ROSES D’ISPAHAN (both Fauré). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ENZO BOZANO [bs]. Trentino, Italy, 1877-Arcachon, France, 1975. originally Lorenzo Bozano (and sometimes spelled Bozzano), was active with smaller U.S. opera companies in the 1905-1925 period. From 1908-09 he was a member of the Metropolitan Opera, his six-role repertoire that season having included the King in Aida, Schaunard in La Boheme, Ferrando in Il Trovatore and Monterone in Rigoletto. He also appeared in 1912 in London with Hammerstein’s summer company at the London Opera House, as well as in Malta and Algiers. From Aug., 1916 into May, 1917, he was in the cast of The Big Show at the New York Hippodrome in a total of 425 performances. He was mentioned as one of the singers to be added to the Met roster 1924-25, but apparently nothing came of it. In 1924, Mrs. Bozano, then living in Trenton, NJ, attempted suing her husband for divorce and the custody of their ten year old daughter. He was reported then as having returned to Italy, so perhaps that was what ended plans for his 1924-25 Met season. In 1931, Bozano appeared in the Paramount Italian language film, La vacanza del diavolo.
1905. 10” Red vertical Rishell F-2020 [890/039]. GIOCONDA: Pescator, affonda l’esca (Ponchielli) / ESTHER ADABERTO [s]. LA BOHÈME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini). Labels lightly faded. Cons. 2. $15.00.
KARIN BRANZELL [ms] 1609. 10” acous. Polydor 62404 [568at/179ax]. ICH LIEBE DICH / EIN TRAUM (both
Grieg). Piano acc. Slight warp (no tracking problem). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1691. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10207 THY BEAMING EYES / TO A WILD ROSE (both
MacDowell). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1639. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10228. THE MOON DROPS LOW (Cadman) / ROSES OF
FORGIVENESS (d’Hardelot). In English. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1689. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15180. LE PROPHÈTE: Donnez, donnez (Meyerbeer) /
MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays (Thomas). In French. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1766. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15190. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux / FAUST: Si le Bonheur (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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3711. 12” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gramophone 65626 [482av/483½av]. RHEINGOLD: Erda’s Warnung (Wagner) / SAMSON ET DALILA: O Liebe! Meinem Hss steh’ zur Seite! (Saint-Saëns). Few very minor rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
2931. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66690 [623bm/624bm]. LE PROPHÈTE: Segensarie (Meyer-beer) / ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che farò (Gluck). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
SOPHIE BRASLAU [c]. New York, 1892-1935. Born of Ukrainian émigrés, Braslau was originally trained as a pianist, but her voice was discovered in 1910 by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, who became her teacher. After being heard by Toscanini in a Buzzi-Peccia studio recital in 1913, Braslau was recommended to audition for the Met. The re-sult was an immediate contract. She remained with the Met several seasons but left for a combination of reasons, primarily the roles offered and the salary. Braslau subsequently performed inter-nationally in concert and occasionally opera with much acclaim. Her final performances, 1934, were of El Amor Brujo (de Falla) with Toscanini and the New York Philharmonic, with the Philadelphia Or-chestra and finally at Lewisohn Stadium. (I wonder if anyone recorded this broadcast?). She appeared on the radio early in 1935 (again, do recordings exist?) but was then suffering with lung cancer, which was to take her life six months later at the age of 43.
1753. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 64428. CHANT JUIF (Moussorgsky). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4217. 10” Red Vla 66083. MA LI’L’ BATTEAU (Strickland). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1947. 10” Red Vla 549. BID ME GOOD-BYE (Tosti) / EVER OF THEE I’M FONDLY DREAMING (Hall). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1330. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1897-D [W148387-2/W148388-2]. MA LI’L’ BAT-TEAU / MAH LINDY LOU (both Lily Strickland). Sung with a Creole accent. Charming. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1553. 10” Blk. Blue Shellac Viva-Tonal Columbia 156-M [W146395-1/W146400-2]. CARMEN: Habanera / CARMEN: Air des Cartes (Bizet). In October, 1928, Braslau opened the season of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company singing Carmen. Her colleagues were Ralph Errole (Don Jose), Chief Caupolican (Escamillo), Helen Jepson (Frasquita), Rose Bamption (Mercedes) and Charlotte Simons (an “artist-pupil” of Marcella Sembrich) as Micaëla. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2810. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 7133-M [W98380-5/W8381-1]. COME TO ME O BELOVED! (Bassani, arr. Malipiero) / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti). As new. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2747. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 67431-D [W98497-5/W98498-5]. DER TOD UND DAS MÄDCHEN (both Schubert). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2771. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 67432 [W98499-6/W98510-5]. DIE FORELLE; HAIDENRÖSLEIN / DIE JUNGE NONNE (all Schubert). Piano acc. Louise Lindner. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
MARIO BREFELLI [t]. See: MAX BLOCH
WIKTOR BREGY [t]. Kiev, 1903-Warsaw, 1976. His family moved to Warsaw in 1920, where he began both legal and vocal studies. His debut was at the Warsaw Opera in 1927, singing twenty roles there in the next four seasons. The Paris Opera Comique was his next home for two seasons, and he then appeared in Switzerland through 1939 in four major opera houses there. Remaining in Warsaw as a teacher through the War, he subsequently held professorships in two important Polish conservatories and was active in operatic production work.
1028. 10” Blue elec. Odeon O-236121 [Wo658/Wo659]. STRASZNY DWÓR [HAUNTED HOUSE]: Arja z kurantem (Moniuszko). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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GEORGETTE BRÉJEAN-SILVER [s]. Paris, 1870-1951. Born Georgette-Amélie Sixsout, her professional name, Bréjean, was apparently adapted from her mother’s maiden name, Bregeon. Her debut was in Bordeaux, 1890, and she wed the company’s director, Gravière, the same year. In 1894 she appeared at the Paris Opéra-Comique as Massenet’s Manon. The enthusiastic composer was so impressed with her work that he wrote the Fabliau as an alternative to the Act III Gavotte for her to use in the Brussels premiere of Manon given later that year. She also created the Fairy Godmother in Massenet’s Cendrillon in 1899. Upon the death of her first husband in 1899, she wed composer/conductor Charles Silver. Her enthusiastically collected records were made for Fonotipia and Odeon between 1905 and 1909.
9036. 11” Odeon 56004/56005 [XP622-5/XP623]. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui / TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). In French. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
3989. 11” Odeon 56008/56009 [XPh653/XPh658]. FAUST: Le Roi de Thulé / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (both Gounod). Lightest wear first couple grooves side two. Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $25.00.
3988. 11” Odeon 56039/56045 [XP2853/XP2854]. LAKMÉ: Tu m’as donné le plus doux ré le plus doux rêve / LAKMÉ: Pourquoi dans les grands bois (Delibes). Cons. 2. $40.00.
3987. 11” Odeon 56071/56073 [XP3267/XP3268-2]. LES NOCES DE JEANNETTE: Air du Rossignol (Massé). Two sides. Lt. rubs, side one cons. 2, side two 2. $40.00.
9014. 11” Odeon 56212/56213 [XP4770/XP4716]. MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas) / LA REINE TOPAZE: Variations du Carneval de Venise (Victor Massé). Wonderful copy, just about 1-2. $60.00.
3975. 11” Odeon 56206/Fonotipia 56051 [XP ? /XPh728-4]. BOHÈME: On l’appelle Mimì (Puccini) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Madrigal (Gounod). Side two with ÉMILE SCAREMBERG [t]. Small lbl. stkrs. Side one cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $250.00.
3976. 11” Fonotipia 39324/39325 [XPh623-2/XPh624-2]. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera / RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (both Verdi). In French. Fine copy of this rarity. Cons. 2. $50.00.
C. C. BRENNER [ms] 1445. 10” Blk. acous. Eng. Columbia D6527 [68881/68882]. CARMEN: Seguidilla /
CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). In Dutch. Lbl. stkr. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
CAROL BRICE [c] 1519. 10” Blue PoW Columbia 17524-D [co30129/co30130]. ON MA JOURNEY (Boatner) /
MY GOOD LORD DONE BEEN HERE (Johnson). Piano acc. Jonathan Brice. Highly recommended. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2251. 10” Blue PoW Columbia 17559-D [co39112/co39113]. TO THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN (Dunhill) / SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY (MacGimsey). Piano acc. Jonathan Brice. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
FRIEDRICH BRODERSON [b] 3481. 12” Blue acous. Homocord B.8448 [51344/51347]. DER DOPPELGÄNGER / WAN-
DERERS NACHTLIED (both Schubert). Piano acc. Linde Brodersen. Lt. rubs, few tiny harmless indentations. 2. $12.00.
EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s] 1763. 10” Cream Columbia S50 [4436-1/19876-1]. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta. With
RAMON BLANCHART [b] / BERNICE DE PASQUALE [s], ANDREAS DE SEGUROLA [bs]. MIGNON: Leggiadre Rondinelle (Thomas). Excellent ‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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2519. 12” Blk. Columbia 5036-M [30427-1/30426-1]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono docile (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
CORNELIS BRONSGEEST [bs-b]. Leiden, 1878-Berlin, 1957. Despite his birth in Holland, most of his career was spent in Germany, where he made his debut in Magdeburg in 1900. In 1906 he became a leading member of the Berlin Hofoper and also appeared as a guest throughout Europe, including performances in London, 1914, under Beecham. Other venues included Bayreuth and in the U.S. He took a particular interest in broadcasting and founded the Berlin Rundfunk Orchestra and Choir in the early 1920s. From 1924 to 1933 he was Director of the Opera Department of the Berlin Radio. He was removed from this position in 1933 for political reasons but from 1935 to 1944 he was a singer and Stage Director of the Berliner Theater der Jugend. Although his repertoire was diverse, Bronsgeet is particularly remembered for his Wagnerian roles.
9110. 11” Dk. Blue. Odeon X51412/X51424 [XB4409-II/XB2987]. UNDINE: Es wohnt am Seegestade / AN DES RHEINES GRÜNEN UFERN [Einlage zu Lortzings “Undine”] (Gumbert). Excellent ‘20s pressing, as new. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. St. Julien l’Ars, 1889-Paris, 1967. Brothier studied at the Paris Conservatoire and made her official debut in 1916 as Lakmé at the Paris Opéra-Comique. While she sang at the Paris Opéra after 1931, she seldom appeared outside of France, exceptions having been in Amsterdam and, during her early years, in Brussels and La Scala. She retired in 1939 and subsequently taught.
2148. 10” Blk. elec. PW Disque Gram. P-775 [BT4005-II/BT4006-II]. LA FORÊT BLEU: Oh suis-je, la forêt / LA FORÊT BLEUE: J’ai rêve de princesses blanches (Louis Aubert). Creatrice in the Paris Opéra-Comique premiere, 1924. The world premiere had been at the Boston Opera in 1911. Attractive Debussyian music. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3597. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4858 [2W1472-1/ 2W1473-1]. LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT: Par le rang et par l’opulence (Donizetti) / LE DOMINO NOIR: Aragonaise (Auber). Scarce issue. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3737. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4890 [2PG919-2/2PG920-1]. LOHENGRIN: Duo de 2e Acte, Elsa et Ortrude (Wagner). Two sides. In French. With MARJORIE LAWRENCE [s]. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. One rub, just about 1-2. $15.00.
ELISA BRUNO [ms] 2404. 7” Red G&T 53133 [4338 w]. LINDA DI CHA-
MOUNIX: Cari luoghi (Donizetti). IMs. Lbl. faded. Looks gen. 4 but little greying. Plays well with 1.5 mil stylus. $40.00.
MURIEL BRUNSKILL [c] Kendal, Westmorland, England, 1899-Bishops Tawton, Devon, 1980. Brun-skill’s career began in 1920, and by 1923 she was garnering rave reviews, both in opera (then with the British National Opera Company) and as a concert soloist and recitalist. .Her career continued well into the 1950s. She must have cut an imposing figure on stage. In a 2001 history of London's main recital venue, the Wigmore Hall, the critic Alan Blyth remembered Brunskill's "formidable presence with her handbag plonked on the piano lid." - Wikopedia
1997. 10” Blk. late acous. Columbia 3681 [A1887/A1888]. LIKE A BLADE O’ GRASS (Wilson) / CA’ THE YOWES TO THE KNOWES (Robert Burns). Piano acc. Fine contralto. Excellent recording. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
IRIS BUBULIAN [s]. Noted Armenian singer.
1448. 10” Plum PW Disque Gram. K-7000 [OPG-866-1/OPB-867-1]. CHANT NOSTAL-GIQUE (Hussein). With A. Hossein [Tar], Danya [tambourine] / AMINOULIAH HOSSEIN [Persian Tar]. PASTORALE CHOBANI (both arr. Hussein). Lovely soprano voice. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ROSINA BUCKMAN [s] 2870. 12” Blk. acous. SR HMV D897 [Cc4440-II/Cc4441-II]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love
Duet (Puccini). In English. Two sides. With TUDOR DAVIES [t]. Orch. dir. Eugene Goossens. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
FLYING DUTCHMAN: Ballade de Senta / PARSIFAL: Récit du Kundry (both Wagner). Excellent pressing, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
MARGA [JUNKER-] BURCHARDT [s]. Berlin, 1880-Winnenden near Stuttgart, 1947. Her debut was in Rostock. She was with the Hofttheater Schwerin 1904-97, then Hanover and following this, Stüttgart. Here she sang (role of Naide) in the premiere of Ariadne auf Naxos in 1912. She also appeared as a guest at Covent Garden, Dresden, Karlsruhe and at the Berlin Hofoper. Her repertoire was large, including roles such as Senta, Mimì, Aida, Mignon, Pamina, Micaëla and Elsa. In 1908 she wed Stuttgart stage director Kurt Junker and subsequently sang as Marga Junker-Burchardt.
9112. 11” Dk. Blue Odeon X.51951/X52752 [XB.4901/XB.4968]. DER TROMPETER VON SÄKKINGEN: Wie stolz un stattlich / TILLMAN LISZEWSKY [bs]. DER TROM-PETER VON SÄKKINGEN: Behüt dich Gott (Nessler). Excellent ‘20s pressing. IMs. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
EMIL BURIAN [b]. Rakovnik, 1876-Prague, 1926. Emil was the younger brother of the famous Czech tenor Karel Burian. Both had studied with Franz Pivoda in Prague. Emil made his debut in Köln, 1895 and appeared as a important artist in various houses in Bohemia and Germany. From 1910 until his death in 1926, Burian was among the leading singers with the Prague National Theatre. He specialized there in the Czech repertoire but was also noted as Telramund (Lohengrin) and Amfortas (Parsifal), as well as Rossini’s Figaro.
3589. 12” Plum acous. Czech HMV AN 35 [CT2755-I/CT2756-I]. DALIBOR: Arie Vladislava (Smetana) / EUGEN ONEGIN: Arie Onegin (Tschaikowsky). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
KAREL BURIAN [t]. 1870-1924 A leading Czech tenor and major international artist, Burian was a principal tenor in Dresden (where he created Herod in the premiere of Strauss’ Salome, 1905) and also an important guest at the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden (his debut there as Tristan in 1904), Bayreuth, as well as in important venues throughout Germany. He was a principal figure with the Prague National Opera, where he was active into the 1920s.
2814. 12” Green Mon. Gram. 072023/072024 [2251c/2259c]. PSOHLAVCI: Arie Koziny (Kova�ovi�e) / TRAGEDIE (Fibicha). Side two piano acc. Side one dig in blank inner margin area, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.
3730. 12” Plum Czech HMV AN 254 (072021/072022) [2253c/2258c]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Lenski’s Aria, “Whither, whither” (Tschaikowsky) / DER FREISCHÜTZ: Jetzt ist wöhl (v.Weber). Excellent heavy early raised-rim pressing. Cons. 2. $20.00.
EUGENIA BURZIO [s]. 1872 (or 1879?), Poirino, near Turin-Milan, 1922. A leading verismo singer, Burzio’s “vibrant voice and passionate style” offer a commitment and intensity that is “admirable, even awesome”. Her debut was as Santuzza in 1899 in Torino, and she was soon a familiar name throughout Italy, including La Scala. In addition she was successful in Russia (the Mariinsky Theatre) and South America. Her finale appearance was in 1919. She died three years later, the result of a “nervous disorder and general ill-health”– taken from Wikopedia and from William Ashbrook’s notes on Burzio for the Marston CD and Wikopedia.
3979. 11” Fonotipia 39439/39440 [XPh1534/XPh1535]. IL TROVATORE: Qual voce? [Act IV duet] (Verdi). Two sides. With ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI [b]. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3984. 11” Fonotipia 39543/39544 [XPh1543/XPh1544]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo divulsa (Verdi). Two sides. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3982. 11” Fonotipia 62414/61415 [XPh4272/XPh4268]. MEFISTOFELE: Spunta l’aurora (Boïto) / AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Piano acc. Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
9008. 11” Fonotipia 62416/62417 [XPh4266/XPh4267]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Madre pietosa Vergine / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Me pellegrina ed orfana (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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3985. 11” Fonotipia 62418/62419 [XPh4273-2/ XPh4270]. OTELLO: Piangea cantando / OTELLO: A terra! si … nel livido fango (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.
3981. 11” Fonotipia 62420/62521 [XPh4264/ XPh4265]. BACIO VIVO / LONTANANZA (both Bettinelli). Piano acc. by the composer. Few LGTs, superficial rubs, 3-4. $20.00.
3980. 11” Fonotipia 92160/92161 [XPh3079/ XPh3091]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Io sono l’umile ancella (Cilèa) / CAVAL-LERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mas-cagni). Pressing No. 2. Side one just about 1-2. Side few few LGTs, cons. 2.. $20.00.
3972. 10” Pink Eng. Col. Grand Op. D4289 [ ? / ? ]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod) / AFRI-CAINE: Figlia del sol (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $12.00.
3973. 10” Brown Eng. Col. D4833 [11370/ 11392]. NORMA: Ah! Bello a me ritorna / NORMA: Qual cor tradisti (Bellini). Excel-lent glassy surface. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1696. 10” Lt. Blue Notes Eng. Columbia D8077 [11050/11051]. ZULMA: Da tanto tempo ardevo / ZULMA: Oh, si ricordamo (Romano Romani). Superb glassy surface material. IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3971. 10” Lt. Blue Notes Eng. Columbia D8011 [11050/11051]. Same as preceding listing. No IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3919. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5513 [XXPh2279/XXPh2391]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi) / LA GIOCONDA: Così mantieni il patto? (Ponchielli). Side two with GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Piano acc. Excellent pressing from orig. 1907 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3843. 12” Purple Eng. Columbia Popolare D6001 [74723/74724]. ADRIANA LECOUV-REUR: Io sono l’umile ancella (Cilèa) / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Me pellegrina ed orfana (Verdi). Excellent ‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
CLARA BUTT [c] 1573. 10” Purple PW acous. Eng. Columbia X305 [69999/70000]. TILL I WAKE / LESS
THAN THE DUST [both from Indian Love Lyrics] (Woodforde-Finden). Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4220. 10” Pruple PW acous. Eng. Columbia X306 [71316/71850]. MY AIN FOLK (Lemon) / EILEEN ALANNA (Thomas). Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty side two. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
1940. 10” Purple PW acous. Eng. Columbia X307 [71851/A73]. BARBARA ALLEN (Old English Song) / SMILIN’ THROUGH (Penn). Side one orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2163. 10” Purple PW acous. Eng. Columbia X316 [A723/A748]. JUST A RAY OF SUN-LIGHT (Squire) / A PAGE’S ROAD SONG (Ivor Novello). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1932. 10” Purple PW acous. Eng. Columbia X325 [A2141/A2181]. FOR A DREAM’S SAKE / AN IDLE POET (both Cowen). Side one with W. H. SQUIRE [cellist] and piano. Side two orch. dir. Albert W. Ketelbey. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1656. 10” Purple PW acous. Eng. Columbia X325 [A2141/A2181]. Same as preceding listing (item #1932). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
1658. 10” Purple PW acous. Eng. Columbia X329 [A2195/A2197]. THE LEAVES AND THE WIND (Leoni) / DOWN BY THE RIVER SIDE I STRAY (Thomas). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1931. 10” Purple PW elec. Eng. Columbia X340 [WA6182/WA6549]. THE FOLD (Squire) / WERE YOU THERE? (Harry Burleigh). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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1930 10” Purple PW elec. Eng. Columbia PB5 [WA10579/WA10984]. A FAIRY WENT A-MARKETING (Goodhart) / DOWN HERE (Brahe). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2304. 10” Gold Flags acous. U.S. Columbia 33044-D [29901/29903]. THE FAIRY PIPERS (Brewer) / MY TREASURE (Trevalsa). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1702. 10” Gold Flags acous. U.S. Columbia 33044-D. Same as preceding listing (item #2304). Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $10.00.
2056. 10” Purple Columbia 4011-M [29901/ 69149]. THE FAIRY PIPERS (Brewer) / YE BANKS AND BRAES O’ BONNIE DOON (Burns). Minor lbl. stain side. two, few lightest mks, cons. 2. $10.00.
4139. 12” Blue Dog Gram. Mon. 03156 [3510f]. THE LITTLE SILVER RING (Chami-nade). Piano acc. IMs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
3718. 12” Purple Eng. Columbia 7246 [74157]. SEA PICTURES: Where Corals Lie (Elgar). Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3862. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7314 [76021/76026]. LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG (Molloy) / DADDY (Behrend). Side one orch. acc. Side two piano acc. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
FEDERICO CABALLÉ [b] 3098. 12” Blue acous. Vicor 55231. BENAMOR: Canción del español / BENAMOR: Dúo
(Luna). Side two with TANA LLURÓ [s]. ULCs (not extending beyond lbls.), otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
CARLO CAFFO [t]. Bassano del Grappa, 1877-Milano 1931. Caffo appears to have made his debut in Torino, 1903, at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele as Alfredo in La Traviata. His career as a lyric tenor was centered exclusively in Italy and continued until at least 1919.
1815. 10” Blk. Victor 62090 [7021b/10647b]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: A consolarmi affrettati (Donizetti). With EMMA TRENTINI [s] / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1139. 10” Blk. Victor 62621 [7027b/B-2510-2]. FRA DIAVOLO: Quell’uom dal fiero aspetto (Auber). With EMMA TRENTINI [s] / ARCHANGELO ROSSI [bs]. CENERENTOLA: Miei rampoli (Rossini) Side two particularly amusing. Cons. 2. $10.00.
Mme. CHARLES CAHIER [c]. Nashville, TN, 1870-Manhattan Beach, CA, 1951. Cahier studied in Paris with Jean de Reszke, Victor Capoul and Fidele König and, as Mrs. Morris
Black, made her debut in Nice, 1904, as Gluck’s Orfeo. There she met and married Charles Cahier, a Swede of French extraction (one wonders what happened to Morris Black), and used his name professionally from then on. She was mainly active in Germany and Austria, as well as Budapest. Germany remained her home base from 1904 until 1911, when she returned to the U.S. Cahier sang as a guest with the Metropolitan Opera in 1912 and then with the Stockholm Opera from 1914-18. In 1906 she was engaged by Gustav Mahler for the Vienna Opera to sing Carmen and subsequently was often associated with Mahler’s music, singing in the premiere of his Lied von der Erde in Munich, 1911. She taught and coached for many years and gave master classes at Juilliard, 1925-26. Among those whom she helped through teaching and advice over the years were Marian Anderson and Lauritz Melchior. It was Cahier who encouraged the youthful baritone Melchior to become a tenor and who later taught him in 1926 when he first came to the U.S.
2413. 10” Blk. G&T 43945/43944 [10910u/10894u]. CARMEN: Kartenarie / CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Clean labels. Side one few MGTs, couple harmless rubs, 2. Side two some needle digs, scratches and stuck groove. 4. $75.00.
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ROSA CALIGARIS [s]. While nothing seems to be known of her personal life, Caligaris (or Caligaris-Marti or Marty) sang leading roles in Piacenza (her debut there in 1884 as Isabella in Robert le Diable) and at the Teatro Argentina in Rome (including Selika in L’Africaine and Elena in Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani). She also appeared in Odessa and Trieste as well as at La Scala, 1902, as Leonora in fourteen performances of Il Trovatore (with Bruno, Biel, Magini-Coletti and Gravina, directed by Toscanini). Her records are understandably in considerable demand among collectors.
2434. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053012 [567R]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte (Verdi). Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. Bright label. Small scr., LGTs, 3-4. $125.00.
2423. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053012 [568R]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Piano acc. S. Cottone. Bright label. Some LGTs, 3. $150.00.
MARIA CALLAS [s] 3626. 12” Orange Cetra 20481 [ 2-71294-2/2-71295]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Morte di
Isotta (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $60.00.
3274. 12” Red Cetra 20483 [2-71298/2-71299]. I PURITANI: Rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce / I PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). Callas in 1949. Few lt. rubs, 2. $40.00.
3310. 12” Maroon Parl.-Odeon R.33043 [2-71298/2-71299]. Same as previous listing. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
HÉLÈNE CALS [s]. Near Amsterdam, 1903-Rimini, 1937 A First Prize winner as a graduate of the Amsterdam Conservatory, her voice was soon recognized as particularly well suited to broad-casting. Over AVRO in Hilversum, she appeared in concerts, operas and oratorios. On stage, she was heard primarily in concerts. In 1933 she appeared with Jacques Urlus in his farewell: a performance of Händel’s Messiah. Her death occurred during a vacation in Italy. Dr. Weissmann, who conducted most of her few recordings, spoke very highly to me of her voice and musicianship.
1455. 10” Red PW Odeon A164177 [De1458/ De1461]. TANGO DELLE ROSE (Bottero) / IL TANGO DELLA SEDUZIONE (Cu-scina). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Lt. rubs. Side one 2-3. Side two 2. Should play as new. $15.00.
3504. 12” Dk. Blue PW Odeon 178010 [XXAoo1269/ZZA001274]. IL RE PASTORE: Aria (Mozart) / CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo). Both sides with JOHN HELDEN [violin]. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
3650. 12” Dk. Blue PW Odeon 178026 [XXAoo1505-2/XXAoo1282]. FRÜHLINGSSTIM-MEN WALZER (Strauss) / MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas). Side one (duo?) piano acc. Side two orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
EMMA CALVÉ [s]. Decazeville, France, 1858-Millau, 1942. Sir Landon Ronald, in his autobiography, Variations On a Personal Theme, describes accompanying (both as a companion and a pianist) Calvé to and during her first recording session in London, 1902. She feared leaving the carriage, the location of the Gramophone and Typewriter Company at that time being in a somewhat seedy area, and insisted that it must be “a thieves’ den”. She absolutely would not budge, but an inspiration caused Ronald to insist that Madame wait and that he would be right back. He hurriedly enlisted the services of a handsome young man, Sydney Dixon, who had just joined the Gramophone Company staff, to run down to Calvé’s carriage and present her with the check in advance. This he did, and the next thing Ronald remembered was Calvé “cooing” to Dixon and saying that she would accompany him with pleasure. The session itself didn’t go without a few unfortunate moments, such as when Calvé turned to accompanist Ronald midway through the Carmen “Habanera” to ask if she was in good voice. During another selection she insisted that she be allowed to dance during the recording. Still, the results and eventual sales made it a worthwhile investment of time and energy on the part of all. The earlier obliging Mr. Dixon rushed to Calvé’s departing carriage to advise Madame that they had found her check crumpled in a corner of the studio.
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4063. 12” Red Victor 88085 [2nd issued take, C-17809-1, 6 June 1916]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Piano acc. Romualdo Sapio (despite label stating orchestral acc.). Sung at quite a frisky tempo. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2524. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88087 [2nd iss. take]. PERLE DU BRÉSIL: Charmant oiseau (David). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3149. 12” Red late ‘30s Vla 88123. MA LISETTE (18th Cent.); LE PRINTEMPS (Gounod). Piano acc. VrBk. The first song ends on a haunting pianissimo high C. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2595. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88124. CARMEN: Les tringles des sistres (Bizet). Having made this recording the year before, Calvé had returned to New York in 1908 after a four season absence for a debut with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera. The Musical America critic observed that she was “as recklessly capricious as ever” and noted “a rather unfortunate increase of avoirdupois.” Continuing in the same vein, the anonymous reviewer noted Calvé “unconsciously appealed to the audience’s sense of the ludicrous when she threw herself upon Don José at the end of the second act expecting him to carry her off the stage. Mr. [Charles] Dalmorès, although stronger and more athletic than the average man, staggered under his burden and was reduced to dragging her off.” Gleaming pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3720. 12” Red Vla 88123. MA LISETTE (18th Cent.); LE PRINTEMPS (Gounod). Piano acc. The first song concludes with an extended, almost ghostly, floated high C. VrBk. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2898. 12” Red Victor 88130. HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3218. 12” Red Victor 88572. THREE LITTLE SONGS FOR VERY LITTLE CHILDREN [FRÈRE JACQUES; AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE; UNE POULE] (French Folk Songs). Piano acc. Romualdo Sapio. Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3493. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89019. CARMEN: La-bas dans la montagne (Bizet). With CHARLES DALMORÈS [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LÉON CAMPAGNOLA [t] 1836. 10” Pink Dog Con. Gram. 4-32227/4-32228 [16916¾u/16969u]. L’AFRICAINE: O
Paradis (Meyerbeer) / MARTHA: Air des Larmes (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2298. 10” Purple Dog Disque Gram. 4-34358/4-34357 [18604u/18606u]. LA NAVAR-RAISE: O ma bien aimée (Massenet) / LE ROI D’YS: Aubade (Lalo). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few LGTs, 2. $8.00.
3739. 12” Purple Dog Disque Gram. Y48 (2-032232/032251) [02195v/02481v]. MIREILLE: Anges du Paradis / MIREILLE: O Magali (Gounod). Cons. 2. $12.00.
4130. 12” Blue Victor 55083 [01972v/01990v]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). In French. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GIUSEPPE CAMPANARI [b] 2214. 10” B&S Columbia Grand Opera Record 1227 [take 2]. CARMEN: Toreador Song
(Bizet). One mark (in stamper). Just about 1-2. $250.00.
1548. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 81071 [B-2478]. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza il mar (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2199. 10” White Vla 81080 [B2479]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Cons. 2. $12.00.
2153. 10” White Vla 81081 [B-2690]. TARANTELLA (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3851. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 85081. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). IMs. Just about
(Strauss) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod). Minor lbl. stain and couple tiny lbl. tears side two, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.
FIDELIA CAMPIGNA [CAMPIÑA]-ALCARAZ [s]. Almeiria, Spain, 1894-Buenos Aires, 1983. She studied in Madrid with Antonio Dabuyo and made her debut at the Madrid Royal Theater as Margherita in Boïto’s Mefistofele, 1913. Between then and her retirement in 1952, she appeared in a host of houses in Italy as well as North and South America. At the Teatro Colón, beginning in 1920, she sang several roles, including Minnie (in La Fanciulla del West) and Aida. In the U.S., she appeared with the Cincinnati Summer Opera in the late 1930s and earlier had performed in Pittsburgh’s Syria Mosque with her husband, Jesús de Gaviria in Tosca and
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Pagliacci, also sharing the stage with Titta Ruffo. At La Scala she was in the premiere of Mascagni’s Nerone, 1933. Her career in Italy lasted at least until 1947, when she appeared at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste as Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung. One source indicates that she retired in 1952.
3694. 12” acous. Eng. Columbia Populare D17300 [74831/74828]. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi) / MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Quite the emotional diva!. A few edgy notes, but good laminated surface material and otherwise cons. 2. $20.00.
MARIA CANIGLIA [s] 1999. 10” Purple Late It. Columbia DQ 1138 [WB3723/WB3375]]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte
(Puccini) / TOMMASO ALCAIDE [t]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Excellent late pressing material. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
2182. 10” Red PW Italian Disco Gram. DA 1497 [OBA1401-I/OBA1428-I]. Rare. STORNELLO / MI MADRE, SE MI DATE GIOVANNINO (both Barbara Elena Giuranna). Acc. by the composer. Very tiny scr. end side two. Cons. 2. $10.00.
LINDA CANNETTI [s]. Near Verona, 1871-Milan, 1960. A pupil of Melchiorre Vidal in Vienna, Cannetti made her debut in 1899. Later that year she appeared in Lohengrin with tenor Francesco Bravi, whom she married. He died in 1906, and Cannetti temporarily retired from the stage, returning about two years later. She created the role of Chrysothemis in the La Scala Italian premiere of Strauss’s Elektra in 1909 with great success and in 1914 created the title role in the 1914 world premiere of Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini. In addition to her work in Italy, Cannetti had great success in South America. She retired in 1928 and subsequently taught. Her only recordings were for Fonotipia.
9025. 11” Fonotipia 92733/92734 [XPh4452/XPh4458]. LORELEY: Da che tutta (Catalani) / IRIS: Io pingo (Mascagni). Good pressing. Few minor, harmless marks. Cons. 2. $25.00.
9044. 11” Fonotipia 92736/92813 [XPh4459/XPh4687]. TRAVIATA: Addio del passato / TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). Side two with GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. Cons. 2. $20.00.
2427. 12” Fonotipia 74163/74164 [XXPh AFRICAINE: Addio, terra native (Meyerbeer) / MADAMA BUTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). Side one 3. Side two 3-4 but no apparent graying. $20.00.
MARIA CAPUANA [c] 2532. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 52808-D [WBX159/WBX281]. DON CARLO: O don
fatale (Verdi) / ORFEO: Che faro senza Euridice (Gluck). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EMMA CARELLI [s] 2991. 12” Red Milano G&T 054026 [Con644].
LORENZA: Susanna al bagno (Mascheroni). With MARIO SAM-MARCO [b]. Accompanied by the composer. Rare! Superficial rubs, few LGTs, gen. 3-4. $300.00.
3394. 12” Red Milano G&T 054028 [Con703]. TOSCA: “Quanto? Il prezzo!” to the lead-in to “Vissi d’arte” (Puccini). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Piano acc. 1903 recording. Such melodrama here! Plays cleanly with a narrow (c. 1.5 mil) stylus. Lt. lbl. wear and fade, small lbl. stkr. Few LGTs. Surface gen. 3. $150.00.
MARGHERITA CAROSIO [s] 2854. 12” Red late VdP DB 21336 [2EA15659-
1/2EA15662-2]. MANON: Ebben! lo deggio … Addio o nostro piccolo desco (Massenet) / I CAPULETI ED I MON-TECCHI: Oh! quante volte (Bellini). Fine singing. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
EMMA CARELLI in Lorenza
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OLGA CARRARA [s]. Carrara’s career began in her native Italy as Amelia in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera at Comachio, followed by performances at the Naples Teatro Mercadente: Leonora in Il Trovatore, Santuzza and Fedora. She next appeared in Madrid in three Wagnerian roles: Sieglinde, Freia and Gutrune. Returning to Italy she was hired as a last minute replacement for Ester Mazzoleni in Aida. Her success led to performances in Padua, of Fiora in Amore di Tre Re and Desdemona in Verdi’s Aida. Her American debut was in concert in New York’s Aeolian Hall. She then married her voice teacher, Astolfo Pescia, and retired for five years, returning in 1919 for concert appearances of Aida in the New York Lewisohn Stadium and to make records for Pathé. She was then engaged by the Chicago Opera, making her debut as Glorianda in the 1920-21 season opener, Gino Marinuzzi’s Jacquerie. In addition, she appeared there as Leonora in Il Trovatore. She was also announced as Fata Morgana in Prokofiev’s Love of Three Oranges, but this wasn’t given until the following season and then with Nina Koshetz. Later in 1921 she toured as a member of the Scotti Opera Company and in 1922 gave a Town Hall recital of Italian songs, where it was announced that she would be accompanied by nine of the composers represented. She was listed in 1933 on the roster of the Hippodrome Opera in New York. Her husband died in 1961, and she is stated as having survived him. They resided in New York’s Ansonia Hotel.
1575. 10” Maroon Pathé Actuelle 025076 [N67133-1/N67911?-1]. CAVALLERIA RUSTI-CANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ROSANNA CARTERI [s]. Verona, 1930. Carteri made her concert debut at the age of 12. In 1948 she won an RAI singing contest which let to her debut as Elsa in Lohengrin, 1949, at the Rome Baths of Caracalla. Two year later she was at La Scala, then Salzburg, Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra, the San Francisco and Chicago Operas, the Arena di Verona, and most other important operatic venues, but somehow or other managing to bypass the Met. Her repertoire including a variety of lyric roles, including creations of two operas by Pizzetti and one of Castelnuovo-Tedesco. She chose to retire in her mid-30s to devote herself to her family.
3507. 12” Late Orange Cetra 20538 [2-71519/2-72520]. CAPULETI E MONTECCHI: Oh quante volte (Bellini). Two sides. Label side one inscribed and signed by Carteri. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
EARL CARTWRIGHT [b]. Cartwright was an American baritone who was centered in Boston and particularly active in the New England area in the 1905-1918 period. His main work was as a soloist with choral societies and as a recitalist, as well as teaching. In 1909, a Musical Courier reviewer noted, “The audience was deeply stirred with his singing. His earnestness and appreciation of the finer merits of the composition were apparent. The voice is full, large, flexible, warm, thrilling, and its owner knows the finer uses to which passion may be put, and just here is his special charm and power”. This review was in line with the enthusiasm in a number of others.
1253. 10” White lbl. Vla 5871. NATOMA: Vaquero’s Song (Victor Herbert). Minor lbl. stains. Surface just about 1-2. $12.00.
ENRICO CARUSO [t]. 2175. 10” White Vla 91010 [2879-w2]. LA MIA
CANZONE (Tosti). Unbuffed 1902 master. Somewhat inherently ripply surface but probably better sound than a later pressing. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2176. 10” White Vla 91013 [2877-w2]. NON T’AMO PIÙ (Denza). Unbuffed 1902 master. Excellent copy. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
4407. 10” Red GP ’04 Victor 81025 [B-994]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Piano acc. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1170. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 81026 [B-995]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1673. 10” Red Vr 81027 [B-996]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Doni-zetti). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1134. 10” Red Vla 81028 [B-998]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ENRICO CARUSO inspecting a Caruso record
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1084. 10” Red Victor 81031 [B1001-2] MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1081. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 87001 [B-3103]. TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1008. 10” Red Vr 87017. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1970. 10” Red Victor 87041. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Magische note (Goldmark). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1083. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87043. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1054. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87044. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2217. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87053. GERMANIA: Studenti, udite (Franchetti). Creator recording. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1199. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87054. GERMANIA: Non chiuder gli occhi vaghi (Franchetti). Creator recording. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1101. 10” Red Pats. “C” plate Vla 87071. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1239. 10” Red Pats “B” plate Vla 87091. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1137. 10” Red Pats “A” plate Vla 87092. CANTA PE’ ME (DeCurtis). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1747. 10” Red Victor 87095. LOVE IS MINE (Gartner). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1020. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 87122. BECAUSE (d’Hardelot). In French. Just about
Piano acc. Gaetano Scognamiglio. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1250. 10” Red Victor 87159. YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME WHAT I DID NOT KNOW
(Bowles-Geoffrey O’Hara). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1030. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87161. LASCIATI AMAR (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1057. 10” Red Vla 87176. AMOR MIO (Ricciardi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1007. 10” Red Vla 87186. PARTED (Tosti). In English. Includes photocopy of a word sheet
in Caruso’s hand giving his phonetic English for the first verse. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1620. 10” Red ‘B” plate Victor 87213. LA MIA CANZONE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1748. 10” Red “A” plate Vla 87266. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio
(Giordano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1125. 10” Red Vr 87271. POURQUOI? (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1171. 10” Red Victor 87272. L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA (Tosti). Just about
1-2. $10.00.
1058. 10” Red Vla 87335. MESSE SOLENELLE: Crucifixus (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1862. 10” Red PW (silver print) Victor 501. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) / ‘A VUCCHELLA (Tosti). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2235. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 502. L’ADDIO A NAPOLI (Cottrau) / CANTA PE’ ME (de Curtis). Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1660. 10” Red Vla 503. L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA / LA MIA CANZONE (both Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
Self-caricature: CARUSO as Cavaradossi in Tosca
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1874. 10” Red Vla 510. LOVE IS MINE (Gartner) / PARTED (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1873. 10” Red Vla 514. YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME WHAT I DID NOT KNOW (O’Hara) / TRUSTING EYES (Gartner). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2039. 10” Red Vla 519. LUNA D’ESTATE (Tosti) / NINA (Pergolesi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1247. 10” Red Vla 1007. SCORDAME (Fucito) / SENZA NISCIUNO (De Curtis). Never issued single face. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2080. 10” Red Vla 1117. VAGHISSIMA SEMBIANZA (Donaudy) / SULTANTO A TE (Fucito). Never issued single face. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1800. 10” Red Vinyl 1947 RCA Victor Christmas Greetings (to Dealers). Matrix B-21774. SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa). Piano acc. Vinzenzo Bellezza. First pressing of this wonderful record. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1509. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 2. SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa) / NOCHE FELIZ (Pasadas). Side one, piano accompanied by Vincenzo Bellezza, first and only issue (other than“Christmas Gift” pressing for Victor dealers, above). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2552. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76062 [268i]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. Beautiful copy, as new. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4343. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 85043 [C-2340]. DON PASQUALE: Com’è gentil (Donizetti). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2618. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 85048 [C-2340]. Same as preceding listing (item #2618). Slightly later pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2473. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88001 [C-3100-1]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2798. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88025 [C-3180-1]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
4065. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 88061. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). A record not likely to be missing from many collections, but this is a first class original Grand Prize label pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4157. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 88106. DON SEBASTIANO: In terra solo (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2489. 12” Red ’07 GP Victor 88115. VALSE LENTE-“ADORABLES TOURMENTS” (Caruso-Barthèlemy). Excellent copy, couple minor rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
4156. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 88127 [1st iss. take]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Early version without recitative. Fine copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $8.00.
2541. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88246. GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2900. 12” Red Vla 88554. LE CID: O souverain (Massenet). IMs. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
2542. 12” Red Victor 88555. MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2901. 12” Red Victor 88558. MACBETH: Ah, la paterna mano (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3514. 12” Red “B” plate Victor 88579. CHANSON DE JUIN, Op. 102, No. 6 (Godard). Another wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2528. 12” Red Victor 88582. EUGEN ONEGIN: Air de Lienski (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4310. 12” Red Victor 88617. XERXES: Largo (Händel). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
2464. 12” Red Vla 88629. MESSE SOLENNELLE: Domine Deus (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2486. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89036. MARTHA: Solo, profugo (Flotow). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4269. 12” Red Victor 89059. MANON: On l’appelle, Manon (Massenet). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2485. 12” Red Vr 89077. BALLO IN MASCHERA: La rivedrà nell’ estasi (Verdi). With FRIEDA HEMPEL [s], ARTHUR ROTHIER [bs], ANDREA DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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3208. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 95209. MARTHA: Presto, presto (Flotow). With FRANCES ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Small lbl. stkr. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $7.00.
4117. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 95211. LOMBARDI: Qual voluttà (Verdi). With FRANCES ALDA [s], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Text label on verso. Excellent, bright pressing. Few very faint rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
2604. 12” Red Vla 6009. I’ M’ ARRICORDO E NAPULE! (Gioe) / MAMMA MIA, CHE VÒ SAPÈ! (Nutile). ‘30s RCA Victor label. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3471. 12” Red Vla 6012. LA BOHÈME: Testa adorata / LA BOHÈME: Io non ho che una povers stanzetta (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00
4308. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6016. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtive lagrima (Doni-zetti) / RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi). Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2896. 12” Red Vla 6023. XERXES: Largo (Händel) / THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $8.00
3613. 12” Red Vla 6027. LO SCHIAVO: Quando nascesti tu (Gomes) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma se m’è forza perdeti (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2462. 12” Red Vla 6458. EL MILAGRO DE LA VIRGEN: Flores purissima (Chapi) / LA PARDITA (Alvarez). Side one piano acc. Gaetano Scognamiglio. Side two with orchestra. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2843. 12” Red Vla 7156. AFRICAINE: Deh ch’io ritorni (Meyerbeer) / ADDIO (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4144. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 10000. LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s], MINNIE EGENER [c], ANGELO BADA [t], GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b], MARCEL JOURNET [b] / RIGOLETTO: Quartet (Verdi). With GALLI-CURCI [s], FLORA PERINI [c], DE LUCA [b]. As fine a pressing of this as you are ever likely to see. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3847. 12” Red Late PW VdP DB 149. TRISTE RITORNO (Barthèlemy) / FENESTA CA LUCIVE (att. Bellini). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3848. 12” Red Late PW VdP DB 119. MAMMA MIA CHE VO’ SAPE’ (Nutile) / PECCHÈ (Pennino). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2719. 12” Red PW Czech Gramola DB 639. EL MILAGRO DE LA VIRGEN: Flores purissima (Chapi) / LA PARTIDA (Alvarez). Both sides piano acc. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2797. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat. C-8506-1. IL TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). With FRANCES ALDA [s]. Unpublished take without chorus. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
2842. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 61. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [t] / CARUSO [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancora (Bizet). From orig. Camden 1912 and Milano 1904 matrices. Side one first edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3898. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 50. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s] / FARRAR [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti I fior (both Puccini). From orig. 1912/1909 Victor matrices. Side one only edition other than IRCC. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ANNA CASE [s]. Clinton, NJ, 1889-New York, 1984. Daughter of a New Jersey blacksmith, Case studied voice with Mme. Ohrström-Renard in New York. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1909 and appeared in mostly secondary roles for several seasons. Her glamour and attractive lyric voice gained her a large following on the recital stage, and her recordings for Edison created further demand for her recital appearances, so she left the Met in favor of concert tours. She was the mistress of the wealthy Clarence Mackay. After a well publi- cized divorce from his wife in the mid-1920s, Mackay wed Case. One interesting result of this union was that Case became, via Mackay’s daughter Ellen, the stepmother-in-law of Irving Berlin, her senior by one year.
1298. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2213-D [W150129-8/W150130-7]. FLORIDANTE: Amor commanda (Händel) / MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1697. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2274-D [W148501-2/W150128-8]. ESULTATE JUBILATE: Alleluia (Mozart) / SEMELE: Care selve (Händel). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister (side one. Pianist for side two not known). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1733. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2274-D. Same as preceding listing (item #1697). One tiny harmless rim patina side one, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
1734. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2341-D [W150597-5/W150598-6]. MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn) / THE LASS WITH THE DELICATE AIR (Arne). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2307. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2359-D [W250591-3/W150592-3]. SADKO: Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov) / THE NIGHT WIND (Farley-Field). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Lt. lbl. stains side one. Surfaces just about 1-2. $10.00.
ALBERTINA CASSANI [s] 1996. 10” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 45032 [13173b/13179b]. RIGOLETTO: Piangi fanciulla.
With FRANCESCO FEDERICI [b] / ERNESTO BADINI [b]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
BRUNA CASTAGNA [ms] 1599. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 2161. MIGNON: Gavotte (Thomas) / CARMEN:
Chanson Bohême (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4147. 12” White lbl. SS test Victor mat.CS-022492-1. CARMEN: Gypsy Song (Bizet). The issued version was dubbed to a 10” disc. RCA Victor bk. Lt. scuffs (superficial), 2. $30.00.
AMY CASTLES [s] 1645. 10” Blk. London G&T 3667 [9009b]. WIND IN THE TREES (Goring Thomas). Piano
acc. Fine copy. Cons. 2. $25.00.
CHIEF CAUPOLICAN [b]. Temuco, Chi-le, 1876-Seattle, WA, 1968. Born Emile Barragon, son of an Ararucanian Indian and a French mother, he was sent to France at the age of four to live with his grandfather. He ran away to sea at 16 and ended up in the U.S. Somehow or other he became interested in show business. Touring in vaudeville as an Indian Chief, he was heard at New York’s Palace Theater in 1920 by Caruso, who, as a result, wanted him to sing Tonio in Pagliacci with him at the Met. Caruso’s death in 1921 prevented this from happening, although he did sing one Tonio there in 1922 and three performances as Hans Mathis in Der Polnische Jude (Karel Weis), also appearing in three Sunday evening concerts. He sang with Gallo’s and other opera touring opera troupes and was particularly active with the Philadelphia Opera from 1928 to 1932. One of his roles there was as Boniface in Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, which starred Mary Garden. He was also appearing on Broadway during that period as Black Eagle in Whoopie! with Eddie Cantor, beginning in 1928, and he likewise was in the 1930 filmed version. In 1935, by which time vaudeville has virtually disappeared, he retired from the stage. He was always referred to as “Chief Caupolican” in programs and even as “Chief” by his daughter. He made only one record.
2201. 10” Blk. PW (gold print) Victor 20983. THE SUNRISE CALL / LOVER’S WOOING (from Traditional Zuni Songs harm. by Carlos Troyer). Piano acc. Myrtle C. Eaver. Small rim chip side one to first groove. 3-4 because of superficial rubs. Plays without problems. $10.00.
ELDA CAVALIERI [s] 2333. 10” White lbl. Vla 64064. TU [HABANERA] (de Fuentes). Orch. acc. Just about 1-
2. $60.00.
1001. 10” White lbl. Vla 64066. A UNA MORENA [TENGO UN VOLCAN ARDIENDO] (Alvarez). Piano acc. Rare. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
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4125. 12” Red GP ’06 Victor 74055. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Cons. 2. $30.00.
4263. 12” White lbl. Red Vinyl Vla 74055 [C-3805]. Same as previous listing (item #4125) but vinyl pressing. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2687. 12” Red GP ’06 Victor 74055. Same as preceding listing (item #4125). Very small pressing defect in last quarter inch. Cons. 2-3. $20.00.
3767. 12” Blue Pats. Victor 55015. MEFISTO-FELE: L’altra notte (Boïto) / GIOCON-DA: Sui-cidio (Ponchielli). Piano acc. Ndle run on lbl side two (near center), otherwise cons. 2. $20.00.
LINA CAVALIERI [s] 2526. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7030-M
[30397-1/30973-4]. FAUST: Aria dei Gioielli (Gounod) / EMMY DESTINN [s]. AIDA: O cieli azzurri (Verdi). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LOUIS CAZETTE [t] 1665. 10” Blk. acousl Disque Gram. P-436
[Be215-I/Be280-II]. GRISÉLIDIS: Je suis l’oiseau (Massenet) / FORTUNIO: J’aimais la vielle maison grise (Messager). Side one particularly attractive. Gorgeous copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LIONELLO CECIL [t] 1777. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 4111-X [WB2473/WB2554]. MANON: Ah! dispar
vision (Massenet) / MIGNON: Addio Mignon (Thomas). Superficial rubs. Side one 3. Side two 2-3. $7.00.
GERMAINE CERNAY [ms] 3755. 12” PW French Columbia RFX 69 [CLX2183-1/CLX2184-1]. CHANSONS DE BILI-
TIS: Berceuse; Les Contes / La pluie au matin; Scène (Georges Dandelot). Acc. by the composer. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3906. 12” PW Purple L’Oiseau-Lyre OI-137, OI-138. LA VOYANTE (Henri Sauguet). Four sides. Orch. dir. Rober Désormière. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
DANILO CESTARI [t] Legnago, 1924-2009. He received his diploma from the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice. His debut was also in Venice, 1954, as Rodolfo. Singing roles such as Rhadames, Manrico, Canio and Don Jose, Cestari was heard in most of Italy’s major and provincial houses.
1268. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0399 [11624/11626]. ANIMA ALLEGRA: Ancora non so bene (Vittadini) / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Addio fiorito asil (Puccini). Opera side one was given at the Met with Lauri-Volpi. Only recording? Just about 1-2. $60.00.
ROSALIA CHALIA [s]
4249. 7” Zonophone Q9199-2. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo divulsa (Verdi). This could be take one (number 1 appears in script at 12 o’clock position) or take 2 (number 2 is in print at 3 o’clock). The record includes the beginning of the aria, a bit from the middle, and the close. One superficial scr., minor pressing defect first ¼”. Few MGTs. Plays well, no sounding greying. Gen. 3-4. $250.00.
4251. 7” Zonophone T9137 [take 4]. LA CALASERA (Yradier). 3-4. Plays well, couple LGTs. Gen. 3-4. $250.00.
4255. 7” Zonophone Q9206 [take 8?]. IL BACIO (Arditi). Plays well, few LGTs. Gen. 3-4. $250.00.
4254. 7” Zonophone 9672 [take 2]. BOHEMIAN GIRL: Then You’ll Remember Me (Balfe). In English (more or less). Few MGTs, 2-3. $250.00.
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4422. 10” Blk. Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3404. I LIVE AND LOVE THEE [VIVO E T’AMO] (Campana). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA (Sig. FRANCISCO) [b]. The Fagan-Moran Vic- tor Discography indicates that only 182 copies were pressed. Very light NR on lbl. A rim area pressing flaw (probably the reason for it being discontinued so quickly) causes the lightest sound about half an inch or so. Few LGTs, otherwise clean 2. $250.00.
1616. 10” Blk. Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3497. LA BORRINQUEÑA (Spanish). Piano acc. 1901 recording. Announced by De Gogorza. Nice bright copy, just about 2. Few LGTs. $250.00.
FEODOR CHALIAPIN [b] 1540. 10” Blue Opera Disc 74609 (4-22580) [y16743e].
SADKO: Oh, threatening rocks (Rimsky-Korsa-kov). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1116. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1237. BORIS GODOUNOV: In the Town of Kazan (Moussorg-sky) / PRINCE IGOR: Song of Prince Galitsky (Borodin). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1334. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1365. THE BLIND PLOUGHMAN (Clarke) / OH, COULD I BUT EXPRESS IN SONG (Malashkin). Side one a particularly powerful performance. (in English). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1322. 10” Red late VdP DA 962 [BVE-27088-5/BVE-27089-7]. MEFISTOFELE: Ave, Signor (Boïto) / LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1293. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 1310 [OPG-428-4/OPG-429-3]. DON QUICHOTTE: Chanson du Duc / DON QUICHOTTE: Chanson du Départ (Jacques Ibert). Conducted by the composer. Scarce original pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1294. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 1311 [OPG-430-1/OPG-637-1]. DON QUICHOTTE: Chanson à Dulcinée / DON QUICHOTTE: Mort de Don Quichotte (Jacques Ibert). Conducted by the composer. Scarce original pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2953. 10” White lbl. HMV (pressed on 12”) acous., mat. 5303ae. ON THE HILLS OF GEORGIA (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Unpublished except as Historic Masters HMA 127. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2954. 10” White lbl. HMV (pressed on 12”) acous., mat. 5304ae. WHEN YESTERDAY WE MET (Rachmaninoff). Piano acc. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4423. 10” Pink Amour Angel Russian Gram. 4-22722 [5931½ae]. A WORD OF FAREWELL (Slonov). Lovely original copy (only form of issue). Cons. 2. $50.00.
2955. 10” White lbl. HMV (pressed on 12”) acous., mat. 5934ae. PARTING; VERSES IN AN ALBUM (Grieg). Piano acc. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4347. 10” pressed on 12” White lbl. blk. elec. vinyl HMV mat. OPG 431. BOLERO (Dargo-mizhsky). Unpublished except on Historic Masters HMV 46. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3738. 12” White lbl. HMV Blk. Vinyl 2-022012 [Cc541-II]. O COULD I EXPRESS MY SORROW (Malashkin). Piano acc. Max Rabinowitsch. Obviously a beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3717. 12” Green Schall. Grammophon 85230 (022093/022261) [283m/2535c]. WHEN THE KING WENT FORTH TO WAR (Koenemann) / THE TWO GRENADIERS (Schumann). Side one piano acc. P. P. Gross. Side two with orchestra. Nice heavy pressing. Couple tiny (harmless) LSSs and few rubs, 2. $15.00.
3942. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76218 (052354) [14m]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3878. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76222 (052356) [616m]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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3303. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76427 (022111) [615i]. LIFE FOR THE CZAR: They suppose the truth (Glinka). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3360. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76435 (022185) [2014c]. SHE MADE A NOISE AND BECAME VERY GAY [So it says on this label]. Usually transliterated as THE TEMPEST RAGES] (Sokolov). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3509. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 2-022012 [CC541-II]. O COULD I EXPRESS MY SORROW (Malashkin). Piano acc. Max Rabinowitsch. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3567. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 106 [613m/2692c]. NORMA: Ite sul colle (Bellini) / ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO: Le Rovine … Donne che riposate (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3444. 12” Red Czech DB 1182 [CR2134-1A/CR2138-1T1]. BORIS GODOU-NOV: Oh! I am suffocating / BORIS GODOUNOV: Come, let us vote Boyars (Moussorgsky). Orch. dir. Vincenzo Bellezza. From live Covent Garden performance, 7 July 1928. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3444. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 1183 [CR2139-IA/CR2141-IA]. BORIS GODOUNOV: It is a pity Prince Shuisky is absent / BORIS GODOUNOV: Farewell, my son! (Moussorgsky). Orch. dir. Vicenzo Bellezza. Recorded live during 1928 Covent Garden performance. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2544. 12” Red SR HMV DB 757 [Cc540-III/Cc544-I]. THE LAST VOYAGE, Op. 17, No. 2 (Alnaes) / NIGHTINGALE (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2516. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1096. DON QUICHOTTE: La morte di Don Quichotte (Masse-net). Two sides. With OLIVE KLINE [s]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3738. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 1469 [CF3357-III/2B883-II]. STEN’KA RAZIN (Folk Song) / DOUBT (Glinka). Piano acc. side one Jean Bazilevsky, side two Ivor Newton. Cello side two Cedic Sharpe. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2722. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 6619 [Cc8413-IIA/Cc8416-IA]. THE TWO GRENADIERS (Schumann) / MIDNIGHT REVIEW (Glinka). Glassy surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3423. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6724 [CR375-I/Cc10938-III]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Farewell of Boris / BORIS GODOUNOV: Death of Boris (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2986. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6783. SONG OF THE FLEA (Moussorgsky) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini). Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2651. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Vla 6867. SADKO: Song of the Viking Guest (Rimsky-Kor-sakov) / PRINCE IGOR: How Goes It Prince? (Borodin). IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3425. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7422 [Cc17102-IIA TI/Cc17103-II TI]. LE COR (Flégier) / THE OLD CORPORAL (Dargomwijsky). Orch. dir. George Byng. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2700. 12” Red Orth. “Z”-type shellac Vla 7601 [Cc16992-II/Cc17115-II]. SIBERIAN PRISONER’S SONG (arr. Karategen) / SHE LAUGHED (Lishkin). Both piano acc. Ivor Newton. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3127. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Victor 7717 [2W1229-IV/2W1328-II]. THE LEGEND OF THE TWELVE BRIGANDS (arr. Zharof) / DOWN THE VOLGA (arr. Alexandroff). With Male Choir dir. Afonsky. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4339. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7717 [2W1229-IV/2W1328-II]. Same as the preceding listing. Slightly later pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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3424. 12” Red PW Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 11485 [Cc7064-III/Cc7066-I]. BORIS GODOU-NOV: Coronation Scene (Moussorgsky). Two sides. Orch. dir. Albert Coates. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2749. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 14901, SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Chaliapin-Koenemann) / SONG OF THE FLEA (Moussorgsky). Piano acc. G. Godzinski. Recorded in Japan. Matrix signed by Chaliapin and dated Febr. 6, 1936. Tokyo. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2952. 12” White lbl. SS HMV blk. vinyl acous., mat. Cc542-I. AN OLD SONG; VERSES IN AN ALBUM (both Grieg). In Russian. Piano acc. Max Rabinowitsch. Unpublished. 1-2. $30.00.
LYDIA CHALIAPINE [s] 1391. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works P-4230-M [CPT-1803-1/CPT-1805-1].
COMPLAINTE D’ABDURACHMAN (Folk Song of Bashkir) / CHANSON D’AMOUR DU TURKESTAN (Turkestan Love Song) [both arr. Maximillian Seinberg]. Orch. dir. Julius Erlich. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1390. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works P-4231-M [CPT-1804-1/CPT-1806-1]. ALTAÏ (Folk Song of Siberia) / DUDAR-AT (Folk Song of Kazakstan) [both arr. Maximillian Steinberg). Orch. dir. Julius Erlich. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARIO CHAMLEE [t]. Los Angeles, 1892-1966. His real name was Archer Cholmondeley. As his career began to advance, he sang as Mario Rodolfi, returning to Chamlee (but retaining the stage "Mario"), as he put it, "when I graduated to the big time." He first studied with the voice teacher William Shakespeare, who suggested that he hadn't any of the requisites for a musical career. He then worked with Achille Alberti, who remained through his lifetime his only teacher, and made his debut at the age of 22 with the National Opera Company, a touring ensemble. A reporter asked the tenor if anyone ever told him that he looked like Caruso. He replied in the affirmative, adding, "But that doesn't make me sing like him, worse luck." Chamlee was first heard at the Met in November, 1920, as Cavaradossi the month before Caruso's final stage performan- ces. He remained active there for a number of seasons. According to one report, Chamlee's singing of "Che gelida manina" on a 1922 Met Sunday concert was the first time in twelve years that it had been sung there without downward transposition, excepting performances on stage by Orville Harrold. The audience was so taken by the brilliance of his high C [I wonder how the general audience would know he wasn’t transposing?] that he had to take twelve curtain calls.
1790. [As MARIO RODOLFI] 10” acous. Vertical Lyric 7101 [ ?/ ? ]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana and Intermezzo (Mascagni) / FORREST LAMONT [t] (as JOSEPH O’HARA). CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana and Intermezzo (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1710. 10” Green SS Brunswick 10000 [3015]. FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl). Earliest form of the U.S. Brunswick celebrity label, Chamlee here as Archer Chamlee. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1011. 10” Green SS Brunswick 10026 [4756]. THANK GOD FOR A GARDEN (Del Riego). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1757. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10105 [4761/11475]. FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl) / DREAMS OF LONG AGO (Caruso). One LSS side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
2360. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10121. THE OLD REFRAIN (Kreisler) / SERENADE (Drigo). Side one with FREDRIC FRADKIN [violinist]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1122. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10126. PAQUITA (Buzzi-Peccia) / JOCELYN: Berceuse (Godard). Side two with MAX ROSEN [violinist]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2185. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10201. GIVE ME ONE ROSE TO REMEMBER (Grey) / I LOOK INTO YOUR GARDEN (Wood). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1607. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10214. DEAREST ENEMY: Here in my Arms (Hart-Rodgers) / VAGABOND KING: Only a Rose (Friml). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1635. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10217. I LOVE YOU SO (Robison) / WILL THAT DEAR ONE BE YOU (Schuler). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1683. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10218. CRUCIFIX (Faure). Side two with JOHN CHARLES THOMAS [b] / THOMAS [b]. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1002. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15037 [9355/9359]. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia) / MATTI-NATA (Leoncavallo). Side two harp acc. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
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1164. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15056 [10205/10362]. CAVALLERIA RUSTI-CANA: Brindisi (Mascagni) / LA GIO-CONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1238. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15093. TRO-VATORE: Ai nostri monti / TROVA-TORE: Mal reggendo (Verdi). With SIGRID ONEGIN [c]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1745. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15111. AFRI-CAINE: O Paradiso! (Meyerbeer) / MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1156. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15161. FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl) / DREAMS OF LONG AGO (Earl Carroll-Enrico Caru-so). Couple minor rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
2085. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15178. SI VOUS L’AVIEZ COMPRIS (Denza) / SÉRÉNADE FRANÇAISE (Leoncavallo). Both in French. Side one with FREDRIC FRADKIN [vln]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1890. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15192. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini) / LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1059. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15194 [E28483A/E28490A] DON PASQUALE: Com’ è gentil (Donizetti) / RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). ’Earlier 30 pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1969. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15207. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) / LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Side one with FREDRIC FRADKIN [vln]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2827. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50003 [X7270/X7272]. MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet) / LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3933. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50020[X9087/X9091]. TRISTE RITORNO (Caruso-Barthèlemy) / L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA (Tosti). Small lbl. stkrs. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
2716. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50030 [X9928/X10114]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / FAUST: Salut, demeure (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2735. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50157. FAUST: Lasse-moi … Eternelle (Gounod) / LA TRAVIATA: Parigi, o cara (Verdi). With FLORENCE EASTON [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GINA CIAPARELLI [s]. See: GINA VIAFORA [s]
ROMANO CIAROFF-CIARINI [t]. 1878-Odessa, Ukraine, 1964. He studied in St. Peterburg and made his debut in 1905. He subsequently was heard in Kiev, Odessa, Kazan and in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre, making his debut there as Lenski in Eugen Onegin. His international career seems to have been during 1910-1920 period when he sang in Genova, Venezia, the Costanzi in Rome, Milano, Florence, Rome, the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, London, Bucharest and Zürich, to mention a few locations. Following his retirement he taught at the Conservatory of Odessa, having appeared in concert as late as 1946 in Leningrad.
2417. 11” Fonotipia 69106/69105 [XPh4961/XPh4964]. I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA: Prostrato nella polve / I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA: Sanno odor d’incenso (Wolf-Ferrari). Side two with ZORIADE SARZANINI [s]. Pressing nos. 16/40. Side one few rubs, 2. Side two cons. 2. $100.00.
2418. 11” Fonotipia 69183/69184 [XPh4952/XPh4958]. LA DONNE CURIOSE: Deh! per pietà. With MARIA ALESSANDROVICH [s] … not given label credit / LE DONNE CURIOSE: Io non amarvi? (Wolf-Ferrari). Very fine copy. One rub mark side two. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $150.00.
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GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]. Rome, 1885-Neptune, NJ, 1963. A pupil of baritone Antonio Cotogni, Ciccolini made his debut in Bologna as Alfredo in La Traviata, 1907. He appeared in a number of European and Russian locales successfully with various opera troupes. In 1911, he toured Australia with Melba’s company. Supposedly, she would help him to keep in tempo by tapping on his back when they were embraced in duets. After one performance, Ciccolini “gallantly bowed to her and said, ‘Madame, you still sing beautiful!’.” The word “still” did not set well with her and “she gave Ciccolini one withering look, then turned on her heel and strode away.” Evidently she eventually forgave him, as he was the leading tenor of her only operatic performance in New York in 1919 (Boheme with the Chicago Opera). Later, in vaudeville, Ciccolini’s billings would include a description of himself, supposedly on Melba’s authority, as being “the greatest living tenor”. In 1914 he was in the La Scala world premiere of Wolf-Ferrari’s I Quattro Rusteghi. That same year he emigrated to the U.S., wedding an American girl in 1919, also in the same period making a few appearances with the Chicago Opera. He subsequently was a guest with touring troupes and in various concerts in the New York area, also having been the soloist at the funeral of Rudolph Valentino in 1926. In 1927 he was involved in a well publicized suit against actress Hope Hampton and the producers of a play on Broadway entitled My Princess. In it, the main character was named “Ciccolini”, a “roustabout singer” who, in one scene was called “you big wop” by Miss Hampton. While the judge didn’t find sufficient facts on which to base an action, he declared that the events “displayed shockingly bad taste. They [producers and author of the play] must have known … that there was a tenor of great reputation named Ciccolini.”… “To have used that name as the lead character in their play”, the judge further stated, “was an act which hardly merits the approval of people of refinement and judgment.” In 1959 Ciccolini was guest of honor at a New York Public Library concert of his Edison recordings, presented by Philip L. Miller and the N.Y. Public Library. Ciccolini first recorded for the Gramophone Company in Italy in 1910. From 1914 to 1920 he was Edison’s most prolific operatic tenor. He also made one electrical disc for Victor in 1927. -from NY Times articles and Hetherington’s biography, Melba.
2471. 12” Blue Victor 55022 [222ai/223ai]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui San-tuzza (Mascagni). Two sides. With BIANCA BESALÙ [s]. Just about 1-2. As new, as are most listings with this grading. $12.00.
4318. 12” Blue Victor 55020 [224ai/209ai]. LA BOHÈME: Addio, dolce svegliare. With ANITA SANIPOLI [s], MARIA PASSARI [ms], ERNESTO BADINI [b]. LA BO-HÈME: C’è Rodolfo (Puccini). With EBE BOCCOLINI [s], E. BADINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3558. 12” Red Dog Mon. Gram. 054480 [760m]. MEFISTOFELE: Forma ideal purissima (Boïto). With SARA SOLARI [s], VIN-CENZO BETTONI [bs]. Cons. 2. $12.00.
FRANCESCO CIGADA [b] 2329. 10” Red Vla 87559 [7304½b]. TROVA-
TORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]. Ex-cellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GINA CIGNA [s] 3009. 12” Blk. Telefunken SK 3301, SK 3302 [026533/026536, 026534/026535].
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI: Act III Love Duet (Zandonai). Four sides. With ALESSA-NDRO ZILIANI [t]. La Scala Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
CLARA CLAIRBERT [s] 3369. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66918 [848Bi/849Bi]. MANON: Adieu notre petite table
(Massenet) / TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
EDMOND CLÉMENT [t] 1138. 10” Red “C” plate Pats. Victor 64223. BERGERE LÉGERE (Weckerlin); L’ADIEU
MATIN (Pessard). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1130. 10” Red “B” plate Pats. Victor 64226. ÇA FAIT PEUR AUX OISEAUX (Bernard).
Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Beautiful. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1270. 10” Red “A” plate Pats. Victor 64232. CHANSON LORRAINE (Arcadet). Piano acc.
Frank LaForge. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1483. 10” White lbl. Victor 64232. Same as preceding listing (item #1270). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1142. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64294. SONNET MATINAL (Massenet); IL NEIGE (Bemberg). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1127. 10” Red Vla 64234. WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00
1811. 10” Red Vr 87508. DANTE: Nous alons partir (Godard). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Superb copy, similar to the others in this Clément grouping. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1146. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87509. AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE (Lully). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1987. 10” Red acous. Vla 902. WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet) / GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. BEAU SOIR (Debussy). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4064. 12” Red Pats. “B” plate Victor 74258. MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet). Piano acc. Frank La Forge. Is there a recorded performance to equal this? Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4062. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “C” plate Victor 74319. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2851. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 76020. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Du rendevous (Meyerbeer). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2916. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74258. MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet). Wonderful copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2786. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88421. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Gounod). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Glassy surface. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4018. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88421. Same as preceding listing (item #2786). Text label on verso. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $10.00.
4080. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88422. MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Lovely copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
JOHN COATES [t]. Girlington, England, 1865-1947. His original career was as a bookkeeper. Then deciding to become a singer, he studied as a baritone and appeared as such for several seasons with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Desiring to become a tenor, he studied further and by 1901 was able to make his debut in opera at Covent Garden. While he was noted in Wagnerian operatic roles, he was, perhaps, even more celebrated as an oratorio and concert singer. Coates retained his voice for a long period and sang in concerts well into his 70s.
1935. 10” acous. Eng. Vocalion B-3119 [04031/04036X]. IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS (Morley) ; LAWN, AS WHITE AS DRIVEN SNOW (Wm. Linley) / BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND (Quilter). Piano acc. Berkeley Mason. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2028. 10” Lt. Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1402 [69258/69260]. NINETTA (Brewer) / AWAKE (Pother). Piano acc. Ellen Tuckfield. Excellent surface material. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3203. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia LX77 [WAX WAX5094/WAX5178]. BRONWEN: Bran’s Answer to Matholoc; The Bard’s Song / BRONWEN: Taliessin’s Song (Joseph Holbrooke, Op. 75). Orch. dir. Claud Powell. Recorded in Central Hall, West-minster. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3549. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia LX77 [WAX5094/WAX5178]. BRONWEN: Bran’s Answer to Matholoc; The Bard’s Song / BRONWEN: Taliessin’s Song (Joseph Holbrooke, Op. 75). Orch. dir. Claud Powell. Recorded in Central Hall, West-minster. Lbl. stkrs. partially removed top half, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
JOSE COLLINS [s]. London, 1887-1958. Beginning as a child performer, Collins was popular as both a singer and actress. One of her great hits was the musical, The Maid of the Mountains (1917), in which she played the title role, Teresa, throughout its long run and in a number of revivals. She was also popular in silent films and, toward the end of her career, sound.
3050. 12” Eng. Columbia 9005 [75405/75406]. FAREWELL / LOVE WILL FIND A WAY (H. Fraser-Simpson) Both from The Maid of the Mountains. Excellent ‘20s lam. pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t] 9073. 11” Disque Néron 8005/8004. NON TE OLVIDO (Manuel Villar) / RAMÓN
BLANCHART [b]. LA PALOMA (Yradier). Piano acc. Side one gen. 2. Side two 2-3. $30.00.
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9130. 11” Brown Odeon 36366/36367 [XP.2099/XP.2100]. MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Both in French. Also announced in French by Constantino. Gen. 2. $35.00
1012. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64070. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1865. 10” Red Victor 64091. ROMÉO ET JULI-ETTE: Ne fuis pas encore (Gounod). With ALICE NIELSEN [s]. As mint (as is the case with most listings in this category). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1729. 10” Blk. Columbia 1902-M [4044-2/ 4045-1]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile / RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). One tiny PB. Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1730. 10” Blk. Columbia 1903-M [4046-1/ 4047-1]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1229. 10” Blk. Columbia 1904-M [4057-1/ 4064-1]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Side one harp acc. Beautiful pressing, as new. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4270. 12” TC Disco Doble Columbia H1001 [30226-1/30236-1]. VORREI (Tosti) / ADORABLES TOURMENTS (Caruso-Barthèlemey). Couple rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
4271. 12” Cream Brazilian Columbia S5022 [30461-1/30383-1]. AURORA: Canto de la Bandiera (Ettore Panizza) / CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, Pace, mio Dio (Verdi). Side one never issued in U.S. Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4140. 12” Blue Columbia blue shellac 5093-M [30466-1/36657-1]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancora (Bizet) / ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $10.00.
3114. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74066. LUCIA: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4128. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “C” plate Victor 74174. MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet). In Italian. Scarce. Issued some months after his other Victors and quickly deleted. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2878. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla mat. C-6125-3. FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2683. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla mat. C-6132-2. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2682. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla mat. C-6147-2. TRAVIATA: Un dì felice eterea (Verdi). With ALICE NIELSEN [s]. Unpublished. Rec. 23 Apr. 1908. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2799. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla mat. C-6147-1. AMA (Tirindelli). Unpublished. One of his best recordings. I can’t imagine why it wasn’t issued. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
FRANCESCO CONTI [t]. Palermo, 1874 - ? . First working as an accountant, Conti studied voice with Cantelli and made his debut as a baritone in 1900. He restudied shortly after as a tenor and made a second debut in 1902 as Pollione in Norma. For at least the next twenty years he appeared in various mostly provincial houses in principal dramatic parts such as Otello, Rhadames and Manrico. In 1921, which singing in Palermo at the Politeama Garibaldi, he had an affair with the wife of another tenor, Matteo Bruno. It was quickly ended by Bruno, who shot his wife.- Roberto Marcocci
2961. 12” Blue Victor 55023 [212ai/1876c]. OTELLO: Quando narravi (Verdi). With FANNY LOTTI[s] / ERNESTO BADINI [b]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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FRANCO CORELLI [t] 4427. 12” Blue Cetra AT.0413 [12186/12206].
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda / LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Or son sei mesi (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $100.00.
GERMAINE CORNEY [s] 1615. 10” Blk. PW French Polydor 561013
[3608½BKP/3612?BKP]. CHANSON POUR LE PETIT CHEVAL / MA POU-PÉE CHÉRIE (both Déodat de Sévérac). Acc. Ibos Quintette. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1917. 10” Blk. PW French Polydor 561051 [4518BKP/ ? ]. AMOUR D’ANTAN (Chausson) /LE TEMPS DES LILAS (both Chausson). Acc. Ibos Quintette. Small lbl. stkrs. and one small lbl. tear side two. Surface just about 1-2. $12.00.
PIERRE CORNUBERT [t]. Paris, 1863-1922. While still a student at the Paris Conservatoire in 1887, Cornubert made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in Adam’s Le Châlet. In 1894 he was among the first tenors to perform Massenet’s Werther there. In addition he was a leading tenor at Rouen for three seasons between 1892 and 1903, and also was on the roster of the opera in Marseilles. His Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1900 in L’Africaine (Meyerbeer) with Nordica, de Vere, Scotti and Edouard de Reszke. In 1904 he was a guest artist at Covent Garden. By 1916 he had retired from the stage and then he replaced Saléza, who had died, as Professor of Voice at the Paris Conservatore.
9104. 11” French Fonotipia 39274/39277 [XPh647/XPh639]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Scène du Tombeau (Gounod) / MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet). Labels actually signed in black ink by Cornubert. A minor PB about an inch from the end both sides (extending no more and ¼”) could thump lightly, otherwise a beautiful copy, cons. 2. $600.00.
FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. San Severino, Italy, 1869-New York, 1939. His early career was as a journalist. Following voice studies with Giuseppe Faini he made his debut in 1892, singing the following decade in most of the principal Italian houses, including the Costanzi and the Milan dal Verme. His repertoire included both buffo (his specialty) and serious parts, and he was the creator of several roles. During the first decade of the 1900s he often appeared with his first wife, soprano Bice Adami, and was a guest in opera houses in South America, London and Paris. Around 1914 he emigrated to the U.S., remarried, and worked variously as a singer, impre-
sario, teacher and journalist. A portrait of the daughter of his first marriage, soprano Iris Adami- Corradetti graced the piano of his Long Beach, NY, home, although it was some time before his
two American daughters (Adriana and Fiora) discovered that the mystery woman was their half-sister. The three daughters eventually were to become good friends. Most of Corradetti’s operetta recordings on Fonotipia are listed as sung by “Fercor”. See also RUSS [s], AMATO [b] and GINO VANNUTELLI [t]
Odeon 37009/37014 [XM.22/XM.19]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Two different label styles. Excellent copy, con. 2. $15.00.
9011. 11” Fonotipia 39882/39883 [XPh2175/XPh2176]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Scena ed Aria buffo di Fra Militone, Part I / Part II (Verdi). Excellent pressing, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
9079. 11” SS Fonotipia 92123 [XPh3007]. ALLA STELLA CONFIDENTE (Robaud). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
9075. 11” Fonotipia 92334/92528 [XPh4021/XPh3615]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Io son ricco, tu sei bella. With LINA PASINI-VITALE [s] / ELVIRA DE HIDALGO [s]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Della crudele Isotta (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
9030. 11” Fonotipia 92625/92626 [XPh3966/3843]. IL VOTO: Canzone di Piedigrotta (Giordano) / LA BOHÈME: Bella donna (Leoncavallo). Pressings nos. 5/3. Small lbl. stkr. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $20.00.
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9004. 11” PW Gold Odeon HRS 1036 [XPh459/ XPh2423]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Manca un foglio (Rossini) / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale (Verdi). From orig. 1905/1907 piano acc. Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
EMILIA CORSI [s] 2335. 10” White lbl. Vla 52507 [8007b]. PEARL
FISHERS: Temer non soper me (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ANTONIO CORTIS [t]. Born on a ship en route to Spain, 1891-Valencia, 1952. Cortis began solfège lessons at the age of five and sang in a church choir. At 18, he was a member of the Madrid Teatro Real opera chorus. His career advanced to secondary roles, appearing with Caruso in South America in 1918, singing Beppe in Pagliacci to Caruso’s Canio. Within two years he was on his way to becoming one of the leading tenors of the period. His U.S. debut was opening night of the Chicago Opera season of 1924-25 in Gioconda with Rosa Raisa. There he sang a number of roles as varied as Alfredo in La Traviata and Manrico in Il Trovatore. He also appeared at Covent Garden and throughout Italy. After 1935, he confined his singing exclusively to Spain, singing Cavaradossi in 1951 as his farewell. His wife was a Barcelona native, and they had a daughter born in 1918.
2252. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1118. LA ALEGRIA DEL BATALLÓN: Canción y Guajiras (Serrano) / UNA VIEJA: Cavatina (Gaztambide). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1114. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1241 [BVE-37870-2/BVE-37871-2]. CALABAZAS [JILTED] (Anto-nio Cortis) / EL TROPEZÓN (José Mojica-Antonio Cortis) . Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2001. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1526 [BF3466-I/BFR3467-I]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1115. 10” Red late VdP DA 757 [BVE-33486-1/BVE-33485-1]. LA FAVORITA: Una vergine (Donizetti) / LA BOHÈME: Mimì è una civetta (Puccini). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1046. 10” Red late VdP DA 1076 [BM1107-II/BM1122-I]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet) / IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). Another beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2849. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1612 [2-482/2-6502]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vedi? la luce incerta (Giordano) / LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). Both with ZITA FUMIGALLI-RIVA [s]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
2594. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7401 [CF3453-II/CF33473-II]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EMILE COSSIRA [t]. Orthez, Basses-Pyrénées, France, 1854-1923. He studied voice in Bordeaux with Sarreau and made his Paris Opéra-Comique debut in 1883 in Richard-Coeur-de-Lion, performing also extensively in the provinces and in Belgium. His Paris Opéra debut was in 1888, where he sang a number of leading roles, including Rhadames, Roméo, Raoul and Faust. In 1890 he created the title role there in Saint-Saëns’ Ascanio, sharing the stage with an all-star cast including Ada Adini, Emma Eames, Jean Lasalle, Jean Martapoura and Pol Plançon. A favorite in Brussels, Cossira sang Tristan there in 1894 and two years later Walter in Die Meistersinger. Covent Garden heard him in 1891, 1894 and 1900. He later emigrated to Canada and taught voice in Québec. He was regarded among the leading tenors of the 1890s. He recorded only for French G&T in 1904. These records were transferred to Zonophone the next year and then quickly discontinued. His records are major rarities in either form.
2450. 10” Blk. Paris Disque Gram. 3-32142 [3007-F]. LA MUETTE DE PORTICI: Air du sommeil (Auber). Really clean copy. Few lightest scrs. (scuffs), small half-moon crk. grooved side only from raised rim in ¼” inch (hardly visible, few possible lt. ticks). 2. $150.00.
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ANTONIO COTOGNI [b] ?? 1738. 10” White lbl. HMV mat. 3023ft. PERCHÉ (Filippi). Recorded during Tamagno’s first
(1903) recording sessions and unpublished. This baritone voice has been attributed by some to Antonio Cotogni (a respected friend of Tamagno) or by others to Tamagno’s brother. For details, see The Record Collector, Vol. 40, No. 2, a Tamagno discography and an article on Tamagno’s records by Paul D. Lewis. There is no definitive identification known at present, although the song was known to be in the concert repertoire of Tamagno’s brother. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
KATE COVE [s] 2406. 7” Berliner 3225 [411-h-15]. HUSHEEN (Needham). Inherent pressing depressions,
otherwise clean 2-3. $40.00.
EUGENE COWLES [bs] 3075. 12” Blk Victor 31543 [take 3]. THE FORTUNE TELLER: Gypsy Love Song (Victor
Herbert). Creator in the 1898 Broadway premiere. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ARMAND CRABBÉ [b] 1060. 10” Purple SS Argentine Disco
Nacional 82003. MY CURLY HEADED BABY (Clutsam). 3. $40.00.
2131. 10” Red EE Vla 1088. MIREILLE: Chanson du Berger (Gounod) / SOIR DE PÂQUES (Maurage). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1637. 10” Red EE Vla 1090. LA CAN-CIÓN DEL OLVIDO: Junto al Puente de la Pena (Serrano) / RANCHITO VIEJO (Auguste Maurage). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1302. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4136 [BT4143-I/BT4144-II]. L’ANGELUS DE LA MER (Goublier) / LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE: J’ai fais trois fois (Planquette). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1109. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4137 [BV62-1T1/BV64-1]. TRUST DE LOS TENORIOS: Te quiero (Serrano) / SUR L’EAU (Pedrell). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2073. 10” Plum PW Disque Gram. K-6440 [OW560-1/OW561-1]. ALMA MIA [TANGO] (Crabbé) / ROSES DE PICARDIE (Haydn Wood). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2260. 10” Plum PW Disque Gram. K-7546 [OPG1673-1/OPG1674-1]. LA PAYSE A JEAN (Dupin) / PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini, harm. Février). With MAY RUBIA [s]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3355. 12” Red PW Disue Gram. DB 4824 [2W558-1/2W559-2]. AMARYLLIS: Les adieux d’Appolon (Maurage) / IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). In French. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $30.00.
LUCIA CRESTANI [s]. Verona, 1886-Ferrara, 1972. A pupil of Vittorio Gelich, Crestani made her debut in 1904 at the Teatro Carignano in Torino as Aida, a role which she was eventually to sing well over 500 times. The following year she appeared at La Scala in Catalani’s Loreley and subsequently sang in many of the leading Italian houses. She was admired in South America as well and was selected to open the new Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) in 1908 as Aida. In 1913 she travelled the west coast of the U.S. with the touring Western Metropolitan Opera Company. Her retirement from the stage was in 1924 after she ended a relationship with an impresario who, in turn, insisted by gunpoint that she return to him. She had earlier begun teaching, one of her major pupils having been tenor Nino Martini, with whom she worked from 1922 to 1925. He, in turn, assisted her financially in her last years when he discovered that she
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had no income and was ill in a rest home. Despite her success, she made only five recordings for G&T at the outset of her career in 1905 at the age of 19.
2181. 10” Blk. ’12 Victor Pats. 16810 [7298b/7028b]. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ali rosee / MARIA BERNACCHI [s], ERNESTO CARONNA [b]. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). Beautiful copy, as the grading describes. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GIULIO CRIMI [t]. Paternò, Sicily, 1885-Rome, 1939. His debut was as Manrico in 1910. After singing in various Italian theaters, he was selected for the role of Paolo in the Turin world premiere of Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini. The same year he made his London debut as Avito in the British premiere of Wolf-Ferrari’s L’Amore di Tre Re. Following his Met debut as Rhadames, he created the roles of Luigi in Il Tabarro and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi in the Met world premiere of Puccini’s Il Trittico, Another of his Met successes was the part of Milio in the first Met performance of Leoncavallo’s Zaza, Jan. 16, 1920. Crimi had a relatively short (1910-1927) but active and important career that included many of the world’s major opera houses. After retiring he taught in Rome, his most noted pupil Tito Gobbi. He recorded only for Aeolian-Vocalion.
1838. 10” Brown Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30105 [5670?]. PECCHÈ (Pennino). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1402. 10” Brown Shellac Vocalion 60030 [7876/7079]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (both Puccini). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $8.00.
3712. 12” Blue Blk. Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 55005 [5546]. L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti). Lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
4106. 12” Red Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 52011 [7359]. IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). With MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4127. 12” Red Shellac Vocalion 52045 [8494]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2939. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 70023 [ ? / ? ]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla Madre (Mascagni) / AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CLAIRE CROIZA [ms] 2045. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D13084
[WL1212/WL1328]. ARIETTES OU-BLIÉES: No. 2 (Debussy) / SARA-BANDE (Albert Roussel). Acc. by Francis Poulenc (side one) and Albert Roussel (side two). Just about 1-2. $30.00.
2264. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D13085 [WL1334/WL1335]. UNE JEUNE FILLE PARLE / LA BELLE AU BOIS (both Pierre de Bréville). Acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3485. 10” (pressed on 12” disc) vinyl D13085 [WL1335]. LA BELLE AU BOIS (Pierre de Bréville). Acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2136. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LF 60 [WM35/WM39]. MA POUPÉE CHÉRIE / AUBADE (both Déodat de Séverac). Piano acc. George Reeves. Side one particularly attractive and beautifully sung. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2890. 12” Red Lumen 32.045 [YL91/YL92]. BALLAD A NOSTRE DAME / LES CLOCHES; LES ANGELUS (all Debus-sy). Piano acc. Ivana Meedintiano. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
Dermid) / THE GREEN HILLS OF IRELAND (del Riego). Scarce. Side one unissued by Victor. Cons. 2. $15.00.
1764. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45373. IRISH LOVE SONG (Lang) / COLLEEN AROON (Strickland). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1715. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45422. LOVE IS MINE (Gartner) / FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1680. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45481. SUN GIRL (Tours) / RED, RED ROSE (Shauer). Uncommon early Crooks. As new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1123. 10” Red PoW Victor 10-1150. THE AMERICANS COME (Fay Foster) / CHEVAU-CHÉE COSAQUE (Foudrain). Orch. dir. Maximillian Pilzer. Side one introduced with a spoken remark by Crooks. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2024. 10” Red HMV DA 1330. MACUSHLA (Mac-Murrough) / TOO LATE TOMORROW (Langenberg). Side two I believe only on HMV. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2067. 10” Red Vinyl Green Label (no company name) mat. RR23087/RR23088. AT CHRISTMASTIME / CHRISTMAS CAN-DLE. Matrix dated 1946. Side one announced by Crooks: “Hello! Mildred and I wish you a Merry Christmas.” With orchestra. Composers not given. Lt. superficial scuffs, gen. 2-3. $35.00.
3604. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7105 [takes 5/5]. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied / LO-HENGRIN: In fernem Land (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $8.00
ADA CROSSLEY [c] 1889. 10” White lbl. Vla 64007 [2186]. CARO MIO BEN (Giordano). Piano acc. Originally
the first issued domestic Red Seal Victor (Monarch) record. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JULIA CULP [c] 9015. 11” Brown Odeon 30600/30601 [XB2178/XB2180]. MOEDERKE ALLEEN (Huller-
broeck) / WIEGELIEDJE (Catarina v. Rennes). Piano acc. Side one very tiny PB, small lbl. stkr., two edge patina crks. about half-inch each, silent and not through to the reverse. 2-3. Side two small lbl. stkr., few lt. superficial surface scrs., one PB (may sound lightly a few grooves), otherwise cons. 2-3. Despite all this, a fine playing copy. $20.00.
3000. 11” Blk. vinyl Odeon on 12” pressing. X.64005 [XB2177]. VERBORGENHEIT (Wolf). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1576. 10” Red Schall. Grammophon 2-43456 [17178½L]. SAPPHISCHE ODE (Brahms). Piano acc. Coenraad v.Bos. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1781. 10” Red Victor 64403. MIGNONETTE (Weckerlin). Piano acc. Coenraad v. Bos. Just about 1-2. $8.00
1627. 10” Red “A” plate Vla 64721. AN INDIAN LOVE SONG [BY THE WATERS OF MINNE-TONKA (Lieurence). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2074. 10” Red Vla 569. AVE MARIA (Schubert) / MONDNACHT, Op. 39, No. 5 (Schu-mann). Side one take 17 (recorded 1924), available only on this short lived double-faced issue. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
3542. 12” Red Dog Schall. Gram. 043274 [779m]. MUSS ES EINE TRENNUNG GEBEN? (Brahms). Piano acc. Coenraad Van Bos. Scarce 1914 European recording, never on Victor. Excellent early heavy raised-rim pressing. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
4126. 12” Red Victor 74523. THE BLUE PARADISE: Auf Wiedersehn! (Sigmund Romberg). In English. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
EGIDIO CUNEGO [t] 1758. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45012 [224ah/103ah]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Si, fui soldato /
ERNESTO BADINI [b]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Son sessant’ anni (Giordani). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2137. 10” Red Victor 87069 [13830b]. TOSCA: Trionfa di nuova speme (Puccini). With ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1304. 10” Blue elec. Odeon B3769 [Mo2913/Mo2921]. FEDORA: Vedi, io piango (Giordano). Two sides. With ETY MAROLI [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2668. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88261 [1863c]. AIDA: Ahimè di Guerra (Verdi). With ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s], BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ROYAL DADMUN [b] 1643. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45350. I WANT WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT IT (Blossom-
Victor Herbert) / ROLLING DOWN TO RIO (Edward German). Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1736. 10” PoW RCA Victor 4083. JOHN PEEL; JOCK O’ HAZELDEAN; SCOTS WHA HAE WI’ WALLACE BLED / LAMBERT MURPHY [t]. FLOW GENTLY SWEET AFTON; SALLY IN OUR ALLEY; YE BANKS AND BRAES (English and Scottish Folk Songs). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t] 2149. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1938-M
[WB1148/WB1166]. AY, AY, AY (Pérez- Freire) / BARBIERE DI SIVI-GLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GILDA DALLA RIZZA [s] 2070. 10” Purple acous. Cigale Popolare
(Columbia) D1052 [42080/42082]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: La mamma mor-ta (Giordano) / ISABEAU: Questo mio bianco manto (Mascagni). Exce-llent laminated surfaces. Harmless very small rim bump. Side one 2-3. Side two 2. $15.00.
TOTI DAL MONTE [s] 1529. 10” Red late VdP DA 5350 [OBA2281-II/OBA2282-II]. AMURI, AMURI / FA LA
NANA BAMBIN (both Geni Sadero). Very touching performances. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2643. 12” Red acous. Vla 6487. CARNIVAL OF VENICE (Benedict). Two sides. Uncommon. Replaced quickly by the electric version. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2818. 12” Red acous. Vla 6495. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3602. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7198 [CM1004-II/CM1015-I]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini) / FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3304. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7485t [CM1020-II/CM1022-I]. NINNA-NANNA (Bianchini) / MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). Side one particularly lovely. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2807. 12” Red late VdP DB 1152 [CF1580-III/CF1581-I]. DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Le ricchezze ed il grado / DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Lo dice ognun (Doni-zetti). Another superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
CHARLES DALMORÈS [t]. Nancy, France, 1872-Hollywood, 1939. Dalmorès studied piano and cello as a youth and was accepted by the Paris Conservatoire before he was sixteen, pursuing there a complete course in music. His lessons included the basics of different instru-ments. While studying French horn, he quickly became so adept that he was soon playing in major orchestras, including the Lamoureux. When scarcely 23, he was appointed a Professor of French horn at the Lyons Conservatoire. Gifted with an exceptional voice, which he realized only after he began teaching at Lyons and encouraged by the prodding of the Director of the Lyons Conservatory, Dalmorès begin vocal studies on a serious basis. By 1899 he felt himself ready for a debut, which was the role of Siegfried and took place at the Théâtre des Arts of Rouen. He quickly became known internationally as a leading dramatic tenor in the French, Italian and German repertoire. In Germany he appeared as Lohengrin at Bayreuth and was also well received at London’s Covent Garden, his debut there in 1904 as Gounod’s Faust. In America, he was a great success with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera and then the Chicago Opera, his repertoire
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running the gamut from Debussy’s Pelléas through Herod in Strauss’s Salome. He kept himself in good physical condition and was an amateur boxer of ability. As Samson, according to an obituary reminiscence, Dal-morès “was one of the few tenors whose physique enabled him to look the part as well as sing it”. In later years he taught voice, first in New York and then in Hollywood.
2197. 10” Red GP ’06 “A” plate Victor 81088. TALES OF HOFFMANN: C’est elle (Offenbach). One rub, cons. 2. $10.00.
2198. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87089. TALES OF HOFFMANN: C’est elle (Offenbach). 1911 re-make. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1278. 10” Red Victor 87088. LOHENGRIN: Athmest du nicht (Wagner). In German. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2062. 10” Gold PW Victor HRS 1054. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez, o mes frères (Saint-Saëns) / JE T’AIME (Massenet). Side two piano acc. From orig. 1911 Victor matrices. Side two particularly highly recommended. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3754. 12” White lbl. Vla 85114. CARMEN: Je suis Escamillo (Bizet). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Excellent pressing (as is the case with almost all white label special pressings), few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
3879. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88330. NINON (Tosti). Tiny lbl. stkr. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
3493. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89019. CARMEN: La-bas dans la montagne (Bizet). With EMMA CALVE [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4109. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1016. FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod). With EMMA EAMES[s], POL PLANÇON [bs]. / EAMES [s]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). From orig. 1907 and piano acc. 1905 Victor matrices. Both sides autographed, side two by Eames and side one by Dalmorès. Side one 1-2. Side two lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. Side two 1-2. $20.00.
3768. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 9. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi) / GRISÉLIDIS: Ouvrez-vous sur mon front (Massenet). Side one in Italian, side two in French. From orig. 1907/1912 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3936. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 19 [C-4253/C-4254]. CARMEN: Je suis Escamillo (Bizet) / FAUST: Vision céleste (Gounod). Both with MARCEL JOURNET [b]. From orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c] 2033. 10” Red Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30121 [7030]. HOMING (Del Riego). Just about
1-2. $10.00. 1409. 10” Red Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30124. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Small lbl. stkr.
Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2115. 10” Red Shellac Vocalion 30143 [7348]. MIRA LA BIEN [from CANZONES
ARABESCAS] (S. Pedrell). IMs. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 1701. 10” Red EE Vla 1116. DO NOT GO, MY LOVE (Hageman) / HOMING (del Riego).
Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1421. 10” Red EE Vla 1116. Same as preceding listing (item #1701). For listening
purposes, both should of course sound identical. Cons. 2. $8.00. 1772. 10” Red EE Vla 1139. LA ZAGALINA (Tabuyo) / TUS OJILLOS NEGROS (de Falla).
Piano acc. Blair Neale. George Blair Neale (Chatham, NB, Canada, 1893-Toronto, Canada, 1930) accompanied a number of singers (Reimers, Easton, Edward Johnson, and so on). He died at a relatively youthful age as a result of “serious symptoms” following a cold. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1954. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1139. Same as preceding listing (item #1772). Slightly later pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1185. 10” Red “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1145. CARMEN: Seguidilla / CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1704. 10” Red PW HMV DA 836 [Bb9314-II/Bb9315-I]. DOWN HERE (Brahe) / CARO MIO BEN (Giordani). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
4106. 12” Red Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 52011 [7359]. IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). With GIULIO CRIMI [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4105. 12” Red Shellac Vocalion 52020 [7019]. SILENT NIGHT (Gruber). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
CARLO DANI [t]. Firenze, 1872?- ? . Prior to his vocal career, Dani, like bass Ezio Pinza, had been a professional bicyclist and won a number of competitions. Deciding to develop his lyric tenor voice, he studied in Firenze with Mo. Contrucci and made his debut at the Pagliano in Firenze, 1894, as the Duke in Rigoletto. He was featured in various Italian houses and in 1901 toured Australia with the Williamson Opera. He subsequently appeared in New York at the Met, singing Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Alfredo (Traviata) and Canio, among other parts. In subsequent years he sang in South America, returned to the U.S. with a touring company, and then spent the rest of his career primarily in Italy. After his retirement, he settled in Australia and opened a school of singing.
9076. 11” Fonotipia 39963/39964 [XPh2299/ XPh2347]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancora (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
9081. 11” Fonotipia 92979/62300 [XPh4883/XPh2694]. LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi l’anel ti dono (Bellini) / ALESSAN-DRO BONCI [s]. ZAZÀ: Mai più Zazà (Leon-cavallo). Side one orch. acc. Side two piano acc. by the composer. Few tiny harmless mks., side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $25.00.
GIUSEPPE DANISE [b]. Naples, 1883-New York City, 1963. He studied with Luigi Colonnesi and Abramo Perillo in Naples and made his debut there at the Teatro Bellini in 1906 as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana. After singing for some time in small Italian houses, he had his first great success at the Teatro Massimo in 1913. He was Rigoletto in the Italian Gramophone Company’s first complete recording of that opera, dating from around 1915. His Met debut was as Amonasro in 1920, and he remained on the roster as a principal baritone through 1932. He managed to maintain a solid footing there, despite such competition as Ruffo, Tibbett, De Luca and Basiola. Returning to Italy in 1932, Danise was immediately accepted at La Scala, despite the fact that he had been absent from Italy for well over a decade. He remained active in Italy with a few guest appearances in Rio de Janiero until the end of World War II. He then settled in New York City, married soprano Bidù Sayão (1947) and taught, Regina Resnik having numbered among his students. Leo Riemens considered Danise “among the best Italian baritones of his generation: he combined the lyriciso of De Luca and the dramatic temperament of Scotti with Stracciari’s sonority.”
1938. 10” acous. Purple Brunswick 10150. SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Russian Folk Song) / WHEN THE KING WENT FORTH TO WAR (Kënemann). Side one in Russian and side two in French. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1064. 10” elec. Purple Brunswick 10238. FORTUNIO: Chanson de Fortunio (Offenbach) / LE RÉGIMENT DE SAMBRE ET MEUSE (Planquette). In French. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1207. 10” elec. Purple Brunswick 10283. L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti) / CAMPANA DI SAN GIUSTO (Arona). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1630. 10” elec. Gold Brunswick 15140. SERENADE (Panizza) / SÉRÉNADE NAPOLITAINE (Leoncavallo). Both in French. Side one piano acc. Dan Lieberfeld. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2915. 12” White lbl. acous. Brunswick test mat. X5324. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Cons. 2. $10.00.
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3316. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 5006 [X5325/X5355]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3630. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50011 [X7263/X7469]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / LA DANZA (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2915. 12” White lbl. acous. Brunswick test mat. X5324. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Cons. 2. $10.00.
3821. 12” Gold elec. Canadian Brunswick 50082. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir / JONGLEUR DE NÔTRE DAME: Légende de la Sauge (both Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GLENN DARWIN [b]. Kansas City, MO, 1913-1982. Darwin’s Met career included only one performance of one role: Aaron Burr in Damrosch’s The Man Without a Country, Feb. 2, 1938. He was kept much busier in concert work and in radio, where he achieved a degree of popularity. Darwin made only one commercial record (for Victor) and one “V-Disc” during World War II (1944).
3148. 12” Blk. PW Victor 36224. WHEN I BRING TO YOU COLOUR’D TOYS (Carpenter); BY A LONELY FOREST PATHWAY (Griffes) / PILGRIM’S SONG Op. 47, No. 5 (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Elsa Fiedler (Arthur Fiedler’s sister). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LÉON DAVID [t]. 1867-1962. David studied at the Conservatoire in Nantes and then in Paris. His debut was in 1892, and he was heard in many principal houses of France, including the Opéra-Comique. His large and varied repertoire included Almaviva, Paco in La vida breve, George Brown in La Dame blanche, Gérald in Lakmé, des Grieux, Roméo, Nadir in The Pearl Fishers, and the Duke in Rigoletto, among many other parts. Despite his exceptional voice and popularity, he made few records: four sides for Odeon in 1907 and several for Fonotipia in 1904, all rare.
9064. 11” French Fonotipia 39069/39219 [XPh546/ XPh551]. LA VERITABLE MANOLA (Bourgeois) / CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet). Side one super-ficial scuffing, one tiny scr. at end, 4. Side two one small, harmless, PB, rubs. 4-5. Both sides have no graying and should play without problems. $500.00.
9065. 11” French Fonotipia 39094/39221 [XPh545/ XPh513]. MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas) / RIGOLETTO: Comme la plume au vent (Verdi). Superficial scuffs and rubs, one small PB side two, 4-5. Again, there appears to be no graying. $500.00.
Cc4441-II]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love Duet (Puccini). In English. Two sides. With ROSINA BUCKMAN [s]. Orch. dir. Eugene Goossens. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
ALEXANDRE M. DAVIDOV [t]. 1872-1944.
1644. 10” PW elec. Plum Disque Gram. EK-103 [OG569-II/OG570-II]. JE NE PUIS OUBLIER CETTE NUIT SOMBRE (Artemieff) / TU T’ES MOQUE! (Ritter). Piano acc. One harmless light pressing indentation. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
PETER DAWSON [bs-b] 2410. 10” Blk. London G&T 3-2433 [3273e]. UNLESS (Caracciolo). Few MGTs, cons. 2-3.
$15.00. 2412. 10” Blk. London Angel Pre-Dog 3-2857 [9890b]. THE BANDOLERO (Stuart). Small
lbl. stkrs. 2. $10.00.
2192. 10” PoW Plum B.2297 [Bb7565-I/Bb9894-I]. THE VAGABOND (Vaughan Williams) / THE GAY HIGHWAY (Drummond). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2060. 10” PW Plum HMV B.2884 [Bb14550-II/Bb14553-I]. CAPTAIN HARRY MORGAN (Granville Bantock) / CARGOES (Shaw). Piano acc. G. Moore. Lt. rubs., 2. $6.00.
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1367. 10” PW Plum HMV B.4482 [OB4386-II/OB4389-II]. DRAKE’S DRUM / OUTWARD BOUND [both from Songs of the Sea] (Stanford). With Male Chorus and Orch. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
1959. 10” PW Plum HMV B.8196 [OB5938-II/OB5940-II]. JERUSALEM (Parry) / CHRIST IS RISEN (Rachmaninoff). Orch. dir. Lawrance Collingwood. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3133. 12” PW Plum acous. HMV C.1169 [Cc1691-1/Cc2990-II]. TO THE FOREST (Tschaikowsky) / THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE: Travellers all of every station (Balfe). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
NAZZARENO DE ANGELIS [bs] 2553. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia
52816-D [WBX193-2/WBX194-2]. DON CARLOS: Ella giammai m’amò (Verdi). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2616. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D18042 [WBX189/WBX190]. DER FREI-SCHÜTZ: Viva Bacco (v.Weber) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calun-nia (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2613. 12” Late Blue Italian Col. GQX10183 [WBX184/WBX195].MEFISTOFE-
Ecco il mondo (Boïto) / FAUST: Serenata (Gounod). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3515. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 52819-D [WBX184/WBX195]. Same as previous listing (item #2613). Earlier, equally fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
HEDWIG VON DEBICKA [s] 2698. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66924 [740bi/741bi]. HÖRT DOCH DER SANFTEN FLÖTEN
CHOR (J. S. Bach) / O DEL MIO DOLCE ARDOR (Gluck). Side two in Italian with piano acc. by Julius Prüwer. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c] 1551. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87068 [13833b]. MEFISTOFELE: La luna immobile (Boïto).
With NINA ARDONI [s], GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t]. Slightest label discoloration. Surface just about 1-2. $8.00.
2668. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88261 [1863c]. AIDA: Ahimè di Guerra (Verdi). With ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s], EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3700. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88262 [1860c]. AIDA: Fu la sorte dell’armi (Verdi). With ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4289. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88263 [1861c]. AIDA: Ebben qual nuovo (Verdi). With ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2428. 12” Red Dog Gram. Mon. 054276 [1862c]. AIDA: Pietà ti prenda del mio dolor (Verdi). With ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Few MGTs, 2-3. $15.00.
2654. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88373 [1862c]. AIDA: Pietà di prenda (Verdi). With ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
diva / ANDRÉAS DE SEGUROLA [bs]. NORMA: Ite sul colle (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $400.00.
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HARRY DE GARMO [b]. Detroit, 1887- Wies-baden, 1919. He emigrated to Germany as a medical student but also studied voice, which was to eventually take precedence. His debut was at the Hamburg Opera in 1910 and in 1911 he appeared as Wolfram in Tannhäuser at the Berlin Hofoper. Other companes with which he sang principal roles include Wiesbaden, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main and Lübeck. In 1914 he wed soprano Tilly Jonas (Dresden, 1888-Hollywood, 1990), who outlived him by seventy years. She later wed conductor Fritz Zweig but was always known professionally as Tilly de Garmo. Harry was set to make his Met debut in 1919, but died as the result of an immunization shot given shortly before his planned departure.
3422 12” Blk. No-Dog Gramophone 65464 (042520/ 042521) [1212m/1213m]. MEISTERSINGER: Flieder-Monolog / MEISTERSINGER: Schusterlied (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Brooklyn, NY, 1874-New York City, 1949. Educated in Europe, DeGogorza returned to the United States in the mid-1890s and made his debut in a concert with soprano Marcella Sembrich in 1897. He later toured with and wed soprano Emma Eames. DeGogorza’s career was devoted to the concert and oratorio stages, his being exceptionally nearsighted having made operatic work impractical. As a recitalist, he was, as Richard Aldrich wrote in a 1925 N.Y. Times review, “a great master, such as there are all too few of today in so many of the elements of consummate vocal art”. He taught first at Curtis and then privately in New York City.
1634. [as E. FRANCISCO]. 10” Blk. Victor Monarch Dog 173 [3051]. MARTHA: Drinking Song (Flotow). In Italian. Announced by De Gogorza. Recorded 22 Jan. 1901. Nice copy. One small LSS, few LGTs, gen. 2. $20.00.
1252. [as HERBERT GODDARD]. 10” Blk. Monarch 1962 [B-1459]. HOSANNA (Granier). Bright lbl. Surface a very clean 2. $15.00.
1867. [as CARLOS FRANCISCO]. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 16812 [B-1106-2/7310½b]/ MARTHA: Porter Song (Flotow) / FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2081. [as HERBERT GODDARD]. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 16815 [B-2613/B- ? ]. GOOD BYE [Tosti) / HARRY MADCDONOUGH [t]. GOOD NIGHT BELOVED, GOOD NIGHT (Fay). Small lbl. stkr. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
1160. [as CARLOS FRANCISCO] 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 62595. DORMI PURE (Scuderi) / SANTA LUCIA (Braga). Piano acc. 1904 matrices. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1582. 10” Red GP ’07 Vr 87501. SAMSON ET DALILA: Vengeance at Last! (Saint-Saëns). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. DeGogorza and Homer sang their roles in various musical festivals and occasionally together, such as at the Worcester Festival in 1904, where a reviewer mentioned the “perfect unity” in their duets. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1065. 10” Red Vla 64898. EN CALESA (Alvarez). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1950. 10” Red acous. Vla 1107. MOTHER O’ MINE (Tours) / THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
(Schubert-Geoffrey O’Hara). Cons. 2. $8.00. 1737. 10” Red late RCA Victor 1141. LA PALOMA (Yradier) / LA GOLONDRINA (Mexican
Air). Side one notable for De Gogorza’s lengthy rolled “r”. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2242. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-shellac Victor 1179. IN OLD MADRID (Trotère) / JUANITA
(Norton). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1860. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1263. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) / SANTA LUCIA
(Cottrau). As new. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1368. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1263. Same as preceding listing (item #1860) but
Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00. 1948. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1278. NOCHE SERENA (Mexican Folk Song) / AY! (Isidore
Hernandez). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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2263. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1294. EL RELICARIO (Padilla) / ROSA-RIO DE LA AURORA (Folk Song). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1868. 10” Red acous. Vla 3024. LILY OF KILLARNEY: The Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above (Benedict) / CRUCIFIX (Faure). Both with REINALD WERRENRATH [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1946. 10” PW Silver IRCC 72 [B-417-2/BVE-43617-1]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / VOI-CI QUE LE PRINTEMPS (De-bussy). Piano acc., side two by Helen Winslow. Label signed by De Gogorza. From orig. 1903/1928 Victor matrices. Side two particu-larly attractive. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3835. 12” Blk. De Luxe 31314 [C-1734-4]. FOR ALL ETERNITY (Mascheroni). Nice copy, bright lbl. 2. $15.00.
4092. 12” Blk. De Luxe 31326 [C-1763-1]. THE CLANG OF THE FORGE (Rodney). Bright lbl. Some superficial rubs, gen. 2-3. $15.00.
3097. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74118. MOTHER O’MINE (Tours); THE LARK NOW LEAVES ITS WAT’RY NEST (Horatio Parker). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3566. 12” Red “B” plate Victor 74438. THE PIPES OF PAN (Edward Elgar). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4088. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 74478. THE MAGIC SONG [DAS ZAUBERLIED] (Meyer-Helmund). One tiny, harmless mk., otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
4107. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 89004 [2nd issued take]. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With EMMA EAMES [s]. Rare. Rec. 5/22/07, replacing 1906 version. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2484. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89004 [3rd issued take]. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With EMMA EAMES [s]. Rec. 4/6/09, replacing 1907 version. Lovely bright copy. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
2498. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 113. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo /IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). Side two with EMMA EAMES [s]. Side two lbl. signed by De Gogorza. Neat white ink index mks. in inner margins. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3121. 12” White RCA Victor blk. vinyl test pressing mat. C-6200. LE MARIAGE DES ROSES (Franck); LE PLONGEUR (Widor). Unpublished (except for AGSB). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3054. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla mat. CVE-13726-3. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez). Piano acc. Helen Winslow. Unpublished take. Take 4 was issued on Victor 6839. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
ELVIRA DE HIDALGO [s]. Valderrobres (Spain), 1892-Milan, 1980. She studied with Melchiorre Vidal (also the teacher of Barrientos, Pareto, Vignas, and Storchio, among others) and made her debut when but 16 at the Naples Teatro San Carlo as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. She was soon engaged for Paris, Monte Carlo and, in 1910, the Metropolitan Opera, appearing with Caruso in Rigoletto and Bonci in La Sonnambula. Her La Scala debut was in 1916, and she returned to the Met in 1925, also singing that year with the Chicago Opera. She began teaching in 1933 in Greece at the Athens Conservatory, where her most extraordinary pupil was Maria Callas. Said Callas of De Hidalgo, “I owe all my preparation and my artistic formation as an actress [to] this elect woman, who, besides giving me her precious teaching, gave me her whole heart as well.” –parts from Wikipedia.
9075. 11” Fonotipia 92334/92528 [XPh3615/XPh4021]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Della cru-dele Isotta (Donizetti) / LINA PASINI-VITALE [s], FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Io son ricco, tu sei bella (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1936. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2035-M [A706/A1284]. CLAVELITOS (Valverde) / SADKO: Chanson Hindoue (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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1953. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 3900-M [A706/ A707]. CLAVELITOS (Valverde) / EL NIÑO JUDIO (Manuel de Falla). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4104. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7076-M [AX378/ AX386]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Donizetti). Two sides. Should play as new. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $15.00.
SOFIA DEL CAMPO [s] 1292. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1249. CLAVELITOS (Valverde) / LA BORRACHITA [THE LITTLE
TIPPLER] (Esperó). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2330. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1250. YO-YA SABIA [CANCIÓN CHILENA] (Netto) / EL MAJO
DISCRETO (Granados). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1909. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4036. Same as preceding listing (item #2330) but renumbering.
Lbl. side two somewhat faded. Cons. 2. $12.00. 1327. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4037. MANON LESCAUT: L’eclat de Rire (Auber) / IL GUARANY:
Gentile di Cuore (Gomes). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1300. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4049. NO QUIERO CASARME (Spanish Folk Song) / PESARES (Alvarez). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1783. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4050. EL BARBERO DE SEVILLA: Polonesa (Nieto) / LA TRANQUERA (Pérez-Friere). Side one a sparkling arietta. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1750. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4150. OLHOS TRISTES (Netto) / CORAÇÃO INDECISO (Nepo-muceno). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2303. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. P-866. NO QUIERO CASARME (Spanish Folk Song) / PESARES (Alvarez). Tiny lbl. stkr. Glassy late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1929. 10” Blue PW Telefunken A10443 [26282/ 26283]. MI VIEJO AMOR (Oteo) / EL SEGRETO (Rengifo). Rare. Her only non-Victor. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2699. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 9206. VILLANELLE (dell’ Acqua) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod). Reviewer’s “X” on lbl. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
JEANNE MARIÉ DE L’ISLE [c] 1628. 10” Green Disque Zonophone X-83174/X-
82175 [6125o/6126o]. LA DAMNATION DE FAUST: Le roi de Thulé (Berlioz) / RÊVERIE (Reynaldo Hahn). Nice copy. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
JEAN FRANÇOIS DELMAS [bs].Lyons, 1861-1933. Except for some guest performances elsewhere, Delmas remained an exclusive and leading Paris Opéra bass from 1886 until 1927. He was Athanaël in the 1894 world premiere of Massenet’s Thaïs and sang principal roles in the Paris premieres of Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung, and Parsifal. His voice was very large and had an upper extension that made some baritone roles possible. Despite his long, notable ca-reer, he recorded only in the 1902-1907 period.
9109. 11” Gold SS Gold French Fonotipia 39027 [XPh512-?). LES HUGUENOTS: Bénédic-tion des Poignards (Meyerbeer). 2-3. $50.00.
MARIO DEL MONACO [t] 1089. 10” Blk. London P.18212 [IDR.773/IDR.771]. MATTINATA VENEZIANA (Cinque) /
ADDIO A NAPOLI (Cottrau). Small lbl. stkr. Few rubs side one, cons. 2. $15.00.
1090. 10” Blk. London P.18213 [DR.768/DR.769]. I MILIONI D’ARLECCHINO (Drigo) / MUSICA PROIBITA (Gastaldon). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
1088. 10” Blk. London P.18214 [IDR.772/IDR.774]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) / CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
(Arthur Hoérée). Two sides. With PIERRE-MAIRE [pianist], MARCEL MOYSE [flute], SCHWARTZ [vln], GALLAND [vln], QUATTROCHI [viola], PASCAL [cello]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES [s] 1601. 10” Red HMV DA 1977 [OEA15022-1/OEA15023-1]. EL CANT DES OCELLS
(Catalán Carol, arr. Tarragó) / DIN DAN BOLERAN (Trad. Basque, arr Tarragó). Guitar acc. Renata Tarragó. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3890. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-3213. LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum / TANNHÄUSER: Dich, theure Halle (both Wagner). Orch. dir. A. Fistoulari. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GINO DEL SIGNORE [t] 2844. 12” Red VdP DB 2828 [2BA1204-II/2BA1205-I]. IL DIBUK: Eccoti, bella amica / IL
DIBUK: Ma ora torno verso l’anima tu (Rocca). With AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]. Excellent pressing. One small mark. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b] 9052. 11” Brown Odeon 59070/59071 [XPh207/
XPh209]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: C’era una volta un sire / DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su queste rose (Berlioz). Piano acc. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $30.00.
9054. 11” Maroon Odeon 59097/59098 [XPh2358/XPh2359]. NOZZE DI FIGARO: Apri un po’ gli occhi / NOZZE DI FIGARO: Se vuol ballar (Mozart). Piano acc. Wonderful later ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1312. 10” Red late. VdP DA 1028 BVE-41236-1/ BVE-41237. RIGOLETTO: Ah! Veglia, o donna /RIGOLETTO: Piangi, fanciulla (Verdi). With AMELIA GALLI-CURCI [s]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1987. 10” Red acous. Vla 902. BEAU SOIR (Debussy) / EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]. WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2216. 10” Red acous. Vla 1036. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza) / CANTA IL MARE (De Leva). Reviewer’s “X” on lbl. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1869. 10” Red Orth. Vla 3055. IL TROVATORE: Per me ora fatale (Verdi) / GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA: Serenata (Wolf-Ferrari). With Met Op. Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3919. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5513 [XXPh2279/XXPh2391]. LA GIOCONDA: Così mantieni il patto? (Ponchielli). With EUGENIA BURZIO [s]. / BURZIO [s]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi). Piano acc. Excellent pressing from orig. 1907 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3877. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Vla 7086. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi) / FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3569. 12” Red acous. Vla 8004. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io son /DON PASQUALE: Vado corro (Donizetti). With LUCREZIA BORI [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2678. 12” White lbl. Victor vinyl (95213) [C-27392-2]. WILLIAM TELL: Troncar suoi dì (Rossini). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t], JOSÉ MARDONES [bs]. Unpublished take. Issued take is 4. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3854. 12” Red HMV DB 1165 [CVE-41234/CVE-41235]. LA TRAVIATA: Imponete! / LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine (Verdi). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. Crayon mks. (former radio station copy). Quiet surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GIUSEPPE DE LUCA getting shoes shined. "Oops. You missed a spot!"
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2589. 12” Red late VdP DB 1172 [CVE-41425/CVE-41426]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano Alvaro (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Two sides. Great pressing, really exciting performance. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. Naples, 1860-1925. De Lucia’s debut was as Gounod’s Faust at the Naples San Carlo, 1885. This was followed by success in other Italian houses and then in Madrid, London, South America and New York. He created several Mascagni roles, including Fritz in L’Amico Fritz (1891) and Osaka in Iris (1898) as well as the principal tenor part, Giorgio, in Giordano’s Marcella (1907) and was the first to sing Turiddu in Caval-leria Rusticana and Canio in Pagliacci in several important venues. Aside from contem-porary works, his repertoire encompassed the leading tenor roles in operas as diverse as Lo-hengrin and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. His pupils included, among others, Georges Thill, Enzo de Muro Lomanto, Ciro Formisano, Maria Nemeth, Tom Burke and Gianna Pederzini. For just about anything anyone would want to know about this remarkable artist, the biography by Michael Henstock is highly recommended (pub. Amadeus Press).
9013. 11” Fonotipia 92723/92724 [XPh4476/XPh4471]. MAMMA MIA CHE VO’ SA-PÈ? (Nutile) / AMMORE CHE GIRA (Buongiovanni). Beautiful pressing, just about 1-2. $20.00.
9087. 11” Green Phonotype C.2558/C.2559. MANON LESCAUT: Fra voi belle / MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $60.00.
9123. 11” Phonotype C.2561/C.2562. PAGLIACCI: No, pagliaccio non son / PAGLIACCI: Serenata d’Arlecchino (Leoncavallo). Cons. 2. $50.00.
4179. 10” Red Milano G&T 52081 [2157L]. LA FAVORITA: Una vergin, un angel divino (Donizetti). Piano acc. Carlo Sabaino. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $50.00.
1440. 10” Red Milano G&T 52411 [2883-R]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Bright label. Unusually clean copy. Couple MGTs. 2. $35.00.
4425. 10” Red Milano G&T 52415 [2869-R]. FUNESTA CHE LUCIVI (Canzone Napolitana). Glowing label. Only form of issue. Inherent (harmless) 1903 wavy surface, cons. 2. $75.00.
2027. 10” Red Milano G&T 54293 [8053b]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Numero quindici (Rossini). With ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs]. Minor rubbing. 2-3. $15.00.
2051. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 5001 [13331b/13334b]. SULLA BOCCA AMOROSA / SERENAMENTE (both Richard Barthélemy). From orig. 1908 Milano matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1709. 10” White PW Victor HRS 2001 [2883-R/2868-R]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). From orig. Nov., 1902 matrices. Some lt. superficial rubs, 2. $25.00.
4051. 12” White Phonotype M.1808/M.2342. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Sia benedetto il dolore (Massenet). With ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s] / PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Nice copy of a particularly scasrce (and desirable) Phonotype. A few lt. rubs, 2. $90.00.
4052. 12” Green Phonotype N.1756/N.2306. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar / BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. LA GIOCONDA: O monumento (Ponchielli). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $75.00.
2607. 12” Red Victor 76000 [214m]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4260. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89045 [1443c]. LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2527. 12” Red Vla 8057. SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s] / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t]. SONNAMBULA: D’un pensiero (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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ZÉLIE DE LUSSAN [ms]. Brooklyn, 1861-London, 1949. Of French ancestry, de Lussan studied with her mother, a singer, and made her concert debut at the age of nine. Her official stage debut, however, was in Boston seven years later, singing Arlene in Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl. She appeared in London as Carmen in 1888, a role she sang over a thousand times internationally. In 1897 she was London’s first Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme. At the Met, beginning in 1894, she was a favorite Carmen as well as Nedda, Zerlina and Nanetta (in the first New York performance of Falstaff). Her career continued until the early ‘teens, from which point she devoted her time teaching until her death.
1463. 10” Rec ’08 Pats. Victor 64005. MIGNON: Con-nais-tu le pays? (Thomas). 1903 recording, with piano. Gleaming pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JEAN DELVOYE [b]. Liège, Belgium,1861-Ourgée, 1938. A voice student at the Liège Conservatoire, Delvoye appeard for a number of seasons in the French provinces, His Paris Opéra-Comique was in 1898 as Ourrias in Mireille. He subsequently enjoyed a long career there, creating roles in such operas, among many others, as Le Chemineau, L’Heure Espagnole and La Reine Fiammette. In addition to much exotic repertoire, his standard parts included Sharpless, Masetto, Alfio and Escamillo.
2340. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-032600 [2498-F]. A UNE MÈRE (René de Boisdeffre). Nice copy of this rarity. Lt. rubs, 2. $40.00.
MARIA DE MACCHI [s] 1868-1909. Despite her short life, De Macchi is credited as having had a repertoire of 82 roles. Her debut was as a mezzo in Brescia, 1889, singing Laura in La Gioconda. In 1892 she began her career as a soprano as Leonora in La Forza del Destino. By 1905 she had appeared throughout Italy, including La Scala, as well as in Spain, at the Berlin Hofoper, and in other major European houses. Her brother, Celestino, was a teacher and impresario and had a voice studio in Carnegie Hall. He and supposedly a recommendation from Caruso were responsible for Maria having made her Met debut with Caruso in 1904 in the title role of Doni-zetti’s Lucrezia Borgia. The performance received disparaging reviews and was given only once, although de Macchi also appeared that 1904-05 season as Santuzza eleven times, as well as Aida once, Gioconda twice and Valentine in Les Huguenots three times. Most of de Macchi’s per-formances, however, were with the Met on tour rather than in New York. An obituary noted that “everywhere outside of New York she was received with acclaim. But disappointment at failure in this city [New York] was keen. Before she left America the soprano was taken ill, and her condition, with its fatal result, was traced directly to chagrin at the treatment she received here”. “Her condition”, however, was a tumor, and her death was attributed to an unsuccessful operation to remove it. De Macchi’s few, rare records indicate a dramatic soprano with considerable flair, hardly as “a degenerate member of the great line [of dramatic sopranos] that extended from Grisi to Tietjens”, as she was described by the New York Times upon her U.S. debut. Her final per-formance at the Met as part of the season’s final Sunday evening concert was perhaps her most triumphant. Her contribution was “Casta Diva” from Norma and she shared the stage with baritone Eugenio Giraldoni, pianist Josef Hofmann, and violinist Fritz Kreisler, the finale being Victor Herbert conducting his American Fantasie. The audience “packed every part of the house and stood rows deep”.
3983. 11” Brown Odeon 59135/59136 [XPh1916/XPh2554]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Come è bello / POLIUTO: Di quai soavi lagrime (both Donizetti). 1907 Fonotipia matrices. Piano acc. Excellent ‘30s pressing. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $35.00.
BERNARDO DE MURO [t]. 2154. 10” Red acous. Vla 949. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini) /
AIDA: Pur ti riveggo (Verdi). Side two with IRMA VIGANÒ [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1148. 10” Red PoW elec. VdP DA 997 [BVE-43755-3/BVE-43756-2]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda / LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Or son sei mesi (Puccini). Good pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3242. 12” Red Vla 74649 [743m]. CARMEN: Ho nome Escamillo (Bizet). With ATTILA JANNI [b]. Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00
3278. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 63 [1-562aj/C-23460]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Sono Ramerrez / EDWARD JOHNSON [t]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Una parola sola (Puccini). Side two first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b]. Brno, 1861-Czernowitz, 1910. Demuth’s training was at the Vienna Conservatory, and his debut was in Halle, 1889, in the title role of Marschner’s Hans Heiling. He sang with the Leipzig Opera from 1891-1897 and in 1898 began as a member of the Vienna Opera, where he remained until his death. He sang there nearly seventy roles, including Vienna’s first Scarpia (1910) and first Falstaff (1904). He also made his mark as a concert singer. It was during a concert that he died onstage, the result of a heart attack. One source mentions that to keep his throat lubricated he was in the habit of drinking at least a pint of heavy cream daily, perhaps helpful for his voice but not likely an aid to the rest of his system.
2120. 10” Blk. Victor 63198 [5146u/1746ab]]. LOHENGRIN: Telramunds Klage (Wagner) / JOHANNES SEMBACH [t]. TROVATORE: Stretta (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARCELLE DENYA [s] 1560. 10” Blue PW French Ultraphone AP779 [P75962/P75963]. L’AMOUR, QUELLE
BELLE HISTOIRE [VALSE] / RACONTE MOI TES RÊVES (both Paul Segnitz). Piano acc. Jean Wiener. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
2339. 10” Red PW French Columbia RF 38 [WL-1396-2/WL-2704-1]. RETOUR DE VÊPRES (Henri Busser) / SERENADE (R. Strauss). Piano acc. by Henri Busser. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1923. 10” Blk. PW French Columbia D19138 [WL1298-1/WL1300-1]. COUPS DE ROULIS: Les hommes sont bien tous les memes / COUPS DE ROULIS: Tous les deux me plaisent (Messager). Orch. dir. Pierre Chagnon. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LOLA ARTÔT DE PADILLA [s] 3386. 12” Blue Victor 55071 [25½al/26al]. DIE KÖNIGSKINDER: Bin ein lustiger Jägers-
mann / DIE KÖNIGSKINDER: Willst du mein Maienbuhle sein (Humperdinck). With KARL JÖRN [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
BERNICE DE PASQUALE [s] 1763. 10” Cream Columbia S50 [4436-1/19876-1]. MIGNON: Leggiadre Rondinelle
(Thomas). With ANDREAS DE SEGUROLA [b] / EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s], RAMON BLANCHART [b] RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). Excellent ‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3030. 12” TC Columbia A5446 [30881-1/36389-1]. MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas) / FAUST: Jewel Song (Gounod). Both in English. Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ZANCO DE PRIMO [t]. Born in Nice, France, of an Italian father and French mother, he appears (from magazine articles) to have performed at Monte Carlo, the Rome Costanzi, Rheims, Rouen and Rostand. A Rouen reviewer stated, “He is destined to become one of the greatest singers of this age”. In the U.S. he sang Avito in Montemezzi’s L’Amore dei Tre Re with the Boston Opera on tour in Toronto, St. Louis and Detroit in 1914. He also toured with the Creatore Opera Company and appeared in Puerto Rico and Cuba. He perhaps suffered from a persecution complex as the press noted his secretary claiming that De Primo’s success had “incurred for him the envy and spite” of his colleagues. Bass Paolo Ananian was involved in an altercation with him, calling DePrimo a Russian pig and grabbing his arm (no specific reason cited for the bass’s ire). De Primo then struck him with his cane. It all made for interesting press fodder in the Boston papers. What happened to De Primo after 1923, his last observed press notice, seems to be unknown. He also appeared as Serge DeZanco.
4208. 10” Green acous. Columbia E3869 [44688/ 44689]. LE CID: O Souverain / WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (both Massenet). Cons. 2. $12.00.
JEAN DE RESZKE [t] 2064. 10” PW Gold IRCC 110. AFRICAINE: O Paradis [conclusion and applause] (Meyer-
beer) / SIEGFRIED: Forge Scene fragment (Wagner). From Mapleson cylinders recorded during Met performances March 15th and March 19th, 1901. The clearest extant examples of De Reszke’s voice. 88.5 rpm. Just about 1-2. $35.00
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FÉLY DEREYNE [s]. Marseilles, 1884- ? . Dereyne studied at the Paris Conservatoire, beginning at the age of fourteen, and made her debut in Marseilles, 1905, singing Gounod’s Mireille. She was then engaged for Nice during the winter season and Vichy the following summer. Heard there by impresario Henry Russell, Dereyne accepted a contract with the U.S. San Carlo Opera, making her U.S. debut as Musetta in New Orleans. She appeared with the San Carlo in Los Angeles in 1907 as Carmen. When an interviewer asked as to how she prepared for that role, she replied in French that she hadn’t. “Just natural. I’m just like that myself.” From 1907- 09 she was a member of the London Covent Garden Opera and also during the 1907-08 season appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Musetta nine times and twice as Nedda in Pagliacci to the Canio of Caruso. In addition, she spent a period touring in Brazil and Argentina. 1909-10 marked her first of three seasons with the Boston Opera. Urbain in Les Huguenots was her introductory role, others later including Elsa in Lohengrin, Tosca, Marguerite, Cio-Cio-San and Musetta. She was also a leading artist with the Montreal Opera Company and was that city’s first Louise (Charpentier). Her last traced appearance was at Nice in 1916, singing Gilda to the Rigoletto of Titta Ruffo. What subsequently became of her isn’t documented. She made only one record, the item listed below.
1401. 10” TC Columbia A1234 [19852/19853]. MANON: Je marche sur tous les chemins (Massenet) / LA BOHÈME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini). In French. Tiny lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $12.00.
TINA DESANA [s] Alessandria, 1885 - Abano Terme, 1979. At the age of 16, Desana was sent by her parents to study in Milano with Teresa Arkel. Shortly after, she made her debut at the Milan Teatro Lyrico in Carmen (probably as Micaëla). “After that”, reported Desana, “I sang in many of the larger cities of Italy, and afterward in South America”. A May, 1908 Musical America article on Desana (from which the above quote comes) cites her four weeks of appearances with the Ivan Abramson Italian Grand Opera Company in New York. She was described as a 21 year-old (apparently actually 23) with a repertoire of ten operas and only a year of stage experience (likely understated). In the article from which she was quoted above, Desana further elaborated, “Leoncavallo wished that I should create in the country [the U.S.] the leading soprano parts in his two operas, Zaza and La Bohème. I could not accept this offer, having already signed with the San Carlo Opera Company. It was while singing In Boston with this company that I married M[ario] Farese.” Farese was a composer who had followed her to America from Italy. While Desana didn’t appear in the largest Italian theaters, she was well received in many of the smaller houses. For example, singing Manon Lescaut at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, she was described by the press as making “a believeable character, with her powerful, clear and flexible voice, fine artistic talent, exact knowledge of the scene, slim, elegant figure, perfect form, and ability to relate well to the audience.” Desana appeared in Mexico in 1912 with the touring Sigaldi Opera Company and in various Italian houses to about 1920.
9111. 11” Fonotipia 92665/92666 [XPh4338/XPh4341]. RUY BLAS: O madre mia dall’ intimo / RUY BLAS: Larva dorata del mio pensiero (Marchetti). Excellent ‘20s pressing. Side one tiny scr. (should be superficial), one small mk., 2. Side two IMs., just about 1-2. $25.00.
9026. 11” Fonotipia 92786/92787 [XPh /XPh ]. IRIS: In pure stille (Mascagni) / PORTA-MI VIA (Ferraresi). Pressings nos. 13/7. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
MAX DE SCHAUENSEE [t]. Rome, 1899-Philadelphia, 1982. Born Giovanni Saverio Massimiliano Meyer de Schauensee. His particular fame was as a music critic for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, mainly in the 1940s through ‘70s period. He was also an author of books on musical subjects and his writing appeared as well in a number of magazines. De Schausensee took a particular interest in singing himself, and from 1928 for about a decade would occasionally visit the Victor recording studios to make records as gifts for friends, the repertoire often beyond the standard excerpts. In his travels (which his inherited financial wealth permitted), he reported on having visited Boninsegna in the 1930s in Italy and that they sang through the first act of Tosca together in her villa. Although having retained her voice, Boninsegna said that she had retired when she realized that she could no longer could create the physical illusion her roles required.
1264. 10” Private White lbl. RCA Victor elec. mat. BS-83157-1. HANTISE D’AMOUR (Szulc). Piano acc. Theodore Wahlstrom. RCA Vr Bk. Label signed by De Schauensee to William H. Seltsam (founder of IRCC). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3789. 12” White lbl. Victor CS 87045-1/CS 87046-1. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia [Love Duet] (Puccini). Two sides. With EUFEMIA GIANNINI-GREGORY [s]. Piano acc. Theodore Wahlstrom. A private Victor studio per-formance from the mid-1930s, distributed by Mr. De Shauensee to friends. This appears to be the only recording by Mme. Giannini-Gregory. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $50.00.
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ANDREA PERELLÓ DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Valencia, 1874-Barcelona, 1953. His debut was in Barcelona, 1898. Shortly after he was heard in France, Buenos Aires and then at Milan’s La Scala. His Metropolitan Opera appearances were during the seasons of 1901-02 and again 1909-20. In 1910 he created there the role of Jake Wallace in the world premiere of Puccini’s Fanciulla del West. DeSegurola’s repertoire featured parts such as Mefistopheles in Gounod’s Faust as well as occasional baritone roles, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly being one of these. One article mentioned that he sang the role of Don Giovanni at the inauguration of the Mozarteum in 1914, sharing the stage with Lilli Lehmann, Farrar, Gadski and McCormack. In the 1930s he appeared in films, including Grace Moore’s One Night of Love.and taught voice in Hollywood.
2334. 10” Blk. Barcelona G&T 54018 [7257-F]. MIGNON: Duo del 3u Acto (Thomas). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Piano acc. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1763. 10” Cream Columbia S50 [4436-1/19876-1]. MIGNON: Leggiadre Rondinelle (Thomas). With BERNICE DE PASQUALE [s] / EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s], RAMON BLANCHART [b] RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). Excellent ‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1581. 10” Red “A” plate Vr 87225. EL PUÑAO DE ROSAS:Romanza (Chapí), With LUCREZIA BORI [s]. Very lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
1674. 10” Pink Angel Gram. Pre-Dog 54360 [10906b]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3158. 12” Blue Pats. Victor 55004 [1323c/1386c]. MIGNON: Introduzione / GAUDIO MANSUETO [bs]. MIGNON: Ninna-Nanna (Thomas). IMs. Couple (harmless) LSSs side two, IMs, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
2514. 12” Red Victor 89127. LA REVOLTOSA: Por qué de mis ojos (Chapi). With LUCRE-ZIA BORI [s]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
SUZANNE DESSOIR [s] 2370. 10” Blk. Schall. Gram. 62526 (2-43368/2-43369) [7901r/7902r]. DA UNTEN IM
TALE / ACH, ENGLISCHE SCHÄFERIN (both Brahms). Piano acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
(both Schubert). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3978. 11” Odeon 50153/99287 [XB1662/XB.4693]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Heilige Quelle (Mozart) / FAUST: Der König von Thule (Gounod). NS covering about ½” of grooves side one should be superficial, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
9038. 11” Odeon Rx50230/Rx50231 [XB.2087/XB.2088]. CARMEN: Habanera / CAR-MEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Orch. acc. A gleaming pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00
9088. 11” Purple U.S. Odeon 70403 [XB.5290]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Sieh, mein Herz (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2183. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Concert 73309/73310 [12719u/12720u]. DALIBOR: Arie Milady (Smetana) / PSOHLAVCI: Písen Kateriny (Kovarovic). In Czech. One tiny PB. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2328. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 91084 [12654u]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Sai cos’ ebbe cuore (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2037. 10” White lbl. Vla 91084 [12654u]. Same as preceding item (#2328) but later special white label pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1765. 10” Blk. Vinyl White lbl. Vla 87318. TEN OSTRO�SKY ZÂMEK (Jindrich). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1716. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 16 [4870h/4871h]. SALOME: Jochanaan! Ich bin verliebt / SALOME: Dein Haar ist grässlich! (Strauss). Destinn was the Salome of the first performance in Paris, 1907, conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3753. 12” Plum Parl.-Odeon PXO 84 [XXB5293/XXB5300]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Senta’s Ballad / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (both Wagner). From orig. 1911 Odeon matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3142. 12” Green/Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 043098/043099 [0819v/0807v]. HALLELUJA (Hummel) / AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Great copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3638. 12” Green/Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 044079/044080 [816v/817v]. LES HUGUENOTS: Zur Rettung Aller bin ich erkoren (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With KARL JÖRN [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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3850. 12” Red Victor 88468. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3941. 12” Red Victor 88518. PIQUE DAME: Arie der Lisa (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2491. 12” Red Victor 88529. QUEEN OF SPADES: O viens mon doux berger (Tschaikow-sky). With MARIA DUCHÊNE [c]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2672. 12” Red Electrola DB 399 [206z/207z]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Wie nahte mir der Schlummer / DER FREISCHÜTZ: Und ob die Wolke (v. Weber). Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2674. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 646 [C-17462/5147f]. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi) / AIDA: Ritorna vincitor! (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3606. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 12 [273ac/C-7025]. DALIBOR: Wär ich wahr? / JOHANNA GADSKI [s], ALBERT REISS [t]. BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch einen liebe Schatz (both Smetana). From orig. Berlin, 1910/Camden, 1909 matrices. Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2526. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7030-M [30973-4/30397-1].AIDA: O cieli azzurri (Verdi)/ LINA CAVALIERI [s]. FAUST: Aria dei Gioielli (Gounod). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GENNARO DE TURA [t] 1606. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87067. MEFISTOFELE: Folletto, folletto (Boïto). With GAUDIO
MANSUETO [bs]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4180. 10” Red G&T 2-52604 [10630b]. LA LETTERA (Puccio). Piano acc. Carlo Sabaino. Few MGTs, 2-3. $50.00.
2987. 12” Red Victor 76015 [1185c]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni). Light lbl. fade. Surface just about 1-2. $12.00.
3692. 12” Red Dog Gram. Mon. 054241 [1969c]. LA GIOCONDA: Assasini! (Ponchielli). With ERNESTO BADINI [b] and chorus. Small lbl. stkr. Lt. lbl. fade. Cons. 2. $25.00.
4257. 12” Red HMV 2-054111 [883aj]. AIDA: Si, fuggiam da queste mura (Verdi) [Finale Act III] (Verdi). With VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [s], MATTEO DRAGONI [b]. Never doubled. Cons. 2. $20.00.
DEVA-DASSY [ms]. France, 1911- . Born Marie-Anne Lambert, her stage name came from Edouard Churey and means “The Servant of God” or “The Sacred Dancer”. Her Opéra-Comique debut was in 1932 as Suzuki, although she was perhaps more noted for her work in operetta. She also appeared in one film, 1946, “Monsieur Bibi”. In 2012 she resided in Mourries (near Arles), France, and perhaps still does.
FLO DE VERE [s] 2407. 7” Blk. G&T 3311 [5005-w2]. COUNTRY GIRL: Molly the Marchioness (Monckton).
Few LGTs. Gen. 2. $25.00.
DAVID DEVRIES [t] 3029. 12” Red Odeon 171.084 [XXP5488-2/XXP6490]. SAPPHO: Qu’il est loin mon pays /
LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Liberté (both Massenet). Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ELEONORA DI CISNEROS [ms]. New York City, 1878-1934. Born as Eleonor Broadfoot, she studied singing in New York under Mme. Murio-Celli. While still a student, she was recommended to the Metropolitan Opera by Jean de Reszke, and she made her debut there in 1899. In 1901 she wed Count Francesco de Cisneros, a Cuban nobleman and singer and moved to Europe, where she trained in Paris with Jean de Reszke and Victor Maurel and in Milano with Trabadello and Lombardi. Her European debut was at the Turin Teatro Regio, and she appeared in a number of Italian houses including La Scala. Notable appearances there included the first Italian performances of Elektra and Pique Dame, a major revival of Verdi’s Don Carlos, as well as the world premiere of Franchetti’s La Figlia di Jorio. From 1906-10 she was a leading mezzo with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera and for several seasons from 1910 with the Chicago Opera. She also traveled extensively overseas, singing principal roles in many locations, including London (Covent Garden), St. Petersburg and Barcelona. She was active in the U.S. in concert and opera well into the 1920s and taught in New York City until her death.
1937. 10” Maroon Pathé Actuelle 025073 [N65933-1/35965-1]. DIE WALKÜRE: Ho-Yo-To-Ho! / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Wachtlied (both Wagner). A bit of miscounting on side one, but she quickly gets back on track. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
XPh1662]. LES HUGUENOTS: Dispersa sen vada [Piff, paff] (Meyerbeer) / VITA BRETONE: Canzone di Papà Silvestro (Mugnone). Side one piano acc. Side two with solo violin acc. by GINO NASTRUCCI. Side one lbl. stkr., minor rubs, couple tiny PBs, 2-3. Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.
4437. 10” Flush Blk. Warsaw G&T 22847 [489-F/12-2z] VIDMA: Children, don’t you recognize me? (Moniuszko). 1901, piano acc. Extremely rare. Lbl. rubs and tiny lbl. tear. Edginess in spots but no heavy blasting. 4-5. $500.00.
1481. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 60049. PIE�� CHORAZEGO / KOZAK (both Moniuszko). Just about 1-2. $30.00.
JOLANDA DI MARIA-PETRIS [s]. Polo, Italy, 1910-1987. She studied at the Bologna Academy of Music and made her debut the season of 1935-36 in Rome as Margherita in Boïto’s Mefistofele. Her career was primarily in the Italian provincial houses, where she was well received. After a performance of Ravel’s Scheherazade in Rome, 1939, she subsequently performed frequently in concert. At some point she made Finland her home and for a number of years taught at the Sibelius Academy. Her few HMV records demonstrate a particularly attractive voice and excellent musicianship.
2084. 10” Red HMV DA 1886 [OSB2836-2/OSB2837-2]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide / LA BOHÈME: Donde lieta uscì (both Puccini). Orch. dir. Sixten Ehrling. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO [t]. 1180. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-1461. A’ BARCILLUNISA / CANTO A TIMUNI (Sicilian
Folk Songs). Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Label side one signed in blk. marking pen by both Di Stefano and Erede. Harmless discoloration side two in outer blank area, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
1453. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-1461. Same as preceding item but not autographed. Wonderful performances. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2207. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3268. MUTTETTI DI LU PALIU / ABBALLATI (both Sicilian Folk Songs arr. A. Favara). Orch. dir. Renato Cellini. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4449. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-1018 [2EA12616-1/2EA12620-2]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / TRAVIATA: De’ miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi). Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
NINA DMITRIEFF [s]. Although more specific details haven’t turned up, Dimitrieff was Russian, had experience singing in Russia, Siberia and Italy and made her American debut in 1910. Her success was such, so states a newspaper article, that she turned down the opportunity to sing in opera in St. Petersburg to remain for further seasons in the U.S. Here she was a popular guest soloist with choral groups, orchestras and in oratorio. Reviewers described her “vocal splendor” and a voice that was “brilliant and clear”, as well as her “consummate artistry”. In sharing a program with John McCormack in 1911, she was described as “a singer far above the average of those now on the concert stage”. She was also a popular solo recitalist, her programs ranging from all Russian through a mixture of Italian, German, French and English. She and her husband, James Massell, gave a summer music course at Saltaire, Fire Island, NY, in 1926. Perhaps she retired from stage work in that period, as future press references refer to her as Nina Massell and then a pianist, in 1926 at Aeolian Hall, accompanying Flora Negri and in 1933 at Steinway Hall assisting bass Robert Duke.
4259. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68464. JA SKASABA SATCHEM (Dargomischsky) / IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN [KABE SNALA JA], Op. 47, No. 1 (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
DMITRI DOBKIN [t]. St. Petersburg, 1886 - ? . Dobkin’s musical studies were in Warsaw and at the St. Petersburg Imperial Conservatory with Ivanoff Smolensky. He was granted a
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scholarship to study in Italy with Augusto Brogi in Milan. His debut was in Venice, 1908 and he appeared elsewhere in Italy the 1908-09 season. From 1910-13 he was a member of the Petrograd Opera in Russia. He toured Scandinavia and in 1920 emigrated to the United States, where he made his debut in 1920 with the New York Philharmonic, making an appearance in recital the same year at New York’s Aeolian Hall. Reviewers noted his “robust” and “fiery and impassioned style”. He subsequently appeared in concert in the U.S. and taught voice in Brooklyn. Supposedly he helped in “smuggling” Sergai Rachmaninoff from Russia to the U.S. “when that artist was in danger of losing his life during the Russian Revolution”
4394. 10” EE Victor 78504. RAFAEL: Serenade (Arensky) / FAIRY TALE OF KING ACHROMEIE: Prologue (G. Pergament). His only electric. Lbl. crease side one (possible ULC). 2. $15.00.
ALESSANDRO DOLCI [t] Bergamo, 1890-1954. After studies in Bergamo and Milano, Dolci made his debut in 1912 and sang throughout Italy. His La Scala career began in 1916 with Rhadames in Aida, and he was subsequently heard internationally, including seasons with the Chicago Opera and at Covent Garden. He partnered with Rosa Ponselle in her Maggio Musicale Fiorentino debut, 1933, in Spontini’s La Vestale. Dolci’s repertoire was large and varied, including principal tenor roles in Ariadne auf Naxos, Khovantchina, Elektra, Bloch’s Macbeth, Malipiero’s Giulio Cesare and Pizzetti’s Debora e Jaele, as well as parts such as Siegmund, Andrea Chenier and Loge. His only records are a group of exceptionally rare Fonotipias from Mascagni’s Parisina, made in 1914 at the outset of his career.- Sergio Alfonsi research.
9089. 11” Fonotipia 69141/69142 [XPh5047-2/XPh5048]. PARISINA: La grida e il clamore / PARISINA: Stanno in mucchio tra i Iauri (Mascagni). With FRANCESCA SOLARI [s]. Small lbl. stkr. one side. Some lt., harmless indentations. 2-3. $100.00.
LOLA DOMMANGE [s]. 1899-1977. She was a gifted amateur singer and musician. Through her husband, an attorney involved with music, she was an acquaintance of most of the French composers and musicians of her lifetime.
4205. 10” Blk. elec. PW Disque Gram. P-771 [BT4044-II/BT4045-II]. A UNE JEUNE FEMME; SUR DESAUGIERS; L’AMITIE / LE ROSSIGNOL (all Jacques Durand). Piano acc. Jacques Durand. Lola’s husband, René, was a cousin of Durand. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
Duet (Leoncavallo). Two sides. In Italian. With XENIA BELMAS [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
PAULINE DONALDA [s] 2344. 10” White lbl HMV Advance Copy 3776 [8904b]. LOVE’S WAY (Tosti). Piano acc.
Label signed by Donalda. Just about 1-2. $150.00.
1723. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 4. FAUST: O Dieu! que de bijoux! (Gounod) / LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi) From orig. 1907 G&T/1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MATTEO DRAGONI [b]. Split, Croatia, 1884 or 1890 - San Francisco, ? . Dragoni studied in Golognia and made his debut in Rovere, 1911, as Silvio in Pagliacci. He sang leading roles in a number of Italian houses. The Gramophone Company in Italy recorded him for several years beginning in 1918 as a Red Seal artist, although he never appeared at the most important theaters, such as La Scala and the Rome Opera. His voice, however, indicates a major talent. He left Italy in 1925, emigrating to San Francisco. There, too, he never appeared with major companies but sang leading parts with various smaller troupes. In 1943 he was Rigoletto with the Pacific Opera in San Francisco, the press announcements noting that he was “known here for several years as a superb singer and actor”. Perhaps some of our West Coast friends can supply further Dragoni details?
4257. 12” Red HMV 2-054111 [883aj]. AIDA: Si, fuggiam da queste mura (Verdi) [Finale Act III] (Verdi). With VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [t], GENNARO DE TURA [t]. Never doubled. Cons. 2. $20.00.
HENDRIK DROST [t] 3671. 12” Grey Eng. Columbia Notes D17111 [75638/75639]. AFRICAINE: Overheerlijk
Land / AFRICAINE: Wat willen zig? (Meyerbeer). In Dutch. Cons. 2. $12.00.
MARIA DUCHÊNE [c] 1819. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 4819 [OW-479-4/OW-480-1]. SAMSON ET DALILA:
Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix (Saint-Saëns). Two sides. With CÉSAR VEZZANI [t]. Orch. dir Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2491. 12” Red Victor 88529. QUEEN OF SPADES: O viens mon doux berger (Tschaikow-sky). With EMMY DESTINN [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
HECTOR DUFRANNE [b] 1016. 10” Blk. Victor 62750 [5828h/6732½h]. CARMEN: Je suis Escamillo (Bizet). With
LÉON BEYLE [t] / LUCETTE KORSOFF [s]. VALSE DES ROSES (Métra). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1195. 10” Blue Victor 45011 [9115u/9100u]. DON GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart) / LÉON BEYLE [t]. SI J’ÉTAIS ROI: Un regard de ses yeux! (Adam). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2655. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 034017/034018 [5085i/5070i]. LA REINE DE CHYPRE: Triste exile (Halévy). With LÉON BEYLE [t] / LUCETTE KORSOFF [s], DANIEL VIGNEAU [b]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son (Rossini). In French. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3774. 12” TC Columbia A5558 [36885-3/36880-2]. THAÏS: Voilà donc la terrible cité (Massenet) / I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). Side two with HENRI SCOTT [bs]. Superb ‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
(Schubert). Piano acc. William Allen. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LILY DUPRÉ [s]. Geneva, 1881-Geneva, 1958. Born Charlotte-Emma Demagnin, Dupré studied at the Conservatory of Lyons with Mme. Milcamps and Léon Beyle and made her debut as a greatly successful replacement lead in Massé’s Le Mariage de Jeannette at Amiens. Much of her career was in Brussels at la Monnaie where she was a principal coloratura, but she also had great success in Nantes, Vichy, Lausanne, and Geneva. Her repertoire included Lakmé, Massenet’s Cendrillon and Junie in his Roma, Gilda, Violetta, Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots, as well as Tharsyle in Pierre de Bréville’s now forgotton Eros le vainqueur. Her last tenure was with the Lyons Opera, where she appeared from 1916 through 1928.
1267. 10” Blk. Dog Disque pour Gram. 33870/33874 [17492u/17720u]. MYRIALDE: Notre amour a fleuri (Moreau) / SUZANNE BROHLY [ms]. LA LEPREUSE: Dans la maisonette (Lazzari). The only recordings? Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
3799. 12” Blk. Dog Disque pour Gram. 033158/033159 [02581v/02582v]. HUGUENOTS: O beau pays / HUGUENOTS: Que Luther ou Calvin (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
MAURICE DUTREIX [t] 3592. 12” Pink acous. Aeolian-Vocalion A-0174.
HÉRODIADE: Air de Jean (Massenet) / EXPLANATORY TALK. Piano acc. Noël Gallon. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
CLAIRE DUX [s] 1859. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 24061
[19112L/19173L]. DER JÜNGLING AN DER QUELLE (Schubert) / MARIÄ WIEGENLIED (Reger). Piano acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1106. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10205. KOMM LIEBE ZITHER (Mozart) / ABENDLIED (Schumann). Side two with FREDRIC FRADKIN [vln]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1287. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10248. MONDNACHT (Schumann) / MORGEN (R. Strauss). Side two with MAX ROSEN [vln]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1194. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10249. AVE MARIA (Schubert) / TRÄUMEREI (Schumann). Side one with MAX ROSEN [vln]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1514. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10252. I WOULD WEAVE A SONG FOR YOU (Geoffrey O’Hara) / LULLABY (Scott). In English. Side one with orchestra. Side two piano acc. Dan Lieberfeld. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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1244. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15144. ESTRELLITA (Ponce, arr. La Forge) / IN THE TIME OF ROSES (Reichardt). Side one piano acc. Frederic Persson. Side two with orch. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2828. 12” Green SS Brunswick 30022 [X6613]. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). IMs, tiny lbl. stkr. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
EMMA EAMES [s]. Shanghai, 1865-New York, 1952. After preliminary studies in Boston and work with Mathilde Marchesi, Eames made her debut at
the Paris Opéra in 1890 as Juliette in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, co-starring tenor Jean de Reszke. The composer prepared her for both this work and his Faust as well. The next year she created there the leading soprano role in Saint-Saëns’ Ascanio. She also was a particular favorite at Covent Garden and the Met, where she remained until retiring in 1909. Among her major roles at the Met were Aida and Tosca, her last new part having been the title role in Mascagni’s Iris. It has been reported by many that hers was not among the most pleasant of personalities. Pianist André Benoist, who had accompanied her in several concerts, referred to her in his autobiography as “haughty, cold and unapproachable”. He mentioned that she had no musical skills and “when she made a mistake of any kind, she was totally unaware of it until I called her attention to it. Musically, she knew nothing.”
Eames made her first Victor Records in 1905 and engineer H. O. Sooy described the day when she heard the tests:
Mme. Eames, at that time, carried with her what we called a “Yes, Ma’m” woman. Upon reproducing the first record, which we considered the best of her voice, Eames raved and remarked, “That’s the most hideous thing I ever heard; it doesn’t sound a bit like me, does it?” And, of course, the “Yes, Ma’m” woman replied, “No, it does not.” While [I was] taking this “rotten” record off the Victrola and putting another selection on, she was still raving, so much so [that] I thought it was about time for me to make my exit; however, when we started to reproduce the second selection, she had come somewhat to her reason, and thought it sounded better, more human, and more an interpretation of her voice. “Don’t you think so?” [she addressed] to the “Yes, Ma’m” woman, and the reply, of course, was “Yes, it is much better …”.
Mr. Sooy concluded his Eames remarks: Mme. Eames’ last recording date was April 14, 1911, and the recording staff has not had one minute’s
unrest because she [no longer makes] records [for us].
3450. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 85052 [C-2315]. STILL WIE DIE NACHT (Bohm). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3455. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 85054 [C-2318]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2748. 12” Red Vla 88006 [C-2317]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Piano acc. Lbl. stkr. Late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4070. 12” Red Victor 88013 [C-2316]. WHO IS SYLVIA? (Schubert). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $7.00.
2985. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88015 [C-3074]. CHANSON D’AMOUR (Hollman). With JOSEF HOLLMAN [cellist] and piano. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4319. 12” White lbl. Red Vinyl Vla 88037 [C-4034-2]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4036. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 88135. SI TU LE VEUX (Koechlin); CHERUBIN: Aubade (Massenet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4107. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 89004 [2nd issued take]. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Rare. Rec. 5/22/07, replacing 1906 version. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2484. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89004 [3rd issued take]. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Rec. 4/6/09, replacing 1907 version. Lovely bright copy. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
3003. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 95202. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Che soave zeffiretto (Mozart). With MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s]. Lovely copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3675. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 43. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / DOPO (Tosti). From orig. 1906/1911 Victor matrices. Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3342. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 190. LA CHANSON DES BAISERS (Bemberg) / CAVAL-LERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Piano acc. side one. From orig. 1908/1906 Victor matrices. Label signed by Eames. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2498. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 113. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime. With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b] / DE GOGORZA [b]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (both Verdi). Orig. 1909 Victor matrices. Side two lbl. signed by De Gogorza. Neat white ink index mks. in inner margins. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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4109. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1016. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod) / FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod). Side two with CHARLES DALMORÈS [t], POL PLANÇON [bs]. From orig. 1905 (piano acc.) and 1907 Victor matrices. Both sides autographed, side one by Eames and side two by Dalmorès. Side one lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. Side two 1-2. $20.00.
4093. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 22. GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE (Schubert) / SPRING (Henschel); THE YEAR’S AT THE SPRING (Beach). Piano acc. From orig. 1911/1908 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
FLORENCE EASTON [s]. England, 1882-New York, 1955. Easton’s Met career included a huge variety of repertoire. She created Lau-retta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (1918) and also sang there parts such as Nedda, Brünnhilde, Sieglinde, Cio-Cio-San, Santuzza and Carmen. Elsewhere Easton appeared as Gilda, Isolde, and in yet dozens of other varied roles. Her hus-band was tenor Francis Maclennan.
2031. 10” Blk. Shellac Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 30022 [1416]. SING ME TO SLEEP (Greene). Rare. Missing from the Record Collector Easton Discography (XXI/9-10). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1433. 10” Brown Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30106 [5462]. MA CURLY HEADED BABY (Clutsam). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1692. 10” Red Scroll Victor 1705 [OB5557-I/ OB5562-I]. MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn) / MY LAD-DIE (Thayer). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1686. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1712 [OB5559-I/OB5560-I]. ICH BIN EINE HARFE / ALLE DINGE HABEN SPRACHE (both Erich Wolff). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. As new. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1335. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1712 [OB5559-I/OB5560-I]. Same as preceding listing (item #1686). Couple very lt. superficial scrs. and lt. rubbing, 2-3. $15.00.
1810. 10” SS Green Brunswick 10044 [5507]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1636. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15000 [6949/7274]. BOHÈME: Addio (Puccini) / CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1466. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15193. INDIAN LOVE CALL [from Rose-Marie] (Friml) / KISS ME AGAIN [from Mlle. Modiste] (Victor Herbert). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1623. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10211. CROON, CROON, UNDERNEAT’ DE MOON (Clutsam) / A BANJO SONG (Sydney Homer). With Male Trio side one (Albert Campbell, John Meyer, Frank Croxton). Side one few lt. rubs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $10.00.
2735. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50157. FAUST: Lasse-moi … Eternelle (Gounod) / TRA-VIATA: Parigi, o cara (Verdi). With MARIO CHAMLEE [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NELSON EDDY [b] 4047. 12 Bell Lab vertically cut center start 9/17/1932 test (plastic) BTL 2324. SERE-
NADE (Schubert). In German. Piano acc. Narrow stylus is suggested. Really first rate singing, before his movie years. Looks about 2-3, but I imagine this is how this test originally appeared. $25.00.
NINO EDERLE [t] 1678. 10” Plum PW Eng. Columbia D6113 [WB2685/WB2692]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una
furtiva lagrima / ELISIR D’AMORE: Adina credimi (Donizetti). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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RIZA EIBENSCHÜTZ-MALATA [s]. Budapest, 1870-Perchtoldsdorf (near Vienna), 1947. She studied at the Budapest Academy of Music, also with Marianne Brandt in Vienna. While a dramatic soprano, she also occasionally took mezzo parts. Her debut was in Leipzig as Selika in Meyerbeer’s l’Africaine in 1894. From 1895-97 she appeared in leading roles in Strassburg and from 1897-99 toured the U.S. with the Damrosch Opera Company, primarily singing Wag-nerian parts. 1899-1902 she was a leading artist in Leipzig, where she appeared in the world premiere of Weingartner’s Orestes. Then becoming a member of the Dresden Opera, Eibenschütz appeared in the world premieres of three Richard Strauss operas: Salome (1905), Elektra (1909) and Der Rosenkavalier (1911). In 1911 she married the conductor Oskar Malata.
1025. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Concert 3-44032/3-44031 [5076r/323ab]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Letter Duet (Mozart). With MINNIE NAST [s] / MARGARETE PREUSE-MATZENAUER [ms], PAUL BENDER [bs]. MIGNON: Schwalben-Duett (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $50.00.
IRENE EISINGER [s] 1040. 10” PW Green Polydor 24897 [3219½BH/
3220½BH]. DER FÜRST DER BERGE: Alt un jung / DER FÜRST DER BERGE: Kind-chen, sei hübsch brav (Lehár). Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1817. 10” PW Blk. (gold print) Victor V-60802 [BLR6177-I/BLR6175-II]. IN WIEN, WO DER WEIN UND DER WALZER BLÜHT / AUCH DU WIRST MICH EINMAL BETRÜGEN (both Stolz). Both from film Zwei Herzen in ¾ Takt. Side two with ERIK WIRL [t]. Beautiful pressing, particularly attractive performances. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2144. 10” Orth. Victor V-6122 [OD45-I/OD46-II]. ECHO-LIED / MAI-LIED (Granich-städten). Both from film Försterchristel. Superficial rubs, lt. mks., side one 3. Side two cons. 2-3. $10.00.
STELLA EISNER [s]. Vienna, 1883 - ? . Active in Vienna in the 1920s and early 1930s, Eisner (Eisner-Eyn) was an important figure in the Vienna Staatsoper (and earlier the Court Opera and Volksoper). She also appeard in Prague, 1914-18, and various companies as a guest. In addition she taught, one of her pupils having been the Finnish soprano Lia Piltti. Eisner left Germany for London in 1939. Her husband and stepdaughter were killed there in the Blitz, 1942. She then emigrated to San Francisco, where she also taught and was Lucine Amara’s first teacher (preparing her as a contralto). Only two discs are known of her singing, both made for Vox. – With appreciated help from Axel Weggen.
3026. 12” Vox acous.*02183 [2298A/2299A]. HUGUENOTS: Pagenarie (Meyerbeer) / ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Welcher Kummer (Mozart). Lbl. stains in trademark areas where apparently stickers were removed. Harmless superficial marks. Side one 2-3, side two 3. $35.00.
ELISE ELIZZA [s] 1044. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 63175. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Der Freund is dem (Goldmark) /
CHOR DER KGL. HOFOPER: CZAR UND ZIMMERMANN: Greifet (Lortzing). Side one among Elizza’s most notable records. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GERVASE ELWES [t]. Northampton, England,1866-Boston, 1921. Born of well to do parents, Elwes was originally in the diplomatic corps before embarking on a career as a singer. He was, as reviews occasionally cited, something of a cross between a tenor (without the highest notes) and a baritone (without the bottom). Within his range, ideal for most oratorio parts, he
was a brilliant interpreter and a leading recitalist in the U.K. and the United States. He took a particular interest in the art songs of his British contemporaries, and these constituted the majority of his recordings as well as a sizeable percentage of his concert programs. Elwes’ death
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occurred at the Boston Back Bay Railroad Station when, in the process of tossing back a coat that had been given him by mistake as he originally left the train, he slipped between the departing train and the walkway. The Columbia records below are all superb mid-‘20s laminated pressings.
2794. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia L1074 [6851/6852]. THE ROADSIDE FIRE (Vaughan Williams) / CUCKOO SONG (Roger Quilter). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3146. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia L1119 [75329/75330]. O MISTRESS MINE!; FAIR HOUSE OF JOY (both Quilter) / SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvo�ák). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3156. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia L1152 [75057/75360]. A CAROL OF BELLS (Stanford) / SEMELE: Where’er you walk (Händel). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ARTHUR ENDRÈZE [b]. Chicago, 1893-1975. Born Arthur Krackman, Endrèze studied at the University of Illinois. In 1918 he was accepted as a vocal student at the American Conserva- tory in Fontainebleau and prepared further with Jean de Reszke in Paris. His debut in opera was in Nice, 1925, as Mozart’s Don Giovanni. He soon became a principal baritone at the Paris Opéra- Comique and the Opéra, singing both standard baritone repertoire such as Valentin in Faust as well as principal roles in such exotic works as L’Aiglon (Honegger), La Chartreuse de Parme (Sauget), Guercoeur (Magnard) and Maximilien (Milhaud). He returned to America in 1940, where he worked primarily as a teacher.
3319. 12” Green PW Pathé PGT 12 [CPTX100/CPTX101]. DIE WALKÜRE: Adieux de Wotan (Wagner). Two sides. Orch. dir. François Ruhlmann. IMs. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
KARL ERB [t] 3585. 12” Blk., Brown, White acous. Odeon 76486 [XXB6072-2/XXB6073]. QUEEN OF
SHEBA: Magische Töne / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Du plätschert eine Silberquelle (Goldmark). IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2833. 12” Brown acous. Odeon Rxx76521;Rxx 76523 [XXB6076/XXB6078]. ES MUß EIN WUNDERBARES SEIN (Liszt); DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME (both Liszt) / ÜBER ALLEN GIPFELN IST RUH; DER MUSENSOHN (Mendelssohn). Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
RICHARD ERDÖS [bs]. Brno, 1881-Budapest, 1912. Despite being only 32 when he died, Erdös already had established an important position in several opera houses, including Frankfurt and Budapest, singing roles such as Daland, Zarastro, the Cardinal in La Juive and Baron Ochs in the 1911 Budapest premiere of Der Rosenkavalier.
1912. 10” Blk. Scala 47405/47406]. HUGUENOTS: Ima (Meyerbeer) / DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Piano acc. Small rim flake side one just to raised outer groove (i.e. harmless). Cons. 2-3. $20.00.
RALPH ERROLLE [t]. Chicago, Sept. 22, 1888 (most sources incorrectly list 1890)- Philadelphia, 1973. Born Errol Smith, Errolle studied at Racine College in Wisconsin. Upon graduation he decided to make singing his profession and made his debut at the age of 21 in the title role of Auber’s Fra Diavolo at the Marlowe Theater, Chicago. He was, as a result, offered a four year scholarship to study at the Chicago Musical College with Hermann Devries. He was then engaged by the Chicago Opera, where he made his debut as Lionel in Flotow’s Martha. His subsequent work included a tour of Australia with the Williamson Grand Opera Company, the St. Louis Civic Opera, the New Orleans Opera and the Metropolitan (1924-26). At the Met his roles included Romeo, Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), the Fisherman in Stravinsky’s The Nightingale, Paco in de Falla’s La Vida Breve and Gonzalve in Ravel’s l’Heure Espagnole. His last performances in opera seem to have been with the “Popular Priced Opera Company” in Brooklyn, 1941-42 as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana with soprano Herva Nelli. He was subsequently hired as head of the Music and Opera Department of Louisiana State University. His thrice married daughter, Martha, had a career in opera and musicals which continued until the 1980s. She died of suspicious circumstances at the age of 86, when her live-in companion, one Ray Westmoreland, aged 36, called 911. They arrived to find Martha with “severe bruises to her face and other areas of her head”. Mr. Westmoreland reported that she fell off the toilet seat and hit her head on the bathtub. He said he had put a pillow under her head, hoping that she would revive. After several hours, he noticed her breathing became labored and he finally made the emergency call. Ralph Errolle’s own marriages totaled five. He recorded for Columbia, Edison, vertical Brunswick and Gennett and made one electrical disc for the American Institute of Music, Arts and Drama in Montclair, NJ, which he headed.
2326. 10” Dk. Blue acous. Gennett 5306 [8604a/8605a]. STAY HOME, LITTLE GIRL, STAY HOME (Hanley) / WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW (Fiorito). Rare. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.
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LÉON [LÉONCE-ANTOINE] ESCALAÏS [t]. Near Narbonne, 1859-Paris, 1941. A student at the Toulouse and Paris Conservatoires, Escalaïs made his debut as Arnoldo in Rossini’s William Tell at the Paris Opèra in 1883. He appeared in most major French houses, as well as La Scala, 1888, where he was Eleazar in Halévy’s La Juive. In America, he sang leading roles with the French Opera in New Orleans. Escalais’ high Cs are perhaps the most brilliant sounds captured on disc by any tenor of the acoustic period.
2441. 11” Pink Sample unpublished Fonotipia matrix XPh1913. HÉRODIADE: Adieu donc, vains objets (Massenet). Piano acc. Only extant copy. Looks gen. 4 but plays very cleanly, including his blazing high notes.. You will be satisfied! $2000.00.
2442. 11” Pink Sample unpublished Fonotipia matrix XPh1914. MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi, dai prati (Boïto). In French. Piano acc. Only extant copy. Looks gen. 3, few LGTs. Tiny absolutely harmless rim patina grooved side only (scarcely noticeable). $2000.00.
REGINA VICARINO [s]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Unusual Los Angeles label. Side one black, side two red. Side one 2. Side two 2-3. $12.00.
NANCY EVANS [c]. Liverpool, 1915-Aldeburgh, 2000. A pupil of Maggie Teyte, Evans began her career as a member of the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus in the later 1930s. Her London stage debut was in Sullivan’s The Rose of Persia in 1938. In 1946 she alternated with Kathleen Ferrier in the English Opera Group’s first run of Britten’s Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne. The following year she created the role of Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring in the Covent Garden world premiere. She was noted particularly in British opera and in recitals. Her first husband was Walter Legge, who replaced her with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as his second wife. She, in turn, wed producer and librettist Eric Crozier, who became a co-founder of the Aldeburgh Festival with Britten and Peter Pears. Evans taught singing at the Britten-Pears School in Snape Maltings after her retirement and was made an OBE in 1991. Harold Rosenthaur, in the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, notes her “warm-toned voice and lively personality”. – Internet
4309. Plum HMV C.3165 [2EA8530-I/2EA8531-I]. OUT-WARD BOUND / THE WILLOW SONG; O MIS-TRESS MINE (all Adrian Wells Beecham, 1904-1982, son of Sir Thomas). Piano acc. Sir. Thomas Beecham. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Melrose, MA, 1882-Ridgefield, CT, 1967. Farrar’s earliest musical training was in the U.S. and then in Paris for a brief period with Mathilde Marchesi. She made her debut at the Berlin Hofoper, 1901, as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust and subsequently studied with Lilli Lehmann. From 1907 through 1922 she was one of the Metropolitan Opera’s major audience draws, and was that company’s first Cio-Cio-San, 1907, and Suor Angelica (world premiere, 1918). Carmen was a role she held virtually exclusively for a number of years and which became a particular favorite with New Yorkers after her portrayal of the part in a 1915 silent film. Farrar was an inveterate letter writer, particularly in her later years, and she created a volu-minous file of correspondence with a number of people. In these letters she expressed her opinions and feelings about everything and everyone from Senator Joseph McCarthy through Maria Callas.
2177. 10’” Blk. Berlin G&T 53344 [2173h]. TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Piano acc. Never reissued. Gorgeous copy, no wear of any kind. Two small, harmless chips on rim area blank side. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
2275. 10” White lbl. HMV 3620 (RCA late ‘30s pressing) [3798h]. CHERRY RIPE (Horn). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1131. 10” Red ’08 Pats. “A” Plate Vla 87055. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Sai cos’ ebbe cuore (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1584. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87136. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Via! così non mi lasciate! (Wolf-Ferrari). Farrar created the title role for the Met. As new. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2312. 10” Red “B” plate Victor 87165. MODEST HEART (Hugo Wolf). Almost impossible to find. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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1482. 10” Vinyl White lbl. RCA Victor 87165 [B-13137-1]. MODEST HEART (Wolf). Excel-lent early ‘60s pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1985. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 87257. SERENADE (Gounod). With Clement Barone [flute]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2239. 10” White Vla 87308. APPLE BLOSSOMS: Star of Love (Kreisler). Never doubled. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1811. 10” Red Victor 87508. DANTE: Nous allons partir (Godard). With EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]. Superb copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1146. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87509. AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE (Lully). With ED-MOND CLÉMENT [t]. Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1672. 10” PW Orth. Vla IRCC 55 [BVE-27731/B-26734-2]. SERENADE (Strauss) / CHANT VENETIEN (Bemberg). Both sides first editions. Side one elec. 1927/side two acous. 1922 matrices. Side two acous. style label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2313. 10” PW acous. Vinyl White lbl. Vla B-27731-2. SERENADE (Strauss). Never issued in any form. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
2007. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 45 [1316r/3798h]. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi) / CHERRY RIPE (Horn). From orig. G&T matrices. Lbl. signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3868. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88113 [take 2a]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3891. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88192 [take 1]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4110 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88359. LE DONNE CURIOSE: Il cor nel contento (Wolf-Ferrari). With HERMANN JADLOWKER [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4054. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88359. Same as preceding listing (item #4110). Nice bright copy, lt. superficial rubs, 2. $7.00.
3649. 12” White lbl. Red Vinyl Vla 88405. KÖNIGSKINDER: Lieber Spielmann (Humper-dinck). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2847. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88413. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4080. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88422. MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto). With EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]. Lovely copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
2786. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88421. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Gounod). With EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]. Glassy surface. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4018. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88421. Same as preceding listing (item #2786). Text label on verso. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $10.00.
2657. 12” White lbl. Victor 89015 [C-5014-2] (1st iss. take, 1908, replaced 1909). DON GIOVANNI: Quel castinetto … Là ci darem la mano (Mozart). Later take does not include the recitative. With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. VrBk. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4337. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. 89057. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Il dolce idillio (Wolf-Ferrari). With PASQUALE AMATO [n]. Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4269. 12” Red Victor 89059. MANON: On l’appelle, Manon (Massenet). With ENRICO CARUSO [t]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3797. 12” White lbl. elec. RCA Victor blk. vinyl CVE-37348-1/CVE-37349-1]. PUR DICES-TI (Lotti) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: E Susanna non vien … Dove sono (Mozart). Piano acc. Issued only as IRCC 40. No label for side two. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2842. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 61. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With ENRICO CARUSO [t] / CARUSO [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancora (Bizet). From orig. Camden 1912 and Milano 1904 matrices. Side one first edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
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3820. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 115 [C-9855/C-11608-2]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / LE DONNE CURIOSE: Tutte per te (Wolf-Ferrari). From orig. 1911/’12 Victor matrices, side one first edition. Autographed although the signature is somewhat faded. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3898. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 50. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With ENRICO CARUSO [6] / FARRAR [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (both Puccini). From orig. 1912/1909 Victor matrices. Side one only edition other than IRCC. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
MAFALDA FAVERO [s] 2000. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 4107-X [WB2451/WB2643]. PAGLIACCI: Stridono
lassù (Leoncavallo) / LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
1511. 10” Red Late VdP DA 1563 [OBA1825-III/OBA1234-IV]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini) / MARIA CANAGLIA [s]. SIBERIA: Qual vergogna (Giordano). Excellent late pressing, just about 1-2. $12.00.
1547. 10” Red Late VdP DA 11301 [OBA6168/OBA5401-II]. L’OMBRA: O tu che al sai (Bottachiari) / TANCREDI PASERO [bs]. FAUST: The che fai (Gounod). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2936. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 15837 [2BA1700-II/2BA1701-II]. AMICO FRITZ: Duetto delle ciliege (Mascagni). Two sides. With TITO SCHIPA [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
FRANCESCO FEDERICI [b] 1996. 10” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 45032 [13179b/13173b]. RIGOLETTO: Piangi fanciulla
With ALBERTINA CASSANI [s]. / ERNESTO BADINI [b]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GERMAINE FERALDY [s]. 1894-1949. A star of the Paris Opéra-Comique from 1924 to 1942, Feraldy had the range and technique that permitted her an exceptional variety of roles, such as Lakmé (one of her particular successes) and Philine through Mimì and Manon. She was a creator in Ravel’s l’Enfant et les Sortilèges and Rousseau’s Le Bon Roi Dagobert and is also remembered for her acting and attractive stage presence.
1263. 10” PW Blue French Columbia LF 81 [WL2980-1/WL1981-1]. VIRGINIE: Quand j’avais la taille fine (Alfred Bruneau). Two sides. Orch. dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1618. 10” PW Blue French Columbia D13098 [WL1582/WL1583]. MÉLODIES ARABES: [a] Le baiser dans la nuit; [b] La sultane de l’amour / [c] Une jeune fille; NOTRE MAISON (all Maurice Perez). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3721. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7263-M, 7264-M [WLX1203/WLX1196-2/WLX1197/ WLX1204]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Tomb Scene, Act 5 (Gounod). With GEORGES THILL [t]. Four sides. Excellent pressings. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GUY FERRANT [b] 2629. 10” French Columbia SS vinyl (pressed on 12”) DF 2435 [CL6175]. JE ME METZ EN
VOSTRE MERCY (Charles d’Orléans-Reynaldo Hahn). Piano acc. REYNALDO HAHN. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
EDOARDO FERRARI-FONTANA [t]. Rome, 1878-Toronto, 1936. Originally a medical student and then in the Italian diplomatic corps, Ferrari-Fontana appeared in operetta as an amateur baritone beginning in 1902. He continued, self-taught, to become a leading operetta artist. He eventually converted to tenor (presumably with some professional guidance), being hired by the Parma Opera, likely as a cover. The tenor recounted that while intently watching a Tristan und Isolde rehearsal, he was noticed by the conductor, Tulio Serafin. Said Serafin to him, “I sup-pose you would like to be singing this opera”. The tenor replied, “Yes, I would like to sing it. But I assure you that if I did so I would do a much better piece of work than that one”, pointing to tenor Fiorello Giraud on stage. Ferrari-Fontana had his opportunity when Giraud became ill, and he had a tremendous success. He repeated the same role with the Boston Opera in 1912 with Margarete Matzenauer, his new wife, tallying over 150 performances of the opera during his short career. The couple separated in 1915, Matzenauer telling the press that two singers shouldn’t marry. Her next husband, following her dictum, was a non-singer (her chauffeur), but that didn’t last either. Ferrari-Fontana seemed to develop vocal problems after his divorce. He took a second wife in 1919, and he continued singing through the 1920s, but often the reviews indicated that his voice wasn’t working well. He taught in Toronto from the later 1920s until his death.
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2839. 12” TC Columbia A5663 [36877-2/36878-2]. JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Madon-na dei dolori / JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Madonna, con sospiri (Wolf-Ferrari). Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2557. 12” TC Columbia A5721 [37235-2/37236-1]. CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet) / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Flush pressing. Good surface material. Cons. 2. $15.00.
EMILIE FEUGE [s]. ]. Rheinpfalz, 1863-Dessau, 1923. Feuge studied with Adolf Schimon in Munich and began her career in 1887 at the Berlin Hofoper. Also heard in Dessau and Schwerin, Feuge (Feuge-Gleiss) appeared at Bayreuth regularly from 1897 through 1906, most frequently as the Forest Bird in Siegfried. She and her husband, tenor Oskar Feuge (1861-1913), had a daughter who was also successful in opera (and who made only one record): soprano Elisabeth Feuge-Friedrich (1902-1942).
4433. 10” Blk. Bayreuth G&T 43575 [1114e]. SIEGFRIED: Sang des Waldvogels (Wagner). Recorded in Bayreuth, 1904. One of her only two recordings. Nice copy. 2. $500.00.
MIZZI FINK [s] 1559. 10” Dog Con. Gramophone 2-43350/2-44132 [1899y/4453L]. TALES OF HOFF-
MANN: Puppen-Arie / HERMINE BOSETTI [s], MARGARETE MATZENAUER [ms]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Barcarolle (Offenbach). Small PB side one,otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
GIUSEPPINA FINZI-MAGRINI [s] 9003. 11” Brown Odeon 59137/59138 [XPh1917/XPh1918]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA:
Volta la terrea fronte / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Saper vorreste (Verdi). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $20.00.
KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD [s] 1982. 10” Blue Scandinavian HMV AL 2265 [BN190-I/BN191-II]. SNE (Sigurd Lie) /
LYKKEN MELLEM TO MENNESKER (Eyvin Alnæs). Both sides acc. by Alnæs. 1929 recording. Excellent, quiet surfaces. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1597. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2009 [OEA5285-II/OCS397-II]. LOVE WENT A-RIDING (Frank Bridge) / SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvo�ák). Piano acc. Edwin McArthur. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2652. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 8859. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). Two sides. Orch. dir. Hans Lange. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
EDITHA FLEISHER [s] 2605. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68660. AN DER
SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU (Strauss) / GYPSY BARON: Wer hat euch denn getraut? (both J. Strauss). Both with MAX BLOCH [t]. Minor lbl. scrs. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.
3940. 12” Grey acous. Polyphon 50010 [1as/2as]. MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas) / HUGUE-NOTS: Pagen-Arie (Meyerbeer). Fine copy. Few rubs, 2. $20.00.
MIGUEL FLETA [t] 1557. 10” Red Vla 993. ¡ADIÓS TRIGUEÑA! (Vigil y
Robles) / MI TIERRA (Media-Villa). Mint condition, as are most listings with this grading. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2129. 10” Red acous. Vla 1066. LA DOLORES: Jota (Bretón) / LA FEMATERA Y LA VIR-GEN (Jotas). Both guitar acc. by Rondalla Ramirez. Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2227. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1259 [BJ605-I/BJ617-II]. MARINA: Salida de Jorge (Arrieta). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
MIGUEL FLETA
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2212. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1260 [BJ593-II/BJ594-I]. EL HUÉSPED DEL SEVILLANO: Can-ción de la Espada / EL HUÉSPED DEL SEVILLANO: Romanza (Guerrero). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2536. 12” Red Orth. Vla. 6666 [CJ619-II/CJ620-II]. MARINA: Duo Jorge-Roque / MARINA: Bridis (Arrieta). With EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3499. 12” Red Orth. Vla. 7208 [CJ2155-II/CJ1848-II]. HIMNO A LA EXPOSICIÓN DE SEVILLA (Quintero-Alonzo) / ORQUESTRA SINFÓNICA DEL GRAMÓFONO. SEVILLA (Albéniz). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2659. 12” Red PW (late ‘30s) Sp. Disco Gramófono DB 1507 [CN1142-I/CN1128-I]. EL DUO DE LA AFRICANA: Dúo-jota (Caballero). With MATHILDA REVENGA [s] / UN POLVILLO DÉ RAPÉ: Cuarteto (E. and J. Anglada). With T. ANGERRI, E. ANGLA-DA, J. ANGLADA. Orch. dir. Gelabert. Beautiful copy of this exceptionally rare item. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
3527. 12” White lbl. SS HMV DB 1507 [CN1128-1]. UN POLVILLO DÉ RAPÉ: Cuarteto (E. and J. Anglada). With T. ANGERRI, E. ANGLADA, J. ANGLADA. Orch. dir. Gelabert. Second side (only) of preceding listing (item #2659). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2720. 12” PW Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 58 [C-29286/C-27714]. CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mere (Bizet). With LUCREZIA BORI [s] / BORI [s], BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Bizet). Both sides unpublished. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
WLADYSLAV FLORIJANSKÝ [t]. Lvóv, 1854-1911. Born as Wladyslaw Floryan Koh-mann, Florijanský (or Florianski) began his career in Lvóv as an operetta singer. In the later 1880s he turned to opera and quickly became established as a leading tenor in Prague, Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and St. Petersburg, among other cities. In 1888 he was Lenski in the Prague premiere of Tschaikowsky’s Eugen Onegin (1888) and Hermann in the same composer’s Pique Dame (1892). His other roles included principal tenor roles in operas of Dvorák, Fibich and Smetana, as well as such Italian works as Aida, Otello and Cavalleria Rusticana. Late in his career (1906-07) he made a concert tour of the U.S. His records are very rare.
2398. 11” Brown Praha Odeon 38539/38519 [Vx497/XV62]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Air (Tschaikowsky) / FRANTIŠEK PACAL [t]. FRÜHLINGSZEIT (Becker). Piano acc. Rare. Speeds 81.8/89.7 (presuming the key of A). Side one 3-4 (although hardly any graying). Side two 4-5. Side two remarkably forward and the graying sounds only a bit. Looks considerably worse than it sounds. $50.00.
ELSA [OEHME-] FOERSTER [s] 3584. 12” Purple HMV FKX 189 [2D1470-2/2D1471-2]. LA BOHÈME: Final Scene Act 3
[Mimì-Marcell duet/Quartet] (Puccini). With ERNA BERGER [s], WALTER LUDWIG [t], WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. Small lbl. stkr. Excellent pressing, just about 1-2. $12.00.
CESARE FORMICHI [b] 4239. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1488 [A942/A960]. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza /
RIGOLETTO: Signor? Va, non ho niente (both Verdi). Side two with FERNANDO AUTORI [bs]. Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4240. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1491 [A895/A896]. LE JONGLEUR DE NÔTRE DAME: Légende de la Sauge (Massenet) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Maudite à jamais (Saint-Saëns). In French. Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
RITA FORNIA [ms]. San Francisco, 1878-Paris, 1922. Born Regina Newman, she adopted part of the name of her home state as a stage name. She made her debut as a coloratura soprano in Germany but soon came to find her true voice was a mezzo soprano. After this transition she sang both soprano and mezzo roles. She was a quick study and was often required to go on at the last minute. Once in Germany, she sang both Elisabeth and Venus in the same performance of Tannhäuser. Early in her Metropolitan career (her debut was in 1907), she filled in at the last minute for an ailing Emma Eames as Leonora in Il Trovatore and also for Marcella Sembrich in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, both to critical acclaim. For the latter performance she was given twenty-four hours’ notice, which was helpful, as she had previously sung Rosina only in German and had to learn the role in Italian in one day (these performances, of course, without a stage rehearsal). As a mezzo, she had particular success in 1911 as the Page in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette. She seemed content, however, to sing dozens of Suzukis to Farrar’s Butterfly as well as various small roles. Suzuki with Farrar turned out to be her final Met performance in 1922. Her Victor Red Seals are scarce and of particular aural appeal.
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4245. 10” Red Victor 64162. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2234. 10” Red Victor 64283. DAS ZAUBERLIED (Meyer-Helmund). piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1135. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64288. TES DOUX BAISERS [MADRIGAL] (Chaminade). Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4243. 10” Red “B” plate ’12 Pats. Victor 64289. ALLERSEELEN, Op. 85, No. 3 (Lassen). Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
4244. 10” Red “B” plate Victor 64290. DEIN GEDENK’ ICH, MARGARETHA, Op. 12, No. 2 (Meyer-Helmund). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1133. 10” White lbl. Vla 64299. FRÜHLINGSZEIT, Op. 3 (Becker). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1182. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87503. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Lo so che alle sue pene (Puccini). With RICCARDO MARTIN [t], ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
JOHN FORSELL [b] 2255. 10” Blk. PoW Victor V-24106 [837ae/2712e]. KUNGSSÅNGEN (Lindblad) / DU
GAMLA, DU FRIA (Swedish Folk Song). Has V.E. in oval in matrix (indicating an electrical recording), but it is an acoustic disc from original matrices. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
6602½b]. HUGUENOTS: Pagen-Arie (Meyerbeer) / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Puppenarie (Offenbach). Side one lt. NRs on lbl., small scr. (about ¼” of grooves), 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.
FERNAND FRANCELL [t]. 1880-1966. Francell made his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1906 as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon. His lengthy tenure there included principal tenor roles in a number of premieres, including Messager’s Fortunio (1907), Laparra’s La Habanéra (1908] and de Falla’s La vida breve (1914). While his career was mostly in France, he presented a recital in New York’s Town Hall in 1925. A reviewer for Musical America stated that Francell “disclosed a style in keeping with the best traditions of the French school. … He knows how to project a mood, and aided by a courtly manner and a diction that is in itself a thing of beauty, the singer succeeded in giving an evening of much pleasure.”
9008. 11” Brown Odeon 97389/97395 [XP4721/XP4753]. TRAVIATA: De ma folle jeu-nesse (Verdi) / FORTUNIO: Si vous croyez (Messager). Side two creator perfor-
mance. Cons. 2. $25.00.
BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Pienza, 1891-Rome, 1985. Franci studied in Rome with Antonio Cotogni and Enrico Rosati and made his debut at the Teatro Costanzi, 1917, in Mascagni’s Lodoletta, also appearing there in the premiere of Mascagni’s Il Piccolo Marat in 1921. His La Scala debut was as Amonasro in Aida, conducted by Toscanini. He was also noted there as Carlo Gerard in Andrea Chenier and, in 1924, the world premiere of Giordano’s La Cena delle Beffe. In 1940 he sang Barak in the Italian premiere of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. In Lon-don he was heard on occasions between 1926 (when he appeared as Scarpia to Jeritza’s Tosca) and 1946. He also performed leading roles at the Teatro Colón, the Paris Opera, Madrid’s Teatro Reale and the Berlin Opera. From 1928 to 1949 he was on the roster of the Rome Opera.
4051. 12” White Phonotype M.1808/M.2342. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). With FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t] / ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s], FERNANDO DE LUCIA [b]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Sia benedetto il dolore (Massenet). Nice copy of a particularly scasrce (and desirable) Phonotype. A few lt. rubs, 2. $90.00.
4052. 12” Green Phonotype N.1756/N.2306. LA GIOCONDA: O monumento / FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $75.00.
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2981. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1219 [CF2534-II/CF2535-II]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano Alvaro (Verdi). Two sides. With AURELIANO PERTILE [t]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3882. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1320 [CM994-II/CM993-I]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu / AIDA: Quest’assisa (both Verdi). Side two with LUISA LUCINI [s], VITTORIO LOIS [t], GUGLIELMO MASINI [bs], La Scala Cho. and Orch. dir. Gino Nastrucci. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
HEDWIG FRANCILLO-KAUFFMANN [s]. Vienna, 1878-Rio de Janeiro, 1948. A pupil of von Orgeni in Dresden, Rosario in Milan, and several others, Francillo-Kaufmann made her debut in Stettin, 1898, subsequently spending seasons with the operas in Wiesbaden, Munich, and Berlin (Hofoper and Komischen Oper). From 1908-12 she was a leading coloratura with the Vienna Staatsoper and then from 1912-1927 the Hamburg Opera. Guest appearances throughout Europe and South America as well as recitals kept her active until she retired in the late 1920s. An interview with her by the Musical Courier in 1929, however, states that she had retired during World War I and hadn’t returned to public life until 1927, when she reappeared as a concert singer. She mentions her friendship and performances with Caruso and that she had been an “unofficial teacher” (whatever that means) of Joseph Schwarz and Lotte Lehmann “and many others”.
3635. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Parlophon P.9445 [2-21424-2/2-21425]. LAKMÉ: Bell Scene (Delibes). Two sides. In German. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Fine pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
PAUL FRANZ [t] 4326. 12” PW Blue elec. French Columbia LFX 56 [LX643-4/WLX1351]. SIGURD: Le Buit
des chants (Reyer) / HÉRODIADE: Ne pouvait réprimer (Massenet). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NINÌ FRASCANI [ms]. Milan, 1878-1935? A student of Maestri G. Cosentino and F. Fuzzone, Frascani made her debut at the Naples Teatro San Carlo, 1902, in La Favorita with Bonci and De Luca. She subsequently appeared at Covent Garden, toured South America and then was heard in a number of Italian houses, including La Scala, when she was Fricka in Die Walküre. In 1912 she wed tenor Gaetano Tommasini and in the early 1920s appeared with him in New York. She was last mentioned as having sung in Italy in 1923 with Rosetta Pampanini in the premiere of the opera Colomba by N. van Westerouth. There seems to be no information on her after this period.
9068. 11” Fonotipia 39515/39788 [XPh2073/XPh2085]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) / MIGNON: Non conosci il bel suol (Thomas). Few MGTs side one, otherwise 2. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.
4429. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 53362 [2235h]. ALLA MIA BAMBINA [ROMANZA] (Unberto Giordano). Piano acc. by the composer, who also signed the matrix. While Crepuscolo triste (the following listing) turns up, this disc, likely made at the same session, is virtually unknown. Bright label. 2-3. $100.00.
2432. 12” PW Red Disco Grammofono DB 605 [312½i/1174c]. CREPUSCOLO TRISTE (Giordano) / FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. LOHENGRIN: Cigno gentil (Wagner). Concludes with pitch grooves. Side one matrix signed by conductor/composer Umberto Giordano. Gen. 2. $15.00.
BETTINA FREEMAN [ms] 2894. 12” Cream Notes Brazilian Columbia S5059 [30398-1/30399-1]. FAUST: Le parlate
d’amor (Gounod) / IL TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). Small lbl. stkr. Good pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3656. 12” TC Columbia A5213 [30394-2/30395-2]. L’ARDITA (Arditi) / CARMENA (Wilson). Good quality shellac, flush pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00
NINÍ FRASCANI [left] and ROSA RAISA
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Dr. FREDERICK C. FREEMANTEL [t]. Born in England, Dr. Freemantel began his mu-sical life as a choir boy. At the age of seven he became the leading boy soprano soloist at St. Bennett’s and All Saints Church in London. Following his voice change, Freemantel studied various musical subjects at the Guildhall School of Music and then voice privately with Alberto Randegger in London and Alfred Giraudet in Paris. He began work in the U.S. as a choral conductor, settling in the Philadelphia area and earning his Doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. Freemantel subsequently developed a career as a concert and oratorio tenor, later becoming noted as a voice teacher and publishing several books on vocal technique.
2353. 10” Blk. GP ’07 Victor 5038. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
Dich, teure Halle / LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum (both Wagner). Label signed by Fremstad. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
POVLA FRIJSH [s] 2294. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1652 [OB6680-1/OB6681-II. L’HIVER (Koechlin); LA
PLUIE (Georges) / PENDANT LE BAL (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Elof Nielsen. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2295. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1653 [OB6682-II/OB6683-I]. MED EN VANDLILJE (Grieg) / DANS LES RUINES D’UNE ABBAYE (Fauré). Piano acc. Elof Nielsen. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3873. 12” PW White lbl. SS Victor mat. CS-046415. DIE STADT; DER SCHMETTERLING (both Schubert). Piano acc. Rec. Jan., 1940. Unpublished. $35.00.
3874. 12” PW White lbl. SS Victor mat. CS-048933-1. POÈMES JUIFS: No. 1, “Chant de Nourrice” (Milhaud). Piano acc. Rec. 19 Apr. 1940. Unpublished. $35.00.
MARTA FUCHS [s] 2999. 12” White lbl. HMV blk. vinyl, mat. 2RA2190].
WIE MELODIEN ZIEHT ES MIR; DER SCHMIED (both Brahms). Piano acc. Unpub-lished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
LUCIEN FUGÈRE [bs-b]. Paris, 1848-Paris,1935. His career began as a café-concert singer, moving from there to operetta and in 1877 making his Paris Opéra-Comique debut. He left the Opéra-Comique in 1910 for the Paris Gaité-Lyrique, returning to the Opéra-Comique in 1919. His repertoire included well over 100 roles and a number of creations, including parts in the premières of Massenet’s Cendrillon (1899) and Grisélidis (1901), as well as Charpentier’s Louise (1900). His final performance seems to have been a recital in 1932 (at the age of 85). Fugère’s Columbia records were made in 1928-29 and his Zonophones in 1902.
2128. 10” PW Blue elec. French Columbia D13045 [WL1022/WL1023]. LA BASOCHE: Elle m’aime! / LA BASOCHE: Trop lourd est le poids (André Messager). Creator in the 1890 Opéra-Comique world premiere. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1837. 10” PW Blue elec. French Columbia LF 16 [WL2091/WL2092]. LE ROI MALGRÉ LUI: Couplets de Polonais / LE ROI MALGRÉ LUI: Couplets des Gondoles (Cha-brier). Creator in the 1887 premiere. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
4323. 12” PW Blue elec. French Columbia D15119 [WLX350/WLX768]. LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Légende de la Sauge (Massenet) / MARISE BEAUJON [s], GEORGES THILL [t]. LOHENGRIN: Acte III Duo (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
LUCIEN FUGÈRE as Beauval in La Fille de Tabarin
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YOSHIE FUJIWARA [t]. Osaka, 1898-1976. Fujiwara’s mother was a geisha and his father, Neil B. Reid, Scottish. He was adopted and raised by Tokuzaburo Fujiwara, but Mr. Reid, his birth father, provided funds for his education and his vocal studies in Milan. Fujiwara was an internationally successful concert singer from the mid-1920s. His operatic debut was as Rodolfo in La Boheme at the Paris Opèra-Comique in 1932. Two years later he founded the Fujiwara Opera in Japan. He continued appearing internationally well into the 1950s.
1042. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4044. AKI NA UTA [SONG OF AUTUMN] (Suaiyama) / SUSU-KIPPO [PAMPAS GRASS] (Yanada). Piano acc. Leroy Shield. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1964. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4047. FUNA UTA [BOATMAN’S SONG] (Konoye) /WAGA NAMIDA [MY DEAR] (Sugiyama). Piano acc. Maxim Schapiro. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1531. 10” Red Orth. Vla. 4047. Same as preceding listing (item #1964). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
1956. 10” Red Japanese Orth. Victor 13279 [OM505-II/4845]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) / TABI NO TORI (S. Fujii). In Japanese. Both with orchestra. Not on Victor (nor on HMV, so it seems). Cons. 2. $20.00.
ZITA FUMIGALLI-RIVA [s] 2849. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1612 [2-482/2-6502]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vedi? la
luce incerta (Giordano) / LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). Both with ANTONIO CORTIS [t]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Near Stallin, Germany, 1872-Berlin,1 932. Gadski began voice lessons when she was six with Frau Schroeder-Chaloupka, her only teacher, with whom she remained for twelve years. She made her debut with the Kroll Opera at the age of 16, singing at first small roles. She re-mained with that company until 1893 while also filling guest engagements elsewhere. Her American debut was at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1895 with the Damrosch Company, singing Elsa in Lohengrin, her first Wagnerian role. The following year she created Hester Prynne in Walter Damrosch’s The Scarlet Letter. She joined the Metropolitan Opera Company under Maurice Grau in 1898, singing Wagnerian parts as well as many other roles, such as Donna Elvira, Pamina, Santuzza, Aida, Micaela, and the leading soprano role in Dame Ethyl Smyth’s Der Wald. She left the company in 1904 for two seasons, singing primarily in concert, rejoining the Met in 1906, where she remained until 1917. She lived in Bay Shore, Long Island from then until 1921, when she resumed her career in con-cert, also appearing in vaudeville with the Keith management. She then returned to Germany for a period and in 1927 was back in America, where she promoted a new German cure for diabetes. She was, however, pressured back into the musical world in a Carnegie Hall concert performance of Tannhäuser, which was favorably received. She then performed frequently with the touring German Grand Opera Company, still achieving glowing audience enthusiasm. Her death was the result of an auto accident in Berlin.
1035. 10” Red “B” plate GP ’08 Victor 87019. WIDMUNG (Schumann). Piano acc. by Frank La Forge (uncredited on lbl.). Very scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2265. 10” White lbl. Vla 87098. DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen thaten (Wagner). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1754. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87100. AUF FLÜGELN DES GESANGES (Mendelssohn). Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2042. 10” Red Victor 87167. DIE WALKÜRE: Du bist der Lenz (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2048. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 128. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Thaten / GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Betrug! Schändlichster (Wagner). Side two first edition, otherwise unpublished (except for AGSA issue). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JOHANNA GADSKI assisting her estate's grounds crew
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1699. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 36. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Helle Wehr! / GÖTTERDÄM-MERUNG: Betrug! Schändlichster Betrug! (Wagner). From 1909 Victor matrices. Side two otherwise unpublished (except for IRCC issue). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3286. 12” White lbl. Vla 88362. LOBETANZ: An allen Zweigen (Thuille). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3593. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88362. Same as preceding listing (item #3286) but early pressing. Lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
2493. 12” Red Victor 88370. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Versank ich jetzt (Wagner). With OTTO GORITZ [b]. Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2792. 12” Red “C” plate Victor 88377. LOHENGRIN: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen (Wagner). Label signed in black ink by Gadski. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3289. 12” White lbl. Vla 88377. Same as preceding listing (item #3292) but white label and not signed. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2662. 12” Red “A” plate ’12 Pats. Victor 88440. STILL WIE DIE NACHT (Goetze). With OTTO GORITZ [b]. Another particularly bright copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3932. 12” Red Victor 88515. DIE WACHT AM RHEIN (Wilhelm). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3483. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 89067. AIDA: Ciel! Mio Padre! (Verdi). With
PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3440. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 89068. AIDA: Su dunque! (Verdi). With PASQUALE
AMATO [b]. Test label on verso. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3378. 12” White lbl. Vla 95201 [take 1]. MEISTERSINGER: Quintet (Wagner). With MARIE MATTFELD [c], ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t], ALBERT REISS [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3171. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 121. TANNHÄUSER: Verzeiht wenn ich nicht weiss / TANNHÄUSER: Zurück von Ihm! (Wagner). From orig. 1913 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3731. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 140 [C-7025/C-10131-2]. BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch einen liebe Schatz (Smetana). With ALBERT REISS [t] / REISS [t]. SIEG-FRIED: Zwangvolle Plage! (Wagner). Side one piano acc. Side one first edition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3827. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 146 [C-11723/C-11725]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Versank ich jetzt / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wohl kenn’ ich Weibes (Wagner). Both with OTTO GORITZ [b]. From orig. 1912 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3606. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 12 [C-7025/273ac]. BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch einen liebe Schatz (Smetana). With ALBERT REISS [t] / EMMY DESTINN [s]. DALIBOR: Wär ich wahr? (both Smetana). Side one piano acc. From orig. Camden, 1909/Berlin, 1910 matrices. Side one only issue other than IRCC. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3288. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 23. LOBETANZ: An allen Zweigen (Thuille) / DIE WACHT AM RHEIN (Wilhelm). The only doubling of both of these rare sides (except for IRCC issue of side one). From orig. 1911-1914 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00
PEDRO GAILHARD [b]. 9019. 11” Fonotipia 39229/37041 [XPh602-2/XM.112]. FAUST: Sérénade / LA SCALA
CHORUS. FAUST: O Gloria cinti d’allor (Gounod). Side one excellent condition, cons. 2. Reverse side two small scrapes which will sound, otherwise 2. $800.00.
CARLO GALEFFI [b] 1392. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 14297-F [WB1006/WB1007]. ANDREA CHÉNIER:
Un di m’era di gioia (Giordano) / IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3823. 12” Gold acous. Flags Columbia S-5130 [74198/74199]. NABUCCO: Chi mi toglie / NABUCCO: Dio di guida (Verdi). One minor depression should not be a problem, few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
2533. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8926-M [74804-1/74805-1]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leon-cavallo) / LA GIOCONDA: O Monumento (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2608. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 52812-D [WBX291/WBX302]. RIGOLETTO: Duetto Sparafucile-Rigoletto (Verdi). With E. DOMINICI [bs] / ALESSANDRO GRANDA [t]. RIGOLETTO: Introduzione e Ballata (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE NESSI [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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YVONNE GALL [s] 3005. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia LFX 5 [WLX1192-1/WLX1193-1]. LA DAMNATION DE
FAUST: Romance de Marguerite (Berlioz). Two sides. Orch. dir. Henri Büsser. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
AMRI GALLI-CAMPI [s]. Honesdale, PA, 1899- New York, 1997. Born Irmendgard Gallenkamp, her professional name was likely constructed to be reminiscent of Amelita Galli-Curci, who had, for all practical purposes, retired as Galli-Campi’s career ascended. She appeared once with the Metro-politan Opera (on tour in Cleveland) after “considerable experi-ence in Europe”, and was reported to have been given a four-minute ovation after “Caro nome”. Her failure to have received subsequent engagements by the Met could possibly have been a result of pressure by the leading coloratura there, Lily Pons. As a composer, Galli-Campi’s opera Air Castles , completed in 1935, was presented at the opening of the New York World’s Fair, 1940. During the 1930s and ‘40s she was often heard on the radio and toured as well as a concert singer. Later she taught, one of her pupils having been actor/singer Joel Grey. She never recorded commercially. –Some details from Victoria Etnier-Villamel’s, “From Johnson’s Kids to Lemonade Opera”
2599. 12” Universal Acetate (unnumbered). DREAMIN’ TIME (Strickland) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Act 3 Aria (Pasiello). From Jan. 2, 1945 CBS broadcast (line trans-mission). Cons. 2. $15.00.
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s] 1069. 10” Red “B” plate Vla 64748. MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO: Non so più cosa son (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2325. 10” Red Vla 64749. LITTLE DORRY (Armando Seppilli). Her rarest acoustic. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2202. 10” Red Vla 64807. CRÉPUSCULE [TWILIGHT] (Massenet). In French. With celeste and strings. Two noontime toots from the nearby Campbell Soup Company in Camden can be faintly heard during the first verse, but not enough to break the spell of this evocative performance. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1900. 10” Red Vla 64929. WHEN CHLORIS SLEEPS (Homer Samuels). In English. Charming. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1260. 10” Red Vla 66125. LUCIA: Spargi d’amaro pianto (Donizetti). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
9059. 10” (oversized) Orth. Vla test BVE-59731-1. LA DANZA (Rossini). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. RCA Vr Bk. “Z”-type shellac. Issued only on VA series. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1010. 10” Red Vla 627. TRAVIATA: Sempre libera / TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
2162. 10” Red Vla 630. LITTLE BIRDIES (Buzzi-Peccia) / WHEN CHLORIS SLEEPS (Homer Samuels). A “must” for Galli-Curci fanciers (and isn’t everyone?!). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2195. 10” Red acous. Vla 633. SONNAMBULA: Sovra il sen (Bellini) / LOVE’S MESSEN-GER WALTZ (Chopin, Op. 64, arr. Buzzi-Peccia). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2147. 10” Red acous. Vla 1018. DON CÉSAR DE BAZAN: Sevillana (Massenet) / MANON: gavotte (both Massenet). Side one signed by Galli-Curci (“To Philip, très sincere-ment”). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1053. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1167. LA HIJAS DEL ZEBEDEO: Carceleras (Chapí) / SERENATA (Tosti). Piano acc Homer Samuels. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
AMRI GALLI-CAMPI
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI (left) and LILY PONS
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1518. 10” Red “Z” type shellac Victor 1174. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With Clement Barone [flute]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1369. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1267. PARLA! (Arditi) / THE GYPSY AND THE BIRD (Benedict). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1864. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1338. LA PALOMA (Yradier) / LA CAPINERA (Benedict). Side one piano acc. Homer Samuels. Side two orch. and Clement Barone [flute]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1337. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1355. LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Moore) / HOME, SWEET HOME (Bishop). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $6.00.
1314. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac 1440. CLAVELITOS (Valverde); ESTRELLITA (Ponce) / RUSSIAN NIGHTINGALE SONG (Alabieff). Side one piano acc. Homer Samuels. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4396. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1440. Same as preceding listing (item #1314) but slightly later pressing. Fine pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $7.00.
1105. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1754. TRAVIATA: Un di felice / TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). With TITO SCHIPA [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1316. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1755 [takes 8/10]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima / DON PASQUALE: Tornami a dir (Donizetti). With TITO SCHIPA [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4400. 10” Red PoW RCA Victor 10-0026 [takes 8/11]. Same as preceding listing (item #1316) but Post-War edition and different take side 11. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1242. 10” PW Blk. (gold print) Victor 26568. PARLA! (Arditi) / SERENATA (Tosti). Side one with orch. Side two with piano acc. by Homer Samuels. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1312. 10” Red late. VdP DA 1028 BVE-41236-1/BVE-41237. RIGOLETTO: Ah! Veglia, o donna /RIGOLETTO: Piangi, fanciulla (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4307. 12” Red Vla 74500 [take 4]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 2731. 12” Red Vr 74509. LUCIA: Il dolce suono (Donizetti). Flute obb. by Clement Barone.
Superb copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 2640. 12” Red “C” plate Vla 74639. VILLANELLE (dell’ Acqua). Flute obb. by Manuel
Berenguer. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 4312. 12” Red acous. Vla 6469. DINORAH: Capretto adorata! … Si, Carina (Meyerbeer) /
PRETTY MOCKING BIRD (Bishop). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4148. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6924. LO! HERE THE GENTLE LARK (Bishop) /
PEER GYNT: Solveig’s Song (Grieg). Perfect, glassy copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2983. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6924. Same as preceding listing, item #4148, but
slightly later pressing which is just about as fine. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3391. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 7110. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas) / IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2784. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 7655 [takes 38/6]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome
(Verdi) / STAR OF THE NORTH: Air with Two Flutes (Meyerbeer). Another superb pressing, as are all of these Galli-Curci listings (and the majority of other records in this catalogue as well). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4085. 12” Red PW (silver print) Victor 7655 [21/6]. RIGOLETTO: Gualtier Maldè … Caro nome (Verdi) / STAR OF THE NORTH: Air with Two Flutes (Meyerbeer). Note that side one is a different take than the previous version, this including the recitative. One tiny (harmless) LSS. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3233. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7658. CANTATA (Scarlatti, arr. Van Leeuwen) / PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: O riante nature (Gounod). With Clement Barone [flute]. Very rare original. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3689. 12” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla matrix CVE-19148-3. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Unpublished. This electric version is sung in the key of F, while the earlier acoustic version was sung up a step in G. Master had some corrosion which causes noise in spots the last inch or so. Otherwise just about 1-2. $25.00.
2877. 12” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla matrix CVE-19149-3. HOME, SWEET HOME (Payne-Bishop). With orchestra. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3854. 12” Red HMV DB 1165 [CVE-41234/CVE-41235]. LA TRAVIATA: Imponete! / LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Crayon mks. (former radio station copy). Quiet surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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MARIA GALVANY [s] 1056. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87056 [10894b]. VARIAZIONI (Proch). As mint, as with the
other “just about 1-2” listings in this catalogue. $8.00.
1082. 10” Red Victor 87059 [4728h]. MAGIC FLUTE: Aria della Regina (Mozart). Small lbl. stain, otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2316. 10” Red Vla 87060 [4728h]. Same as preceding listing (item 2316) but a bit later pressing. In equally top condition. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1068. 10” Red Victor 91501 [4730h]. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Wild doings! Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1284. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 92. [11187½b/11190b]. OUVI DIZER [FADO PORTU-GUEZ] (Neupatk) / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3438. 12” Red Angel Gram. Monarch 053163 [1308c]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valzer (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3870. 12” Red Victor 88221 [1454c]. LUCIA: Spargi d’amaro pianto (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4260. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89045 [1443c]. LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). With FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2476. 12” Red Vla 89046 [1446c]. I PURITANI: Vieni fra queste braccia (Bellini). With FRANCESCO MARCONI [t]. Just about 1-2 (i.e. as new). $15.00.
3644. 12” Red Vla 89145 [1456c]. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). With REMO ANDREINI [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3087. 12” Red Vla 89145 [1456c]. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Same as preceding listing (item #3644) Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
4266. 12” White RCA Victor Custom black vinyl 92500 [1312½c]. HAMLET: Nega se puoi la luce (Tho-mas). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2527. 12” Red Vla 8057. SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s] / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t]. SONNAMBULA: D’un pensiero (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
FRASER GANGE [b] 3070. 12” Blue PW elec. Columbia 7277-M [W98611-1/
W98612-3]. XERXES: Ombra mai fu / SCIPIO: Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves (both Händel). Top pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
EDOARDO GARBIN [t] 2394. 10” Red Monarch 91029 [2838-w2]. MANON
LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Piano acc. Mislabeled as being from “Massanet’s Manon”. Piano acc. 4, but very little graying. $35.00.
2395. 10” Red Milano G&T [2840-v]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). 2-3. $50.00.
3034. 12” Fonotipia 74176/74129 [XXPh3409/XXPh3453]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi / GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
MARY GARDEN [s]. Aberdeen, 1874- Inverurie, 1967. Raised in Chicago, Garden first studied there and then, via the generosity of a sponsor, in Paris with Trabadelo and Fugère. She made her debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique during a performance of Charpentier’s Louise, 1900, when the soprano on stage collapsed. Garden began with “Depuis le jour” and by the end of the opera she had achieved immediate acclaim. Two years later, Debussy selected her to create Méli-sande in the world premiere of Pélleas et Mélisande, much to the anger of the author of the play, Maeterlinck, who was pushing his mistress, Georgette Leblanc, for the honor. Garden went on to create a number of other roles. She was a great attraction at the Hammerstein Opera in New York and for years with the Chicago Opera, which she even directed for one season. Her final operatic performance was in Alfano’s Résurrection at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1934. She had a remark-
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remarkable knack for attracting press attention with her opinions on various matters and through reports of her colorful affairs, real or imagined. In a letter dated August 14, 1951 to Gordon Whelen, Garden expressed her view on her recordings: “I can’t stand to hear my records, they are so poor and so bad. My sister had them and when she wanted to get rid of me she put them on – and off I went home. I simply can’t bear them.” Many would not share her opinion! See also Edison Cylinder and Pathé listings.
1157. 10” PW Silver IRCC 106. PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Excerpt / GREEN [Ariette No. 5] (Claude Debussy). RRs from 1904 French G&Ts. Piano acc. by the composer. Label autographed by Garden. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1161. 10” PW Silver IRCC 107. L’OMBRE DES ARBRES [Ariette No. 3] / IL PLEURE DANS MON COEUR [Ariette No. 2] (both Debussy). RRs from 1904 French G&Ts. Piano acc. by the composer. Label autographed by Garden. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $35.00.
1705. 10” Lt. Blue Eng. Columbia D1362. COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE / BLUEBELLS OF SCOTLAND (Old Scottish Airs). Side two issued only in England. Gen. 2. $10.00.
1713. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1216. AT PARTING (Rogers) / AT DAWNING (Cadman). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1848. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1439. CLAIR DE LUNE, Op. 63, No. 1 (Szulc) / BEAU SOIR (Debussy). Piano acc. Jean Dansereau. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1718. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1480. AFTON WATER (Burns) / ANNIE LAURIE (Scott). Piano acc. Jean Dansereau. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1291. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1539. OVER THE STEPPE, Op. 5, No. 1 (Gretchaninov) / CARMEN: Card Song (Bizet). Scarce original issue. Side one piano acc. Jean Danserau. Side two with orch. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2819. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5284 [30695/30696]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah! fors’ è lui / LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). In French. Beautiful laminated pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00.
3533. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7254. JOCK O’ HAZELDEAN (Scottish Air) / IN THE GLOAMING (Harrison). Recorded in Wan-amaker Store Auditorium, Alexander Russell [organist]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MABEL GARRISON [s] 1863. 10” Red Vr 64637. DIXIE (Emmett). With
Victor Male Quartet [Lambert Murphy, Harry Macdonough, Reinald Werrenrath, William Hooley]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1853. 10” Red Vla 64811. VOUS DANSEZ, MAR-QUISE (Gaston Lemaire). Charming! Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2351. 10” Red Vla 64978. PARYSATIS: Nightin-gale and the Rose (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1288. 10” Red Vla 636. KISS ME AGAIN (Her-bert) / THE ONLY GIRL: When You’re Away (both Victor Herbert). Attractive timbre and fine technique. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
ALFONSO GARULLI [t] 2408. 10” Blue Zonofono X-1553. SERENATA-SERA DI PARADISO (composer?). With
ERNESTINA BENDAZZI-GARULLI [s]. Bright label. Stuck groove at start and one skipped groove during piano introduction. Ndle. scr. first quarter inch. Few LGTs. Otherwise looks quite clean, 2-3. $150.00.
Hear My Prayer (Wallace) / SEMELE: Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Händel). One harmless short hair patina side one. 2. $7.00.
MABEL GARRISON being shipped by husband, conductor GEORGE SIEMONN, to her next concert
engagement?
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4059. 12” Blk. Columbia acous. 5057-M [49946-7/49961-2]. IL BACIO (Arditi) / I CAN-NOT SING THE OLD SONGS (Claribel). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EVA GAUTHIER [ms]. Ottawa, 1885-New York, 1958. Gauthier began her vocal studies in Ottawa with Frank Buels. After local success as a church soloist in 1901, Gauthier, as a protégé of her uncle, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Canada’s Prime Minister, studied in Europe with several celebrated teachers including Jacques Bouhy, William Shakespeare and Anna Schoen-René. She appeared in 1906 as an assisting artist to Emma Albani in her farewell tour of Canada. Further studies took place in Italy with Giuseppe Oxilia, and she made her Italian debut in 1910 at the Parma Teatro Regio and then at Covent Garden. In 1911 she wed Franz Koote, a plantation owner in Java. She toured the Far East and added some interesting Javanese songs to her repertoire, but evidently she preferred Western life sans Mr. Koote. Her career was thereafter mainly devoted to the concert stage with a particular focus on contemporary music ranging from Stravinsky to George Gershwin. An Ernestine Gauthier, also a mezzo-soprano, sang in the 1913 period with the Boston Opera, but she appears to be no relative, as her place of birth is given as Springfield, MA.
1196. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 105. LE PRÉ AUX CLERCS: Souvenirs du jeune age (Hérold) / ROMANCE; FANTOCHES (Debussy). From orig. 1917 Victor matrices. Label side one signed by Gauthier. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2322. 10” Blk. acous. Blk. Victor 69669. CHANSON TRISTE (Duparc) / ROMANCE; FANTOCHES (Debussy). Very fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
1271. 10” PW acous. Blk. (gold print) Victor 72166. LE PONT D’AVIGNON; AH! VOUS DIRAI-JE, MAMAN; LA BONNE AVENTURE; J’AI DU BON TABAC / LA CASQUETTE DU PÈRE BUGEAUD; LA MIST’ EN LAIRE; FRÈRE JACQUES; EN PASSANT PAR LA LORRAINE (Old French Songs). Beautiful late ‘30s pressing, the first I’ve seen of this. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
JULIETTE GAUTHIER [s]. Ottawa, 1881-1972. A younger sister of Eva Gauthier (despite the spelling differences in last names), Juliette studied first at McGill University and won a scholarship to continue her studies in Europe. Here she studied violin for two years in Budapest with Jenö Hubay and then four years of voice in Italy with Vincenzo Lombardi. She claimed to have been a descendent of Pierre Gaultier de la Verendrye, discoverer of the Canadian Rockies, and usually billed herself as Juliette Gaultier de la Verendrye. Her interest in folk music, particularly Eskimo and various Indian tribes in Northern Canada, was presented to the public in the form of lecture-recitals, one such given at New York’s Town Hall on April 8th, 1927. Here her presentation was “in Eskimo dress against a background of the rising sun.” Said the Musical America reviewer, “There were songs to illustrate every mood. … Mlle. Gaultier’s voice is an exceedingly attractive one, with a curious, plaintive note peculiarly well adapted to the songs she sang.”
1279. 10” PW Blk. elec. (gold print) Victor 22329. TAMA SONG; PARETIN SONG (British Colum-bia Red Indian Songs) / CALL OF THE SEL; STONE AGE DANCE-SONG; INCANTATION FOR HEALING THE SICK; ESKIMO CHANT (Eskimo Songs). With tom-tom acc. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARIA GAY [c] 1272. 10” Columbia Vinyl pressing mat. 19854-1. IL
TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). Rare. Original issue (H51) issued in So. America only. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2641. 12” Cream Notes Brazilian Columbia S5074 [30921-1/30924-4]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui Santuzza? (Mascagni). With GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t] / FAUST: Tardi si fà (Gounod). With ALICE NIELSEN [s] Side two issued only in South America. Small harmless PB. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4412. 12” TC Brazilian Columbia H1101 [36374-2/36361-1]. ORFEO: Che faro senza Euridice (Gluck) / EMMY DESTINN [s], GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. IL TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). Side one issued only in South America. Gen. 2. $20.00.
3822. 12” White lbl. HMV 033039 [2151f]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARIA GAY as Carmen
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NICOLAI GEDDA [t] 3759. 12” Red Eng. Odeon ZAA 25 [XXSto8276-2A/XXSto8277-2A]. POSTILLON DU
LONJUMEAU: Polsillonvisa (Adam) / TSAREWITSH: Volgasången (Lehár). In Swedish. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
AMERIGO GENTILINI [t]. Pisa, 1910-1988. Beginning work as a typographer, he studied voice and made his debut in Pisa, 1939, as Pinkerton. The next year he was leading tenor at the Teatro Costanzi’s first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Le Coq d’Or. At La Scala, beginning in 1942, he was heard as principal tenor in I Puritani (including the high F), as well as in La Sonnambula and as the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier. Upon retiring in 1958 (another source indicating in 1953 following the death of his wife) he returned to his first career as a typographer.
4211. 10” Blk. Italian Columbia DQ 2985 [CB9299-II/CB9300-II]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi) / I PURITANI: A te, o cara (Bellini). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
ELENA GERHARDT [ms]. 1884. 10” Plum PoW elec. Japanese Victor NF-
4143 [Bb7883-I/Bb9436-I]. VOR DEM FENSTER, Op. 14, No.1 (Brahms) / DIE FORELLE (Schubert). Piano acc. Paula Hegner. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2289. 10” PW Silver Victor acous. IRCC 11 [5167h/5169h]. HEIMWEH / UND WILLST DU DEINEN LIEBSTEN STEREN SEHEN (both Wolf). Piano acc. ARTUR NIKISCH. From orig. 1907 London matrices. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
3088. 10” (pressed on 12”) vinyl HMV 2-43397 [13723e]. VERBORGENHEIT (Wolf). Piano acc. ARTHUR NIKISCH. From orig. 1911 London matrix. Sound on these vinyl pressings is probably better than via mint shellacs. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
3509. 10” (pressed on 12”) vinyl HMV 2-43440 [13437r]. STÄNDCHEN (Strauss). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
3510. 10” (pressed on 12”) vinyl HMV 2-43441 [13438r]. CÄCILIE (Strauss). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
3511. 10” (pressed on 12”) vinyl HMV 2-43442 [13439r]. ER IST’S (Wolf). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $35.00.;
3089. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 043203 [5115f]. SAPPHISCHE ODE (Brahms). Piano acc. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
2994. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 043100 [5117f]. MONDNACHT (Schumann). Piano acc. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
3503. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6881 [Cc10421-I/Cc10437-II]. FRÜHLINGSSTRAUM / WASSERFLUTH (both Schubert, from Die Winterreise). Piano acc. Coenraad V. Bos. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
JEANNE GERVILLE-RÉACHE [c]. Orthez, 1882-NY City, 1915. A pupil of Rosine Laborde, Gerville-Réache also coached with Pauline Viardot, who prepared her for her 1899 Opéra-Comique debut as Gluck’s Orpheus. Three years later, at the age of twenty, she created the mother, Geneviève, in the Paris Opèra-Comique world premiere of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande. 1907 marked her American debut with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera. She subsequently appeared in Chicago and Canada as well. Wagnerian roles were part of her repertoire, and she also was Clytemnestra in the 1910 American premiere of Strauss’s Elektra. As with Schumann-Heink, the Clytemnestra of the Dresden world premiere, Gerville-Réache almost immediately retired the role, considering it too wearing vocally. Her tragic death at the age of 32 was the result of blood poisoning.
1820. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87027. WERTHER: Va, lasse couler mes larmes (Massenet). IMs. Very lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
1744. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87035. CHANSON SLAVE (Chaminade). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2808. 12” Red Pats. “B” plate Vla 88278. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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2558. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1004. L’ENFANT PRODIGUE: Air de Lia (Debussy) / ORFEO: J’ai perdu mon Euridice (Gluck). From orig. 1909/1911 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
IDA GIACOMELLI [s]. Her debut was at the Teatro Bellini in Naples, 1903, as Leonora in Il Trovatore and she appeared on stage through at least 1917. While she sang in South America in 1907-08 and London in 1914, most of her career was centered in Italy in theaters such as the Dal Verme in Milano, Parma’s Teatro Regio and the Teatro Alfieri in Asti. Her repertoire included mainly dramatic roles such as Santuzza, Norma, Gioconda and Aida.
4095. 12” Blk. GP ’07 “A” plate Victor 58329 [548c]. UN BALLO IN MACHERA: Ah! quell soave brivido (Verdi). With GINO MARTINEZ-PATTI [t]. Nice copy. Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
DUSOLINA GIANNINI [s]. Philadelphia, 1902 - Zurich, 1986. Dusolina’s first teacher was her father, Ferruccio. She later studied with Marcella Sembrich and made an unexpected debut at Carnegie Hall in 1923 replacing an ailing Anna Case. In 1924 she began a twelve year career in Europe, which included the Berlin Opera, Covent Garden and Salzberg. Her Met debut was in 1936, and she continued there until 1942, then singing with the NYC Opera in its first season. She retired to Zurich, where she taught and coached. Her repertoire included dramatic roles such as Donna Anna, Aida and Santuzza. As Max de Schauensee wrote, “Eufemia [Dusolina’s sister, see next listing] had been shy and modest, perhaps unsuited for the slam-bang of operatic strife. Dusolina was an extrovert; she had been used to ‘grasping the nettle’ of public appearance ever since she was three, when her father would stand her on a table to sing for family and friends.”
1527. PW Red Electrola DA 892 [BVE-38031-4/BVE-38032-4]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). In Italian. While recorded in Camden, this was never issued in the U.S., probably so as to not compete with the Jeritza versions. Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
1803. 10” Red PW Disco Grammofono DA 1024 [Bb15481-II/Bb15483-II]. LUISÉ / OHIE MENECHE [LA FIERA DEL MAST’ ANDREA] (both arr. Giannini, probably Dusoli-na’s brother, Vittorio). Orch. dir. George Byng. Good pressing. Lt. rubs. 2. $12.00.
4187. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1029 [BL4954-II/BL4953-I]. ZUEIGNUNG, Op. 10, No. 1 / ALLERSEELEN, Op. 10, No. 3 (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Minor superficial rubs, 2-3. $10.00.
2262. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1230 [OF512-II/OF513-II]. LES FILLES DE CADIX (Delibes) / MATTINATA No. 2 (Tosti). Side one in French, side two in Italian. This and the preceding listing are both very scarce Giannini items, particularly in such fine condition. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2496. 12” Red PoW RCA Vr 17697 [2M804-II/2M805II]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui Santuzza? (Mascagni). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. Two sides. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
EUFEMIA GIANNINI-GREGORY [s]. Philadelphia, 1895-1979. Elder sister of Dusolina Giannini, Eufemia studied and co-starred (as a teenager) with her father in local operatic productions and in 1914 went to Italy to study with Adele Gigola in Milan. Her debut was in Turin as Mimì, and she also took leading roles in Amico Fritz and Mefistofele in other Italian houses. As a result of World War I she returned to Philadelphia, continued her studies (with Marcella Sembrich) and made local appearances, but found teaching to be her true métier. She became a leading instructor at the Curtis Institute (under her married name, Mme. Giannini-Gregory) from 1927 to 1974, her pupils having including such later celebrities as Anna Moffo, Judith Blegen, Frank Guarrera, Ellen Faull and David Lloyd.
3789. 12” White lbl. Victor CS 87045-1/CS 87046-1. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia [Love Duet] (Puccini). Two sides. With MAX DE SCHAUENSEE [t]. Piano acc. Theodore Wahlstrom. A private Victor studio performance from the mid-1930s, distributed by Mr. De Shauensee to friends. This appears to be the only recording of Mme. Giannini-Gregory. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $50.00.
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BARBARA GIBSON [s]. At the age 19 in 1949, major opportunities coincided for Gibson on the same day: an audition for Columbia Artists Management, Inc. and one for radio’s “The Telephone Hour”. She was successful with both and subsequently was heard nationally on the air and live on the concert circuit as well. She was chosen by Toscanini as Euridice in his 1952 broadcast of Gluck’s Orfeo, followed a month later by her operatic debut in Cincinnati as Gilda. In 1954 she made her San Francisco Opera debut to critical raves. There were then European concert and opera performances, but in 1955 she announced her retirement from singing so that she might dedicate her time to raising her family (shades of Florence Quartararo) and to her husband’s career in Detroit, Michigan. She had a recording contract with RCA Victor, but I don’t know whether she actually appeared on records other than on the Orfeo performance mentioned above.– Internet.
3048. 12” Fassett Recording Service Acetate, Telephone Hours, NBC, 14 July 1952. LES FILLES DE CADIX (Delibes) / RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3049. 12” Fassett Recording Service Acetate. LUCIA: Quando rapita in extasi (Donizetti) / FORTUNE TELLER: Romany Life (Victor Herbert). The labels do not indicate the source, but I presume it to be the same broadcast as item #3048. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
BENIAMINO GIGLI [t] 1899. 10” Red Vla 64933. MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1298. 10” Red acous. Vla 975. LORELEY: Nel verde maggio (Catalani) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1108. 10” Red EE Victor 1084. SENTINELLA /STO PENZANN’ A MARIA (both de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2323. 10” Red EE Victor 1096. GOOD-BYE MARIE (De Curtis) / COME, LOVE, WITH ME (Carnevali). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2231. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1134. MARIA, MARI (di Capua) / QUANNO ‘A FEMMENA VO’ (De Crescenzo). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1174. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1157. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Quanto è bella (Donizetti) / MANDULINATA A NAPULE (Tagliaferri). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1538. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1213. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (both Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1232. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1842 [ORA839-III/ORA840-II]. MILLE CHERUBINI IN CORO (Schubert-Melichar) / NON TI SCORDAR DI ME (de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2141. 10” Red late VdP DA 223 [B-24920/20257b]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / MEFISTOFELE: Se tu mi doni un’ora (Boïto). Side two with CARLO SCATTOLA [bs]. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1108. 10” Red PoW VdP DA 730 [BVE-32142-2/BVE-32143-2]. SENTINELLA /STO PENZANN’ A MARIA (both de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1251. 10” Red late VdP DA 899 [BVE-36928-3/BVE-37117-?]. RONDINI AL NIDO (De Crescenzo) / TORNA, AMORE (Buzzi-Peccia). Excellent pressing. Side one just about 1-2. Side two lt. lbl. fade and two small rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1843. 10” Red late VdP DA 1052 [BVE-37118-2/BE-49150-4]. STORNELLI MARINI (Mascagni) / CANTA PE’ ME (De Curtis). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1669. 10” Red PoW HMV DA 1925 [OEA13604-1/OEA13754-1]. SERENATA MALINCONIA / MARCELLA: Non conociuto vo con gli amici (both Giordano). Appealing and little known selections. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1506. 10” Red PoW HMV DA 1937 [OEA12664-2/OEA12667-1]. DON JUAN DE MANARA: Tu vedi il bel ciel (Alfano) / L’AMICO FRITZ: Ed anchè Beppe amo ... O amore, o bella luce del cor (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2112. 10 Red HMV DA 1979 [OEA12625-I/OEA12626-I]. NAUGHTY MARIETTA: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Victor Herbert) / SONG OF SONGS (Moya). In English. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2114. 10” Red Late VDP DA 5377 [OBA3649-II/OBA3651-II]. MARISTELLA: Io conosco un giardino (Pietri) / FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2745. 12” Red Vla 74688. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
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2721. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6876. TRAVIATA: Dei miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi) / LUCIA: Tombe degli avi miei (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3538. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7109. MAR-THA: M’appari (Flotow) / AFRICAINE: O Paradiso! (Meyerbeer). Sparkling copy. Looks new, as do most of these Gigli listings. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2690. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7400. MUSICA PROI- BITA (Gastaldon) / MAMMA MIA, CHE VÒ SAPÈ (Nutile). Good shellac. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4297. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 8096 [takes 2/2]. LUCIA: Giusto Cielo / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio spiegasti (Donizetti). With EZIO PINZA [bs]. These takes issued only on post-War pressings. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2496. 12” Red PoW RCA Vr 17697 [2M804-II/ 2M805II]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui Santuzza? (Mascagni). With DUSOLINA GIANNINI [s]. Two sides. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
2962. 12” Red late VdP DB 5407 [2BA4484-II/
2BA4485-II]. ISABEAU: Non colombelle / ISABEAU: E passerà la viva creatura (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3895. 12” Red late VdP DB 21096 [2EA14264-1/2EA14265-1]. ALBA E TRAMONTO (Gibilaro) / CHE SSO’ TURNATO A FA? (DiVeroli). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3474. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 56 [CVE-37320/CVE-58119]. LA BOHÈME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). With TITTA RUFFO [b] / GIGLI [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Both sides first and only editions from 1927/1929 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2720. 12” PW Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 58 [C-27714/C-29286]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Bizet). With LUCREZIA BORI [s] / BORI [s], MIGUEL FLETA [t]. CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère (Bizet). Both sides unpublished. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CHARLES GILIBERT [b] 2717. 12” Manhattan (Columbia) 30121 [take 1]. DON GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart).
Scarce. IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2509. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. Victor 74208. LA JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH: Quand la flamme de l’amour (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4067. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 89012. UN ANGE EST VENU (Bemberg). With NELLIE MELBA [s]. Nice copy, lt. rubs. 2. $12.00.
MARIO GILION [t]. 1870-Marseilles, 1914. After some experience as a baritone, Gilion made his debut singing tenor in Monza, 1901, as Vasco da Gama in Meyerbeer’s l’Africaine. He appeared in Modena, Venice, Genoa, Torino, Madrid, Odessa, Buenos Aires, and a number of other operatic centers, becoming known as one of the most able dramatic tenors of the period. His Paris Opéra debut was in what turned out to be his “signature” role, Arnold in William Tell. Gilion’s records, made exclusively for Fonotipia, display a voice of almost baritonal richness with exceptional brilliance above the staff.
9045. 11” Fonotipia 39815/39816 [XPh2098/XPh2097]. LA JUIVE: Rachele allor che Iddio / LA JUIVE: Dio mi inspira (Halévy). Piano acc. Fine pressing. Cons. 2. $50.00.
9077. 11” Fonotipia 92256/92257 [XPh /XPh3434]. LA JUIVE: Rachele allor che Iddio (Halévy) / GERMANIA: Studenti udite (Franchetti). Orch. acc. Excellent copy, as the grading indicates. Cons. 2. $50.00.
9009. 11” Fonotipia 92683/92684 [XPh4389/XPh4369]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil / WILLIAM TELL: Corriam, voliam (Rossini). Excellent copy. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $50.00.
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9066. 11” Fonotipia 92761/92762 [XP4385/XPh4571]. DON CARLO: Io la vidi, e al suo sorriso (Verdi) / TANNHÄUSER: Te, vò lodar [Inno a Venere] (Wagner). One small, harmless mark side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $60.00.
DINH GILLY [b] 1585. 10” White lbl. acous. HMV Advance copy mat. Bb3412-I. IL TABARRO: Scorri fiume
(Puccini). Early version that Puccini subsequently revised. Nice pressing. Lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
RIA GINSTER [s] 1742. 10” Swiss HMV DA 6010 [OZA1113-2/OZA1114-2]. ICH HÖRT’ DER BÄCHLEIN
RAUSCHEN / DIE FORELLE (both Schubert). Piano acc. Paul Baumgartner. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1741. 10” Swiss HMV DA 6011 [OZA1161/OZA1162-2]. AN DIE SONNENSCHEIN (Schu-mann) / WIEGENLIED (Brahms). Piano acc. Paul Baumgartner. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1739. 10” Swiss HMV DA 6021 [OZA1391-2/OZA1392]. WEINACHT (Händel) / ES KAM DIEE GNADENVOLLE NACHT (Gohler). Organ acc. Karl Matthaei. Small lbl. stkrs. One small rub side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
1879. 10” White lbl. SS HMV DA1622 [OEA1211-II]. AUFLÖSSUNG (Schubert). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2805. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 14385 [2EA3101-I/2EA3102-I]. CANTATA No. 206: Horch der sanften Flöten Chor / CANTATA No. 208: Schafe Können sicher weiden (both J. S. Bach). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Reviewer’s “X” on lbls. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4087. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 14824 [2EA6040-I/2EA6041-I]. ALS LUISE DIE BRIEFE IHRES UNGETREUEN LIEBHABERS VERBRANNTE; DER ZAUBERER / ABENDEMPFINDUNG (all Mozart). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3480. 12” Red PW HMV DB 2482 [2EA1212-I/2EA1213-II]. SCHÖNE FREMDE; IN DER FREMDE; GEISTERNÄHE / MEINE ROSE (all R. Schumann). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t] 1555. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87083 [13253b]. MANON: O dolor (Massenet). With ANITA
SANTORO [s], SALVATORE NICOLICCHIA [bs-b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2433. 12” Red Milano G&T 052106 [529c]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). 2-3.
$30.00. 2527. 12” Red Vla 8057. SONNAMBULA: D’un pensiero (Bellini). With GIUSEPPINA
HUGUET [t] / MARIA GALVANY [s], FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti donno (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
FIORELLO GIRAUD [t]. Parma, 1868-1928. His debut was as Lohengrin in 1891, and the following year he created Canio in the world premiere of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. His long career and diverse repertoire included Siegfried at La Scala under Toscanini in 1907 and in 1908 Pelléas in the Italian premiere of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande. In later years he was successful on the concert stage.
2436. 10” Blk. acous. Dog Con. Gramophone R-3851 [6445ae/6489ae]. RIMPIANTO (Toselli) / AVE MARIA (Grigolaro). Side one LGTs, 3-4. Side two lt. scr., gen. 3. $20.00.
ALMA GLUCK [s] 1662. 10” Red ’12 Pats. 64190. FROM THE LAND OF THE SKY BLUE WATER (Cadman).
Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1277. 10” Red Victor 64192. WILL-O-THE-WISP (Charles Gilbert Spross). Piano acc. by
the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1240. 10” Red Victor 64277. LA COLOMBA (Tuscan Folk Song arr. K. Schindler). Just
about 1-2. $8.00. 1809. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 64320. HAVE YOU SEEN BUT A WHYTE LILLIE
GROW? (Jonson). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1241. 10” White lbl. Vla 64413. SILVELIN, Op. 55, No. 1 (Sinding). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1808. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 64589. STILL WIE DIE NACHT (Böhm). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
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1132. 10” Red Victor 64591. THE BIRD OF THE WILDERNESS (Horsman). Highly recommended. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1780. 10” Red Victor 64626. CANZONET-TA (Loewe). Harp acc. Francis J. Lapitino. Such a beautiful per-formance! Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1586. 10” Red “A” plate Vla 64750. L’HEURE EXQUISE (Hahn). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2213. 10” Rec Vr 87208. EIN TON [THE MONOTONE], Op. 3, No. 3 (Peter Cornelius). With EFREM ZIMBA-LIST [vln]. Piano acc. Sam Chotzi-noff. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1276. 10” Red “B” plate Victor 87209. LE BONHEUR EST CHOSE LÉGÈRE (Saint-Saëns). With EFREM ZIM-BALIST [vln]. Piano acc. Sam Chot-zinoff. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2138. 10” Red Victor 87276. CHANSON HÈBRAÎQUE (Maurice Ravel, arr. Pasternack). With EFREM ZIM-BALIST [vln]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1299. 10” Red Vla 3003. HATIKVA (Zionist Hymn) / CHANSON HÈBRAIQUE (Ravel, arr. Pasternack). Both with EFREM ZIMBALIST [vln]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3439. 12” Red Victor 74238. PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3494. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Victor 74249. HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE: Rossignols
Amoureux (Rameau). Another beautiful (and scarce) Gluck performance. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3666. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “C” plate Victor 74274. NATOMA: Spring Song (Victor Herbert). Conducted by the composer. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
4074. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74274. Same as preceding listing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3667. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 74334. PARLA! (Arditi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2687. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Victor 74334. Same as previous listing. Bright copy, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
4061. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88358. LE NIL (Leroux). With EFREM ZIMBALIST [vln]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3603. 12” Red Victor 88576. NORMA: Mira o Norma (Bellini). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2695. 12” Red “A” plate ’12 Pats. Vla 89071. DER ENGEL (Rubinstein). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
26065. 12” PW Gold Victor HRS 1037 [C-14383-3/C-10811-1]. CZAR’S BRIDE: Liuba’s Air (Rimsky-Korsakov) / HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE: Rossignols amoureux (Rameau). Apparently the take used for the Red Seal issue of side one was 2. The only issue of take 3, other than a few white label pressings likely in error, seems to have been this HRS issue. Memorable performances. Label signed by Gluck. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
TITO GOBBI [b] 2152. 10” Red late VdP DA 5429 [OBA.5147/OBA.5148]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà del mio buon
tempo / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo Zingara (Leoncavallo). Fine pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
2922. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. 2EA 16794-3F. MACBETH: Pietà, rispetta amore (Verdi). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
JEANNE GORDON [c]. Wallaceburg, Canada, 1884-Macon, MO, 1952. In 1908, she was married to Ralph K. Trix, a Detroit real estate agent, and was divorced in 1924. Their daughter, Jane (Gordon) became an actress and, in 1941, the wife of actor David Wayne. Jeanne studied in Toronto with Dr. Albert Hamm and was graduated from the Toronto Conservatory. She apparently
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did little with her talent until her husband enlisted in the army around 1916. Her career began as a soloist in New York movie houses and then developed as a member of the Creatore and Scotti Opera Companies. In 1919 she made her debut at the Metropolitan as Azucena, where she sang principal mezzo and contralto roles through 1927. Her career continued with sound films for Vitaphone in 1927, Dalila at Monte Carlo in 1928, and various performances including radio in the New York area. In the early 1930s she appeared in a condensed Carmen at the Roxy Theater and then apparently returned to Canada. She was traced in 1933 trying to enter the U.S. without correct documentation and was ordered to return. Two weeks later she suffered a nervous breakdown and was sent to the Homewood Sanatorium in Guelph. She eventually did re-enter the U.S. and was confined in her later years to a mental facility in Macon, MO, where she died. Ponselle referred to her as having “a great voice — a true mezzo but with an exceptional high range.” She added, however, “There was something wrong [mentally] with her. She lived her life in front of a mirror. She was always in the beauty parlor, always admiring herself”. [quotes from James Drake’s Rosa Ponselle - A Centenary Biography].
1149. 10” Red EE Vla 1102. CARMEN: Seguidilla / CARMEN: En vain pour éviter (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
9074. 11” (oversized 10” test) Victor mat. BVE-37801-5. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti). Unpublished test, recorded May 3, 1927. Only known copy. Superficial rubs (scuffs). Plays without problems. 3-4. $350.00.
IGOR GORIN [b]. Ukraine, 1904-Arizona, 1982. A remarkably able artist, Gorin (born Ignatz Grünberg) studied with Victor Fuchs in Vienna. His career in the U.S. after 1934 included radio work, concerts, films and opera. While he made his first operatic appearance in 1928, it wasn’t until 1964 that the Metropolitan Opera took an interest in him, when he made a belated debut there as Germont in La Traviata. Despite good reviews, that was also his Met farewell.
1237. 10” PW (silver print) Victor 2213. VILLANCICO VASCO / EL VITO (both Nin). Piano acc Adolph Baller. Fine performances. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2566. 12” PW (silver print) Victor 18402. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: Lift Thine Eyes (Gold-mark) / ATTILA: Dagli immortali verdici (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00
OTTO GORITZ [b] 2193. 10” Red ’12 Patsl Victor 64163. MAGIC FLUTE: Ein Vogelfänger (Mozart). Text label
on verso. As new. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2121. 10” Red “B” Plate Pats. Victor 64184. KONIGSKINDER: O du liebheilige Einfalt du!
(Humperdinck). Creator in the 1910 Met world premiere. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2493. 12” Red Victor 88370. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Versank ich jetzt (Wagner). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3827. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 146[C-11723/C-11725]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Versank ich jetzt / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wohl kenn’ ich Weibes (Wagner). Both with JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. From orig. 1912 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2662. 12” Red “A” plate ’12 Pats. Victor 88440. STILL WIE DIE NACHT (Goetze). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Another particularly bright copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3256. 12” Orange Notes Columbia E5124 [59418-2/59422-2]. DER STURM AUF LÜTTICH [THE ATTACK OF LIEGE] / FEDERICUS REX [Loewe). IMs. Couple harmless small PBs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
GABRIEL GORSKI [b]. Both Gorski (Lvóv, 1867-c. 1935] and Bogucki were both leading baritones of the Warsaw Opera.
1009. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 65107 [3540L/3598L]. PIE�� POKUTNA [SONG OF PENITENCE] (Moniuszko) / STANISLAW BOGUCKI [b]. PIER�CIENIA: Roger’s Entrance Song (composer?). Just about 1-2. $30.00.
ALESSANDRO GRANDA [t] 1233. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1942-M [WB2033-2/2034-2. LA PALOMA (Yradier) /
NENA HECHICERA (Espinosa Grau). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
HANNA GRANFELT [s] 1477. 10” PW Plum HMV X.3134 [Be1572-II/Be1573-I]. RUUSO PIENI (Kilpinen) / ÄIDIN
SILMÄT (Hannikainen). In Finnish. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
APOLLO GRANFORTE [b] 9067. 10” Pink Fono. acous. Nazionale E1079/E1080. CAMPANE A SERA (Billi) /
VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi). Rare. Superficial rubs and scuffs. No apparent greying. Side one gen. 3. Side two 3-4. $50.00.
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2364. 10” Red PW Australian HMV DA 1053 [BM808-I/BM1188-I]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Excellent laminated pressing of this scarce Granforte item, label signed in black ink by the singer. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
4315. 12” Pink acous. Fono.-Nazionale G2029/ G2030. GIOCONDA: O Monumento / ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t]. GIOCON-DA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). “Marco di Edizione” stamps reversed. Bergamaschi’s is actually signed by him while Granforte’s is a purple signature copy. 2. $90.00.
3085. 12” Red acous. Vla 6541. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Lar-go al factotum (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2944. 12” Red acous. Vla 6542. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). Both labels signed in black ink by Granforte. Lbl. stkr. trademark area side two. Cons. 2. $25.00.
2743. 12” Red Orth. Vla “Z”-type shellac 6769 [Ck2006-II/Ck2007-I]. PAGLIACCI: Pro-logo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. Not part of the complete recording. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4302. 12” Red late VdP DB 1460 [CM849-II/ CM1199-IV]. RIGOLETTO: Povero Rigoletto / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). Side one with NELLO PALAI [t], GIUSEPPE MENNI [b], OTTAVI [s]. Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4261. 12” Red late VdP DB 1475 [CF3592-II/CM1601-II]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo! / RIGOLETTO: Signor? … Va, non ho niente (Verdi). Side two with FRANCO ZACCARINI [bs]. La Scala Orch. dir. Gino Nastrucci/Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
LOUIS GRAVEURE [b/t]. London, 1888-San Francisco, 1966. Graveure’s first traced American performances were as a baritone under the name Wilfrid Douthitt in The Lilac Domino, New York, 1914. In 1915, he returned to New York as Louis Graveure (Graveure having been his mother’s maiden name), although he steadfastly denied (for what reason is unknown) having been Douthitt, now claiming Belgian heritage and sporting a beard and monocle (which he never used). Douthitt’s teacher in England for four years, Clara Novello Davies, obviously recognizing him as her former pupil, quickly added fuel to the fire, stating that if he could prove he was not Douthitt, then she would “make a most humble public apology”. Despite this controversy, he quickly established himself successfully in the U.S. in the concert and oratorio worlds as Graveure, and his Douthitt days were forgotten. In 1920 he gave his first lieder recital in Berlin to great acclaim. Successfully changing to tenor in 1927-28, he was recognized for his natural tenor sound and his more youthful appearance (he had removed his beard). Later in 1928 he returned to Germany, where he had success in opera, at first sharing the stage with his wife, American soprano Eleanor Painter. She divorced him in 1930 and returned to America. The following year marked Graveure’s last New York appearance before settling in Germany. There he continued his work in opera and recital, and in 1933 he embraced yet another career as a German operetta film star. Upon returning to the U.S. around 1939 he was not well remembered here, or perhaps he tried to keep a low profile, considering his close affiliations to Germany through the 1930s. His name seems to have vanished from the press until 1947, when he attempted a recital at New York’s Town Hall. The NY Times reviewer felt, “With his voice in its present condition, it was to be deplored that Mr. Graveure … should attempt to make a comeback.” He apparently thereafter taught until his death. The records below represent Graveure as a baritone (the first two discs] and the remainder as a tenor.
1972. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2041-M [W141986-2/W142106-3]. UNTIL (Sander-son) /FORGOTTEN (Cowles). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2159. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2049-M [W141985-1/W142107-2]. WHERE MY CARAVAN HAS RESTED (Löhr) / ROSE IN THE BUD (Forster). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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1333. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2069-D [W148996-2/W148998-1]. DO NOT GO MY LOVE (Hageman) / PRELUDE [from A Cycle of Life] (Landon Ronald). Piano acc. Walter Golde. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1537. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2069-D [W148996-2/W148998-3]. Same as previous listing (item #1333) but different take side two. Very minor lbl. stain side two. Just about 2. $10.00.
1510. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2240-D [W149018-3/W149019-1]. IF THOU WERT BLIND (Johnson) / CORALS (Treharne). Piano acc. Walter Golde. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2155. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2314-D [W149021-1/W149022-3]. THREE FISHERS WENT SAILING (Hullah) / PLEADING (Elgar). Piano acc. Walter Golde. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2206. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2425-D [W150188-1/W151109-2]. NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (Quilter) / FROM THE LAND OF THE SKY BLUE WATER (Cadman). Piano acc. Sanford Schlussel. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1446. 10” Blue Shellac PW Columbia 221-M [W148999-1/W149017-3]. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvo�ák) / MY TREASURE (Trevalsa-Barr). One tiny patina crk. side one just into grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.
2178. 10” Red PW Grammophon 10135 [5708½BD/5709½BD]. ES GIBT NUR EINE LIEBE / ICH ZOG HINAUS WEIT ÜBER’S MEER (both Künneke). From film Es gibt nur eine Liebe. Orch. dir. Franz Marszalek. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2964. 12” PW Blue Telefunken F284 [30369/30370]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Liebesduett (Puccini). Two sides. MARGUERITE PERRAS [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3681. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50108-D [W98544-2/W98545-1]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3557. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50108-D [W98544-2/W98545-1]. Same as preceding listing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
PLUNKET GREENE [b] 2409. 10” Blk. London G&T 3-2335 [2113e]. THE LITTLE RED FOX (Somerville). Piano
5587½BKP]. CHANSONS MADECASSES: Nahandove [two sides]; CHANSONS MADECASSES: Aoua / Repos (Maurice Ravel). With Piano, Flute and Cello dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3179. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7238-M [WLX1263-2/WLX1264-2]. BAILÈRO / L’AÏO DÈ ROTSO; OUND’ ONORÉM GORDA; OBAL DIN [ON LIMOUZI] (all arr. Joseph Cantaloube). From Songs of the Auvergne. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3180. 12” PW B lue Columbia 7249-M [WLX1267-1/WLX1269-2]. BARESAIROLA / N’AÏ PAS IÈN DE MIO; LA CALHÉ (all arr. J. Canteloube). From Songs of the Auvergne. Few tiny rim patinas side one not into grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.
3181. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 7262-M [WLX1265-1/WLX1266-1]. LA FIOLAIRÉ; L’ANTONÉLO (arr. Canteloube). From Songs of the Auvergne. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
Master ELLSWORTH GRUMIAUX [boy soprano]. LeRoy, NY, 1902-Portsmith, VA, 1980. Grumiaux wintered with his family in Virginia and had a career as a boy soprano in Philadelphia, Richmond, and several other East coast locations. One newspaper article mentioned that he was to record for Columbia on February 6th, 1917, which must have been very close to the point when his voice changed. The article inferred that the recording was made at the behest of Columbia, but this is probably not the case, as it appeared as a Personal Record. This is the second copy I’ve listed.
1608. 10” Purple SS Columbia Personal Record 61816 [take 1]. CREATION: With Verdure Clad (Haydn). Piano acc. Rubbing. Gen. 3. $10.00.
ANNA MARIA GUGLIELMETTI [s] 2897. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 52802-D [WBX203/WBX206]. VARIAZIONI (Proch) /
MAGIC FLUTE: Gli angeli dell’ inferno (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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