JANE GUYLA [s] CHARLES HACKETT

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs
JANE GUYLA [s]
3364. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4968, DB 4969 [2LA189-1/2LA190-1, 2LA191-1/
2LA192-2]. LA DAMOISELLE ÉLUE (Debussy). With ODETTE RICQUIER [s]. Four
sides. With Piero Coppola dir. Orch. Pasdeloup and Chorale St. Gervais. IMs. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
CHARLES HACKETT [t]. Worcester, MA, 1887-New York City, 1942.
He studied with
Arthur Hubbard in Boston and in 1912 with Vincenzo Lombardi in Florence. In 1914 he made his
European debut in Genoa as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, repeating the same role for his La Scala
introduction, 1916. The Paris Opéra first heard him in 1918 in Donizetti’s Maria di Rohan. His Met
debut was in 1919 as Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. From 1922-1935, Hackett appeared as a
leading Chicago Opera artist, in 1926 creating there the leading tenor role in Cadman’s A Witch of
Salem with soprano Eidé Norena. The same year he appeared at Covent Garden in Melba’s
Farewell as Roméo to the soprano’s Juliette. This portion of the concert couldn’t be recorded, as
Hackett was an exclusive Columbia artist while Melba was contracted with the Gramophone Company. While his operatic appearances ended in 1939, Hackett remained active in concert and on
the radio. His death, January 1, 1942, was after elective surgery.
2127. 10” TC SS Columbia 79099 [take 2]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
2168. 10” TC SS Columbia 79885 [take 3]. MARTHA: Ah, so pure (Flotow). Excellent
laminated pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
1886. 10” TC SS Columbia 80604 [take 4]. MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boïto). Excellent
laminated. pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1444. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X314 [A679/A693]. THANK GOD FOR A GARDEN
(del Riego) / SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvo ák). Piano acc. Scarce U.K.
issue, not issued in U.S. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1006. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4016-M [79099-2/80604-4]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stele
(Puccini) / MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boito). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1097. 10” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia 4039-M [W143725-6/W144077-2]. RIGOLETTO:
La donna è mobile (Verdi) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Side
two with Charles Schuetze [harpist]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1034. 10” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia 4040-M [W144856-3/W144857-3]. A BROWN
BIRD SINGING (Wood) / DUNA (Mc Gill). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1066. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1744-D [W146338-3/W146345-4]. BECAUSE
(d’Hardelot) / I HEAR A THRUSH AT EVE (Cadman). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3730. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9010-M [49734-1/49922-2]. AIDA: O terra addio. With
ROSA PONSELLE [s] / IL TROVATORE: Mira, di acerbe lagrime … Vivrà, contende
il giubilo (Verdi). With PONSELLE [s], RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. Very lt.
superficial rubs, 2. $20.00.
3927. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9010-M [49734-1/49922-2]. Same as preceding listing.
Lbl. stkr. side one. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3895. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9019-M [49936-3/98003-3]. COULD I? / PARTED
(both Tosti). Lovely performances. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4007. 12” Blue elec. PW Columbia 7218-M [W98663-4/W98684-5]. DON GIOVANNI: Il
mio tesoro (Mozart) / SEMELE: Where’er You Walk (Händel). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
3995. 12” Purple elec. English Columbia 7366R [WAX1718/WAX1719] BOHÈME: Che
gelida manina (Puccini) / AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
2740. 12” Blue elec. English Columbia L1832 [WAX1687/WAX1691]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE:
Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / FAUST: Salut demeure (Gounod). In English.
Scarce. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
LILLY HAFGREN-WAAG [s]. Stock-holm, 1884-Berlin,1965.
Her first married name
appears various times as Haag (as on this label) or Waag. The latter would seem to be correct, as
her first husband was impresario Hans Waag. Later recordings list her as Halfgren-Dinkela, her
second husband having been a painter. She studied first as a pianist and then in Frankfurt as a
singer. Her debut was as Freia in Das Rheingold, Bayreuth, 1908. Subsequently she was with the
Mannheim Opera and 1912-20, the Berlin Hofoper. She was particularly associated with operas of
Richard Strauss, including the Berlin premieres of Die Frau ohne Shatten and Ariadne auf Naxos.
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She was also heard at La Scala, the Rome Teatro Costanzi, the Stockholm opera in 1926 (Isolde, Brünnhilde and Leonore in Fidelio) and the Paris Opéra, as
well as Elsa and Eva at Bayreuth.
9526. 11” Brown Odeon 99629/99630 [XB5116/
XB5118]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Heilige Quelle (Mozart) / TANNHÄUSER:
Dich, theure Halle (Wagner). Cons. 2.
$25.00.
3137. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65644 [329as/
339as]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich teure Halle
/ DER FLIE-GENDE HOLLÄNDER: SentaBallade (both Wagner). Lbl. stkr. Just
about 1-2. $40.00.
WILLIAM HAIN [t]
Born in Brooklyn, NY, Hain
studied voice with Claude Warford and operatic
repertoire with Felix Leroux. In 1928 he made his
operatic debut with the Little Theatre Opera Company
in New York. At least one visit to Europe included
appearances with the Deauville Opera, summer of
1929, singing leading roles in Carmen, Manon, Lakmé
and other operas. He frequently appeared on the
radio (particularly the CBS network) and was, at least
through the 1940s, an important tenor in oratorio
and concert work. It would be interesting to know of
his subsequent life, likely including teaching.
3227. 12” PW Friends of Recorded Music 5. THE
LAMENT OF IAN THE PROUD (Fiona
LILLY HALFGREN-WAAG
MacLeod-Charles T. Griffes) / KREINER
QUARTET. FIRST INDIAN SKETCH
(Griffes). Side one piano acc. Jerome Bohm. Recorded and pressed by Columbia.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JÁNOS HALMOS [t]. 1887-Budapest, 1961.
Originally an actor, he developed his voice,
mostly self-taught, to the degree that he was able to make his debut in 1928 at the Budapest
Opera. He almost immediately became principal dramatic tenor through 1950. Outside of Hungary
he was particularly successful at La Scala. His repertoire included Rhadames, Otello and Manrico
and principal tenor parts in Hungarian operas such as Erkel’s Bánk Bán.
2052. 10” Plum PW Hungarian HMV HU 19 [OWX167-II/OWX170-I].FARSAGNI LAKODALOM (Kálmán) / BÁNK BÁN: Hazám, Hazám (Erkel). Few lt. mks., cons. 2.
$15.00.
GEORGE HAMLIN [t]
2010. 10” White orig. Victor Test 64089 (B-6119-6). DEAR LITTLE SHAMROCK (Cherry).
The final of four issued takes. 3-4 but no graying. $7.00.
2054. 10” White orig. test Victor matrix B-8897-3. LINDENLAUB (Reimann).
Unpublished. Originally recorded on April 26, 1910 and planned for issue as Victor
64155, it was withheld and a further take was made on April 12, 1911 (the version
listed here). This, too, proved unacceptable and a 4th take was done on Sept. 26,
1913, also rejected. There were no further attempts to record the selection. Few lt.
mk. and rubs, 2-3.$75.00.
1937. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 64245. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Only
form of issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1402. 10” Red Vr 64247. MINNELIED (Brahms). Only form of issue. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1750. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 64248. IM KAHNE (Grieg). Only form of issue. Minor rubs, 2-3.
$8.00.
1372. 10” Red ’12 Pats Vr 64296. LEHN’ DEINE WANG’ AN MEINE WANG’ (Jensen). Only
form of issue. Very lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
1342. 10” Red Vr 64387. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Harp acc.
Francis Lapitino. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $8.00.
3608. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 74140. DEAR HEART (Mattei). First issued take, 1909, of two,
but I wonder if the 1915 re-make actually ever appeared? Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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3109. 12” White lbl. Vla 74143. THE PENITENT (Van de Water). No take number in matrix.
Could possibly be an unpublished version. Rare, in any case. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
3351. 12” White lbl. Vr 74250. CREATION: In native worth (Haydn). RCAVrBk. Superb late
‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JOAN HAMMOND [s]
2146. 10” Plum HMV B.9445 [OEA10634-I/OEA10635-I]. BLACK ROSES / THE TRYST
(both Sibelius). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
GEORG HANN [bs]
2850. 12” Yellow Variable Micrograde Deut. Gram. 72012 [01838LKK/01839LKK]. DER
BARBIER VON BAGDAD: Mein Sohn, sei Allahs Frieden / BARBIER VON BAGDAD: Er lebt, er lebt [Schluß-Szene] (Cornelius). Both with LORENZ FEHENBERGER [t], side two with KARL HOPPE [b]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARIE-THÉRÈSE HARAMBOURE [s]. 1903-1991.
She made her Paris Opéra debut in
1915 where she remained for a number of seasons. Roles there included both secondary and
principal parts, for example in Rigoletto, the Page (1916) and Gilda (1922). She is occasionally
referred to as a mezzo-soprano and she did sing there Siébel in Faust (1921). On the other hand
she was Nanetta in Falstaff (1924). Details on her life are scant, but in 1946 she wed one LéonAlex Vanderstitchefe.
1836. 10” PW Green Polydor 521892 [4138BKP/ 4139½BKP]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte /
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (both Puccini). In French. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
ORVILLE HARROLD [t]
1879. 10” Red Vla 64892. VALUES (Vanderpool). Cons. 2. $6.00.
1966. 10” Red Vla 66017. LES SALTIMBANQUES: C’est l’amour (Ganne). Cons. 2. $7.00.
1999. 10” Red Vla 980. THAT IS WHY! (O’Hara-Kramer) / FLEURETTE, I SHALL NEVER
FORGET (Haydn Wood). Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3561. 12” Red Vla 74813. LOHENGRIN: Mein lieber Schwan! (Wagner). VrBk. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
3688. 12” Red Vla 6150. THE LIVING GOD! (O’Hara) / RIDE ON! RIDE ON IN MAJESTY!
(Eville). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ALEXANDER HAYDTER [bs/b]. 1872-Vienna, 1919.
Haydter studied with Joseph
Gänsbacher and made his debut in Zurich in 1896 as St. Bris in Les Huguenots. 1898-1905 he
was with the German Theater in Prague, singing there in the premiere of D’Albert’s Tiefland. He
then came to Vienna, where he remained a leading artist of the Imperial Opera until his death.
During the seasons of 1906-1910 he was also a guest at Salzburg. Among his most successful
roles were Beckmesser, Telramund, and Alberich. He was married to contralto Hermine Kittel.
9497. 11” Brown Odeon 38367/38370 [Vx1365/Vx1446]. RHEINGOLD: Fluch (Wagner) /
HUGUENOTS: Schwerterweihe (Meyerbeer). 2. $40.00.
ROLAND HAYES [t]
1883. 10” Blue Microphone Columbia 17275-D [co29789-1/co29790-1]. LIT’L BOY (arr.
Hayes) / I WANT TO GO HOME [unaccompanied]; YOU’RE TIRED, CHILE! (arr.
Hayes). Piano acc. Reginald Boardman. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3276. 12” Red vinyl Angel-Mo’ AN3122. LIT’L BOY (arr. Hayes) / WERE YOU THERE?
(Spiritual, arr. Hayes). Side two piano acc. Reginald Boardman. Side two
unaccompanied. Signed lbl. dedicated to his last manager (Lawrence Lane). As
new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ALEXANDER HEINEMANN [b]
3363. 12” Purple acous. Coliseum 4545 [5077/5079]. FREDERICUS REX / HEINRICH
DER VOGLER (both Carl Loewe). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
FANNY HELDY [s]
1691. 10” White elec. HMV VA 47 [BTR3345-II/BTR3351-I]. THAÏS: Baigne d’eau. With
MARCEL JOURNET [bs] / THAÏS: O messager de Dieu (Massenet). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2857. 12” PW Disque Gramophone DB 1115 [CTR3366-I/CTR3367-I]. CARMEN: Qui sait
de quel demon / CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère (Bizet). With FERNAND
ANSSEAU [t]. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. IMs and slightest lbl. stains, otherwise
just about 1-2. $15.00.
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3033. 12” Red HMV DB 1410 [CTR3368-II/CF2994-II]. MANON: Toi! Vous! [Act III duet]
(Massenet). Two sides. With FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]. Radio station inner margin
crayon marks. Unusually quiet surfaces. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3349. 12” White HMV VB 71 [CF2995-II/2G840-I]. HAMLET: Doute de la lumière
(Thomas) / FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod). Both sides with MARCEL JOURNET [bs].
Side two also with FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
EDITH HELENA [s]. Brooklyn, 1876-Mount Kisco, NY, 1956. Born Edith Helen Seymour,
Helena originally sang as Helen Jenynge (I guess pronounced Jenning, her married name at that
time) and recorded for Berliner in 1898 under that name. It was originally thought that “Jenynge”
was some sort of Berliner misspelling, but she appears in at least one New York Times article in
1898 under this name as well as in local concert programmes. She subsequently sang as Edith
Helena. In the early 1900s she appeared in Europe, apparently in concert, and recorded there for
Beka. Upon returning to the U.S., she appeared in variety and vaudeville programs. One, at the
Paradise Roof Gardens in Manhattan, 1903 included Miss Helena as well as “Aga” (the mysterious
floating woman), Agnes Mahr (“the eccentric danseuse”), Riccabona’s horses (doing “tricks”) and
Gilette’s dogs (performing “amusing, clownish stunts”). Such was show biz at the time. Helena had
a few Victor recording sessions, the first in 1903, and one for Edison cylinders, concluding her
commercial recording career in 1921 with an Edison Diamond-Disc. She appeared in opera, most
notably with the Century Opera Company in English language productions of various works,
including the heroines in Madama Butterfly and Rigoletto. In later years, Helena worked from her
home as a seamstress but in the 1950s she had a great success as a singer on the TV show, Life
Begins at Eighty.
2709. 7” Berliner 397. ERMINIE: Lullaby (Jakobowski). 1898 recording. First groove
(before music) sticks, perhaps inherently? Small indentation and also small bump.
Heavily scuffed, 5-6, but voice comes through quite clearly. $40.00.
2718. 8” Blue Beka Disque-Ideal 8138/8139. SONNAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini) /
SE SARAN ROSE (Arditi, listed as Ardels). Piano acc. Probably 1904. Three
pressing indentations should be harmless, otherwise gen. 3. $75.00.
1336. 10” Blk. Victor 2389 [B-73]. THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Moore). She sails up to
an F above high C twice. This having been recorded in 1903, prior to her “violin
imitation” days, she produces the stratospheric note with an opened mouth, rather
than as a hum. In this aspect of her vocalism she leaves Ellen Beach Yaw in the
dust! Nice copy. Lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2-3. $20.00.
FRIEDA HEMPEL [s]
1802. 10” Red “A” plate Vr 87235. BALLO
IN MASCHERA: Volta la terrea
(Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1406. 10” Red Vr 87261. JUST YOU (Harry Burleigh). Only form of issue.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2829. 12” Brown & White Odeon
Rxx80305/Rxx80306 [XXB5196/
XXB5197]. DIE STUMME VON
PORTICI: Rezitation und Arie der
Elvira (Auber).Two sides. Amazing
coloratura work. IMs. Excellent
glassy surface. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
2989. 12” Brown Odeon 76069/76070
[XXB4895/XXB4916]. MAGIC
FLUTE: Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren (Mozart) / CÄCILIE
RÜSCHE-ENDORF [s]. TANNHÄUSER: Gebet der Elisabeth
(Wagner) Orch. dir. Edouard
Künneke. Lbl. tear side two. Cons.
2. $20.00.
3177. 12” Red “A” plate Vr 88382 [2222c].
LES HUGUENOTS: O beau pays!
FRIEDA HEMPEL attired for one of her "Jenny Lind"
(Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2.
concerts
$8.00.
3229. 12” Red Vla 88410 [2246c]. LA VILLANELLE (dell’Acqua). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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3495. 12” Red “B” plate Victor 88463. PARLA VALSE (Arditi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3499. 12” Red Vr 89081. LA TRAVIATA: Imponete (Verdi). With PASQUALE AMATO [b].
Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3293. 12” Red Vr 89082 (early “B” plate). RIGOLETTO: Figlia! Mio padre! (Verdi). With
PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3727. 12” Red Vla 10005. BALLO IN MASCHERA: La rivedrà nell’ estasi / BALLO IN
MASCHERA: È scherzo, od è follia (Verdi). Both sides with ENRICO CARUSO [t],
LÉON ROTHIER [bs], ANDREAS DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Side two also with MARIA
DUCHÈNE [c]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3218. 12” Red Dog Monarch Gramophone 053289 [610½m]. I PURITANI: Vien diletto
(Bellini). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3418. 12” Red acous. HMV SR DB 352 [530m/718m]. AH! VOUS DIRAI-JE MAMAN
(Mozart-Adam) / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Les Oiseaux dans la charmille
(Offenbach). Small lbl. stkrs., light lbl. fade. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.
3175. 12” White lbl. acous. HMV VB 21 [545m/2386c]. MAGIC FLUTE: Infelice,
sconsolata / THE MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart). The Queen of the
Night’s arias, side one in Italian and side two in German. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3176. 12” White lbl. acous. HMV VB 22 [719m/2249c]. ABDUCTION FROM THE
SERAGLIO: Che pur aspro al cuore (Mozart) / DIE STUMME VON PORTICI: O
moment enchanté (Auber). Great Hempel showpieces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
HEINRICH HENSEL [t]
2862. 12” Brown acous. Odeon 76302/76305 [XB5685/XB5688]. PARSIFAL: Nur eine
Waffe taught / SIEGFRIED: Du holdes Vöglein (Wagner). TB, harmless light
surface ripples one area of side one. Nice copy. 2. $15.00.
MARGUERITE
HERLEROY [s]. Antwerp, 1883 - ?
. Her vocal studies were with
Pauline Viardot-Garcia in Paris, where she made her concert debut in 1906. Her first operatic
appearance was at the Gaîté in Paris, followed by the Opéra-Comique (singing there roles such as
Manon, Micaëla and Prince Charming in Massenet’s Cendrillon). At Monte Carlo she was Freia in
that house’s first performance of Das Rheingold, 1909. Herleroy was first heard at the Paris Opéra
in 1921 as Thaïs. Aside from France she appeared at Covent Garden and in Spain, as well as St.
Petersburg, Brussels and Holland. Her only recordings were three rare sides for Odeon and a few
privately issued electrical recordings.
2665. 11” Odeon 97720/97764 [XP5??8-2/XL5332-2]. PARYSATIS: Air du Rossignol
(Saint-Saëns) / NYMPHES ET SILVAINS (Bemberg). Few LGTs, cons. 2. $150.00.
2659. 11” Odeon 99765/97735 [XP ? / ? ].
BERGER TA VOIX M’APPELLE [Thème varié]
(Saint-Saëns) / ISABELLA SVICHER [s]. IL
BACIO (Arditi). Rare. Couple grey grooves
end side one, otherwise cons. 2. Side two tiny
internal scr. causes five or six isolated ticks.
Cons. 2. $250.00.
2630. 10” Herleroy elec. 339/340. QUAND L’OISEAU
CHANTE (Tagliafico) / IVRESSE D’OISEAUX
(Maurice Bosch). Rare vanity issue. Cons. 2.
$100.00.
VILHELM HEROLD [t]
2216. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 2-82980/2-82981
[4214ab/4198ab]. SAA DANSER JEG DIG
IMØDE (Viggo Brodersen) / OG JEG VIL HA’
MIG EN HJÆRTENSKER (Grieg). Piano acc.
One rub, one MGT, cons. 2. $10.00.
3443. 12” Red PW acous. HMV M47 [378m/436ac].
DER VAR ENGANG: Serenade (Lange-Müller) /
KNUD LAVARD (Gade). Side two piano acc.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
WILHELM HESCH (WILLÉM HEš) [bs]
WILHELM HESCH
9480. 11” Brown Odeon 38002/38042 [XV52/XV140]. AIDA: Temple Scene (Verdi). With
LEO SLEZAK [t] / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Hollän-der und Daland (Wagner). With
FRIEDRICH WEIDEMANN [b]. Announced respectively by Slezak and Hesch.
Piano acc. Few MGTs. Cons. 2-3. $20.00.
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WILLIAM HESELTINE [t]
2162. 10” Blk. elec. Eng. Columbia 3976 [WA2976/WA2977]. THE IMMOR-TAL HOUR:
The Song of Creation / THE IMMORTAL HOUR: The Luring Song (Rutland
Boughton). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
FLORENCE HINKLE [s]. Philadelphia, 1885-1933.
Hinkle developed a remarkable career
as a concert, oratorio and church singer. She was recorded by Victor in 1906 (one record issued)
and then by Edison in 1908-1909. As her career progressed, she was again hired by Victor in
1911 but this time on its more expensive blue and purple labels. She appeared in oratorio in most
of the major U.S. choral festivals. In 1916 she married her vocal teacher, Herbert Wither-spoon.
One notable musical achievement that same year was as soprano soloist in the American premiere
of Mahler’s 8th Symphony with Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orches-tra. For an Aeolian Hall
recital in 1920, New York Times critic Richard Aldrich wrote of her, “Miss Hinkle is one of the best
known of local singers, with a voice and a style of great beauty, a deeply musical feeling and an
unfailing technical skill that brings her attentions to full realization. The voice, singularly pure and
equable in quality throughout its range, is not one that lends itself naturally to variety of color or a
wide range of emotional effects; yet the singer’s skill is such that it is made to produce all its
possibilities in this direction.”
3902. 12” Purple Vr 70085. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
Cantor MORDECHAY HERSHMAN [t]
4206. 12” EE Blk. Columbia 50019-D [W205284-2/W205285-1]. THE SHEPHERD [DER
PASCUCHEL] / THE HEBREW IN THE SYNAGOGUE [DER YIDD IN BEISHAMEDROSH] (both Folk Song arrangements). Cons. 2. $15.00.
JOSEPH HISLOP [t]
2007. 10” PW Red HMV DA 789 [Bb8484-I/Bb8485-I]. AN ERISKAY LOVE LILT (KennedyFraser) / HERDING SONG (arr. M. Lawson). Piano acc. Percy Kahn. Cons. 2.
$7.00.
1997. 10” PW Red HMV DA 890 [Bb10942-I/Bb10943-II]. MENS JEG VENTER / EN
SVANE (both Grieg). In Norwegian. Piano acc. Percy Kahn. Cons. 2. $7.00.
3676. 12” Red SR HMV DB 743 [Cc4006-I/Cc4007-I]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Dovunque
al mondo / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o grillo (Puccini). With DINH GILLY [b]
and (side one only) WILLIAM PARNIS [t]. Superficial lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $12.00.
3316. 12” White lbl. HMV acous. SS DB 743 [Cc4007-I]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o
grillo (Puccini). With DINH GILLY [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
LOUISE HOMER [c]
1387. 10” Red Vr 87205. BOATS SAIL ON THE RIVERS; SING TO ME, SING (both Sidney
Homer). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1465. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1295. ROBIN HOOD: Oh, Promise Me! (de Koven) / A
BANJO SONG (Sydney Homer). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2492. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1304. IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL (Bliss) / SOFTLY AND
TENDERLY JESUS IS CALLING (Will Thompson). With Mark Andrews [organ] and
Male Quartet [Richard Crooks, Lambert Murphy, Royal Dadmun, Stanley Baughman]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2969. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 85043 [C-2338-1]. DON CARLOS: O don fatale (Verdi).
Piano acc. 1905 recording. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3627. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 85104 [2nd of two issued takes]. LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna
(Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3507. 12” White lbl. Vla 85110. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Acerba voluttà (Cilèa). Cons. 2.
$15.00.
3428. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88375. HYMN OF PRAISE: I waited for the Lord (Händel).
With ALMA GLUCK [s]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3532. 12” Red ’12 Pats “B” plate Vla 88380. STABAT MATER: Quis est homo (Rossini).
With ALMA GLUCK [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3818. 12” Red Vr 88576. NORMA: Mira o Norma (Bellini). With ALMA GLUCK [s]. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
3231. 12” Red Vla 88614. MESSIAH: Oh Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (Händel).
3539. 12” Red Vla 88627. SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns).
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3720. 12” White lbl. Vla 89024. AIDA: Fu la sorte (Verdi). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s].
Number 88163 in matrix, 89024 typed on label. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4033. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89049. IL TROVATORE: Mal reggendo (Verdi). With ENRICO
CARUSO [t]. One tiny mk., just about 1-2. $8.00.
2820. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 44. LOHENGRIN: Du Ärmste (Wagner) / LAKMÉ: Dôme
épais le jasmin (Delibes). Both with EMMA EAMES [s]. Pressing No. 1. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
3658. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 44. Same as preceding listing (item #2820) but later pressing
(No. 54). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2940. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 153. ORFEO: Away with mourning and crying / ALCESTE:
Fatal Divinita (both Gluck). From orig. 1903/1911 Victor matrices. Label signed by
Mme. Homer. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
MARILYN HORNE [c]
1277. 10” Bowmar 1636. CLAIR DE LUNE; DOLORES CRIMI [s]. NETHERLAND’S HYMN
/ WILLIAM CLAUSON [t]. BONNIE WEE LASSIE; RALPH PETERSON SINGERS.
SONG OF HOPE (all folk songs). 1955 recording, two selections per side. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]
2095. 10” Blk GP ’08 Vr 52526 [10587b]. NORMA:
Casta diva (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1420. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 62054 [8904u/ 5267o]. EL
PRIMER DIA FELIZ: Al ma-tutino Albor
(Caballero) / ROSARIO SOLER [vocalist].
MALAGUEÑAS (Folk music). Side one piano
acc. Side two (flamenco style singer) with
piano and guitar and shouted comments. Side
one tiny lbl. wrinkle, otherwise cons. 2. Side
two lt. rubs, gen. 2-3. $15.00.
1460. 10” Blk. Vr 63172 [10646b/7135b]. LUCIA:
Quando rapita / LA SCALA CHORUS. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Rischiarata è la finestra
(both Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1209. 10” Blue Pats. Vr 45028 [13147b/ 13180b].
MIGNON: Gavotta (Thomas) / GIULIA
BATTAGLIOLI [s], ERNESTO BADINI [b].
TRAVIATA: Non sapete (Verdi). Scarce Victor
issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3333. 12” Blk. ’07 GP Vr 58334 [627c]. DINORAH: Si
carina (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GIUSEPPINA HUGUET
3332. 12” Blk. ’07 GP Vr 58350 [619c]. RIGOLETTO:
Lassù nel ciel (Verdi). With RENZO MINOLFI [b]. Cons. 2. $8.00.
3843. 12” Blk. ’08 GP “A” plate Vr 58399 [1198c]. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io son (Donizetti). With ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Couple small scuffs., cons. 2. $8.00.
3683. 12” Blk. Vr 68155 [C-2508-2/628c]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa /
ARCHANGELO ROSSI [bs]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Manca un foglio (Rossini).
Lt. superficial rubs, side two cons. 2-3, side one 2. $10.00.
3259. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 92055 [1170c]. LOHENGRIN: Cessaro i canti alfin (Wagner).
With FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3126. 12” Red Vla 89140 [1172c]. CARMEN: Mia madre vedo ancor (Bizet). With
FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3615. 12” Red Vla 8058. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso un cor fedel (Bizet). With
FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t] / MARIA GALVANY [s], REMO ANDREINI [t]. LA
TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Scarce doubling, particularly in mint condition.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3549. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 64 [621c/1443c]. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso
(Bizet). With FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t] / MARIA GALVANY [s], DE LUCIA [t]. LA
SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3659. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 104. LOHENRIN: Mio Salvatore! With FERNANDO DE LUCIA
[t] / LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Couple
minor rubs side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
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GERHARD HÜSCH [b]. Hannover, 1901-1984.
Beginning his career as an actor, Hüsch
studied voice with Hans Emge and made his operatic debut in 1923. After seasons at Osnabrück,
Bremen and Cologne, he joined the Berlin State Opera, where he remained through 1944. He also
appeared as a guest at La Scala, Covent Garden, as well as in Vienna, Hamburg, Dresden and
Munich. His debut as a recitalist was in Berlin, 1932, and he soon became recognized as one of
the major lieder interpreters of the period. Frieder Weissmann, who conducted most of his
sessions for Parlophon/Odeon through 1932, recalled Hüsch succinctly to me as a “wonderful
singer, horrible Nazi”. It was this problem that prevented Hüsch from establishing a career in the
United States following World War II.
1641. 10” PW Australian Parlophone A3892 [133532/133533]. THE POET SPEAKS /
SALOMO (both Hans Hermann). Lbl. stkr. side two. 2. $15.00.
1592. 10” PW German Columbia DW.3047 [CWR403-II/CWR404-II]. DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR: In einem Waschkorb? (Nicolai). Two sides. With EUGEN
FUCHS [bs]. Orch. dir. Alexander von Zemlinsky. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1876. 10” PW Odeon O-25096 [133495/133496]. TIEFLAND: Nun hab’ ich nichts al dich
mehr auf der Welt (Eugen d’Albert). Two sides. with MARGARETE BÄUMER [s].
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2023. 10” PW Red Parlophon B.48275 [133768/133769]. MAHNUNG / ICH BIN GEBORN,
DEUTSCH ZU FÜHLEN; EIN JEDES VOLK; SCHUR (all Hans Hermann). Scarce.
One small LSS side two, cons. 2. $20.00.
4121. 10” PW Blue Telefunken A1381 [19039/19020]. DER HAKENKREUTZ [THE
SWASTIKA] (Vitzthum) / DEUTSCHLAND, ERWACHE! (Hans Gansser). With organ,
orchestra, chorus. Note that side one bears an incorrect label: A1393, DEUTSCHER
KAMPF IN LIED (Medley of S.A. Songs) . Few lt. mks., 2. $40.00.
1897. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 3153 [ORA19-1/ORA20-2]. HERR, DEN ICH TIEF IN
HERZEN TRAGE (Hiller) / WO DO HINGEHST? (Hildach). Orch. dir. Hans Udo
Müller. One TB, just about 1-2. $12.00.
1895. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 3308 [ORA142-2/ORA143-4]. WIE BIST DU MEINE
KÖNIGIN / FELDEINSAMKEIT (both Brahms). Piano acc. Hans Udo Müller.
Particularly appealing performances. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
2437. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 3592 [ORA1006-2/ORA1071-1]. AN DIE NACHTIGALL
(Brahms) / IN DER FREMDE (Schumann). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler.
Small lbl. stkrs., few rubs, 2. $8.00.
2286. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 3952 [ORA1956-I/ORA1957-II]. DAS IST DER TAG DES
HERRN (Kreutzer) / FRÜHMORGENS, WENN DIE HÄNNE KRÄH’N (Abt). Orch. dir
Hans Udo Müller. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
2426. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 6343 [ORA2705-2/ORA2706-2]. WENN ICH DEREINST /
ICH BAM MICH GANZ VERLOREN (both Hugo Rasch). Piano acc. Hans Udo
Müller. One very tiny scr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2285. 10” PW Red Electrola DA 4466 [ORA3538-2/ORA3539-1]. AN DIE TÜREN WILL ICH
SCHLIECHEN / DASS SIE HIER GEWESEN (both Schubert). Piano acc. Hanns
Udo Müller. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2024. 10” PW Red Electrola DA 4475 [ORA2639-1/ORA4375-1]. HAS DU VON DEN
FISCHERKINDERN DAS ALTE MÄRCHEN VERNOMMEN?, Op. 7, No. 1 / ZUM
ABSCHIEDE MEINER TOCHTER, Op. 10, no. 3 (both Hans Pfitzner). Piano acc. by
the composer. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
2025. 10” PW Red Electrola DA 4476 [ORA4377-1/ORA4378-1]h. DER GÄRTNER, Op. 9,
No. 1 / DIE EINSAME, Op. 9, No. 2 (both Hans Pfitzner). Piano acc. by the
composer. A very tiny rim chip (flake) side one (scarcely bigger than the head of a
pin). Just about 1-2. $40.00.
2026. 10” PW Red Electrola DA 4477 [ORA4370-1/ORA4374-1]. IN DANZIG, Op. 22,
No. 1 / ARBITE, op. 29, No. 1 (both Hans Pfitzner). Piano acc. by the composer.
Just about 1-2. $40.00.
3942. 12” PW Dark Eng. Parlophone E11034 [2-21684/2-21685]. RIGOLETTO: Pari
siamo! / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani! (Verdi). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Excellent
laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
WALTER HYDE [t]
2754. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D.120 [Ho3364af/Ho3366af]. IL TROVATORE: Perigliarti ancor / IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). In English. With EDNA THORNTON [c]. Side one lt. rubs, 2-3. Side two 2. $8.00.
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EMANUELE ISCHIERDO [t]
2804. 12” Red Milano G&T 054098 [798½c]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Non sai tu
(Verdi). With CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]. Few MGTs, 2. $20.00.
MARIA IVOGÜN [s]
2904. 12” SS Brown Odeon LXX 76983
[XXB6325]. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre
libera (Verdi). In German. Tiny rim
flake grooved side just to raised rim,
otherwise 2. $10.00.
2999. 12” Red acous. Polydor 85313
[887½az/889½az]. IL PENSIEROSO:
Sweet Bird (Händel) / FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN (Strauss). Excellent late
‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
4021. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50029
[X7787/X7799]. PERLE DU BRÉSIL:
Charmant oiseau (David) / IL BACIO
(Arditi). In French/Italian. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
3975. 12” Maroon Japanese elec. Victor ND404 [2D1198-1/2D1205-III]. AN
DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU /
FLEDERMAUS: Czardas (Strauss).
Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Couple lightest
rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
MARIA IVOGÜN
HERMANN JADLOWKER [t]
3559. 11” Purple Okeh 70203 [XB2666]. LOHENGRIN: Atmest du nicht (Wagner). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
2050. 10” Blue Opera Disc 74590 (54485) [14075r]. GUARDA CHE BIANCA LUNA
(Campana). With JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. In Italian One tiny mk. and one small
rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
2370. 10” SR acous. HMV DA 432 [13200r/1794ak]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow) / DIE
MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen herd (Wagner). Tiny lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $15.00.
3118. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vr 76024. LA TRAVIATA: Deh miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3124/ 12 Red ’12 Pats. Vr 76025. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah, lève-toi soleil! (Gounod). In
French. His Victors, all in the original languages, are scarce, particularly in mint
condition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2752. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vr 76027. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). In French.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3501. 12” Red ’12 Pats. 88359. LE DONNE CURIOSE: Il cor nel contento (Wolf-Ferrari).
With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2836. 12” Red SS Dog Schall. Gram. 042457 [1220s]. RIENZI: Allmächt’ger Vater
(Wagner). Lightly faded and rubbed lbl. Surface cons. 2. $15.00.
2977. 12” Red SS Dog Schall. Gram. 042492 [923m]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Lied vom
Kleinzack (Offenbach). Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
3246. 12” Red SS SR HMV 052375 [621m]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). In
Italian. Excellent raised rim pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
2788. 12” Red SS Dog Mon. Gram. 052426 [1356s]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer).
In Italian. Lightest NR on lbl. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2785. 12” Red acous. Electrola DB 775 [286al/288½al]. LOHENGRIN: Gralserzählung /
MEISTERSINGER: Morgendlich leuchtend (both Wagner). Excellent late ‘30s
pressing. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3611. 12” White acous. HMV VB 54 (052385/042435) [Ho253al/1179s]. BARBIERE DI
SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini) / FRA DIAVOLO: Meine Freunde (Auber). Two of
his most effective recordings. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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2765. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72931 (044315/2-054056) [1387s/1389s]. PEARL
FISHERS: Der Tempel Brahmas strahlt (Bizet) / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne
in quest’ ora (Verdi). With JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3147. 12” Blk. elec. Polydor 66821. VON EWIGER LIEBE, Op. 43, No. 1 / STÄNDCHEN,
Op. 106, No. 1 (both Brahms). Piano acc. Few lt. rubs, 2. $35.00.
ALBERT GREGOROVICH JANPOLSKI [b].
Russia, 1875 - ?
. Janpolski emigrated
to the U.S. in 1893, settling in New York City. His career included work as a New York church
soloist (West End Collegiate Church, 1904). He was active as a concert and oratorio artist,
particularly in the New England and New York area. In 1928, Janpolski was advertised in New
York as a resident at the Hotel Windermere and director of the Uptown Glee Club. The last notice
traced of him was in 1930 as director of the New York Stock Exchange Glee Club.
4120. 12” Blk. 12 Pats. Vr 63154. MIT EINER WASSERLILIE (Grieg) / ‘O SCHÖNE ZEWIT
(Goetze). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2687. 12” Blk. GP ’05 Victor 31463 [C-2827]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Aria (Tschaikowsky).
½” internal scr. (light ticks), otherwise few lt. mks., 2. $8.00.
HERBERT JANSSEN [b]
1577. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1591 [OEA4956-I/OEA4967-I]. ZUEIGNUNG, Op. 10, No. 1 /
ALLERSEELEN, Op. 10, No. 8 (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Cons.
2. $8.00.
DOROTHY JARDON [s]. circa 18841966. Jardon’s career began around 1902
and for fifteen years she was an important figure on the New York stages, both in musicals
and vaudeville. In 1919 she made her debut
with the Chicago Opera as Giordano’s Fedora.
She subsequently appeared in opera with
touring companies such as Gallo’s, in
vaudeville and in musicals. She wed Henry E.
Oelrichs [or Ollrichs], “a New York society
man” in 1928, and from this point her name
seems to have disappeared from the press.
She was also a published composer, not of
symphonies but of songs of the non-art
variety, such as Broncho Buster, Baboon
Bungalow and Underneath the Hebrew Moon.
2293. 10” Green Brunswick 10019 [4161].
A BALLYNURE BALLAD (Antrim).
Small lbl. tear, otherwise just about
1-2. $8.00.
3580. 12” Purple Brunswick 35013
[X8430/X8432]. RACHEM (ManaZucca) / YOM KIPPUR (Rhea Silberta). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARIA JÁVOR
[s]. Near Budapest,
1889-Honolulu, 1976.
Her debut was in
Budapest as Gilda in Rigoletto, 1913. The
following year she wed tenor Alexander
Varnay, their daughter, Astrid Varnay (born in
DOROTHY JARDON as Carmen
Stockholm), becoming a celebrated singer.
During her career Jávor toured extensively in
opera and concert and appeared in Buenos Aires, 1923, as the Queen of the Night in The Magic
Flute, which, according to one source, was the belated Argentinian premiere of that venerable
work. After the death of her first husband in 1923, Jávor married another tenor, Fortunato de
Angeles (who made a few recordings in the U.S. for Columbia), and appeared with him on
occasion, including Leonora to his Manrico in a performance of Il Trovatore at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music in 1937. This also featured as Ines daughter Astrid (under an assumed name),
just beginning her career. Jávor later taught in New York.
2693. 12” Green acous. Vox *02031 [418A/418½A]. BRAVOUR-VARIATIONEN ÜBER EIN
THEMA VON MOZART (Adam) / LAKMÉ: Glöckchen-Arie (Delibes). Few lt. mks., 2.
$35.00.
HELEN JEPSON [s]
3133. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 14153. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) / THAÏS:
Dis-moi que je suis belle (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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3269. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 14183. CAPONSACCHI: Lullaby / CAPONSACCHI: This
very vivid morn (Richard Hageman). Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $10.00.
MARIA JERITZA [s]
1661. 10” Red acous. Vla 688. TANNHÄUSER:
Dich, teure Halle (Wagner) / DIE TOTE
STADT: Lautenlied der Marietta
(Korngold). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1660. 10” Red acous. Vla 990. FEDORA: Son
gente risoluta / FEDORA: Dio di giustizia (Giordano). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
2093. 10” Red acous. Vla 1037. LOHENGRIN:
Ein Lüften die mein Klagen / DIE
WALKÜRE: Du bist der Lenz (Wagner).
1900. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1214. THAÏS: Dis-moi
que je suis belle / THAÏS: L’amour est
une vertu rare (Massenet). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
1456. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1301. I KNOW A
LOVELY GARDEN (d’Hardelot) / THE
CUCKOO (Lehmann). Side two piano
acc. Wifred Pelletier. IMs. Just about 12. $10.00.
2315. 10” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Victor 1346.
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo saMARIA JERITZA in 1937
pete (Mascagni) / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte
(Puc-cini). Gorgeous copy. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
3068. 12” Red “Z”-type shellac Scroll Vr 6694. LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum / TANNHÄUSER: Elisabeths Gebet (both Wagner). One scarcely noticeable LSS, otherwise as
new. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3754. 12” Red “Z” shellac Red Scroll Vr 8091. CARMEN: Habanera / CARMEN: Chanson
Bohême (Bizet). Side two with MERLE ALCOCK [c]. Met Op. Orch. and Chorus
dir. Giulio Setti. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
EDWARD JOHNSON [t]
1727. 10” Red acous. Vla 689. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano) / LA FANCIULLA DEL
WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini). One tiny PB, just about 1-2. $7.00.
KARL JÖRN [t]
1820. 10” Blue Vr 45077 [575ak/576ak]. FRÜHLINGSEIT (Becker) / FRÜHLINGSLIED
(Gounod). IMs. Cons. 2. $8.00.
1821. 10” Blue Vr 45078 [556ak/557ak]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Durch die Wälder / DER
FREISCHÜTZ: Jetzt ist woho ihr Fenster (v.Weber). IMs. Cons. 2. $8.00.
2224. 10” Blue Notes Columbia A1777 [45607-1/45608-1]. UNGEDULD / DAS WANDERN
(both Schubert). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2947. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 044189/044190 [25½al/26al]. DIE KÖNIGSKINDER: Bin
ein lustiger Jägersmann (Humperdinck). With LOLA ARTÔT DE PADILLA [s]. Two
sides. Nice copy. Few lt. rubs, 2. $25.00.
RICHARD J. JOSÉ [counter-tenor]. See Personality section
MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Grasse, 1867-Vittel, 1933. A February 5, 1910 issue of
Musical
America indicated the importance of Journet to the Victor Company by describing his travel from
Paris to Camden just to make records, “the most unique trip ever made by any singer.”. Despite it
being the height of the Paris Opéra season, he was granted a special leave by the directors “to
come to America to fill an engagement with the Victor company for the sole purpose of making
records of concerted arias [sic] from conjunction with Caruso, Geraldine Farrar and other famous
artists. While the basso was here the company availed itself of the opportunity to remake all [sic]
of the old records of Journet’s solos.” A few years later he made a similar trip, but some special
engagements were arranged with the Chicago Opera in conjunction with his recording activities to
make his trip even more lucrative.
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2049. 10” White lbl. Vla 64011 [B-2312-2]. LA CHANSON DES PEUPLIERS (Doria). Tiny
lbl. stkr., just about . 1-2. $15.00.
1475. 10” White lbl. Vla 64011 [B-2312-2]. Same as preceding listing (item #2049). Lt.
rubs, gen. 2. $12.00.
2288. 10” Red GP ’06 Vr 64013 [B-2310]. LOHENGRIN: Königs Gebet (Wagner). 1st of
three issued takes. One TB near start. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $8.00.
2267. 10” Red Pats. Vr 64035. BOHÈME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini). 2nd of three issued
takes. Only form of issue. IMs. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $7.00.
1328. 10” Red Vr 64126 [take 3]. MEFISTOFELE: Ave Signor! (Boito). 1916 re-make. Not
on HMV. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2058. 10” White lbl. Vla 64236. FREISCHÜTZ: Caspar’s Air (v.Weber). Tiny lbl. stkr. Small
edge chip face side only not quite to grooves, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
1457. 10” Red Vr 64557. LA PÈRE DE LA VICTOIRE (Ganne). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2123. 10” Red Vr 64557. Same as preceding listing (item #1457). IMs. One tiny bump,
cons. 2. $8.00.
2262. 10” Red Vr 64558. LA BRABANÇONNE (Campenhout). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1271. 10” Red Vla 64587. CLÉOPÂTRE: Air de la Lettre (Massenet). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1329. 10” Red Vla 64647. LES BOEUFS (Dupont, arr. Parizot). Uncommon. Issued only in
U.S. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2263. 10” Red Vr 64651. CHANT PATRIOTIQUE BELGE (Patriotic Song). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2090. 10” Red Vla 699. CLÉOPÂTRE: Air de la Lettre (Massenet) / MAGIC FLUTE:
Invocation (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2197. 10” Blk. acous. Vr 18534. MADELON (Robert) / VICTOR MILITARY BAND. MARCH
FRANÇAISE (Reeves). Journet appears on side one uncredited singing the vocal
refrain. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1915. 10” Red EE Vla 1123. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Sérénade (Berlioz) / JOLIE FILLE
DE PERTH: Quand la flamme (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2150. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1285. DON GIOVANNI: Madamina, il Catalogo (Mozart). Two
sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1090. 10” Blue acous. HMV ABHA 1 [B-17059/B-17062]. LE RÉGIMENT DE SAMBRE ET
MEUSE (Planquette) / LUCIA: Dalle stanze, ove Lucia (Donizetti). Both sides first
and only editions. Side two was planned for issue as Victor 66054 but it never
appeared. The short ABHA/ABHB series was pressed for and issued by the late
Martin L. Sokol of NYC. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1932. 10” SR HMV 7-32072 [Bs383-II]. ASCANIO: Enfants je ne vous en veux pas (SaintSaëns). Small lbl. stkrs. One TB, lt. rubs, gen. 2. $7.00.
1691. 10” White elec. HMV VA 47 [BTR3345-II/BTR3351-I]. THAÏS: Baigne d’eau. With
FANNY HELDY [s] / FANNY HELDY [s]. THAÏS: O messager de Dieu (Massenet).
3601. 12” Blk. Disque Gram. W119 [872i/01254v]. LOHENGRIN: Prière (Wagner) /
MAURICE RENAUD [b]. HAMLET: Comme une pale fleur (Thomas) Fine heavy
raised rim pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2819. 12” White lbl. Vla 88500 [C-4285-2]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With
MARIO ANCONA [b]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3937. 12” Red Vr 74006 [take 3]. TANNHÄUSER: O du mein holder Abendstern (Wagner).
3321. 12” White lbl. Vla 74011 [C-2354-2]. DON CARLOS: Ella giammai m’amo (Verdi).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3491. 12” Red Pats. Vr 74038 [C-3165-4]. LES DEUX GRENADIERS (Schumann). 2nd of 3
issued versions. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3726. 12” White lbl. Vla 74152 [take 3]. HÉRODIADE: Astres étincelants [Air de Phanuel]
(Massenet). This is a 1916 take but I don’t think it was actually issued. Has anyone
seen a Red Seal copy of this? Cons. 2. $15.00.
3032. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 74154. PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Air du Sommeil (Gounod).
Scarce. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3273. 12” White lbl. Vla 74267. LA PROCESSION (Franck). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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3914. 12” White lbl. Vla 74268. DAS RHEINGOLD: Abendlich Strahlt (Wagner). One
harmless LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
2990. 12” Red Vr 74269. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Sous les pieds (Gounod). As new. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
3814. 12” Red Vr 74269. Same as preceding listing (item #2990). Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.
2927. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 74270. MIGNON: Berceuse (Thomas). Early “B” plate. Very
tiny edge chip rim of blank side only. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3457. 12” White lbl. Vla 74276. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Hier sitz ich zur Wacht (Wagner).
Lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
3813. 12” Red Vr 74466. HYMN NATIONAL SERBE (Jenko). In Serbian and (verse 2)
French. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $10.00.
3348. 12” Red Vr 74472. O SALUTARIS (Luce). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3684. 12” Red Vr 76020. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Ah, l’honnête homme! [Du rendez-vous]
(Meyerbeer). With EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3685. 12” Red Vr 76021. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Le Bonheur est dans l’inconstance
(Meyerbeer). With EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3701. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89040. FAUST: Elle ouvre sa fenêtre (Gounod). With
GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4031. 12” Red Pats. Vla 95207. MARTHA: Siam giunti, o giovinette (Flotow). With
FRANCES ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t]. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
4030. 12” Red Pats. Vla 95209. MARTHA: Presto, presto (Flotow). With FRANCES ALDA
[s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3772. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 95210. MARTHA: Quartetto notturno (Flotow). With FRANCES
ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t]. Excellent early pressing,
few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
3362. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6557. LES DEUX GRENADIERS (Schumann) / LA MARSEILLAISE (De Lisle). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3643. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6558. FAUST Sérénade (Gounod) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La
Calunnia (Rossini). Tiny rim chip side one not to grooves, otherwise just about 1-2.
$5.00.
3668. 12” Red acous. Vla 8047. DON CARLOS: Ella giammai m’amo! / GIOVANNI
MARTINELLI [t], GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. DON CARLOS: Dio, che nell’ alma
infondre (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3784. 12” Red Orth. Vla 8155 [CS4270-2/CS4271-I]. FAUST: Mais ce Dieu que peut il
pour moi? [Act I]. Two sides. With FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3905. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 1196 [Ck2768-II/Ck2769-I]. THAÏS: La paix soit avec
vous / THAÏS: Honté! Horreur! (Massenet). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Good
pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
3663. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 138. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Ah, l’honnête homme! / ROBERT
LE DIABLE: Le Bonheur est dans l’inconstance (Meyerbeer). Both with EDMOND
CLÉMENT [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3812. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 19. CARMEN: Je suis Escamillo (Bizet) / FAUST: Vision
céleste (Gounod). With CHARLES DALMORÈS [t]. From orig. 1907 Victor
matrices. $12.00.
3349. 12” White HMV VB 71 [2G840-I/CF2995-II]. HAMLET: Doute de la lumière
(Thomas) / FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod). Both sides with FANNY HELDY [s]. Side two
also with FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
EMMA JUCH [s]
3304. 12” Red GP ’06 Vr 74015 [C-1294]. SERENATA (Tosti). Piano acc. Isadore
Luckstone. The rarest, by far, of her three records. 2. $35.00.
3502. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 23 [C-1294/C-1298]. SERENATA (Tosti) / LOHENGRIN:
Einsam in trüben Tagen (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
HELENE JUNG [c]
2405. 10” acous. Red Vox 2041 [866B/867B]. VERBORGENHEIT / WER IN DIE FREM-DE
WILL WANDERN (both Hugo Wolf). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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ZINAIDA JURJEVSKAYA [s].
Russia, c.
1896-Switzerland, 1925. Leaving Russia after the
1917 Revolution, Jurjevskaya settled in Berlin,
where she studied and made her debut at the
Berlin State Opera, 1922, in the title role of RimskyKorsakov’s Le Coq d’Or. Among her successes there
was the title role in the premiere of Janacek’s Jenufa
in 1924. A brilliant international career was forecast, but as a result of depression from a soured (or
unrequited) love affair, she took poison and threw
herself into a glacial stream while vacationing in
Switzerland.
1937as]. IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS: O du,
die mir einst Hilfe gab (Gluck)/ LA BOHÊME: Man nennt mich jetzt Mimì
(Puccini). Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2.
$40.00.
2877. 12” Blue acous. Homocord B.8217
[M51069/M51070]. LA BOHÈME: Mi
chiamano Mimì / MADAMA BUTTERFLY:
Un bel di (both Puccini). Both in Italian.
Cons. 2. $40.00.
SABINE KALTER [c]
2681. 12” acous. Brown & White Odeon 80151/
ZINAIDA JURJEWSKAYA
80152 (O-8018) [XB6854-II/XB6855].
AFRICAINE: Schlummerarie des Selica
(Meyerbeer). Two sides. A particularly rare item. Just about 1-2. $200.00.
OSKAR KAMIONSKY [b]
2716. 7” Berliner 22111 [4089A]. ROSA (Tosti). In Italian. Odd in that 22111 is listed as a
Russian sung by tenor M. A. Golitsin. There’s no sign of any Kamionsky recordings
in this period. The matrix letter “A” indicates a zinc master (pre-mid-1900) so
perhaps there was one catalogue number assigned to two recordings? Greying, 5.
$200.00.
GEORGE KANAKES [t].
The NY Times mentioned that Kanakes gave a recital in Aeolian Hall
(1921), “following an appearance in opera at the Park”. His program included songs in Greek,
French and Italian, arias and two duets with soprano Grace Hoffman.
1950. 10” Red acous. Panhellenion 330. RIGOLETTO: Ballata (Verdi) / LA PALOMA
(Yradier). Label was pictured in last year’s catalogue but the record listing was
omitted. Side one 2. Side two 3. $15.00.
THEO KARLE [t]
1706. 10” Blk. Vr 18061. HER HEART (Voorhis) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana
(Mascagni). Side two acc. Francis J. Lapitino [harp]. Cons. 2. $8.00
2186. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 13055 [8749/8066]. ELIJAH: Then Shall the Righteous
Shine Forth (Mendelssohn) / . Just about 1-2. $8.00.
AMELIA KAROLA [s].
Naples 1875 - Viareggio 1925. Karola’s studies were at the
Conservatory of Naples, her debut taking place in 1893. The following year she had already arrived
at La Scala, creating the role of Iguamota in the premiere of Franchetti’s Cristoforo Colombo. From
there on she had great success, particularly in the verismo repertoire.
3742. 11” Fonotipia 62527/62528 [XPh4292/XPh4293]. MANON: Or via Manon /
MANON: Ancor son io (Massenet). Piano acc. Superficial rubs, side one 2-3, side
two 3. $12.00.
I. C. KARTASHEV [b]
2419. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-62740/X-62741 [7430L/7431L]. THE BELLS
(Taskin) / WHEN THE BIRDS SING (Tagliafico). Fine voice. Piano acc. Cons. 2.
$35.00.
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GIUSEPPE KASCHMANN [b]
3925. 12” Red Milano G&T 052031 [Con696]. DON CARLOS: Carlo che è solo il nostro
amore (Verdi). Piano acc. 3-4, but not much sounding wear. Needs a 1.0 mil
stylus (as do all of his records). $300.00.
ANNA KASKAS [c]
1825. 10” Orange Microphone Columbia 16322-F [co28923-1/ co28925-1]. KUR BAKU
SAMANOTA (Simkus) / MANO RO E (Kiršos). In Lithuanian. These two Kaskas
items are surely mint. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1826. 10” Orange Microphone Co-lumbia 16323-F [co28924-1/ co28926-1]. DUKRUZ L
(Binkio) / MERGU B DOS (Vanagaitis). In Lithuanian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
VLADIMIR I. KASTORSKY [bs]
2499. 10” Blk. Russian Amour 4-22042/4-22052 [6948r/ 6957r]. I BLESS YOU FORESTS, Op. 47, No. 5 / AT THE BALL, Op. 38, No. 3 (both Tschaikowsky). Piano
acc. Beautiful copy, just about
1-2. $75.00.
ELENA KATULSKAYA [s]
2631. 10” Orange CCCP 15846/ 15847. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh, vieni non tardar
(Mozart) / RICHARD, COEUR DE LION: Suzanna’s Aria (Grétry). Few lightest rubs,
cons. 2. $12.00.
BARBARA KEMP [s]
2793. 12” Purple U.S. Odeon 50702 [XXB6353]. L’AFRICAINE: In meinem Schloss (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3003. 12” Blk. & Brown Odeon 76766/76767 [XXB6432/XXB6433]. IL TROVATORE: Es
glänzte schön das Sternenheer / IL TROVATORE: In deines Kerkers tiefe Nacht
(Verdi). IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00.
2803. 12” Blk. Dog Schall. Gram. 044279/044280 [857m/858m]. HUGUENOTS: Duett III.
Akt Valentine und Marcel (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With PAUL KNÜPFER [bs]. Just
about 1-2. $35.00.
2939. 12” Blk. No-Dog Gramophone 65268 (044279/044280) [857m/858m]. Same as
preceding listing (item #2803). IMs. Couple minor mks., one small scr. Excellent
copy, cons. 2. $30.00.
2997. 12” Blk. Polydor 65269 (044281/044282) [899m/898m]. IL TROVATORE: Wilde
Eifersucht im Herzen! / IL TROVATORE: O Gott, du schweiget (Verdi). Both sides
with LUDWIG DORNAY [t]. Side one also with HOLGER BÖRGESEN [b]. Side two
also with EMMA VILMAR [c]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3949. 12” Blk. acous. Odeon Rxx80704/Rxx80705 [XXB6691/XXB6692]. AIDA: Duett
zwichen Aida und Rhadames, 3. Akt (Verdi). Two sides. With JOSEF MANN [t].
Few rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
ADELE KERN [s]
2455. 10” Red PW Grammophon 10303 [5449½BD/5450½BD]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA:
Arie der Rosine (Rossini). Two sides. Fine pressing, few lightest rubs, cons. 2.
$8.00.
ROXY
KING [s]. Alliance, OH, 1878 - ? . When she was 12 years old, King and her
family emigrated to Brazil. Four years later she made her debut in Rio de Janiero in the leading
role in Alberto Nepomucemo’s opera, Artemus. As a result of her marked success she was sent to
the Stern Conservatory in Berlin where she studied with Selma Nicklass-Kempner. Her German
debut took place at the Theater des Westerns in Berlin, 1901, in Smetana’s Dalibor. She was then
called to the Royal Opera where she was one of two American sopranos on the roster, the other
Geraldine Farrar. King’s repertoire included Santuzza, Rachel in La Juive, Senta, Valentine in Les
Huguenots, Fedora, and Selika in l’Africaine, having sung the last over 60 times. She made seven
sides for G&T around 1905 and nine for Victor, all exceptionally rare. The latter group was issued
only in South America. In 1908 she married a gentleman named Shaw and gave up her career.
She was still living in Brazil in 1958. Items below are pressed from the original parts.
2852. 12” Blk. & White vinyl RCA Vr 74112 [C-6171]. LO SCHIAVO: O ciel de Parahyba
(Gomez). Just about 1-2. $100.00.
4219. 12” White vinyl Vr 74125 [C-6284]. MAMMA DICE (Gomez). Just about 1-2.
$100.00.
2984. 12” Blk. & White vinyl RCA Vr 74171 [C-6183]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli).
I’m pleased to be able to offer another copy for those who missed it last year. Just
about 1-2. $100.00.
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MORGAN KINGSTON [t].
Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, 1881-1936. He began as a
coal miner, which he continued into his mid ‘20s, and sang in choirs from the age of eight. At 14,
he joined a brass band, playing the tenor horn. His first voice lessons began in 1907 and he
subsequently appeared in concert and oratorio in England. His operatic debut was as Rhadames
with the Century Opera in New York, 1913. Remaining with this company until 1917, he then
joined the Metropolitan Opera, where he sang leading tenor roles to 1924, then returning to
England, when he sang at Covent Garden. His active repertoire at the Met included 14 roles,
including Canio, Lohengrin, Manrico and Siegmund.
2762. 12” TC Columbia A5863 [48643-3/48644-3]. SONG OF HIAWATHA: Onaway,
awake, beloved (Coleridge-Taylor) / JUDAS MACCABAEUS: Sound an alarm
(Händel). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ALEXANDER KIPNIS [bs]
2261. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1745-D [W147848-3/W147849-3]. SAPPHISCHE
ODE / AUF DEM KIRCHHOFE (both Brahms). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
2045. 10” Blue PW Eng. Columbia LB4 [W149173-2/W149181-1]. TRAUM DURCH DIE
DÄMMERUNG (Strauss) / MONDNACHT (Schumann). Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1573. 10” Red HMV EW 89 [BLR6263-II/BLR6264-II]. DON GIOVANNI: Madamina
(Mozart). Two sides. In German. Orch. dir. Clemens Schmalstich. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2455. 10” Blk. PW Electrola EW 90 [BLR6209-I/BLR6303-II]. FAUST: Rondo vom
Goldenen Kalb / FAUST: Ständchen des Mephistopheles (Gounod). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
2173. 10” Blk. PW Electrola EW 91 [BLR6301-II/BLR6304-II]. MARTHA: Porterlied
(Flotow) / FREISCHÜTZ: Trinklied des Caspar (v.Weber). Orch. dir. Clemens
Schmalstich. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $12.00.
4196. 12” Multicolor acous. Odeon AA57603 [XXBo6959/XXBo69060]. GRUPPE AUS
DEM TARTARUS (Schubert). WIE BIST DU MEINE KÖNIGIN (Brahms). Piano acc.
I’m pleased to be able to offer another copy of this rarity for last year’s many
bidders. Couple tiny PBs. IMs. 2. $250.00.
3318. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Grammophon 65723 [1089as/1090as]. DON CARLOS: Ella
giammai m’amo (Verdi). Two sides. In German. One MGT. Gen. 2. $40.00.
3328. 12” Blue acous. Homocord B.8276 [51220-1/51221]. HUGUENOTS: Choral-Szene
(Meyerbeer) / LA JUIVE: Wenn ew’ger Haß (Halévy). Gen. 2-3. $30.00.
3835. 12” Blk. elec. Czech HMV ES 748 [2D298-I/2D309-I]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Die
Verleumdung (Rossini) / SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Il lacerato spirito (Verdi). Side one
in German. Side two in Italian. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
4053. 12” Red elec. Electrola EJ 689 [2D298-I/2D309-II]. Same as preceding listing (item
#3835) but later ‘30s pressing. One minor rub, just about 1-2. $15.00.
3883. 12” Blue PW Col. Microphone 67433-D [W98407-4/W98452-1]. AUFENTHALT / AM
MEER (both Schubert). Piano acc. Frank Bibb. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3882. 12” Blue PW Col. Microphone 67435-D [W98405-2/W98453-2]. DER WEGWEISER /
DER LINDENBAUM (both Schubert). Piano acc. Frank Bibb. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3979. 12” Blue PW Master Works Columbia 9128-M [CAX7867-2/CAX7868-1]. DER
ERLKÖNIG / HEIDENRÖSLEIN; UNGEDULD (all Schubert). Piano acc. Gerald
Moore. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3881. 12” Blue PW Col. Microphone 7204-M [W98629-2/W98630-3]. IMMER LEISER
WIRD MEIN SCHLUMMER / FELDEINSAMKEIT (both Brahms). Piano acc. Arthur
Bergh. New? Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3922. 12” Blue Shellac PW Columbia 7224-M [SI, TRA I CEPPI / ARIODANTE: Al sen ti
stringe e parto (both Händel). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Beautiful copy. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
3834. 12” Blue PW Master Works Columbia 7224-M [W98673-3/W98683-1]. Same as the
preceding disc (item #3922) but slightly later pressing. Looks new, as do most
“Just about 1-2” listings. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3780. 12” Green PW Col. Microphone 7224-M [W98673-3/W98683-1]. Same as previous
pressing but a bit later (circa 1940). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3980. 12” Blue PW Columbia 7280-M [W98456-5/W98457-2]. TANNHÄUSER: O du mein
holder / LOHENGRIN: Königs Gebet (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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2930. 12” Red RCA Vr 11-8595. THE HARVEST OF SORROW, Op. 4, No. 5 (Rachmaninoff) / OVER THE STEPPE, Op. 5, No. 1 (Gretchaninoff). Piano acc. Celius
Dougherty. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3184. 12” PW White Vr CRS 100 [CwR407-I/ CwR408-I]. DIE WALKÜRE: Wotans
Abschied (Wagner). Two sides. Orig. Berlin matrices, 1928. The first in a series of
historical issues, but the only one CRS (Collectors Record Shop) pressed from the
original parts. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3200. 12” PW Blue Columbia “Master Works” 67370-D, 67371-D [WAX3020/ WAX3021,
WAX3022/WAX3009]. PARSIFAL: Good Friday Music. With FRITZ WOLFF [t].
Orch dir. SIEGFRIED WAGNER. Three sides / FRANZ VON HOESSLIN and
BAYREUTH FEST. ORCH. SIEGFRIED: Forest Murmurs (Wagner). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
LOUISE KIRBY LUNN [c]
1797. 10” Red SR HMV DA 435 [Ho2041ab/
Ah15122e]. JOCK O’HAZELDEAN
(Scott) / LITTLE BROWN BIRD (del
Riego). Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1796. 10” Red SR HMV DA 597 [Bb3894-II/
Bb3895-II]. SAPPHISCHE ODE, Op. 94
(Brahms) / ALL SOUL’S DAY (Lassen).
Piano acc. Harold Craxton. Tiny lbl. stkr.,
just about 1-2. $8.00.
3665. 12” Red SR SS HMV 03174 [3087f].
WHEN THE STARS WERE YOUNG
(Rubens). Piano acc. Percy Pitt. Only
form of issue. Small lbl. stkrs., just
about 1-2. $12.00.
3398. 12” Red acous. SR HMV DB 508 [z5472f/
z5473f]. CARMEN: Près des remparts de
Séville / CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet).
Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3429. 12” Red acous. SR HMV DB 510
[z5493/Ho4391af]. CARMEN: En vain
pour éviter (Bizet) / PLAISIR D’AMOUR
(Martini). Side two piano acc. Small lbl.
LOUISE KIRKBY LUNN
stkrs. Surface cons. 2. $10.00.
3325. 12” Red acous. SR HMV DB 512 [Ac5535f/Ho1809ac]. O LOVELY NIGHT (Ronald) /
IN SWEET SEPTEMBER (Temple). Piano acc. Side one also with cello. Couple tiny
lbl. stkrs., cons. 2. $10.00.
3247. 12” Red acous. SR HMV DB 515 [Ho2592af/z6330f]. THERE’S A LAND (Allitsen) /
ROSE IN THE BUD (Forster); IT IS NOT BECAUSE YOUR HEART IS MINE (Löhr).
Couple small lbl. stkrs. Surface just about 1-2. $10.00.
2978. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 26 [5145f/C-11447].. AIDA: Ebben, qual nuovo fremito
(Verdi). With EMMY DESTINN [s] / LUISA TETRAZZINI [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY
[c], ENRICO CARUSO [t], PASQUALE AMATO [b] RIGOLETTO: Quartet) (Verdi Side
two first U.S. edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
DOROTHY KIRSTEN [s]
1135. 10” Red RCA Vr 10-1566. BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON (Harling) / ONE NIGHT
OF LOVE (Schertzinger). From set DM 1431. Few tiny mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
HERMINE KITTEL [c]
2446. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 44241 [854z]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Terzett (v.Weber). With BERTHA LAUTERER-FÖRSTER [s], LEO SLEZAK [t]. Beautiful copy. Bright label, few
harmless light inherent pressing indentations, otherwise just about 1-2. $150.00.
1919. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 44241 [854z]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Terzett (v.Weber). With
BERTHA LAUTERER-FÖRSTER [s], LEO SLEZAK [t]. Same as preceding listing
(item #2446). Some LGTs, one harmless patina from rim in about ½” (grooved side
only), otherwise 3. $40.00.
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OLIVE KLINE [s]
2360. 10” Blk. Vr 17156. THE WREN [from “Bird Songs”] (Liza Lehmann) / MARGUERITE
DUNLAP [c]. A BOWL OF ROSES (Clarke). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1872. 10” Blk. Vr 17879. PRINCESS PAT: I Need Affection / REINALD WERRENRATH [b].
PRINCESS PAT: Neapolitan Love Song (Victor Herbert). Cons. 2. $7.00.
MARGARETE KLOSE [c]
2761. 12” Yellow Deut. Gram. 68299 [2308-2GE/2309-2GE]. DIE MAINACHT / VON
EWIGER LIEBE (both Brahms). Piano acc. Machael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
2861. 12” PW Red Electrola DB 4502 [2RA2466-2/2RA2469-2]. IL TROVATORE: Loderade
Flammen schlagen / IL TROVATORE: Die Hände in schweren Ketten (Verdi).
Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ELSE KNEPEL [s]
2864. 12” PW elec. Purple U.S. Odeon 5193 [2-21052/2-21053]. TANNHAUSER: Pilgrims’
Chorus (Wagner). Two sides. Side two with HANS CLEMENS [t]. Berlin State Op.
Orch. and Chorus dir. Eduard Moerike. Elec. U.S. Odeon records were pressed by
Columbia and have the same high quality shellac as Columbia’s Viva-Tonal issues.
Cons. 2. $10.00.
K. L. KNIJNIKOFF [b]
2318. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Vr 4091. KHOVANTCHINA: The Streltsys are
Sleeping (Moussorgsky). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
HEINRICH KNOTE [t]
3447. 12” Red elec. Decca 25267 [XXB8450/XXB8451]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG:
Brünnhild’ heilge Braut /PARSIFAL: Nur eine Waffe taugh’ (both Wagner). Orch.
dir. Frieder Weissmann. One minor mk., otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
PAUL KNÜPFER [bs]
2803. 12” Blk. Dog Schall. Gram. 044279/044280 [857m/858m]. HUGUENOTS: Duett III.
Akt Valentine und Marcel (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With BARBARA KEMP [s]. Just
about 1-2. $35.00.
2939. 12” Blk. No-Dog Gramophone 65268 (044279/044280) [857m/858m]. Same as
preceding listing (item #2803). IMs. Couple minor mks., one small scr. Excellent
copy, cons. 2. $30.00.
4043. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 91 [606m/2390c]. FIDELIO: Euch werde Lohn (Beethoven).
with MELANIE KURT [s], JACQUES URLUS [t]./ KURT [s]. DIE WALKÜRE: Der
Männer Sippe / From orig. 1912/1911 Berlin Gram. matrices. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
MÍLA KO OVÁ [s]. Vienna, 1898-1951.
First a piano student at the Vienna Conservatory.
She made her debut as Olympia and Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann at the Czech National
Theater, where she sang through 1944. She was a frequent international guest, including at the
Chicago Opera and Glyndebourne. Her repertoire ran the gamut of soprano fachs: Queen of the
Night, Donna Anna, Liù, Zerlina, Aida, Butterfly, Adalgisa, Leonora, Lakmé and so on.
3305. 12” Plum PW HMV AN 432 [CW2679-II/CW2673-II]. JAKOBIN: Dueto Julie a
Bohuse (Dvo ák). With HILBERT VÁVRA [b] / TWO WIDOWS: Dueto (Smetana).
With ADA NORDENOVÁ [s].One small mark, just about 1-2. $15.00.
RENÉE KÖNIG [s].
Very fine soprano (perhaps more a mezzo) whose disc below was pressed
from 1907 Zonophone matrices. I can’t find any information about her, but from her vocal
command I suspect she might have had some importance in the Hungarian musical world.
2464. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 65021 [5398L/5399L]. BUZAWIRÁG, BUXZAVIRÁG [CORNFLOWER, CORNFLOWER] / HARANGOZNAK DÉLI TIZENKETTÖRE [THE BELLS
TOLL FOR NOON] (Hungarian songs, unidentified composers). Piano acc. 2.
$12.00.
MILIZA KORJUS [s]
3392. 12” Plum PW Australian HMV C.2688 [2D2001-III/2D2113-I]. AH! VOUS DIRAI-JE
MAMAN (Mo-zart-Adam) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini).
Both in German. Small lbl. stkr. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3117. 12” Plum HMV C.2784 [2RA615-II/2RA616-I]. LA VILLANELLE (dell’ Acqua) /
THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS WALTZ (Strauss). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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3401. 12” Plum PW Australian HMV EB 136 [2RA473-II/2RA474-II]. MIREIL-LE: O légère
hirondelle (Gounod) / I VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi). Side one in German,
side two in French. Excellent pressing. One small rub, just about 1-2. $10.00.
3422. 12” PW Red (gold print) Vr 12136 [2RA1011-2/2RA1012-2]. LAKMÉ: O dourga
bionda / LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). As new. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
NINA KOSHETZ [s]
2250. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10137 [8720/8722]. NONE BUT THE LONELY
HEART / AT THE BALL (both Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Nicolai Stember.
Unidentified cellist side one. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2235. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10138 [8798/8801]. HUMORESQUE (Moussorgsky) /
EASTERN ROMANCE (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2249. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10139 [8633/8638]. OVER THE STEPPE (Gretchaninoff) / TO THE SUN (Koshetz). Piano acc. Nicolai Stemler. Few light rubs, cons. 2.
$35.00.
2177. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10140 [8906/8909]. WINDS ARE BLOWING / OI’
MAMO (Ukrainian Folk Songs). Piano acc. Boris Lang. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2692. 12” Purple acous. Brunswick 30106 [X8956/X8959]. FAIR AT SOROTSCHINSKY:
Reverie and Dance (Moussorgsky) / PIQUE DAME: Lisa’s Aria (Tschaikowsky).
Side one cons. 2. Side two some lt. rubs, gen. 2. $35.00.
3624. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 9233. SADKO: Berceuse (Rimsky-Korsakov) / PRINCE
IGOR: Arioso of Jaroslavna (Borodin). Beautiful pressing. Some lt. superficial rubs,
but it will play perfectly. 2. $25.00.
3691. 12” PW (gold print) Vr 9233. Same as
preceding pressing but slightly later
pressing. Cons. 2. $25.00.
3119. 12” Vinyl plain white lbl. RCA Vr test
9233-A [CVE-43276-2]. PRINCE IGOR:
Arioso of Jaroslavna (Borodin). Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
3120. 12” Vinyl plain white lbl. RCA Vr test
9233-B [CVE-43727-3]. SADKO:
Berceuse (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about
1-2. $20.00.
3121. 12” Vinyl plain white lbl. RCA Vr test mat.
CVE-43727-4. Same selection as preceding listing (item #3120) but unpublished take. Just about 1-2. $75.00.
IVAN KOSLOVSKY [t]
2398. 10” Orange CCCP 19451/19452. AT MY
WINDOW (Rachmaninoff) / DISAPPOINTMENT (Tschaikowsky). Just about
1-2. $10.00.
2115. 10” Orange CCCP 20896/20897.
CHIMES OF CORNEVILLE: Barcarolle
of Grenichet (Planquette). Two sides.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
NINA KOSHETZ
NELLIE KOUNS [s] and SARA KOUNS [s].
The “Mirror Voiced Sopranos”, the Kouns
sisters were popular in vaudeville and on the concert stage from the late ‘teens through the early
‘thirties. In 1925, they were on the opening program of the Brooklyn Albee Theater, referred to by
the press as “the most beautiful theater in the world”. Sarah (Mrs. Sherman Culver Amsden, who
died in Delray Beach, FL, 1958) and Nellie (Mrs. E. H. McHugh, a Manhattan resident in 1951)
were educated in Miss Weaver’s School in Munich and studied voice in Germany prior to W. W. I.
Upon their return to the U.S. they began their sister performances. Their father had been general
manager of the Santa Fé Railroad.
2294. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion test matrix T.651. THE MAIDEN’S WISH (Chopin).
Issued? I’ve never seen it or a listing of it. Some greying, 5. $10.00.
ALEXANDRE KRAIEFF [bs]
2382. 10” Red Decca G-20219 [SB-72-2/SB-73-1]. PIQUE DAME: Prince Yeletsky’s
Proposal (Tschaikowsky). Two sides. Orch. dir. Manuel Rosenthal. One lt. rub side
two, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
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ERNST KRAUS [t]
3407. 12” White HMV VB 25 (044056/044057) [543i/542i]. LOHENGRIN: Wenn Ich im
Kampfe für dich siege / LOHENGRIN: Das süsse Lied verhallt (Wagner). Both with
EMMY DESTINN [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GIUSEPPE KRISMER [t]
9509. 11” Fonotipia 92593/92594 [XPh3973/XPh9374]. DONNA VORREI MORIR!
(Franchetti) / MENTRE TU DORMI (Lopez). Fonotipia books credit violinist as
[Alessandro] Genesini and pianist as [Alberto] Franchetti. Cons. 2. $35.00.
9309. 11” Fonotipia 92593/92594. Same as preceding listing (item #9509). Side one cons.
2. Side two internal scr. cluster could tick about ¾”, otherwise 2-3. $15.00.
ERLING KROGH [t]. Oslo, 1886-1968.
He made his debut as a concert singer in 1915 and
then studied with, among others, Peter Cornelius in Copenhagen. During the later ‘teens and first
half of the 1920s Krogh was noted for his operetta and opera work in Norway. Later he toured
internationally as a concert singer, including performances in Berlin, Barcelona and in two U.S.
tours (1927 and 1937). He eventually taught in Oslo. Between December 27th, 1927 and January
3rd, 1928, he recorded 24 selections (and a number of re-takes of these) for Victor and Okeh. Those
issued are quite scarce. There are also Scandinavian HMV recordings.
1839. 10” Blue Scandinavian HMV AL 2146 [BE2177-II/BE2184-I]. EG SER DEG UT FOR
GLUGGJEN (Voss) / EG ELSKAR DEI VOGGENDE TONAR (Lepsøe). Side one lt.
rubs, 2. Side two cons. 2. $10.00.
1873. 10” PW Plum HMV X.2673 [BVE-41428-2/BVE-41429-1]. VED RONDARNE (Grieg) /
TONERNE (Sjöberg). Cons. 2. $10.00.
SALOMEA KRUSZELNICKA [s]. Poland, 1873-Lwów, 1952. Kruszelnicka’s parents were
Ukrainian. She began as an amateur and choral singer and first sang as a soloist, 1892, in
Händel's Messiah. This was followed by a period of study in Milan with Fausta Crespi, and she
then appeared in Cremona for the 1895-96 season, singing in Manon Lescaut (Puccini) and Les
Huguenots. Following several seasons in Russia, she returned to Italy in 1902 (as Krusceniski)
and for a number of years had an extremely important career there, creating Madama Butterfly
(in the revised version of the opera) in Brescia, 1904, and appearing as both Salome (1907) and
Elektra (1909) in the respective La Scala premieres of these Strauss operas. Her repertoire
included many Italian roles, such as Aida, Tosca, and Adriana Lecouvreur, as well as a full range
of Wagner heroines (including Brünnhilde). She was also noted for her physical beauty.
2648. 10” Red Warszawa G&T 23359 [403z-Ao-2z]. AMORE (Tosti). Label states “Polish”
but it is actually sung in Italian. Extremely rare. Clean label, superficial rubs,
couple LGTs, just about 3. $1000.00.
1675. 10” Green VT Columbia 27133-F [W108889-2/W108899-2]. OI, DE TY IDEZ, DE TY
POIDESZ [OH, YOU GO, YOU COME] / OI, LETILY BILI HUSY [OH, WHITE GEESE
WERE FLYING] (Ukrainian Folk Songs). Just about 1-2. $75.00
JARMILA KŠÍROVÁ [s]. Prague, 1908 (or 1910) Berlin, 1983.
Having studied at the Conservatory in
Bratislava, Kšírová had great success in Bratislava and
Prague in opera. In 1938 she appeared at the Vienna State
Opera with Richard Tauber in the premiere of Léhar’s
Giuditta, and from then on until the early 1950s, when she
returned to opera, she was a leading operetta star in
Germany and Vienna, guesting in other locations as well.
1188. 10” PW Plum HMV EG 6485 [ORA3253II/ORA3254-II]. DIE DUBARRY: Ich schenk’
mein Herz / DIE DUBARRY: Ja, so ist sie, die
Dubarry (Millöcker). Orch. dir. Theo Mackeben.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
CHARLES KULLMAN [t]
2961. 12” PW Blue “Master Works” Columbia 9096-M
[WRX9/WRX18]. BARTERED BRIDE: Wer in
lieb enthrannt / BAR-TERED BRIDE: Noch ein
Weilchen, Marie (Smetana). With EUGEN
FUCHS [bs] both sides. Side two also with
ERNA BERGER [s], ELSE RUZICZKA [ms],
WALTHER BECK [bs?], WALTER GROSSMAN
[bs]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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MARIA KURENKO [s]
1177. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2053-M [W142110-5/W142187-7]. SADKO: Song of
India / COQ D’OR: Hymn to the Sun (Both Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
1229. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2058-M [W143686-3/W143749-10]. WIEGENLIED /
NUR WER DIE SEHNSUCHT KENNT (both Tschaikowsky). Side one with Pierre
Luboschutz [pno]. Side two with Arthur Bergh [pno], Ossip Giskin [cello]. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
MELANIE
KURT [s]. Vienna, 1880-New York City, 1941. She studied piano first and
then voice with Fannie Müller and Marie Lehmann (Lilli Lehmann’s sister). Working professionally as a pianist first, Kurt made her operatic debut in Lübeck as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser,
1902. She then left the stage for further study with Lilli and Marie Lehmann, appearing subsequently in Braunschweig and Berlin. In 1910 she was a successful guest soprano at Covent Garden and the Salzburg Festival, as well as La Scala and the Dresden Opera. Kurt’s Met debut was
in 1915 where she was a leading Wagnerian soprano, also taking roles such as Santuzza,
Leonore in Fidelio, the Marschallin and Pamina. She was removed from the roster when the U.S.
entered W.W. I in 1917 but had to remain in the U.S. (as did Gadski) for the duration. After
returning to Germany, she appeared mainly in German and Austrian houses until retiring gradually around 1930. She taught in Berlin and, being Jewish, left for Vienna in 1933 and from
there, in 1938, emigrated to New York City, where she lived and taught until her death.
4043. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 91 [2390c/606m]. DIE WALKÜRE: Der Männer Sippe
(Wagner) / FIDELIO: Euch werde Lohn (Beethoven). Side two with JACQUES
URLUS [t], PAUL KNÜPFER [bs]. From orig. 1911/1912 Berlin Gram. matrices.
Just about 1-2. $25.00.
SELMA KURZ [s]
2766. 12” White lbl. HMV 043270
[771m]. DON PASQUALE: Quel
guardo … so anch’io la virtù
magica (Donizetti). In German.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2812. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 498
[569m/570m]. BALLO IN
MASCHERA: Saper vorreste
(Verdi) / QUEEN OF SHEBA:
Lockruf (Goldmark). Side two
unaccompanied. Famous Kurz
long trills. Excellent pressing.
2906.
4061.
3903.
4062.
3416.
3910.
Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
12” Red vinyl HMV 043181
[569m]. QUEEN OF SHEBA:
Lockruf (Goldmark). One superficial mark. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
12” White SP HMV 053254
[2070c]. ERNANI: Ernani,
involami (Verdi). In Italian. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 199
SELMA KURZ
[566m/576m]. IL BACIO /
L’ESTASI (both Arditi). In
Italian. Lt. lbl. fade. Surface just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Red Hist No. 2 HMV DB 330 [0750v/0821v]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr, di ihr
Triebe (Mozart) / DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). In German/Italian. Few
lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 498 (043181/053275) [569m/570m]. QUEEN OF
SHEBA: Lockruf (Goldmark) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Saper vorreste (Verdi). Side
one in German. Side two in Italian. Lt. NR on lbl. side two, lt. mks., gen. 2. $12.00.
12” Red Globe Electrola DB 778 [564m/0711v]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah, non credea
mirarti (Bellini) / LA BOHÈME: Man jetzt Mimì (Puccini). Side one in Italian, side
two in German. Few lt. mks., 2. $10.00.
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2976. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72847 [1292as/1815as]. MIGNON: Styrienne (Thomas) /
LES HUGUENOTS: Pagen-Arie (Meyerbeer). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
DORA LABETTE [s]
4181. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia L1590 [AX288/AX289]. FOUR SONGS FOR VOICE
AND VIOLIN (Delius). With W. H. REED [violin]. A beautiful, highly recommended
disc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3055. 12” Blue Shellac elec. PW Columbia 9092-M [WAX5069/WAX5104]. CRADLE
SONG; THE NIGHTINGALE / EVENING VOICES (all Delius). Lovely singing. Piano
acc. by Sir THOMAS BEECHAM. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
FAUSTA
LABIA [s]. Verona 1870 – Rome
1935. The older sister of famous soprano Maria
Labia (1880-1953), Fausta made her debut in 1892
at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona in Meyerbeer’s
Robert le Diable. From 1893 to 1895 she performed
in Stockholm, in the 1895-96 season at the Teatro
San Carlo in Lisbon, then at the Teatro Regio in
Turin. In 1901 she appeared at La Scala as
Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre under Arturo
Toscanini and also at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
She specialized in Wagner repertoire. In 1902 she
sang in Rome as Brünnhilde in Siegfried, in the
1904-05 season at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona as
Eva in Die Meistersinger. In 1912 she performed at
the Teatro Politeama in Buenos Aires, her final
stage appearances. She retired a few years after
having married tenor Emilio Perea (1884-1946).
Their daughter, the soprano Gianna Perea-Labia
(born 1908), also became a noted opera singer.
9503. 11” Fonotipia 92863/92864 [XPh4741/
XPh ? ]. LOHENGRIN: Se in campo
avrò per te la palma (Wagner) / MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boito).
Both with EMILIO PEREA [t]. Faint
internal patina side two (about 1½”),
harmless. Otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.
FAUSTA LABIA
And you thought one-name
singers began with “Cher”! Lacerda was a decent “legit.” tenor singing in Portuguese.
LACERDA [t].
4186. 10” Blk. Vr acous. 69984 [17684u/17685u]. FADO DAL PALLIDA MADRUGADA
COM VARIAÇOES DE FLAUTA / FADO CIUMENTO. Side one with inst. ensemble.
Side two with guitar (although label states “piano”). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JULIEN LAFONT [bs]
3456. 12” Red PW Odeon 123.507 [XXP6520-1/XXP6521-2]. LOUISE: Berceuse / LOUISE: Duo du 4e Acte (Charpentier). Side two with NINON VALLIN [s]. Cons. 2.
$8.00.
RAFAELE LAGARES [t].
4035. 12” Red late VdP DB 11354 [2BA7984/2BA7986]. NORMA: Meco all’altar di venere
(Bellini) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni). One TN. Some
lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
FORREST LAMONT [t]. Athelston, Canada, 1881-Chicago, 1937.
Lamont was raised in
Chicopee, MA, where he studied voice in nearby Springfield with Y. Cornell. He subsequently
prepared further in Italy and made his operatic debut there in Donizetti’s Poliuto. This was
followed by a concert tour of Italy with soprano Celestina Boninsegna. Most of Lamont’s career
was with the Chicago Opera (1917-1932), where he sang a wide variety of leading roles in operas
such as Isabeau, Tiefland, Die Walküre, Boris Godounov, Il Trovatore, I Gioielli della Madonna and
Parsifal. He also created principal tenor parts in several American operas, including Azora,
Daughter of Montezuma (Hadley), Daughter of the Forest (Arthur Nevin), Light from St. Agnes [a “jazz
oriented” opera] (Harling) and The Echo (Patterson). While Lamont’s only issued records under his
own name are ten sides for lateral Okeh made in 1920, he appeared under at least three nomsdu-disque for Okeh (vertical and lateral) as well as Emerson and Lyric during the later ‘teens
4201. 10” Blue vertical Okeh 1181 [368a/298B]. LOVE, HERE IS MY HEART (Silesu) /
GRACE KERNS [s]. SERENADE [SING, SMILE, SLUMBER] (Gounod). Recorded as
GEORGE LAMBERT [t]. 2. $15.00.
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1319. 10” Maroon acous. (lateral) Okeh 6002 [S-747-E/S-777-B]. A DREAM (Bartlett) /
LOVE, HERE IS MY HEART (Silesu). Side one small lbl. skr. and harmless rubbing,
2-3. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.
2006. 10” Maroon acous. Okeh 6007 [S-7346-B/S-7380-a]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA:
Siciliana /CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Gen. 2-3. $15.00/.
LISE LANDOUZY [s]
9520. 11” Brown Odeon 56015/56019
[XP2794/XP2814-2]. LA REINE
TOPAZE: Chanson de l’Abeille /
GALATHÉE: Air de la Coupe (both
Massé). Piano acc. Announced. Some
LGTs side one, 3-4. Spectacular
doings on side one, but some graying.
Side two 4 (a bit more graying).
$20.00.
9539. 11” Brown Odeon 56035/56058
[XP2828/XP2831]. MIGNON: Je suis
Titania (Thomas) / SONNAMBULA:
Ah, non giunge (Bellini). In Italian.
Piano acc. Announced. Side one some
rubbing, very few MGTs, 3-4. Side
two 3. $25.00.
9538. 11” Brown Odeon 56230/56231
[XP5531-2/XP5526]. L’ÉTOLE DU
NORD: Veille sur aux toujours (Meyerbeer) / LE TORÉADOR: Ah! Vous
dirais-je maman (Adam). Orch. Acc.
2-3. $30.00.
EDWARD
LANKOW [bs]. Tarrytown, NY,
1883-New York, 1940. Lankow, born Rosenberg, studied in New York with Anna Lankow and
in tribute took her name when he made his
LISE LANDOUZY
concert debut. He completed his musical studies
in Dresden, Frankfurt, and Milan, also appearing
in opera in each of those sites. According to one source, he appeared with Adelina Patti in her final
American “farewell tour” (1903-04). He made his Boston Opera debut in 1910 and appeared there
in a variety of roles, such as Plunkett in Martha, Ramfis, King Mark and Arkel. Debussy is quoted
as having said, upon hearing Lankow, “This is the first time I hear the quality of voice I thought of
when I composed the music of Arkel for Pelléas et Mélisande.” Lankow was also a guest at the
Metropolitan Opera in 1912, singing Sarastro in five performances of The Magic Flute and appearing later with the Chicago Opera and Paris Opéra, but much of his career was as a concert singer.
Said critic James Gibbons Huneker of Lankow, “I may testify that never in my life have I heard
such a rich, resonant, musical and powerful bass voice as Mr. Lankow’s”.
1612. 10” PW Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P.686 [BFR178-I/BFR179-I]. LA JUIVE: Si la rigeur
(Halévy)/ MAGIC FLUTE: Isis c’est l’heure (Mozart). Harmless lt. rubbing, 2.
$50.00.
LINA LANZA [ms]. See: ERNESTO BADINI
MARIO LANZA [t]
3743. 12” Red late RCA Vr 12-3155. SERENADE (Toselli) / SERENADE (Drigo). Orch. dir.
Constantine Callinicos. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
ULYSSES LAPPAS [t]
1270. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1456 [B85/B90]. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco
(Leoncavallo) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). One harmless mk. side two,
cons. 2. $12.00.
1126. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1472 [B87/B91]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST:
Ch’ella mi creda / MANON LESCAUT: Tra voi belle (both Puccini). Few lightest rubs
side one, cons. 2. $12.00.
1093. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1531 [A2269/A2270]. EXOMOLOGISSIS
[CONFESSION] (Spiros Samara) / KANENA [NOBODY] (Lontos). Piano acc. In
Greek. Highly recommended. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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HULDA LASHANSKA [s]. New York, 1893-New York,
1974. Lashanska made her concert debut around 1909
(which would lead one to believe her birth date in error),
although her obituary notes her debut having been an Aeolian
Hall Song Recital in 1918. She was on the Met roster the
season of 1917-18 but sang only in one Sunday night concert.
A pupil of Frida Ashforth and Marcella Sembrich, her voice was
described in a review as “a soprano voice of rare, almost fragile,
beauty unlike any other that has come to maturity in New York
since that of Alma Gluck”. Lashanska never appeared in opera,
but had an important concert career that lasted into the
1940s. Many of her performances were benefits for various
charitable causes, and it seems she performed when and where
she liked. She shared the stage with such varied artists as
George Gershwin, Lawrence Tibbett, Rudolf Serkin and Morton
Downey.
1110. 10” Red Vla 66021. CANZONETTA (Loewe). Gorgeous singing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
HULDA LASHANSKA
2342. 10” Red Vla 964. LUNGI DAL CARO BENE (Secchi)
/ PARIS ED ELENA: Spiagge amate (Gluck). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
2135. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1226. ANNIE LAURIE (Scott) / LONG, LONG AGO (Bayly). Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
1148. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 1746. DU, DU LIEGST MIR IM HERZEN (Pax) / ACH, WIE
IST’S MÖGLICH DANN (Thuringian Folk Song). With PAUL REIMERS [t]. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1563. 10” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Vr 3050. STILL WIE DIE NACHT (Böhm) /
STÄNDCHEN (Schubert). With PAUL REIMERS [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2736. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Vr 7778. AVE MARIA / DU BIST DIE RUH, Op. 59,
No. 3 (both Schubert). Piano acc. Elsa Fiedler. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3161. 12” Gold acous. Flags Columbia 68066-D [493382/49443-2]. ANNIE LAURIE (Scott) / BONNIE
SWEET BESSIE (Gilbert). Few lightest mks., cons.
2. $15.00.
2735. 12” Red RCA Vr 11-9022. HERBSTLIED;
SONNTAGSMORGEN / WASSERFAHRT; LIED
AUS RUY BLAS (all Mendelssohn). Both with
KERSTIN THORBORG [ms]. Piano acc. George
Schick. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI [t]
1005. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10131 [10173/
10024]. CARMÈ (De Curtis) / MAMMA MIA CHE
VO’ SAPE (Nutile). His voice was recorded particularly well by Brunswick. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1129. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10172 [ ? / ? ].
MANELLA MIA! (Valente) / CIELO TURCHINO!
(Ciociano). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1303. 10” Red Fonotipia A152021/A152022 [Pho56262/Pho5307-2]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella /
RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Small
scr. side two very end (following music), few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
1272. 10” Blue acous. Odeon B3732 [Pho5312/
Pho5320-2]. I PURITANI: A te, o cara (Bellini) /
LA FAVORITA: Una vergine (Donizetti). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI
1448. 10” Blue acous. Odeon B3733 [Pho5513/ Pho5323]. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul
passo (Boïto) / WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
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1008. 10” Red late VdP DA 5427 [OBA5032-II/ OBA5033]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST:
Ch’ella mi creda / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma (both Puccini). Superb late pressing.
2921. 12” Red Fonotipia 74911/74912 [XXPh5316-2/XXPh5318-2]. L’ARLESIANA:
Lament di Federico (Cilèa) / MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). Cons. 2 $15.00.
3737. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5540 [XXPh5315-2/XXPh5321-2]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto
gentil / ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (both Donizetti). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
3234. 12” Gold German Brunswick A73055 [X10057/X ? ]. LO SCHIAVO: Quando
nacesti tu (Gomez) / LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Excellent
pressing. Lightest (superficial, of course) rubs, 2. $12.00.
3181. 12” Red Scroll ‘Z”-type shellac Vr 7389. FAUST: Salut demeure (Gounod) /
CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). A perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3237. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 7389. Same as preceding listing (item #3181). One LSS
(should be harmless), few lighest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
3986. 12” Red late VdP DB 1341 [CVE-40707-2/CVE-40708-2]. AIDA: Pur ti riveggo /
AIDA: Là, tra foreste vergine (Verdi). With ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]. Excellent
pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3987. 12” Red late VdP DB 1458 [CVE-49709-2/CVE-58609-1]. AIDA: Ah! no fuggiamo /
AIDA: Ma dimmi: per qual via (Verdi). With ELISABETH RETHBERG [s] (both
sides). Side two also with GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
JANE LAVAL [s]
2856. 12” PW Brown French Col. BFX 3 [WLX1554-1/WLX1557-1]. LE SOMMEIL DE
L’ENFANT JÉSUS (Henri Busser) / REQUIEM: Pie Jesu (Fauré). Orch. dir. Jean
Witkowski. Side one few lt. rubs, 2. Side two cons. 2. $10.00.
MARJORIE LAWRENCE [s]
3311. 12” Red (gold print) PW Vr 15892 [2LA-1-1/2LA-2-1]. SIGURD: Salut, splendeur du
jour / SIGURD: O palais radieux (Reyer). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Scarce.
Beautifully sung. Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
HIPOLITO LAZARO [t]. Barcelona, 1887-1974.
Lazaro’s first musical experience was as a
saxophonist during military service. After some engagements singing in zarzuela he made his
official operatic debut in Donizetti’s La Favorita in his native Barcelona, 1910. While mostly selftaught, he did spend a period later that year studying in Italy with Ernesto Colli, making his
Italian debut as the Duke in Rigoletto. During the summer of 1911 he visited England primarily to
record for the Gramophone Company. Lazaro described this adventure in his autobiography, the
following quotes as translated from Spanish in The Record Collector magazine: “I go to the plant,
make the records … and can hardly wait for my lovely voice to be reproduced. … I listen to the
records … they are terrible.” He felt that it was a conspiracy by the company, lest his records
outsell those of “another tenor” (i.e. Caruso) as the Gramophone Company has spent “a great
fortune in promoting [that other tenor’s] records”. Lazaro reasoned, therefore, that “the company
told the engineers to make bad records of me”, even though “… my voice is known as the most
perfect tenor there is, that has been and, according to the press, that will be for many years to
come.” It wasn’t until 1916 that he resumed recording, this time for Columbia, who referred to him
as “the wonder tenor” and advised in their publicity that he was obviously better than that “other”
tenor, as Lazaro could sing higher. Despite his “contentious disposition” (as aptly put by John
Steane in the Grove Opera Dictionary), Lazaro had a successful career that lasted until the early
1950s and included most of the world’s major opera houses. He created the leading tenor roles in
Mascagni’s Il Piccolo Marat (Rome, 1921) and Giordano’s La Cena delle Beffe (La Scala, 1924). For
the latter he sang the premiere but withdrew from further performances after disagreements with
the composer.
1602. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2013-M [47211-1/77911-1]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella
pira (Verdi) / GEORGE BAKLANOFF [b]. LA GIOCONDA: Pescator, affonda l’esca
(Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1004. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2022-M [46736-5/46734-4]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è
mobile / RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2057. 10” Blue PW Iberia (Columbia) A4090 [WK1646/WK1647]. AL DESPEDIRME
(Casagne) / PAIS AZUL (del Moral). These were pressed “especial para la Casa
Veerkamp S. A.” (Mexico, I believe). Side one lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. Side one
cons. 2. $15.00.
2621. 10” Red elec. Spanish Columbia R14711 [WK2603-2/WK2617]. YOLANDA (HertzArregui) / LA PICAONA (Castillo-Alonzo). Rare. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $75.00.
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2625. 10” Red elec. Spanish Columbia
R14719 [WK2611-1/WK2614-2].
RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita /
RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile
(Verdi). Lt. superficial scuffs, one
pinpoint bump, 2 $75.00.
2678. 12” Blk. vinyl Columbia 83016-5.
MARINA: Costa de la levante (Arrieta).
Great record and Lazaro’s rarest
Columbia acoustic. I’ve only seen one
copy of it on Tricolor Columbia. It
otherwise appeared only on a rare
Spanish doubling. Cons. 2. $100.00.
2913. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68032-D
[48747-2/48788-3]. L’AFRICAINE:
O Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / MARTHA:
M’appari (Flotow). Excellent pressing.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
[48750-2/49020-1]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini) / PAGLIACCI:
Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Another
excellent pressing. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
HIPÓLITO LÁZARO as Folco in Mascagni's Il
[48748-1/48749-3]. FAVORITA:
Piccolo Marat
Spirto gentil / FAVORITA: Una
vergine (Donizetti). Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
2694. 12” Red Spanish Columbia RG16120 [WKK349-2/WKK350]. ISABEAU: Non Colombelle! (Mascagni) / LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Lazaro was one of the
earliest interpreters of the role of Folco in Isabeau, having sung it in Genoa, 1914,
under the composer’s direction. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lightest mks.,
3969.
2838.
2938.
3677.
cons. 2. $75.00.
12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia LCX1 [WKX181/WKX183]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / LA
BRUJA: Jota (Chapi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 8945-M [WBX37/WBX45]. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) /
AY DEL AY (Osma). Just about 1-2. $15.00
12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52076-X [WKX181/WKX183]. Same as preceding
listing (item #3969). Few lightest rubs. Side two few faint internal lam. crks. should
be silent. Cons. 2. $10.00.
12” Blue elec. Italian Columbia GQX 10139 [WBX29/WBX30]. TURANDOT: Non
piangere Liù / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ODETTE LE FONTENAY [s].
Born in Paris, 1885 [?], LeFontenay studied in France with
baritone Philippe Coudert, assistant to Jean de Reszke, and then remained three years at the de
Reszke studio. She made her debut at Covent Garden in 1911. From there she went to Spain and
then Italy for further operatic study. The Paris Opéra-Comique then engaged her, where she was
first heard singing Pousette in Manon and creating Une Chimère in Charpentier’s Julien. Likely she
left Paris in 1913 and the following year wed in New York City her voice teacher, Philippe Coudert,
with whom she appeared on occasion in recital for the next fifteen years. Her New York vocal
debut was in 1915 in a joint recital with her husband in New York. An interesting 1916
performance was in a “Suffrage Opera” by Mrs. August Belmont and Elsa Maxwell, given at the
grand ballroom of the New York Waldorf Astoria. It incorporated quite an array of personalities,
including Marie Dressler in the principal comedy part and Frances Alda and Mlle. Le Fontenay to
do the “serious singing”. Her Met debut was the same year, appearing there one season as The
Dew Fairy (Hänsel und Gretel), Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) and a Genie (Der Zauberflöte).
Subsequent performances included a number of charity and society programs and concerts, as
well as radio appearances. She and her husband, parents of three children, divorced in the late
1930s. Her last known address was Pelham Manor, NY.
1357. 10” Blk. Vr 69431. LE PETIT GRÉGOIRE / LA PAIMPOLAISE (both Botrel). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
1443. 10” Blk. Vr 69695. STANCES À MANON / VOUS ÊTES JOLIE! (both Delmet). Very
tiny lbl. stain side two. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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LILLI LEHMANN [s]
2723. 11” Blue Odeon 50071/50097 [XB1307/
XB1476]. LONG, LONG AGO (Bayly) /
ROBIN ADAIR (Keppel). Piano acc. In
English. One of her rarest records.
Excellent copy, cons. 2. $800.00.
9311. 11” Col. Fonotipia 50354/50355 [XB2977/
XB3065]. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With HEDWIG HELBIG [s] / TRAVIATA: Sempre
libera (Verdi). Side one never reissued.
Tiny lbl. strs. IMs. Cons. 2. $35.00.
9475. 11” Early Blue Odeon 50391/50433
[XB3139/XB3140]. FROHE BOTSCHAFT
(Folk Song) / LORELEY (Bungert). Piano
acc. Fritz Lindemann. Never reissued.
Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $50.00.
2667. 11” Brown early ‘30s pressing Odeon
50392/50393 [XB3143/XB3147]. WALKÜRE: Du bist der Lenz (Wagner) /
JOSUA: O Had I Jubel’s Lyre (Händel).
In German. Piano acc. Fritz Lindemann.
Few TNs first inch both sides, few lt. rubs
side two, cons. 2. $25.00.
LILLI LEHMANN in the 1860s
9496. 11” Yellow Odeon O-5603 [XB1306/
XB3150]. FREUDVOLL UND LEIDVOLL
(Beethoven) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO:
Heil’ge Quelle (Mozart). Side one piano acc. Excellent ‘30s pressing. IMs. Few
lightest mks. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $50.00.
9536. 11” SS Vinyl Odeon (Columbia) 50373 [XB3135]. MONDNACHT (Schumann).
Pressed in the early 1960s from a 1906 Odeon stamper then still remaining in the
U.S. Columbia vault from earlier IRCC use. Several other such items were pressed at
the same time (see Maurel Van Dyck and Lehmann item 9533 below) and supposedly
the parts were then destroyed. Pressings were said to have generally been three in
total. Cons. 2. $50.00.
9544. 11” Red 1931 Odeon UX52577/Ux52578 [XB1478/XB1479]. DON GIOVANNI:
Rachearie (Mozart). Two sides. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
9543. 11” Red 1931 Odeon Ux52597/Ux52699 [XB3049/XB3047]. FIDELIO: Abscheulicher (Beethoven) / LA TRAVIATA: Amami Alfredo (Verdi). Excellent surfaces. Just
about 1-2. $50.00.
9533. 11” SS Vinyl Odeon (Columbia) 50394 [XB3149]. HUGUENOTS: O glücklich Land
(Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $50.00.
2944. 12” Brown SS Odeon Rxx 80009 [XXB 3148]. ROBERT THE DEVIL: Gnadenarie
(Meyerbeer). Superb early ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
3002. 12” Red Odeon AA57895 [XXB2960/XXB3048]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Martern aller Arten (Mozart) / ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Ach ich
liebte (Mozart). 1931 reissue. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
3660. 12” Red SS IRCC 5006. DER ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). RR from ultra rare 1906
Odeon. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LOTTE LEHMANN [s]
1193. 10” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 70694 [1121ar/19037L]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr,
die ihr Triebe (Mozart) / FAUST: Er liebt mich (Gounod). Few lt. mks., 2. $25.00.
1407. 10” Brown PW elec. Odeon O-4833 [Be9906/Be9907]. DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON
WINDSOR: Nun eilt herbei (Nicolai). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2889. 12” Salmon SS acous. No-Dog Gram. 76405 (043346) [150ap]. SUOR ANGELICA:
Ohne Mutter bist du Kind gestorben (Puccini). IMs. Few small mks., cons. 2.
$100.00.
2897. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72906 [1221½m/417½as]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Briefszene
(Tschaikowsky) / DIE WALKÜRE: Der Männer Sippe (Wagner). IMs. Beautiful copy.
Just about 1-2. $100.00.
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2891. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72911 [1381m/1382m]. DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON
WINDSOR: Nun eilt herbei (Nicolai). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $100.00.
3948. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72917 [421as/739av]. MORGEN [Strauss) / MARIA
OLSZEWSKA [c]. DIE MAINACHT (Brahms) Very small lbl. tear side one, few
2747. 12” Brown PW elec. Odeon O-8730 [XXB8150/XXB8151]. EVA: Melodram und Lied
(Lehár) / DAS ZAUBERLIED, Op. 21 (Meyer-Helmund). Small lbl. stkr., minor lbl.
stain side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
2733. 12” Brown PW elec. Odeon O-8731 [XXB8168/XXP8169]. ARIADNE AUF NAXOS;
Sie atmet leicht (R. Strauss). Two sides. Small lbl. stkr., few lightest rubs, cons. 2.
$15.00.
3214. 12” Brown PW elec. Odeon O-8763 [XXB7622/XXB7873]. VON EWIGER LIEBE
(Brahms) / AN DIE MUSIK (Schubert). Couple lightest mks. side two, otherwise just
about 1-2. $12.00.
FRIDA LEIDER [s]
606½as]. OBERON: Ozean! Du Ungeheuer! (v.Weber). Two sides. Perfect
copy. Just about 1-2. $100.00.
3911. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 65641
[602as/678as]. AIDA: O Vaterland /
AIDA: Als Sieger kehre heim (Verdi).
One minor rub, otherwise just about
1-2. $90.00.
681as]. SCHMERZEN / TRÄUME
(Wagner, from Wesendonck Lieder).
Looks fresh from the Polydor press.
Just about 1-2. $100.00.
3557. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7118 [Cc12956-I/
Cc12957-I]. FIDELIO: Abscheulicher,
wo eilst du hin? (Beethoven). Two
sides. Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
3588. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-shellac 7274, 7275
[Cc16620-IIA/Cc16621-1A, CLR5612I/ CLR5613-I]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Love Duet (Wagner). Four sides.
With LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t]. One
tiny mk. side one, two LSSs (or rubs) side four, otherwise as new. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
2834. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellacVr 7523. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod / PARSIFAL: Ich sah’ das Kind (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2950. 12” Red Electrola DB 5623 [2RA4840-1/2RA4841-1]. AUF DEM WASSER ZU
SINGEN / ERLKÖNIG (both Schubert). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
EMMI LEISNER [c]
2998. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72842 (505az/506az]. ACHILLIUS: Aus de tiefe des Grams
(Max Bruch). Two sides. Great record. Rare. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2.
$75.00.
2869. 12” Red EE Polydor 73019 [397bg/406bg]. JULIUS CAESAR: Hört ihr Augen auf zu
weinen / JULIUS CAESAR: Ohne Trost, ohn’ alles Hoffen (Händel). Just about
1-2. $40.00.
3415. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66819 [724Bi/725Bi]. AIDA: Gia i sacerdoti adunasi (Verdi).
Two sides. In German. With HELGE ROSWAENGE [t]. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2.
$12.00.
ENZO LELIVA [t]
9540. 11” SS Gold Fonotipia 39061. ROLANDO DI BERLINO: Ballata (Leoncavallo). Some
gilt rubbed off label. 3-4, but little graying. $50.00.
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SERGEI LEMESHEV [t]
1860. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4068. TRILBY: Billy’s Aria (Yurosovsky) / SNOW MAIDEN:
Berendey’s Cavatina (Rimsky-Korsakov). Beautiful high C# capping the Trilby aria.
Cons. 2. $15.00.
TIANA LEMNITZ [s]
3424. 12” Red Bruns.-Polydor 95032 [477½GS/
478GS]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Und ob die
Wolke (von Weber). Two sides. Excellent late
30s lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3239. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 15178 [2RA2697II/2RA2698-I]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Dove
sono (Mozart). Orch. dir. Bruno SeidlerWinkler. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3822. 12” Yellow Deut. Grammophon 15099
[490½GS/491¾GS]. DIE GROSSE SÜNDERIN: Immerzu singt dein Herz meinem
Herzen zu. With HELGE ROSWAENGE [t] /
ROSWAENGE [t]. DIE GROSSE SÜNDERIN:
Das Lied vom Leben des Schrenk (Eduard
Künneke). Very attractive music, very much in the style of the best of Lehár.
Creator performance. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ROBERT
LEONHARDT [b].
Linz, Austria, 1877 or Prague, 1883-New York, 1923.
Some references give his birth as in Austria, 1877, while his NY Times obituary lists it as Prague,
1883. His debut was in 1898 (which would make the earlier birth date more reasonable) and he
sang in a number of German and Austro-Hungarian houses, mostly in smaller roles. Making his
Met debut in 1913, he again was given primarily secondary parts in German, Italian, French and
English operas. While he was removed from the Met roster the season of 1918-19 because of
World War One hysteria (probably remaining in the U.S.), he returned to the Met roster again in
1920 and continued through 1922, dying in New York Feb. 2, 1923 “after a long illness”. He left a
wife and two children in Berlin.
1590. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 65270 [15574b/15575b]. PAGLIACCI: Nedda-Silvio Duet
(Leoncavallo). Two sides. With GERTRUD RUNGE [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2444. 10” Blk. Vr 73258. IM PRATER BLÜH’N WIEDER DIE BÄUME (Robert Stolz) /
WEISS DU, MUTTER! WAS I TRÄUMT HAB’? (Kutschera). In Viennese dialect. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
EVA LEONI [s]. Berlin, c. 1895-New York, 1972. The daughter of Hungarian parents, Leoni
studied in Milan at the age of 16 and made her debut in operetta, 1913. She appeared in 1914 at
the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, with great success as Gilda in Rigoletto. Leoni’s varied career
moved between opera and operetta. In 1923 she gave the American premiere of Arnold
Schönberg’s Herzgewächse and also starred in Lee DeForest’s first operatic sound film experiment
(1923, excerpts from Rigoletto). In 1929 she gave a well received New York Town Hall recital. In
later years Leoni founded and directed the New York Children’s Opera Company.
2193. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 53000. MERRY WIDOW: Lied vom Dummen Reiter /
MERRY WIDOW: Vilia (Lehár). Few LGTs, 2-3. $10.00.
1318. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 5150-F [W108345-2/W108346-2]. DU LIEBES
AUG! / MUTTERSEELEN ALLEIN (Austrian Folk Songs). With ERMA PIELKE [c].
Cons. 2. $15.00.
3274. 12” Blue Eng. elec. Columbia L1988 [W98267-6/W98283-4]. PARYSATIS: Le
rossignol et la rose (Saint-Saëns) / LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
3278. 12” Green VT Columbia 55095-F [W205658-3/W205659-1]. LANG, LANG IST’S
HER / S’MAILÜFTERL [Folk Songs). With ERMA PIELKE [c]. Zither acc. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
MARY LEWIS [s]
4187. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1345. DIXIE (Emmett) / OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster). A
delightful “Dixie”! Cons. 2. $12.00.
AROLDO LINDI [t]
1673. 10” Red PW Eng. Columbia D12569 [WB1751/WB1752]. ANDREA CHÉNIER:
Improvviso (Giordano). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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3756. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 52804-D [WBX198/WBX200]. IL TROVATORE: Ah! si
ben mio / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JULIUS LIEBAN [t]
2326. 10” Green acous. No-Dog Gramophone 13510 [18630L/18631L]. BOCCACCIO:
Ehrsame Bürger der Stade / BOCCACCIO: Holde Schöne, hör diese Töne (von
Suppe). With GUSTAV WERNER [b], EDUARD KANDL [bs]. Slightest lbl. rubs side
two. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JANE (also JULIA and JULIE) LINDSAY [s]. Paris (?), 1878 - ? . Lindsay was in private
life Julie Lillie, daughter of Andrew J. Lillie of New York, a prominent Paris financier. In Paris, she
moved “in prominent social circles”, at the same time studying voice. Though she hadn’t intended
to adopt a professional career, she was heard
at a private concert by Pedro Gailhard, Director of the Paris Opéra, who imme-diately
engaged her. Her first appearance there was
in 1903 as Constanze in the Paris Opéra
premiere (well over a century after the world
premiere) of Mozart’s Abduction from the
Seraglio. One review mentions her debut as
“possibly the most genuinely important of
any for years”. Her other roles included
Marguerite (Faust), Eva (Meistersinger) and
Sidonie (Armide). After three years with the
Paris Opéra, Lindsay refused to extend her
engagement over a salary disagreement and
she subse-quently sang at Monte Carlo and
filled occasional guest engagements (Brussels being one location). Exactly why she left
Paris, likely late in 1910, is uncertain,
although a magazine article states that it
was “with the intention of ‘coaching’ and
teaching” in Philadelphia. Shortly after her
arrival in that city, however, she lost all of
her possessions in an apartment house fire.
Two weeks later (late January, 1911) a
benefit concert was arranged at Witherspoon
Hall, Lindsay being the featured soloist,
assisted by violinist Thaddeus Rich, and
“there being a long list of fashionable
patronesses” to provide financial assistance.
She gave another concert in Witherspoon
Hall on December 21st, 1911, but information as to her subsequent activities and
whereabouts has so far reached a dead end.
1917. 10” Blk. Fr. G&T 33650/33651
[5115h/5116h]. ROMÉO ET
JANE LINDSAY
JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod). 2. $12.00.
3173. 12” Blk. Dog Disque Pour Gram. 033070/033072 [01188v/01187v]. LES AILES
(Louis Diemer) / ARMIDE: Ah! si la liberté (Gluck). Excellent heavy pressing. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
LYDIA LIPKOVSA (LIPKOVSKAYA) [s]
9488. 11” Blue Russian Odeon 107043/107044 [XRu ? /XRu455]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’
è lui / TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). In Russian. Some lt. greying and rubs, 4.
$40.00.
2900. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5296 [30623/30718]. RIGOLETTO: Figlia! Mio Padre!.
With GEORGE BAKLANOFF [b] / LA TRAVIATA: Pure siccome un angelo (both
Verdi). With RAMON BLANCHART [b]. “England” etched in one side of inner land
area. Very minor label discoloration. Excellent laminated surfaces. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
EMANUEL LIST [bs]
2738. 12” PW U.S. Odeon 85220 [2-21402/2-21403]. ANDREAS HOFER (Tyrolean Folk
Song) / DER WAFFENSCHMIED: Auch Ich war ein Jüngling (Lortzing). Small lbl.
stickers. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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3856. 12” PW Red Decca 25368, 25795 [2-21054/2-21055, 2-21056/2-21057]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Hagen summons the Vassals [Act II, Scene 3]. Three sides /
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Hagen’s Watch [Act I, Scene II] (Wagner). Orch. dir.
Edouard Moerike. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GOTA LJUNGBERG [s]
3226. 12” Red PW HMV DB 962 [CR604-II/CR1388-III]. PANIS ANGELICUS (Franck).
With ISOLDE MENGES [violin] / AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Both acc. by Stanley
Roper [organ]. Cons. 2. $12.00
3649. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 9786 [CLR5395-II/CLR5396-I]. SALOME: Final Scene
(Strauss). Two sides. Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EDWARD LLOYD [t]
1346. 10” Blk. HMV SR E.330 [10135b/10312b]. ELIJAH: Then shall the righteous shine
forth / ELIJAH: If with all your hearts (Mendelssohn). Side one piano acc. Tiny lbl.
stkrs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
MAX LORENZ [t]
3698. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 11162 [CLR5078-1/CLR6158-II]. MEISTERSINGER: An
stillen Herd / MEISTERSINGER: Fanget an! (Wagner). Berlin State Op. Orch. dir.
Clemens Schmalstich. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
Master ERNEST LOUGH [boy sop.]
2137. 10” PW Plum HMV B.2656 [BR1162-V/BR1136-V]. MESSIAH: I Know that My
Redeemer Liveth (Händel). Two sides. With G. Thalben Ball [organist]. Just about
1-2. $7.00.
EMMA LUART [s]
2237. 10” Red PW elec. Odeon 188.513 [KI-1152-1/KI-1155-2]. SOPHIE ARNOULD: J’ai
six moutons / SOPHIE ARNOULD: Duo de la scène V (Gabriel Pierné). Both with
ROGER BOURDIN [b]. Creator performances (Paris Opèra-Comique, 1927). Rim
bruise (bump) side two to first groove (non-sounding, harmless). Cons. 2. $12.00.
BICE LUCCHINI [s/ms].
Making her debut likely in 1899 as Santuzza, Lucchini appeared as
Abagaille, Norma, and Elvira in Ernani, as well as seemingly unlikely roles such as Oscar in Un
Ballo in Maschera and Violetta in La Traviata. She retired from soprano repertoire in 1905 and
until her apparent departure from the stage in 1916 sang as a mezzo in parts such as Ulrica, the
Principessa in Adriana Lecouvreur, Maddelena, Azucena, Adalgisa and Amneris. Her career seems
to have been exclusive to Italy.
1838. 10” Green Columbia E2075 [10890-1/11268-2]. L’EDUCANDE DI SORRENTO: Un
bacio rendimi (Usiglio). With LUIGI BALDASSARE [b] / ANGELO BENDINELLI [t].
ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). 2. $8.00.
ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. Rome, 1870-Milan, 1952.
Having made his debut in Foligno in 1892,
Luppi became one of the most noted basses of his era. His career encompassed the major Italian
houses including La Scala, where his work included the Milano premiere of Mascagni’s Le Maschere with Caruso and Pandolfini in 1901. The year before he had sung Gremin there in the Italian
premiere of Tschaikowsky’s Queen of Spades. He was also heard at the Teatro Costanzi, the Teatro
Regio, and was a guest at Covent Garden. His popularity at the Buenos Aires Teatro Colón was
also notable. He performed into the 1920s, then taught and in later years lived at the Verdi Casa
di riposo in Milano. He recorded only for Fonotipia, 1905-06.
9471. 11” Fonotipia 39318/39319 [XPh ? /XPh261]. LA FAVORITA: Splendon più belle
(Donizetti) / DON CARLOS: Dormirò sol (Verdi). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3560. 11” Fonotipia 92531/92532 [XPh3999/XPh4005]. MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito
(Boïto) / DON CARLO: Dormirò sol (Verdi). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JUAN LURIA [b]. Warsaw, 1862-Auschwitz, 1942.
Born Johannes Lorié, Luria studied in
Vienna with Joseph Gänsbacher and made his debut in Stuttgart in 1885. His career was
international in scope. He appeared the season of 1890-91 at the Metropolitan Opera, singing
roles such as Pizarro (Fidelio), Nevers (Le Prophete), Alberich (Siegfried) and Kurwenal (Tristan und
Isolde). As a guest at La Scala, he created Wotan in that company’s first Walküre. He also made
appearances in Paris, Genoa and Brussels. In 1903 he created the principal baritone role in the
1901 Elberfeld world premiere of Pfitzner’s Der Rose von Liebesgarten. Being Jewish, Luria left
Germany in 1937 and taught in Amsterdam and The Hague. He was sent from there by the
occupying German troops to the concentration camp in Auschwitz, where his life was taken. His
pupils included Kathe Heidersbach, Elfriede Marherr, Gotthelf Pistor and Michael Bohnen.
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3958. 12” Orange U.S. Odeon 85034 [Parlophone matrices, P.471/P.474]. LIEB MICH UN
DIE WELT IST MEIN [LOVE ME AND THE WORLD IS MINE] (Ernest R. Ball) / DIE
DREI GRENADIERE (Schumann). Small PB side one. Lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.
ADOLF LUSSMANN [t]. Cologne, Germany, 1882-
. Making his debut in Strassburg,
1903, Lussmann subsequently was a leading tenor at Mannheim, the Vienna Volksoper,
Karlsruhe, and the Berlin State Opera among other companies, his career lasting into the 1930s.
Outside of Germany he appeared as a guest at Covent Garden in 1925. While he was particularly
noted for Wagnerian roles, his repertoire ran the gamut from Otello and Florestan to Fenton in
Falstaff and Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
3562. 12” Blue acous. Odeon AA79274/AA79275 [XXB6671/XXB6672]. SIEGFRIED:
Notung, neidliches Schwert / SIEGFRIED: Hoho, hohei! Schmeide, mein Hammer
(Wagner). Faint (harmless) ½” rim patina crk. side one only, otherwise in top
condition. Just about 1-2.
$15.00
FLORENCE MACBETH [s]. Mankato, MN, 1891-Hyattsville, MD, 1966.
Macbeth studied in New
York and
Pittsburgh with Yeatman Griffith. and in
Paris. Her professional career began in
1912 in Holland as soloist with the
Lamoureux Orchstra. Her operatic debut
was in 1913 in Darmstadt, Germany as
Gilda, and appearances followed with the
London Symphony and other orchestras.
In 1914 she made her Chicago Opera
debut and was associated with that
company and the Ravinia Summer
Festivals into the 1930s. She also frequently toured in concert. In 1947, Macbeth became the fourth and final wife of
author James M. Cain. This relationship
must have worked well for Cain (whose
mother had also been an opera singer), as
it lasted longer than any of his other
marriages, ending only upon Macbeth’s
death.
3051. 12” Blk. Columbia 5018-M
[49868-1/98158-2]. CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA (Benedict) /
THE LASS WITH THE DELIFLORENCE MACBETH
CATE AIR (Arne). Side two recorded August 26, 1924. IMs. Couple harmless bumps, just about 1-2. $12.00.
3052. 11” Columbia Western Electric SS Test 64553-1. THE LASS WITH THE DELICATE
AIR (Arne). Information etched around outer margin: “Special electric
recording test. c/o Mr. Bolton. August 26, 1924.” An electric test made the
same day as the issued (acoustic) version above (item #3051). One wonders how
many other such tests were done during that period and, moreover, why the electric
versions weren’t chosen for issue. It’s a shame that the 64000 Columbia matrix files
no longer exist as they would provide much fascinating information. Superficial
rubbing, 3-4 (but no graying). $250.00.
CHRISTIE
MACDONALD [s]. Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1875-Westport, CT, 1962. The
daughter of a shipbuilder and inn-keeper, Macdonald began her musical training in Nova Scotia,
where she studied with bandmaster John Stramberg. The family eventually moved to Boston,
where Macdonald continued her studies. In 1892 she made her debut in Erminie in Boston,
appearing in the chorus as well as being understudy of the principal parts. She worked steadily
from that point. Her two big starring roles were in The Spring Maid, 1910, and Victor Herbert’s
Sweethearts, 1913, the latter written for her. Her few records were from these two productions.
Macdonald’s final Broadway appearance was in a 1920 revival of Floradora. Her first marriage was
to William W. Jefferson, a son of the famous actor Joseph Jefferson, in 1901 and ended in divorce
several years thereafter. In 1903, Miss MacDonald conceived a child with prominent theatrical
promoter and New York State Senator, Timothy Sullivan, which was soon placed in the New York
Foundling Hospital. In 1911, Miss MacDonald’s final marriage was to Henry L. Gillespie, the scion
of a wealthy Pittsburgh contracting family. They had one daughter, Christie. As of 1950
MacDonald was living with her daughter and grandchildren in Westport,
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Connecticut. Her Variety obituary described her as an “active doyenne of the Westport theatrical
colony, a frequent patroness of theatrical events and a favorite guest at all the parties”. –Internet
sources.
3144. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. Vr 70099. SWEETHEARTS: The Angelus (Herbert). With REINALD WERRENRATH [b]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
JEANNETTE MACDONALD [s]
1195. 10” Blk. Orth. Vr 22514. BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON / ALWAYS IN ALL WAYS
(Whiting-Harling). From film Monte Carlo. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI [b]
2615. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1500. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Piano acc. 3.
$300.00.
3970. 11” Gold late ‘30s HRS 1024 [XPh1533/XPh2334]. FALSTAFF: Recit … Quand’ero
paggio (Verdi). With ELISA PETRI [s]. / VICTOR MAUREL [b]. AU TEMPS DU
GRAND ROI (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $40.00.
RENÉ MAISON [t]
1575. 10” Red Decca G-20642 [KI-1228-2/KI-1230-2]. RÉSURRECTION: Katiusha, ce jour
exquis / RÉSURRECTION: Pleure, oui pleure (Alfano). One tiny PB side one,
otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.
GIANPIERO MALASPINA [b]
2673. 10” White Test Cetra (issued as AT 0275) mat. 55102/55103. AMELIA AL BALLO:
Amelia cara (Menotti) / LUCIA: Cruda funesta (Donizetti). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.
2609. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0276 [55104/55105]. MACUSHLA (McMurrough) / CON GLI
OCCHI APERTO NEL BUIO (Grazioli). Both in Italian. Piano acc. Great voice.
Side one (“vecchia canzone Irlandese” as stated on the label) works surprisingly well
in Italian. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
JOSEF MANN [t]. Lwów, 1883-Berlin, 1921. Mann originally earned a law degree. His vocal
studies began as a bass and subsequently as a tenor. His tenor debut was in 1909 in Moniuszko’s
Halka. After success in Poland he appeared 1912-15 with Vienna Volksoper and then in
Darmstadt. He was very popular at the Berlin Staatsoper, where he sang the title role in that
company’s premiere of Pfitzner’s Palestrina. He was also a favorite with the Vienna Staatsoper as
well as other major houses. His death was during a performance of Aida in Berlin, shortly before
he was to have made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera. His excellent recordings are
understandably sought by collectors.
3949. 12” Blk. acous. Odeon Rxx80704/
Rxx80705 [XXB6691/XXB6692]. AIDA:
Duett zwichen Aida und Rhadames, 3.
Akt (Verdi). Two sides. With BARBARA
KEMP [s]. Few rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
JOSEF VAN MANOWARDA [b]
1038. 10” PW Green Polydor 23158 [756BT/
757BT]. AUF DEM KIRCHHOFE, Op.
105, No. 4 / DER TOD, DAS IST DIE
KÜHLE NACHT, Op. 96, No. 1 (both
Brahms). Piano acc. Arpad Sandor.
Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
1718. 10” PW Green Polydor 23158 [756BT/
757BT]. Same as preceding listing (item
#1038). Side one lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. Side
two cons. 2. $10.00.
1045. 10” PW Green Polydor 23160 [752BT/7
54BT]. DIE FUßREISE / VERBORGENHEIT (both Wolf). Piano acc. Arpad
Sandor. Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$12.00.
EUGENIA MANTELLI
EUGENIA MANTELLI [ms]
2411. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono 12575 [6015]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son
(Rossini). With TAURINO PARVIS [b]. Amazing “Golden Age” coloratura doings.
Beautiful copy. Couple small rubs, one very tiny scr., cons. 2. $400.00.
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1747. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono 12592 [6010]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa
(Rossini). Bright lbl. Small ND (few clicks), some lt. graying and rubs, 4. $75.00.
2629. 10” Green Zonophone 12619. DER ASRA (Rubinstein). Very clean copy, 2 or better.
$500.00.
OTAKAR [OTTO] MA ÁK [t] Hungary, 1872-Prague, 1939.
Ma ák studied in Prague
and made his debut in 1899 in Brno as Gounod’s Faust and then at the Prague National Theater
as
Tamino. In 1903 he was engaged by Mahler for the Vienna Hofoper. Subsequently, he
appeared with the Berlin Volksoper and in London, Munich, Paris and Brussels. During a season
with the Chicago Opera (1913) he married the young American soprano Mary Cavan, and they
toured together in the U.S. the next year. Ma ák was named a principal tenor of the Prague
National Opera, where he remained for twenty seasons, appearing there over 1500 times. He then
returned
to Chicago as a singing teacher but soon suffered a stroke, supposedly became
completely impoverished and, according to one source, had to sell newspapers on the street as a
means of support. When this became known in Czech circles, a fund was raised to permit Ma ák
to return to Prague, where he died soon after.
9472. 11” Late Blue Odeon 29046/29047 [XB4594/XB4596]. JAK MÁM T RÂD [HOW
DO I LOVE YOU] (Malát) / NEŠTASTNÝ ŠARÁ
V DVORE EK (Bechy ská píse ).
Piano acc. Superb ‘20s surface. Remarkable sound for an acoustic. Harmless
superficial rubs, just about 2. $20.00.
9474. 11” Dark Blue Odeon 29058/29059 [VX1587/VX1591]. THE TWO WIDOWS: Kdy
zavítá máj [When Maytime comes] (Smetana) / RUSALKA: Prince’s Air (Dvo ák).
Piano acc. Cons. 2. $20.00.
1837. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 16625 [1914x/6972b]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana
(Mascagni)/ THE TWO WIDOWS: Kdy zavítá máj [Aria of Ladislav: When
Springtime Comes] (Dvo ák). Piano acc. Minor lbl. NR and tiny scr. first ¼” side
two. 2. $12.00.
BLANCHE MARCHESI [s]. Paris, 1863-London, 1940.
Daughter of the celebrated voice
teacher Mathilde Marchesi, Blanche studied with her
mother and made her debut as a concert singer in
1895. Her first appearance in opera was five years
later in Prague as Brünnhilde in DieWalküre. Her voice
was capable of the sound and stamina required of this
role as well as the fleet coloratura heard on some of
her rare 1906 G&Ts. She taught in London for a
number of years and made a group of private
recordings for HMV (some issued in the U.S. by IRCC)
in 1936 and 1937. Evidently somewhat an eccentric
(as is permitted of musicians), she was recalled by
Saint-Saëns as having paid him a short visit
accompanied by forty luggage chests.
2412. 10” Blk. Berlin SS G&T 33593 [4132h].
L’ÉTÉ (Chaminade). Beautiful copy, few
momentary LGTs (as it is so forward). A
spectacular disc. Cons. 2. $400.00.
2622. 10” Yellow PW HMV Private Record JH9
[TTP853-II/TTP854-I]. DIDO AND AENEAS: When I Am Laid in Earth (Purcell) /
SICILIAN CART DRIVERS SONG (Sadero).
Autographed by Mme. Marchesi. Piano acc.
Agnes Bedford. Perhaps the most celebrated
of her electrical recordings. Just about
1-2. $60.00.
1910. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 89 [TTP853-II/
BLANCHE MARCHESI and her pet cockatoo
TTP854-I]. DIDO AND AENEAS: When I
Am Laid in Earth (Purcell) / SICILIAN
CART DRIVERS SONG (Sadero). Piano acc. Pressed from orig. 1936 private HMV
matrices. Label signed by Mme. Marchesi. Cons. 2. $60.00.
1087. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 97. L’ÉTÉ (Chaminade) / QUEEN ANN BOLEYN IN PRISON
(arr. Dolmetsch). Side one (brilliant performance) RR from 1906 Berlin G&T. Side
two pressed from private 1936 HMV matrix. Label signed by Mme. Marchesi. Just
about 1-2. $75.00.
FRANCESCO MARCONI [t]. See: ANTONIO COTOGNI [b].
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JOSÉ
MARDONES [bs]. Fontecha, 1869-Madrid, 1932. Beginning as a boy soprano in
church choirs, Mardones studied at the Conservatory of Madrid but was basically self-taught. His
first operatic experiences were in South America and he appeared from then through 1909 in
primarily Spanish speaking countries. 1909 marked his Boston Opera debut, where he was a
tremendous success. In 1917 he first appeared at the Met, singing 21 roles there, leaving in
1926. He then returned to Spain, continuing his career there until his death. His roles included
such parts as Padre Guardiano (with Caruso and Ponselle in her Metropolitan debut), Mefistofele,
Sparafucile, Ramfis and Don Basilio. In Rosa Ponselle-A Centenary Biography, author James A.
Drake quotes Ponselle’s thoughts on Mardones:
He had the greatest bass voice I ever heard. Nobody could even come close to that sound. It
was like the lowest pedal on a pipe organ of a great cathedral – a real basso profundo. He had
everything vocally, a huge voice, excellent technique, and a top that could go way up into the
high baritone range. Now, he wasn’t any kind of actor, but he was good for those ‘robe parts’ –
the toga roles, things like that.
1200. 10” Cream Notes S.A. Columbia S12
[21586-1/21587-1]. NOSTALGIA /
EL TAMBORIERO [ZORTZICO] (both
Anglan y Ochoa). Scarce. Issued
only in South America. Lt. rubs, 2.
$20.00.
1054. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 1918-M
[4132-2/82413-2]. MEUS AMORES
(Baldomir) / LA REJA (Larruga).
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1491. 10” Red acous. Vla 921. TRISTES
AMORES (Muguerza) / LA ALEGRÍA
DEL BATALLÓN: Air (Serrano). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
3072. 12” TC Columbia A5184 [30409-1/
30419-1]. I PURITANI: Suoni la
tromba (Bellini). With RAMON
BLANCHART [b] / FLORENCIO
CONSTANTINO [t], BLANCHART
[b]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ora (Verdi). Good
flush pressing. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
JOSÉ MARDONES
[49420-2/49427-6]. BRINDO A TU
SALUD (Anglada) / SALVATOR ROSA: Mia piccarella [sic] (Gomez). Just about
12. $15.00.
4047. 12” Blk. acous. Columbia 5058-M [49438-3/49419-2]. CARMEN: Toreador Song
(Bizet) / ERNANI: Infelice, e tuo credivi (Verdi). Label states “Viva-Tonal” but
despite the great sound via this pressing it is, of course, an acoustic recording. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3930. 12” Blk. acous. Columbia 5061-M [49602-5/49628-2]. MAGIC FLUTE: Possenti
numi (Mozart) / NABUCCO: Futuro nel bujo discerno (Verdi). Beautiful pressing.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3432. 12” TC Columbia A6220 [49602-5/49628-2]. MAGIC FLUTE: Possenti numi (Mozart)
/ NABUCCO: Del futuro nel bujo discerno (Verdi). Wonderful laminated surfaces.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2926. 12” Red Vla 74808. I VESPRI SICILIANI: O tu Palermo! (Verdi). VrBk. Just about 1-2.
$6.00.
3614. 12” Red acous Vla 6420. REQUIEM: Confutatis maledictis (Verdi) / STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini). Small lbl. stkr., otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.
4054. 12” Red acous. Vla 6434. NABUCCO: Tu sul labbro (Verdi) / I VESPRI SICILIANI: O
tu Palermo! (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3633. 12” Red acous. Vla 6434. Same as preceding listing. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2.
$7.00.
3619. 12” Red acous. Vla 6456. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Vieni la mia vendetta (Donizetti) /
PIPELÈ: Questa notte mentre a letto (De Ferrari). Side one tiny ND outer rim area at
beginning of grooves but before music begins. Otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.
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3556. 12” Red acous. Vla 6537. STAR OF THE NORTH: Beati i dì (Meyerbeer) / NORMA:
Ite sul colle (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3868. 12” Blue elec. Eng. Columbia RS3027 [WKX130/WKX138]. IM TIEFEN KELLER
(Fischer) / LA PULGA [SONG OF THE FLEA] (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2.
$40.00.
ANDRÉE MARILLIET [s]
2407. 10” PW Red French Columbia RF 24 [WL1996/WL2034-2]. GRISÉLIDIS: Devant le
soleil clair / GRISÉLIDIS: Il partit au printemps (Massenet). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
LUCY ISABELLE MARSH [s]
1840. 10” Purple Pats. Vr 60012. CHOCOLATE SOLDIER: My Hero (Oscar
Straus). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1178. 10” Purple Pats. “A” plate Vr 60031.
NAUGHTY MARIETTA: Italian
Street Song (Victor Herbert). Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
2465. 10” Blue acous. Vr 45390. PRINTEMPS, Op. 41 (Leo Stern) /
AMOUREUSE WALTZ (FeraudyBerger). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1877. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4026. MESSIAH:
Come Unto Him / ELSIE BAKER
[c]. MESSIAH: He Shall Feed His
Flock (Händel). Cons. 2. $7.00.
2154. 10” Blue PW (gold print) Vr 45519.
HOLY NIGHT (Adam) / TRINITY
CHOIR. SILENT NIGHT (Gruber).
Small NR on lbl. side one. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1385. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 4534.
Same as item above (#2154).
Originally issued on Blue Label,
LUCY ISABELLE MARSH
this reappeared for a very short
time around 1939-40 in Red Seal
format. Tiny lbl. stkr., lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. $6.00.
2737. 12” Purple ’08 Pats. Vr 70024. PARLA (Arditi). Her Italian might not be great but her
singing certainly is! Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3946. 12” Purple Vr 70037. STABAT MATER: Inflammatus (Rossini). Text label on verso
(in Spanish!). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3492. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vr 70086. FLEDERMAUS: Czardas (Strauss). In
English. Scarce. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
3459. 12” Red (gold print) PW Vr 9104. MESSIAH: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Händel) / ELIJAH: Hear ye Israel (Mendelssohn). Great copy.. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JEAN MARTAPOURA (Baron Van Heeckeren) [b]. Brussels, 1860-Brussels, 1929.
His debut was at the Paris Opera 1886, where he subsequently sang a number of major parts and
was a creator in Saint-Saëns’ Ascanio (1890) and Massenet’s Le Mage (1891). He became a
member of the Metropolitan Opera in 1891, singing there through 1894 roles which included
Escamillo, Valentin, Mercutio, Alfio and Albert in the American premiere of Massenet’s Werther. He
subsequently appeared in Brussels, Monte Carlo and Nice, among other locations. In later years
he was a noted teacher. His few and extremely rare recordings were made for Zonophone in 1901.
2083. 10” Blk Zonophone X-371. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). A very decent copy of this
exceptional rarity. Slight edginess (greying) in spots but no heavy wear. 3-4.
$400.00.
RICCARDO MARTIN [t].
2363. 10” Green PW Victor HRS 2006. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o grillo (Puccini) /
NICOLA ZEROLA [t]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei (Saint-Saëns). From orig.
1910 Victor matrices. Side one just about 1-2. Side two some lt. rubs, gen. 2.
$10.00.
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4029. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88276. DIE WALKÜRE: Liebeslied (Wagner). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
WILLIAM MARTIN [t] Lowell, MA, 1898- ? .
Martin had been a soloist with the Yale Glee Club.
When the organization made a tour of France in
1922, Martin was heard by the Opéra Comique
management and was given a contract there to sing
the title role in Massenet’s Werther the following year,
although he had yet to appear on an operatic stage.
His debut was extremely successful and he
subsequently sang there Cavaradossi, Rodolfo and
Pinkerton. Martin then appeared in Marseilles and
toured the French provinces, finally being invited to
sing with the Paris Opéra. Interestingly, he was, as a
foreigner, not allowed to create any roles there,
although he gave the second and subsequent performances of Huë’s Le Miracle, with Thill singing the
premiere only. It was the same situation with
Turandot, which Martin had prepared. Evidently
Thill, however, found the tenor role in this opera
more congenial and decided to sing all fifteen
performances. Martin had success in Italy, Switzerland and England as well and was also supposedly offered a contract by the Metropolitan Opera,
but he voluntarily retired after just a few years and
returned to Massachusetts to care for his invalid
wife, supporting himself on an inheritance. He did
reappear, this time with the Chicago Opera the
seasons of 1935-37, but that seems to have marked
the closing of his career. He did, however, create the role of Amelia's lover in the world premiere of
Gian Carlo Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball on 1 April 1937 at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.
He was alive in the 1960s and living in Lowell, MA, although what became of him, his wife, and
whether or not he ever sang again would be an interesting mystery to solve. He made only two
records for British Columbia in 1926.
4024. 12” Blue elec. Fr. Col. L1789 [WAX1289/1296]. BOHEME: Che gelida manina
(Puccini)/ FAUST: Salut demeure (Gounod). Orch. dir. Sir Hamilton Harty. Cons.
2. . $15.00.
GERMAINE MARTINELLI [s]
2372. 10” PW Blk. Polysor 62701
[4382BKP/4383BKP]. WERTHER: Air des letters (Massenet). Two sides. Orch. dir.
Albert Wolff. Cons. 2. $15.00.
GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]
2353. 10” Red Vr 64382. RIGOLETTO:
La donna è mobile (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
2390. 10” Red Vr 64420. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
1878. 10” Red acous. Vla 732. UN
BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se
fedele / IL TROVATORE: Di
quella pira (both Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
2130. 10” Red acous. Vla 734. DON
PASQUALE: Com’ è gentil (Donizetti) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni).
GIOVANNI MARTINELLI shipboard, his great mane joining
the clouds
Side two acc. Francis J. Lapitino [harp]. Just about 1-2
$8.00.
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2229. 10” Red acous. Vla 736. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / ZAZÀ: É un riso gentil (both
Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1705. 10” Red acous. Vla 737. ERNA-NI: Come rugiada al cespite (Verdi) / IRIS: Apri la
tua finestra (Mascagni). Side two acc. Francis J. Lapitino [harp]. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2092. 10” Red acous. Vla 739. IDEALE (Tosti) / MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). Side two acc.
Francis J. Lapitino [harp]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1668. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1200. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta / FEDORA: Mia madre, la mia
vecchia madre (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1948. 10” Mauve elec. HMV AGSA 23 [BVE-26164/BM1188-I]. ZAZÀ: E un riso gentil /
APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Side one
first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3520. 12” Red Vla 74439. TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3853. 12” Red Vla 74517. L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
3400. 12” Red Vla “A” plate 74800. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3232. 12” Red Vla 74809. FASCISTI HYMN [GIOVINEZZA, GIOVINEZZA] (ManniGasteldo). 2. $12.00.
3098. 12” White lbl. heavy vinyl acous. RCA Vr Mat. C-29446-2/C-29447-2. AIDA: Pur ti
riveggo / AIDA: Là tra foreste vergini (Verdi). With ROSA PONSELLE [s]. 1924
unpublished matrices. Pressed on a very hard vinyl, probably around 1950. It’s not
known how many were made or for what purpose. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3252. 12” White HMV VB 73 [C-29446-?/C29447-?]. Same as preceding listing (item
#3098) but shellac pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3410. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 6595 [takes 4/7]. BOHÈME: Racconto di Rodolfo /
AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3522. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 6595 [takes 4/7]. Same as previous listing (item #3410).
3577. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6602. JESU BAMBINO (Yon) / HOSANNA (Granier). In English.
With “Ladies chorus”. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3412. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 6707. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Un di all’azzurro spazio /
ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3513. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 6754 [takes 1/2]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba /
PAGLIACCI: No Pagliaccio non son (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3156. 12” Red late RCA Vr 6754 [takes 2/1]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / PAGLIACCI: No
Pagliaccio non son (Leoncavallo). These takes available only via post-War pressings.
3668. 12” Red acous. Vla 8047. DON CARLOS: Dio, che nell’ alma infondre. With
GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b] / MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. DON CARLOS: Ella giammai
m’amo! Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3180. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 8097 [takes 2/1]. IL TROVATORE: Miserere. With
ROSA PONSELLE [s] / ROSA PONSELLE [s], EZIO PINZA [b FORZA DEL DESTINO: La Vergine degli angeli (Verdi). A perfect pressing. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3571. 12” Red Orth. Vla 8104. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Final scene (Verdi). Two sides. With
ROSA PONSELLE [s], EZIO PINZA [bs]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3984. 12” Red late VdP DB 1202. Same as previous listing (item #3571). Excellent
surface material. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3697. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 8111 [takes 1/2]. AIDA: Temple Scene (Verdi). Two
sides. With EZIO PINZA [bs]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
5746. 12” Red Orth. Vla 8165. LA JUIVE: Passover Scene [Act 2] (Halévy). Two sides. With
Met. Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
MADELEINE MARTINETTI [c]
2488. 10” French Columbia LF 254 [CL-8425-1/CL-8426-1]. GINEVRA: Berceuse du
Grillon / LA BATEAU À SOUPE [film]: Nanou filhadoue (both Marcel Delannoy).
Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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GINO MARTINEZ-PATTI [t]. Parma, 1866Rome, 1925. Of Spanish ancestry, Martinez-Patti
made his debut in 1888. From 1893 through 1910
he was among the important heroic tenors of the era.
He sang internationally, including South America
and North America (with the Lombardi Opera
Company), creating for the Americas the title role in
Orefice’s Chopin. In Holland he was the first Herod in
Strauss’s Salome, conducted by the composer. His
repertoire included the major tenor roles in such
works as La Boheme, Carmen, Pagliacci, Ruy Blas,
Fedora, Andrea Chenier and Ernani.
9463. 11” Fonotipia 39738/39739 [XPh1958
/XPh1975]. ERNANI: A te, scegli / ERNANI: Solingo, errante, misero (Verdi).
Both with ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. Cons. 2.
$15.00.
2396. 10” White lbl. Vla 52438 [7064b]. AFRICAINE: Sei l’angiol diletto (Meyerbeer).
With TINA FARELLI [s]. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
GINO MARTINEZ-PATTI
GALLIANO MASINI [t]
1237. 10” PW Blue Master Works Columbia 4221-M [WB2380-1/WBA2381-1]. TOSCA: E
lucevan le stelle / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1771. 10” Purple Cetra AT 0106 [51026/51027]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La dolcissima
effige / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: L’anima ho stanca (Ciléa). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
EDITH MASON [s]. St. Louis, MO, 1893-San Diego, CA, 1973.
As Edith Barnes, Mason
made her 1912 debut with the Boston Opera as Nedda in Pagliacci. She then studied with Edmond
Clément in France and appeared in Nice, returning to the U.S.
after the outbreak of the First World War. Her Metropolitan
Opera debut was as Sophie in Der Rosen-kavalier, 1915. From
1921 to 1939 she was a leading Chicago Opera lyric soprano.
Guest appearances were also made at La Scala, Covent
Garden, Monte Carlo, Salzburg and the Paris Opéra-Comique.
Mason had been selected to create what would have been the
ideal role for her voice: Liù, for the 1924 La Scala world
premiere of Puccini’s Turandot, but pregnancy intervened. On
her recording career, Mason stated in a 1915 interview that she
had just visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison in Orange, NJ,
and added, “But I am not going to make any records just now”.
She decided to wait so as not to “rush into too many things at
once.” A pity, as it was to be ten more years before her all too
brief recording career began.
1467. 10” Purple elec. Bruns. 10215. O DRY THOSE
TEARS! (del Riego) / FAR OFF I HEAR A LOVER’S
FLUTE (Cadman). Harmless lt. superficial rubs. Side
one cons. 2. Side two 2-3. $25.00.
FRITZI MASSARY [s]
1221. 10” Red Orth. Vr 4056 [BK2707-II/BK2706-II].
MADAME POMPADOUR: Im Liebessfalle /
CATHÉRINE MASTIO
MADAME POMPADOUR: Josef, ach Josef (Leo
Fall). Side two with MAX PALLENBERG [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
CATHÉRINE MASTIO [s]. 1877- ? .
Her debut was with the Opera in Lyons and then la
Monnaie in Belgium. She was first heard at the Opéra-Comique in 1899, when she sang such roles
as Violetta, Mimi, Louise and Manon. Elsa in Lohengrin was the role of her Paris Opéra debut in
1908. In addition, Mastio appeared in others of the leading French theaters. Her particularly
appealing voice exists on six record sides, three for Zonophone in 1902 and three for Odeon two
years later, all of great rarity and beauty.
2710. 7” Blk. Disque Zonophone 12205. WILLIAM TELL: Romance (Rossini). 96.5 rpm.
Very clean ungreyed copy. It would be difficult to find a better copy (or even one its
equal). Couple harmless pressing indentations and one bump at very end during
piano postlude, otherwise 2. $500.00.
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MARGUERITE MATZENAUER [ms]
1920. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 2-44132/2-43350 [4453L/1899y]. TALES OF HOFFMANN:
Barcarolle (Offenbach). With HERMINE BOSETTI [s] / MIZZI FINK [s]. TALES OF
HOFFMANN: Puppen-Arie (Offenbach). Side two lt. NR on lbl., otherwise cons. 2.
$15.00.
1822. 10” Red Vla 87102. DIE WALKÜRE: Fort denn, eile (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3036. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 043128/043129 [383s/392½s]. DIE WALKÜRE: Nicht
weiss bin ich / RHEINGOLD: Erdas Warnung (Wagner). One LGT side two, one
LSS, 2. $20.00.
l to r: CLARENCE WHITEHILL, FLORENCE HINKLE, MARGARET
MATZAENAUER, CHARLES TROBRIDGE TITTMAN
2833. 12” Blk. Raised Rim Schall. Gram. 65198 (043169/043171) [2117c/2173c].
AFRICAINE: Schlummer Arie (Meyerbeer) / OTTILIE METZGER [c]. ORFEO ET
EURIDICE: Ach, ich habe sie verloren (Gluck). Faint 1” hair crk. on side one (not
through to side two). Harmless. Otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
3610. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88365. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Robert, o tu che adoro (Meyerbeer).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3752. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89062. FAVORITA: Ah! l’alto ardor (Donizetti). With
PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Text lbl. on verso. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3947. 12” Red acous. Vr 6327. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) /
PARSIFAL: Ich sah das Kind (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3373. 12” Blk. PW (gold print) Vr 36287. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Originally issued on Red Seal in 1925.
Soon discontinued and reissued in 1940. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
BARBARA MAUREL [ms].
Born in Alsace, Maurel first studied piano and then voice with
Jean de Reszke. Although she had some operatic experience in her earlier years, she was better
known in concert. A 1926 Musical America review of a Steinway Hall concert stated that Maurel’s
voice “is one which, in a limited range has a beauty that is positively electrifying”. The reviewer
continued to enthusiastically mention Maurel’s sense of legato, general musicianship, and
language skills, but bemoaned the fact that she hadn’t command over her head voice [I presume
he meant in the area of 4th space E and above] “which [could] have given her abilities that might be
well-nigh unequalled!”
1047. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 164-M [W146293-3/W146295-4]. HOMING (Del
Riego) / HINDU SLUMBER SONG (Naidu-Harriet Ware). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
VICTOR MAUREL [b]. Marseilles, 1848-New York, 1923.
Maurel’s debut was in 1867 in
Rossini’s William Tell, and he appeared the following season at the Paris Opéra. La Scala first
heard him in 1870 in the premiere of Il Guarany (Gomez), his later triumphs there including the
revised version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (1881), Iago in the premiere of Verdi’s Otello (1887)
and the title role in the premiere of Verdi’s Falstaff (1893). In addition he had been the first Tonio
in Pagliacci (1892). He created for England the Wagnerian roles of Telramund (Lohengrin), Wolfram
(Tannhäuser) and the title role in Der fliegende Höllander. For America, his “firsts” included
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Amonasro in American premiere of Aida (1873).
singing in New York City until his death.
After retiring from the stage, Maurel taught
9300. 11” Gold SS Fonotipia 39041 [XPh66].l DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). Clean
label. Few MGTs, 3-4. $35.00.
9535. 11” SS Vinyl Fonotipia (Columbia) 39042 [XPh58-3]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi).
Creator performance. Tuning band at end. Pressed in the early 1960s from a 1907
Fonotipia stamper then still remaining in the U.S. Columbia vault after earlier IRCC
use. Several other such items were pressed at the same time (see Lilli Lehmann and
Van Dyck) and supposedly the parts were then destroyed. Pressings were said to
have generally been three in total. Cons. 2. $35.00.
9537. 11” SS Vinyl Fonotipia (Columbia) 39247 [XPh69-2]. NINON (Tosti). See information
for listing #9535 immediately above. Cons. 2. $40.00.
9534. 11” SS Vinyl Fonotipia (Columbia) 62016 [XPh2332]. FALSTAFF: Quand’ ero paggio
(Verdi). Creator performance. The air is repeated twice (once in French), encores
urged by studio applause. See information for listing #9535 above. Cons. 2. $35.00.
9541. 11” Red early ‘30s Odeon IRCC 4 (39042/62016) [XPh58-3/XPh2332]. OTELLO:
Era la notte (Verdi) / FALSTAFF: Quand’ ero paggio (Verdi). Creator
performances. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
3564. 11” Red ‘30s Odeon X39245/X39246 [XPh68-2/XPh67]. MANDOLINATA (Paladilhe) / RONDEL DE L’ADIEU (de Lara). Piano acc. As new. Just about 1-2.
$50.00.
3970. 11” Gold late ‘30s HRS 1024 [XPh2334/XPh1533]. AU TEMPS DU GRAND ROI
(Tosti) / ELISA PETRI [s], ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI [b]. FALSTAFF: Recit …
Quand’ero paggio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $40.00.
CARMELO MAUGERI [b]
1995. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 4149-X [WB2395/WB2409]. LA FORZA DEL
DESTINO: Son pereda /LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
DOROTHY MAYNOR [s]
1882. 10” Red RCA Vr 10-1372. LIEBESBOTSCHAFT / STÄNDCHEN (both Schubert).
Piano acc. George Schick. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3381. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 17698. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) / L’ENFANT PRODIGUE: Recit. and Air de Lia (Debussy). With Eugene Ormandy dir.
Philadelphia Orchestra. Beautiful! Just about 1-2. $7.00.
RICHARD MAYR [bs]
3797. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65821 [1578as/1579as]. GREISENGESANG (Schubert).
Two sides. Piano acc. Cons. 2. $35.00.
ESTER MAZZOLENI [s]
2664. 11” Pink Fonotipia 92541/92541 [XPh3886/XPh3887-2]. LA TRAVIATA: Pura siccome / LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovane (Verdi). Both with PASQUALE AMATO [b].
Rubs, gen. 3. $15.00.
9473. 11” Fonotipia 92673/62451 [XPh4366/XPh4289]. AIDA: Finale Atto III (Verdi).
With LAURA DEL LUNGO [c], ICILIO CALLEJA [t], DOMENICO VIGLIONE BORGESE [b] / EMMA VECLA [s], A. RIGHINI [b] . DOLLAR PRINCESS: Cavalcano a
fiancé, hop! (Leo Fall). Odd doubling! Just about 1-2. $20.00.
JOHN MC CORMACK [t]
9489. 11” Red U.S. Odeon Am 33018 [Lx 1569]. DEAR LITTLE SHAMROCK (Cherry). Fine
surface material. Cons. 2. $15.00.
9490. 11” Red U.S. Odeon Am 33020 [Lx 2798]. ROSES (Adams). Cons. 2. $15.00.
9514. 11” Red U.S. Odeon Am 33027 [Lx3136-2]. WHEN SHADOWS GATHER (Marshall).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
9504. 11” Red U.S. Odeon Am 33033 [Lx 3162]. L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti). Lt. rubs, one
harmless PB, gen. 2. $15.00.
1266. 10” Red Vr 87082. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). With MARIO
SAMMARCO [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1371. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 64127. WHEN SHA-DOWS GATHER (Marshall). IMs. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1321. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 64303. MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boito). Very tiny lbl. mk.,
just about 1-2. $12.00.
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2331. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 64312. MANON:
Il sogno (Massenet). Text label on
verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1287. 10” White lbl. Vla 64333. SOSPIRI
MIEI (Bimboni). In Italian. RCA Vr
bk. Excellent pressing. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
1288. 10” Red Vr 64374. LE PORTRAIT (Parkyns). In French. Piano acc. Edwin
Schnei- der. Such a lovely performance! Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1347. 10” Red Vr 64429. GOLDEN LOVE
(Wellings). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2032. 10” Red Vla 64603. DREAMS
(Strelezki). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1603. 10” Red Vla 64712. CRUCIFIX
(Faure). With REINALD WERRENRATH [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2332. 10” Red “A” plate Vla 66096. SEMELE: Oh, Sleep! Why Dost Thou Leave
Me? (Händel). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
JOHN MC CORMACK
2038. 10” Red acous. Vla 3020. O CEASE
THY SINGING, MAIDEN FAIR, Op. 4, No. 4 / WHEN NIGHT DESCENDS, Op. 4, No.
3 (both Rachmaninoff). With FRITZ KREISLER [vln]. Piano acc. Edwin Schneider.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1415. 10” Red Vla 749. SEMELE: Oh, Sleep! Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Händel) / TAKE,
O TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY (Shakespeare-Bennett). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1803. 10” Red Vla 923. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancor (Bizet) / MEFISTOFELE:
Giunto sul passo (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1088. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1288. TO THE CHILDREN (Rachmaninoff) / LUOGHI SERENI E
CARI (Donaudy). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Some of these late acoustic and
earlier electrics are from a collection I found years ago in Brooklyn. The owner
bought remainders from dealers during the depression and completely filled his
apartment (including the bathtub) with them, all apparently unplayed. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
2335. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1293 [BVE-40172-1/BVE-40173-2]. I HEAR YOU
CALLING ME (Marshall) / MOTHER MACHREE (Olcott-Ball). Piano acc. Edwin
Schneider. Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2242. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1305 [BVE-40177-2/BVE-40178-2]. ANNIE LAURIE
(Scott) / THE AULD SCOTCH SANGS (Leeson). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1720. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1306 [Bb11342-II/BVE40170-2]. WHO IS SYLVIA?
(Schubert) / NONE BUT A LONELY HEART (Tschaikowsky). Side two with Lauri
Kennedy [cello]. Both acc. Edwin Schneider. Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1007. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1400. THE NEW MOON: Lover Come Back to Me (Romberg) / A
GARDEN IN THE RAIN (Gibbons). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
1296. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1463. SONG OF THE NIGHT (Waldrop) / THE GATEWAY OF
DREAMS (English). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1373. 10” PW Vr 1625 [OB3854-II/OB3850-I]. A PRAYER TO OUR LADY (Ford) / BLESS
THIS HOUSE (Brahe). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
2253. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1660 [Bb11339-II/Bb11341-II]. ALLERSEELEN,
Op. 10, No. 3 (Strauss) / FORTUNIO: La maison grise (Messager). Piano acc.
Edwin Schneider. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2038. 10” Red acous. Vla 3020. O CEASE THY SINGING, MAIDEN FAIR, Op. 4, No. 4 /
WHEN NIGHT DESCENDS, Op. 4, No. 3 (both Rachmaninoff). With FRITZ
KREISLER [vln]. Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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1707. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 217. SOSPIRI MIEI, ANDATE OVE VI MANDO (Bimboni) / O
DEL MIO AMATO BEN (Donaudy). From orig. 1913 Victor/1923 HMV matrices.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2384. 10” White HMV VA 20. LE PORTRAIT (Parkyns) / SOSPIRI MIEI, ANDATE OVE VI
MANDO (Bimboni). From orig. 1914/1913 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00
2276. 10” White HMV VA 59 [Bb11336-II/Bb11337-1]. DESOLATION / A DREAM OF
SPRING (Granville Bantock). From Songs of the Chinese Poets. Piano acc. Edwin
Schneider. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1791. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 21 [Bb21029-II/Bb21040-II]. THREE ASPECTS (Parry) / THE
BITTERNESS OF LOVE (Dunn). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2277. 10” Irish HMV IR 300 [OEA-9085-1/OEA-9326-1]. DOWN BY THE SALLY
GARDENS (arr. Hughes) / LINDEN LEA (Vaughan Williams). Piano acc. Gerald
Moore. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2278. 10” Irish HMV IR 304 [Bb11346-I/Bb20691-II]. NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON
PETAL (Quilter) / THE PRAYER PERFECT (Speaks). Side on piano acc. Edwin
Schneider. Side two organ acc. Herbert Dawson. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2275. 10” Irish HMV IR 305 [OEA-8808-1/OEA-9202-1]. ECHO (Somerset) / SILENT
NOON (Vaughan Williams). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2307. 10” Irish acous. HMV IR 1000 [Bb5033-II/Bb5035-I]. LUOGHI SERENI E CARI / O
DEL MIO AMATO BEN (both Donaudy). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1630. 10” Irish HMV IR 1013 [Bb21032-1/Bb21040-II]. LOVE’S SECRET (Bantock) / THE
BITTERNESS OF LOVE (Dunn). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1486. 10” Irish HMV IR 1021 [OEA-9666-III/OEA-9667-3]. GOD BLESS AMERICA (Berlin)
/ THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC (Steffe-Howe). Piano acc. Gerald Moore.
Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
2429. 10” Irish RCA ERC.6011 [B-23905-1/BVE-15419-4]. WHEN NIGHT DESCENDS
(Rachmaninoff) / SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING (Tate). Side one acoustic
with FRITZ KREISLER [vln]. Side two elec. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
3808. 12” Purple Okeh 50003 [LXX3158-2]. O LOVELY NIGHT (Landon Ronald). Few lt.
rubs, 2. $8.00.
3825. 12” Red Vr 74222. LA BOHÈME: Racconto di Rodolfo (Puccini). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
3040. 12” Red Vr 74243. AN EVENING SONG (Blumenthal). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3867. 12” Red Vr 74346. GOOD-BYE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3988. 12” Red Vla 74428. WHEN MY SHIPS COME SAILING HOME (Dorel). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
3869. 12” Red “B” plate Vr 74432. THE TRUMPETER (Dix). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3058. 12” Red Vr 74479. MEISTERSINGER: Prize Song (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3452. 12” Red Vr 74486. NON È VER (Mattei). Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3579. 12” Red Vr 88453. LA TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). With LUCREZIA BORI [s].
Few lightest rubs, con. 2. $6.00.
3731. 12” Red Vr 88482. LE NIL (Xavier Leroux). With FRITZ KREISLER [vln). Piano acc.
Vincent O’Brien. Splendid performance. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3106. 12” PW (gold print) Red Vr 6776. KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN (Crouch) / LOVE’S
OLD SWEET SONG (Molloy). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider . Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3024. 12” Red Irish HMV IRX 26 [Cc11335-II/CR1497-I]. LA PROCESSION / PANIS
ANGELICUS (both Franck). Side one piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Side two also
with Reginald Goss-Custard [organist], Lauri Kennedy [cellist]. Small IM. Fine
3504. 12” Red PW HMV DB 1830 [2B2276-III/2B2277-II]. BEHERZIGUNG / GANYMED
(boh Hugo Wolf). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
MALCOLM MC EACHERN [bs]
2009. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion R-6125 [03267/03268]. FAUST: The Calf of
Gold (Gounod) / THE HUNDRED PIPERS (Traditional). Few lt. scrs. side two
should be superficial, otherwise gen. 2. $7.00.
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1736. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion X-9543 [03570/03691]. I LOVE ZOMEONE
IN ZUMMERZET (Sterndale Bennett) / OUT ON THE DEEP (Löhr). Piano acc. Lbl.
stkrs. Cons. 2. $8.00.
1735. 10” Blk. PW Eng. Col. DB132 [WA10204/WA10205]. AYLESBURY DUCKS (Harding) / THE DRIVER OF THE 8:15 (Longstaffe). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1734. 10” Blk. PW Eng. Col. DB630 [CA11570/CA11571]. THE CHANGING OF THE
GUARD (Flotsam & Jetsam) / THE ROMAN ROAD (Henty). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2239. 10” Green Microphone Columbia 4144-M [CA-14496-1/CA-15118-1]. ACIS AND
GALATEA: O ruddier than the cherry (Händel) / DENNIS NOBLE [b]. PTOLEMY:
Silent Worship (Händel, arr. A. Somervell). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
KATHRYN MEISLE [c]
1981. 10” Microphone Blue Columbia 17208-D [co25655-1/co25656-1]. OVER THE
STEPPE (Gretchaninov, arr. Schindler) / NOW SHINES THE DEW, Op. 72, No. 1
(Rubinstein). Piano acc. Stuart Ross. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ANNA MEITCHIK [c]. Minsk, 1875–New York City, 1934.
A notable Russian contralto,
Meitchik made her Met debut in 1909 as La Cieca in La Gioconda. The following season she
earned praise for the role of The Old Countess in the first Met performance of Tschaikowsky’s
Queen of Spades, sharing the stage with Destinn and Slezak. One reviewer noted that “Mme.
Meitchik, in particular, covered herself with glory.” She repeated that role successfully in New
York with the Fine Arts Opera Company two decades later (1929). Her voice was so deep and rich
that supposedly she once stood in for an ailing baritone in Rubinstein’s The Demon. During the
later 1920s up to the period shortly before her death she was active in New York as a teacher,
singer and impresario. One interesting performance must have been that of scenes from Glinka’s
Ruslan and Ludmila, a charity performance at the Pythian Temple, for which she shared the stage
with Nina Koshetz, Thalia Sabanieva and Dmitri Criona. She made only five issued sides for
Fonotipia in 1908 and two electric Brunswick discs in 1927.
2666. 11” White lbl. test Fonotipia matrix XPh3567. ROGENDA: Viking Ballad (Seroff).
Piano acc. Unpublished. Only known copy, originally owned by Mme. Meitchik and
then passed on to her pupil, Aida Favia-Artsay. Aside from being unique, it’s an
exciting performance. Few LGTs, otherwise 2-3. $1000.00.
NELLIE MELBA [s]. Melbourne, 1861-Sydney, 1931.
Many considered Melba the true
vocal successor to Adelina Patti. A star from her acclaimed debut in 1887 through over forty years
of international triumphs, Melba was noted for the purity of her voice and its remarkable silvery
quality. Her finishing work with Mathilde Marchesi provided an exceptional technique. Melba’s
personality was, as with a number of other divas, bigger than life. When approached by young
conductor Eugene Goossens, un-expectedly assigned a Melba performance at the last minute, as
to anything about her interpretation he should know in advance, she replied, “I shall sing the
opera exactly as Gounod wrote it; I hope that you’ll conduct it the same way.” Others referred to
her acting skills as consisting of “quaint little gestures”, but the voice had an ethereal beauty
that could not be duplicated. She was personally the epitomy of efficiency and her brusque
directness could often create lasting impressions for better or worse. When introduced to Rosa
Ponselle at a luncheon arranged for the two of them in London prior to the America soprano’s
triumph at Covent Garden, Ponselle (who bore “Melba” as her middle name) remembered Dame
Nellie’s stone-faced introductory remarks: “You must be the new singer from New York. What sort
of voice are you supposed to have?” Ponselle recalled that she should have been forewarned by
McCormack asking her upon her London arrival, “Have you met the bitch yet?”, the word the tenor
consistently used in referring to his Australian colleague. We certainly hear the voice of an angel
in many of her recordings, although the owner of it may at times have seemed to acquaintances as
having come from the nether regions.
1377. 10” White lbl. Vla 94001 [6151b]. LES ANGES PLEURENT (Bemberg). Piano acc. by
the composer. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
3044. 12” White lbl. Vr “Melba Record” 95017 [Melba 25]. THREE GREEN BONNETS
(d’Hardelot). Piano acc. Excellent copy, just about 1-2. $30.00.
3283. 12” Lilac lbl. Vr “Melba Record” 95027 [521c]. LO, HEAR [sic] THE GENTLE LARK
(Bishop). with E. Francella [flute], Landon Ronald [piano]. Really fine copy. Few
3116. 12” White lbl. HMV 03026 [23c]. TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Recorded March,
1904. One pressing defect in the stamper (about ¼”), otherwise just about 1-2.
$30.00.
3108. 12” White lbl. HMV red vinyl 03033 [401c]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). With JAN
KUBELIK [vln]. Piano acc. Rec. Oct., 1904. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
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3020. 12” Lilac Melba G&T 03035 [404c]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse Aria (Gounod).
Piano acc. Very nice original. Tiny IMs, 2. $40.00.
3035. 12” Off-White (light Lilac) Melba G&T 03070 [691c]. PASTORALE (Bizet). Rare. Cons.
2. $50.00.
3950. 12” Off-White (light Lilac] Melba G&T 03072 [693c]. LE ROI D’YS: Aubade (Lalo).
Rare. Cons. 2. $50.00.
3039. 12” Lilac HMV 033062 [692c]. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). In
French. Another Melba rarity. Later pressings are dubbed. Just about 1-2.
$50.00.
2768. 12” White lbl. HMV Mat. Melba 6. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors ‘e lui … Sempre libera (Verdi).
This was issued only as “Ah, fors ‘e lui” with the “Sempre libera” side blanked out.
Here it appears as originally recorded but with five light scratches in the matrix
(very light ticks) over the “Sempre libera” portion. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
2695. 12” White lbl. shellac HMV Special Record mat. 4184f. DON CÉSAR DE BAZAN:
Sevillana (Massenet). Unpublished except as Historic Masters HMB 100. Few
2769. 12” White lbl. shellac HMV mat. 4184f. Same as preceding listing (item #2695) but
later pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3901. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV mat. 4214f. PUR DICESTI (Lotti). Piano acc. Unpublished
except as Historic Masters HMB 100. Very fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3029. 12” Red HMV 2-053020 [4183f]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Heavy raised-rim
pressing. One minor PB (should be harmless), IM, lightest lbl. fade, cons. 2. $15.00.
3216. 12” Red Australian HMV DB 362 [C-6707/C-13907]. YE BANKS AND BRAES O’
BONNIE DOON / COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE (Scottish Airs). Side one selfaccompanied. Side two piano acc. Gabriel LaPierre. Excellent Australian pressing.
Just about 1-2. $10.00
2963. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 711 [C-9370/4208f]. DON CÉSAR DE BAZIN: Sevilliana / LE CID: Pleurez mes yeux (both Massenet). 1910 Victor/1911 HMV matrices.
Small lbl. stkr. Label fade side two. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $8.00.
3143. 12” White lbl. Red vinyl Vla 88067 [C-4353-1]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che
sapete (Mozart). Top pressing of scarce first (1907) take. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3695. 12” Red Vla 88077. MATTINATA (Tosti). Self-accompanied. VrBk. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3281. 12” Red ’08 Pats Vla 88073 [first iss. take, which is take 2]. LO HERE THE GENTLE
LARK. Flute Chas. K. North. Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
3230. 12” Red Vr 88079. SERENATA (Tosti). Harp. acc. Ada Sassoli. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3774. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88182. OH, LOVELY NIGHT (Ronald). Cons. 2.
$12.00.
3647. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88252. DON CESAR DE BAZAN: Sevillana
(Massenet). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2909. 12” White PW Vla IRCC 2 [Melba22/CR417-I]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome / OTELLO:
Salce, salce (both Verdi). 1904 G&T/1926 live Covent Garden recordings. Side two
bears an Orthophonic style Victor label. Pressing No. 1. $30.00.
3477. 12” Silver PW Vr IRCC 2 [Melba 22/CR417-I]. Same as the previous listing except
later ‘30s pressing. Pressing No.82. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3662. 12” Silver PW Vr IRCC 17 [690c/684½c]. ELAINE: L’amour est pur (Bemberg) /
ADELINA PATTI [s]. LA CALASERA (Yradier). From 1906 G&T matrices. Both
sides first editions (actually, side two was available for a couple of weeks). Just
about 1-2. $30.00.
3357. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 7. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Thomas). Two sides. From 1907
Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3403. 12” Red Australian HMV DB 356 [C-4261-2/C-4341-2]. BOHÈME: Mi chiamano
Mimì / BOHÈME: Donde lieta usci (Puccini). Excellent late ‘30s laminated pressing.
Very minor lbl. rub side one. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2848. 12” Red PW SS National Vocarium TNV-123 [CS-046633]. COVENT GARDEN FAREWELL, London, June 8, 1926; ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c]. SPEAKS TO A
MOTHER ABOUT CHILDREN (1935). With spoken introductions. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
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LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t]. Copenhagen, 1890-Santa Monica, CA, 1973. A student at the
Royal Opera School in Copenhagen, Melchior made his debut as a baritone in 1913, singing Silvio
in Pagliacci. Despite being received enthusiastically, he was advised by Mme. Charles Cahier that
his voice was certainly that of a tenor. (He also studied with her for a period in 1926.) After studies
with Vilhelm Herold he made a second debut in 1918, singing the title role in Tannhäuser. After a
period of study specifically in Wagnerian repertoire, he had a great success at Covent Garden
singing Siegmund and he was subsequently a regular there, as well as at the Metropolitan,
Bayreuth, Berlin and Hamburg. His outgoing and good natured personality was such that he was
in demand as a guest on various popular radio and later TV shows in the 1940s through the
1960s. During the ‘40s he also appeared as a co-star in several Hollywood films. While his Met
career ended in 1950 after an argument with Rudolf Bing, Melchior continued singing on occasion
until shortly before his death.
5616. 10” Blk. acous. Nordisk Polyphon 3-82078/3-82084 [769ar/856ar]. DER FLYVER
SAA MANGE FUGLE (Andersén) / DA FREDENDROG OVER LANDE (Bonnèn).
Piano acc. Minor rubs, one LSS (harmless). 2. $60.00.
2626. 10” Blk. acous. Nordisk Polyphon 84307/
84320 [772ar/746ar]. GLUNTARNE: Dagen
derpå / GLUNTARNE: Nattmarchen (Wennerberg). With HOLGER HANSEN [bs]. Piano acc.
Side one cons. 2 (few lightest mks.). Side two
just about 1-2 (except for NR on lbl.). $50.00.
1983. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10245. TO MY
BRIDE (v. Klenau) / DO NOT GO, MY LOVE
(Hageman). Side two with Fredric Fradkin
[vln]. Lovely lyrical singing. Tiny lbl. stkr. Few
2183. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10245. Same as
preceding listing. Harmless edge bruise side
two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
1398. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 1980. MAILIED
(Lembcke) / TRAUM DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG (Strauss). Piano acc. Ignace
Strasfogel. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2011. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 2007. EN SVANE,
Op. 26, No. 2 (Grieg); HØRER DU (Sverre
Jordan) / DRICK! (Sverre Jordan). Piano acc.
Ignace Strasfogel. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3864. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72884 [1603as/
1389as]. TRÄUME (Wagner) / ALFRED
PICCAVER [t]. ADDIO (Tosti). Just about
12. $50.00.
3140. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72869 [1490½as/
1502as]. WALKÜRE: Ein Schwert / SCHMERZEN (both Wagner). Few lt. mks., 2. $50.00.
3087. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72936 [1501½as/
LAURITZ MELCHIOR at the age of 21
1504as]. AIDA: Schon sind die Priester all’
vereint (Verdi). Two sides. With MARGARETHE ARNDT-OBER [c]. Fire-works. Rare! Just about 1-2. $75.00.
3898. 12” Blk. EE Polydor 66441 [147bm/ 149bm]. TONERA (Sjoberg) / CÄCILIE
(Strauss). Few light rubs, cons. 2. $50.00.
3013. 12” Maroon acous. U.S. Odeon 1010 [2-7221/2-7222]. PARSIFAL: Amfortas, die
Wunde / PARSIFAL: Es start der Blick dumpf (Wagner). Excellent pressing. Couple
lightest mks. side one, still just about 1-2. $60.00.
3876. 12” Purple elec. U.S. Odeon 5115, 5116, 5117 [2-8880/2-8881, 2-8882/2-8883, 28884/2-8907]. LOHENGRIN: Bridal Chamber scene (Wagner). Five sides. with
EMMY BETTENDORF [s] / BETTENDORF [s], MARCK LÜDERS [c], CARL
MARTIN OEHMANN [t], WILHELM GOMBERT [t], MICHAEL BOHNEN [bs]. DIE
MEISTERSINGER: Quintet, Act III (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3588. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-shellac 7274, 7275 [Cc16620-IIA/Cc16621-1A, CLR5612-I/
CLR5613-I]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Love Duet (Wagner). Four sides. With FRIDA
LEIDER [s]. One tiny mk. side one, two LSSs (or rubs) side four, otherwise as new.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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3589. 12” PW Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 7659 [CR2502-II/CR2503-II]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Mime heiss ein Murrischer Zwerg (Wagner) With OTTO HELGERS [bs].
London Symp. dir. Otto Helgers. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2843. 12” PW Red Vr 7681 [2B530-I/CR2495-I]. MEISTERSINGER: Abendlich glühend.
With FRIEDRICH SCHORR [t] / FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b]. MEISTERSINGER:
Aha! da streicht die Lene (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3920. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 9707 [CR2407-I/CR2408-I]. TANNHÄUSER: Inbrunst
im Herzen [Rome Narration] (Wagner). Two sides. As new. Gorgeous pressing, as is
the case with all the “Z” pressings in this catalogue. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3587. 12” PW Red Orth. Vla 11136 [CR2501-III/CR2505-I]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Wohin
nin Tristan scheidet / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Wie sie selig (Wagner). Just about
1-2. $10.00.
3734. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 18078 [CS1827-I/CS1828-I]. FLYV FUGL, FLYV
(Hartmann) / DER VAR ENGANG: Serenade (Lange-Müller). With Students’ 100th
Jubilee Chorus (Sept. 21, 1939) dir. Joh. Hye-Knudsen. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3847. 12” Red HMV DB 3936 [CS035835-1?/CS035837-1?]. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land
/ TRÄUME (both Wagner). Side two only form of issue. There are no take numbers
either side so I’m guessing they would both be take one. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3848. 12” Blk. PW Electrola EJ 574 [CR2509-I/CR2510-III]. OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi /
OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). In German. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3465. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 71389-D [xco32715-1/xco32716-1]. OTELLO: Dio! mi
potevi / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). In Italian. Orch. dir. Erich Leinsdorf.
CARMEN MELIS [s]
4202. 10” Blk. ’08 GP “B” plate Vr 52499 [10518b].
L’ALBATRO: Restò così nel fascino (Pacchierotti). Conducted by the composer. Few
1957. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 63422 [10636b/ 10670b].
HERMES: Figlio del mar (Attilio Parelli) /
JANA: Madonna ascolta (Renato Virgilio).
Conducted by the respective composers. Few
2675. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D5061 [B107/
B123]. MANON: Or via Manon (Massenet) /
LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier). Both
in Italian. I’d say Melis’s 1923 Columbias are
her best recordings. Faded labels. Surfaces
gen. 3, but excellent reproduction. Fine copy
for listening. $15.00.
4044. 12” Blk. Pats. Vr 68304 [1253c/582c]. HERMES: S’io t’amo (Attilio Parelli). With GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t] / GIUSEPPINA PICCARMEN MELIS as Saint-Saens' Déjanire
COLETTI [s]. PEARL FISHERS: Siccome un
di (Bizet). Side one conducted by the composer. Side two particularly lovely lyric
soprano voice. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00.
LUELLA MELIUS [s]. Appleton, WI, 1892-Pinellas Co., FL, 1966.
Born Luella Chilson
Melhuish, she studied with Jean de Reszke and appeared throughout Europe in the 1920s and in
the U.S. with the Chicago and San Francisco Operas in major coloratura roles. As a matter of local
pride (and a fact which likely no one else in Amityville knows or would likely care about), Melius
and her husband resided in Amityville for a period beginning in the later 1920s (as did two more
famously blossoming musical celebrities a decade later: Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten).
2391. 10” Red acous. HMV DA 723 [Bb6477-I/Bb6478-I]. MAGIC FLUTE: Gli angui d’inferno / MAGIC FLUTE: Ah! lo so (Mozart). Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3583. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6627 [takes 34/34]. MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas) /
MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JAMES MELTON [t]
1211. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1389-D [W146231-3/W146232-3]. DO I HEAR YOU
SAYING: “I LOVE YOU”? / YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE FROM ME (both Rodgers and
Hart, from Present Arms). Label credit is for FRED RICH & HIS HOTEL ASTOR
ORCHESTRA. Melton sings the vocal refrain both sides.. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1394. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia
1614-D [W147132-5/
W147133-6]. I LOVED YOU
THEN AS I LOVE YOU NOW
(Axt-Mendoza) / SALLY OF MY
DREAMS (Kernell). Songs are
from films Dancing Daughters /
Mother Knows Best. Cons. 2.
$10.00.
1301. 10” Blue (early) Decca 1247
[62137A/62138A]. SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN / MELODY
FOR TWO (Warren-Dubin).
Both from film Melody for Two.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2422. 10” Blk. Scroll “Z”-type shellac
Vr 25185. WHERE AM I (Dubin-Warren) / CARRY ME
BACK TO THE LONE PRAIRIE
(Carson Robinson). Side one
from film Stars Over Broadway.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1829. 10” Red late RCA Vr 10-3803.
TOOTHACHE IN MY HEEL
(Walker) / ONE LITTLE WORD
(Ross). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
JAMES MELTON
FRANCESCO MERLI [t]
3160. 12” PW Red Eng. Columbia D14703 [WBX225/WBX214]. GIULIANO: La dolce
madre che me benedisse / ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s]. GIULIANO: La nenia del
vago usigolo (Zandonai). 1928 opera. Scarce item. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3487. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D18066 [WBX489/WBX490]. LORELEY: Gran Duetto,
Atto III (Catalani). Two sides. With ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s]. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3896. 12” PW Blk. Columbia 50243-D [WBX226/WBX233]. SLY: La Canzone dell’Orso /
SLY: Non sono un buffone (Wolf-Ferrari). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4038. 12” PW Red Eng. Col. D14704 [WBX226/XBX233]. Same as preceding listing (item
#3896). Equally fine copy as preceding. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4023. 12” PW Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52078-X [WBX482/WBX483]. RUY BLAS: Gran
Duetto, Acto 3 (Marchetti). Two sides. With BIANCA SCACCIATI [s]. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
3844. 12” PW Blue Columbia 9102-M [CBX1371-1/CBX1372-2]. OTELLO: Act III Duet
(Verdi). Two sides. With CLAUDIA MUZIO [s]. Another wonderful pressing. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
ROBERT MERRILL [b]
1571. 10” Red late RCA Vr 10-1542. VALENCIA (Padilla) / WANDERIN’ (Kaye). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
1719. 10” White vinyl RCA Victor Prevue 20-4382. STILL WATER / MY BELOVED (both
Livingston-Evans). From film Aaron Slick From Punkin’ Crick. Radio station promo
copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
JOSEF METTERNICH [b]
1579. 10” Yellow Deut. Gram. 62934 [6045LBM/6046BM]. L’AFRICAINE: Dir, o Königen
(Meyerbeer) / EUGEN ONEGIN: Sie schrieben mir (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
OTTILIE METZGER [c]
2833. 12” Blk. Raised Rim Schall. Gram. 65198 (043171/043169) [2173c/2117c]. ORFEO
ET EURIDICE: Ach, ich habe sie verloren (Gluck) / MARGARETE MATZENAUER
[c]. AFRICAINE: Schlummer Arie (Meyerbeer) Harmless faint 1” hair crk. on side
one (not through to side two). Otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
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3471. 12” Green Schall. Grammophon 15887 [2169c/2170c]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Seit
er von dir geschieden (Wagner). Two sides. One LSS, one LGT, otherwise gen. 2.
$12.00.
MARIA
MICHAILOWA [s]. Kharkov, 1864 –Moscow, 1943. Her mother's surname was
van Puteren, of Dutch ancestry. For three years she studied in St. Petersburg with Z. P. GrenningVilde, then approximately four years in Milan with S. Ronconi and in Paris with Saint-Yves-Bax
and Laborde. From 1892 to 1912 she was leading artist of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg,
where she made her debut as Margherita in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots. During her career she
also performed in Orel, Tambov, Odessa, at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre (1902), Vladivostok
(1903), and Kharkov, among other locales. She made guest appearances as well in Prague (1903),
Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Austria and Japan. She possessed a flexible, easy, well schooled voice of
a silvery timbre and a wide range with coloratura skills. – Internet sources.
1827. 10” Red Vr 61127 [2813L]. THE BIRDS ARE GAILY SINGING (Rubinstein). With
KLAVDIA TUGARINOVA [c]. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $7.00
2339. 10” Blk. GP ’04 Vr 61132 [2825L]. HAROLD: Adela’s cradle song (Napravnik). With
Wolf-Izrael [cello] and piano. Bright label, surface an excellent cons. (few harmless
depressions). 2. $8.00.
ALMA MICHELINI [s]. 1901-California, 1985.
Michelini was in the 1925 San Francisco
Opera premiere of Vittadini’s Anima Allegra. She was active in the California area subsequently as
both a singer and teacher and for a period in New York as well. She also toured with the Orefice
NY Grand Opera Company.
2260. 10” White lbl. (company not identified) 2116-1. SWEDISH FOLK SONG. Piano acc.
RCA VrBk (i.e. Victor pressing) but doesn’t appear to be a Victor recording.
Probably late 1930s. Cons. 2. $15.00.
REED MILLER [t]
2374. 10” Blk. acous. Vr 17522. VICAR OF WAKEFIELD: There Are Birds in the Valley
(Housman-Liza Lehmann) / CHARLES HARRISON [t]. LITTLE GREY HOME IN
THE WEST (Löhr). Side with with cello obb. by Rosario Bourdon. Lt. rubs, gen. 2.
$12.00.
PHILIP LIESON MILLER [b]
Woodland, NY, 1906-New York City, 1996.
His early
studies were at the Choristers School in Rhinebeck, NY., then at the choir school of the Cathedral
Church of St. John the Divine. Next a student at the Manhattan School of Music and a
scholarship vocal student at the Institute of Musical Art, Mr. Miller, upon graduating, began a
lifelong association with the Music Division of the NY Public Library, becoming Chief of the
Division. Wrote critic Harold C. Schonberg upon Miller’s retirement in 1966, “as long as anybody
seems to remember, Phil Miller has been a necessary adjunct of the music division, and if he had
not been there it would have been necessary, as the saying goes, to invent him.” In addition, he
served as Senior Record Critic of the American Record Guide, a contributor to High Fidelity and The
Musical Quarterly among other journals, President of the Association for Record Sound Collections
(ARSC), President of the Music Library Association (MLA) and author of several books including The
Ring of Words (art song translations). The four recordings below (two double sided private discs)
are probably the only extant examples of his singing voice, apparently dating from the early 1930s.
The voice and musicianship may remind one of Reynaldo Hahn.
4183. 7” Metal Speak-o-Phone Private Record. Four songs (unidentified titles), two per
side. (one German, one French, two English). Piano accompanied. Gen. 3.
$40.00.
COSTA MILONA [t]. 1897-London, 1949.
Born Konstantions Mylonas in Keratea (near
Athens, Greece) of an illiterate, poor farming family, Milona (as he was later known) studied at the
Athens Conservatory on scholarship from 1908- 1918. In addition to preparation as a singer, he
studied theater and was to first appear on stage as an actor. In the early 1920s he became
established in Berlin. Some operatic performances have been traced, but Milona was seemingly
more a recording artist than a stage personality. In 1944 he recorded a number of German
propaganda speeches in Greek, it is suspected for need of money rather than for his political
leanings. -Collectors are referred to the article on Milona by Juan Dzazopoulos in The Record Collector, Vol. 50, No. 3.
4046. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1605 [2-5944/2-6488]. LA BOHÈME: Ebben no, non lo
son (Puccini) / RHEA TONIOLO [ms], ANTONIO CORTIS [t]. LA GIOCONDA:
Vedrem fra poco tramontar (Ponchielli). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
3110. 12” Dark PW elec. Eng. Parlophone E10888 [2-20814/2-20819]. L’AFRICAINE: O
Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / IDEALE (Tosti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
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IRENE MINGHINI-CATTANEO [ms]
2958. 12” PW Red elec. Fonotipia 120047
(N.510) [XXPh5960/XXPh5959].
TROVATORE: Mal reggendo / TROVATORE: Oh, giusto cielo! (Verdi).
With AURELIANO PERTILE [t]. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3816. 12” PW Red elec Fonotipia N-6604
[120057). Same as previous listing
(item #2958). I’m not sure which if
these two is earlier. Both seem to be
pressed late ‘20s. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3162. 12” late Red VdP DB 1448 [CM1559II/CM1594-II]. LA GIOCONDA: Figlia, che reggi. With DELIA DE MARTIS (MANCONI) [s], APOLLO GRANFORTE [b] / LA GIOCONDA: Voce di
donna (Ponchielli). With LUISA LUCINI [s], LEONIDO BASI [b], GUGLIELMO MASINI [bs]. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
RENZO MINOLFI [b]
3871. 12” Blk. GP ’07 “A” plate Vr 58302
[850c]. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio
al limitar (Bizet). With GIUSEPPE
ACERBI [t]. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2.
$8.00.
IRENE MINGHINI-CATTANEO
JOSÉ MOJICA [t]
1305. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1368. LA SULTANA
[SERENATA ORIENTAL] (Valdés-Fraga) / QUE QUERES QUE YO LI HAGA (Castro Padilla). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
LUIGI MONTESANTO [b]
3832. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Col. 50173-D
[WBX324/WBX329]]. ARIA DELLA
PULCE [SONG OF THE FLEA]
(Moussorgsky) / OTELLO: Credo
(Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$10.00.
CARLO MORELLI [b]
4218. 10” Green PW Eng. Col. D12284
[WB1931/WB1932]. RIGOLETTO:
Cortigiani, vil razza /RIGOLETTO:
Miei signori (Verdi). Scare. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
5350. 10” Blue Notes Italian Columbia DQ
686 [WB1931/WB1932]]. Same as
previous listing. Later Italian pressing. Lt. rubs, cons. 2.. $10.00.
BERTHA MORENA [s]. Mannheim, 1878Tegernsee, 1952. A pupil in Munich of RöhrBrajnin and Orgeni, Morena made her debut at
the Munich Hofoper in 1898 as Agathe in Der
LUIGI MONTESANTO
Freischütz, remaining there until her farewell in
1927. She was also with the Metropolitan
Opera, making her debut there in 1908, and Covent Garden in 1914, singing primarily Wagnerian
roles. She had been announced for the Metropolitan Opera in 1905, but, according to one press
account she had “lost her reason” and had been on temporary leave from the Munich Hofoper.
Whatever the case, she recovered from her ailment and resumed her career in 1907. Morena was
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noted for her acting skills and her attractive appearance, described in a newpaper article as “a
very beautiful woman, tall and stately, with magnificent dark eyes, utterly unaffected and
charming.”
1633. 10” Blk. Con. Gram. 43995/43996 [3926r/3927r]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, theure
Halle / TANNHÄUSER: Gebet der Elisabeth (Wagner). Couple LGTs, 2-3. $20.00.
ALESSANDRO MORESCHI [castrato].
1858-Rome, 1922. He studied with Gaetano
Capocci and in 1873 was appointed primary
soprano at the Chapel of Laterano. Ten years
later he was admitted to the Sistine Choir. He
was then “a high soprano of extraordinary
purity and agility, to such an extent that he was
nicknamed Angelo di Roma and was made
soloist of the Capella Sistina by the Pope”. In
1898 he was promoted to Director of the Choir.
He retired in 1913.
2605.
10” Blk. Roma G&T 52050 [2197h].
INCIPIT LAMENTATIO (unaccompanied Gregorian chant). The rarest
and most unusual of the Moreschi
records. John Wolfson, in his notes
for the Pavillion LP Moreschi set,
states that this was issued “only for
export to Russia and the countries of
Eastern
Europe”.
Reasons
are
ALESSANDRO MORESCHI
discussed in the Record Collector
Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 13 by William Shaman, who advises this disc as being “an
interesting document to be sure. Not only does it offer an unusually fine recording of
Moreschi’s voice … but also a unique glimpse of how the Ratisbon versions of
plainchant were probably performed in the 19th century.” In addition to being an
extraordinary rarity, it is in excellent 2 condition. $700.00.
1680. 10” Blk. G&T Canto Gregoriano lbl. 54777 [2187h]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod).
Few LGTs, otherwise 2-3. $150.00.
3795. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 71015 [284i]. OREMUS PRO PONTEFICE (Calzanera). With
Chorus. Lt. mks., 2. $20.00.
ANTON MOSER [b]. Reinsdorf, Austria, 1872-1909.
His debut was in Heidelberg in 1895.
In 1903 he began his tenure with Mahler’s Vienna Hofoper. In addition to his operatic appearances
he was a popular recitalist and gave first performances of music of Mahler (including Des Knaben
Wunderhorn in 1905), Schönberg and Zemlinsky. His range was unusually wide and was capable
of tenor repertoire, although in opera he restricted himself to baritone parts. He was selected by
Lilli Lehmann to participate in the first Salzberg Festival in 1906, where he sang Masetto. He was
invited again for the 1910 Festival, but his sudden death intervened.
2408. 10” B&S Columbia 12509 [take 2]. TANNHÄUSER: Wohl wusst’ ich hier sie im
Gebet zu finden (Wagner). Piano acc. Nice early flush pressing. 2. $25.00.
MARIA MUGAVERO [s].
A very capable coloratura active in the New York area 1925-26,
Miss Mugavero is a mystery but could possibly have been related the late Bishop Francis J.
Mugavero, the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn for 22 years. A niece of the Bishop
once told me that there was “an opera singer” in the family, but she had no further details. There
are a few press mentions of Mugavero. Her debut was at Aeolian Hall on May 3, 1925, and one
reviewer described her voice as having an “excellent timbre, very large range and musical quality,
and a commendable absence of the exaggerated vibrato common with modern Italian coloraturists.
Best of all, her intonation was sure, and she varied the quality of her tone.” On April 5th, 1926,
she, as one of a group of soloists, appeared in a “remarkable” Carnegie Hall concert sponsored by
La Folia, the NY Italian newspaper. Bernardo de Muro was the star, along with baritone Mario
Basiola. Miss Mugavero contributed the “Bell Song” from Lakmé. The final mention is from the
current events listings at the Rialto Theater in NY, 1926 (otherwise undated). “John Murray
Anderson’s artistic handiwork is seen again, this time in a stage presentation called The Grecian
Urn, suggested by Keats’s poem, Ode on a Grecian Urn. … Maria Mugavero officiates as the singer.
She has a pleasing voice. A half a dozen bewigged harpists help out in the scheme of things.” The
recording below is a late acoustic disc, with piano accompaniment and was recorded in an unusually live room. It’s the second copy I’ve found of it.
3054. 12” Blk. acous. Moon Record Corp. 120/121. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce … Io sono docile (Rossini). Piano acc. Rubbed, 4
but little if any graying. $15.00.
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MARIA MÜLLER [s]
2734. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 15218
[2EA4798-I/2EA4799-I]. WALDEINSAMMKEIT, Op. 76, No. 3;
ZUM SCHLAFEN, Op. 76, No. 59
(both Max Reger) / FELDEINSAMKEIT, Op. 86, No. 2
(Brahms). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
FRANK MULLINGS [t]
3213. 12” Dark Eng. Columbia 9350
[WAX1898/WAX1900]. SEMELE: Wher’er you walk / JEP-THE:
Deeper and deeper still (both
Händel). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
LUCIEN MURATORE [t]
9495. 11” Brown APGA 1492/1495. ARIANE: O Vierge guerrière / ARIANE: La Folie de Thésee (Massenet). Announced by Muratore. Creator performances. IMs. PB will
sound about ¼” side two, otherwise 2. $50.00.
LAMBERT MURPHY [t]. Springfield,
MA, 1885-Hancock, NH, 1954. A 1908 graduate of Harvard, Murphy had begun his musical
studies at the age of 16. He and his brother, Ray, entered Harvard at the same time and were
accepted as members of the Varsity Quartet, along with bass Leroy J. Snyder (who recorded for
Victor in 1926 and studied in Italy with Lombardi following his years at Harvard). Murphy became
a prominent church singer, first in Boston and then in New York at St. Bartholomew’s. He was
heard by tenor Riccardo Martin who, in turn, urged the Met’s General Manager Gatti-Casazza and
conductor Toscanini to hear him. This resulted in a contract with the Metropolitan Opera from
1911 through 1914. His roles were small, but were often singled out by reviewers for praise. He
was featured on a number of Sunday night concerts, that of Feb. 23, 1913 including an aria from
Die Meistersinger, which he repeated March 1, 1914. Despite laudatory reviews, he wasn’t
promoted to larger roles, so he left the Met in favor of more lucrative concert work, his name
already prominent to the public through his first Victor records. He was active in concert and as a
Victor recording artist into the 1930s. He then taught in Boston at the Malkin Conservatory. When
the Conservatory closed (circa. 1942) Murphy gave group voice classes in Springfield,
supplementing his income by working at an army war plant. During these later years, two
tragedies affected Murphy’s life. The first, in 1938, was the suicide of a namesake nephew. A few
years later, during the War, Murphy was stricken with cancer of the larynx. While he survived the
surgery, he was unable to speak for the remainder of his life.
4019. 12” Purple Victor 70103. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ora (Verdi). In
Italian. With REINALD WERRENRATH [b]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1745. 10” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Victor 4083. FLOW GENTELY SWEET AFTON; SALLY IN
OUR ALLEY (Old English); YE BANKS AND BRAES (Old Scottish) / ROYAL
DADMUN [b]. JOHN PEEL; JOCK O’HAZELDEAN; SCOTS, WHA HAE WI
WALLACE BLED (Old Scottish Airs). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
M. MURRAY-DAVEY [bs]. 1877-1947.
Born in England, Davey studied in France with
Jean de Reszke. He evidently first sang in opera at the Paris Opéra in 1905 as the Hermit in Der
Freischutz. 1907 marked his debut with the Monte Carlo Opera (Raimondo in Lucia) and 1909 at
Covent Garden (making his debut as Abimelech in Samson et Dalila), where he remained through
1914. In 1912 he sang once at the Metropolitan Opera in a Sunday Night Concert and also was
involved in other musical events in the New York area. He returned to the U.S. in 1921 for what
was noted as his recital debut at Aeolian Hall, the audience “small in numbers but great in
enthusiasm”. His first hearing at la Monnaie, Brussels, was in 1922. In the ‘teens and ’20s, Davey
was active in England on the concert stage as a singer and occasionally as a composer as well.
Wrote the London Musical Times in Jan. 1918, “It is unusual to find in an opera singer such
reserve and so little desire for the cheaper ways of currying favour with the public. Mr. Murray
Davey is not only a singer and a composer, he is an artist.”
3280. 12” Purple HMV 2-032023 [Ho2504af]. LES HUGUENOTS: Piff, Paff (Meyerbeer).
Slightly roughish surface (some very tiny pimples) should make little, if any,
difference. 2-3. $10.00.
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AIDE MUSSINI [boy soprano]
1956. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 54422/50588 [222ah/115ah]. GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF:
Padre nostro (Mascagni). With ENRICO MOLINARI [bs] / ORCH. dir. CARLO
SABAINO. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Danza delle silfi (Berlioz). IMs. 2. $15.00.
LOUIS MUSY [b]
3347. 12” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. W-958 [Ck2752-II/Ck2253-I]. TOSCA: Te Deum
(Puccini) / PIERO COPPOLA dir. OPÉRA COMIQUE CHORUS and ORCH.
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Finale 2e Acte (Puccini). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
LULA MYSZ-GMEINER [c]
2457. 10” Green PW Grammophon 21455 [289br/290br]. DIE JUNGE NONNE (Schubert).
Two sides. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CLAUDIA MUZIO [s]
1925. 10” Maroon Pathé Actuelle 025104 [N67165-1/N-67269-1]. BALLO IN
MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo divulsa (Verdi) / WILLIAM TELL: Selva
opaca (Rossini). Few lightest rubs,
cons. 2. $8.00.
3090. 12” Red Vinyl SS 55028-A [298ai]. LA
BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). One side of this very early Muzio
item (1911). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3670. 12” PW Blue shellac Columbia 9089-M
[CBX1335-2/CBX1336-2]. CECILIA:
L’Annuncio (Licinio Re-fice). Two
sides. Conducted by the composer.
Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
3844. 12” PW Blue Columbia 9102-M
[CBX1371-1/CBX1372-2]. OTELLO:
Act III Duet (Verdi). Two sides. With
FRANCESCO MERLI [t]. Another
wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3989. 12” PW Blue Master Works Columbia
9113-M [CBX1365-1/ CBX1368-1].
UMBRA DI NUBE (Refice) / AVE MARIA (Refice). Side one a particularly
CLAUDIA MUZIO
moving performance. Gleaming
3521. 12” PW Blue Master Works Columbia 9141-M [CBX1366-1/CBX1367-1]. CECILIA:
La morte di Cecilia (Licinio Refice). Two sides. Conducted by the composer.
Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ENRICO NANI [b]. Parma, 1873-Rome, 1940.
Originally a student of literature at the
University of Rome, Nani studied voice with Antonio Cotogni and made his operatic debut in 1899.
He appeared at several Italian houses, including Piacenza and Bologna (here as Rigoletto with
Caruso), as well as at Livorno and the Malta Royal Opera. His La Scala debut was in 1902 as Peter
in Hansel and Gretel (with Storchio and Bathori, conducted by Toscanini). From 1902-1922 he
was often heard at the Naples San Carlo and in addition appeared in Russia, the Vienna Staatsoper, Monte Carlo and in South America. He retired in 1924 and then taught.
9477. 11” Fonotipia 69171/69172 [XPh5035/XPh5036-2]. NABUCCO: Chi mi toglie /
NABUCCO: Donna chi sei? (Verdi). Side two with GIANNINA RUSS [s]. IMs. Cons.
2. $50.00.
MINNIE NAST [s].
2691. 12” Brown Odeon 80066/80067 [XXB5405/ XXB5406]. ROSENKAVALIER: Mir ist
die Ehre wiederfahren / ROSENKAVALIER: Mit ihren Augen voller Tränen
(Strauss). Both with EVA PLASCHKE VON DER OSTEN [s]. Rare creator
recording. Couple tiny pinpoint scrs. One lt. scr. side two from inner land area into
about ¼” of grooves should be harmless. 2. $150.00.
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4194. 12” Blk. Dog. Schall. Gram. 65239 (044183/044184) [2304c/2305½c]. DER
ROSENKAVALIER: Ist ein Traum / DER ROSENKAVALIER: Mit ihren Augen
(Strauss). With EVA PLASCHKE VON DER OSTEN [s]. Creator performance.
Cons. 2. $75.00.
MARIA NEMETH [s]
2965. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66625 [221be/222be]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Two
sides. In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARTHE NESPOULOUS [s] Paris, 1894-Bordeaux, 1962.
Born of a Greek family,
Nespoulous originally planned on a career in education, taking voice lessons for fun. After, by
chance opportunity, singing at the funeral of Sarah Bernhardt she was heard there by several
important musical figures, including Jacques Rouche, director of the Paris Opéra. After some
experience with smaller companies, she was hired by Rouche for the Paris Opéra in 1923 for a
secondary role in Hérodiade. Her career there gradually increased in momentum and by 1926 she
was singing principal parts, such as Nedda in I Pagliacci. She subsequently appeared as a leading
figure as well in Monte Carlo, la Monnaie in Brussels and in Italy’s San Carlo Opera. She left the
Paris Opéra after a contract dispute with the management in 1933 and sang thereafter primarily
in the provinces. Despite subsequently trying to make amends in Paris, Nespoulous wasn’t
welcomed back and was told that she had “abused her voice” and at that time “failed to rise to the
level of perfection and style” required by the Opéra. She then retired and taught, and was
appointed a professor at the Conservatoire in
Bordeaux in 1947. – Various Internet sources.
3740. 12” Red PW French Columbia D14207
[WLX98/WLX131]. THAÏS: Dis-moi que je
suis belle (Massenet) / TOSCA: Vissi
d’arte (Puccini). In French. One tiny mk.,
EMMA NEVADA [speaker] and MIGNON
NEVADA [s]
3714. 12” SS Pink PW IRCC 118. A SPOKEN
MESSAGE BY EMMA NEVADA INTRODUCING HER DAUGHTER MIGNON
NEVADA WHO SINGS “LE SOIR” (Ambroise Thomas). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4195. 12” SS Pink PW IRCC 118. Same as
preceding listing but label signed by both
artists. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA [s]
1409. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-23142 [2720r].
BOLERO (Cui). Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1812. 10” White HMV VA 19 [7223L/1778L]. THE
NIGHTINGALE (Alabieff) / OLIMPIA BORONAT [s]. MARTHA: Last Rose of Summer (Moore-Flotow). From orig. 1906/
1904 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA
LUIGI NICOLETTI-KORMAN [bs]. Rome, 1875-Barcelona, 1919 .
Brother of
baritone Francesco Nicoletti, Nicoletti-Korman studied in Rome with the noted bass
Romano Nannetti. His debut was at the Teatro Sociale in Crema as Oroveso in Norma.
Through the remainder of the 1800s he appeared in many Italian theaters, singing the
principal bass roles in many operas, such as Rigoletto, Lucia, Il Trovatore, La Boheme
and La Gioconda. In 1901 he made his first appearances in Central America, including
Havana and Guadalajara, then for a period alternating seasons with Italy and South
America. At the Colón in Buenos Aires he was a particular success as Alberich in
Siegfried. He later became particularly in demand in Spain and it was therewhile
engaged in a season in Barcelona, he became suddenly ill and died. Despite his fame, he
recorded only four records for Berliner in 1899 (although I suspect 1900 would be more
accurate) and five discs/cylinders for Pathé in 1904. All are important and very rare.
2713. 7” Berliner 52580 [2831]. FAUST: Serenata (Gounod). Looks very poor but it
does play and voice comes through (with some surface accompaniment). 6.
$400.00.
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ALICE NIELSEN [s]
4004. 12” PW Gold Vr HRS 1031. DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Convien partir (Donizetti) / AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini). From orig.
1908/1924 Victor matrices. Side two 1st edition. Both labels are autographed by the
respective singers. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
JUSTE NIVETTE [bs]. 1866 - ?
. His debut was as Sarastro at the Paris Opéra-Comique
in 1892. At the Paris Opéra, he was first heard in 1900 in Paladilhe’s Patrie. His diverse repertoire
included parts such as King Henry (Lohengrin), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Marcel (Les Huguenots) and
Un Moine Peintre in Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, which he created at Monte Carlo in
1902. Nivette appeared as well at La Scala and Covent Garden, and with the Boston Opera,
singing Alvise in La Gioconda upon the company’s first season opening night in 1909.
9464. 11” Brown APGA 1147/1148. FAUST: Sérénade / FAUST: Le veau d’or (Gounod).
Announced. One small PB side one. Cons. 2. $15.00.
DENNIS NOBLE [b]
2239. 10” Green Microphone Columbia 4144-M [CA-14496-1/CA-15118-1]. PTOLEMY:
Silent Worship (Händel, arr. A. Somervell) / MALCOLM MC EACHERN [bs]. ACIS
AND GALATEA: O ruddier than the cherry (Händel). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2272. 10” Plum HMV AB.10075 [OEA-15471-1/OEA-15472-2]. THE FROST-BOUND
WOOD / THE FOX (both Peter Warlock). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
AALTJE
NOORDEWIER-REDDINGIUS [s].
Duerme,1868-Hilversum, 1949. A celebrated Dutch
concert artist active from 1888 until 1930. She had
studied singing at the Amsterdam Conservatory, 18861890, with Johannes Messchaert and piano with J. B. de
Pauw. She soon emerged as one of the most gifted
interpreters of the oratorio repertoire. A performance
with conductor Willem Mengelberg of Bach’s St. Matthew
Passion in 1900 marked the first of many subsequent
artistic collaborations of these two celebrated musicians.
Reddingius married painter Michiel Noordewier in 1893.
A son, Michiel Noordewier Jr., was a noted flautist who
can be heard in some of her 1929 Columbia recordings.
He committed suicide in 1930 (at the age of 27), and at
that point his mother retired to Hilversum, where she
primarily taught. Aside from her 1929 Columbia records,
Noordewier-Reddingius made a rare group of discs for
Edison in 1927 (recorded acoustically) during a tour of
the U.S.
2191. 10” Blk. Eng. Columbia DH 81 [WF748/
WF749] UM MITTERNACHT (Gustav Mahler). Two sides. Organ acc. Anton von der
Horst. One superficial rub side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.
3267. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D15842
AALTJE NOORDEWIER-REDDINGIUS
[WFX231/WFX234]. SÜSSE STILLE
(Händel) / HÖCHSTER WAS ICH HABE [from Cantata No. 39] (Bach). with M.
Noordewier Jr. [flute] and Anton van der Horst [organ]. Recorded in Central Hall,
Westminster (England). Couple lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
EINAR NØRBY [b]
2767. 12” Yellow Tono X26028 [2271C/2272C]. PORGY AND BESS: Bess, du er min
Kvinde nu [Bess, you is my woman now]. With ELSE BREMS [s] / PORGY AND
BESS: Banjosang, “Kum lidt jeg ejer i Verden [I got plenty o’ nothin’] (Gershwin).
In Danish. Minor lbl. tear side one, just about 1-2. $15.00.
LILLIAN NORDICA [s]. Farmington, ME, 1857-Batavia, Java, 1914.
Born Lillian Norton,
her early studies were at the New England Conservatory with John O’Neill. In 1879 she made her
operatic debut in Milan at the Teatro Manzoni as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Paris first heard
her at the Opéra in 1882 as Marguerite in Faust, and she repeated that role for her New York
entrée at the Academy of Music, 1883. She was first heard at Covent Garden in 1887 as Violetta
and in 1891 at the Metropolitan Opera as Valentine in Les Huguenots. She appeared there as
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and in the first Bayreuth performance of
that opera the next year. Nordica became
particularly noted for her singing of the
Wagnerian heroines and is recalled as one
of the greatest sopranos of her era. Her
personal life was less fortunate. A first
husband, a rich cousin named Frederick
Gower, disappeared during a hot air
balloon flight. This was perhaps fortuitous,
as he wanted her to give up her career. A
second, Zoltan Döme (Solomon Teitlbaum),
was a Hungarian who made use of
Nordica’s bank account when his success
as a singer proved to be less than
substantial. He fled to Hungary and was
replaced by a third husband, banker
George W. Young, who eventually “drained
her coffers dry” in the stock market. She
died of typhus while touring the East
Indies before a fourth husband could be
acquired.
2210. 10” Red IRCC 3030. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Fragment from
Immolation Scene / DAVID
BISPHAM [b]. DIE WALKÜRE:
Fragment from Wotan’s Farewell
(Wagner). From Mapleson
Cylinders recorded live at the
Met. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4209. 10” Oversized (10½”) B&S Columbia Trial M-2089-1. ICH
LIEBE DICH (Grieg). Piano acc.
Dated (etched on rim, which includes Nordica’s name and other pertinent
information) May, 11, 1908. Piano acc. Nordica sings one verse twice, the
performances separated by a divider band. Judging from the outer rim matrix
markings, two different recording horns were used: Spk #1 and Spk #5 (if “Spk” …
speaker … refers to horns). This was strictly a test recording and is totally unknown
in discographies. Nordica was not credited as having made any records in 1908.
Small edge flake groove side far from grooves. Harmless 1½” edge crk. blank side
only. Surface is rubbed and scuffed, gen. 5, but little, if any, graying. $2000.00.
3103. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68082-D [30133-2/30652-1]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio!
(Ponchielli) / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). Rare doubling. Fine
laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
3546. 12” Purple SS Columbia 30133 [take 2]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli).
Excellent later ‘20s laminated pressing. Small rim bump (far from grooves),
3365. 12” Purple SS Columbia 30652. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner).
Another top later ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4060. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68081-D [30486-1/30653-1]. OMAHA INDIAN TRIBAL
SONG [FROM THE LAND OF THE SKY-BLUE WATER] (Cadman); MIGHTY LAK’ A
ROSE (Nevin) / ANNIE LAURIE (Scott). Side one piano acc. Beautiful and rare
pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $30.00.
3538. 12” Yellow IRCC 222. TROVATORE: Tacea la notte …Di tale amor (Verdi) / LA
GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli). Re-recordings from 1906/1907 unpublished
tests. Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EIDÉ NORENA [s]
2831. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4852 [2L398-II/2L399-I(I]. MAGIC FLUTE: Air de
Pamina (Mozart) / OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2832. 12” PW Red Disque gram. DB 4861 [2L368-I/2L3369-ITI]. OTELLO: Air du Saule
(Verdi). Two sides. Another Norena in perfect condition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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JEAN NOTÉ [b]. Tournai, Belgium, 1858-Brussels, 1922.
A graduate of the Royal
Conservatory of Ghent in 1884, winning first prizes, Noté made his debut in Lille as Enrico in
Lucia. After appearing with great success in Antwerp and Lyon, he made his debut at the Paris
Opéra as Rigoletto, remaining a leading artist with that company until his death following surgery.
He also sang with the Metropolitan Opera, 1908-09, making his debut there as Valentin in Faust.
He had major success in Wagnerian roles such as Telramond and Wolfram. “Noté received the
Legion of Honor … for his presence of mind where he averted a railroad catastrophe by working an
emergency brake.” [NY Times].
9487. 11” Brown Odeon 33137/33185 [33137-3/33145-3]. HENRY VIII: Qui donc commande (Saint-Saëns) / WILLIAM TELL: Prière (Rossini). Announced by Noté. Piano
acc. Cons. 2-3. $15.00.
9312. 11” Brown Odeon X36344/X36364 [XP2036/XP2093]. L’OMBRE: Midi-Minuit
(Flotow) / LES MOUSQUETAIRES AU COUVENT: Paour fair un brave
Mousquetaire (Varney). Different style labels each side. Few MGTs side one,
otherwise 2. $15.00.
JARMILA NOVOTNA [s]
2433. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20293 [Ve2124-1/Ve2125-1]. POEM (Fibich) /
HUMORESQUE (Dvo ák-Taus). Orch. dir. Alexander Von Zelimsky. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
FRANCISCO NUIBO [t]
1199. 10” White lbl. Vla 64017 [B-2222].
MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
MARGARETE OBER [c]
2344. 10” Red Vr 64449. WIEGENLIED
(Humperdinck). Piano acc. Arthur
Arndt. Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$7.00.
1823. 10” Red Vla 64506. TROVATORE:
Stride la vampa (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
3820. 12” Red “A” plate Vr 74397. LE
PROPHÈTE: Ach, mein Sohn!
(Meyerbeer). Nice copy. Few lt. rubs,
2. $10.00.
3314. 12” Girl-and-Gram. Parlophon P.421
[P414/P421]. LE PRO-PHÈTE: Arie
des Fides [Prison Scene] (Meyerbeer).
Two sides. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $30.00.
3087. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72936
[1501½as/1504as]. AIDA: Schon
FRANCESCO NUIBO as Rodolfo in La Boheme
sind die Priester all’ vereint (Verdi).
Two sides. With LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t]. Fireworks. Rare! Just about 1-2. $75.00.
MAARTJE OFFERS [c]
2199. 10” Red elec. HMV DA 816 [BR726-I/BR730-IIA]. CARO MIO BEN (Giordani) /
XERXES: Ombra mai fu (Händel). Cons. 2. $10.00.
1938. 10” Red elec. HMV DA 824 [BR716-IIA/BR718-IIA]. CARMEN: Les tringles /
CARMEN: Card Song (Bizet). Uncommon. 3. $7.00.
ELISABETH OHMS [s]
2755. 12” Gold PW Brunswick (Columbia pressing) 90179 [806bi/880bi]. SCHMERZEN /
TRÄUME (both Wagner, orch. Mottl). Excellent pressing. Superficial rubs, gen. 2.
$8.00.
ROSA OLITZKA [c]
2324. 10” Pink HRS 1032. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti) / IL TROVATORE:
Lodernde Flammen (Verdi). Side one RR from 1912 Columbia unpublished test.
Side two from Edison cylinder. Label autographed by Olitzka. Cons. 2. $7.00.
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MAGDA OLIVERO [s]
2964. 12” Orange Cetra 25050 [2-70443/2-70444]. AMICO FRITZ: Duetto delle ciliege
(Mascagni). With FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI [t]. Two sides. Ideal performance.
Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
MARIA OLSZEWSKA [c]
2875. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72752 [749av/357as]. IL TROVATORE: Die Hände in
schweren Ketten (Verdi) / SIGRID ONEGIN [c]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Um stets
heiter und glücklich zu leben (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $40.00.
4211. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72814 [683av/738av]. IMMER LEISER WIRD MEIN
SCHLUMMER (Brahms) / KREUZZUG (Schubert). Piano acc. Superficial rubs, 2.
$40.00.
3948. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72917 [739av/421as]. DIE MAINACHT (Brahms) / LOTTE
LEHMANN [s]. MORGEN (Strauss). Very small lbl. tear side two, few lightest rubs,
cons. 2. $50.00.
AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]. Savona, 1897-1981.
Her studies were with Manlio Bavagnoli, who had also taught Bruna Rasa, and her debut was in Mondovì as Leonora in Il Trovatore.
She then was heard in a number of local houses for several seasons. Said Oltrabella, “The
rumour got around that I could sing everything, which was absolutely true.” She appeared at the
Metropolitan Opera the season of 1929-30, singing there Musetta, Cio-Cio-San, Nedda and Liù.
She said she had been offered a contract for two more seasons, but that she felt there were “…too
many sopranos – Bori, the very fat Frances Alda, Easton, Moore, Queena Mario, and several
others, all singing my parts. No rehearsals-one just jumped in.” She then made her La Scala
debut, which elevated her to star status in Europe. Toscanini hired her for the Salzberg Festival as
Nanetta in Falstaff, her usual role in that opera having been Alice. In 1948 she sang in the world
premiere of Ghedini’s Le Baccanti. “There were high Ds jumping all over the place. As I adored
challenges on that level, I accepted. Oltrabella would show them ...”. Her late repertoire included
operas such as Menotti’s The Medium and and Rosselini’s La Guerra. “But I never should have
stopped [singing]. Look at Magda. I was loved too, you know; she is not the only one!” - Quotes
from Rasponi’s The Last Prima Donnas.
1462. 10” Red acous. Vla 1129 [BE-978-2/BE-979-2]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Ora soave /
ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vicino a te (Giordano). With BERNARDO DE MURO [t]. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
1672. 10” White acous. HMV VA 52 [BE-978-2/BE-979-2]. Same as previous listing. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1589. 10” Red VdP DA 5366 [OBA2502-I/OBA-2598-II]. IL SUONATORE DI LIRA /
MARGHERITA ALL’ ARCOLAIO (both Schubert). Piano acc. A. D’Erasmo. Scarce.
Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
3997. 10” Red PW (silver print) Vr 13781 [2BA1204-II/2BA1205-I]. THE DYBBUCK:
Eccoti, mia bella amica! (Rocca). With GINO DEL SIGNORE [t]. Two sides. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
SIGRID (HOFFMANN) ONEGIN [c]. 1889-Magliaso, Switzerland, 1943. Born in Sweden
of German and French parents, Onegin studied in Frankfurt, Munich and Milan with, among
others, Lilli Lehmann and Margarethe Siems. Her debut, as Lilly Hoffmann, took place in 1912 as
Carmen with the Stuttgart Opera. The next year she wed pianist Baron Eugen Borisowitch Onégin
(1870-1919) and then sang as Lilly Hoffmann-Onégin until 1920, retaining Onégin but dropping
her maiden name Hoffmann and replacing Lilly with Sigrid.
Interestingly, Baron Onégin was
actually a woman, Agnes Elizabeth Overbeck, who used a male alias, a fact not generally known at
the time. Sigrid’s second husband (whom she married in 1920) was a male, Dr. Fritz Pensoldt
(1849-1927), and they had one son. 1919 marked her debut with the Munich Opera and 1922 the
first of two seasons at the Met. She also appeared at Salzburg (1931-32), the Bayreuth Festival
(1933-34) and Covent Garden (1927), but much of her career was as a concert singer. Her last
U.S. concert appearance was in 1938. Her extraordinary technique and wide ranging voice were
reminiscent of Schumann-Heink at her peak. The author Gordon Eby, in his book From the Beauty
of Embers, gave a visual description of Onegin on the concert stage in York, PA, shortly before her
retirement. “She was that super-elegant sort of diva whose stage appearance entailed a bird-ofparadise head-dress, a diamond tiara, shoulder-length gloves, a varied assortment of bracelets
from wrist to elbow, chandelier earrings, a five-foot train and a huge ostrich feather fan.” The
visual and aural Onegin must have made quite a feast for the senses.
2102. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 90176 [acous. Bruns. matrices]. IL TROVATORE: Mal
reggendo / IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). With MARIO CHAMLEE [t].
Excellent late ‘20s pressing (much better shellac than used by Brunswick). Minor lbl.
discoloration. Surfaces just about 1-2. $10.00.
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2180. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10161.
DORMI PURE! (Scuderi) / CARO MIO
BEN (Giordani). Few lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $8.00.
2258. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10213.
AUF FLÜGELN DES GESANGES
(Mendelssohn) / DIE LOTOSBLUME
(Schumann). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2181. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10271.
SAPPHISCHE ODE, Op. 94, No. 4 /
AUF DEM KIRCHHOFE (both
Brahms). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2330. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15073.
HERDEGOSSEN [HERDMAN’S SONG]
(Berg) / VAGGVISA (arr. Raucheisen). Piano acc. Michael Rauchesen.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1043. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1179
[BLR5577-V-T/BLR5578-II]. DAS
VEILCHEN (Mozart) / SEHNSUCHT
NACH DEM FRÜHLING (both Mozart).
Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Nice pressing.
Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2349. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1556 [BLR5577-V-T/
BLR5578-II]. Same as previous listing (item #1043). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1187. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1593 [BLR5880-IIT/
BD9216-II]. SÜSSES BEGRÄBNIS (Loewe) / DER HEILIGE FRANZISKUS (both
Loewe). Piano acc. Franz Rupp/Clemens Schmalstich. Scarce Victor issue. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
1203. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1180. Same as previous listing (item #1187). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
3104. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 72683 (043314/043344) [1460s/1293m]/ ESULTATE
JUBILATE: Allelujah (Mozart) / AVE MARIA (E. B. Onegin). Piano acc. Few LSSs
(absolutely harmless), few lt. mks., otherwise cons. 2. $30.00.
4059. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72687 [1459s/ 1464s]. VON EWIGER LIEBE /DIE MAINACHT (both Brahms). Piano acc. Top portion of the label neatly blacked over for
import purposes. IMs. Otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
3893. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 72692 [355as/1466s]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE:
Einsam wachend / RHEINGOLD: Erdas Warnung (both Wagner). Gorgeous copy.
Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2875. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72752 [357as/749av]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Um stets heiter
und glücklich zu leben (Donizetti) / MARIA OLSZEWSKA [c]. IL TROVATORE: Die
Hände in schweren Ketten (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $40.00.
2895. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72919 [790as/791as]. DENN ES GEHET DEM MENSCHEN /
ICH WANDRE MICH (both Brahms). Piano acc. IMs. Trade mark portion of labels
neatly blackened for import purposes. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
3057. 12” Red acous Polydor 72920 [792as/793as]. O TOD, WIE BITTER BIST DU /
WENN ICH MIT MENSCHEN (both Brahms). Piano acc. This and the disc above
(item #2895) constitute perfect copies of Brahms’ Four Serious Songs, Op. 121.
IMs. Trade mark portion of labels neatly blackened for import purposes. Beautiful
3940. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50028 [X9805/X9842]. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils
(Meyerbeer) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Amour viens aider (Saint-Saëns). Small lbl. mk.
side two. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3923. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Vr 6803. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils! (Meyerbeer) /
ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che faro (Gluck). IMs. Great surface material. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
4011. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7305 [CLR5799-III/CLR5800-II]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Der
Frühling erwachte / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mein Herz (Saint-Saëns). Orch. dir. Leo
Blech. Very scarce German language version. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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4175. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 7320 [CLR5799-II/CLR5800-I]. SAMSON ET DALILA:
Printemps qui commence / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). In
French. Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
DMITRI ONOFREI [t].1897-1966.
Onofrei’s long career included twenty seasons traveling
the U.S. with the San Carlo Opera along with his wife, soprano Bianca Saroya. He appeared at the
Met once as Lohengrin, in 1937, but the whole performance was apparently (according to the NY
Times) a dismal failure. It included three debuts and no rehearsal. He had much better results in
his touring performances. Onofrei and Saroya later taught, Onofrei’s pupils having included
serious artists such as Metropolitan Opera tenor John Alexander (1923-1990) and colorful
personalities, for example “America’s Singing Farmer”, Bob Parrish.
2943. 12” PW Red U.S. Odeon 3284 [XXJo2020//XXPh6191-2]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre /ANTONIO GUARNIERI dir. ORCH. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA:
Intermezzo (Mascagni). Superb copy. Just about
1-2. $35.00.
GIOVANNI OPPEZZO [t]. Italy, 1875-U.S.A. 1918.
Having made his debut in 1900, Oppezzo sang in a number
of smaller Italian houses as well as in South America and
the U.S. with various touring companies. His repertoire
seems to have been mainly of standard dramatic roles such
as Manrico, Rhadames, and Canio.
1814. 10” Blue Notes Brazilian Columbia C2360
[11182-1/10854-1]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto
asil (Rossini) / LUIGI BALDASSARE [b].
GUARANY: Senza tetto e senza cuna (Gomez).
Nice copy. Cons. 2. $10.00.
[11363-2/11364-1]. GERMANIA: Studente
udite / GERMANIA: No, non chiudere gli occhi
(Franchetti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
[11181-1/11199-1]. LA JUIVE: Rachele, allor
che Iddio / LA JUIVE: Dio m’inspira (Halévy).
Cons. 2. $10.00.
JOHN O’SULLIVAN [t]
GIOVANNI OPPEZZO
1356. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D12457
[B516/B517]. IL
TROVATORE: Di quella pira / IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Lightest lbl.
fade. Side one erroneously bears the same label as side two. Nice playing copy. Few
harmless spots, 2. $15.00.
1384. 10” Blue Eng. Columbia D1564 [WA3602/WA3604]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
(Puccini) / PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Small lbl. stkr. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
1353. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.0707 [N250013/N250014]. L’AFRICAINE: O Paradis
(Meyerbeer) / WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). An exceptional heroic tenor
voice. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
GIUSEPPE OXILIA [t]. Montevideo, 1861-1918.
Born in Uruguay of Italian parents, Oxilia
studied singing in Italy with Felice Pozzo. His debut was in 1884 as Laertes in Hamlet, but by 1886
he was singing leading roles at La Fenice in Venice. In two more years he advanced to La Scala,
where he made his debut in the premiere of Franchetti’s Asrael, the next year following Tamagno
in Verdi’s Otello. By 1891 his voice started showing wear, although he managed to continue
singing until 1904, retiring in total poverty. He then taught, Italo Cristalli and Walter Kirchoff
having been two of his pupils. He married in 1910, had five children, and in 1916 lost his left arm
to gangrene from diabetes. He then sold all of his gold medals and awards from his glory years,
and the family returned from Milan to Montevedeo. He unsuccessfully attempted suicide and
shortly after this also lost his left leg to gangrene. Oxilia died at 57, totally forgotten. – From Internet
information by Juan Dzazopulos Elgueta.
2642. 10” Blk Milano G&T 52333 [1631b]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). 1902 recording. Disc appears to be a very decent 3 but there is some noise (which perhaps
can be modified by stylus experimentation). $75.00.
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