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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs
Minimum bid as indicated per item.
Listings “Just about 1-2” should be considered as mint and “Cons. 2” with just slight marks. For collectors
searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The further we get from the era of production (in many
cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are actually
from mint dealer stocks and others the result of having improved copies via dozens of collections purchased
over the past fifty years.
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For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those items marked “late” are usually of high
quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in this particular catalogue are excellent
pressings from that era. Also featured are many “Z” shellac Victors, their best quality surface material (later
1930s).
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“Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-‘14), Victor pressed silver-on-black labels on the reverse sides
of some of their single-faced recordings, usually featuring translations of the text or similarly related comments.
BESSIE ABOTT [s]. Riverdale, NY, 1878-New York, 1919.
Following the death of her father which left
her family penniless, Bessie and her sister
Jessie (born Pickens) formed a vaudeville
sister vocal act, accompanying themselves
on banjo and guitar. Upon the recommenddation of Jean de Reszke, who heard them
by chance, Bessie began operatic training
with Frida Ashforth. She subsequently
studied with de Reszke himself and
appeared with him at the Paris Opéra,
making her debut as Gounod’s Juliette.
She also sang the Forest Bird in Wagner’s
Siegfried with de Reszke in the title role.
Despite various biographical references to
the contrary, Abott seems not to have
studied with Marchesi. She appeared at the
Met during the seasons of 1906-08, and
left, dissatisfied with her roles assigned
for the next season. She then began
arrangements with Mascagni for a new
opera in which she would star and tour.
The work turned out to be Isabeau.
Mascagni, however, evolved other ideas as
to what would be done with the opera when
it was completed, a decision which produced lawsuits on both sides. After touring
with her own opera company and appearing
in operetta as well, Abott married sculptor
T. Waldo Story (brother of Emma Eames’’
first husband, artist Julian Story) in 1912
and subsequently spent much time in Italy,
where they had an estate. She evidently met
Puccini during this period, as she claimed
the composer presented her with one of her
proudest possessions, a Pomeranian puppy.
BESSIE ABOTT as Gounod's Juliette
1343. 10” White lbl. Vla 87003.
MARTHA: Qui sola vergin rosa (Flotow). Tiny lbl. stkrs., just about 1-2. $15.00.
1314. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87500. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta! (Verdi). With MARIO
ANCONA [b]. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3590. 12” Red GP ’06 Vr 88050. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). 2. $10.00.
3899. 12: Red Vla 88084. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Good pressing, few lt. mks., cons.
2. $10.00.
3707. 12” Red GP ’08 Vr 88129. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod). 2. $10.00.
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GIUSEPPE ACERBI [t]. Codogno 1871- Milan 1934.
Born Santo Giuseppe Bertini, he
worked in the family shop until 1897, when he began vocal studies in Milan with Marziani and
subsequently with Blasco and Rossi. He made his debut in Lodi, 1899, as the Duke in Rigoletto
but decided to study further. Two years later he made a second debut at the Municipale in
Piacenza as Edgardo in Lucia with Isabella Svicher and Giuseppe Pacini. This time he had great
success. He appeared throughout Italy in houses such as the dal Verme in Milano, the Teatro
Comunale in Bologna and the Teatro Regio in Torino. Outside of Italy he made guest appearances
at the Madrid Teatro Reale and the Teatro Zizinia in Alexandria, Egypt. His last appearance traced
was Cavaradossi, 1917, at the Milan dal Verme. – Roberto Marcocci
2269. 10” Blk. GP ’08 Vr 52417 [7150b]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile
(Donizetti). Cons. 2. $8.00.
3871. 12” Blk. GP ’07 “A” plate Vr 58302 [850c]. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar
(Bizet). With RENZO MINOLFI [b]. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
ESSIE ACKLAND [c]
1756. 10” Plum elec. PW HMV B.2769 [Bb12943-II/Bb12945-II]. FIVE LITTLE PICCANINNIES (Anthony) / CALLER
HERRIN’ (Traditional). Piano
acc. Mme. Adami. Gen. 2.
$10.00.
AÏNO ACKTÉ [s]. Helsinki, 1876Numela, 1944. Having studied voice
with Edmond
Duvernoy, Giraudet and
Paul Vidal, as well as with her mother
(Emmy Ackté, a soprano with the
Helsinki Opera), Ackté made her debut at
the Paris Opéra, 1897, as Marguerite in
Gounod’s Faust. Her subsequent career
included all the major European operatic
centers and the Metropolitan Opera
(1903-05). In 1910, she was England’s
first Salome (and one of the few sopranos
at the time to do the “Dance of the Seven
Veils” herself). Her repertoire was diverse,
including Micaela in Carmen, Nedda
(which she sang in the Paris Grand
Opera premiere of Pagliacci in 1902) and
Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried, among
other Wagnerian heroines.
3804. 11” Red Odeon 36869-2/39216
[XPR-1-1/XPh680-2]. SI J’AVAIS VOS AILES (Messager) /
ADA ADINY [s]. HÉRODIADE:
Il est doux (Massenet).Excellent
pressing of these rarities. Few
lightest mks., cons. 2. $100.00.
AÏNO ÄCKTÉ
ALBERTO ADAMI [t]
2004. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 63319. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: L’anima ho stanca (Ciléa) /
SIBERIA: T’incontrai per via (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
IRIS ADAMI-CORRADETTI [s]
2624. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0110 [50499/50112]. FRANCESCA DA RIMINI: Paolo, datemi
pace (Zandonai) / LINA PAGLIUGHI [s]. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (Verdi). One
small, harmless PB and couple lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $100.00.
SUZANNE ADAMS [s]
1340. 10” Monarch 91005 [2149-w2]. HOME, SWEET HOME (Bishop). Bright label. Very
decent copy. A few LGTs, otherwise gen. 3. $50.00.
ADA ADINY [s]
3804. 11” Red Odeon 36869-2/39216 [XPR-1-1/XPh680-2]. HÉRODIADE: Il est doux
(Massenet) / AÏNO ACKTÉ [s]. SI J’AVAIS VOS AILES (Messager) Excellent early
‘30s pressing of these rarities. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $75.00.
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AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t]. St. Chinian, France, 1858-Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1931.
He studied at the Toulouse Conservatoire and then in Paris. 1890 marked his Paris Opèra debut
as Edgardo to Nellie Melba’s Lucia, the soprano appearing in Paris for the first time the same
evening. He remained a leading tenor of that institution for twenty years, also appearing in various
other French houses as well as in Brussels, and at London’s Covent Garden. In 1911 he moved to
the United States where he was heard in operas in New Orleans, San Francisco, and in Havana.
According to one source, Affre became director of the French Opera House in New Orleans in 1913
when it came under the ownership of Tulane University, and remained there until the house
burned down in 1919. He then retired to a villa on the Côte d’Azur.
9303. 11” Brown Odeon 60308/56094 [XP3330/XP3532]. THAMARA: Rêve de Nour-Eddin
(Bourgault-Ducoudray) / LISE LANDOUZY [s], GASTON DU BOIS [t], PAOLO
ANANIAN [bs]. FAUST: Final Trio (Gounod). IMs. Cons. 2. $35.00.
CARMELO ALABISO [t]
2439. 10” acous. Fonografia Nazionale 4618/4617]. IL PICCOLO MARAT: C’era una volta /
MARIA LAIS [s]. IL PICCOLO MARAT: La Mamma ritrovò (Mascagni). Very minor
lbl. soiling. 2. $15.00.
1976. 10” Purple Eng. acous. La Cigale (Columbia) D9481 [B843/B855]. FEDORA: Vedi io
piango (Giordano) / GERMANIA: No! non chiuder gli occhi (Franchetti). Excellent
surface material. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2297. 10” Purple Eng. acous. La Cigale (Columbia) D9481. Same as previous listing. A few
LGTs, lt. rubs, 2-3. $8.00.
2002. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 4152-X [WB2555/WB2556]. ISABEAU: Canzone del
Folco / ISABEAU: Or solo interno (Mascagni). One tiny mk. (absolutely harmless).
Just about 1-2. $25.00.
CARLO ALBANI [t]. Trieste, 1872- ?
. Born of an Italian-French family, Albani sang in the
French provinces before coming to the U.S. in 1907. His debut was with the Manhattan Opera as
Manrico in Il Trovatore. After one repetition, Albani claimed illness, necessitating the postponement of a production of Ernani in which he was to star. The Manhattan’s Impresario, Oscar
Hammerstein, discovered that Albani had not only recovered but was appearing in Boston with the
San Carlo Opera in what must have been his favorite work, Il Trovatore. Hammerstein promptly
sued and a constable was dispatched to arrest the tenor, then at work on stage. The performance
was allowed to continue, providing that the officer might follow the Pavarotti sized tenor about
until the opera ended. Whenever the constable appeared from behind a tree or some other stage
prop, he was roundly hissed by the audience. This ended Albani’s American career, but he was
more successful in Europe, appearing at the Paris Opéra and the Costanzi in Rome, among other
theaters, in, again, Il Trovatore and Aida, among other operas. There seems to be no sign of him
after World War I.
3544. 12” Red GP ’06 Vr 75096. FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu che segno agli’ angeli (Verdi).
Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
ANNA MARIA ALBERGETTI [s]. Pesaro,
1936 -
. Daughter of a cellist father and
pianist mother, Alberghetti and her family
emigrated to the U.S. following W.W. II. She
made her debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of
13, became a hit on the Ed Sullivan Show and
went on to become a star in films and on Broadway in the 1950s and early 1960s. Leaving show
business for a period to raise a family, she
returned in various theatrical productions and a
one-woman cabaret act. Judging from her film
of Menotti’s The Medium (1951), she had the
talent for operatic success, but she had mass
appeal and from her youth commanded fees for
her stage, film, and TV work that were far in
excess of operatic singer salaries of that era.
1918. 10” Blk. Mercury 70478. KISS, KISS,
KISS (Brooks) / THE SONG FROM
DESIREE (Newman). Cons. 2. $8.00.
FRANCES ALDA [s]
FRANCES ALDA
1145. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 87086. THE
CUCKOO (Lehmann). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2053. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 87118. MURMURING ZEPHYRS, Op. 21, No. 4 (Jensen). Piano
acc. André Benoist. Very lt. superficial rubs. Gen. 2. $10.00.
1264. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64339. MORGEN (Strauss). With Giuta Casini [cello], Frank
La Forge [pno]. In German. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1472. 10” Red Vr 64451. OUVRE TES YEUX BLEUS (Massenet). Piano acc. Frank
LaForge. Lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
1776. 10” Red Vla 66134. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca (Rossini). VrBk. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1144. 10” Red Vr 87116. THE BIRTH OF MORN (Leoni). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1662. 10” Red Vla 537. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca (Rossini) / LA WALLY: Ebben? Ne
andrò lontana (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1123. 10” Red EE Vla 1094. PLEASE KEEP OUT OF MY DREAMS (Nora Bayes-Elsa
Maxwell) / INDIAN DAWN (Zamecnik). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1075. 10” Red EE Vla 1148. NOBODY ELSE (Penn) / IF GOD LEFT ONLY YOU
(Densmore). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1445. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1188. ROBIN ADAIR (Keppel) / THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
(Moore). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2364. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1359. LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Sempre così / LA CENA DELLE
BEFFE: Mi chiamo Lisabetta (Giordano). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
3964. 12” Red Vla 74399. PANIS ANGELICUS (Franck). With Guita Casini [cellist], piano
acc. Frank La Forge. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2781. 12” Red Vla 88597. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (Puccini). With SOPHIE
BRASLAU [c]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4031. 12” Red Pats. Vla 95207. MARTHA: Siam giunti, o
giovinette (Flotow). With JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c],
ENRICO CARUSO [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
4030. 12” Red Pats. Vla 95209. MARTHA: Presto, presto (Flotow). With JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3772. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 95210. MARTHA: Quartetto notturno (Flotow). With JOSE-PHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Excellent
early pressing, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
3821. 12” Red Vla 8044. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di
(Puccini) / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (Puccini).
Side two with SOPHIE BRASLAU [c]. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2951. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 111. FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un
soffio (Verdi) / LORELEY: Ah! dunque ei m’amerà
(Catalani). A rare doubling of two of her finest
recordings. Label signed by Mme. Alda. Just about
1-2. $25.00.
MARIA (DE) ALEXANDROWICZ [s].
Born in Varsovie,
Poland, likely 1890, Alexandrowicz studied with Jean de Reszke and
made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1910 as Gilda. She also
included among her roles there Juliette, Ophélie, Thaïs (1922) and,
in 1923, Tosca. She also appeared at the Monte-Carlo Opera.
2463. 10” Red PW French Disque Gram. DA 4806 [OG482-II/
OG1017-I]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Death Scene (both Puccini). In French. Scarce.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NORMAN
MARIA ALEXANDROWICZ
ALLIN [bs]. 1884-1973.
Among the foremost British basses of his period, Allin
was noted both for his operatic performances (over 50 roles) and his oratorio and concert work. He
was encouraged by conductors Henry J. Wood and Thomas Beecham, with whom he was
associated throughout his career. A 1931 Pathé sound film of Allin singing Moussorgsky’s “Song
of the Flea” can be seen on the internet: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/norman-allin
2845. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia L1458 [75191/75192]. MESSIAH: Why Do the Nations? / MESSIAH: But Who May Abide (Händel). Tiny lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $10.00.
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3798. 12” Blk. elec. Eng. Columbia 9874 [WAX3945/WAX4059]. THE MIDNIGHT REVIEW
(Glinka) / EDWARD (Loewe). Both in English. Side two piano acc. Couple small
mks., otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
ELSA ALSEN [s]
3315. 12” Blk. VT Columbia 50083-D [W98564-3/W98565-1]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE:
Liebestod (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
PAUL ALTHOUSE [t]
3963. 12” Blue Victor 55045. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) / PAUL REIMERS [t].
STÄNDCHEN (Schubert). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
ALBERTO AMADI [t]. Trieste, 1876? - ?
.
Performances in various smaller Italian
houses have been traced from 1899 through 1909 as well as in Mexico the summer of 1903 at the
Teatro Renacimiento. He appears to have emigrated to the U.S. around 1910 and sang with the
Century Opera in 1913 and the touring National Grand Opera Company in 1915. Amadi’s
repertoire was broad, including principal tenor roles in operas ranging from Rigoletto to Gounod’s
Philémon et Baucis.
1061. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 63319. SIBERIA: T’incontrai per via (Giordano) / ADRIANA
LECOUVREUR: L’anima ho stanca (Ciléa) Cons. 2. $15.00.
PASQUALE AMATO [b].
9306. 11” Fonotipia 62370/62371
[XPh3940/XPh3908]. ‘A SIRENA
(Valente) / SERENATA NAPOLITANA (Costa). With mandolin
and piano. Uncommon. Small
lbl. tear side two. 2. $25.00.
9313. 11” Fonotipia 92501/92502
[XPh3930/XPh3951]. L’AFRICAINE: O grande S. Domenico …
All’erta marinar / L’AFRICAINE:
Adamastor, re dell’acque
profonde (Meyerbeer). With
Chorus. Cons. 2. $15.00.
9329. 11” Fonotipia 92508/92757
[XPh3937/XPh4410]. I DUE
FOSCARI: Queste dunque è
l’iniqua mercede (Verdi) /
GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t].
ANDREA CHÉNIER: Credo in
una possanza (Giordano). Few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
2664. 11” Pink Fonotipia 92541/92541
[XPh3886/XPh3887-2]. LA
TRAVIATA: Pura sic-come / LA
PASQUALE AMATO enjoying a Victrola
TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovane
(Verdi). Both with ESTER
MAZZOLENI [s]. Rubs, gen. 3. $15.00.
9468. 11” Fonotipia 92569/92570 [XPh4023/XPh4024]. IL TROVATORE: Giorni poveri
vivea / IL TROVATORE: Deh rallentate o barbari (Verdi). With ARMIDE PARSIPETTINELLA [ms], FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. Few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
9527. 11” Blue SS U.S. Fonotipia 72701 [XPh3914]. TANNHAUSER: Oh! Tu, bell’ astro
(Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
9328. 11” Blue SS U.S. Fonotipia 72702 [XPh3904]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale
(Verdi). Cons. 2. 12.00.
1450. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87097. CAVALLERA RUSTICANA: Canzone Alfio (Mascagni). With
Met Opera Chorus. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1794. 10” Red Vr 87180. TORNA A SURRIENTO (De Curtis). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3679. 12” Red Vla 88437. GERMANIA: Ferito, prigionier (Franchetti). VrBk. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
3819. 12” Red Vla 88438. I DUE FOSCARI: O vecchio chor, che batti (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
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3330. 12” White lbl. Vla 88489. TOSCA: Te Deum (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3461. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 89052. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano, Alvaro! (Verdi).
With ENRICO CARUSO [t]. As mint. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3752. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89062. FAVORITA: Ah! l’alto ardor (Donizetti). With
MARGARETE MATZENAUER [c]. Text lbl. on verso. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3499. 12” Red Vr 89081. LA TRAVIATA: Imponete (Verdi). With FRIEDA HEMPEL [s].
Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3293. 12” Red Vr 89082 (early “B” plate). RIGOLETTO: Figlia! Mio padre! (Verdi). With
FRIEDA HEMPEL [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3402. 12” Red Vla 89082. Same as preceding listing (item #3293) but excellent late ‘30s
pressing. VrBk. Small lbl. scuff. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3585. 12” Red Vla 8048. AIDA: Ciel! Mio padre! / AIDA: Su dunque (Verdi). With
JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3276. 12” Green acous. Homocord 51496/51541. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) /
AFRICAINE: Adamastor, re dell’ onde (Meyerbeer). Nice copy. Lt. mks., 2. $30.00.
2835. 12” Red acous. Fonotipia 74928/74161 [XXPh4022/XXBao487]. ERNANI: O sommo
Carlo (Verdi). With LINA PASINI-VITALE [s], PIETRO SCHIAVAZZI [t] / ARMAND
CRABBÉ [b]. MAROUF: Celebre cavatina (Rabaud) Excellent surface material. Few
tiny mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
2978. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 26 [C-11447/5145f].. RIGOLETTO: Quartet (Verdi). With
LUISA TETRAZZINI [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t] / EMMY
DESTINN [s], LOUISE KIRKBY LUNN [c]. AIDA: Ebben, qual nuovo fremito (Verdi).
Side one first U.S. edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
ARISTIDE ANCESCHI [b]. 1866-1938.
Anceschi studied at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna
along with tenor Giuseppe Borgatti. Graduating in 1892, he made his operatic debut the same
year as Silvio in Pagliacci and continued on stage as a principal baritone throughout Italy for 35
years. He also appeared at Covent Garden, St. Petersburg and in South America. In 1896 he was
in the premiere of Leoncavallo’s Chatterton. His dozens of roles included Jack Rance, Amonasro,
Kyoto in Iris, Marcello, Alfio, Rigoletto, and Jokhanaan in Salome. His appealing voice can be
heard only on a few sides for Pathé and some 1902 discs for Zonophone.
2613. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono X-1711. ERNANI O de’ verd’ anni miei (Verdi). Announced.
64.0 rpm. Piano acc. 2. $150.00.
MARIO ANCONA [b]. Leghorn, 1860-Firenze,
1931. Beginning a career in business,
Ancona subsequently studied voice and made his
debut in Trieste, 1889 in Massenet’s Le Roi de
Lahore, with appearances the following year at La
Scala. He was chosen to create Silvio in the world
premiere of Pagliacci at the Teatro dal Verme, but
apparently illness prevented this from happening
(the part actually created by Mario Roussel). The
following year he took the role of Tonio in the
British premiere of Pagliacci with Melba and de
Lucia, a part he repeated in the Metropolitan
Opera American premiere, 1893. While active in
South America and throughout Italy, Ancona sang
with the Manhattan Opera, the Boston Opera and,
in 1916, with the Chicago Opera.
2430. 10” Red G&T 52128 [2307L]. MATTINATA (Tosti). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno.
What appear to be marks seen in the
label scan are actually all underlabel
matrix markings (except for one tiny
tear). Nice copy, just about 2. $250.00.
1252. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87006. LA TRAVIMARIO ANCONA
ATA: Di Provenza (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
1250. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87014. PURITANI: Ah
per sempre (Bellini). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1251. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87015. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1314. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87500. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta! (Verdi). With BESSIE
ABOTT [s]. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3282. 12” White lbl. HMV 052075 [227m]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Piano acc.
1904 G&T master. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3096. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88167. LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). Rare. Lt. rubs, 2-3.
$15.00.
2819. 12” White lbl. Vla 88500 [C-4285-2]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With
MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
PETER ANDERS [t]
1752. 10” Yellow Var. Grade Deut. Gram. 36122 [5820-LSTII/5821-LSTII]. ZUEIGNUNG;
ICH TRAGE MEINE MINNE / HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG; CÄCILIE (all Richard
Strauss). Munich Phil. dir. Fritz Lehmann. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARIAN ANDERSON [c]
1025. 10” Red PW Victor 2146 [OLA1153-I/OLA1155-I]. AUS BANGER BRUST, Op. 50,
No. 4) / LÅNGSAMKT SOM KVÄLLSSKYN, Op. 61, No. 1 (both Sibelius). Piano acc.
Kosti Vehanen. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1449. 10” Red RCA Vr 10-1200. LULLABY, Op. 57, No. 2 (Cyril Scott) / HEAR THE WIND
WHISPERING (Frida Sarsen Bucky). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
1881. 10” Red RCA Vr 10-1300. BRIGHT PHOEBUS (Hook) / OH! MEN FROM THE
FIELDS (Colum-Christopher Thomas). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
JULIE ANDREWS [s] Walton-On-Thames, England, 1935.
A great star of the musical
theater stage and films, Andrews began her career under the sponsorship and direction of her
parents. Her first recordings, as a coloratura soprano, were from this period.
1206. 10” Blk. Eng. Col. DB 2470 [CA20923/CA20924]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Je veux
vivre (Gounod) / COME TO THE FAIR (Martin). Side two with TED ANDREWS [b].
Both piano acc. by BARBARA ANDREWS (Julie’s father and mother). Side one just
about 1-2. Side two few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
1212. 10” Blk. Eng. Col. DB 2553 [CA21114/CA21115]. AH! VOUS DIRAI-JE MAMAN
(Mozart) / LA CAPINERA [THE WREN] (Benedict). Orch. dir. Ted Andrews with
Barbara Andrews at the piano. Possible lt. ULC (slight lbl. creases), cons. 2.
$15.00.
MARTHA ANGELICI [s]. Cergèse, Corsica, 1907-Ajaccio, 1973. Angelici’s vocal studies
took place in Brussels. She was a noted concert and radio singer and made her operatic debut in
Marseille, 1936, as Mimi in La Boheme. Her Opèra Comique debut was in 1938 and she starred at
the Paris Opèra beginning in 1953. In addition, she appeared as a guest at Brussels, Monte Carlo,
and La Scala. Her repertoire, both in song and opera, was diverse.
3395. 12” Late VdeSM (silver print) DB 11253 [2LA6261/2LA6262]. BOHÈME: La
chambre qui autrefois j’avais quittée [Act III] (Puccini) / LOUISE: Depuis le jour
(Charpentier). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
MARGIT ANGERER [s]
2745. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66858 [1480BM/1481BM]. FAUST: Il se fait tard (Gounod).
Two sides. With ALFRED PICCAVER [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
GIUSEPPE ANSELMI [t]. Near Carania, 1876-Near Rapallo, 1929.
He first appeared as
a violinist in his native city at the age of 13. After operetta experience, he made his operatic debut
in Greece in the late 1890s, singing leading roles. Further study followed in Italy with Mancinelli
and he appeared in Genoa and the Naples San Carlo (1900). A well received guest at Covent
Garden (1901, 1904, 1909), Anselmi also was particularly admired in Russia, Buenos Aires and
Spain. In addition to writing songs (a few of which he recorded), he was a composer of chamber
music and a larger scale Poema Sinfonico for orchestra. Desmond Shawe-Taylor noted in the Grove
Opera Dictionary that Anselmi’s “beautiful timbre and impassioned delivery were helped by vivid
enunciation as well as by a romantic appearance.” He retired in 1918 and returned to the violin
toward the end of his life. His recordings were for Fonotipia (1907-11) and a few sides in 1912 for
Edison, and all the Fonotipias as piano accompanied.
9331. 11” Fonotipia 62148/62419 [XPh2560/ XPh2572]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella /
RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Couple tiny PBs, just about 1-2. $15.00.
9330. 11” Fonotipia 62150/62151 [XPh2607/XPh2608]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita /
RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lacrime (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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9332. 11” Fonotipia 62164/62165 [XPh2562/2568-2]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano)/
MANON: Chiudo gli occhi (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
9525. 11” Fonotipia 62262/62163 [XPh2573/XPh2567]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni) / WERTHER: Ah! Non mi ridestar (Massenet). Cons. 2. $15.00.
9516. 11” Fonotipia 62289/62401 [XPh2845/XPh4075]. MANRÙ: Come al sol (Paderewski) / MALÌA (Tosti). Very tiny scr. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $25.00.
9301. 11” Fonotipia 62272/62273 [XPh /XPh2838]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva
lagrima / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (both Donizetti). Side one gen.
2. Side two few minor rubs, gen. 2-3. $15.00.
2672. 11” Fonotipia 62318/62319 [XPh3068/XPh3067]. LA FAVORITA: Una vergine / LA
FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Side one gold stamp of a Russian owner. Side
two couple LGTs, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.
9320. 11” Fonotipia 62472/62473 [XPh4262/XPh4246]. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco
(Leoncavallo) / SERSE: Va godendo (Händel). Great record, particularly side two.
IMs. Surface side one just about 1-2. Side two few lt. mks., cons. 2. $30.00.
9318. 11” Fonotipia 62476/62477 [XPh4250/XPh4251. UN SOLO VOLTA ANCORA /
CANTO ALLA PRIMAVERA (both Mendelssohn). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $25.00.
9323. 11” Orange Fonotipia-Odeon HRS 2002 [XPh2836/XPh2845]. LUISA MILLER: Ah
fede negar potessi (Verdi) / MANRU: Come al sol cocente (Paderewski). Wonderful
surfaces. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
9518. 11” ‘30s Cream Odeon O-5600 (62183/62166) [XPh2559/XPh2569]. DON
PASQUALE: Sogno soave e casto (Donizetti) / LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al
placido (Verdi). Excellent early ‘30s German pressing. Small harmless PB side one.
Cons. 2. $15.00.
9316. 11” PW Parlophone-Odeon PO 61. Same as previous listing (item #9518) but British
pressing (also 1930s). Just about $15.00.
FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]
1649. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1471 [BS4259-I/
BS4260-I]. MONNA VANNA: Air de
Prinzivalle / MONNA VANNA: Ell est à
moi (Février). Great performances.
Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $12.00.
1613. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1471 [BS4259-I/
BS4260-I]. Same as previous listing
(item #1613). Couple MGTs, cons. 2.
$10.00.
1777. 10” White elec. HMV VA 54 [BF3304IT1/ BF3316-II]. LA MUETTE DE
PORTICI: L’amour sacre de la patrie!
(Auber). With TILKIN SERVAIS [b] /
JEAN ÉMILE VANNI-MARCOUX [bs].
PANURGE: Touraine est un pays
(Massenet). Side two piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
3300. 12” Red acous. SR HMV DB 781 [CL47II/CL48-II]. CARMEN: Final scene
(Bizet). Two sides. With HÉLÈNE
SADOVEN [ms]. Small lbl. stkr., one
LSS, cons. 2. $12.00.
2857. 12” PW elec. Disque Gramophone DB
1115 [CTR3366-I/CTR3367-I]. CARMEN: Qui sait de quel demon /
CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère
(Bizet). With FANNY HELDY [s].
Excellent later ‘30s pressing. IMs and
FERNAND ANSSEAU
slightest lbl. stains, otherwise just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3033. 12” Red HMV DB 1410 [CTR3368-II/CF2994-II]. MANON: Toi! Vous! [Act III duet]
(Massenet). Two sides. With FANNY HELDY [s]. Radio station inner margin crayon
marks. Unusually quiet surfaces. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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3669. 12” Red acous. Vla 6104. WERTHER: O Nature, pleine de grace / HÉRODIADE: Ne
pouvant réprimer les élans (both Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3609. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6880. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Salut! Tombeau / ROMÉO ET
JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi, soleil! (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3784. 12” Red Orth. Vla 8155 [CS4270-2/
CS4271-I]. FAUST: Mais ce Dieu que
peut il pour moi? [Act I] (Gounod). Two
sides. With MARCEL JOURNET [bs].
2799. 12” Gold PW Vr HRS 1038 [CS843-1/
744m]]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Vois ma
misère (Saint-Saëns) / BERNARDO DE
MURO [t]. DON CARLOS: Io l’ho perduto (Verdi) SAMSON ET DALILA: Vois
ma misère (Saint-Saëns). From orig.
1923/1914 Gramophone matrices. Both
sides autographed by the respective
singers. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3349. 12” White HMV elec. VB 71 [2G840-I/
CF2995-II]. FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod).
With FANNY HELDY [s], MARCEL
JOURNET [bs] / HELDY [s], JOURNET
[b]. HAMLET: Doute de la lumière
(Thomas) Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LEONARDO ARAMESCO [t]
2448. 10” B&S PW Bruns. 53160 [5096BH/
5097½BH]. FRIEDERIKE: Sah’ ein
Knab’ ein Röslein steh’n / FRIEDERIKE: Oh Mädchen, mein Mädchen
(Lehár). One tiny ¼” scr. side one,
otherwise few lightest rubs, cons. 2.
$10.00.
GIANNINA
ARANGI-LOMBARDI
LEONARDO ARAMESCO
[s].
Marigliano, 1891-Milan, 1951. After studies
in Naples at the Conservatory of San Pietro a
Majella with Beniamino Carelli, she made her
debut in Rome in 1920, singing mezzo-soprano
roles for the next three years. After further
studies (with Adelina Stehle and Tina PoliRandaccio), she made a second debut as a
soprano in 1923. From 1924-1930 she was on the
roster of La Scala, her debut there having been as
Elena in Boïto’s Mefistofele, conducted by Toscanini. Her career encompassed most of the major
Italian houses as well as South America. She
toured Australia with Nellie Melba in 1928, creating for Australia the title role in Puccini’s
Turandot. She never appeared in England, France
or the United States. In 1935 she sang at the
Salzburg Festival and retired three years later,
still in good voice. She then taught at the Milan
Conservatory and subsequently in Ankara, Turkey, where one of her pupils was soprano Leyla
Gencer. –Wikopedia
2954. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D18030
[WBX127/WBX122]. LA GIOCONDA:
L’amo come il fulgor / LA GIOCONDA:
A te questo rosario (Ponchielli). Both
with EBE STIGNANI [ms]. Side two
also with GIUSEPPE NESSI [t], ARISTIDE BARACCHI [b]. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
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TERESA ARKEL [s].
Lemberg, Austria, 1861-Milano, 1929. Her studies were at the
Lemberg Conservatory, and her operatic debut in the same city, 1884. It was in Italy, however,
that Arkel became particularly celebrated. Her La Scala entry was as Venus in Tannhäuser, 1891,
and there she also sang Norma and Desdemona. She had similar success in Spain and South
America. Prominent in Arkel’s repertoire were the dramatic Wagner heroines. Noted as a teacher,
her pupils included Claire Dux, Lucette Korsoff, Eugenia Bronskaya and Irene Eden.
1874. 10" Blk. Pats. Vr 63419 [7040b/7065b]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor
(Mozart) / TOGLIETEMI LA VITA ANCOR (Scarlatti). Side two piano acc. Carlo
Sabajno. Few lt. mks. side one, cons. 2. $35.00.
F. ARNEDO [ms].
Good voice. I’ve not been able to find any information about her.
9513. 11” Odeon X.68863/X.68892 [XS.1837/XS.1840]. CARMEN: Escena de las cartas /
CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Lt. scuffs, few LSSs (harmless), 3 or better. $15.00.
SIGRID
ARNOLDSON
[s].
Stockholm,
1861-1943. Considered by the press as the successor to Jenny Lind, Arnoldson studied in Paris
with Mathilde Marchesi and made her debut in
Prague, 1885, as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
She was a sensation in Russia the following year
and made an equally successful entry at Covent
Garden in 1887. Other triumphs included
performances in her native Stockholm, the Paris
Opéra Comique, Monte Carlo, Berlin, Zurich and
the Metropolitan Opera, where she first appeared
in 1893. Arnoldson’s warm lyric-coloratura voice
and attractive appearance made her among the
most popular stars of the period.
1002. 10” White SP HMV 43777 [1288½r].
ECHOLIED [SWISS ECHO SONG]
(Eckert). Just about 1-2. (i.e. as new).
$35.00.
2475. 10” Red Dog Schall. Grammophon
70557 (52517/33612) [3579r/1294r].
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce
poco fa (Rossini) / MIGNON: Connaistu le pays? (Thomas). In Italian/
French. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1922. 10” PW Silver Vla IRCC 53 [3580r/
12489u]. TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi) / DER FREISCHUTZ: Leise, leise (v.Weber). From orig. 1907/
1906 Berlin G&T matrices. Small lbl.
tear side two, few lightest rubs. Cons.
2. $15.00.
SIGRID ARNOLDSON
1760. 10” White lbl. HMV VA 56 [1286r/
3579r]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) /
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
BLANCHE ARRAL [s]. Liège, 1865-New York, 1945.
Arral studied with Marchesi and
appeared as Clara Lardinois (her birth name) in a small role in the 1884 world premiere of
Massenet’s Manon. Much of her career was spent giving concerts in exotic locales. Her biography is crammed with fascinating stories, some of which certainly must veer to the offside of reality.
It is known that her singing career was about over by 1920. In later years she married an elementary school principal (considerably her junior), opened a mail order beauty cream business, did
some radio broadcasting (fortunately mostly preserved) and taught in her Cliffside Park, NJ home.
1121. 10” White lbl. Vla 64098. BEGGAR STUDENT: Czardas (Millöcker). Scarce.
Attractive, spirited performance. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1325. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 64099. VALSES D’OISEAU (Arral-Varney). One lt. superficial
scr., few harmless lt. mks., cons. 2. $6.00.
2903. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 74132. LA TRAVIATA: Ah! fors’ è lui … Sempre libera (Verdi).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3228. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 74142. THE MARRIAGE OF JEANETTE: Nightingale Song
(Massé). 2. $12.00.
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3872. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 74146. I LOMBARDI: Polonaise (Verdi). One TN, lt. superficial
rubs, just about 2. $12.00.
3993. 12” White lbl. Vla 74146. Same as preceding listing (item # 3872). Cons. 2. $12.00.
3536. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 19. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod) / I LOMBARDI: Polonaise (Verdi). Couple lightest mks., just about 1-2. $20.00..
BERNARD AUGUSTIN [t]
1953. 10” Green acous. Dog Schall. Gram. 13165 [12866r/12867½r]. AFRICAINE: Land
so wunderbar / HUGUENOTS: Ihr Wangenpaar (both Meyerbeer). 2. $15.00.
FLORENCE AUSTRAL [s]
3681. 12” PW Blk. D1506 [CR2166-IIA/CR2167-1A]. STABAT MATER: Inflammatus (Rossini) / THE GOLDEN LEGEND: The night is calm (Sullivan). Recorded in London’s
Royal Opera House. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
GAETAN AUZENEAU [bs]
1652. 10” Blue French Columbia LF 251 [CL8431-1/CL8432-1].l LES ROSES D’ISPAHAN
(Faure) / LE JOIE FILLE DE PERTH: Quand la flame (Bizet). Piano acc. André
Collard. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
SALVATORE BACCALONI [bs]
2726. 12” PW Maroon Eng. Columbia CQX 16446 [WBX781/WBX782]. PIPELÈ: Vieni qua
mio el tesor (R. Berninzano). With AURORA RETTORE [s] / TUTTO IN MASCHERA: Addio bel Turco (Pedrotti). With IRMA MION [s]. One harmless
depression, otherwise just about 1-2. $75.00.
ERNESTO BADINI [b]
1959. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1483 [B441/B442]. NERONE: Sento che arcende.
With LINA LANZA [ms] / NERONE: Guarda quaggiu (Boïto). With FERNANDO
AUTORI [bs]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1960. 10” Green Flags acous. Columbia 14093-F [B443/B444]. NERONE: Vivete in pace /
LINA LANZA [ms]. NERONE: Come è buona (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2051. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1484 [B443/B444]. Same as preceding listing
(item #1960). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ELSIE
BAKER [c]. Philadelphia, 18851958. A pupil of Gilchrist and Henry Gordon
Thunder in Philadephia and Oscar Saenger in
New York, Baker was a well known concert and
oratorio artist, active from about 1910 well into
the 1930s. After making a few cylinders for
Edison and Indestructible, Baker became an
exclusive Victor artist and appeared on many solo
and ensemble recordings from 1912 through
1929.
2003. 10” EE Blue Victor 45495. SHANEWIS:
Spring Song of the Robin Woman /
SHANEWIS: Her Shadow [Ojibway
Canoe Song, interpolated into Shanewis] (Cadman). The only recordings
from this opera, produced at the Met.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1877. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4026. MESSIAH: He
Shall Feed His Flock / LUCY ISABELLE MARSH [s]. MESSIAH: Come
Unto Him (Händel). Cons. 2. $7.00.
3145. 12” Blk. Orth. Vr 35849. HIAWATHA’S
CHILDHOOD: By the Shores of Gitchie
Gumee; Ewa-Yea; At the Door on
Summer Evenings / HIAWATHA’S
ELSIE BAKER preparing to spin a disc
CHILDHOOD: Wah-Wah-Taysee; Then
the Little Hiawatha (Longfellow-Bessie
Marshall Whiteley). Orch. acc. Recorded as EDNA BROWN. Rare. Few lightest
mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.
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GEORGE BAKER [b]
1909. 10” Vr Picture Record 17-4003. ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Four excerpts (H.
Fraser-Simpson). Piano acc. 2-3. $25.00.
GEORGES BAKLANOFF [b]
2900. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5296 [30623/30719].
RIGOLETTO: Figlia! Mio Padre!. With LYDIA
LIPOVSKAYA [s] / LIPOVSKAYA [s], GEORGE
BAKLANOFF [b]. LA TRAVIATA: Pure siccome
un angelo (Verdi). “England” etched in one side
of inner land area. Very minor label discoloration.
Fine laminated surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3621. 12” Red Decca 25122 [2-79512/2-79513]. PRINCE
IGOR: In vain the sad and heavy heart / PRINCE
IGOR: And in restless mood (Borodin). Orch. dir.
Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3671. 12” Red Decca G-25813 [2-79510/2-79511].
BORIS GODOUNOV: I have attained the highest
power / BORIS GODOUNOV: Farewell, my son
(Moussorgsky). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann.
Two very tiny PBs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ANDRÉ BALBON [bs]. 1902- ? . His debut was at the
Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Les Burgraves by Léo Sachs.
In 1928, he first appeared at the Paris Opéra-Comique in
Ernest Moret’s Lorenzaccio. He continued on the OpéraComique roster until 1944, and then worked at least
through the end of the 1950s, primarily in operetta. Outside
of France he was heard at London’s Covent Garden and la
Monnaie in Brussels.
2340. 10” Blk. Pathé PA 745 [CPT2317-1/CPT2318-1].
NOÊL D’ENFANT / NOEL ALSACIEN (both Edmond Missa). Orch. dir. G. Andolfi. Cons. 2.
$8.00. GEORGES BAKLANOFF
GIUSEPPINA BALDASSARRE-TEDESCHI [s]. Triani, 1881-Rome, 1965.
A student
at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro, Baldassarre-Tedeschi made her debut at the Coccia of
Novara, 1905, as Mascagni’s Iris. She performed throughout Italy, the major house perhaps
having been the Rome Costanzi, where she was heard a number of times. After her retirement in
1930, she was noted as a teacher, her pupils having included Licia Albanese, Stella Roman and
Pia Tassinari. She sang Eva in Die Meistersinger and Sieglinde, but her major repertoire empha-sis
was of roles related to the verismo school, such as Manon Lescaut and her favorite part, Cio-CioSan. She was also notable as Wally, Maddelena, Tosca, Nedda and Fedora.
2638. 10” elec. Red PW Homocord A-6115 [H67215/H67194]. I MILIONI D’ARLECCHINO
(Drigo) / CULLIAM! AMORE (Pancaldi). Rare, virtually unknown. Just about 1-2.
$60.00.
2924. 12” Red acous. Fonotipia 74223/74224 [XXPh5305/XXPh5304]. MANON: La tua
non è la mano chi mi tocca (Massenet). With MANFREDO POLVEROSI [t] /
POLVEROSI [t]. IL MATROMONIO SEGRETO: Pria che spunti in ciel (Cimarosa).
IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2980. 12” elec. Green Odeon (Fonotipia) E5061 [XXPh5883/XXPh5884]. MADAMA
BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini) / LA WALLY: Ebben, ne andrò lontana (Catalani).
Her only electric operatic disc. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
SUZANNE BALGUERIE [s]
3153. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W577 [CP207-I/CP208-II]. ARIADNE ET BARBE
BLEUE: Voici la clef / ARIADNE ET BARBE BLEUE: O mes clairs diamants (Paul
Dukas). Very rare acoustic version. Cons. 2. $35.00.
3791. 12” Blue elec. Eng. Columbia LFX 23 [WLX968-4/WLX969-4]. ARIANE ET BARBE
BLEUE: Oh! mes clairs diamants / ARIANE ET BARBE BLEUE: Ah! ce n’est pas
encore la clarté vértable (Paul Dukas). Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
2840. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 566103 [2087BMP/20??BMP]. ALCESTE: Divinités du Styx
(Gluck, rev. d’Indy) / IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE: O malheureuse Iphigénie (Gluck).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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VICENTE BALLESTER [b]. 1887-Valencia, 1927. After studies in Spain, Ballester
worked with Jean de Reszke in Paris beginning
in 1913. He subsequently appeared in Spain
in operas and zarzuelas. His Amer-ican debut
was in 1916, and he remained active in North
and Central America for a decade. While
scheduled for the Metropolitan Opera the
season of 1923-24, he suffered an upper
respiratory tract infection (which proved to be
a great break for Lawrence Tibbett). His tonsils
were eventually removed, but the recuperation evidently required the whole season and
continued to trouble him on and off the
remainder of his life. He did, however, appear
with the Chicago Opera in July of 1924 as
Rossini’s Figaro and Count Gil in WolfFerrari’s The Secret of Suzanne. His eventual
Metropolitan debut was on November 11, 1924
as Valentin in Faust, his other roles including
Rigoletto, Alfio, the High Priest in Samson et
Dalila and Enrico in Lucia. Sporadic U.S.
appearances in various locations took place in
1925. He returned to Spain in 1926, where he
died the next year.
1642. 10” Green acous. Columbia 2285-X
[82687-1/82701-2]. SOLEDAD
(Simóns) / FOLLAS E VENTO
(Zon). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2187. 10” Green acous. Columbia 2286-X
[93115/93116]. EVA: Fuera yo
feliz / EVA: A media noche aqui
(Lehár). With LUISA BONORI [s].
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
VICENTE BALLESTER as Tonio in I Pagliacci
ROSE BAMPTON [c/s]. Lakewood, OH, 1908-Bryn Mawr, PA, 2007.
A student at the
Curtis Institute, Miss Bampton first appeared in small roles with the Philadelphia Grand Opera.
Her Metropolitan Opera debut was as Laura in La Gioconda with Rosa Ponselle in 1932, three
years after she began voice studies. She sang the premiere of Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach in
1933. In 1937 Bampton made a second debut as a soprano, singing Leonora in Il Trovatore. She
also appeared in that capacity at Covent Garden, with the San Francisco and Chicago Operas, as
well as at the Buenos Aires Teatro Colón. After retiring from the Met in 1950, she continued
singing on occasion for a number of years, as well as teaching (primarily at Juilliard and the
Manhattan School of Music). I saw her on stage in 1958 in the premiere of an opera by Paul
Bowles on Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, which was written for and starred a miscast Libby Holman
(1904-1971) as a young woman wanting to bear a child. Bampton (born four years earlier than
Holman) sang the role of her mother. The conductor was Carlos Surinach. I mentioned this to her
some years later after a tribute program. A young hanger-on immediately snapped, “Miss Bampton
was never in anything like that!” Of course she just as quickly, but more politely, corrected him
and he remained silent through the rest of the conversation. Of the records below, the first two
are of Bampton as a contralto and the last as a soprano.
3481. 12” Red PW (gold print Vr 7746 [takes 4/3]. ATALANTA: Care selve (Händel) /
L’ENFANT PRODIGUE: Air de Lia (Debussy). Piano acc. Charles O’Connell /
Wilfred Pelletier. Excellent mint copy.. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3111. 12” Red RCA Vr 7746 [takes 4/3]. Same as previous listing (item #3481) but PoW/
Fine late pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3762. 12” Red (gold print) PW Vr 15642. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Dinne alcun là non
vedesti / SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Plebe, patrisi (both Verdi). Both sides with
LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b]. Side two also with GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t],
LEONARD WARREN [b], ROBERTS NICHOLSON [b]. Mint. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
ELVIRA BARBIERI [s]
3030. 12” White lbl. HMV 054452 [2815½c]. TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi).
With MATTIA BATTISTINI [b]. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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MARIA
BARRIENTOS [s]. Barcelona, 1883Paris,1946. Barrientos was a musical prodigy, having
started studies at the Barcelona Conservatory at the age
of six. By twelve she had earned diplomas in composition,
piano and violin. She began vocal lessons at the age of 14
and made her debut the next year at the Teatro Novidades
in Barcelona, as Ines in L'Africaine in 1898, quickly
following this with the role of Marguerite de Valois in Les
Huguenots. She then became a featured artist at the
Teatro Costanzi and La Scala where she and director
Giulio Gatti-Casazza became an item. Popular in Central
and South America as well, Barrientos was first heard at
the Metropolitan Opera, 1916, as Lucia, leaving in 1920
when Galli-Curci was hired. She continued operatic work
for another three years and spent the remainder of her
career in concert work and then teaching.
9524. 11” Fonotipia 39457/39458 [XPh1608/
XPh1609]. LA SONNAMBULA: Come per me
sereno / LA SONNAMBULA: Sovra il sen
(Bellini). IMs. 2. $20.00.
3077. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68040-D [48627-1/
48628-2]. LUCIA: Ardon gl’incensi / LUCIA:
Regnava nel silenzio (Donizetti). Fine pressing.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4048. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68052-D [49370-1/
49371-3]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce / I PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). Small IM. Few
minimal rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
MARIA BARRIENTOS and LÉON
3900. 12’ Gold Flags Columbia 68068-D [47650-2/
ROTHIER in Lakmé
49171-2]. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod) / VOCI
DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
3673. 12” PW Purple elec. French Columbia D11701 [WLX308-1/WLX309-1]. EL PANO
MORINO; SEGUIDILLA MURCIANA / ASTURIANA [from Sept Chansons Populaires
Espagnoles] (Manuel de Falla). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
3048. 12” PW Purple elec. French Columbia PFX 1 [WLX310/WLX1368-2]. NANA;
CANCIÓN / JOTA [from Sept Chansons Populaires Espagnoles] (Manuel de Falla).
Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3049. 12” Blue PW elec. Japanese VT Columbia J7945 [WLX1415/WLX1369]. POLO (from
Sept Chansons Populaires Espagnoles); L’AMOUR SORCIER: CHANSON DE FEU
FOLLET [from L’Amour Sorcier] / SONETO A CORDOBA (all Manuel de Falla).
Piano acc. by the composer. Lt. rubs, 2. $40.00.
VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [s]
3326. 12” Red SR HMV 2-054111 [883aj]. AIDA: Si, fuggiam de queste mura [conclusion
of act III] (Verdi). With GENNARO DE TURA [t], MATTEO DRAGONI [b] Only form
of issue. Tiny lbl. stkrs. One small, harmless, PB. Cons. 2. $20.00.
3327. 12” Red HMV 2-54112 [909aj]. AIDA: Rivedrai la foreste inbalsamante (Verdi). With
MATTEO DRAGONI [b]. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $20.00.
JANE BATHORI [ms]. 1877-1970.
Born Jeanne-Marie Berthier. Despite success at La Scala
in 1902 in Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck) and in the world premiere of Franchetti’s Germania,
both directed by Toscanini, Bathori decided to devote her career to the concert stage and in
particular the music of contemporary French composers. She gave a number of song premieres
with the composers accompanying.
1243. 10” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D13099 [WL1554/WL1555]. OFFRANDE / D’UNE
PRISON (both Hahn). Self-accompanied. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1429. 10” Blue PW U.S. Columbia Master Works 4131-M [WL1416/WL1417]. CHANSON
DE BILITIS: La flute de Pan / CHANSON DE BILITIS: La chevelure (Debussy). Very
scarce U.S. issue. Self-accompanied. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2932. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D15135 [LX615-2/LX616-1]. LES SOIRÉES DE
PETROGRAD: L’ancien régime/La revolution (Darius Milhaud). Accompanied by
the composer. Another beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
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2933. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D15195 [LX613/LX614-3]. POÈMES JUIFS: Chant de
la nourrice / Chant de resignation; Chant d’amour (Darius Milhaud). Accompanied
by the composer. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
2934. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D15195 [LX918-2/LX917-2]/ TROIS POÈMES: Fumée;
Fête du Bordeaux; Fête de Monmatre (Darius Milhaud) / TROIS MÉLODIES:
Daphéneo; La statue de bronze; Le chapelier (Erik Satie). Piano acc. Darius
Milhaud. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
MATTIA BATTISTINI [b]
2304. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52669
[445z]. ANCORA (Tosti). 2-3.
$50.00.
1828. 10” White lbl. Vla 91056 [441z-Aoz2]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Aria
(Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. 1902
Warsaw matrix. Label damage in
trademark area, one minor NR on
lbl. Surface is just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1635. 10” Red Vla 540. VITTORIA, MIO
CORE! (Carissimi) / LA MANTILLA (Alvarez). Side one piano
acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1669. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 24. DON
GIOVANNI: Fin ch’han dal vino
calda (Mozart) / BARBIERE DI
SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum
(Rossini). From orig. 1902 Warsaw
G&T matrices. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
MATTIA BATTISTINI
2367. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 143 [441z/
446z]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Se
dell’imen la dolce cura (Tschaikowsky) / IL DEMONIO: No, non plorar tu piangi
invano (Rubinstein). Orig. 1902 Warsaw G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3031. 12” Red vinyl white lbl. HMV 052320 [289ai]. IDEALE (Tosti). Piano acc. Carlo
Sabajno. Lightest rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
3313. 12” Red SR HMV 052320 [289ai]. IDEALE (Tosti). Piano acc. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Nice
pressing. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2973. 12” White red vinyl HMV 052323 [292ai]. LA SERENATA (Tosti). Piano acc. Carlo
Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3641. 12” Red SR flush HMV 052323 [292ai. Same as preceding item but shellac pressing.
Tiny lbl. stkrs. This pressing includes preliminary test grooving (about 4 or 5
grooves) in which Battistini sings a couple of notes, Sabajno doodles a few on the
piano and Battistini sings “Ecco la bella …” and then begins to laugh. Cons. 2.
3430.
3388.
3535.
2925.
3323.
3030.
3897.
$25.00.
12” Red HMV SR 052371 [236af]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Piano acc. Small lbl.
stkrs. Lbl. somewhat faded. Surface just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Blue Opera Disc 76290 (054103) [876c]. ERNANI: Da quel di (Verdi). With
EMILIA CORSI [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Blue Opera Disc 76292 (054106) [880c]. ERNANI: Vieni meco, sol di rose
(Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Blue Opera Disc 76296 (054302) [223af]. RIGOLETTO: Lassù in ciel (Verdi).
With MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” White lbl. Advance HMV 052316 [284aj]. I PURITANI: Bel sogno beato (Bellini).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” White lbl. HMV 054452 [2815½c]. TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi).
With ELVIRA BARBIERI [s]. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Red Czech HMV DB 736 [Ck1423-I/1427-II]. FAVORITA: A tanto amor
(Donizetti) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non più andrai (Mozart). Excellent pressing.
Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
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3053. 12” White lbl. SS HMV DB 737 (one side) [Ck1419-III]. DON CARLOS: O Carlos
ascolta … Io morrò (Verdi). One minor PB. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3591. 12” Red HMV SR DB 738. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (both Verdi). Harmless TB side one, small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3322. 12” White lbl. HMV Matrix Ck1434-I. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez). Piano acc. 1924
recording. Unpublished. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $30.00.
3375. 12” White HMV VB 14 [218af/227af]. QUO VADIS: Errar sul’ ampio mar / QUO
VADIS: L’ora attest e questa (Nuoguès). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3716. 12” White HMV VB 49 [217af/224af]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Ambo nati in questa
valle (Donizetti) / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Un buon servo del VAisconte (Donizetti).
Side two with MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3377. 12” White HMV VB 63 [219af/225af]. QUO VADIS: O febia pur essa (Nuoguès) /
NERONE: Epitalamio (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3578. 12” Blue HMV ABHB 1 [214af/Ck1532-III]. AFRICAINE: Figlia di regi (Meyerbeer) /
IL GUARANY: Senza tetto (Gomes). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3694. 12” Red Vla 92005 [883c]. MARTHA: Il mio Lionel (Flotow). VrBk. ‘30s pressing.
Very small rim chip blank side only. (¼” at most). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4018. 12” Red Vr 92008 [880c]. ERNANI: Vieni meco sol di rose (Verdi). With EMILIA
CORSI [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2744. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88352 [284ai]. I PURITANI: Bel sogno beato di pace (Bellini).
3833. 12” White lbl. Vla 88382 [284ai]. Same as preceding listing (item #2744). Few
3437. 12” Red Vla 88651 [CA5-1]. DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (Verdi). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
2743. 12” Red Vla 88653 [CA-11-1]. LA FAVORITA: Vien Leonora (Donizetti). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
3233. 12” Yellow Deut. Grammophon 67360 [877c/896c]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla
vita / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about
12. $12.00.
S. A. BATURINA [s]
1154. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4064. PIQUE DAME: On the Channel (Tschaikowsky) /
DUBROVSKY: I Have Gone too Far (Napravnik). Few lt. rubs side one, cons. 2.
Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.
1155. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4095. THE ENCHANTRESS: Where are you, my dearest? / THE
ENCHANTRESS: To look from Nijai
(Tschaikowsky). Side one just about 1-2.
Side two lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.
1156. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4108. RUSSLAN AND
LUDMILA: Oh! my Ratmir! (Glinka) /
INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH: Fevronia’s
Aria (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
FRIEDEL BECKMANN [ms]
2441. 10” PW Electrola DA 4505 [ORA-58771/ORA-5878-2]. IM KAHNE / ICH LIEBE
DICH (both Grieg). Piano acc. Bruno
Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
DAN BEDDOE [t]
2033. 10” Red Pats. Vr 64195. IRISH LOVE SONG
(Lang, Op. 22). Small rub, few tiny mks.,
cons. 2. $15.00.
DAN BEDDOE
1120. 10” Red ’12 Vr 64361. YESTERDAY AND
TODAY (Chas. Gilbert Spross). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1122. 10” Red Vr 64391. A MOONLIGHT SONG (Cadman). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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VIRGILIO BELLATTI [b]
1671. 10” Blue Notes Columbia C2335
[10991-1/10992-1]. ANDREA
CHÉNIER: Un di m’era di gioia /
ANDREA CHÉNIER: Son sessant’
anni (Giordano). Cons. 2. $10.00.
1815. 10” Blue Notes Columbia C2409
[10999-1/11000-1]. FEDORA: Egli
mi dice / FEDORA: La donna russa
(Giordano). Small harmless pressing
rim indentation side one. Cons. 2.
$10.00.
GEMMA BELLINCIONI [s]
2841. 12” White lbl. HMV 053014 [570R-1].
FEDORA: O grandi occhi (Giordano).
A re-recording by HMV. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
XENIA BELMAS [s]
2494. 10” Green PW French elec. Polydor
522296 [ ? / ? ]. LE DOUTE /
L’ALOUETTE (both Glinka), from
film “Le Sergent X”. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
2985. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66715 [848½bm/
849bm]. LES HUGUENOTS: Nobles
Seigneurs, salute (Meyerbeer) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo saVIRGILIO BELLATTI in La Boheme
pete (Mascagni). Side one some
rubs, gen. 2. Side two cons. 2. $10.00.
3010. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66999 [711bi/712bi]. WAR ICH NICHT EIN FRISCHES
GRÄSLEIN, Op. 47., No. 7 / WANN ICH DAS GEWUßT, Op. 47, No. 1 (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Alexander Kitschin. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t]
1217. 10” Pink acous. Fono.-Nazionale Dr5045/Dr5046. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Si! fui
soldato / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano). Marca di
Edizione sticker side one signed by Bergamaschi. One tiny PB side one, otherwise
cons. 2. Nice copy. $75.00.
2657. 11” Pink acous. Fono.-Nazionale E1033/E1034. FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vita è
inferno / FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu che in seno agli Angeli (Verdi). Marca di
Edizione sticker side one signed by Bergamaschi. Nice copy, cons. 2. $75.00.
2725. 11” Pink acous. Fono.-Nazionale G2023/G2024. AIDA: Già i sacerdoti adunansi
(Aida). Two sides. With ELVIRA CASAZZA [ms]. Marca di Edizione sticker side one
signed by Bergamaschi. 2-3. $60.00.
ERNA BERGER [s]
3787. 12” Red PW Elecrola DB 4596, DB 4597 [2RA3325-II/2RA3326-I/2RA3327-II/
2RA3328-II]. DREI ARIEN NACH KLOPSTOCK [three sides]. With HANS-WALTER
SCHLEIF [oboe], ETA HARICH-SCHNEIDER [cembalo] / HARICH-SCHNEIDER
[cembalo]. FÜNF ABBREVIATIONEN (all Robert Oboussier). Rare. Chaming music.
Few minor mks. each side, cons. 2. $15.00.
3220. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 4645 [2RA2458-III/2RA59-V]. MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle
Rache / MAGIC FLUTE: O zittre nicht (Mozart). With Berlin Phil. dir. Sir Thomas
Beecham. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
PIERRE BERNAC [b]
1236. 10” PW (gold print) Vr 2011 [OLA2453-3/OLA2454-1]. LE JARDIN MOUILLÉ /
COEUR EN PÉRIL (both Albert Roussel). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC. Beautiful
musical pastels. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
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GUSTAVO [DE] BERNAL-RES[Z]KY [b]. Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1875-Paris, 1918.
He studied in Mexico City and Italy and made his debut in Italy, 1899, as Germont in La Traviata.
Booked for the Metropolitan Opera 1905-06 following a season in Mexico, Berl-Resky (as his name
appeared in New York and as we’ll refer to him from here on) was released from his New York
contract by (then) General Manager Heinrich Conried following the first rehearsal for his debut as
Enrico in Lucia late Nov. of 1905. Conried decided that the baritone’s voice “was not perfectly
suited to the requirements of the Metropolitan,” whatever that might have meant. Still, Berl-Resky
did sing Enrico in the season’s one performance of Lucia on December 2nd, for which a reporter
stated, “people who heard him will be sorry that he is to go away.” He was given a full month’s
salary and expenses back to Europe, although it appears he stayed at least through April of 1906,
when he completed a group of records for Victor begun the month before. He and his wife, Mme.
Scarphy-Resky, also made use of the time to make some cylinders for Edison. Sometime later,
Gustavo made at least one record for Homocord. On this was listed as his first credit “del
Metropolitan Opera House of New York”. Also given was the “Imperial Opera di St. Petersburgo”.
One wonders if he had greater staying power there.
2479. 10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4774. IL FURIOSO: Aria (Donizetti). 2-3. $8.00.
1349. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 16475. TOSCA: Tosca Divina! (Puccini) / PREGHIERA - ALLA
MENTE CONFUSA (Tosti). A top copy (as the grading indicates). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
GABRIELLA BESANZONI [left] and ROSA RAISA in Mexico, 1919
GABRIELLA BESANZONI [c]
2270. 10” Red acous. Vla 541. IL TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi) / SAMSON ET
DALILA: S’apre per te (Saint-Saëns). Side two with cello obbligato by Rosario
Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
EMMY BETTENDORF [s]
2195. 10” Dk. Blue elec. PW Odeon O-25103 [W133175-3/W133176-3]. DER OBERSTEIGER: Geht doch hinein / DER VOGELHÄNDLER: Schenkt man sich Rosen (both
Carl Zeller). Both with HERBERT ERNST GROH [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3789. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65646 [8az/5az]. MAGIC FLUTE: Bei Männern. With
FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b] / SCHORR [b]. MAGIC FLUTE: Ein Mädchen oder
Weibchen (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $40.00.
2878. 12” Blue acous. Homocord B.8273 [50943-1/51133]. FAUST: Schmuckwalzer
(Gounod) / OTELLO: Sei mir gegrüßt [Ave Maria] (Verdi). Few lt. mks., 2. $15.00.
3863. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1240 [2-5509/2-5511]. DER ROSENKRANZ (Ethelbert
Nevin) / ICH LIEBE DICH (Grieg). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
3862. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1779 [2-7592/2-7593]. FRÜHLINGSLIED (Gounod) /
LIEBESFEIER (Weingartner). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.
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3861. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1945 [2-8014/2-8015]. LOHENGRIN: Einsam in
trüben Tagen / LOHENRIN: Euch Lüften (Wagner). One small rub side two,
otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
3860. 12” Brown acous. Parlophon P.2234 [2-8167/2-8168]. DON GIOVANNI: 2 Akt
Rezitativ und Arie des Donna Anna / DON GIOVANNI: Sag mir nich, o Heilgeliebter (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3992. 12” Purple elec.Eng. Parlophone E10525 [2-8950/2-8951]. OBERON: Ozean du
Ungeheuer (v.Weber). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3062. 12” Purple elec. U.S. Odeon 5129 [2-8888/2-20028]. DU RING AM MEINEN FINGER / ER DER HERRLICHSTE VON ALLEN (both Schumann, from Frauenliebe
und Leben, Op. 42). Piano acc.
Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
2858. 12” Dk. Blue PW elec. Parlophon P.9499
[2-21637/2-21658-4]. REKLAME:
Sprich nicht von ewiger Lieber [Tango]
(Granichstaedten) / DER LIEBESWALZER [from film of same name]
(Heymann). One lt. rub side two,
LÉON BEYLE [t]
1778. 10” Blue Vr 45011 [9115u/9100u]. SI
J’ÉTAIS ROI: Un regard de ses yeux!
(Adam)/ HECTOR DUFANNE [b]. DON
GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart). IMs,
lightest lbl. NR side one and slightest
lbl. stains side two. Surfaces are just
about 1-2. $10.00.
ETIENNE BILLOT [bs]
2088. 10” Red PW French Odeon 188.874 [KI2609-2/KI-2610-2]. LE CHALET: Arrêtons-nous ici / LE CHALET: Entendezvous ces airs (Adam). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
GERTRUD BINDERNAGEL
GERTRUD BINDERNAGEL [s].
Magdeburg, 1894-Berlin, 1932. Famed German dramatic soprano, Bindernagel studied at the
Magde Conservatory and in 1917 made her debut with the Breslau Opera. She was with the Berlin
State Opera, 1920-27 and then again from 1931 until her death. She was also heard at the Vienna
State Opera with great success as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier as well as having toured
Spain and Belgium. Her repertoire included leading roles in Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), Pagliacci
(Nedda), Macbeth, Lohengrin (Ortrud) and Tristan und Isolde, as well as principal parts in operas
by such contemporary composers as Prokofiev, Schrecker, and Egon Wellesz. After a performance
of Siegfried at the Berlin State Opera she was shot by her second husband, who delusionally believed that Bindernagel and a lover (later proven in court a figment of her husband’s imagination)
had planned on ruining him financially. She died several days later.
2606. 10” Blue acous. Vox 2109 [1476B/1477B]. DON CARLOS: O don fatale (Verdi). In
Italian. Two sides. Rare. Small lbl. stkr. Tiny inconsequential edge flake side two,
far from grooves and scarcely noticeable. 2. $200.00.
3005. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1315 [2-5681/2-5682]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi).
Two sides. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Fine copy. Small lbl. crease (not a crack)
and lbl. stkr., few lt. mks., 2. $60.00.
DAVID BISPHAM [b]
1433. 10” Maroon Pathé Actuelle 025099 [N65956/N66002-1]. THE TWO GRENADIERS
(Schumann) / MISTRESS MAGRATH (Duncan). Bispham at his most vivid. As new.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3453. 12” TC Columbia A5137 [30286-2/30287-2]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi) /
IVANHOE: Woo thou thy snowflake (Sulliavan). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3076. 12” TC Columbia A5166 [30332-1/30333-2]. BOAT SONG (Ware) / THE PAUPER’S
DRIVE (Sidney Homer). Good surfaces. Label side two faded, otherwise just about
1-2. $10.00.
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4063. 12” Blk. Columbia 5033-M [30210-2/30211-3]. BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (Moore) / ACIS AND GALATEA: Oh, Ruddier Than the
Cherry (Händel). Fine pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
3236. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 152 [268c/RR]. OH THAT WE TWO WERE MAYING (Gounod)
/ TANNHÄUSER: Als du in kühlem Sange (Wagner). Side on pressed from orig.
1904 G&T matrix. Side two a 1939 re-recording. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
GÖSTA BJOERLING [t].
2109. 10” Plum HMV X.4831 [OSB535-I/OSB536-II]. SERENAD (Widéen) / MORGON
(Eklöf). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JUSSI BJOERLING [t].
The “X” series records are all sung in Swedish, as are the early
acoustic Columbias
1583. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3628 [BT5206-II/
BT5207-II]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE:
Ah, lève-toi, soleil! (Gounod) / RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
2346. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3628 [BT5206-II/
BT5207-II]. Same as previous listing.
Few minor mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
2119. 10” Plum HMV X.3702 [OT130-2/
OT131-II]. TANDIS SERENADE
(Italian Folk Song) / CARMELA (de
Curtis). Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$8.00.
1975. 10” Plum HMV X.3724 [OT132-I/
OT145-II]. LIV MIN SÅ AR VÄRLDEN
MIN [LOVE ME AND THE WORLD IS
MINE] (Ball) / SÄG MIG GOONATT
[THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE
(Ray). Label side one signed by
Björling. Lt. superficial discoloration
one area side two. Cons. 2. $20.00.
2012. 10” Plum HMV X.3725. Same as preceding listing (item #1975) but not
JUSSI BJOERLING and wife ANNA-LISA
signed. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
soaking up the sun’s rays
2159. 10” Plum HMV X.4108 [OPA122-II/
OPA123-II]. L’ILLUSTRE FREGONA; Serenade (Raoul Laparra) / PRINCE IGOR:
Cavatina (Borodin). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2466. 10” SS White lbl. test X.4134 [OPA149]. KANSKE ATT VI PÅ SAMMA DRÖMMER
BÄR (Tilling). Just about 1-2. $50.00.
2450. 10” SS White lbl. test X.4192 [OPA182]. DINA BLÅA ÖGON LOVA MER, ÄN DINA
RÖDA LÄPPAR GER (Sylvain). Recorded as “ERIK ODDE”. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1681. 10” Plum HMV X.6146 [OSB741-V/OSB756-II]. GYPSY BARON: Duet (Strauss) /
BEGGAR STUDENT: Duet (Millöcker). With HJÖRDIS SCHYMBERG [s]. Orch. dir.
Nils Grevillius. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1682. 10” Plum HMV X.6235 [OSB742-II/OSB753-II]. SJUNG OM STUDENTENS LYCKLIGA DA’R (Prins Gustaf) / NÄMNER DU SVERIGE (Wide). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2017. 10” Plum Scandinavian HMV X.7255 [OSB742-II/OCS1834-I]. SJUNG OM
STUDENTENS LYCKLIGA DA’R (Prins Gustaf) / STUDENTER SANGFORENINGEN
dir. JOHAN HYE-KNUDSEN. HELLIGE FLAMME (Weyse). Lt. rubs, side one cons.
2. Side two 2. $7.00.
1683. 10” Plum HMV X.7947 [OSB3843-IS/OSB3846-1S]. JUNGFRUN UNDER LIND
(Peterson-Berger) / TILL HAYS (Nordqvist). Orch. dir. Bertil Bokstedt. Cons. 2.
$10.00.
1725. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1548 [OSB44I-II/OSB442-II]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile
(Verdi) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1684. 10” Red HMV DA 1704 [OSB985-III/OSB986-III]. MORGEN, Op. 27, No. 4 / CÄCILIE, Op. 27, No. 2 (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Harry Ebert. Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
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1685. 10” Red HMV DA 1902 [OSB2926-2/OSB2927-2]. I DREAM OF JEANNIE WITH
THE LIGHT BROWN HAIR (Foster) / BECAUSE (d’Hardelot). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2603. 10” White lbl. Gramophone Co. test mat. OSB-3072-1. JOCELYN: Berceuse
(Godard). Unpublished take. Only known copy. Just about 1-2. $500.00.
2438. 10” Red Australian HMV EC 214 [OSB743-4/OSB755-I]. BEGGAR STUDENT: I Have
No Money (Millöcker) / LA BELLE HÉLÈNE: The Judgment of Paris (Offenbach).
Excellent Australian laminated pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
2362. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 2136 [OSB825-V/OSB8086-I]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si,
ben mio / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2178. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 4379 [OSB560-2/OSB577-II]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) /
IDEALE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1572. 10” Red RCA Vr 10-1323. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano) / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi). Orch. dir. Nils
Grevillius. From orig. Swedish matrices. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2604. 10” Blue Radiotjänst PR 5189 [TRJ-4502-GMA/RTJ-4501-MA]. SOMMARGLÄDJE.
Side one a dub of JUSSI, OLLE and GÖSTA BJÖRLING’s 1920 recording of the
song as children. Side two is a 1952 recording by the three brothers 32 years later,
with piano by Stig Rybrant. According to the Björling Harold Henrysson discography, “the recording was pressed in a few copies … Only one copy was made available to the public as a prize in a lottery.” The only other copies known are “a few
copies in the Swedish Radio archive and in the Jussi Björling family collection”.
Just about 1-2. $500.00.
RAMON BLANCHART [b]
3289. 12” Lt. Blue Eng. Columbia A5183 [30436/30435]. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste
(Verdi). With EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s] / EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s],
FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi). Excellent
laminated ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3072. 12” TC Columbia A5184 [30409-1/30419-1]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini).
With JOSÉ MARDONES [b] / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ora
(Verdi). With FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. Good flush pressing. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
2900. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5296 [30719/
30623]. LA TRAVIATA: Pure siccome un
angelo. With LYDIA LIPOVSKAYA [s] /
LIPOVSKAYA [s], GEORGE BAKLANOFF [b]. RIGOLETTO: Figlia! Mio
padre! (both Verdi). “England” etched in
one side of inner land area. Very minor
label discoloration. Excellent laminated
surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]
2077. 10” Red GP ’04 Vr 64029 [B-424-2]. I
VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi). Piano
acc. Small indentation about midpoint will
cause a few sounds. Tiny lbl. stkr.,
otherwise cons. 2. $12.00.
1788. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 8. I VESPRI
SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi) / MARCELLA
SEMBRICH [s]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah!
non giunge (Bellini). Piano acc. From
orig. 1905/1904 Victor matrices. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
4113. 12” TC Columbia A5008 [30096-1/301251]. HOME, SWEET HOME (Payne) /
CHARLES GILIBERT [b]. DON GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart); MARGATON
(arr. Weckerlin). Piano acc. Cons. 2.
$25.00.
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JULES BLEDSOE [b]. Waco, TX, 1898 (an incorrect date of 1902 appears in various
sources)-Los Angeles, CA, 1943. His debut was in NY’s Aeolian Hall, 1924, a result of which
was his obtaining management by Sol Hurok. In 1926 he was in the premiere of Frank Harling’s
opera Deep River and the following year he (not Paul Robeson) created the role of Joe (singing “Ol’
Man River”) in Showboat. He appeared in opera in the U.S. in 1934 as Amonasro in Aida and in
the title role of Gruenberg’s Emperor Jones but had better opportunities in Europe, singing Boris
Godounov in Holland. He also successfully undertook straight dramatic roles, reviewed in one
performance at the Provincetown Playhouse as “an actor of ability – one capable of reaching the
dramatic heights in a sincere and convincing manner”. His early death was the result of a stroke.
1733. 10” PW Blue Eng. Decca F.3486 [GB3646-3CJ/GB3647-2CJ]. SWING LOW, SWEET
CHARIOT / GOIN’ TO SHOUT ALL OVER GOD’S HEAVEN (both arr. White). Piano
1207. 10” White Sample Eng. Decca Mat. GB3644-1CJ. WATER BOY (Avery). Issued? I
haven’t access to a Bledsoe discography. Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.
1208. 10” White Sample Eng. Decca mat. GB4009-1DJ. LONESOME ROAD (Shilkret).
Issued? Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.
MAX
BLOCH [t]. Cologne, 1890-Düsseldorf, Aug. 19, 1930. He studied voice with his
father and became known as a concert singer in Berlin, as well as a member of the Berlin
Komischen Opera and the Deutschen Opernhaus Berlin before coming to New York. He made his
debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1914 and sang 43 roles there, including German, Italian,
French and English parts. He had little opportunity to be assigned leading roles because of his
small stature, although he did sing the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) as well as
some Wagnerian parts, such as David in Die Meistersinger and Mime in Siegfried and Das Rheingold. He also appeared at the Buenos Aires Teatro Colòn and sang in various concert performances. He recorded acoustically for Edison, Emerson, Victor and Columbia in the 1920-1925
period but strangely appears never to have made any electrical recordings, despite having been
active at the Met up to April 15, 1930. The obituary clipping with the dates quoted above was in
Musical America. Kutsch-Riemens, however, gives his dates as 1882-New York, 1943.
1863. 10” Blue acous. Banner 2055 [41377-2/41598-1]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba
(Leoncavallo) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). 3. $12.00.
EBE BOCCOLINI [s]
3188. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 054402/054403 [483aj/477aj]. MEFISTOFELE: Cavaliero
illustre e saggio. / MEFISTOFELE: La luna immobile (Boïto). with (both sides)
LUCA BOTTA [t], GIULIA MARTINENGO [ms] and (side two) GIUSEPPE TISCIRUBINI [bs]. Couple MGTs, rubs, 2-3. $12.00.
3776. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 68376 [226aj/243aj]. AMICO FRITZ: Han della popora
(Mascagni). With GUIDO CICCOLINI [t] / FANNY LOTTY [s], ERNESTO BADINI
[b]. AMICA: Più presso al ciel (both Mascagni). Side one cons. 2. Side two one
(harmless) rub area and lightest NR on lbl., 2. $12.00.
3603. 12” Blk. Vr 68418 [475aj/492aj]. MANON LESCAUT: O tentatrice (Puccini). With
LUCA BOTTA [t] / MEFISTOFELE: Amore! MISTERIO! (Boito). With IRENE
SOLLOHUB [s]. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
AUGUST BOCKMANN [t]
2047. 10” Green acous. No-Dog Gram. 13215 [12868r/12869r]. STRADELLA: Italia, mein
Vaterland / STRADELLA: Hymne (Flotow). Lt lbl. fade. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MICHAEL BOHNEN [bs-b]
2245. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15115. FIDELIO: Ha! welch’ ein Augenblick! / FIDELIO:
Hat man nicht auch Gold (Beethoven). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2222. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15215. DER FREISCHUTZ: Hier im ird’ schen Jammerthal
(v.Weber) / LOHENGRIN: Konigs Gebet (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2888. 12” Green acous. Polydor 78548 [1052½as/1187m]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: In
dieser feierlichen Stunde. With TINO PATTIERA [t] / CLAIRE DUX [s], JOSEPH
SCHWARZ [b]. RIGOLETTO: Sprich nie mit einem Armen (both Verdi). Just about
1-2. $20.00.
4115. 12” Brown/Blk. Odeon Rxx76570/Rxx76571 [XXB6285/XXB6286]. MEISTERSINGER: Wahnmonolog (Wagner). Two sides. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2948. 12” Dk. Blue elec. PW Odeon O-6808 [XXB7494/XXB7496]. BARTERED BRIDE:
Arie des Kezal (Smetana) / LA JUIVE: Wennew’ger Haß (Halévy). Orch. dir. Georg
Szell. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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2975. 12” PW Red elec. Ultraphon F738 [15911/15910-1Z]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Schweig,
schweig damit dich niemand warnt / DER FREISCHÜTZ: Hier im ird’schen
Jammertal (v.Weber). Scarce. Cons. 2. $20.00.
ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]
9459. 11” Fonotipia 39079/39111 [XPh168/XPh189].
MIGNON: Addio, Mignon, fa core (Thomas) / LA
FAVORITA: Una vergine (Donizetti). Side one tiny lbl.
tear and light residue of removed label. 2-3. $8.00.
9333. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 39079/39128 [XPh168/XPh196].
MIGNON: Addio, Mignon, fa core (Thomas) / CARO
MIO BEN (Giordani). Excellent copy, few lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $12.00.
9462. 11” U.S. Fonotipia 72201 [XPh2695]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Quanto è bella (Donizetti). Superficial rubs, 23. $10.00.
9334. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92218/92219 [XPh3403-2/
XPh3404-2]. TESS: Stanotte ho fatto un sogno
(d’Erlanger). Two sides. Cons. 2. $25.00.
9307. 11” Col. Fonotipia 92218/92219 [XPh3403-2/
XPh3404-2]. Same as previous listing. IMs. Gen. 2.
$20.00.
9324. 11” Red ‘30s Odeon 39084 [XPh394/XPh153]. PURITANI: A te, o cara (Bellini) / ELISIR D’AMORE: Una
furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). One of his most notable
records and in beautiful surface format. One tiny mk.,
just about 1-2. $25.00.
3190. 11” Gold Odeon HRS 1022 (39241/39341) [XPh308/
XPh438]. ELENA E PARIDE: O del mio dolce ardor
(Gluck) / DON PASQUALE: Tornami a dir che m’ami
(Donizet-ti). Side two with REGINA PINKERT [s].
Excellent pressing, just about 1-2. $25.00.
3719. 12” Blue U.S. Fonotipia 52201 [XXPh3391]. MARTHA:
M’appari (Flotow). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
4015. 12” Blue Columbia 7031-M [30466-1/36657-1]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyer-beer). / FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancora (Bizet). Great pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2.
ALESSANDRO BONCI in
$12.00.
Donizetti's La Favorita
3739. 12” Red PW elec. Eng. Columbia D14680
[WBX73/WBX74]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Duetto Atto II (Verdi). Two sides. With
MARIA PIA PAGLIARINI [s]. Mint? Just about 1-2. $12.00.
RICHARD [RICCARDO] BONELLI [b]. Port Byron, NY, 1887-Los Angeles, CA, 1980.
A student of Jean de Reszke in Paris, Bonelli (born Bunn) made his debut as Valentin in Faust at
the Brooklyn Academy in 1915. He later appeared with success at the Chicago Opera and the Met
and made guest appearances in Europe, including Monte Carlo and La Scala. His career lasted
into the 1950s. Bonelli’s nephew was film actor Robert Stack. His first vertical Aeolian-Vocalion
records were issued as Riccardo Bonelli.
3515. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50142. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora
(Verdi) / MARTHA: Solo profugo (Flotow). With MARIO CHAMLEE [t]. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]
1799. 10” Red GP ’06 Vr 91071 [7320b]. TROVATORE: Vivrà, contende il giubilo (Verdi).
With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Nice early pressing, few MGTs, 2. $8.00.
1933. 10” Red Vla 87560 [7320b]. Same as previous item (#1799) but a later, renumbered
pressing. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2373. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 91074 [7321b]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). Few MGT,
cons. 2. $8.00.
3974. 12” PW Blk. Columbia 5013-M [30351-1/30159-1]. IL TROVATORE: D’Amor sull’ ali
rosee (Verdi) / SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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3426. 12” PW Blk. Columbia 5034-M [30356-1/30357-1]. NORMA: Casta diva / NORMA:
Ah! bello a me riturna (Bellini). Top copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2804. 12” Red Milano G&T 054098 [798½c]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Non sai tu
(Verdi). With EMANUELE ISCHIERDO [t]. Few MGTs, 2. $20.00.
3309. 12” Red GP ’06 Vr 92000 [538c]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo
divulsa (Verdi). Gen. 2. $8.00.
3399. 12” Red Vla 92031 [800c]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Madre pietosa vergine (Verdi).
With La Scala Chorus. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2796. 12” Silver PW Vr IRCC 84 [3197c/3198c]. LORELEY: Lascia per or che libera
(Catalani) / IL GUARANY: Sento una forza indomita (Gomes). Both with LUIGI
BOLIS [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2790. 12” Silver PW Vr IRCC 149 [535½c/537c]. L’AFRICAINE: Già! l’odio m’abbandona
(Meyerbeer) / IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). From orig. 1906 G&T
matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
WEBSTER BOOTH [t]
2161. 10” Plum HMV B.8947 [OEA7849-I/
OEA8027-I]. THE IMMORTAL
HOUR: The Faery Song (Boughton)
/ MERRIE ENGLAND: The English
Rose (German). Side one harp acc.
John T. Cockerill. Cons. 2.
$7.00.
GIUSEPPE BORGATTI
[t]. Cento,
Ferrara, 1871-near Laggo Maggiore, 1950.
Born of a humble family, Borgatti was
originally a bricklayer. He entered the service
and through a connection there was recommended to study voice with Alessandro Busi
in Bologna. His debut was as Gounod’s Faust
in 1892. He appeared throughout Italy,
developing his talent and repertoire and made
a great success in Venice in Puccini’s Manon
Lescaut, 1894. This led to the title role in the
1896 world premiere of Giordano’s Andrea
Chenier. He also took principal Wagner tenor
parts and became known as Italy’s foremost
heldentenor, as well as being celebrated for
his singing of Verdi and Puccini roles. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with glaucoma
in 1907 and his eyesight steadily deteriorated.
In 1914, after taking the role of Parsifal in the
Italian premiere of that opera, he retired from
GIUSEPPE BORGATTI
the opera stage, although his voice was in
first-rate condition. He continued with concert appearances until 1923, when he became
completely blind, although he appeared one last time in 1928 and then also made a few rare
electric records for Italian Columbia. His pupils included British tenor Heddle Nash and German
baritone Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender.
2682. 12” Maroon PW English elec. Columbia CQX 16453 [WBX269/WBX496]. OTELLO:
Niun mi tema (Verdi) / CARMELO MAUGERI [b]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri
tu (Verdi). Borgatti’s most important and rarest record by far. Few lt. mks., cons. 2.
$700.00.
DINO BORGIOLI [t]. Firenze, 1891-Firenze, 1960. A student of Eugenio Giachetti, Borgioli
made his debut as Arturo in Bellini’s I Puritani at the Milan Teatro Corso, 1914. He appeared at
the Teatro dal Verme in 1917 and then for a number of seasons at La Scala. He was enthusiastically received in England and sang in the U.S. with the Chicago Opera and one season at the
Met. Borgioli settled in London where he remained as a voice teacher during and for a period
following W.W. II.
1241. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2015- M [70663-2/70664-2]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA:
Se il mio nome saper (Rossini) / RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). One tiny,
harmless rim patina. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1240. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2017-M [B-235/B-274]. CARMEN: Flower Song (Bizet) /
LA TRAVIATA: De’ miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2992. 12” Blk. VT Columbia 50266-D [WBX94/WBX247]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il
mio nome (Rossini) / PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). Side two with
GINO VANELLI [b]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3645. 12” Green It. Columbia GQX 10158 [WBX92/WBX93]. FAUST: Duetto d’amore
(Gounod). Two sides. With MARIA ZAMBONI [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3849. 12” Late Blue It. Columbia GQX 10282 [WBX830-2/WBX831-1]. L’AMICO FRITZ:
Duetto delle ciliege (Mascagni). Two sides. With ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s]. Lbl.
stkrs. over top half of labels. Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $8.00.
LUCREZIA BORI [s]
1688. 10” Red Vr 87219. IRIS: In pure
stille (Mascagni). Just about 12. $8.00.
2097. 10” Red Vla 87581. ROMÉO ET
JULIETTE: Ah! ne fuis pas encore! (Gounod). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. VrBk. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1659. 10” Red acous. Vla 542. ROMEO
ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre
(Gounod) / SNOW MAIDEN: Je
connais, ma mere (Rimsky-Korskow). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2089. 10” Red acous. Vla 544. MALAGUEÑA (Pagans) / CLAVELITOS (Valverde). Cons. 2.
$6.00.
1663. 10” Red acous. Vla 546. LA
DANZA (Rossini) / VILLANELLA (Sibella). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
1636. 10” Red acous. Vla 967. AMICO
FRITZ: Non mi resta / AMICO
FRITZ: Son pochi fiori (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1637. 10” Red acous. Vla 1009. MANON: Adieu notre petite table
(Massenet) / LAKMÉ: Pourquoi
LUCREZIA BORI
dans les grands bois (Delibes).
2136. 10” Red EE Vla 1162. THE LITTLE DAMOZEL (Ivor Novello) / SIMONETTA (Hugo
Rumbold). Small lbl. scr. side two. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1723. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1361. MIGNON: Gavotte / MIGNON: Connais-tu le
pays? (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2034. 10” Red PW (silver print) Vr 2201. ARIA DE ACIS Y GALATEA (Literes, arr. J. Nin) /
EL JILGUERITO CON PICO DE ORO (de Laserna, arr. J. Nin). With George
Copeland, pianist. Couple TNs side one, few minor rubs, 2. $7.00.
3579. 12” Red Vr 88453. LA TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). With JOHN MC CORMACK [t]. Few lightest rubs, con. 2. $6.00.
2727. 12” Red Vla 88647. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Oh Gioia, la nube leggera (WolfFerrari). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3985. 12” Red ‘30s (acoustic style label) “Z” type shellac Vr 6561. LOUISE: Depuis le jour
(Charpentier) / LA BOHÈME: Addio (Puccini). Beautiful pressing, few lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $7.00.
3828. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 8068. LA BOHÈME: Death Scene (Puccini). Two sides.
With TITO SCHIPA [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3612. 12” Mauve HMV acous. AGSB 58 [C-27714/C-29286]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange
adorable (Gounod). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t] / CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère
(Bizet). With MIGUEL FLETA [t]. Both sides from unpublished 1924 Victor
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OLIMPIA BORONAT [s]. Genoa, 1867-Warsaw, 1934. Boronat’s musical education was at
the Milan Conservatory, where she was sponsored as a young girl by Italy’s Queen Mother. She
began her career around 1885, singing in Central and South America, Spain and Portugal, then
appearing in Italy’s major houses and in Alexandria. She was invited to sing in Russia in the
early 1890s, where she became a particular favorite in St. Petersburg. It was there, in 1892, that
she met and in 1893 married “the immensely wealthy” Polish nobleman, Count Rzewuski. He
insisted that she retire from the stage. She agreed, and enjoyed a period of luxury and “brilliant
social life”. Eventually, however, she persuaded her reluctant husband to permit her to perform
again, which she did sporadically up to 1922. Her musical interests were of the bel canto school,
Wagner and verismo holding no appeal to her.
2166. 10” PW Silver Vla IRCC 50[1773L/
1775L]. MIREILLE: O légère hirondelle (Gounod) / I PURITANI:
O redentemi la speme … Qui la
voce (Bellini). From orig. 1904
Russian G&T matrices. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
1812. 10” White HMV VA 19 [7223L/
1778L]. MARTHA: Last Rose of
Summer (Flotow) / ANTONINA
NEZHDANOVA [s]. THE NIGHTINGALE (Alabieff). From orig.
1904/1906 G&T matrices. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
4003. 12” Red Vinyl RCA pressing of
Gram. 053187 [1517c]. HUGUENOTS: La tenera parola (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
HERMINE BOSETTI [s]
2874. 12” Blue acous. Odeon 79298/
79299 [XXB5581-II/XXB5586].
FIDELIO: O, wär’ ich schon mit
Dir vereint (Beethoven) / ZAR
UND ZIMMERMANN: Die Eifersucht ist eine Plage (Lortzing).
IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
BERNARD BÖTEL [t]
HERMINE BOSETTI
1289. 10” Green acous. Polyphon 16297
[17ar/21ar]. MARTHA: Ach, so fromm (Flotow) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA:
Siciliana (Mascagni). IMs. Few lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.
LUCA BOTTA [t]
1698. 10” Blk. Vr 67134 [1948ah/2670ah]. TOSCA: Amaro sol per te. With IRENE
SOLLOHUB [s] / FRANCO DE GREGORIO [t]. TOSCA: O dolci mani (Puccini).
Very lt. lbl. fade. Small lbl. stkr. side two. Cons. 2. $10.00.
3188. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 054402/054403 [483aj/477aj]. MEFISTOFELE: Cavaliero
illustre e saggio. / MEFISTOFELE: La luna immobile (Boïto). with (both sides) EBE
BOCCOLINI [s], GIULIA MARTINENGO [ms] and (side two) GIUSEPPE TISCIRUBINI [bs]. Couple MGTs, rubs, 2-3. $12.00.
3603. 12” Blk. Vr 68418 [475aj/492aj]. MANON LESCAUT: O tentatrice (Puccini). With
EBE BOCCOLINI[s] / MEFISTOFELE: Amore! MISTERIO! (Boito). With IRENE
SOLLOHUB [s]. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GEORGETTE
BOUÉ [s]. Toulouse, 1918.
She sang as GÉORI-BOUÉ, having made her
debut in Toulouse, 1934, at the age of 16. She was first heard at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1939
as Mimì, marking her 1000th appearance there in 1951. Her Paris Opéra debut as Manon was in
1942. Boué’s success was international, including La Scala, the Chicago Opera, the Liceu in
Barcelona and the Bolshoi in Moscow. Her career continued until her retirement in 1970. She
wed baritone Roger Bourdin in 1944.
2424. 10” Red Odeon 188.947 [KI-9787-1/KI-9788-1]. C’EST MOI / EN ARLES; UN CRI
(all Louis Beydts). Acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2425. 10” Red Odeon 188.943. LE ROSSIGNOL DES LILAS; MAI / INFIDELITÉ; SI MES
VERS AVAIENT DES AILES (all Reynaldo Hahn). Acc. by André Collard. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
2406. 10” Red Odeon 188.960
[KI-10673-1/KI-10674-1].
MÉLANCOLIE / L’ÉTRANGER
(both Louis Beydts). Acc. by the
composer. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
AUGUSTE BOUILLIEZ [bs-b].
A Belgian baritone, Bouilliez made his debut at
the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels,
the season of 1911-12 until the outbreak
of the First World War in 1914. At that
point, his “private fortune … was wiped
out, his estates laid waste and his homes
in Brussels and Moos were leveled to the
ground. He owned a large automobile
factory in Brussels and that, too, was
destroyed”. He escaped to England, just
missing Zeppelin bombings. There he performed under Beecham Boris Godounov (in
French) and Iago. Probably a result of the
War problems, Bouilliez left England for
the U.S. and appeared in concerts, with
AUGUSTE BOUILLIEZ singing at a NYC War Bond rally
the Cosmopolitan Opera Company and the
Boston Opera, as well as participating in fund raising events for Belgium. What subsequent
direction his life took hasn’t been discovered.
1219. 10” Maroon acous. Actuelle 025071 [E66454-1/E66455-1]. LA PÈRE DE LA VICTOIRE (Ganne) / HYMNE DE MAMELI (Novaro). Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
ROGER BOURDIN [b]
1757. 10” Red Decca G-20578 [KI-4748-1/KI-4748-1]. THE CAPTIVE, Op. 20, No. 4 / NO
MORE CAROLS, Op. 20, No. 2 (both Gretchaninoff). Piano acc. Gustave Cloëz.
Cons. 2. $10.00.
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
EMMA LUART [s]. Creator performances (Paris Opèra-Comique, 1927). Rim bruise
(bump) side two to first groove (non-sounding, harmless). Cons. 2. $12.00.
2484. 10” Red PW elec. Odeon 188.577 [KI-1615-2/KI-1634-1]. LES DIES DE LAUTERBOURG / LA BARBE BLANCHE (both Georges Hüe). Piano acc. Gustave Cloëz.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARY (MARIE) BOYER [s]. Poite-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 1869-1951.
Her operatic career
was mainly in the French provinces, excepting Monte Carlo in 1902, where she was Musetta to
Caruso and Melba’s Rodolfo and Mimì in La Boheme. She was an active recording artist the first
decade of the 1900s, as was her brother (according to one source), Alexis Boyer.
2409. 10” Maroon Columbia D1016 [50552-1/5475-1]. LE CENT VIERGES: Valse (Lecocq)
/ COLUMBIA ORCHESTRA. L’OISELEUR: Chanson du Grand Père (Zeller).
Announced by Boyer. Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $12.00.
ENZO
BOZANO [bs]. Trentino, Italy, 1877-Arcachon, France, 1975. Bozano, originally
Lorenzo Bozano (and sometimes spelled Bozzano), was active with smaller U.S. opera companies in
the 1905-1925 period. From 1908-09 he was a member of the Metropolitan Opera, his six-role
repertoire that season having included the King in Aida, Schaunard in La Boheme and Monterone
in Rigoletto. He also appeared in 1912 in London with Hammerstein’s summer company at the
London Opera House, as well as in Malta and Algiers. From Aug., 1916 into May, 1917, he was in
the cast of The Big Show at the New York Hippodrome in a total of 425 performances. He was
mentioned as one of the singers to be added to the Met roster 1924-25, but apparently nothing
came of it. In 1924, Mrs. Bozano, then living in Trenton, NJ, attempted suing her husband for
divorce and the custody of their ten year old daughter. He was reported then as having returned to
Italy, so perhaps that was what ended plans for his 1924-25 Met season. In 1931, Bozano
appeared in the Paramount Italian language film, La vacanza del diavolo.
1477. 9” Blue Emerson 02002 [3298-1/3299-1]. LA BOHÈME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini) /
MIGNON: Berceuse (Thomas). Side one 2. Side two 2-3. $12.00.
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ETTORE BRANCALEONI [bs]
2612. 10” Zonophone X-183 [take
2]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi
ravviso (Bellini). With “orchestra” (about five players
including a very insistent
trombonist). Few scrs.
should be superficial, 3-4.
$100.00.
KARIN BRANZELL [ms]
2251. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick
10122. SYNNÖVES SANG
(Kjerulf) / SAETERGJENTENS SÖONDAG (Ole Bull).
Lovely performances. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
SOPHIE
BRASLAU [c]. New
York, 1892-1935. Born of Ukrainian
émigrés,
Braslau
was
originally
trained as a pianist, but her voice was
discovered in 1910 by Arturo BuzziPeccia, who became her teacher. After
being heard by Toscanini in a BuzziPeccia studio recital in 1913, Braslau
was recommended to audition for the
Met. The result was an immediate
contract. She remained with the Met
several seasons but left for a combination of reasons, primarily the
roles offered and the salary. Braslau
subsequently performed internationally in concert and occasionally opera
with much acclaim. Her final perSOPHIE BRASLAU as Cadman's Shanewis
formances, 1934, were of El Amor
Brujo (de Falla) with Toscanini and the New York Philharmonic, with the Philadelphia Orchestra
and finally at Lewisohn Stadium. (I wonder if anyone recorded this broadcast?). She appeared on
the radio early in 1935 (again, do recordings survive?) but was then suffering with lung cancer,
which was to take her life six months later at the age of 43.
1704. 10” Red Vla 550 [takes 9/14]. LUCREZIA BORGIA:
Brindisi (Donizetti) / CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet).
Just about 1-2. $8.00
2171. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 156-M [W146395-1/
W146400-2]. CARMEN: Habanera / CARMEN: Air
des cartes (Bizet). One small, absolutely harmless
internal patina side two. 2. $8.00.
1645. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 163-M [W145973-10/
W145974-8]. THE MAN I LOVE (Gershwin) / IF I
COULD LOOK INTO YOUR EYES (Goodman). Rare.
Despite the diva diction and “straight” reading,
side one has a genuine charm. Lt. superficial rubs,
2-3. $15.00.
2781. 12” Red Vla 88597. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i
fior (Puccini). With FRANCES ALDA [s]. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
GEORGETTE BRÉJEAN-SILVER [s]
GEORGETTE BRÉJEAN-SILVER
2723. 14” Fonotipia 86001 [XXPho91]. FAUST: Lasse-moi
contempler (Gounod). With ÉMILE SCAREMBERG [t]. Piano acc. What gorgeous
singing! A beautiful copy. Could there be still another existing as fine? One lt. line is
in the stamper and is harmless. Cons. 2. $2000.00.
2724. 14” Fonotipia 69012 [XXPh657]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Grand Air (Rossini).
Slightest wear first quarter inch, otherwise cons. 2. $500.00.
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FRIEDRICH BRODERSON [b]
3800. 12” Blue acous. Homocord B.8448
[51344/51347]. WANDERERS NACHTLIED / DER DOPPELGÄNGER (both
Schubert). Piano acc. Linde Brodersen.
Lt. rubs, few tiny LSSs. Gen. 2-3.
$15.00.
SUZANNE BROHLY [ms]
1749. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.308
(34310/34311) [2726ah/2727ah].
LOUISE: A quelle journée (Charpentier).
With PAUL PAYAN [bs]. Cons. 2.
$10.00.
3943. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. 033064/
033065 [834i/8358]. SAMSON ET
DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). With
violin solo by Mr. Ledru de l’Opèra / LES
SAISONS: Ah! pourquoi suis-je revenue
(Massé). Nice heavy pressing, pinpoint
TB side one, cons. 2. $12.00.
EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s]
3289. 12” Lt. Blue Eng. Columbia A5183
[30435/30436]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol
dell’ anima. With FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t] / RIGOLETTO: Tutte le
feste (Verdi). With RAMON BLANCHART [b]. Excellent laminated ‘20s
pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
FRIEDERICH BRODERSON
YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. St. Julien l’Ars, 1889-Paris, 1967. Brothier studied at the Paris
Conservatoire and made her official debut in 1916 as Lakmé at the Paris Opéra-Comique. While
she sang at the Paris Opéra after 1931, she seldom appeared outside of France, exceptions
having been in Amsterdam and, during her early years, in Brussels and La Scala. She retired in
1939 and subsequently taught. Her roles included parts such as Sophie (Rosenkavalier) and
Rosina.
1926. 10” Plum PW Disque Gram. K-7077 [OPG-1075-1/OPG-1076-1]. LE POSTILLON DE
LONGJUMEAU: Mon petit mari (Adam) / L’ÉTOLE DU NORD: Je veux veilier sur
vous (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $15.00.
2445. 10” Plum PW Disque Gram. K-7301 [OPG-1444-2/OPG-1443-1]. RICHARD CŒUR
DE LION: Air de Laurette (Grétry). Two sides. Orch. dir. E. Bervily. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
JOHN BROWNLEE [b]
3123. 12” Blk. Disque Gram. W-1047 [CN387-II/CN388-II]. HÉRODIADE: Salomé,
demande au prisonnier (Massenet) / HAMLET: Comme une pâle fleur (Thomas).
Small lbl. stkrs. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
ELISA BRUNO [ms]
2462. 10” Red Milano G&T 53229 [1728]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Racconto di Pierotto
(Donizetti). Small PB near start, hair internal crk. on blank side only, otherwise
excellent, gen. 2. $60.00.
DUDLEY BUCK [b]. Hartford, CT, 1868-Fairfield, CT, 1941.
Son of the noted American
composer Dudley Buck, Dudley Jr. traveled to Europe in 1890 to study voice with Luigi Vannuccini, Julius Stockhausen and Jean de Reszke. He made his debut in Cavalleria Rusticana in
Sheffield, England, in 1895 and sang in England through 1898 in opera and oratorio. Returning to
the U.S., he became a member of the Castle Square Opera in New York and appeared with the
Worcester Festivals as well as in concert and oratorio. He retired from the stage in 1902 and
devoted his life to teaching voice in New York. A number of his pupils went on to success. He made
only one recorded side, a 1919 vertical Okeh record.
1946. 10” Blue Indian Vertical Okeh 1082 [280-B/301-C]. THE SKYLARK’S SONG (Buck) /
MARIE MORRISEY [c]. THE SWEETEST STORY EVER TOLD (Stults). Side one 2.
Side two cons. 2-3. $15.00.
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ROSINA BUCKMAN [s]
3912. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D448 [Ho2195af/Ho2194af]. THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE:
Contrariness; What if I were young again / BUCKMAN [s], FREDERICK RANALOW
[b]. THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE: Oh dear if I had known; GILBERT BARTON &
W. GORDON WALKER [piccolo players]: THE BOATSWAIN’S MATE: The Keeper
(Dr. Ethyl Smyth). Orch. conducted by the composer. One small PB, small LSS,
gen. 2. $10.00.
EMIL BURIAN [b]. Rakovnik, 1876-Prague, 1926.
Emil was the younger brother of the
famous Czech tenor Karel Burian. Both has studied with Franz Pivoda in Prague. He made his
debut in Köln, 1895 and appeared as a leading artist in various houses in Bohemia and Germany.
From 1910 until his death in 1926, Burian was among the most important singers with the
Prague Nationa Theatre. He specialized there in the Czech repertoire but was also noted as
Telramund (Lohengrin) and Amfortas (Parsifal), as well as Rossini’s Figaro.
9455. 11” Blue Odeon X29133/X29134 [XZ237/XZ238]. DUBRÚ NOC [GOOD NIGHT] /
NA VÝSOSTI HV ZDY SVITI [THE HEAVENLY STARS SHINE] ... (Pivody). Piano
acc. (rec. c. 1907). ‘20s glassy surface. Few harmless mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
1621. 10” Blue Odeon A12312/A12323 [Zo377/Zo378]. DON GIOVANNI: Deh vieni alla
fiestra (Mozart) / FAUST: Avant de quitter (Gounod). In Czech. Excellent mid-‘20s
pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
EUGENIA BURZIO [s]
9302. 11” Fonotipia 39439/39440
[XPh1534/XPh1535]. IL TROVATORE: Atto IV Duetto Leonora –
Conte (Verdi). Two sides. Lt.
rubbing, one MGT, 3. $15.00.
1136. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-44
[11043/11049]. AIDA: O cieli
azzurri (Verdi) / MEFISTOFELE:
Spunta l’aurora (Boito). Superb
1153. 10” Blue Eng. Columbia D8076
[11044/11052]. AFRICAINE: Figlio
del sol (Meyer-beer) / AVE MARIA
(Bach-Gounod). Excellent mid-‘20s
lam. pressing. Rim bruise side one
just to first groove, otherwise 2 or
better. Side two 2-3. $10.00.
2894. 12” Blue Disco La Cigale (Columbia)
D17526 [74715/74716]. OTELLO:
Ave Maria (Verdi) / MEFISTOFELE:
L’altra notte (Boïto). Excellent
surface material. Two minor rubs
side two, otherwise just about 1-2.
$20.00.
3625. 12” Green PW Odeon F5513
[XXPh2279/XXPh2391]. LA FORZA
DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio
EUGENIA BURZIO
(Verdi) / LA GIOCONDA: Così
mantieni il patto? (Ponchielli). Side
two with GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CLARA BUTT [c]
2125. 10” TC Columbia 29901
2126. 10” TC Columbia 29903
1887. 10” TC Columbia 29904
Cons. 2. $6.00.
2124. 10” TC Columbia 65521
$6.00.
1888. 10” TC Columbia 69999
[take 2]. THE FAIRY PIPERS (Brewer). Cons. 2. $6.00.
[take 1]. MY TREASURE (Trevalsa). Cons. 2. $6.00.
[take 1]. THE SWEETEST FLOWER THAT BLOWS (Hawley).
[take 1]. KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN (Crouch). Cons. 2.
[take 3]. TILL I WAKE (Woodforde-Finden). Cons. 2. $6.00.
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1434. 10” PW Purple elec. Columbia X340
[WA6182/WA6549]. THE FOLD (Squire) /
WERE YOU THERE? (arr. Burleigh). Piano
acc. Cons. 2. $10.00.
2209. 10” PW elec. Australian Columbia 09010
[WA10500/WA10551]. KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN (Crouch) / ANNIE LAURIE
(Scott). Piano acc. Recorded in Central Hall,
Westminster. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2431. 10” Vinyl Eng. Col. (plain white labels) elec.
Matrices WA 5236-1/WA 5998-2. DEEP
RIVER (Burleigh) / UNTIL (Sanderson).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3310. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88386 [4558f].
THREE FISHERS (Hullah). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
2905. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88411 [4084f].
MESSIAH: He Shall Feed His Flock (Händel). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3075. 12” Blue HMV 03368 [Ac6392f]. A YOUTH
ONCE LOVED A MAIDEN; THE TEARS
THAT NIGHT (both Maude Valerie White).
Piano acc. Rare, and beautiful Calcutta
CLARA BUTT
2892. 12” Purple U.S. acous. Columbia 9004-M
[6544/6895]. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan) / MESSIAH: He Shall Feed His Flock
(Händel). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2883. 12” Purple Eng. acous. Columbia 7308 [6771/6772]. THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS:
My work is done / THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS: I see not those false spirits
(Elgar). Both with MAURICE D’OISLY [t]. Orc. dir. Sir Henry J. Wood. Excellent
laminated pressing. IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3297. 12” Purple Eng. acous. Columbia 7317 [6606/6896]. LA FAVORITA: O mio Fernando / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Il Segreto per essere felici (both Donizetti). Orch. dir.
Sir Henry J. Wood. Small lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $20.00.
2886. 12” Purple Eng. acous. Columbia 7320 [74157/74156]. SEA PICTURES: Where
corals lie (Elgar) / KASHMIRI SONG [from Indian Love Lyrics] (Woodforde-Finden).
Clara Butt, dressed as a mermaid, created Sea Pictures in the 1899 premiere,
conducted by Elgar. Few lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.
3455. 12” PoW English Collumbia DX 755 [WAX3052-2/WAX5113-2]. THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD: God shall wipe away all tears (Sullivan) / O DIVINE REDEEMER
(Gounod). Organ acc. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3217. 12” Blue Australian elec. Columbia 09501 [RAX2767/RAX2768]. LAND OF HOPE
AND GLORY (Elgar) / RULE, BRITANNIA (Arne). Recorded in London’s Hyde Park
on Empire Day, 1927. Excellent pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
Mme. CHARLES CAHIER [c]. Nashville, TN, 1870-Manhattan Beach, CA, 1951.
Cahier studied in Paris with Jean de Reszke, Victor Capoul and Fidele König and, as Mrs. Morris
Black, made her debut in Nice, 1904, as Gluck’s Orfeo. There she met and married Charles
Cahier, a Swede of French extraction (one wonders what happened to Morris Black), and used his
name professionally from then on. She was mainly active in Germany and Austria, as well as
Budapest. Germany remained her home base from 1904 until 1911, when she returned to the U.S.
Cahier sang as a guest with the Metropolitan Opera in 1912 and then with the Stockholm Opera
from 1914-18. In 1906 she had been engaged by Gustav Mahler for the Vienna Opera to sing
Carmen and subsequently was often associated with Mahler’s music, singing in the premiere of his
Lied von der Erde in Munich, 1911. She taught and coached for many years and gave master
classes at Juilliard, 1925-26. Among those whom she helped through teaching and advice over the
years were Marian Anderson and Lauritz Melchior. It was Cahier who encouraged the youthful
baritone Melchior to become a tenor and who later taught him in 1926 when he first came to the
U.S.
2619. 10” Blk. HMV elec. V197 [BS2945-II/BS2956-I]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) /
MENUETT (Martini). In French. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $225.00.
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2620. 10” Drk. Blue elec. Odeon D4836 (A162337) [Sto3117/Sto3120]. SÄF, SÄF, SUSA
(Sibelius) / EN SVANE (Grieg). Rare. Beautiful performances. Side one few rubs,
gen. 2. Side two cons. 2. $300.00.
ICILIO CALLEJA [t]
2321. 10” Green Notes Colubia E2150 [41768-1/41916-1]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre
addio / GIUSEPPE TRICARICO [t]. OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $20.00.
HÉLÈNE CALS [s]
3723. 12” PW Eng. Parlophone
E10990 [Aoo1280/Aoo1282].
IL BACIO (Arditi) / MIGNON:
Je suis Titania (Thomas).
Tiny lbl. stkr., few lightest
mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
EMMA
France,
CALVÉ [s].
1858-Millau,
Decazeville,
Sir
1942.
Landon Ronald, in his autobiography,
Variations On a Personal Theme, describes accompanying (both as a companion and a pianist) Calvé to and during her first recording session in London,
1902. She feared leaving the carriage,
the location of the Gramophone and
Typewriter Company at that time being
in a somewhat seedy area, and insisted
that it must be “a thieves’ den”. She
absolutely would not budge, but an
inspiration caused Ronald to insist that
Madame wait and that he would be right
back. He hurriedly enlisted the services
of a handsome young man, Sydney
Dixon, who had just joined the Gramophone Company staff, to run down to
Calvé’s carriage and present her with the
check in advance. This he did, and the
next thing Ronald remembered was
Calvé “cooing” to Dixon and saying that
she would accompany him with pleasure. The session itself didn’t go without
a few unfortunate moments, such as
EMMA CALVÉ as Salomé in Massenet's Hérodiade
when Calvé turned to accompanist Ronald midway through the Carmen “Habanera” to ask if she were in good voice. During another selection she insisted that she be allowed to
dance during the recording. Still, the results and eventual sales made it a worthwhile investment
of time and energy on the part of all. The earlier obliging Mr. Dixon rushed to Calvé’s departing
carriage to advise Madame that they had found her check crumpled in a corner of the studio.
2259. 10” Red Monarch 91003 [2063-R]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete
(Mascagni). Piano acc. 1902. Washed out label. Surface 3-4. $15.00.
4218. 12” Red French G&T 3283 [2880]. ENCHANTEMENT (Massenet). Orig. lbl. str. 2.
$100.00.
3420. 12” Red Vla 88086. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Just about
1-2. $10.00.
3042. 12” Red Vla 88123. MA LISETTE (18th Century); LE PRINTEMPS (Gounod). Piano
acc. Later ‘30s pressing. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2885. 12” Red Vr 88572. THREE LITTLE SONGS FOR VERY LITTLE CHILDREN [Frère
Jacques; Au clair de la lune; Un poule]. Piano acc. Romualdo Sapio. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
3759. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89019. CARMEN: La-bas dans la montagne (Bizet). With
CHARLES DALMORÈS [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3427. 12” Blk. PW CRS 1 [CS043200-1R/CS043201-1R]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini) /
SAPHO: Air di Fanny (Massenet). RR from French Pathes (c. 1918). As new. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
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LÉON CAMPAGNOLA [s]
3189. 12” Purple Dog Disque Gram. 034159/
034160 [02533v/02534v]. LAKMÉ: Duo
du IIe acte (Delibes). Two sides. With
BERTHE CÉSAR [s]. Minor lbl. scr. side
two, IMs, 2. $10.00.
3703. 12” Pruple Dog. Disque Gram. Y48 (032232/
032251) [02195v/02481v]. MIREILLE:
Anges du Paradis (Gounod) / O MAGALI
(Frédéric Mistral). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
GIUSEPPE CAMPANARI [b]
1576. 10” Red Monarch 81044 [B-744]. LA MIA
BANDIERA [misspelled BENDERA] (Rotoli).
Bright label. Some tiny pinhead bumps
(should be harmless), otherwise 2 or better.
$35.00.
1147. 10” White lbl. Vla 81082 [B-2686]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). Lt. rubs, 2.
$10.00.
1235. 10” Blue Eng. Columbia A740 [4091/4092].
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Se vuol ballare /
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non più andrai
(Mozart). Superb mid-‘20s pressing. Just
LÉON CAMPAGNOLA as Cavaradossi
about 1-2. $15.00.
3425. 12” Red DeLuxe 85003 [C-433]. CARMEN:
Toreador Song (Bizet). Label as new. Surface some LGTs, 3-4. $15.00.
3066. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 85026 [C-740]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Piano
acc. 1903 recording. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3778. 12” Red GP ’04 Vr 85074 [C-2481]. GLORIA A TE (Buzzi-Peccia). 2. $12.00.
3692. 12” White red vinyl RCA test pressing 85078 [C-2490]. AFRICAINE: All’erta marinar
… Adamastor (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4205. 12” B&S Columbia 30265-1. MUSICA PROHIBITA (Gastaldon). Test pressing. Info.
penned on label. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $15.00.
LINDA CANNETTI [s]. Near Verona, 1871-Milan,
1960. A pupil of Melchiorre Vidal in Vienna, Cannetti
made her debut in 1899. Later that year she appeared in
Lohengrin with tenor Francesco Bravi, whom she married.
He died in 1906, and Cannetti temporarily retired from
the stage, returning about two years later. She created
the role of Chrysothemis in the La Scala Italian premiere
of Strauss’s Elektra in 1909 with great success and in
1914 created the title role in the 1914 world premiere of
Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini. In addition to her work
in Italy, Cannetti had great success in South America.
She retired in 1928 and subsequently taught. Her only
recordings were for Fonotipia.
9515. 11” Fonotipia 92919/92920 [XPh4844/
XPh4845-2]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST:
Questa notte alla Polka / LA FANCIULLA DEL
WEST: Laggiù nel Soledad (Puccini). Slight
harmless area of surface ripple side one. Cons.
2. $20.00.
JUANITA CARRACCIOLO [s]
4184. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5390
[70812/70814]. LA WALLY: Ebben? Ne
andrò lontana (Catalani) / TOSCA: Vissi
d’arte (Puccini). Gen. 2. $15.00.
EMMA CARELLI [s]
EMMA CARELLI in Lorenza
9498. 11” Fonotipia 39730/39731 [XPh1973 /XPh1977]. GIOCONDA: Suicidio
(Ponchielli) / DOPO (Tosti). Couple MGTs side two, otherwise cons. 2. $75.00.
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GUDRUN CARLSON [s]
2287. 10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4977. LA MASCOTTE: Gobble Duet (Audran). In Danish. With
JOHANNES HERSKIND [b]. Piano acc. Minor rubs, 2-3. $8.00.
FERNANDO CARPI [t]. Firenze, 1876 – Geneva, 1959. The son of a noted tenor who sang
at Covent Garden in the 1870s, Fernando made his debut at Lecce, 1898 as Gounod’s Faust. At
Covent Garden, beginning in 1906, he appeared with Melba in La Traviata and then the following
season in the same opera on the occasion of Tetrazzini’s debut. In Italy he was a great favorite at
the Naples San Carlo and the Rome Costanzi. His American career began in 1916, where his roles
included Tonio in La Fille du Régiment, Rodolfo, Alfredo, Pinkerton and what was the most popular
role throughout his career, Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. After two New York seasons he
became a member of the Chicago Opera. Following his retirement in 1923, Carpi taught in Milan,
Prague and then in Geneva. His pupils over the years included Gösta Björling, Suzanne Danco
and Ernst Haefliger. His only issued records are twelve scarce sides for Fonotipia, 1912-14.
9470. 11” Fonotipia 69099/69100 [XPh4982-2/XPh4984]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco
ridente / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Just about 1-2.
$40.00.
ENRICO CARUSO [t].
2652. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1555. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). One
pressing bump will sound about ½” (during second verse), one very tiny scr.,
otherwise 3. $400.00.
2354. 10” Red G&T 52368 (1791) [II II]. IRIS: Serenata (Mascagni). Quite clean but
(sounding) graying. 4. $25.00.
2623. 10” Red Milano G&T 52419 [2880-R] [III]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: No, più nobile
(Cilèa). 1902 creator recording, accompanied by the composer. 1.3 to 1.7 stylus
needed. All copies have a cutting fault which clears up about midpoint. There is a
“swish” (likely inherent in this pressing). The label is very bright and the surface
looks gen. 2. $250.00.
2650. 10” Red Milano G&T 52442 [2882-R] (III). LUNA FEDEL (Denza). Not on Victor. False
entrance at one spot. Nice copy. Bright label. Two small circular spots (about ¼”
each) sound lightly, otherwise 2-3. $250.00.
1591. 10” Red G&T 52440 (VI) [2875]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Few
LGTs, otherwise 2-3. $25.00.
2013. 10” Red Vinyl RCA Vr 91007 [2873b]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Cons. 2. $35.00.
1928. 10” Red Pats. Vla 81027 [B-996]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti).
Piano acc. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1779. 10” Red Vla 81028 [B-998]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
1446. 10” Red GP ’06 Vr 81029 [B-999]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Piano acc.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
1119. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 81030. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Piano
accompanied. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1304. 10” Red Vla 81032 [B-1002]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Piano acc.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1478. 10” Red Vr 81062 [B-2344]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Piano
1780. 10” Red Vla 87091. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Barcarola (Verdi). Cons. 2. $6.00.
1764. 10” Red Vla 87122. BECAUSE (d’Hardelot). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1852. 10” Red Vla 87128. PIMPINELLA, Op. 38, No. 6 (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Gaetano
Scognamiglio. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2031. 10” Red Vr 87187. TRUSTING EYES (Gartner). Cons. 2. $8.00.
1459. 10” Red Vr 87211. HANTISE D’AMOUR (Szulc). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1853. 10” Red Vla 87213. LA MIA CANZONE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1390. 10” Red Vr 87218. CIELO TURCHINO (Ciociano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1086. 10” Red Vr 87242. LUNA D’ESTATE (Tosti). Blank side has what appear to be
corrugated cardboard stain lines (harmless). Recorded side just about 1-2. $8.00.
1600. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 500. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella / RIGOLETTO: La
donna è mobile (Verdi). Very tiny edge nick side two far from grooves (barely
noticeable). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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1185. 10” Red Scroll Vr 502. L’ADDIO A
NAPOLI (Cottrau) / CANTA PE’
ME (De Curtis). Late ‘30s “Z”
type shellac (orig. matrices, despite “electric” style label). Cou-
2111.
1666.
1701.
1899.
2044.
1817.
2392.
1322.
2266.
2320.
1986.
1901.
2334.
1667.
1647.
1646.
ple tiny rubs side two, otherwise
just about 1-2. $12.00.
10” Red Vla 503. L’ALBA SEPARA
DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA / LA MIA
CANZONE (both Tosti). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Red Vla 505. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini) / OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi). Just about 12. $8.00.
10” Red Vla 510. PARTED (Tosti)
/ LOVE IS MINE (Gartner). In
English. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 511.
TOSCA: Recondita armonia /
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
(Puccini). Side one S/8. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Red Vla 513. PEARL FISHERS: De mon amie (Bizet) / SÉRÉNADE DE DON JUAN (Tschaikowsky). In French. Side one
with harp and oboe. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
10” Red Vla 515. OVER THERE
(Cohan) / INNO DI GARIBALDI
(Mercantini). Side one in English
and French (one verse each).
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
10” Red Vla 516. ANDREA
ENRICO CARUSO as Vasco da Gama in l'Africaine
CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di
maggio (Giordano) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Red Vla 519. LUNA D’ESTATE (Tosti) / NINA (Pergolesi). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
10” Red Vla 521. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA:
Brindisi (Mascagni). Piano acc. 1904/05 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Red Vla 521. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / MANON: Il sogno
(Massenet). Piano acc. 1904/05 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Red Vla 1007. SCORDAME (Fucito) / SENZA NISCIUNO (De Curtis) Reviewer
“X” on label. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Red Scroll Vla 1437. PREMIERE CARESSE (de Crescenzo) / AMADIS DE
GAULE: Bois épais (Lully). Side one RR (as are all issues). Side two from orig.
matrix. Only issued double-face. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1658. FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl) / A DREAM (Bartlett).
RR with electrically recorded orchestra. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
10” Red late VdP DA 116. LA MIA CANZONE (Tosti) / INNO DI GARIBALDI
(Mercantini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Red late VdP DA 117. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Excellent pressing. One
small LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Mauve HMV AGSA 27. PREMIERE CARESSE (de Crescenzo) / AMADIS DE
GAULE: Bois épais (Lully). Side one RR (as are all issues). Side two from orig.
matrix. Only issued double-face. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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1984. 10” White HMV VA 7 [1787b/2871-R]. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo / MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boïto). Orig. 1902 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1697. 10” White HMV VA 29 [1790b/2874b]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / LA
GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Orig. 1902 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1985. 10” White HMV VA 31 [2877b/2878b]. NON T’AMO PIÙ (Denza) / LA MIA CANZONE
(Tosti). Orig. 1902 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2325. 10” White HMV VA 37 [1782b/1788b]. GERMANIA: Studenti, udite / GERMANIA:
No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi (Franchetti). Orig. 1902 G&T matrices. Creator
performances. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2035. 10” White HMV VA 53 [2872w2/2181h]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano) /
MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). Orig. 1902/1904 G&T matrices. Both sides acc. by the
respective composers. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1695. 10” White HMV VA 58 [1785b/
2872b]. MANON: O dolce
incanto (Massenet) / FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Side two acc. by the
composer. Orig. 1902 G&T
matrices. Just about 1-2.
1709.
3397.
3648.
3245.
3593.
3945.
2928.
3335.
2917.
3890.
2986.
4000.
4034.
3460.
3852.
3462.
3617.
$8.00.
10” Red lbl. (blk. vinyl) RCA
Victor 87499 [D9-QB-77581A/D9-CAB-2234-2A]. LA
BOHÊME: Vecchia zimarra
(Puccini) / FRANCES ALDA
and WALLY BUTTERDrawing by CARUSO of himself and composer UMBERTO
WORTH [speakers]. WHY
GIORDANO, with this first phrase of "Amor ti vieta" from
Giordano's Fedora
CARUSO RECORDED “THE
COAT SONG”. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
12” Red GP ’04 “A” plate Vr 85048 [C-2340]. DON PASQUALE: Serenata (Donizetti).
Piano acc. Lightest NS inner margin and lbl., 2. $8.00.
12” Red ’12 Vla 88001 [C-3100-1]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Text label on verso.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88115. ADORABLES TOURMENTS [VALSE LENTE] (CarusoBarthèlemy). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red Vr 88120. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Excellent original pressing (not an S/8
dub). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88121. IL TROVATORE: Ah, sib en mio (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88209. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet). Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88334. CORE ‘NGRATO (Carolli). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88345. LO SCHIAVO: Aria Americo (Gomez). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88403. HOSANNA (Granier). Text lbl. on verso. Excellent,
bright early pressing, couple lightest mks. Just about 1-2.. $8.00.
12” Red Vr 88460. STABAT MATER: Cujus animam (Rossini). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
12” Red Vr 88472. TIEMPIO ANTICO (Caruso). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red Vr “B” plate 88579. CHANSON DE JUIN, Op. 103, No. 6 (Godard). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red Vr 88586. MUSICA PROIBITA (Gastaldon). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
12” Red Vla 88589. NERO: Ah, mon sort! (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
12” Red Vr 88615. CAMPANE A SERA (Billi-Malfetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89034. FAUST: Attends! voici la rue (Gounod). With
GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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4033. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89049. IL TROVATORE: Mal reggendo (Verdi). With LOUISE
HOMER [c]. One tiny mk., just about 1-2. $8.00.
3461. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 89052. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano, Alvaro! (Verdi).
With PASQUALE AMATO [b]. As mint. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3509. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89064. DON CARLOS: Dio che nell’ alma (Verdi). With
ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
4031. 12” Red Pats. Vla 95207. MARTHA: Siam giunti, o giovinette (Flotow). With
FRANCES ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
4030. 12” Red Pats. Vla 95209. MARTHA: Presto, presto (Flotow). With FRANCES ALDA
[s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3772. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 95210. MARTHA: Quartetto notturno (Flotow). With FRANCES
ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Excellent early
pressing, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
2855. 12” Red early “B” plate Vr 95212. LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti). With AMELITA
GALLI-CURCI [s], MINNIE EGENER [c], ANGELO BADA [t], GIUSEPPE DE LUCA
[b], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3510. 12” Red GP ’07 Vr 96001. RIGOLETTO: Quartet (Verdi). With MARCELLA
SEMBRICH [s], GINA SEVERINA [ms], ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Cons. 2. $8.00.
3618. 12” Red Vla 6006. CHANSON DE JUIN, Op. 102, No. 6 (Godard) / ADORABLES
TOURMENTS (Caruso-Barthèlemy). Both in French. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3846. 12” Red vla 6010. MESSE SOLENNELLE: Domine Deus (Rossini) / AGNUS DEI
(Bizet). Cons. 2. $7.00.
3436. 12” Red Vla 6027. LO SCHIAVO: Quando nascesti tu (Gomes) / BALLO IN
MASCHERA: Ma se m’ è forza perdeti (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3514. 12” Red Vla 6036. DON PASQUALE: Com’ è gentil (Donizetti) / GIOCONDA: Cielo e
mar (Ponchielli). 1905 piano acc. matrices. Cons. 2. $8.00.
3751. 12” Red Vla 6458. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / EL MILAGRO DE LA VIRGEN (Chapi).
Both first editions, side two with piano acc. by Gaetano Scognamiglio. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
3712. 12” Red Vla 8011. MANON: On l’appelle, Manon (Massenet) / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: O quant’ ochi fisi (Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3785. 12” Red 8014. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o grillo / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ve lo
dissi (Puccini). Both with ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3537. 12” Red “Z” shellac late ‘30s Vr 8045. OTELLO: Si pel ciel. With TITTA RUFFO[b] /
RUFFO [b]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3727. 12” Red Vla 10005. BALLO IN MASCHERA: La rivedrà nell’ estasi / BALLO IN
MASCHERA: È scherzo, od è follia (Verdi). Both sides with FRIEDA HEMPEL [s],
LÉON ROTHIER [bs], ANDREAS DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Side two also with MARIA
DUCHÈNE [c]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3570. 12” PW Red Hist. HMV DB 700 [C-4316/C-5008]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Improvviso
(Giordano) / DON SEBASTIANO: In terra solo (Donizeti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3302. 12” White HMV VB 57 [C-2341/C-2342]. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) / HUGUENOTS:
Bianca al par di neve (Meyerbeer). 1905 piano acc. Victor matrices. Just about
12. $8.00.
2978. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 26 [C-11447/5145f].. RIGOLETTO: Quartet (Verdi). With
LUISA TETRAZZINI [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], PASQUALE AMATO [b] /
EMMY DESTINN [s], LOUISE KIRKBY LUNN [c]. AIDA: Ebben, qual nuovo fremito
(Verdi). Side one first U.S. edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3409. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 61 [C-12751-1/268i]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla
(Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s] / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire
ancora (Bizet). From orig. 1912 Victor/1904 Milano matrices. Side one first edition.
Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3632. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 50 [C-12751-1/C-8268]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla
(Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s] / FARRAR [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c].
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (both Puccini). From orig. 1912/1909 Victor
matrices. Side one the only issue other than the IRCC first edition (see item #3409
directly above). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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3413. 12” Red Curtains “Z”-type shellac Vr 7770. AIDA: Se quel guerrier … Celeste Aida
(Verdi) / PEARL FISHERS: Je crois entendre encore (Bizet). Special label, with rerecorded orchestra. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
ENRICO CARUSO, Jr.
1891. 10” PW Silver Victor CRS Unnumbered issue [BS 018893/BS 012265]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Piano acc.
J. Konstantin. Rec. March, 1938. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ELVIRA CASAZZA [c]
2725. 11” Pink acous. Fono.-Nazionale G2023/G2024. AIDA: Già i sacerdoti adunansi
(Verdi). Two sides. With ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t]. Marca di Edizione sticker
side one signed by Bergamaschi. 2-3. $60.00.
2800. 12” Red acous. Vla 6411. IL TROVATORE: Pergliarti ancor languente / IL
TROVATORE: Mal reggendo (Verdi). Both with BERNARDO DE MURO [t]. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
SUZANNE METCALFE CASALS [ms].
Florence, 1877-Paramus, NJ, 1959. An American
socialite and concert singer, Metcalfe studied in New York with Victor Beigel and appeared in
recital in New York beginning in 1901. Her concerts were greeted with enthusiasm, and she sang
as well in Europe. In 1914 she married cellist Pablo Casals, who had just parted company with
cellist Guilhermina Suggia, although a Musical America report states that their 1914 marriage was
“the culmination of a romance begun ten years ago in France.” Casals, in his autobiography, said
of Metcalfe, “our relationship was shortlived, though it was some years before we were divorced.
Our life together was not a happy one.” They did, however, appear together in recitals into the
1920s, and separated in 1928, not divorcing until 1957. Metcalfe continued her career for a
number of years, her farewell concert having taken place in Paris, 1950.
3139. 12” Yellow elec. Private Issue PW HMV JG 21 [CTPX3887-1/3896-1]. HERZELEID;
LIEBESLIED/DIE LOTUSBLUME; SCHNEEGLOCKCHEN; SOM SCHLUSS (all
Schumann). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
ANNA CASE [s]. Clinton, NJ, 1889-New York, 1984.
Daughter of a New Jersey blacksmith,
Case studied voice with Mme. Ohrström-Renard in New York. She made her debut with the
Metropolitan Opera in 1909 and appeared in mostly secondary roles for several seasons. Her
glamour and attractive lyric voice gained her a large following on the recital stage, and her
recordings for Edison created further demand for
her recital appearances, so she left the Met in
favor of concert tours. She was the mistress of the
wealthy Clarence Mackay. After a well publicized
divorce from his wife in the mid-1920s, Mackay
wed Case. One interesting result of this union was
that Case became, via Mackay’s daughter Ellen, the
stepmother-in-law of Irving Berlin, her senior by
one year.
1417. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1952-D
[W148185-2/W148186-5]. THE LITTLE
RED LARK (arr. Fisher) / DOREEN
(McGee). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
[W150129-8/W150130-7]. FLORIDANTE: Amor commanda (Händel) / MANON
LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
[W148501-2/W150128-8]. EXSULTATE
JUBILATE: Allelujah (Mozart) / ATALANTA: Care selve (Händel). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
Bathing beauty ANNA CASE
[W150597-5/W150598-6]. MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn) / THE
LASS WITH THE DELICATE AIR (Arne). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
1711. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2480-D [W150566-3/W1505671]. BENDEMEER’S
STREAM (Gatty) / WOULD GOD I WERE THE TENDER APPLE BLOSSOM (arr.
Fisher). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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3480. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50153-D [W98649-4/W98659-3]. MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO: Non so più cosa son (Mozart) / THEODORA: Angels ever bright and fair
(Händel). Side one orch. acc. Side two piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LELIO CASINI [b]. Pisa, 1865-Volterra, 1910.
After studying at the Pacini Conservatory in
Lucca, Casini made his debut in 1886 at the Teatro Verdi, Pisa, in Marchetti’s Ruy Blas, repeating
the principal baritone role in that opera in 1887 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. He subsequently
was heard throughout Italy. In 1897 he and Enrico Caruso created the leading male parts in the
world premiere of Cilèa’s l’Arlesiana at the Milan Teatro Lirico. Casini’s pupils included Titta Ruffo
and tenor Giuseppe Taccani. Said Ruffo of Casini, “Just to listen to him was a lesson in bel canto;
although I must confess that I never succeeded, with all my talent, in equaling his remarkable
finesse. Singing, Casini was transfigured – a sculptor of the exquisite.” Quote from Ruffo’s La Mia
parabola, translated by C. M. DeCaro.
2720. 10” Dark Blue Disco Reale (Zonophone) X-497. CANZONE TOSCANA [“STORNELLATA”] (composer unidentified). Announced. A remarkably fine copy, 2 or better.
$2000.00.
EDOARDO CASTELLANO [t].
3383. 12” Blk. Manhattan (Col.) 30094 [M-62-1]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi).
Few lt. rubs. 2. $10.00.
ELDA CAVALIERI [s]
2822. 12” Red Vinyl White lbl. Vla 74050 [C-3634-1]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace
mio Dio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3102. 12” Red Vinyl White lbl. Vla 74058 [C-3628-1]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte
placida (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
MARIA CEBOTARI [s]
1010. 10” PoW Odeon O-25627 [Be11193/
Be11194]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY:
Liebesduett (Puccini). Two sides. With
HERBERT ERNST GROH [t]. Excellent
pressing. Cons. 2. $8.00.
GERMAINE CERNAY [ms]
1039. 10” PW Red Odeon 188.590 [KI-1726-1/ KI1725-2]. REVERIE DE BOUDOHA (Tournier-Land’sberg) / LA LETTRE DU JARDINIER (Henry Bataille). Piano acc.
Scarce. One rub side two, cons. 2. $20.00.
2472. 10” PW Red Odeon 188.805 [KI-4167-2/ KI4429-2]. DON QUICHOTTE: Quand
apparaissent les étoiles. With ROGER
BOURDON [bs] / DON QUICHOTTE: J’ai
bien assez de mes tristesses (Massenet).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3463. 12” PW Red Odeon 123.585 [XXP6745-2/
XXP6756-2]. WERTHER: Mort de Werther (Massenet). With CHARLES FRIANT
[t] / MIGNON: Elle est aimée (Thomas).
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3464. 12” PW Red Odeon 123.586 [XXP6746-1/
XXP6993-I]. WERTHER: Duo de 4e acte
(Massenet). Two sides. With CHARLES
FRIANT [t]. Lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
SUZANNE CESBRON-VISEUR
SUZANNE CESBRON-VISEUR [s]
3070. 12” PW Red Odeon 123.611 [XXP6855/XXP6857]. THAÏS: Air d’Eros / SAPHO:
Viens m’ami (both Massenet). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ROSALIA CHALIA [s]
2706. 7” Pre-Label Zonophone 9136 [take 3]. STAR OF THE NORTH: Barcarola (Meyerbeer). Astonishing coloratura doings. One of her most remarkable records. Added to
this, it is a beautiful copy (and the same copy used for the IRCC transfer in the early
‘50s). Cons. 2. $350.00.
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4098. 7” Pre-Label Zonophone Q9200 [take 2]. THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Moore). In
Italian. One noisy groove, few LGTs, 3-4. $200.00.
4097. 7”Pre-Label Zonophone Q9208 [take 2]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’è lui (Verdi). Very
decent copy. One silent lt. scr. Couple LGTs, 3-4. $250.00.
1284. 10” Eld. Johnson Victor Monarch 3433. HOME, SWEET HOME (Payne-Bishop).
2-3. $150.00.
FEODOR CHALIAPIN [b]
1912. 10” Blue Opera Disc 4-22580
[y16473e]. SADKO: Song of the
Foreign Guest (Rimsky-Korsakov).
Small PB, otherwise just about 1-2.
$12.00.
2254. 10” Blue Opera Disc 4-22583
[y16471e]. THE LITTLE NIGHTINGALE (Tschaikowsky). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
2317. 10” Red acous. Vla 558. BORIS GODOUNOV: In the Town of Kazàn
(Moussorgsky) / PRINCE IGOR
(misspelled IGNOR]: Song of Prince
Galitsky (Borodin). Just about 1-2.
$6.00.
1894. 10” Red acous. (British matrices) Vla
990. FAUST: Le veau d’or / FAUST:
Sérénade (Gounod). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
1101. 10” Red acous. Vla 1004. PILGRIM’S
SONG, Op. 47, No. 5 (Tschaikowsky) / SIBERIAN PRISONERS’
SONG (arr. Koenemann). Side two
piano acc. Feodor Koenemann. As
new. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1616. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 1237.
FEODOR CHALIAPIN
BORIS GODOUNOV: In the Town of
Kazàn (Moussorgsky) / PRINCE IGOR: Song of Prince Galitsky (Borodin). Excellent
2151. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1269. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini) / MEFISTOFELE:
Ave Signor (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2350. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1365 [BVE-37854-1/Bb13899-IIA]. THE BLIND PLOUGHMAN
(Clarke) / OH, BUT COULD I EXPRESS IN SONG (Malashkin). Side one in English.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2348. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1557 [Bb16990-IV/Bb16991-IIT1]. DOWN THE PETERSKY (arr.
Chaliapin) / MASCHENKA. Side one with Petersky Balalaika Orchestra. Side two
unaccompanied. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1775. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1557 [Bb16990-IV/Bb16991-IIT1]. Same as previous listing (item
#1775). Lt. rubs, 2. $6.00.
1850. 10” Red Japanese Vr NF-4070 [Bb16990-IV/Bb16991-IIT1]. Same as previous two
listings. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1267. 10” Mauve acous. HMV AGSA 11 [B-29247/7220L]. LA BOHÈME: Vecchia zimarra
(Puccini) / ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA [s]. MTSURA: Song of the Fish (Arensky).
From orig. 1924/1906 matrices, side one first and only edition. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
1929. 10” Red acous. SR HMV DA 621 [Bb3329-II/Bb4884-III]. DUBINUSHKA (Russian
Folk Song) / DOWN THE PETERSKY (arr. Chaliapin). Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about
1-2. $7.00.
2377. 10” Red acous. Vr 1050. Same as preceding listing (item #1929). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
2094. 10” PW Red HMV DA 994 [Bb13832-IA/Bb13833-I]. DON GIOVANNI: Madamina
(Mozart). Two sides. Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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1614. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 1310 [OPG-428-4/OPG-429-3]. CHANSON DU DUC /
CHANSON DU DÉPART (Jacques Ibert). Both from film Don Quichotte. Conducted
1741. 10” PW Red HMV DA 1310 [OPG-428-4/OPG-429-3]. Same as previous listing. Few
minor rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
1615. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 1311 [OPG-430-1/OPG-437-1]. CHANSON À
DULCINÉE / MORT DE DON QUICHOTTE (Jacques Ibert). Both from film Don
Quichotte. Conducted by the composer. Small NS last ¼” side two. Just about 12. $10.00.
1742. 10” PW Red HMV DA 1311 [OPG-430-1/OPG-437-1]. Same as previous listing. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
2378. 10” PW Red HMV DA 1371 [OPG-1422-1/OPG-1423-III]. ARISE, RED SUN (Russian
Folk Song) / SONG OF THE NEEDY PILGRIM (Manikin). With Afonsky Choir and
Balalaika Orchestra. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3497. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76221 (052355) [615m]. MEFISTOFELE: Scherzo strumale e
Ave Signor (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3496. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76222 (052356) [616m]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini).
One tiny lbl. smudge. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3301. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76224 (052388) [2693c]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Vieni, la mia
vendetta (Donizetti). In Italian. Tiny lbl. stkr. One minor rub, otherwise just about
1-2. $15.00.
3604. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76430 (022180) [2003c]. IN THE MEADOWS, BY THE BIRCHES (Ukrainian Folk Song). With Chorus. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3368. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76440 (022213) [2454½c]. THEY DON’T ORDRE MASHA, TO
GO THE RIVULET (so says the label. It is actually MASHENKA, a Russian folk
song, correctly translated THEY WON’T LET MASHA WALK BY THE BROOK).
Unaccompanied. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3165. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76427 (022111) [615i]. LIFE FOR THE CZAR: They suppose
the truth (Glinka). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3168. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76431 (022181) [2004½c][. THE EVIL ONE [HOSTILE POWER]:
Merry Butterweek [Shrovetide] (Sierov). With Chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3169. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76435 (022185) [2014c]. THE TEMPEST RAGES (Sokolov)
[label translation: SHE MADE A NOISE AND BECAME VERY GAY] ??. Piano acc.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3758. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76436 (022186) [2019c]. LITTLE SIMPLETON [DUBINUSHKA]
(Russian Folk Song). With Chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3768. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76437 (022188) [2021c]. THE SUN RISES AND SETS
[RUSSIAN PRISONER”S SONG] (Russian Folk Song). With chorus. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3628. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76447 (022261) [2535c]. THE TWO GRENADIERS (Schumann).
Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3764. 12” Red HMV 022208 [2453½c]. BORIS GODOUNOV: In the town of Kazan
(Moussorgsky). Preceded by four or five test grooves (orchestral sounds). Light lbl.
fade. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3991. 12” Pink Russian Angel Gram. Monarch 022213 [2454½c]. MASHENKA (Russian
Folk Song). One TB, couple rubs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
6340. 12” Red SR HMV 032261 [2696c]. LA MARSEILLAISE (de l’Isle). Never doubled.
Tiny lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3063. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla mat. C-26103-1. A REVERIE (Nadsen). Spoken record.
Rec. 31 Jan. 1922. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
3779. 12” Red Vla 88665 [take 2]. DON CARLOS: Ella giammai m’amò (Verdi). VrBk. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
3524. 12” PW Red Hist. HMV DB 108 [2020c/2496c]. ARISE, RED SUN (Russian Folk
Song) / NOW LET US DEPART (Strokin). Both with chorus. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3921. 12” PW Red Hist. HMV DB 403 [2693c/2694c]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Vieni, la mia
vendetta (Donizetti) / ERNANI: Infelice! (Verdi). Both in Italian. One lt. mk. side
two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
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3523. 12” PW Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 610
[2004½c/2005c]. THE EVIL ONE
[HOSTILE POWER]: Merry Butterweek [Shrovetide] (Sierov) / DOWN
THE VOLGA; FROM UNDER THE
OAK (Russian Songs). With Chorus.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4016. 12” PW Hist. HMV DB 611 [2495c/
2536c]. THE DEMON: Do not weep,
child / THE DEMON: On the airy
ocean (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
[616i/2003c]. LAKMÉ: A shadow
dims your glances (Delibes) / IN THE
MEADOWS, BY THE BIRCHES
(Russian Song). Side two with
chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
[2006½c/2019c]. NIGHT /
DUBINOUSHKA (Russian Folk
Songs). Side one unaccompanied.
Side two with chorus. Just about
12. $15.00.
FEODOR CHALIAPIN around 1898
3623. 12” PW Red Hist. HMV DB 622
[2014c/2539c]. THE TEMPEST
RAGES (Sokoloff) / NOT A LITTLE AUTUMN RAIN (Russian Folksong). Side one
piano acc. Side two with male chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3845. 12” PW Red Hist. HMV DB 629 [2695c/615i]. POURQUOI DONC SE TAISENT LE
VOIX (Glazounov) / A LIFE FOR THE TSAR: They guess the truth (Glinka). Side
one in French. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3253. 12” PW Red acous. HMV DB 691 [C-27090/Cc3155-II]. CRAZY HEADED JOHN
(Russian Folk Song) / ALEKO: The moon is high in the sky (Rachmaninoff). Side
one, unaccompanied, is a U.S. recording issued only in Europe. Nice pressing. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3439. 12” Czech HMV DB 1181 [CR2130-1A/CR2131-1A]. BORIS GODOUNOV: I have
attained the highest power / BORIS GODOUNOV: Heavy is the hand of retribution
(Moussorgsky). From 1928 Covent Garden performance dir. Vincenzo Bellezza. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3074. 12” Czech HMV DB 1182 [CR2134-1A/CR2138-1T1]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Ah, I am
suffocating! / BORIS GODOUNOV: Come, let us vote Boyars (Moussorgsky). From
1928 Covent Garden performance dir. Vincenzo Bellezza. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4217. 12” Czech HMV DB 1183 [CR2139-IA/CR2141-IA]. BORIS GODOUNOV: It is a pity
Prince Shuisky is absent / BORIS GODOUNOV: Farewell, my son (Moussorgsky).
From 1928 Covent Garden performance dir. Vincenzo Bellezza. Few lightest mks.,
just about 1-2. $15.00.
3879. 12” PW Red HMV DB 1183 [CR2139-IA/CR2141-IA]. Same as preceding list (item
#4217) but British pressing. Tiny LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
4025. 12” PoW VdeSM DA 1342 [Cc17102-IIAT1/Cc17103-IIT1]. LE COR (Flégier) / THE
OLD CORPORAL (Dargomijsky). Orch. dir. George Byng. Very fine pressing. Few
3728. 12” PW Red HMV DB 1469 [2B883-II/CF3357-III]. DOUBT (Glinka) / STENKA
RASINE (Russian Folk Song). Side one with Cedric Sharpe [cellist], Ivor Newton
[pno]. Side two with Jean Bazilevsky. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
3568. 12” PW Red HMV DB 1511 [Cc18157-I/2G113-II]. SONGS AND DANCES OF
DEATH: Trépak (Moussorgsky) / HOSTILE POWER: Merry Butterweek (Sieroff).
Side one orch. dir Lawrance Collingwood. Side two Paris Russian Opera Orch. and
Balalaika Orch. dir. G. Tchernoyaroff. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
3566. 12” PW Red HMV DB 1525 [2B884-III/2B885-I]. PERSIAN LOVE SONG (Rubinstein) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Side one with orch. dir. Lawrance Collingwood. Side
two with Cedric Sharpe [cello], Ivor Newton [pno]. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
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4001. 12” PW French Disque Gram. DB 1525 [2B884-III/2B-885-I]. Same as previous
listing (item #3566). Small lbl. stkr. Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Few lt. rubs, 2.
$8.00.
3241. 12” PW Red HMV DB 3463 [CTR3080-I/2EA5705-II]. BLACK EYES (Russian Folk
Song) / THE PRISONER (Rubinstein). Side one with choir and balalaika orch.
Side two piano acc. Jean Bazilovsky. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3431. 12” PW Red HMV DB 3464 [CR2142-I/CR2143-I]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Farewell and
Death (Moussorgsky). Two sides. From 1928 Covent Garden performance dir.
Vincenzo Bellezza. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3829. 12” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Vr 6724 [CR375-I/Cc10938-III]. BORIS GODOUNOV:
Farewell of Boris / BORIS GODOUNOV: Death of Boris (Moussorgsky). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
3827. 12” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Vr 6783. SONG OF THE FLEA (Moussorgsky) / IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
3710. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7199 [Cc10957-I/Cc10958-II]. THE PROPHET, Op. 49 (RimskyKorsakov) / WHEN THE KING WENT FORTH TO WAR (Koenemann). Only form of
issue for the take used on side one. Both sides orch. dir. Lawrance Collingwood.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3642. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7422 [Cc17102-IIAT1/Cc17103-IIT1]. LE COR (Flégier) / THE
OLD CORPORAL (Dargomyzhsky). Orch. dir. George Byng. Small lbl. stkr. Few lt.
mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
3483. 12” Red PW Scroll “Z”-type shellac Vr 7704 [2B579-IIA/2B582-II]. ROUSSALKA:
Aria of the Miller (Dargomizhsky) / RUSSLAN AND LUDMILA: Rondo of Farlaf
(Glinka). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3765. 12” Red PW Scroll “Z” shellac Vla 7717 [2W1229-IV/2W1328-II]. THE LEGEND OF
THE TWELVE BRIGANDS (arr. Zharoff) / DOWN THE VOLGA (Arr. Alexandroff).
With Male Chorus dir. N. P. Alfonsky. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3555. 12” Red PW Orth. “Z”-type shellac Vla 7751. THE CREED (Archangelsky) /
LITURGIA DOMESTICA: Credo (Gretchaninoff). With Choir of Russian Metropolitan
Church in Paris dir. N. P. Alfonsky. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3696. 12” PW Orth. “Z” shellac Vla 7716 7716 [2W1527-1/2W1528-III]. OPEN TO ME THE
GATES OF REPENTANCE (Wedel) / NOW LET US DEPART (Strokin). With Choir of
Russian Metropolitan Church in Paris dir. N. P. Alfonsky. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3451. 12” PW Red (gold print) Vr 7716 [2W1527-1/2W1528-III]. Same as previous listing
(item #3696). Slightly later pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3582. 12” PW Red (gold print) Vr 14901. SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Koenemann) /
SONG OF THE FLEA (Moussorgsky). Piano acc. G. Godzinski. Recorded in Japan.
Matrix side one signed by Chaliapin and dated “Febr. 6, 1936, Tokyo.” As new (as
with most of these Chaliapin listings). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3644. 12” PW Red (gold print) Vr 15422 [CF3358-II/CF3360-II]. DOUBT (Glinka) / NIGHT
(Russian Folk Song). Piano acc. Jean Bazilovsky. Side two with Lucien Schwartz
[cellist]. Couple lt. rubs, still just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARIO CHAMLEE [t]. Los Angeles, 1892-1966. His real name was Archer Cholmondeley.
As his career began to advance, he sang as Mario Rodolfi, returning to Chamlee (but retaining the
stage "Mario"), as he put it, "when I graduated to the big time." He first studied with the voice
teacher William Shakespeare, who suggested that he hadn't any of the requisites for a musical
career. He then worked with Achille Alberti, who remained through his lifetime his only teacher,
and made his debut at the age of 22 with the National Opera Company, a touring ensemble. A
reporter asked the tenor if anyone ever told him that he looked like Caruso. He replied in the
affirmative, adding, "But that doesn't make me sing like him, worse luck." Chamlee was first heard
at the Met in November, 1920, as Cavaradossi the month before Caruso's final stage performances. He remained active there for a number of seasons. According to one report, Chamlee's singing
of "Che gelida manina" on a 1922 Met Sunday concert was the first time in twelve years that it had
been sung there without downward transposition, excepting performances on stage by Orville
Harrold. The audience was so taken by the brilliance of his high C [I wonder how the general
audience would know he wasn’t transposing?] that he had to take twelve curtain calls.
2358. 10” Green Brunswick 10016 [3891]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Cons. 2. $8.00.
2359. 10” Green Brunswick 10020 [4103]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
2388. 10” Green Brunswick 10049 [6866]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
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2179. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10109
[9355/9359]. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia) /
MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
1116. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10111
[10466/10469]. CALL ME NO MORE
(Cad-man) / YOUR VOICE (Quirke).
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1425. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10115.
DREAMS DIMLY DYING (Roxas) / LAST
HOUR (Kramer). Side two with Fredric
Fradkin [vln]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1427. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10121.
SERENADE (Drigo) / THE OLD REFRAIN
(Kreisler). Side two with Fredric Fradkin
[vln]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1069. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10123. AT
NIGHT (Rachmaninoff) / TELL ME WHY
(Tschaikowsky). With Fredric Fradkin
[vln], Frederic Persson [pianist]. Scarce.
Among his finest records. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
1426. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15006 [3649/
6866]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella /
RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1102. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15007 [3007/
3647]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
(Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARIO CHAMLEE doing his daily dozen. Is that
2102. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 90176 [acous.
a cigarette hanging from his mouth?
Bruns. matrices]. IL TROVATORE: Mal
reggendo / IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri
monti (Verdi). With SIGRID ONEGIN [c]. Excellent late ‘20s pressing (much better
shellac than used by Brunswick). Minor lbl. discoloration. Surfaces just about 1-2.
$10.00.
3515. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50142. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora
(Verdi) / MARTHA: Solo profugo (Flotow). With RICHARD BONELLI [b]. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
LLOYD CHANDOS [t]. He was born in 1861 or 1862 in London and studied at the Guildhall
School of Music with Isodore de Solla and Henry J. Wood. Although he sometimes appeared in
opera at Drury Lane, for the most part of his career he was a concert singer, appearing throughout
Great Britain at various festivals and with the most important choirs such as the Royal Choral
Society. He is said to have died about 1939. – Internet, “golden age of song”.
9521. 11” Brown Odeon 57518/57519 [Lx1746/Lx1912]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) / ‘TIS
THE DAY [MATTINATA] (Leoncavallo). Cons. 2. $20.00.
ELADIO A. CHAO [b].
A recitalist and teacher, Chao appeared in concert internationally.
One source indicates that his home base in the early ‘teens was Munich, although he seems to
have spent extended time in various countries, including the U.S., where his few records were
made in 1906.
1396. 10” Blk. Pats. Vr 63393. LA CHARMANTE MARGUERITE (French Folk Song) /
ELAINE: Air de l’Ermite (Bemberg). Piano acc. Probably the only recording of the
side two excerpt. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2962. 12” Blk. Pats. Vr 68308. CHANT HINDOU (Bemberg) / ARMAND CRABBÉ [b].
PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE (Massenet) CHANT HINDOU (Bemberg). Side one piano acc.
Exceptionally rare, early Crabbé. Very tiny lbl. tear. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
MARIE CHARBONNEL [c]
3983. 12” Blk. Disque Gram. 033170/033171 [02863v/02864v]. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon
fils / LE PROPHÈTE: O toi qui m’abandonnes (Meyerbeer). Fine heavy raised-rim
pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
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TERESA CHELOTTI [s]. Modena, 1861-1927.
She studied in Modena with Trebbi and
made her debut as Elvira in Ernani as the Sociale of Ostiglia. From then on through 1915 she was
active in various Italian houses, singing major dramatic roles such as Amelia, Aida, Leonora in
both La Forza del Destino and Il Trovatore, and Gioconda. In addition, Chelotti appeared in South
America, the western U.S. and England, there singing Santuzza, 1912, in a company directed by
Mascagni.
2636. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono 12659 [A475]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò ma prima in
grazia (Verdi). Piano acc. 2-3. $25.00.
BORIS CHRISTOFF [bs]
1677. 10” Red HMV DA 1938 [OEA143492/OEA14350-1]. BORIS GODOUNOV:
Pimen’s Monologue (Moussorgsky). Two
sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
GUIDO
CICCOLINI [t].
tune, NJ, 1963. A pupil
Rome, 1885-Nep-
of baritone Antonio
Cotogni, Ciccolini made his debut in Bologna as
Alfredo in La Traviata, 1907. He appeared in a
number of European and Russian locales successfully with various opera troupes. In 1911, he
toured Australia with Melba’s company. Supposedly,
she would help him to keep in tempo by tapping on
his back when they were embraced in duets. After
one performance, Ciccolini “gallantly bowed to her
and said, ‘Madame, you still sing beautiful!’.” The
word “still” did not set well with her and “she gave
Ciccolini one withering look, then turned on her heel
and strode away.” Evidently she eventually forgave
him, as he was the leading tenor of her only operatic
performance in New York in 1919 (Boheme with the
Chicago Opera). Later, in vaudville, Ciccolini’s
billings would include a description of himself,
supposedly on Melba’s authority, as being “the
greatest living tenor”. In 1914 he was in the La Scala
world premiere of Wolf-Ferrari’s I Quattro rusteghi.
That same year he emigrated to the U.S., wedding an
American girl in 1919, also in the same period
making a few appearances with the Chicago Opera.
He subsequently was a guest with touring troupes
and in various concerts in the New York area, also
GUIDO CICCOLINI
having been the soloist at the funeral of Rudolph
Valentino in 1926. In 1927 he was involved in a well publicized suit against Hope Hampton and
the producers of a play on Broadway entitled My Princess. In it, the main character was named
“Ciccolini”, a “roustabout singer” who, in one scene was called “you big wop” by Miss Hampton.
While the judge didn’t find sufficient facts on which to base an action, he declared that the events
“displayed shockingly bad taste. They [producers and author of the play] must have known …
that there was a tenor of great reputation named Ciccolini.”… “To have used that name as the lead
character in their play”, the judge further stated, “was an act which hardly merits the approval of
people of refinement and judgment.” In 1959 Ciccolini was guest of honor at a New York Public
Library concert of his Edison recordings, presented by Philip L. Miller and the N.Y. Public Library.
Ciccolini first recorded for the Gramophone Company in Italy in 1910. From 1914 to 1920 he was
Edison’s most prolific operatic tenor. He also made one electrical disc for Victor in 1927. -from NY
Times articles and Hetherington’s biography, Melba.
1128. 10” Blk. Orth. Vr 79309. IN UN PICCOLO PAESELLO SPAGNUOLO [IN A LITTLE
SPANISH TOWN] (Mabel Wayne) / NEL OMBRA OR MIA SEI TU [TONIGHT YOU
BELONG TO ME] (Lee David). In Italian. His only electric. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
3776. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 68376 [226aj/243aj]. AMICO FRITZ: Han della popora
(Mascagni). With EBE BOCCOLINI [s] / FANNY LOTTY [s], ERNESTO BADINI [b].
AMICA: Più presso al ciel (both Mascagni). Side one cons. 2. Side two one
(harmless) rub area and lightest NR on lbl., 2. $12.00.
FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]
1580. 10” Blk. GP ’06 “A” plate Vr 52510. L’AFRICAINE: Adamastor, re dell’onde profonde
(Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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1799. 10” Red GP ’06 Vr 91071 [7320b]. TROVATORE: Vivrà, contende il giubilo (Verdi).
With CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]. Nice early pressing, few MGTs, 2. $8.00.
1933. 10” Red Vla 87560 [7320b]. Same as previous item (#1799) but later, renumbered
pressing. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3342. 12” Red Vla 89136 [1215½c]. PAGLIACCI: Un grande spettacolo! (Leoncavallo). With
ANTONIO PAOLI [t], GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t], GIUSEPPE ROSCI [b]. VrBk.
One small ND about ¼” from end, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.
2901. 12” Red Vla 89148 [1186c]. WILLIAM TELL: Che finger tanto (Rossini). With
ANTONIO PAOLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2813. 12” Red Vla 89149 [1187c]. WILLIAM TELL: Troncar suoi di (Rossini). With
ANTONIO PAOLI [t], ARISTODEMO SILLICH [bs]. VrBk. One small lbl. rub,
otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GINA CIGNA [s]
3638. 12” Green Austrian Telefunken SKB 3303 [026499/026500]. OTELLO: Act III Duet
(Verdi). Two sides. With AURELIANO PERTILE [t]. Lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2-3.
$12.00.
CLARA CLAIRBERT [s]
1955. 10” Blk. PW Fr. Polydor 561081 [5808BKP/5809BKP]. IL BACIO (Arditi) / VILLANELLE (dell’Acqua). Side one in
Italian. 2-3. $8.00.
EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]
1784. 10” Red Pats. Vr 64223. BERGERE
LÉGERE (arr. Weckerlin); L’ADIEU
MATIN (Pessard). Ideal performances. Piano acc. Frank LaForge.
Cons. 2. $8.00.
3225. 12” Red acous. PW (gold print)
Vr 6062. MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet) / LE ROI D’YS: Vainement, ma
bien aimée (Lalo). Side one piano
acc. Frank LaForge. Very fine
3933. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vr 74319.
LES RAMEAUX (Faure). Text label
on verso. Absolutely mint. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
3684. 12” Red Vr 76020. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Ah, l’honnête homme! [Du
EDMOND CLÉMENT
rendez-vous] (Meyerbeer). With
MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3685. 12” Red Vr 76021. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Le Bonheur est dans l’inconstance
(Meyerbeer). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $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 MARCEL
JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
JOHN COATES [t].
Girlington, England, 1865-1947. His original career was as a
bookkeeper. Then deciding to become a singer, he studied as a baritone and appeared as such for
several seasons with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Desiring to become a tenor, he studied
further and by 1901 was able to make his debut in opera at Covent Garden. While he was noted in
Wagnerian operatic roles, he was, perhaps, even more celebrated as an oratorio and concert
singer. Coates retained his voice for a long period and sang in concerts well into his 70s.
2385. 10” Blk. elec. English Columbia 5103 [W7072/WA7161]. THE NIGHT OF BETHLEHEM (Thomson) / PHILLIDA FLOUTS ME (Elizabethan). Piano acc. Gerald Moore.
Minor lt. mks., cons. 2-3. $8.00.
OLGA COELHO [s]. Brazilian soprano and guitarist active in the 1940s-60s.
1439. 10” Maroon Parl.-Odeon RO 20580 [OE12625-1/OE12626-2]. ASTURIANA; NANA
(both de Falla) / CANCIÓN ANDALUSA (Segovia). Both guitar self-acc. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
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LUIGI COLAZZA [t]
2142. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 16578 [7003b/ ? ].
LE PROPHÈTE: Re del cielo (Meyerbeer) /
ARTHUR PRYOR’S BAND. WILLIAM
TELL: Overture, Pt. 3 (Rossini). Side one
just about 1-2. Side two IMs, just about
1-2. $6.00.
FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]
1789. 10” Red GP ’06 Vr 64069. RIGOLETTO:
Questa o quella (Verdi). Lt. rubs, gen. 2.
$7.00.
2062. 10” Red GP ’07 Vr 64090. FAVORITA: Una
vergine (Donizetti). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
1358. 10” Red Vr 64090. Same as preceding
(item #2062), later pressing. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
2096. 10” Red GP ’07 Vr 64091. ROMÉO ET
JULIETTE: Ne fuis encore (Gounod).
With ALICE NIELSEN [s]. Just about 12. $10.00.
LUIGI COLAZZA
2163. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 64091. Same as
previous listing (item #2096). Slightly later pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1299. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-30 [4440/4441]. LE PROPHÈTE: Inno trionfale
(Meyerbeer) / WERTHER: Deh, non mi ridestar (Massenet). Excellent pressing.
Very minor lbl. stain, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
2279. 10” Blue Notes Eng. Columbia [4440/4441]. Same as preceding listing (item #1299).
Mid-‘20s pressing, excellent. laminated surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3289. 12” Lt. Blue Eng. Columbia A5183 [30435/30436]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima.
With FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t] / RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (Verdi). With
RAMON BLANCHART [b]. Excellent laminated ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3072. 12” TC Columbia A5184 [30419-1/30409-1]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in
quest’ora (Verdi). With RAMON BLANCHART [b] / BLANCHART [b]. JOSÉ
MARDONES [bs]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). Good flush pressing. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
4015. 12” Blue Columbia 7031-M [30466-1/36657-1]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire
ancora (Bizet) / ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer).
Great pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
FRANCO
CORBETTA [b]. Milano, 1891-1958.
His debut was in Florence, 1919, as
Manrico in Il Trovatore. He subsequently was heard in a number of Italian houses, including the
Milan Teatro dal Verme, the Bari Teatro Petruzzelli, the Milano Teatro Lirico, and many others
through 1932. His repertoire included Manrico, Chenier, Canio, Don Alvaro (Forza del Destino),
Enzo, Rhadamès and Pollione, among other such roles requiring a big sound and vocal stamina.
He made only one record and on this his name was incorrectly given on the label as Corbella.
1994. 10” Maroon Eng. Columbia D5614 [WB1266/WB1267]. FORZA DEL DESTINO:
Solenne in quest’ora / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Le minaccie (Verdi). With GINO
VANELLI [b]. Few minor mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
PIERRE CORNUBERT [t]. Paris, 1863-1922.
While still a student at the Paris
Conservatoire in 1887, he made his debut at the Opéra-Comique in Adam’s Le Châlet. In 1894 he
was among the first tenors to perform Massenet’s Werther there. In addition he was a leading tenor
at Rouen for three seasons between 1892 and 1903, and also was on the roster of the opera in
Marseilles. His Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1900 in L’Africaine (Meyerbeer) with Nordica, de
Vere, Scotti and Edouard de Reszke. In 1904 he was a guest artist at Covent Garden. By 1916 he
had retired from the stage and then he replaced Saléza, who had died, as Professor of Voice at the
Paris Conservatore.
9499. 11” French Fonotipia 39276/39279 [XPh630/XPh633]. SIGURD: Grand Air (Reyer) /
WALKÜRE: Lied du Printemps (Wagner). Labels both sides actually signed by
Cornubert. Side one 2. Side two couple MGTs, 2-3. $550.00.
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FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. San Severino, Italy, 1869-New York, 1939. His
early
career was as a journalist. Following voice studies with Giuseppe Faini he made his debut in
1892, singing the following decade in most of the principal Italian houses, including the Costanzi
and the Milan dal Verme. His repertoire included both buffo (his specialty) and serious parts, and
he was the creator of several roles. During the first decade of the 1900s he often appeared with
his first wife, soprano Bice Adami, and was a guest in opera houses in South America, London and
Paris. Around 1914 he emigrated to the U.S., remarried, and worked variously as a singer, impresario, teacher and journalist. A portrait of the daughter of his first marriage, soprano Iris AdamiCorradetti graced the piano of his Long Beach, NY, home, although it was some time before his
two American daughters (Adriana and Fiora) discovered that the mystery woman was their halfsister. The three daughters eventually were to become good friends. Most of Corradetti’s operetta
recordings on Fonotipia are listed as sung by “Fercor”.
9305. 11” Fonotipia 39799/39800 [XPh2090/XPh ]. RUY BLAS: Nè ad un Bazan conviene
/ RUY BLAS: Come protegga (Marchetti). With ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. One tiny
scrabble side one (should be harmless), 2. $20.00.
2671. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia mat. XPh 3628. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io son
(Donizetti). With ELVIRA DE HIDALGO [s]. Only known copy, from Corradetti’s
collection. De Hildalgo would have been 16 when this was recorded. It wasn’t issued
because of a recording lathe motor problem causing a variance in the speed. Minor
lbl. tears. One TN, few LGTs, otherwise 2-3. $250.00.
1935. 10” Orange acous. Okeh 9064 ]S-70545-a/S-70802-B]. PASTORALE (Di Leva) /
TUTTI UNITI (Troiano). First copy I’ve seen. Side two with colorful choristers who
applaud him enthusiastically at the close. Harmless lt. rubs, gen. 2-3. $20.00.
ANTONIO CORTIS [t]. Born on a ship en route to Spain, 1891-Valencia, 1952. Cortis
began solfège lessons at the age of five and sang in a church choir. At 18, he was a member of the
Madrid Teatro Real opera chorus. His career advanced to secondary roles, appearing with Caruso
in South America in 1918, singing Beppe in
Pagliacci to Caruso’s Canio. Within two years he
was on his way to becoming one of the leading
tenors of the period. His U.S. debut was opening
night of the Chicago Opera season of 1924-25 in
Gioconda with Rosa Raisa. There he sang a number
of roles as varied as Alfredo in La Traviata and
Manrico in Il Trovatore. He also appeared at Covent
Garden and throughout Italy. After 1935, he
confined his singing exclusively to Spain, singing
Cavaradossi in 1951 as his farewell. His wife was a
Barcelona native, and they had a daughter born in
1918.
1050. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1118. LA ALEGRÍA DEL BATALLÓN: Canción y Guajiras (Serrano) / UNA VIEJA: Cavatina
(Gaztambide). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1596. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1241. CALABAZAS
[JILTED] (Antonio Cor-tis) / EL TROPEZÓN [THE OBSTACLE] (José MojicaAntonio Cortis). Scarce. Small lbl.
stkr., cons. 2. $15.00.
1730. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1462 [BM1107-II/
BM1122-I]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi
ridestar (Massenet) / IRIS: Apri la tua
finestra (Mascagni). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
ANTONIO CORTIS
2319. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1527 [BF3447-I/BF3455-II]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Credo a una possanza (Giordano). Couple MGTs side
two, cons. 2. Side one just about 1-2. $8.00.
2073. 10” Red late VdP DA 1152 [BF3445-I/BF3449-II]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita /
RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi). Cons. 2. $8.00.
1265. 10” Red late VdP DA 1155 [BF3466-I/BF3467-I]. TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio /
TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Fine late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3850. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1597 [2-6467/2-6469]. L’AMICO FRITZ: O Amore, o
bella luce (Mascagni) / LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Or son sei mesi (Puccini). Lt.
superficial rubs and scuffs. 3. $20.00.
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4046. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1605 [2-6488/2-5944]. LA GIOCONDA: Vedrem fra
poco tramontar (Ponchielli). With RHEA TONIOLO [ms] / COSTA MILONA [t]. LA
BOHÈME: Ebben no, non lo son (Puccini). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
2696. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1609 [2-6498/2-6503]. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel. With
ENRICO DE FRANCESCHI [b] / DE FRANCESCHI [b]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Couple LGTs side two, 2. Side two cons. 2.
$35.00.
3729. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6554. DOÑA FRANCISQUITA:
Romanza de Fernando (Vives-Romero-Shaw) / EL
DICTATOR: Canción de la Carta (Romero-ShawMillán). Partially removed lbl. stkr. side two.
Superficial rubs, 2-3. $12.00.
EMILE COSSIRA [t]. Orthez, Basses-Pyrénées, France,
1854-1923. He studied voice in Bordeaux with Sarreau and
made his Paris Opéra-Comique debut in 1883 in Richard-Coeurde-Lion, performing also extensively in the provinces and in
Belgium. His Paris Opéra debut was in 1888, where he sang a
number of leading roles, including Rhadames, Roméo, Raoul
and Faust. In 1890 he created the title role there in SaintSaëns’ Ascanio, sharing the stage with an all-star cast including
Ada Adini, Emma Eames, Jean Lasalle, Jean Martapoura and
Pol Plançon. A favorite in Brussels, Cossira sang Tristan there
in 1894 and two years later Walter in Die Meistersinger. Covent
Garden heard him in 1891, 1894 and 1900. He later emigrated
to Canada and taught voice in Québec. He was regarded among
the leading tenors of the 1890s. He recorded only for French
G&T in 1904. These records were transferred to Zonophone the
next year and then quickly discontinued. His records are major
rarities in either form.
1473. 10” Blk Paris G&T 3-32057 [2913-F]. NAPLES (A.
d’Hack). Piano acc. 2. $250.00.
2410. 10” Green Zonophone X-82112 [2915-F]. STANCES
À MANON (Delmet). Piano acc. G&T matrix. Small
cluster of lt. scrs. (sounding very lightly, like a
“swish” when checked here), few LGTs, otherwise
cons. 2-3. $150.00.
ÉMILE COSSIRA
ANTONIO COTOGNI [b]. Rome, 1831-Rome, 1918.
Cotogni studied under various Roman
teachers and made his debut as Belcore in l’Elisir d’amore at Rome’s Teatro Metastasio in 1852.
Singing successfully in a number of Italian houses, he reached La Scala in 1860. He was selected
to sing Posa in the Italian premiere of Verdi’s Don Carlos in Bologna, 1867. London first heard him
the same year at Covent Garden as Valentin in Faust. He returned there regularly until 1889, in
1883 singing Barnaba in the British premiere of La Gioconda. His farewell was in St. Petersburg,
1898. He then became a noted voice teacher, appointed as a professor as the Accademia di Santa
Cecilia in Rome. His many and notable pupils included Beniamino Gigli and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
among the tenors and baritones Mario Basiola, Benvenuto Franci and Mariano Stabile. Other
singers consulted with him on occasion with vocal questions, including Mattia Battistini and Jean
de Reszke. Cotogni made only the one record listed below ten years following his retirement. Two
unidentified baritone recordings made during a Tamagno recording session in 1903 were
attributed to him by Edward J. Smith (who also at one point claimed to own a cylinder by Jenny
Lind) but subsequent identification more reasonably points to Tamagno’s brother.
2647. 10” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. 54373 [11180½b]. I MULATTIERI (Masini). Piano acc.
With FRANCESCO MARCONI [t]. Certainly one of the rarest and most important
issued records I’ve been privileged to present. Couple MGTs, cons. 2. $2500.00.
ROBERT COUZINOU [b]
1753. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 522.626 [6138BKP/6139BKP]. MOUN POÏ: Stances (J.
Darquier). Two sides. Orch. dir. Florian Weiss. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00
2970. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66967 [1741BM/1799BM]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ballade de la
reine Mab (Gounod) / GRISÉLIDIS: Oiseau, qui part à tire d’aile (Massenet). Orch.
dir. Albert Wolff. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ARMAND CRABBÉ [b]
1452. 10” Purple SS Disco Nacional 82035. SMANIA (Dominghetti). In Italian. Nice copy,
2. $50.00.
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1726. 10” Red EE Vla 1090. LA CANCIÓN DEL OLVIDO: Junto al Puente de la Pena (Serrano) / RANCHITO VIEJO (Maurage). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1410. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 4146 [Bb13923-IIA/Bb213924-IA][. OJOS TAPATIOS
(Elizondo-Mendez) / C’ETAIT EN AVRIL (Pedrell). Excellent pressing, the only nonOrthophonic I’ve seen of this. Scotch taped lbl. stkr. over trademark on side one
(radio station copy), otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2371. 10” Plum PW Disque Gram. K-7546 [OPG1373-1/OPG1374-1]. LA PAYSE A JEAN
(Paul Dupin) / PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini, harmonized Février). Both with MAY
RUBIA [s]. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2962. 12” Blk. Pats. acous. Vr 68308. PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE (Massenet) / ELADIO CHAO
[b]. CHANT HINDOU (Bemberg). Side two piano acc. Exceptionally rare, early
Crabbé. Very tiny lbl. tear. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
2835. 12” Red acous. Fonotipia 74928/74161 [XXBao487/XXPh4022]. MAROUF: Celebre
cavatina (Rabaud) / LINA PASINI-VITALE [s], PIETRO SCHIAVAZZI [t], PASQUALE AMATO [b]. ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (Verdi). Excellent surface material.
Few tiny mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
3934. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4824 [2W558-I/
2S559-2]. AMARYLLIS: Les adieux d’Apollon
(Maurage) / IL TROVATORE: Tout est desert [Il
balen] (Verdi). Rare. Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$35.00.
3296. 12” Red Decca 29003 [GA5325/GA5326]. RUBIA
(Crabbé) / JOTA (de Falla). One TB, few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
LUCIA CRESTANI [s]. Verona, 1886-Ferrara, 1972. A
pupil of Vittorio Gelich, Crestani made her debut in 1904 at
the Teatro Carignano in Torino as Aida, a role which she was
eventually to sing well over 500 times. The following year she
appeared at La Scala in Catalani’s Loreley and subsequently
appeared in many of the leading Italian houses. She was
admired in South America as well and was selected to open the
new Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) in 1908 as Aida. In 1913 she
travelled the west coast of the U.S. with the touring Western
Metropolitan Opera Company. Her retirement from the stage
was in 1924 after she ended a relationship with an impresario
who, in turn, insisted by gunpoint that she return to him. She
had earlier begun teaching, one of her major pupils having
been tenor Nino Martini, with whom she worked from 1922 to
1925. He, in turn, assisted her financially in her last years
when he discovered that she had no income and was ill in a
rest home. Despite her success, she made only five recordings
for G&T at the outset of her career in 1905.
2255. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Vr 52470 [7297b]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). One
harmless small scrape, couple MGTs, otherwise
cons. 2. $15.00.
LUCIA CRESTANI
3127. 12” White lbl. Vla 58396 [526c]. UN BALLO IN
MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo divulsa (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
GIULIO CRIMI [t]. Paternò, Sicily, 1885-Rome, 1939. His debut was as Manrico in 1910.
After singing in various Italian theaters, he was selected for the role of Paolo in the Turin world
premiere of Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini. The same year he made his London debut as Avito in
the British premiere of Wolf-Ferrari’s L’Amore di Tre Re. Following his Met debut as Rhadames, he
created the roles of Luigi in Il Tabarro and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi in the Met world premiere of
Puccini’s Il Trittico, Another of his Met successes was the part of Milio in the first Met performance
of Leoncavallo’s Zaza, Jan. 16, 1920. Crimi had a relatively short (1910-1927) but active and
important career that included many of the world’s major opera houses. After retiring he taught in
Rome, his most noted pupil likely Tito Gobbi. He recorded only for Aeolian-Vocalion.
5641. 10 Vertical Vocalion Test Pressing matrix. A989. TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi).
Unpublished. Otherwise unknown. With MAY PETERSON [s]. Dated Aug. 7, 1918.
Looks very poor, about 5-6, but mostly heavy superficial scuffs). Plays quite well.
$50.00.
1109. 10” Red shellac Vocalion 60044 [8481/ ? ]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow) / VIRGILIO LAZZARI [bs]. BOHEME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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CLAIRE CROIZA [ms]
1285. 10” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D13084
[WL1212/WL1328]. ARIETTES OUBLIÉES:
No. 2 (Debussy). Piano acc. Francis Poulenc
/ SARABANDE (Albert Roussel). Piano acc.
1242. 10” Blue PW Fr. Columbia LF 59 [M33/M37].
LAMENTO / CHANSON TRISTE (both Duparc). piano acc. George Reeves. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
RICHARD CROOKS [t]
1224. 10” Red HMV EW 75 [BLR5752-II/BLR5753II]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana
(Mascagni) / TOSCA: Wie sich die Bilder
gleichen (Puccini). Side one harp by Max
Saal. Side two dir. Clemens Schmalstich.
Early Crooks, 1927. Not on Victor. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
2243. 10” Red “Z” Shellac Vr 4000. ABSENT (Metcalf) / A DREAM (Bartlett). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2244. 10” Red “Z” Shellac Vr 1558. ALL THROUGH
THE NIGHT (Old Welsh, arr. Sommervell) /
BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE (FearCLAIRE CROIZA
is). Acc. organ by Jessie Crawford. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
2397. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Vr 1618 [OB4240-II/OB4241-II]. GYPSY MOON
(Boranoff) / JUST TO LINGER IN YOUR ARMS (Arnold). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1248. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 1912. GOOD-BYE (Ossip Gabrilowitsch) / BIST DU BEI
MIR (Bach, orch. O’Connell). Orch. dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4189. 10” White lbl. Vr (no matrix number). MOTHER MACHREE (Olcott). RCA VrBk.
1930s. Crooks completes the first verse and starts the second. His voice cracks, he
spouts out “God damn it!” and the recording abruptly ends. Unfortunately, this is so
worn at that point that one can scarcely hear his remark. I’m familiar with the
record from a copy that Tony Randall once owned. This was apparently pressed for a
few select Crooks friends (or people at RCA). 6. $20.00.
3467. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 9014. BELOVED, IT IS MORN (Aylward) / IN A PERSIAN GARDEN: Ah, moon of my delight (Liza Lehmann). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4173. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 7105 [takes 5/5]. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land /
MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (Wagner). Glassy pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3826. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 7105 [takes 5/5]. Pressing slightly later than previous
listing (item #4173). Should be similar in sound. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4052. 12” PW Czech HMV ES 736 [takes 3/3]. Same as preceding listing (item #4052) but
the takes used are from Dec., 1926, while the Victor pressing utilizes later takes
from March, 1928. 2. $15.00.
3894. 12” Blk. PW Czech HMV ES 510 [CLR4465-II/CLR4466-I]. AÏDA: Holde Aïda (Verdi)
/ CARMEN: Blumenarie (Bizet). In German. Orch. dir. Clemens Schmalstich. Same
as preceding listing. Excellent pressing. Looks mint (as do most records graded in
this condition).. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3792. 12” Blk. PW HMV EG 346 [CLR4465-II/CLR4466-I]. Same as preceding listing.
Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ADA CROSSLEY [c]
1286. 10” Red Monarch 2186. CARO MIO BEN (Giordani). Piano acc. The first issue of
the first domestic Victor Red Seal record. A few LGTs, one slight pressing bump
(ridge, about ½”), otherwise 2-3. $100.00.
ALICE CUCINI [ms]
2651. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1579. SAMSON ET DALILA: S’apre per te (Saint-Saëns).
Piano acc. Couple LGTs, 2-3. $300.00.
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2644. 10” Red Milano G&T 53500 [10372b ]. IL TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). IMs.
Couple LGTs, gen. 2. $35.00.
JULIA CULP [c]
9481. 11” Dark Blue Odeon Lieder-Serie G (O-5107 through
O-5110) [XB4983 through XB4990). FRAUENLIEBE
UND LEBEN (Schumann). Piano acc. Otto Bake. Eight
sides. Beautiful performance, recorded late 1909.
Excellent late pressings. Sides range from just about 1-2
to 2-3 (harmless mks.). $200.00.
9304. 11” Blue Odeon 30600/30601 [XB.2178/ XB.2180].
MOEDERKE ALLEEN (Huller-broeck) / WIEGELIEDJE
(Catharina v. Rennes). Piano acc. One TN, 2-3. $25.00.
1890. 10” Red Vr 64396. HAIDENRÖSLEIN, Op. 3, No. 3
(Schubert). Piano acc. Coenraad V. Bos. Just about
1-2. $7.00.
1174. 10” Red Vla 64490. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur
(Saint-Saëns). With cello obb. by Rosario Bourdon. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1401. 10” Red Vr 64553. IMMER LEISER WIRD MEIN
SCHLUMMER, Op. 105, No. 2 (Brahms). Piano acc.
Coenraad V. Bos. Only form of issue. Lovely singing.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2828. 12” Anker E.9508 [04853/04974]. DU BIST DIE RUH’
(Schubert) / CLARA SENIUS-ERLER [s], FELIX
SENIUS [t]. TRAUUNGSGESANG (Ries). Just about
JULIA CULP
1-2. $50.00.
2941. 12” Red Polydor 72556 (043274/2-043009) [779m/C-14371]. MUSS ES EINE
TRENNUNG GEBEN? (Brahms) / TRAUME (Wagner). Side one piano acc. Side two
only edition from otherwise unpublished Victor master. Rare and beautiful disc.
Import label (trademark covered). Excellent copy. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
2778. 12” Red Vr 74461. DU BIST DIE RUH’ (Schubert). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3069. 12” Red Vla 6359. AUF WIEDERSEHN! (Sigmund Romberg) / CRADLE SONG
(Kreisler, adapted from Caprice Viennois). Note that side two is the 1924 remake
(take 5) acc. by Raucheisen (rather than Bos), although the Victor Encyclopedia
indicates that the master was destroyed. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]
3112. 12” White lbl. Vla 89121 [1867c]. TOSCA: Amaro sol per te (Puccini). With ELENA
RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Record is numbered 88274 in the matrix. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
CLARA CZERY [c].
2435. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 62527 [2007at/2008½at]. DER TOD UND DAS
MÄDCHEN (Schubert) / VERBORGENHEIT (Wolf). Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
ROYAL DADMUN [b]
2365. 10” Blk. Emerson 1019 [4113-2/4120-1]. DANNY DEEVER (Damrosch) / THE
RETURN (Arthur Bergh). Cons. 2. $8.00.
JEANNE DAFFETYE [s].
Paris, 1878–1962. Daffetye was born Jeanne-Marie-Victorine
Deffayet and made her stage debut under an anagrammatic pseudonym in Bordeaux in 1897. Her
Opéra-Comique debut took place on 29 October 1899 as a spirit in Cendrillon. During that season
she married pianist and composer Henri Dèze. Her five seasons at the Comique were spent singing
mainly small parts, including a number of creations, of which the most significant was in
Massenet’s Grisélidis (1901). She also created, with Lucien Muratore, Vocalisettes (1903), a play
with a Massenet score. Daffetye left the Opéra-Comique in 1904 for Anvers where she sang for two
seasons: Manon, Mimi, Sapho, Juliette, Rosine, Violetta, and the leads in several local premieres,
including Massenet’s Chérubin in 1905 and Giordano’s Siberia in 1906. She then appeared in the
French provinces and Geneva, where she took part in the local premiere of D’Albert’s Tiefland. –
from Marston CD Pathé Series No. 7 liner notes.
2232. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 33379 [2503]. TARENTELLE (Théodore Dubois). “With piano
and castagnettes.” Gorgeous copy. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
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ALESSANDRO D’ALBA [b]
2760. 12” Orange Okeh 86005 [S-71032-a/S71065a] TIC TI, TIC TA (Bovio-Lama) /
VILTÀ! (Vecchione). Excellent bright voiced baritone. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
TOTI DAL MONTE [s]
2030. 10” Red acous. Vr 1106. A ROSINA
(Fabris) / MAGARI (F. Filippi).
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
VIDALITA (Williams) / LA LUCCIOLE [THE FIREFLY] (Brogi).
Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon.
Excellent copy, the only nonOrthophonic pressing of this I’ve
seen. Radio station file number
scotch taped on lbl. side one
(trademark area). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
2246. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1202. Same as
previous listing but earlier pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3666. 12” Red acous. Vla 6466. LUCIA:
Mad Scene (Donizetti). Two sides.
3202. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6614. CARNIVAL
OF VENICE (Arban-Benedict). Two
3667. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7198 [CM1004II/CM1015-I]. LA SONNAMBULA:
TOTI DAL MONTE
Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini) /
FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio
(Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3709. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7485 [CM1020-II/CM1022-I]. NINNA-NANNA (Bianchini) /
MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Very fine surface
material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
CHARLES DALMORÈS [t]. Nancy, France, 1872-Hollywood, 1939.
Dalmorès studied
piano and cello as a youth and was accepted by the Paris Conservatoire before he was sixteen,
pursuing there a complete course in music. His lessons included the basics of different instruments. While studying French horn, he quickly became so adept that he was soon playing in
major orchestras, including the Lamoureux. When scarcely 23, he was appointed a Professor of
French horn at the Lyons Conservatoire. Gifted with an exceptional voice, which he realized only
after he began teaching at Lyons and encouraged by the prodding of the Director of the Lyons
Conservatory, Dalmorès begin vocal studies on a serious basis. By 1899 he felt himself ready for a
debut, which was the role of Siegfried and took place at the Théâtre des Arts of Rouen. He quickly
became known internationally as a leading dramatic tenor in the French, Italian and German
repertoire. In Germany he appeared as Lohengrin at Bayreuth and was also well received at
London’s Covent Garden, his debut there in 1904 as Gounod’s Faust. In America, he was a great
success with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera and then the Chicago Opera, his repertoire
running the gamut from Debussy’s Pelléas through Herod in Strauss’s Salome. He kept himself in
good physical condition and was an amateur boxer of ability. As Samson, according to an obituary
reminiscence, Dalmorès “was one of the few tenors whose physique enabled him to look the part
as well as sing it”. In later years he taught voice, first in New York and then in Hollywood.
1042. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87087. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez, o mes frères
(Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1608. 10” White lbl. Vla 87087. Same as previous listing (item #1042). Cons. 2. $12.00.
1489. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87120. JE T’AIME (Massenet). Piano acc. Rosario
Bourdon. Perhaps his most attractive recorded performance. Small number neatly
etched in inner land area. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1988. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87120. Same as previous listing. Slightest lt. rubs.,
cons. 2. $12.00.
2759. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 85122. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Rare first issued take
(1907). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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3616. 12” White lbl. Vla 88330. NINON (Tosti).
Never doubled. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
3998. 12” Red ’Pats. “A” plate Vla 88330.
Same as preceding listing (item
#3616). Small lbl. stkr. Nice copy. Very
lt. rubs., 2. $15.00.
3759. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89019. CARMEN:
La-bas dans la montagne (Bizet). With
EMMA CALVÉ [c]. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
4008. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 24. CARMEN: La
fleur (Bizet) / FERNANDO DE LUCIA
[t]. TRAVIATA: Dei miei bollenti spiriti
(Verdi). From orig. 1912 Victor / 1906
G&T matrices. Label signed by Dalmorès. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4010. 12” PW Silver Vr HRS 2004. GRISÉLIDIS: Ouvrez-vous sur mon front (Massenet) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah,
lève-toi soleil (Gounod). From orig.
1912 Victor matrices (although label
incorrectly identifies side two as 1907).
Label signed by Dalmorès. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
3505. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 9. GRISÉLIDIS:
Ouvrez-vous sur mon front, portes du
Paradis (Massenet) / TROVATORE: Ah
si, ben mio (Verdi). From orig. 1907/
CHARLES DALMORÈS as Siegfried in Die
1912 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2.
Götterdämmerung
$10.00.
3812. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 19. CARMEN:
Je suis Escamillo (Bizet) / FAUST: Vision céleste (Gounod). With MARCEL
JOURNET [bs]. From orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c]
1104. 10” Red Shellac Vocalion 60031 [7117/
7348]. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet) /
CANZONES ARABESCAS: Mira la bien
(Pedrell). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1755. 10” Red PW HMV DA 831 [Bb9314-II/
Bb9315-I]. DOWN HERE (Brahe) /
CARO MIO BEN (Giordani). Piano acc.
Ivor Newton. 2-3. $7.00.
1869. 10” Red PW HMV DA 831 [Bb9314-II/
Bb9215-I]. Same as previous listing
(item #1755). IMs. Gen. 2. $7.00.
3541. 12” Blue Aeolian-Vocalion 45000 [5153].
LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer). Lt. pressing bumps and a lt. superficial scr. first inch (likely harmless). Few
lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
3065. 12” White lbl. HMV SS mat. Cc14155-1.
CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Piano acc.
One side of HMV DB 1353, which was
never issued. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
MARGUERITE D'ALVAREZ
FRANCISCO D’ANDRADE [b]
2794. 12” Cream Odeon O-9028 [2-280/XXPh3175]. DON GIOVANNI: Champagnerlied
(Mozart) / ADAMO DIDUR [bs]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini).
Side one with studio audience applauding and repeats. Excellent pressing from orig.
matrices (1907 Parlophon/1907 Fonotipia), part of Odeon’s short lived historic
series. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
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GIUSEPPE DANISE [b]. Naples, 1883New York City, 1963. He studied with
Luigi Colonnesi and Abramo Perillo in
Naples and made his debut there at the
Teatro Bellini in 1906 as Alfio in Cavalleria
Rusticana. After singing for some time in
small Italian houses he had his first great
success at the Teatro Massimo in 1913. He
was Rigoletto in the Italian Gramophone
Company’s first complete recording of that
opera, dating from around 1915. His Met
debut was as Amonasro in 1920, and he
remained on the roster as a principal
baritone through 1932. He managed to
maintain a solid footing there, despite such
competition as Ruffo, Tibbett, De Luca and
Basiola. Returning to Italy in 1932, Danise
was immediately accepted at La Scala,
despite the fact that he had been absent
from Italy for well over a decade. He remained active in Italy with a few guest
appearances in Rio de Janiero until the end
of World War II. He then settled in New York
City, married soprano Bidù Sayão (1947)
and taught, Regina Resnik having numbered among his students. Leo Riemens
considered Danise “among the best Italian
baritones of his generation: he combined
the lyriciso of De Luca and the dramatic
temperament of Scotti with Stracciari’s
sonority.”
GIUSEPPE DANISE as Athanaël in Thaïs
2184. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15045 [7613/7808]. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive
(Massenet) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2298. 10” Gold acous. Brunwick Cliftophone 15078. NOCHE SERENA (Spanish-American
Folk Song) / LINDA MIA (arr Sturgis-Blake). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1112. 10” Purple acous. Bruns. 10128. L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti) / LA CAMPANA DI
SAN GIUSTO (Arona). Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
1466. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10237. ETERNAMENTE (Mascheroni) / CANTA IL MARE
(De Leva). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4026. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50011 [X7263/X7470]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / LA
DANZA (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ANDRÉ
D’ARKOR [t]. Tilleur, 1901-Brussels, 1971.
D’Arkor made his debut as a
principal tenor at the opera in Liège where he remained for twenty-five years. He was also popular
in Paris where he frequently sang at the Opéra-Comique. Following his retirement in 1950 he
became Director of the opera house in Liège. His voice was admired for its beautiful quality and its
ease in the upper range.
1458. 10” Red Eng. Columbia RF 49 [WLB242-2/WLB244-1] MARTHA: Air des larmes
(Flotow) / MAITRE PATHELIN: Romance de Charlot (Bazin). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3823. 12” Red Eng. Columbia RFX 22 [WLBX58-1/WLBX-62]. WILLIAM TELL: Aside
Héréditaire (Rossini) / LES HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
GLENN DARWIN [b]. Kansas City, MO, 1913-1982.
Darwin’s Met career included only one
performance of one role: Aaron Burr in Damrosch’s The Man Without a Country, Feb. 2, 1938.
Likewise he made only one record (see below). He was kept much busier in concert work and in
radio, where he achieved a degree of popularity.
3019. 12” PW Blk. Vr 36224. PILGRIM’S SONG (Tschaikowsky)/ WHEN I BRING TO YOU
COLOUR’D TOYS (Carpenter); BY A LONELY FOREST PATHWAY (Griffes). Piano
acc. Elsa Fiedler Few lt. rubs side two, cons. 2. $10.00.
M.
DATHANÉ [b]. While cited on the label as with the Paris Opéra, there seems to be no
mention of him in the standard reference books.
9304. 11” Brown Odeon 60838/60874-2 [XP.4108-2/4173-2]. AIDA: Entrée d’Amonasro
(Verdi) / MESSALINE: Viens aimer (de Lara). Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
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LÉON DAVID [t]. 1867-1962.
David studied at the Conservatoire in Nantes and then in Paris.
His debut was in 1892 and he was heard in many principal houses of France, including the
Opéra-Comique. His large and varied repertoire included Almaviva, Paco in La vida breve, George
Brown in La Dame blanche, Gérald in Lakmé, des Grieux, Roméo, Nadir in The Pearl Fishers, and
the Duke in Rigoletto, among many other parts. Despite his exceptional voice and popularity, he
made few records: four sides for Odeon in 1907 and several for Fonotipia in 1904, all rare.
9465. 11” Brown Odeon 97175/97178 [XP4290/XP4293]. MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas
(Thomas) / MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet). 2. $150.00.
TUDOR DAVIES [t]
3091. 12 Blk. acous. SR HMV D723 [Cc2684-I/Cc2685-II]. JUDITH: God breaketh the
battle (Hubert Parry) / KING OLAF: And King Olaf heard the cry (Elgar). Orch. dir.
Eugene Goossens. Brilliant singing and extraordinarily dynamic performances.
Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.
ALEXANDRE M. DAVIDOV [t]. 1872-1944.
2703. 7” Berliner 22709 [1784x-N2-2z]. NIGHT REIGNS (Kochetov). 1901 recording. Piano
acc. Gen. 3. $75.00.
PETER DAWSON [bs-b]
1618. 10” PW Plum EE HMV B.2297 [Bb7565-I/Bb7566-II]. THE VAGABOND (Vaughan
Williams) / THE GAY HIGHWAY (Drummond). Piano acc. Mr. Fay. Cons. 2. $8.00.
1942. 10” PW Plum HMV B.2884 [Bb14550-II/Bb14553-I]. CAPTAIN HARRY MORGAN
(Bantock) / CARGAOES (Shaw). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. 2. $8.00.
2105. 10” PW Plum HMV B.8866 [OEA6395-I/OEA6396-I]. SPEAK, MUSIC! (Elgar) / RAN
OF EXILE (Bax). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Cons. 2. $8.00.
NAZZARENO DE ANGELIS [bs]
3757. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 52819-AD [WBX184/WBX195]. MEFISTOFELE: Ecco
il mondo (Boïto) / FAUST: Serenata (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ALBERTO DE BASSINI [b].
His Berliner records (example) below were recorded as Alberto
del Campo.
2708. 7” Berliner 1846. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). Recorded June 3, 1898.
Unintentionally amusing. The pianist at least triple times through phrases with no
singing. Gen. 4. $50.00.
BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]
1234. 10” Blk. Vr 63424 [2353L/7330b].
PALLIDE MAMMOLE (Trimarchi)
/ ENRICO PIGNATARO [b].
HAMLET: Come il romito fior
(Thomas). Pignataro (Milano, 18661939) made his debut in 1892 in
Naples and performed major roles in
various Italian theaters as well as in
South America and, 1909-10, in
New York with the Manhattan
Opera. After 1920 he appeared into
the 1930s mainly in comprimario
parts. Both piano acc. Carlo
Sabaino. Just about 1-2.
$40.00
2945. 12” Red Vr 88323 [1873c]. AIDA:
Scena del giudizio (Verdi). With
SANTELIA RIZZO [bs]. One
harmless PB. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
INES DE FRATE
3060. 12” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram.
Mon. 053207 [2726f]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Amor i miei fini (Saint-Saëns). Just
about 1-2. $75.00.
INEZ DE FRATE [s]
2680. 12” SS Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 053192 [1378c]. STABAT MATER: Inflammatus
(Rossini). With La Scala Chorus. Excellent copy of this rarity. Cons. 2. $600.00.
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EMILIO
DE GOGORZA [b]. Brook-
lyn, NY, 1874-New York City, 1949.
Educated in Europe, DeGogorza returned to
the United States in the mid-1890s and
made his debut in a concert with soprano
Marcella Sembrich in 1897. He later toured
with and wed soprano Emma Eames. DeGogorza’s career was devoted to the concert
and oratorio stages, his being exceptionally
nearsighted having made operatic work
impractical. As a recitalist, he was, as
Richard Aldrich wrote in a 1925 N.Y. Times
review, “a great master, such as there are all
too few of today in so many of the elements
of consummate vocal art”. He taught first at
Curtis and then privately in New York City.
1258. 10” Blk. Eld. Johnson Victor Monarch 3330. FOR ALL ETERNITY
(Mascheroni). 1901 recording,
recorded as “Herbert Godard”.
One lbl. scr. Few LGTs, one
small PB near start, gen. 2-3.
$35.00.
2338. 10” Blk. GP ’04 Monarch 2703 [B1060-2]. ALWAYS (Bowers).
Recorded as “Herbert Goddard”.
2061.
2100.
2059.
2098.
2099.
2060.
2101.
2355.
2264.
2134.
2366.
1593.
1906.
1619.
1400.
1062.
2356.
1665.
EMILIO DE GOGORZA
Gleaming label. Surface a fine 2.
$15.00.
10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4293 [B-2151-2]. LA GRAN VIA: Caballero de Gracia (Valverde).
Recorded as “Señor Francisco”. One TN, 2. $15.00.
10” Blk. GP ’05 Vr 4766 [B-2583-4]. EL CELOSO (Alvarez). Cons. 2. $12.00.
10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4768 [B-2150-2]. HIMNO NACIONAL MEXICANA (Nuño).
Recorded as “Señor Francisco”. 2. $15.00.
10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4800 [B-3492 (?) -2]. LA GOLONDRINA (Serradel). Recorded as
“Señor Francisco”. Cons. 2. $8.00.
10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4934 [B-2751]. DOÑA JUANITA: Serenade (von Suppe). Recorded
as “Señor Francisco”. Cons. 2. $12.00.
10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4935 [B-2749-2]. JOSE MARIA (Hernandez). Recorded as “Señor
Francisco”. Cons. 2. $15.00.
10” Blk. GP ’06 Vr 4936 [B-2750-3]. LAS DOS PRINCESAS: Son los Bailes de
Máscaras (Caballero). Cons. 2. $15.00.
10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Vr 16064 [B-2617-3/B-2909-?]. GOOD BYE, SWEETHEART,
GOOD BYE (Hatton) / BOHEMIAN GIRL: The Heart Bow’d Down (Balfe). Recorded
as “Herbert Goddard”. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Red GP ’06 Vr 64039 [B-1762-6]. THE HOLY CITY (Adams). Few lt. scuffs, 2.
$8.00.
10” Red GP ’06 Vr 64043 [B-2126-2]. TERESITA MIA (Spanish Folk Song). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Red Vla 64045 [B-2582-2]. LA TEMPESTAD: Monólogo (Chapi). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
10” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 64101. LINA (Symaine). Boldly autographed in white ink by De
Gogorza. 2-3. $10.00.
10” Red Vr 64136. O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
10” Red Vla 66019. FOR EVER AND FOR EVER! (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Blk GP ’04 Vr 1342 [B-1453]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini). Recorded
Gen. 2-3. $25.00
as “Sig. Francisco”.
10” Red GP ’06 Vr 64043 [C-2126-2]. TERESITA MIA (Nieto). Nice copy. Cons. 2.
$8.00.
10” Red acous. Vla 581. JUANITA (Norton) / IN OLD MADRID (Trotère). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
10” Red acous. Vla 899. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / SONG OF THE VOLGA
BOATMEN (arr. Bromberg). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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1765. 10” Red acous. Vla 992. REQUIEM (Sidney Homer) / INVICTUS (Huhn). Uncommon.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1653. 10” Red late acous. Vr 1107. MOTHER O’ MINE (Tours) / THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
(O’Hara). Scarce. Gen. 2. $8.00.
1388. 10” Red PW Vr 1141. LA PALOMA (Yradier) / LA GOLONDRINA (Mexican Air). Side
one features an amusingly long rolled “r”. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1480. 10” Red Scroll Vr 1179. IN OLD MADRID (Trotère) / JUANITA (Norton). Excellent
“Z” type shellac. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2133. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1203. LA SEVILLANA (Yradier) / TERESITA MIA (Nieto). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1292. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1278. AY! [SERENATA ANDALUZA] (Hernandez) / NOCHE
SERENA (Mexican Folk Song). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1057. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1294. ROSARIO DE LA AURORA (Folk Song) / EL RELICARIO
(Padilla). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3266. 12” Red GP ’04 Vr 74043. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir (Massenet).
Really nice copy, cons. 2. $8.00.
3204. 12” Red GP ’06 Vr 74105. O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Cons. 2. $8.00.
3128. 12” Red GP ’06 “A” plate Vr 74110. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Shortly after
remade and issued as 88179. Couple minor mks., just about 1-2. $20.00.
3182. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 74149. MI NIÑA (Guetary). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
3056. 12” Red Pats. ”A” plate Vr 74209. A GRANADA (Alvarez). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3170. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vr 74229. PATRIE: Air du Sonneur (Paladihle). Just about
1-2. $25.00.
2993. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vr 74262. CANTARES (Alvarez). Piano acc. Henri Gilles.
Rare. Short catalogue life. Small tape lbl.
stkr. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.
3965. 12” Red Vr 74359. THE LOST CHORD
(Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2882. 12” Red Vr 74478. THE MAGIC SONG
[DAS ZAUBERLIED] (Meyer-Helmund).
IMS, cons. 2. $8.00.
3569. 12: Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88153. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet). Cons.
2. $8.00.
3713. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88181. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum
(Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3721. 12” Red Vr 88447. DON GIOVANNI: Deh
vieni alla finestra (Mozart); DAMNATION
DE FAUST: Sérénade (Berlioz). Piano
acc. Henri Gilles 1st selection, orch. acc.
for second. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2798. 12” Red GP ’07 Vr 89010. HAMLET:
Doute de la lumière (Thomas). With
MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s]. Most later
EMILIO DE GOGORZA filming
pressings have a “swish” for an inch or
so which this early pressing doesn’t.
One MGT at end, otherwise 2 or better.$15.00.
2824. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89022. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With
EMMA EAMES [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4198. 12” Red acous. Vla 6535. DE CAPITAIN OF DE MARGUERITE / LEETLE BATEESE
(Drummond-Geoffrey O’Hara). Piano acc. Helen Winslow. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3918. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6839. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / EL CANTO DEL PRESIDARIO (both
Alvarez). Piano acc. Helen Winslow. Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2811. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 141. PÂTRIE: Jadis elles chantaient gaiment (Paladilhe) /
BENVENUTO CELLINI: De l’art, splendeur immortelle (Diaz). From orig. 1911/1909
Victor matrices. Side two first edition. Label autographed by De Gogorza. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
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FRANCO DE GREGORIO [t].
1908. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 2-52756/53582 [156ah/223ah]. TOSCA: E lucevan le
stelle / AIDE MUSSINI [boy soprano]. TOSCA: Shepherd’s Song (Puccini). 2-3.
$8.00.
ELVIRA
DE HIDALGO [s]. Valderrobres (Spain), 1892-Milan, 1980.
She studied with
Melchiorre Vidal (also the teacher of Barrientos, Pareto, Vignas, and Storchio, among others) and
made her debut when but 16 at the Naples Teatro San Carlo as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
She was soon engaged for Paris, Monte-Carlo and, in 1910, the Metropolitan Opera, appearing
with Caruso in Rigoletto and Bonci in La Sonnambula. Her La Scala debut was in 1916 and she
returned to the Met in 1925, also appearing that year with the Chicago Opera. She began teaching
in 1933 in Greece at the Athens Conservatory, where her most extraordinary pupil was Maria
Callas. Said Callas of De Hidalgo, “I owe all my preparation and my artistic formation as an
actress [to] this elect woman, who, besides giving me her precious teaching, gave me her whole
heart as well.” –parts from Wikipedia.
2671. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia mat. XPh 3628. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io son (Donizetti). With FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. Only known copy, from Corradetti’s
collection. De Hildalgo would have been 16 when this was recorded. It presumably
wasn’t issued because of a recording lathe motor problem causing a variance in the
speed. Minor lbl. tears. One TN, few LGTs, otherwise 2-3. $250.00.
1907. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 3901-M [A-711-3/A-712-2]. LAS HIJAS DE ZEBEDEO:
Carceleras (Chapi) / TUS OJILLOS NEGROS (de Falla). Cons. 2. $20.00.
3700. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7076-M [AX-378-2/AX-386-2]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera
(Meyerbeer). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ALBERTO DEL CAMPO [b]: see ALBERTO DE BASSINI [b]
SOFIA DEL CAMPO [s]
3486. 12” Red Orth. Vla 9444. LA PRIMAVERA D’OR (Betti, arr. LaForge) / IL
RE PASTORE: Aria (Mozart). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
PORQUE CORAZÓN (Valderrama) /
CANTO DE CHINGOLO (Mortet).
Lbl. tears side two. Superb pressing,
excellent surface material. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
JEANNE MARIÉ DE L’ISLE [c]
2341. 10” Green Zonophone X-83049/
X-82208 [5144o/5115o]. NOËL
(Auguste Holmès) / LÉON BEYLE
[t]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA:
Sicilienne (Mascagni). Side two with
harp. Light “swish” side one perhaps
remedied by stylus experimentation.
Minor PB, cons. 2. $10.00.
JEAN FRANÇOIS DELMAS [bs].Lyons,
1861-1933. Except for some guest performan-
ces elsewhere, Delmas remained an exclusive
and leading Paris Opéra bass from 1886 until
1927. He was Athanaël in the 1894 world
premiere of Massenet’s Thaïs and sang principal roles in the Paris premieres of Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung, and Parsifal. His voice
was very large and had an upper extension
that made some baritone roles possible.
Despite his long, notable career, he recorded
only in the 1902-1907 period.
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DELMAS as Phur in Astarte
(Leroux)
2660. 11” French Fonotipia 39053/39183
[XPh511-2/XPh518-3]. LES DEUX GRENADIERS (Schumann) / LE SOIR (Gounod).
Side one with piano, side two orch. Small lbl. stkr., few lt. mks., 2. $150.00.
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MARIO DEL MONACO [t]
2634. 10” HN 2145 [OBA6155/OBA6156]. IL SALUTO DI BEATRICE (Neglia, rev. Renzo
Bossi) / COME QUEL FIOR (Neglia, rev. Bossi). Piano acc. Renzo Bossi. Scarce,
early (1946) Del Monaco. Small lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $20.00.
VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES [s]
1532. 10” Red late VdP DA 1930 [OEA-13822-1/OEA-13823-2]. STORNELLATRICE / E SE
UN GIORNO TORNASSI (both Respighi). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Excellent
1943. 10” Red HMV DA 1930 [OEA-13822-1/OEA-13823-2]. Same as previous listing
(item #1532). Crayon markings inner margin (removable). Former radio station copy.
Quiet surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GINO DEL SIGNORE [t]
3997. 10” Red PW (silver print) Vr 13781 [2BA1204-II/2BA1205-I]. THE DYBBUCK:
Eccoti, mia bella amica! (Rocca). With AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]. Two sides.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]
9325. 11” Green Fonotipia 39168/39169
[XPh211/XPh228]. DAMNATION OF
FAUST: Serenata (Berlioz) / OCCHI DI
FATA (Denza). Harmless indentation
side two. Nice copy, gen. 2. $15.00.
2669. 11” Brown Odeon 59087/59088
[XPh2327/XPh2379]. MIA SPOSA
SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli) /
GERMANIA: Ferito, prigionier
(Franchetti). One TB side one, few
minor rubs, just about 2. $35.00.
1361. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 62086 [2886R/8081½b]. BALLO IN MASCHERA:
Eri tu (Verdi) / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET
[s], MARIA GRISI [s], FRANCESCO
CIGADA [b], LIBERO OTTOBANI [t].
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di che
fulgor (Verdi). Superb pressing. ’02 /
’05 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2.
$30.00.
1044. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 62623 [2859-R/
B-2507]. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata
(Mozart) / ARCHANGELO ROSSI [bs].
DON GIOVANNI: Madamina (Mozart).
’02 G&T/’05 Victor matrices. Beautiful
copy, just about 1-2. $30.00.
1437. 10” Red Vla 64673. MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO: Se vuol ballare (Mozart).
Label autographed by De Luca. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
1080. 10” Red Vla 64776. GOD BLESS YOU,
MY DEAR (Edwards). Never doubled.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2072. 10” Red Vla 64990. MATTINATA
GIUSEPPE DE LUCA
(Fatuo). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1832. 10” Red Vla 66068. MARIETTA (Romilli).
In English. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1696. 10” Red Vla 66158. ROSA (Romilli). In English. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1893. 10” Red Vla 592. ROSA / MARIETTA (both Romilli). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1664. 10” Red Vla 902. BEAU SOIR (Debussy) / EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]. WERTHER:
Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet). Likely mint, as with the case of many of the ‘20s‘30s items on this list. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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1686. 10” Red Vla 955. BERCEUSE (Gretchaninov) / VOI DORMITE, SIGNORA! (Tosti).
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1690. 10” Red Vla 1036. CANTA IL MARE (De Leva) / OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Just about
1-2. $10.00.
3625. 12” Green PW Odeon F5513 [XXPh2391/XXPh2279]. LA GIOCONDA: Così mantieni
il patto? (Ponchielli). With EUGENIA BURZIO [s] / BURZIO [s]. LA FORZA DEL
DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2779. 12” Red Vla 74572. RINALDO: Lascia ch’io pianga (Händel). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3209. 12” Red Vla 88596. TRAVIATA: Imponete (Verdi). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s].
3208. 12” Red Vla 88601. TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine (Verdi). With AMELITA GALLICURCI [s]. This does turn up (although not often under this early catalogue number) but as the grading indicates it is a virtually mint copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3815. 12” Red Vla acous. 89160. DON CARLOS: Dio, che nell’ alma infondere (Verdi).
With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3244. 12” Red Vla acous. 6080. FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti) / I PURITANI: Ah per
sempre (Bellini). Splendid mint copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3067. 12” Red Vla acous. 6443. DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer) / BENVENUTO
CELLINI: De l’Art splendeur immortelle (Diaz). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3542. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Vla 7086. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi) / FAUST: Dio
possente (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3783. 12” Red Orth. Vla 8085. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano Alvaro! (Verdi). Two
sides. With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3668. 12” Red acous. Vla 8047. DON CARLOS: Dio, che nell’ alma infondre. With
GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t] / MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. DON CARLOS: Ella
giammai m’amo! Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3915. 12” Red late VdP DB 1371 [CVE-41075/
CVE-43610]. RIGOLETTO: Povero Rigoletto! / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi).
Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Excellent pressing.
FERNANDO
DE LUCIA [t]. Naples, 1860-
1925. De Lucia’s debut was as Gounod’s Faust
at
the Naples San Carlo, 1885. This was followed by
success in other Italian houses and then in Madrid,
London, South America and New York. He created
several Mascagni roles, including Fritz in L’Amico
Fritz (1891) and Osaka in Iris (1898) as well as the
principal tenor part, Giorgio, in Giordano’s Marcella
(1907) and was the first to sing Turiddu in Cavalleria
Rusticana and Canio in Pagliacci in several important venues. Aside from contemporary works, his
repertoire encompassed the leading tenor roles in
operas as diverse as Lohengrin and Il Barbiere di
Siviglia. His pupils included, among others, Georges
Thill, Enzo de Muro Lomanto, Ciro Formisano, Maria
Nemeth, Tom Burke and Gianna Pederzini. All
Phonotype issues listed below are original shellac
pressings.
5686 11” Green Phonotype N1767/N1768. LA
BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini).
Two sides. (Puccini). Beautiful pressing,
just about 1-2. $50.00.
9336. 11” Brown/White Phonotype C2340/
C2341. GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo,
Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Two
sides. With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Lt.
FERNANDO DE LUCIA
rubs, 2. $60.00.
9457. 11” Phonotype C.2532/C.2434. QUANDO TU SARAI VECCHIA / LA SERENATA
(both Tosti). Piano acc. Minor scuffs and rubs, gen. 3-4, but no greying. $50.00.
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9458. 11” Phonotype C.2535/C.2536. APRILE / SEGRETO (both Tosti). Piano acc.
Suggested speed (by me) 78.9 rpm. Lovely performances. Excellent copy, gen. 2.
$60.00.
9456. 11” Phonotype C.2512/C.2572. MATTINATA (Tosti) / SALOMÉ (Rudolph Stolz].
Side two, a 1920 popular tune, a particularly odd title for the bel canto master to
have recorded. Piano acc. side one. Orch. acc. side two. Slightest (harmless) warp.
Superficial rubs, 4-5, but no greying. Plays well. $50.00.
1904. 10” Red Vr 91079 [10513b]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Obbligato (Donizetti). With ERNESTO
BADINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1951. 10” Red Dog Gram. Concert 52435 [2862b]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar
(Massenet). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Cons. 2. $30.00.
2601. 10” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. 2-52660 [11165b]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Deh! sorgi
o luce in ciel (Gounod). Probably his rarest 10”Gramophone issue. Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $400.00.
2075. 10” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DA 124 [8054b/11166b[. MIGNON: Ah! non credevi tu
(Thomas) / DON GIOVANNI: Il mio tesoro (Mozart). Piano acc. Carlo Sabaino. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
2028. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 5001 [13331b/13334b]. SULLA BOCCA AMOROSA (Barthélemy) / SERENAMENTE (Canzonette Napoletane). From orig. 1908 Milano
2027. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 5003 [2861-R/13332b]. IDEALE (Tosti) / ERA DI MAGGIO
(Costa). From orig. 1902/1908 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2679. 12” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. 052239 [1445c]. LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al
placido (Verdi). Piano acc. Lovely copy of this exceptional rarity, never repressed
in any form. Cons. 2. $600.00
2821. 12” Unnumbered PW White lbl. Vr IRCC issue 052111/054110 [549c/551i].
MIGNON: Addio Mignon (Thomas) / MARIA GALVANY [s], ARISTODEMO
GIORGINI [t]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Chiedi all’ aura (Donizetti). From orig. 1906/1907
G&T matrices. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3303. 12” White HMV VB 1 [630c/2008½c]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ah! qual copo
(Rossini). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs] / MARIA
MICHAILOWA [s], FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]. FAUST: Church Scene (Gounod).
From orig. 1906/1910 Gram. matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3259. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 92055 [1170c]. LOHENGRIN: Cessaro i canti alfin (Wagner).
With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3775. 12” Red Vla 88602 [214m]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Piano
acc. Excellent late ‘30s pressing, VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3126. 12” Red Vla 89140 [1172c]. CARMEN: Mia madre vedo ancor (Bizet). With
GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3615. 12” Red Vla 8058. PEARL FISHERS: No hai compreso un cor fedel (Bizet). With
GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] / MARIA GALVANY [s], REMO ANDREINI [t].
TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Scarce doubling, particularly in mint condition.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4008. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 24. TRAVIATA: Dei miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi) / CHARLES
DALMORÈS [t]. CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet) (Verdi). From orig. 1912 Victor / 1906
G&T matrices. Label signed by Dalmorès. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3549. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 64 [621c/1443c]. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso
(Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] / LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono
(Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3659. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 104. LOHENRIN: Mio Salvatore! With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET
[s] / LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Couple
minor rubs side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
2918. 12” Green Phonotype N.1756/N.2336. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar / BENVENUTO
FRANCI [b]. LA GIOCONDA: O monumento (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $75.00.
2923. 12” Phonotype M.1786/M.2115. RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). With
ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s] / LA SONNAMBULA: Perdona o mia diletta (Bellini).
Just about 1-2. $75.00.
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JOSÉ
TORRES DE LUNA [bs]. An important Spanish bass, de Luna appears to have
made his debut in Madrid in 1900. In Barcelona, he was in the premiere of Juan Manén’s’opera
Acté the season of 1903-04 with Maria Giudice and Angelo Angelotti. In addition to success
throughout Spain, he appeared in Italy in principal roles at La Scala, the Bologna Teatro
Comunale and in 1923 at Rome’s Teatro Costanzi. His issued recordings include four scarce sides
for Fonotipia in 1907 and earlier some solo and concerted sides for G&T.
2668. 11” Fonotipia 92056/92057 [XPh2815/XPh2811]. HUGUENOTS: Signor, difesa e
scudo (Meyerbeer) / LA JUIVE: Voi che del Dio vivente (Halévy). Small lbl. stkr.,
cons. 2. $15.00.
ZÉLIE
DE LUSSAN [ms]. Brooklyn,
1861-London, 1949. Of French ancestry,
de Lussan studied with her mother, a singer, and made her concert debut at the age of
nine. Her official stage debut, however, was
in Boston seven years later, singing Arlene
in Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl. She appeared
in London as Carmen in 1888, a role she
sang over a thousand times internationally.
In 1897 she was London’s first Musetta in
Puccini’s La Boheme. At the Met, beginning
in 1894, she was a favorite Carmen as well
as Nedda, Zerlina and Nanetta (in the first
New York performance of Falstaff). Her
career continued until the early ‘teens, from
which point she devoted her time teaching
until her death.
1795. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vr 64003 [B-17].
LA PALOMA (Yradier). 1903
recording. Piano acc. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
CLÉONTINE
DE MEO [s].
Paris,
1904-Paris, 1930. A student at the Paris
Conservatoire, de Méo made her debut at
the Paris Opéra in 1927 as Sieglinde. Her
other roles included Donna Anna, Octavian,
Brünnhilde, and Marguerite. What was
ZÉLIE DE LUSSAN
predicted to become an internationally celebrated career was ended when the singer
shot herself in a fit of melancholy. The disc below is her only issued recording.
3047. 12” PW Red French Columbia D14212 [WLX246-1/WLX247-1]. FREISCHÜTZ:
Cavatine d’Agathe (v.Weber) / ALCESTE: Divinités du Styx (Glück). Small lbl. stkr.,
just about 1-2. $25.00.
BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MONTALANT [s]. Baltimore, 1865- ? .
There seems to be no
information as to when she left Baltimore, but one source indicates that it was after the death of
her father. Likely her mother and father were French and the mother returned with young Berthe
to her native France (strictly a guess). She studied in Paris with Armand Chevé and then at the
Bordeaux Conservatoire where, in 1885, she won first prize for singing. Her subsequent career
was primarily in concert. Among the orchestras with which she appeared was the Lamoureux,
both in France and during a Russian tour. In 1892 she married baritone Numa Auguez (18471903), who was a member of the Opéra-Comique (1872-1880) and then active in concert and
opera in various venues. He was engaged by the Paris Conservatoire as a teacher in 1899. Of his
wife, only one performance at the Paris Opéra-Comique has been traced: Marguerite in the Berlioz
Damnation de Faust in which she appeared as a substitute for Rose Caron. Most of her career was
on the concert stage, where she was active into the 1920s. She is occasionally confused in
references with Mathilde Auguez, her husband’s sister who was also a professional singer and
who, for a period, shared the same residence as her brother and his wife. [Information from Luc
Bourrousse]
2910. 12” Dog Disque Gram. 033104/033103 [0923v/0924v]. LA DAMNATION DE
FAUST: De l’amour l’ardente flame (Berioz). Two sides. Excellent raised rims heavy
pressing. One TB, just about 1-2. $15.00.
BERNARDO DE MURO [t].
1462. 10” Red acous. Vla 1129 [BE-978-2/BE-979-2]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Ora soave /
ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vicino a te s’acqueta (Giordano). With AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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1672. 10” White HMV VA 52 [BE-978-2/BE-979-2]. Same as previous listing. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
3675. 12” HMV Red SR 052429 [744m/CS843-1]. DON CARLOS: Io l’ho perduto (Verdi).
Tiny lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $10.00.
3636. 12” Red SS Disco Grammofono 2-054135 [CE982-I]. LA GIOCONDA: Già ti vedo
(Ponchielli). With ESTER TONINELLO [s], ERNESTO BADINI [b], GIUSEPPE
QUINZI-TAPERGI [bs]. Never issued on Victor. 2-3. $10.00.
3693. 12” Red HMV DB 549 [3189c/02361v]. ALLA MADRE (G. A. de Muro) / AFRICAINE:
O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). One TB side two. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3531. 12” Red Vla 6379. ISABEAU: La canzone del Falco / ISABEAU: E passerà la viva
creatura (Mascagni). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
3631. 12” Red Vla 6510. IL TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra. With ERNESTO BADINI [b]
/ IL TROVATORE: E deggio, e posso (Verdi). With MARIA BALDINI [s], ROBERTO
JANNI [b], VINCENZO BETTONI [bs]. Cons. 2. $8.00.
2800. 12” Red Vla 6411. IL TROVATORE: Pergliarti ancor languente / IL TROVATORE:
Mal reggendo (Verdi). Both with ELVIRA CASAZZA [c]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3454. 12” Red Vla 6528. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / OTELLO: Esultate (Verdi).
3374. 12” Red Vla 6553. IRIS: Or dammi il braccio tuo /IL PICCOLO MARAT: Va nella tua
stanzetta (both Mascagni). Side two with IRMA VIGANÒ [s]. Cons. 2. $8.00.
3238. 12” Red late VdP DB 557 [02347v/02348v]. ISABEAU: Tu ch’odi la mio grido /
ISABEAU: E passerà la viva creatura (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2799. 12” Gold PW Vr HRS 1038 [744m/CS843-1]. DON CARLOS: Io l’ho perduto (Verdi) /
FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Vois ma misère (Saint-Saëns).
From orig. 1914/1923 Gramophone matrices. Both sides autographed by the
respective singers. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
ENZO DE MURO LOMANTO [t]
1670. 10” Red PW Eng. Columbia D12564 [WB1651/WB1652]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA:
Se il mio nome / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Few lt. rubs.
Cons. 2. $10.00.
LEOPOLD
DEMUTH [b]. Brno, 1861-Czerno-
witz, 1910. Demuth’s training was at the Vienna Conservatory and his debut was in Halle, 1889, in the title
role of Marschner’s Hans Heiling. He sang with the Leipzig Opera from 1891-1897 and in 1898 began as a member of the Vienna Opera, where he remained until his
death. He sang there nearly seventy roles, including
Vienna’s first Scarpia (1910) and first Falstaff (1904).
He also made his mark as a concert singer. It was during a concert that he died onstage, the result of a heart
attack. One source mentions that to keep his throat
lubricated he was in the habit of drinking at least a pint
of heavy cream daily, perhaps helpful for his voice but
not likely an aid to the rest of his system.
2160. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 4-42202/4-42203
[13080u/13837u]. TIEFLAND: Hüll in die
Mantille (Eugen d’Albert) / ICH DENKE OFT
ANS BLAUE MEER (Felix Wein-gartner).
Cons. 2. $15.00.
1631. 10’ Blk. SR HMV E328 [6733b/6833b].
FELDEINSAMKEIT (Brahms) / DIE MAILEOPOLD DEMUTH
NACHT (both Brahms). Piano acc. Excellent
recording and performances. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2684. 12” Blk. Wien G&T 042037 [48Hp]. TANNHAUSER: Lied an den Abendstern (Wagner). Piano acc. Fine copy of this 1903 recording. IMs. Few LGTs, gen. 2-3. $15.00.
2801. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 042049/044155 [54½Hp/01216v]. PAGLIACCI: Prolog /
PAGLIACCI: Was gibt’s? (Leoncavallo). Side two with GRETE FORST [s]. Side one
1903 recording with piano. Side two recorded 1909. Side one couple LGTs, 2.
Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.
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2956. 12” Blk. Hist. No. 2. HMV D812 [475c/01203v]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Recit. … Eri
tu / RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (both Verdi). In German. Very effective performances.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE NEGRI [t]. Nizza Monferrato, 1851-Turin, 1923. A pupil
of Carlo Guasco and Luigia Abbadia, de Negri made his debut in Bergamo, 1878, in the title role
of Donizetti's Poliuto. Performances in Hungary, Austria, Prague, Madrid, Venice and Turin
followed. His La Scala debut was as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, 1890, and he
was thereafter considered second only to Tamagno. Among roles he created there was Mascagni’s
Guglielmo Ratcliff in 1895. Other parts with which he had great success included Samson (also at
La Scala), Otello (Teatro Costanzi), and Siegmund in Die Walkure. His last performance was
apparently in 1898, his early retirement a result of an operation for nodes on the vocal cords two
years earlier that was less than successful. He taught in Turin until his death, in 1903 coming out
of retirement to make four Blue Zonophone records, all of extreme rarity and importance.
2616. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1563. ASRA (Rubinstein). Excellent copy of this great
rarity. 2. $1500.00.
MICHEL DENS [b]
1606. 10” Red Pathé PD 115 [CPT-7305-1/CPT7306-1]. OCTOBRE (Vandendaele) /
MIARKA: L’eau qui court (Georges). Piano acc. Andrée Joseph. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
LOLA ARTÔT DE PADILLA [s]
2947. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 044189/044190 [25½al/26al]. DIE KÖNIGSKINDER: Bin
ein lustiger Jägersmann (Humperdinck). With KARL JÖRN [t]. Two sides. Nice
copy. Few lt. rubs, 2. $25.00.
EDOUARD DE RESZKE [bs]
1927. 10” PW Blue Shellac Silver Columbia IRCC 28. MARTHA: Canzone del Porter
(Flotow) / ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi). RR from 1903 Columbias. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
JEAN DE RESZKE [t]
2380. 10” PW Gold IRCC 110. AFRICAINE: O Paradis
[conclusion and applause] (Meyerbeer) / SIEGFRIED: Forge Scene fragment (Wagner). From
Mapleson cylinders recorded during Met performances March 15th and March 19th, 1901. The
clearest extant examples of De Reszke’s voice.
88.5 rpm. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3408. 12” PW Gold IRCC 183. AFRICAINE: O Paradis
[opening and closing]; AFRICAINE: Three short
excerpts from Act IV duet with LUCIENNE
BRÉVAL [s] (Meyerbeer) / LOHENGRIN: Mein
Herr und König (Wagner). Side one from March
15, 1901 Met performance. Side two from March
29 the same his (de Reszke’s final Met performance). 74.8 rpm. Includes original text
brochure. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
ANDREA PERELLÓ DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Valencia,
1874-Barcelona, 1953. His debut was in Barcelona, 1898.
Shortly after he was heard in France, Buenos Aires and then
at Milan’s La Scala. His Metropolitan Opera appearances were
during the seasons of 1901-02 and again 1909-20. In 1910 he
created there the role of Jake Wallace in the world premiere of
Puccini’s Fanciulla del West. DeSegurola’s reper-toire featured
parts such as Mefistopheles in Gounod’s Faust as well as
occasional baritone roles, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly being
one of these. One article mentioned that he sang the role of
Don Giovanni at the inauguration of the Mozarteum in 1914,
sharing the stage with Lilli Lehmann, Farrar, Gadski and
McCormack. In the 1930s he appeared in films, including
Grace Moore’s One Night of Love.and taught voice in Hollywood.
ANDREA PERELLÓ DE
SEGUROLA
1708. 10” Pink Gram. Con. 54360 [10906b]. PURITANI: Suoni la tromba intrepida
(Bellini). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Cons. 2. 12.00.
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EMMY DESTINN (EMA DESTINNOVÁ) [s]
9337. 11” Purple Okeh 70403 [XB5290].
SAMSON ET DALILA: Sieh, mein
Herz (Saint-Saëns). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
1323. 10” Red Vr 87197. THE WEDDING
(Bohemian Folk Song). With DINH
GILLY [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1408. 10” Red Vr 87215. THE NAZARENE: Slovácká pisen (DestinnKovarovich). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1306. 10” Red Vr 87246. WIEGENLIED
(Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1464. 10” Red Vla 87306. LAST TEARS
[POSLEDNI SLZY] (Destinn). Only
form of issue. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
1973. 10” Red Vla 908. , ALO DIEV ,
ALO TRÁVU, Op. 73, No. 2
(Dvo ák) / ŠILA KOŠILI KU
(Jindrich). Uncommon double.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1787. 10” Silver PW Vr IRCC 5012. WIEGENLIED, Op. 98, No. 2 (Schubert) / WIEGENLIED (Mozart).
From orig. 1915/1916 Victor
2797. 12” Brown Odeon 76012/80162
EMMY DESTINN
[XXB3594/XXB5299]. DER
FREISCHÜTZ: Und ob die Wolke
(v.Weber) / LA JUIVE: Er kehrt zurück (Halévy). Two different style labels. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
2750. 12” Brown Odeon 76013/76015 [XXB3614/XXB3595]. AFRICAINE: Schlummerlied der Selika (Meyerbeer) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Nur zu flüchtig (Mozart).
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4022. 12” PW Maroon Parlophone-Odeon PXO 84 [XXB5293/XXB5300). FLYING DUTCHMAN: Senta’s Ballade / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (both Wagner). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
2994. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. 043098/043099 [0807v/0819v]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod) /
HALLELUJA (Hummel). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2942. 12” Red Electrola DB 877 [204z/208z]. TANNHÄUSER: Der Unglücksel’ge /
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (both Wagner). Excellent pressing. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
3179. 12” Red Vr 88467. MIGNON: Kennst du das Land? (Thomas). Bright copy, couple lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $6.00.
3404. 12” Red “A” plate Vr 88565. DIE BEKEHRTE, Op. 13, No. 1 (Max Stange). In
English. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2837. 12” Red Vr 88568. O QUAND JE DORS! (Liszt). In French. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2978. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 26 [5145f/C-11447]. AIDA: Ebben, qual nuovo fremito
(Verdi). With LOUISE KIRKBY LUNN [c] / 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.
3393. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 184 [272ac/273ac]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, theure Halle
(Wagner) / DALIBOR: Wär’ es wahr? (Smetana). Thrilling dramatic singing. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
2893. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 12 [273ac/C-7075]. DALIBOR: Wär’ es wahr? (Smetana) /
JOHANNA GADSKI [s], ALBERT REISS [t]. BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch
einen lieben Schatz (Smetana). From orig. Berlin 1909/Victor 1909 matrices. Side
two (piano acc.) unpublished (except for very limited IRCC issue). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
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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
ERNST KRAUS [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GENNARO DE TURA [t]
1623. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 87067. MEFISTOFELE: Folleto, folletto (Boïto). With
GAUDIO MANSUETO [bs]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1939. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 2-52594 [10607b]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi
(Mascagni). Minor lbl. fade, one tiny PB, cons. 2. $8.00.
1648. 10” Red HMV 7-54013 [4161ah]. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). MATTEO DRAGONI
[b]. Only form of issue. Small lbl. stkrs. Gen. 2-3. $15.00.
of act III] (Verdi). With VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [s], MATTEO DRAGONI [b].
Only form of issue. Tiny lbl. stkrs. One small, harmless, PB. Cons. 2. $20.00.
DEVA-DASSY [ms]. France, 1911-
.
Born Marie-Anne Lambert, her stage name
came from Edouard Churey and means “The
Servant of God” or “The Sacred Dancer”. Her
Opéra-Comique debut was in 1932 as Suzuki,
although she was perhaps more noted for her
work in operetta. She also appeared in one
film, 1946, “Monsieur Bibi”. In 2012 she
resided in Mourries (near Arles), France, and
perhaps still does.
2434. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4864
[OPG-1639-1/OPG-1640-1].
WER-THER: Air des letters
(Massenet). Two sides. Orch. dir.
Edouard Bervily. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
DAVID DEVRIES [t]
1095. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 17 [B-8745/
7293e]. CARMEN: Notre métier.
With MARIA DUCHÊNE [c], SUSANNE DUMESNIL [s], GABRIELLE LEJEUNE (Mme. Gilibert)
[ms], LEROUX [t], CHARLES GILIBERT [b] / MARIA GAY [c]. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). In Italian.
DEVA-DASSY
There is a question about Mr.
Leroux’s first name. On the label it is presented by the letter F. Cone’s Manhattan Opera
Company gives it as Pierre while the internet
Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records (University
of Santa Barbara) lists him as Gaston. Side one first
and only edition. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
RAFAELO DIAZ [t]. San Antonio, TX, 1884-New York
City, NY, 1943. Diaz studied as a pianist in Texas and then
at the Berlin Stern Conservatory, where his voice was
discovered. He then went to Italy where he trained with
Sabatini. His American debut was with the Boston Opera in
1911 in a small role in Massenet’s Thais. His Metropolitan
Opera debut seven years later was as Nicias, the principal
tenor role in the same opera, co-starring with Geraldine Farar.
On the roster of the Metropolitan Opera through 1934, Diaz
sang roles such as Berendey in Snegurochka, Tybalt in Romeo
et Juliette, Tonio in La Fille du Régiment, the Astrologer in Le
Coq d’Or and Léopold in La Juive, in all a total of 186 performances of 23 roles. He was a popular concert singer and
also frequently appeared in society musicales. Diaz signed a
“several years” contract with Columbia in 1925 and was the
first operatic tenor to make electrical recordings for them.
Unfortunately, only four issued sides resulted.
1238. 10” Blk. EE Columbia 117-M [W14129087
RAFAELO DIAZ
3/W141291-1]. BECAUSE (d’Hardelot) / HOWDY DO, MIS’ SPRINGTIME (Guion).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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ELEONORA DI CISNEROS [ms]. New York City, 1878-1934. Born as Eleonor Broadfoot,
she studied singing in New York under Mme. Murio-Celli. While still a student, she was
recommended to the Metropolitan Opera by Jean de Reszke, and she made her debut there in
1899. In 1901 she wed Count Francesco de Cisneros, a Cuban nobleman and singer and moved to
Europe, where she trained in Paris with Jean de Reszke and Victor Maurel and in Milano with
Trabadello and Lombardi. Her European debut was at the Turin Teatro Regio, and she appeared in
a number of Italian houses including La Scala. Notable performances there included the Italian
premieres of Elektra and Pique Dame, a major revival of Verdi’s Don Carlos, as well as the world
premiere of Franchetti’s La Figlia di Jorio. From 1906-10 she was a leading mezzo with the
Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera and for several seasons from 1910 with the Chicago Opera. She
also traveled extensively overseas, singing principal roles in many locations, including London
(Covent Garden), St. Petersburg and Barcelona. She was active in the U.S. in concert and opera
well into the 1920s and taught in New York City until her death.
3113. 12” Yellow Columbia S5093 [37077-2/
37078]. DON CARLOS: O don fatale
(Verdi) / HUGUENOTS: Lieti Signori
(Meyerbeer). Excellent surface material.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
DONALD DICKSON [b]. Pittsburgh (Clairton), PA, 1910-Brooklyn, NY, 1972. A graduate
of the Juilliard School of Music, Dickson was a
winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the
Air. He made his debut at the Met as Valentin in
Faust in 1937. His other roles there were Silvio in
Pagliacci and four parts in Damrosch’s Man Without a Country. Dickson’s popular and financial
success on the radio led to his departure from
operatic work. Concert tours throughout the U.S.
followed, although he was heard in New York only
in three Town Hall recitals: 1941, 1948 and 1954.
He supposedly made unsuccessful attempts at
tenor operatic roles in his later years.
FLOODS OF SPRING, Op. 14, No. 11 /
SORROW IN SPRING, Op. 21, No. 12
(both Rachmaninoff). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3576. 12” Red PW (silver print) Vr 18357. BALDONALD DICKSON
LADE OF THE DUEL [setting from Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac] (Martin Skiles) / DON CARLOS: Per me giunto …
O Carlo, ascolta (Verdi). Side one a marvelously dramatic piece. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
ADAMO DIDUR [bs]
9317. 11” Fonotipia 92002/92003 [XPh2670/
XPh2671]. ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO: Suore
che riposate / HUGUENOTS: Signor, difesa e
scudo (Both Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $15.00.
9338. 11” Fonotipia 92024/92025 [XPh2677/
XPh2685]. FREISCHÜTZ: Viva Bacco e il suo
liquor / FREISCHÜTZ: No, nessun salvar ti
puó (v.Weber). As new. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
9469. 11” Fonotipia 92224/92976 [XPh3182/
XPh4899]. LA JUIVE: Voi che del Dio vivente (Halévy) / BETTINO CAPPELLI [t].
LOHENGRIN: Mercè cigno gentil (Wagner).
Side one cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2.
$15.00.
9339. 11” U.S. Fonotipia 92227 [XPh3181]. FAUST:
Dio dell’ or (Gounod). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
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2794. 12” Cream Odeon O-9028 [XXPh3175/2-280]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia
(Rossini) / FRANCISCO D’ANDRADE [b]. DON GIOVANNI: Champagnerlied
(Mozart). Side two with studio audience applauding and repeats. Excellent pressing
from orig. matrices (1907 Fonotipia/1907 Parlophon), part of Odeon’s short lived
historic series. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
JOLANDA DI MARIA-PETRIS [s]. Polo, Italy, 1910-1987.
She studied at the Bologna
Academy of Music and made her debut the season of 1935-36 in Rome as Margherita in Boïto’s
Mefistofele. Her career was primarily in the Italian provincial houses where she was well received.
After a performance of Ravel’s Scheherazade in Rome, 1939, she subsequently performed
frequently in concert. At some point she made Finland her home and for a number of years taught
at the Sibelius Academy. Her few HMV records demonstrate a particularly attractive voice and
excellent musicianship.
3777. 12” Red HMV DB 6697 [2SB2804-1/2SB2805-2]. I PASTORI (Pizzetti) / QUELLA
FIAMMA (Marcello). Piano acc. Tore Wilburg. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ELDA DI VEROLI [s]. Rome, 1892-Rome,
1981. A student of Ersilia Ceresoli, Di Veroli
made her debut in Civitavecchia, 1919, as Gilda.
The same year she sang Norina in Don Pasquale
at the Rome Teatro Costanzi. She was frequently
heard there as well as the Costanzi in Rome and
the San Carlo in Naples. Aside from a number of
other theaters in Italy, she appeared in Holland,
England, Spain, Portugal and Poland. Being
Jewish, she was forced to retire in 1937 and
during 1943-44, to protect her life, she had to
remain in hiding. Following the War she was
heard again in a concert broadcast over the
Italian Radio. – Internet sources.
1759. 10” Plum elec. Eng. Columbia D5752
[WB1653/WB1654]. BARBIERE DI
SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono dolce
(Rossini). Just about 1-2. $12.00
NINA DMITRIEFF [s].
Although more specific details haven’t turned up, Dimitrieff was
Russian, had experience singing in Russia,
Siberia and Italy and made her American debut
in 1910. Her success was such, so states a newspaper article, that she turned down the opportunity to sing in opera in St. Petersburg to remain for further seasons in the U.S. Here she
was a popular guest soloist with choral groups,
orchestras and in oratorio. Reviewers described
ELDA DI VEROLI
her
“vocal splendor” and a voice that was
“brilliant and clear”, as well as her “consummate artistry”. In sharing a program with John
McCormack in 1911, she was described as “a singer far above the average of those now on the
concert stage”. She was also a popular solo recitalist, her programs ranging from all Russian
through a mixture of Italian, German, French and English. She and her husband, James Massell,
gave a summer music course at Saltaire, Fire Island, NY, in 1926. Perhaps she retired from stage
work in that period as future press references refer to her as Nina Massell and she was then an
accompanist, in 1926 at Aeolian Hall, accompanying Flora Negri and in 1933 at Steinway Hall
assisting bass Robert Duke.
1496. 10” Blk. Vr 67816. HOPAK (Moussorgsky) / IN THE SILENT NIGHT, Op. 4, No. 3
(Rachmaninoff). Side one 2, side two 2-3. $12.00.
ALESSANDRO DOLCI [t]
Bergamo, 1890-1954. After studies in Bergamo and Milano,
Dolci made his debut in 1912 and sang throughout Italy. His La Scala career began in 1916 with
Rhadames in Aida and he was subsequently heard internationally, including seasons with the
Chicago Opera and at Covent Garden. He partnered Rosa Ponselle in her Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino debut, 1933, in Spontini’s La Vestale. Dolci’s repertoire was large and varied, including
principal tenor roles in Ariadne auf Naxos, Khovantchina, Elektra, Bloch’s Macbeth, Malipiero’s
Giulio Cesare and Pizzetti’s Debora e Jaele, as well as parts such as Siegmund, Andrea Chenier
and Loge. His only records are a group of exceptionally rare Fonotipias from Mascagni’s Parisina,
made in 1914 at the outset of his career.- Sergio Alfonsi research.
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ALESSANDRO DOLCI [left], ROSA RAISA and GIACOMO RIMINI rehearsing La Nave in Chicago under the
direction of the composer, ITALO MONTEMEZZI (1919)
9349. 11” Fonotipia 69137/69138 [XPh5045-2/XPh5044-2]. PARISINA: Vittoria! / PARISINA: Ora voi composto m’avereste nella bara (Mascagni). 2. $175.00.
9445. 11” Fonotipia 69141/69142 [XPh5047-2/XPh5048]. PARISINA: La grida e il clamore
/ PARISINA: Stanno in mucchio tra i lauri (Mascagni). Both with FRANCISCA
SOLARI [s]. Lbl. stkr. Some light, harmless indentations. Gen. 2-3. $125.00.
ZARA DOLUKHANOVA [ms]
2238. 10” Orange CCCP 26136/26137. SPANISH ROMANCE / WINTER EVENING (both
Nikolai Medtner). Piano acc. B. Kozel. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
DORA DOMAR [s]
2485. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 53587 [13036b]. FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gounod). Scarce. 2-3.
$15.00.
WILLY DOMGRAF-FAßBAENDER [b]
1570. 10” PW Plum HMV DG 6135 [ORA2323-I/ORA2324-II]. BOPPARD AM RHEIN
(Kochmann) / EIN ZUNFTIG TRINKLIED (Lobertz). Orch. dir. Bruno SeidlerWinkler. Cons. 2. $7.00.
LUDWIG DORNAY [t]
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 BARBARA KEMP [s]. Side one also with HOLGER BÖRGESEN [b]. Side two
also with EMMA VILMAR [c]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ELLEN DOSIA [s]
3722. 12” late VdeSM DB 11225 [2LA5308-1/2LA5309-1]. THAÏS: L’amour est une vertu
rare / THAÏS: Ah! je suis seule (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
CARLO DRAGO-HR IC [b]. Zagreb, 1896-1976.
A noted Croatian baritone, Drago-Hrzic
studied with Vuskovi in Zagreb and Franz Steiner in Vienna. His debut was in 1919 at the
Zagreb National Theater, where he remained a leading baritone until 1945. He also appeared as a
guest in several European companies including the Vienna Staatsoper and in Berlin, where his
1928 recordings were made.
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3288. 12” Blue elec. PW Grammophon 95105 [604½bm/605bm]. ANDREA CHÉNIER:
Monologo di Gerard (Giordano) / DIE TOTE STADT: Mein Schnen, mein Wähnen
(Korngold). Cons. 2. $15.00.
MATTEO
DRAGONI [b]. Split, Croatia, 1884 or 1890 - San Francisco, ? . Dragoni
studied in Golognia and made his debut in Rovere, 1911, as Silvio in Pagliacci. He sang leading
roles in a number of Italian houses. The Gramophone Company in Italy recorded him for several
years beginning in 1918 as a Red Seal artist, although he never appeared at the most important
theaters, such as La Scala and the Rome Opera. His voice, however, indicates a major talent. He
left Italy in 1925, emigrating to San Francisco. There, too, he never appeared with major
companies but sang leading parts with various smaller troupes. In 1943 he was Rigoletto with the
Pacific Opera in San Francisco, the press announcements noting that he was “known here for
several years as a superb singer and actor”. Perhaps some of our West Coast friends can supply
further Dragoni details?
1648. 10” Red HMV 7-54013 [4161ah]. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). With GENNARO DE
TURA [t]. Only form of issue. Small lbl. stkrs. Gen. 2-3. $15.00.
2809. 12” Red HMV 2-054082 [3284c]. LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine (Verdi). With
GRAZIELLA PARETO [s]. Never doubled. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $20.00.
of act III] (Verdi). With VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [s], GENNARO DE TURA [t].
Only form of issue. Tiny lbl. stkrs. One small, harmless, PB. Cons. 2. $20.00.
3327. 12” Red HMV 2-54112 [909aj]. AIDA: Rivedrai la foreste inbalsamante (Verdi). With
VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [s]. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $20.00.
Madame DRISTORA [s].
A complete mystery, it has been suggested for years that “Dristora”
is a “nom-du-disque” for someone who chose not to have her name associated with the then-infant
record industry (1903). She made six recordings but this is the only one issued. I suspect she isn’t
Italian.
2645. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 53303 [3108-R]. AIDA: O cieli azzurri (Verdi). Piano acc. Plays
about 63.0 rpm. Looks quite clean, although there is graying. 4. $20.00.
HANS DUHAN [b]
2849. 12” Maroon acous. U.S. Odeon 1003. TANNHÄUSER: Wolframs Ansprache / TANNHÄUSER: Lied an den Abendstern (Wagner). Cons. 2. $15.00.
LOUIS DUPOUY [b]
1626. 10” Green acous. Disque Gram. 232507/232513 [17001u/16901u]. LES ECHOS
(Méhul) / L’HOTESSE DU TEMPS JADIS (Campra). Both described as “Chants
scolares”. Side one lt. NR on lbl. and a few lt. rubs, 2. Side two cons. 2. $10.00.
PIERRE DUPRÉ [bs]
3506. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W637 [CP275-II/CP279-I]. DON GIOVANNI: Madamina (Mozart). In French. Two sides. Small lbl. stkr., few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$12.00.
PAUL DUTREUX [t]
2231. 10” Blk. Bruxelles G&T 2-32933 [2403 C.S.]. ODE AU CHAMEAU [AVEC GRELOTS
& SIFFLET]. Looks new. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
CLAIRE DUX [s]
2459. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70689 [19113u/19114u]. MARIÄ WIEGENLIED (Reger) /
MONDNACHT (Schumann). Piano acc. Perfect repertoire for her voice. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
2189. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70691 [1120ar/19024L]. IL TROVATORE: Vivrà contende il
giubilo (Verdi). Side two with JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2056. 10” Red acous. Schall. Grammophon 70691 [1120ar/19024L]. BOHÈME: Quando
m’en vo (Puccini) / TROVATORE: Vivrà contende il giubilo (Verdi). Both in German.
Side two with JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. Small lbl. stkr. Minor rubs, cons. 2-3.
$15.00.
2046. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10248. MORGEN (Strauss) / MONDNACHT (Schumann). Side one violin obb. by Max Rosen. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2182. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10251. STÄNDCHEN (Strauss) / MARIÄ WIEGENLIED
(Reger). Piano acc. Fredric Persson. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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2888. 12” Green acous. Polydor 78548
[1187m/1052½as]. RIGOLETTO:
Sprich nie mit einem Armen. With JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b] / TINO PATTIERA [t], MICHAEL BOHNEN [b]. FORZA
DEL DESTINO: In dieser feierlichen
Stunde. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
EMMA
EAMES [s]. Shanghai, 1865-New
York, 1952. After preliminary studies in Boston
and work with Mathilde Marchesi, Eames made
her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1890 as Juliette in
Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, co-starring tenor Jean
de Reszke. The composer prepared her for both
this work and his Faust as well. The next year she
created there the leading soprano role in SaintSaëns’ Ascanio. She also was a particular favorite
at Covent Garden and the Met, where she
remained until retiring in 1909. Among her major
roles at the Met were Aida and Tosca, her last
new part having been the title role in Mascagni’s
Iris. It has been reported by many that hers was
not among the most pleasant of personalities.
Pianist André Benoist, who had accompanied her
in several concerts, referred to her in his autobiography as “haughty, cold and unapproachable”.
He mentioned that she had no musical skills and
“when she made a mistake of any kind, she was
totally unaware of it until I called her attention to
it. Musically, she knew nothing.”
Eames made her first Victor Records in 1905
and engineer H. O. Sooy described the day
when she heard the tests:
CLAIRE DUX
Mme. Eames, at that time, carried with her what we called a “Yes, Ma’m” woman. Upon reproducing the first record, which we considered the best of her voice, she raved and remarked, “That’s
the most hideous thing I ever heard; it doesn’t sound a bit like me, does it?” And, of course, the
“Yes, Ma’m” woman replied, “No, it does not.” While [I was] taking this “rotten” record off the
Victrola and putting another selection on, she was still raving, so much so [that] I thought it was
about time for me to make my exit; however, when we started to reproduce the second selection,
she had come somewhat to her reason, and thought it sounded better, more human, and more an
interpretation of her voice. “Don’t you think so?” (she addressed) to the “Yes, Ma’m” woman, and
the reply, of course, was “Yes, it is much better …”.
Mr. Sooy concluded his Eames remarks:
Mme. Eames’ last recording date was April 14, 1911, and the recording staff has not had one
minute’s unrest because she [no longer makes] records [for us].
2387. 10” Gold PW IRCC 179. TOSCA: Ah! monstro, lo strazi [Torture Scene, Act II] /
TOSCA: Vittoria! (Puccini). With EMILIO DE MARCHI [t], ANTONIO SCOTTI [b].
Taken from 1903 Met performance Mapleson cylinders. 74.8 rpm. The first and
probably the clearest transfers. De Marchi was the creator of Cavaradossi. He never
recorded commercially. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2991. 12” Red Vr 88005. STILL WIE DIE NACHT (Böhm). With orch. NR on lbl. Surface
just about 1-2. $8.00.
2971. 12’ Red ’08 Pats Vla 88012 [C-2421]. STAR SPANGLED BANNER (Key); DIXIE
(Emmett). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $20.00.
3284. 12” Red GP ’06 Vr 88045. FAUST: Le Roi de Thulé (Gounod). One ½” rub mark. Few
lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $7.00.
3518. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89003 [C-3171-3]. MAGIC FLUTE: La dove prende (Mozart).
With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
2824. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89022. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With
EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3982. 12” Red Vr 89063. VERONIQUE: The Swing Song (Messager). With EMILIO DE
GOGORZA [b]. Nice copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3657. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 43. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / DOPO (Tosti).
From orig. 1906/1911 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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2820. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 44. LOHENGRIN: Du Ärmste (Wagner) / LAKMÉ: Dôme
épais le jasmin (Delibes). Both with LOUISE HOMER [c]. From orig. 1908 Victor
matrices. 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.
FLORENCE
land,
EASTON [s]. Eng-
1882-New
York,
1955.
Easton’s Met career included a huge
variety of repertoire. She created Lauretta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi
(1918) and also sang there parts such
as Nedda, Brünnhilde, Sieglinde, CioCio-San, Santuzza and Carmen. Elsewhere Easton appeared as Gilda, Isolde, and in yet dozens of other varied
roles. Her husband was tenor Francis
Maclennan.
2458. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 30002 [ ? ]. THREE
GREEN BONNETS (d’Hardelot). Rare. One MGT, 2.
$25.00.
2483. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 30018 [ ? ]. MADAMA
BUTTERFLY: Death Scene
(Puccini). Very rare.
Absolutely harmless groove
side ½” patina, otherwise 2.
$75.00.
1494. 10” SS Green Brunswick
10037 [5547]. FAUST: Air
des bijoux (Gounod). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
1819. 10” SS Green Brunswick
FLORENCE EASTON
10044 [5506]. TOSCA:
Vissi d’arte (Puccini).
Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1115. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10116. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvorák) /
CRADLE SONG (Iljinsky). Side one with Fredric Fradkin [vln]. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
2389. 10” Purple acous. Brunsiwck 10116. Same as preceding listing (item #1115). Few lt.
superficial rubs, cons. 2. Of course both should play equally well. $12.00.
1469. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10120. HEART O’ MINE (Victor Herbert) / OVER THE
HILLS (Logan). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2223. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15120 [7432/7466]. SNOW MAIDEN: Song of the Shepherd Lehl / SADKO: Song of India (both Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2
$12.00.
1256. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15030 [8825/8827]. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas) / FAUST: Le Roi de Thule (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1423. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15214. PEER GYNT: Solvejg’s Song (Grieg) / SADKO:
Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov). Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3478. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50157. LA TRAVIATA: Parigi, o cara (Verdi) / FAUST:
Laisse-moi (Gounod). With MARIO CHAMLEE [t]. Superficial rubs, side one 2-3,
side two 3. $8.00.
IRENE EDEN [s]
3089. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65605 [522as/523as]. MAGIC FLUTE: Zum Leiden bin ich
auserkoren / MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart). Few lightest mks.,. cons.
2. $50.00.
FRANZ EGÉNIEFF [b].
Niederwalluf, 1874-Gmund am Tegernsee, 1949. Born Marian
Eberhard Franz Emil von Kleydorff, Egénieff’s father was a Prince and the son was officially a
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Baron. He was originally a Prussian hussar but left the military in 1900 to develop his voice. Being
able to afford the best teachers, he studied with Lilli Lehmann, Alfredo Cairati and Victor Maurel.
For his professional career, he became Franz Egénieff and was first a principal baritone with a
touring opera company in America from 1904-06. He subsequently appeared in various theaters
throughout Germany and neighboring countries, both in opera and concert, and occasionally in
the U.S., as in 1917 with the touring Interstate Opera Company in Tristan und Isolde (with
Rachael Frease-Green, Eleonora de Cisneros, Karl Jörn and Henri Scott). In 1920 he began a film
career in Germany, appearing successfully from 1920 through 1927 in a number of German
dramatic and comedic silent films. His operatic work continued as well, with performances at Bayreuth in 1927 (as Klingsor in Parsifal) and 1929-31 with the traveling German Opera Company in
the U.S. He then retired to his villa in Gmund am Tegernsee.
3476. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Grammophon 65623 [653as/654as]. LAKMÉ: Lakmé, es
schweift dein Blick (Delibes) / PARSIFAL: Amfortas Gebet (Wagner). Lbl. stkrs.,
RIZA
EIBENSCHÜTZ-MALATA
[s].
Budapest, 1870-Perchtoldsdorf (near Vienna), 1947. She studied at the Budapest
Academy of Music, also with Marianne Brandt
in Vienna. While a dramatic soprano, she also
occasionally took mezzo parts. Her debut was
in Leipzig as Selika in Meyerbeer’s l’Africaine
in 1894. From 1895-97 she appeared in
leading roles in Strassburg and from 1897-99
toured the U.S. with the Damrosch Opera
Company, primarily singing Wagnerian parts.
1899-1902 she was a leading artist in Leipzig
where she appeared in the world premiere of
Weingartner’s Orestes. Then becoming a
member of the Dresden Opera, Eibenschütz
appeared in the world premieres of three
Richard Strauss operas: Salome (1905), Elektra
(1909) and Der Rosenkavalier (1911). In 1911
she married the conductor Oskar Malata.
2677. 12” Multi-Color acous. Odeon
AA.57004 [XXB4961/XXB4962].
OBERON: Ozean, du Ungeheuer
(v.Weber). Extremely rare. Two
sides. Very lt. rubs, 2. $600.00.
IRENE EISINGER [s]
1105. 10” Blk. PW Vr. V-6172 [OD-644-1/
OD-575-2]. DAS GIBT’S NUR
EINMAL (Heymann) / PAUL HÖRBIGER [vocalist] and Marek Weber
Orch. HEURIGENLIED (both
Heyman, from film Das Kongress
tanzt!). Hörberger, from Budapest
but raised in Vienna, became a noted
film star in Germany and Austria.
Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
RISA EIBENSCHÜTZ-MALATA
ELISE ELIZZA [s]
9485. 11” Brown Odeon 38024/38079 [XV95/XV50]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Barcarole
(Offenbach). With HERMINE KITTEL [c] / LA JUIVE: Gebets-Szene (Halévy). With
LEO SLEZAK [t]. Announced by, respectively, Hermine Kittel/Leo Slezak. Side
one few MGTs, cons. 2-3. Side two 2. $20.00.
VIOLET ELLIOTT [c]
1453. 10” Blk. London Angel Pre-Dog 3777 [8035e]. SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND
(Lambert). Piano acc. Piano acc. Uncommon. Cons. 2. $15.00.
GERVASE ELWES [t]. Northampton, England,1866-Boston, 1921.
Born of well to do
parents, Elwes was originally in the diplomatic corps before embarking on a career as a singer. He
was, as reviews occasionally cited, something of a cross between a tenor (without the highest
notes) and a baritone (without the bottom). Within his range, ideal for most oratorio parts, he
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was a brilliant interpreter and a leading recitalist in the
U.K. and the United States. He took a particularlar
interest in the art songs of his British contemporaries,
and these constituted the majority of his recordings as
well as a sizeable percentage of his concert programs.
Elwes’ death occurred at the Boston Back Bay Railroad
Station when, in the process of tossing back a coat that
had been given him by mistake as he originally left the
train, he slipped between the departing train and the
walkway. The Columbia records below are all superb mid‘20s laminated pressings.
2106. 10” Brown HMV B.320 [y13904e]/y15619e].
PHYLLIS HAS SUCH CHARMING GRACES
(arr. H. Lane Wilson) / SIGN NO MORE,
LADIES (Aikin). Piano acc. 2. $10.00.
2104. 10” Brown HMV B.321 [y13902e/Ab14296b].
ABSENT, YET PRESENT (M. V. White) / TO
DAISIES; SONG OF THE BLACKBIRD (both
Roger Quilter). Piano acc. 2. $10.00.
3009. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia L1119 [75239/75330].
O MISTRESS MINE!; FAIR HOUSE OF JOY
(both Quilter) / SONGS MY MOTHER
TAUGHT ME (Dvo ák). Piano acc. F. B.
Kiddle Just about 1-2. $20.00.
GERVASE ELWES
3080. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia L1152 [75357/75360].
A CAROL OF BELLS (Charles V. Stanford) /
SEMELE: Where’ere You Walk (Händel). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
3011. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia L1398 [74150/74151]. THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
(Yeates-Ley) /A SEA DIRGE (Shakespeare-Dunhill). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
ELISABETH VAN ENDERT [s]
1921. 10” Green acous. Polydor 14381 [18113L/18788L]. FREISCHÜTZ: Schlem halt fest
(v.Weber). With BIRGIT ENGEL [s] / HANS UND LIESEL [Folk Song). With
BERNHARD BÖTEL [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ARTHUR ENDRÈZE [b]. Chicago, 1893-1975. Born Arthur Krackman, Endrèze studied at
the University of Illinois. In 1918 he was accepted as a vocal student at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau and prepared further with Jean de Reszke in Paris. His debut in opera was
in Nice, 1925, as Mozart’s Don Giovanni. He soon became a principal baritone at the Paris OpéraComique and the Opéra, singing both standard baritone repertoire such as Valentin in Faust as
well as principal roles in such exotic works as L’Aiglon (Honegger), La Chartreuse de Parme
(Sauget), Guercoeur (Magnard) and Maximilien (Milhaud). He returned to America in 1940, where
he worked primarily as a teacher.
1969. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.771 [KI-3718-2/KI-4409-I]. RONDEL DE L’ADIEU /
MESSALINE: O nuit d’amour (both Isadore de Lara). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2847. 12” Dk. PW Eng. Parlophone E11129 [XXP7140-2/XXP7142]. ROMEO ET
JULIETTE: Que l’Hymne nuptial (Gounod) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ballad of
Queen Mab (Gounod). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3211. 12” Red Decca G-25893 [XXP7143-2/XXP7215-2]. NOCTURNE / LA PROCESSION
(both Franck). Orch. dir. Henry Defosse. Side one a really moving performance.
Small lbl. stkr. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.
3105. 12” Red PoW Odeon 121.0803 [XXP7302-1/XXP7303-1]. PEARL FISHERS: Duo du
1er Acte (Bizet). Two sides. With PAUL-HENRI VERGNES [t]. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
3858. 12” Red PW Pathé X.90038 [250232/250233]. LA FAVORITE: Pour tant d’amour /
LA FAVORITE: Jardins de l’Alcazar (Donizetti). Couple lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
JOSÉ ERARD [t].
The few bits of information on Erard date from the 1911-13 period including his recordings (U.S. Everlasting Cylinders, Columbia, and Rishell discs).
1947. 10” Grey vertical Rishell F-5107 [ ? / ? ]. TU NE SAURAS JAMAIS! (Millandy) /
QUAND L’AMOUR MEURT (Millandy-Cremieux). Cons. 2. $10.00.
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KARL ERB [t]
9341. 11” Brown/White Odeon 98054/98055 [XB.6068/6069-2]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o
quella / RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). In German. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
9545. 11” Dk. Blue Odeon O-5088 (X52924/X52925) [XB5746/XB5747-2]. MIGNON: O
daß die Seele mein (Thomas). Excellent pressing. Cons. 2. $25.00.
2868. 12” Brown Odeon 76173/76174 [XXB5455-2/XXB5458]. THE SEASONS: Mit Würd
und Hoheit angetan (Haydn) / ST. PAUL: Sei getreu bis in den Tod (Mendelssohn).
Slightest lbl. rubbing side one. Surface just about 1-2. $25.00.
NATALIA ERMOLENKO [s]. See: NATALIA ERMOLENKO YUZHINA [s]
BERTHE
ERZA [s]. Born in Tunis, Algiers, Erza
spent a period of time in the U.S. She made trial
(unissued) records for Victor in 1920. In 1922 she
appeared in a Hippodrome concert with Titta Ruffo and
also gave a recital in New York’s Aeolian Hall. One
review stated that Erza “is a singer who has overcome a
tremendous physical handicap to prove to the world
that she possesses a God-given voice.” He further advised that Erza “…belongs among the elect, a company
that today includes only Raisa, and perhaps Destinn
and Ponselle.” Whatever that “tremendous physical
handicap” might have been isn’t stated, nor did other
reviewers mention it. Her only issued recording was
made in Paris in 1926, the label indicating that Erza
was a soloist with the Concerts Pasdeloup. She taught
voice in New York at the Chase School of Music 193031, perhaps longer.
2296. 10” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P-690 [BFR1981/BFR199-1]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). Two sides. In French. Lt.
rubs, 2. $15.00.
LÉON [LÉONCE-ANTOINE] ESCALAÏS [t].
Near Narbonne, 1859-Paris, 1941. A student at the
Toulouse and Paris Conservatoires, Escalaïs made his
debut as Arnoldo in Rossini’s William Tell at the Paris
BERTHE ERZA
Opèra in 1883. He appeared in most major French
houses, as well as La Scala, 1888, where he was
Eleazar in Halévy’s La Juive. In America, he sang leading roles with the French Opera in New
Orleans. Escalais’ high Cs are perhaps the most brilliant sounds captured on disc by any tenor of
the acoustic period.
9342. 11” Odeon HRS 2008 (Fonotipia 39414/39370) [XPh473-2/498]. ROBERT LE
DIABLE: Sicilienne / HUGUENOTS: Septet (both Meyerbeer). Side two with
ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI [b], ORESTE LUPPI [bs], FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b], GIUSEPPE SALA [t], ANGELO ALGOS [t], GIOVANNI MASOTTI [bs].
Another copy for those who missed out on it last year. Glassy surface ‘30s issue
from orig. 1906 Fonotipia matrices. Very rare, the ideal pressing of this spectacular
Escalais performance. Just about 1-2. $275.00.
2655. 11” Fonotipia 39392/39393 ]XPh457/XPh445]. STANCES (Flégier) / LE MAGE: Ah!
parais (Massenet). One very tiny PB near start side one, otherwise cons. 2.
$300.00.
9467. 11” Fonotipia 39428/39431 [XPh466/XPh384]. LA JUIVE: Rachel quand le
Seigneur (Halévy) / OSANNA (Granier). Side one few MGTs, lt. rubs, 3. Side two
2-3. $250.00.
9492. 11” Fonotipia 39525/39526 [XPh1636/XPh1637]. SIGURD: Avec ces fleurs / SIGURD: Oublions les maux soufferts (Reyer). With AMELIE TALEXIS [s]. One lt.
PB side one, few tiny bumps (harmless). Gen. 2. $250.00.
2670. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia mat. XPh1723. LA REINE DE SABA: Fils de Tubalkain …
Inspirez-moi, race divine [Air de Adoniram] (Gounod). Unpublished. What an
extraordinarily unique and important record! I can’t imagine why it was
never issued. It has has graying on various notes and one TN. Grooves are gen. 45, but I’d call most of the sonic interference (again where it occurs) noticeable but not,
in most cases, heavy blasting. It is certainly fully listenable. $1200.00.
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PEDRO ESPINA (KRAUSE) [t]. Mexico, 1906-St.
Louis, 1978. He was raised in Evansville, Indiana and
attended public schools there. His original goal was to be
an artist, a protégé of Nelson Wilson. His singing voice
dictated his future and he studied in Chicago and New
York. He appeared in concert in Mexico and the U.S.
through the post-WW II period. then leaving the stage and
settling in St. Louis, where he worked as a commercial
artist. The only extant recording of his voice would appear
to be the private record below.
4203. 10” White elec. Brunswick Private Recording
[mat. C-4166-A/C-4167-A]. GOD TOUCHED
THE ROSE (LeBrun-Brown) / O CEASE THE
SINGING MAIDEN FAIR (Rachmaninoff). In
English. With L. Augustine [vln] and Helen
Leefelt [piano]. Recorded Chi-cago, Aug. 27,
1929. Label signed and inscribed by Espina
(which is how he appears on this label, without
the “Krause”). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
PEDRO ESPINA (KRAUSE)
NANCY
EVANS [c]. Liverpool, 1915-Aldeburgh, 2000. A pupil of Maggie Teyte, Evans
began her career as a member of the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus in the later 1930s. Her
London stage debut was in Sullivan’s The Rose of Persia in 1938. In 1946 she alternated with
Kathleen Ferrier in the English Opera Group’s first run of Britten’s Rape of Lucretia at
Glyndebourne. The following year she created the role of Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring in the
Covent Garden world premiere. She was noted particularly in British opera and in recitals. Her
first husband was Walter Legge, who replaced her with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as his second wife.
She, in turn, wed producer and librettist Eric Crozier, who became a co-founder of the Aldeburgh
Festival with Britten and Peter Pears. Evans taught singing at the Britten-Pears School in Snape
Maltings after her retirement and was made an
OBE in 1991. Harold Rosenthaur, in the New
Grove Dictionary of Opera, notes her “warm-toned
voice and lively personality”. – Internet
2273. 10” Plum HMV B.9332 [OEA.10010II/OEA.10011-II]. SLEEP / SWEET
AND TWENTY; CONSIDER (all Peter
Warlock). Piano acc. Gerald Moore.
Just about
1-2. $7.00.
ERNESTINE
FÄRBER-STRASSER [c].
Königsberg, 1884 - ?
. Her debut was in
Leipzig. Then, from 1903-1913 she was engaged
at the Stadttheater in Aachen and, following this,
the Court Opera in Munich through 1921. She
continued to appear there on occasion in later
years. She then returned to Leipzig and also made
guest appearances at Covent Garden as well as in
Spain and Switzerland. From 1927 she was a star
of the Stuttgart Opera, but was deleted from the
roster in 1933 for being Jewish. She then emigrated to the U.S. and next to Switzerland. Little is
known of her during this period. Her husband was
the painter Benno Strasser.
2416. 10” acous. Blk. Polydor 62372 [1227ar/
1229ar]. MORGEN (Strauss) / HEIDENRÖSLEIN (Schubert). Piano acc.
Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2436. 10” acous. Blk. Polydor 62381 [1228ar/
1230½ar]. WIEGENLIED (Strauss) / IN
DEM SCHATTEN MEINER LOCKEN
(Wolf). Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$35.00.
MARIA FARNETI [s].
MARIA FARNETI as Mascagni's Isabeau
2600. 10” Green PW elec. Italian Columbia GQ
7160 [WB4175-2/WB4182-2]. LA LUNA E L’USIGNOLO / LA ROSE ROUGE (both
Sozogno). Exceptionally rare. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $300.00.
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GERALDINE
FARRAR [s]. Melrose,
MA, 1882-Ridgefield, CT, 1967. Farrar’s
earliest musical training was in the U.S. and
then in Paris for a brief period with Mathilde
Marchesi.She made her debut at the Berlin
Hofoper, 1901, as Marguerite in Gounod’s
Faust and subsequently studied with Lilli
Lehmann. From 1907 through 1922 she was
one of the Metropolitan Opera’s major
audience draws, and was that company’s
first Cio-Cio-San, 1907, and Suor Angelica
(world premiere, 1918). Carmen was a role
she held virtually exclusively for a number
of years and which became a particular
favorite with New Yorkers after her portrayal
of the part in a 1915 silent film. Farrar was
an inveterate letter writer, particularly in
her later years, and she created a voluminous file of correspondence with a number of people. In these letters she expressed
her opinions and feelings about everything
and everyone from Senator Joseph McCarthy through Maria Callas.
2451. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 53363
[2250h]. MATTINATA (Tosti). In
Italian. Piano acc. Only form of
issue. Nice copy. 2. $150.00.
1864. 10” White HMV Advance Copy
33618 [1315r]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
2217. 10” PW White Vla IRCC 1. OUVRE
TES YEUX BLEUS (Massenet) /
DER NUSSBAUM (Schumann).
GERALDINE FARRAR in Mascagni's Amica
Both first and only editions from orig. 1922/23 Victor matrices. Label signed by
Farrar. Small index mks. Few minor rubs, 2. $15.00.
1000. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 30 [3800h/B-12739-1]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito)
/ EXULTATE JUBILATE: Alleluia (Mozart). From orig. 1906 G&T/1914 Victor
matrices. Pressing No. 1. Label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1471. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87004 [take 2, of 3 issued takes]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY:
Entrance of Butterfly (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1781. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87004 [take 2, of three 3 takes]. Same as preceding item
(#1471), slightly later pressing. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1378. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87031. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ieri son salita (Puccini). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1113. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87073. O FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE (Mendelssohn).
Descriptive label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2118. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 87076. ABIDE WITH ME (Monk). Couple lightest
superficial mks., just about 1-2. $7.00.
1055. 10” Red “A” plate Vr 87127. WONNEVOLLER MAI, O KOMM HERBEI! (Chadwick,
arr. Sieber). Gluck is the composer, although Chadwick is credited on the label.
Rare. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2282. 10” Red “A” plate ’12 Pats. Vla 87136. SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Via! così non mi
lasciate! (Wolf-Ferrari). Lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
1455. 10” White lbl. Vla 87160. I’VE BEEN ROAMING (Horn). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1056. 10” Red “A” plate Vla 87256. TU ME DIRAIS (Chaminade). Scarce. Never doubled.
Reviewer’s “X” on lbl. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1366. 10” Red Vla 87292. SANS TOI (d’Hardelot). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1431. 10” White lbl. Vla 87308. APPLE BLOSSOMS: Star of Love (Fritz Kreisler). Only
form of issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1367. 10” Red Vla 87313. AU PRINTEMPS (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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1364. 10” Red Vla 953. MADRIGAL [TES DOUX BAISERS] (Chaminade) / SERENATA
(Tosti). Side two harp acc. Francis Lapitino. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
2140. 10” PW Silver IRCC 207 [OB-2014/OB-2015]. THE LEGEND OF THE DOGWOOD
TREE / THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS DONKEY (both Farrar). Geraldine Farrar
reading her own poems (recorded 1941). Label signed by Geraldine Farrar. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3545. 12” White lbl. Vla 88125. NYMPHES ET SYLVAINS (Bemberg). Uncommon. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3488. 12” Red GP ’08 “B” plate Vr 88147. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Excellent copy,
few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. \
3501. 12” Red ’12 Pats. 88359. LE DONNE CURIOSE: Il cor nel contento (Wolf-Ferrari).
With HERMANN JADLOWKER [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3493. 12” Red GP ’08 Vr 88152. MIGNON: Styrienne (Thomas). Few lt. mks., cons. 2.
$10.00.
3470. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88289. MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn).
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2731. 12” Red Vr 88512. CARMEN: Chanson Bohême (Bizet). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2.
$6.00.
3012. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89014 [2nd issued take]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ora a noi
(Puccini). With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3617. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89034. FAUST: Attends! voici la rue (Gounod). With ENRICO
CARUSO [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3701. 12” Re ’08 Pats. Vla 89040. FAUST: Elle ouvre sa fenêtre (Gounod). With MARCEL
JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3704. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 89071. DER ENGEL (Rubinstein). With LOUISE
HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3712. 12” Red Vla 8011. MANON: On l’appelle, Manon (Massenet) / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: O quant’ ochi fisi (Puccini). With ENRICO CARUSO [t]. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3409. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 61 [C-12751-1/268i]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla
(Puccini). With ENRICO CARUSO [t] / CARUSO [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par
d’udire ancora (Bizet). From orig. 1912 Victor/1904 Milano matrices. Side one first
edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
3632. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 50 [C-12751-1/C-8268]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla
(Puccini). With ENRICO CARUSO [t] / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (both
Puccini). With JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c]. From orig. 1912/1909 Victor matrices.
Side one the only issue other than the IRCC first edition (see item #3409 directly
above). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2960. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 114. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod) / LE
DONNE CURIOSE: Tutto per te (Wolf-Ferrari). From orig. 1911/1912 Victor
matrices. Side one first edition. Label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
EDMÉE FAVART [s]
1656. 10” EE Pathé X.2608 [N201655-1/N201656-1]. CIBOULETTE: Nous avons fait un
beau voyage. With ANDRÉ BAUGÉ [b] / CIBOULETTE: C’est sa banlieue (Reynaldo
Hahn). Small lbl. stkrs., Cons. 2. $10.00.
MAFALDA FAVERO [s]
3166. 12” late Red VdP DB 3200 [2B1826-I/2B1871-I]. BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì /
MANON LESCAU: In quelle trine morbide (both Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
LORENZ FEHENBERGER [t]
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 GEORG HANN [bs],
side two with KARL HOPPE [b]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
FRITZ FEINHALS [b]
3519. 12” Blk. acous. Vr 68484 [2383c/2384c]. THE FLYING DUTCHMAN: Die Frist ist
um (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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VICTORIA FER [s]
2306. 10” Yellow Odeon 0708 [Lxg67/Lxg68].
MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas). Two
sides. Side one just about 1-2. Side
two few LGTs, otherwise gen. 2.
$15.00.
GERMAINE FERALDY [s]
3014. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Col. 50231-D
[WLX607/WLX609-2]. BARTERED
BRIDE: Duect, Act I / BARTERED
BRIDE: Duet, Act III (Smetana). In
French. With MARCEL CLAUDEL [t].
Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
MISHA FERENZO [t]. Nicolayev, Russia,
1889? - ? . Ferenzo studied in Berlin at the
Stern Conservatory and the Berlin Hochschule,
as well as in Russia, Italy and France. His career
included opera, concert and recital in the U.S.
and Europe. His U.S. debut was with Emma
Calve’s concert tour in 1906. He remained and VICTORIA FER rehearsing Massenet's Le Jongleur de
appeared in various smaller opera companies,
Notre-Dame (with unidentified pianist)
lauded for a work at the Cleveland Hippodrome
as ‘the Russian Caruso’ Likely he added a few years to his birth date as given above in the 1940
Who’s Who in Music, as he was a soloist with the Russian Symphony Orchestra at the NY
Hippodrome in 1906. In Paducah, Kentucky, 1909, he starred in The Merry Widow. In 1911 he
was heard as Niceas in Thais in Philadelphia with the Aborn English Grand Opera Company and
there the next year in de Koven’s Robin Hood starring Bessie Abott. He likely was on the roster of
the Montreal Opera around 1913. During the same period he taught in Brooklyn at the Hassell
Conservatory of Music on Marcy Avenue. Later he appeared in Broadway musicals: A Night in
Paris (1926), Romancin’ Round (1927) and Moon Over Mulberry Street (1935). In 1932 Ferenzo was
on stage in Washington, D.C. with Ethel Barrymore in Encore (Victor Wittgenstein). While from
1909 into 1912 he recorded 17 sides for Victor of songs and arias in multiple languages, only four
sides of Russian songs were actually issued. Ferenzo was living and active in NYC in 1939.
2724. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla mat. C-9366-2. EUGEN ONEGIN: Lenski’s Aria (Tschaikowsky). Unpublished. I’ve never seen another copy of this. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
CESIRA FERRANI [s]. Turin, 1863-Pollone, 1943.
Ferrani studied in Turin with soprano
Antonietta Fricca, one of Marchesi’s Vienna pupils. Her debut was in Turin, 1887, as Micaëla in
Carmen, also singing there Marguerite in Faust, then Gilda in Rigoletto at the Teatro Carignano.
She subsequently appeared in a number of Italian houses, as well as in South America, Lisbon,
Russia, Monte Carlo and Barcelona. In 1901 she sang the role of Rosaura in the Genoa premiere
(one of six simultaneous premieres) of Mascagni’s Le Maschere. At Turin’s Teatro Regio, the
center of much of her career, she created the title role of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (1893) and Mimi
in La Bohème (1896), the world premieres of both Puccini works. Another Ferrani “first” was the
part of Mélisande in the Italian premiere of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala, 1908. Her
repertoire also included among many other roles Elsa (Lohengrin], Suzel (l’Amico Fritz), Juliette
and Massenet’s Sapho. Her extremely rare records were a few discs for G&T in 1902. She retired
from the stage in 1909.
2701. 7” Blk. Milano G&T 53150 [5520-R]. LOHENGRIN: Sogno di Elsa (Wagner). I doubt if
a better copy exists today. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $1000.00.
EDOARDO FERRARI-FONTANA [t]. Rome, 1878-Toronto, 1936.
Originally a medical
student and then in the Italian diplomatic corps, Ferrari-Fontana appeared in operetta as an
amateur baritone beginning in 1902. He continued, self-taught, to become a leading operetta
artist. He eventually converted to tenor (presumably with some professional guidance), being hired
by the Parma Opera, likely as a cover. The tenor recounted that while intently watching a Tristan
und Isolde rehearsal, he was noticed by the conductor, Tulio Serafin. Said Serafin to him, “I suppose you would like to be singing this opera”. The tenor replied, “Yes, I would like to sing it. But I
assure you that if I did so I would do a much better piece of work than that one”, pointing to tenor
Fiorello Giraud on stage. Ferrari-Fontana had his opportunity when Giraud became ill, and he had
a tremedous success. He repeated the same role with the Boston Opera in 1912 with Margarete
Matzenauer, his new wife, tallying over 150 performances of the opera during his short career.
The couple separated in 1915, Matzenauer telling the press that two singers shouldn’t marry. Her
next husband, following her dictum, was a non-singer (her chauffeur), but that didn’t last either.
Ferrari-Fontana seemed to develop vocal problems after his divorce. He took a second wife in 1919
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and he continued singing through the 1920s, but often the reviews indicated that his voice wasn’t
working well. He taught in Toronto from the later 1920s until his death.
1350. 10” TC Columbia A1731 [39259-2/39260-2]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Noto Regina é
a Me (Wagner) / PAGLIACI: Un tal Gioco (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1607. 10” TC Columbia A1731. Same as previous list (item 1350). Cons. 2. $12.00.
CARLO FERRETTI [b].
“Former baritone of the Scala Opera in Milan” is how Ferretti
(sometimes spelled Feretti) is billed in at least one advertisement, although he isn’t listed on the La
Scala roster. Likely he appeared someplace(s) in Italy before emigrating to the U.S. in the ‘teens.
He was active singing in the NYC movie palaces, including the Strand (1919) and the Capitol
(1927-28). According to the late Aida Favia-Artsay, Ferretti sang with various smaller opera
companies in the NYC area in the 1920s and 1930s as well as on the radio. For instance, he
appeared in 1933 at the Broadway Theater in Aida (“opera at movie prices”) with Lucy Monroe (the
“Star-Spangled Soprano” as The Priestess) and Giuseppe Radaelli (as Rhadames).
1172. 10” Brown acous. Emerson 20041 [4563-2/4632-2]. GIOCONDA: Pescator, affonda
l’esca (Ponchielli) / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Few lt. rubs, 2.
$12.00.
GWEN FFRANGCON-DAVIES [s]
2890. 12” Eng. Columbia DX 346, DX 347 [CAX6313-3/6314-2, CAX6329/6330-1]. THE
IMMORTAL HOUR [abridged recording, arr. E. Irving] Rutland Boughton). Four
sides. With BRUCE FLEGG [t], etc. Orch. and Chorus dir. Ernest Irving. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
NIKOLAI FIGNER [t]. Near Kazan, 1857-Kiev, 1918. Having studied in St. Petersburg and
Naples, Figner made his debut in Italy in 1882. He subsequently appeared with much success in
South America. In 1887, he appeared at Covent Garden in Ernani and Rigoletto and then returned
to St. Petersburg, singing Raoul in Les Huguenots and the Russian premiere of Verdi’s Otello to
great acclaim. From that point he was in Russia among the most celebrated tenors of the time.
His frequent co-star until their divorce in 1904 was his wife, the Italian soprano Medea Mei.
Figner created the leading tenor roles in several operas by Russian composers of the period, including Tschaikowsky's Pique Dame (1890) and Iolanthe (1892), and Napravnik's Dubrovsky
(1895). No small portion of his success was due to his acting ability and stage presence.
4118. 10” Red St. Petersburg G&T 22547 [293x]. YOU ARE MY MORNING; THE LOVERS
(Wrangel). Piano acc. First selection sung with particular passion. 1902 recording.
Very lt. NR on lbl. Very decent copy, 2-3. $350.00.
GIUSEPPINA FINZI-MAGRINI [s]
2256. 10” Blue Notes Columbia C2368 [11161-1/111681]. LAKMÉ: Aria delle Campanelle (Delibes). Two
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU [b]
2879. 12” Red HMV DB 21350 [2EA15951-2A/
2EA15955-2A]. DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE
(Schumann) / DER ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Piano
accc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ANNA
FITZIU [s]. Huntington, VA, 1887-Hollywood,
CA, 1957. Fitziu (originally Fitzhugh) studied with William
Thorner and made her debut in operetta. Studying further,
she spent a period in Italy, making her debut in Milan, 1912
as Elsa in Lohengrin, also appearing at the Costanzi in Rome
and in Florence, Naples and Palermo. Her Metropolitan Opera
career was limited to the 1916 world premiere and four subsequent performances of Goyescas (Granados). Several
seasons with the Chicago Opera proved to offer her more
opportunities, including the title role in the first American
ANNA FITZIU working out
performance of Catalani’s Loreley. She also toured with the
San Carlo Opera but suffered a nervous breakdown in 1927. Fitziu thereupon retired but made a
concert comeback in 1930. She later taught in Chicago, one of her pupils having been William
Tabbert (later a leading singer in Broadway productions). Fitziu left only six recorded sides, made
in 1916 for Pathé.
1499. 10” Maroon Actuelle 025074 [N65512-1/N67530]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) /
MILAN GRAND OPERA SEXTETTE (artists not named). LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD (HALL) [s].
2192. 10” Plum PW HMV X.2975 [192-II/193-I].
SETERJENTENS SØNTAG (Ole Bull) /
PER GYNT: Solveigs Sang (Grieg). 1930
recording. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1140. 10” Blue PW Scandinavian HMV AL 2006
[192-II/193-I]. Same as previous listing
(item #2192). Excellent pressing, just
about 1-2. $15.00.
3724. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 14181. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle / TANNHÄUSER: Elsas Traum (Wagner). Orch.
dir. Hans Lange. As new. Just about
1-2. $6.00.
OBERON: Ozean, du Ungerheur (v.Weber). Two sides. With Eugene Ormandy
dir. Philadelphia Orchestra. As new.
Just about
1-2. $6.00.
EDITHA FLEISCHER [s]
1310. 10” Blk. acous. Vr 77902. SCHWARZWALDMÄDEL: Lachende Augen /
SCHWARZWALDMÄDEL: Erklingen
zum Tanze die Geigen (Leon Jessel).
Both with MAX BLOCH [t]. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD in an unidentified role
MIGUEL FLETA [t]
1622. 10” Red acous. Vla 948 [both European
matrices]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è
mobile (Verdi) / I PURITANI: A te o
cara (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1578. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1259 [BJ605-I/
BJ617-II]. MARINA: Salida de Jorge
(Arrieta). Two sides. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1094. 10” Red PW Czech HMV DA 1036
[BJ2061-II/BJ2062-II]. NANA (de
Falla) / JOTA (both De Falla). Nice
pressing. Small lbl. stkr., just about 12. $15.00.
1792. 10” Red HMV DA 1087 [BJ2304-I/
BJ2311-II] EL TRUST DE LOS
TENORIOS: Te quiero (Serrano) /
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini).
2414. 10” Hungarian Mezinárodní Diskotéka
MD 5043 [CM478-II/CM479-II]. LA
MAR-SEILLAISE (de l’Isle) / HIMMO
DE RIEGO (Caballero). Issued in U.S.
as Victor 1537. Rarely seen in any
form. Excellent pressing. Just about
MIGUEL FLETA
1-2. $15.00.
2792. 12” Red Czech elec. Gramola DB 1024
[CJ591-II/CJ607-II]. EL CASERIO: Romanza (Fernandez Shaw-Romero) /
PRINCESITA (Padilla). Lbl. stkrs., just about 1-2. $15.00.
2966. 12” Red late VdP DB 1034 [CJ558-I/CJ-597-I]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina
(Puccini) / PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3674. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6666 [CJ619-II/CJ620-II]. MARINA: Duo / MARINA: Brindis
(Arrieta). Both with EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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3664. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7208 [CJ2155-II/CJ1848-II]. HIMNO A LA EXPOSICIÓN DE
SEVILLA (Quintero-Alonso) / ORCH. SINFÓNICA DEL GRAMÓFONO. SEVILLA
(Albéniz). Lbl. stkr. side two. Lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $10.00.
3346. 12” White HMV elec. VB 50 [CJ619-II/CJ620-II]. Same as preceding listing (item
#3674) but later reissue. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3612. 12” Mauve HMV acous. AGSB 58 [C-29286/C-27714]. CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma
mère (Bizet). With LUCREZIA BORI [s] / BORI [s], BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. ROMÉO
ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Gounod). Both sides from 1924 unpublished Victor
TINO FOLGAR [t]
3865. 12” Red Orth. Vla 9694 [CJ2364-III/
CJ2365-II]. ALMA DE DIOS: Canto
Húngara (Serrano) / GIGANTES Y CABEZUDOS: Cor de Repariados (Caballero). Excellent copy, few lightest rubs,
cons. 2. $20.00.
CESARE FORMICHI [b]
1952. 10” Blue Notes acous. Columbia C2711
[41856-1/41850-1]. GLI ZINGARI:
Canto Notturno (Leoncavallo) / MARIA
IVANISI [s], ANTONIO FASSINO [t]
(1874-1915). GUARANY: Sento una
forza (Gomes). Only recording side
one? 2. $15.00.
2268. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2028-M
[A940/A941]. TOSCA: Ella verra /
TOSCA: Già, mi dicon venal (Puccini).
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2241. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2029-M
[A942/A960]. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza
(Verdi) / RIGOLETTO: Signor! va, non
ho niente (Verdi). Side two with
FERNANDO AUTORI [bs]. Few lt.
rubs, 2. $10.00.
1261. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2030M
[A895/A896]. LE JONGLEUR DE
NOTRE-DAME: Légende de la sauge
(Massenet) / SAMSON ET DALILA:
Maudit a jamais (Saint-Saëns). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
1035. 10” Blue Columbia Viva-Tonal 2060-M
TINO FOLGAR
[WA6121/WA6122-2]. D’UNE PRISON
(Hahn) / OBSTINATION (de Fontenailly). In French. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
RITA FORNIA [ms]. San Francisco, 1878-Paris, 1922. Born Regina Newman, she adopted
part of the name of her home state as a stage name. She made her debut as a coloratura soprano
in Germany but soon came to find her true voice was a mezzo soprano. After this transition she
sang both soprano and mezzo roles. She was a quick study and was often required to go on at the
last minute. Once in Germany, she sang both Elisabeth and Venus in the same performance of
Tannhäuser. Early in her Metropolitan career (her debut was in 1907), she filled in at the last
minute for an ailing Emma Eames as Leonora in Il Trovatore and also for Marcella Sembrich in Il
Barbiere di Siviglia, both to critical acclaim. For the latter performance she was given twenty-four
hours’ notice, which was helpful, as she had previously sung Rosina only in German and had to
learn the role in Italian in one day (these performances, of course, without a stage rehearsal). As a
mezzo, she had particular success in 1911 as the Page in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette. She seemed
content, however, to sing dozens of Suzukis to Farrar’s Butterfly as well as various small roles.
Suzuki with Farrar turned out to be her final Met performance in 1922. Her Victor Red Seals are
scarce and of particular aural appeal.
1414. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Vr 64162. FAUST: Le parlate d’amor (Gounod). Mint first
issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1416. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Vr 64244. CHANSON DE FLORIAN (Godard). Just about
2. $20.00.
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1176. 10” Red Vr 64283. DAS ZAUBERLIED (Meyer-Helmund). Piano acc. Rosario
Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1134. 10” Red Vr 64289. ALLERSEELEN, Op. 85, No. 3 (Lassen). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1447. 10” Red Vr 64290. DEIN GEDENK’ ICH, MARGARETHA, Op. 12, No. 2 (MeyerHelmund). Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3122. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla mat. C-8659-4. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux (Gounod).
Unpublished. A ten-inch version was issued. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
BERTHA FÖRSTER-LAUTERER [s]
2446. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 44241 [854z]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Terzett (v.Weber). With
HERMIONE KITTEL [c], 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
HERMINE KITTEL [c], 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.
LUIGI FORT [t]
2071. 10” Eng. Col. DQ 1979 [DB7667-2/DB7670-2]. ANIMA ALLEGRA: É arrivata
primavera (Vittadini) / IDEALE (Tosti). Only recording of side one aria? Cons. 2.
$15.00.
RENÉ FOURNETS [bs]. Pau, 1858-1926.
His debut was at the Paris Opéra-Comique in
1884 where he sang leading basse chantante roles. 1892 marked his debut at the Paris Opéra as
Mefisto in Gounod’s Faust. He remained an important artist there until 1901, singing such parts
as Wotan, Leporello, Saint Bris in Les Huguenots and the King in Lohengrin. He subsequently
appeared on a number of stages in the French provinces.
2487. 10” Disque Arion 2192/2194 [8501-2/8504-2]. FAUST: Sérénade (Gounod) /
BENVENUTO CELLINI: Arioso (Diaz). Side one 3. Side two 2-3. $25.00.
BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Pienza, 1891-Rome, 1985.
Franci studied in Rome with
Antonio Cotogni and Enrico Rosati and made his debut at the Teatro Costanzi, 1917, in
Mascagni’s Lodoletta, also appearing there in the premiere of Mascagni’s Il Piccolo Marat in 1921.
His La Scala debut was as Amonasro in Aida, conducted by Toscanini. He was also noted there as
Carlo Gerard in Andrea Chenier and in 1924 the world premiere of Giordano’s La Cena delle Beffe.
In 1940 he sang Barak in the Italian premiere of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. In London he
was heard on occasions between 1926 (when he appeared as Scarpia to Jeritza’s Tosca) and 1946.
He also performed leading roles at the Teatro Colón, the Paris Opera, Madrid’s Teatro Reale and
the Berlin Opera. From 1928 to 1949 he was on the roster of the Rome Opera.
1610. 10” Maroon elec. Italian Columbia DQ 1130 [WB3859/WB3860]. ANDREA
CHÉNIER: Un di m’era di gioia / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Son sessant’ anni (Giordano).
Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
2918. 12” Green Phonotype N.1756/N.2336. LA GIOCONDA: O monumento / FERNANDO
DE LUCIA [t]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $75.00.
HEDWIG FRANCILLO-KAUFFMANN [s]. Vienna, 1878-Rio de Janeiro, 1948. A pupil
of von Orgeni in Dresden, Rosario in Milan, and several others, Francillo-Kaufmann made her
debut in Stettin, 1898, subsequently spending seasons with the operas in Wiesbaden, Munich,
and Berlin (Hofoper and Komischen Oper). From 1908-12 she was a leading coloratura with the
Vienna Staatsoper and then from 1912-1927 the Hamburg Opera. Guest appearances throughout
Europe and South America as well as recitals kept her active until she retired in the late 1920s.
An interview with her by the Musical Courier in 1929, however, states that she had retired during
World War I and hadn’t returned to public life until 1927, when she reappeared as a concert
singer. She mentions her friendship and performances with Caruso and that she had been an
“unofficial teacher” (whatever that means) of Joseph Schwarz and Lotte Lehmann “and many
others”.
3007. 12” Beka-Meister M113 (2-1439/2-1440). ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Zerbinetta’s Aria
(Strauss). The original version. Two sides. Scarce. Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $30.00.
3298. 12” Girl & Gram. Parlophon P.1442/P.1443. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Aria der
Rosine (Rossini). Two sides. Lt. mks., gen. 2. $20.00.
PAUL FRANZ [t]
1834. 10” Blue PW elec. French Columbia LF 23 [WL2024-1/WL2220-I]. LA FILLE DE
ROLAND: Chanson des epées (Rabaud) / MEISTERSINGER: L’Aube vermeille
(Wagner). Cons. 2. $12.00.
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1748. 10” Blue PW French Columbia LF 45 [WL2344-I/WL2345-I]. SIEGFRIED: Chant de
la Forge / SIEGFRIED: Hoho! hoho! hahei! (Wagner). In French. Orch. dir. Eugène
Bigot. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2153. 10” Brown shellac acous Pathé X.0092 [N.1647/N.1642]. LOHENGRIN: Récit du
Graal (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1930. 10” Blue Pathé Art-Label X.0723 [N250085/N250086]. JOSEPH: Récitatif et air de
Joseph (Méhul). Two sides. Orch. dir. François Ruhlmann. IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2810. 12” Pink Dog HMV 032227 [02198v]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Salut tombeau
(Gounod). ¾” harmless rim patina blank side only. Couple lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
NINÌ FRASCANI [ms]. Milan, 1878-1935?
A
student of Maestri G. Cosentino and F. Fuzzone, Frascani made her debut at the Naples Teatro San Carlo,
1902, in La Favorita with Bonci and De Luca. She
subsequently appeared at Covent Garden, toured
South America and then was heard in a number of
Italian houses, including La Scala, when she was
Fricka in Die Walküre. In 1912 she wed tenor Gaetano
Tommasini and in the early 1920s appeared with him
in New York. She was last mentioned as having sung
in Italy in 1923 with Rosetta Pampanini in the premiere of the opera Colomba by N. van Westerouth.
There seems to be no information on her after this
period.
2808. 12” Red Spanish Dog. Disco Gram. 053048
[312½i]. CREPUSCOLO TRISTE (Giordano). Written for the Gramophone Company by Giordano, who signed the original
matrix. Lighest lbl. fade. Surface just about
1-2. $25.00.
OLIVE FREMSTAD [s].
3421. 12” TC Columbia A5521 [30707-2/36807-2].
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner)
NINÌ FRASCANI
/ DON CARLOS: O don fatale (Verdi). Flush
pressing. Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
3534. 12” Pink IRCC 158. Same as previous listing (item #3421) but re-recordings. Label
signed boldly by Mme. Fremstad. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
FAUSTO FRERA [t]. Desenzano sul Garda, Italy, 1890-Tokyo, 1929.
His vocal studies
were with Maestro Mandolini and his debut was in concert in 1917. 1923 marked his stage debut
at the Malta Teatro Reale as Cavaradossi. His career in Italy seems to have ended in 1926, having
included Chenier, Hagenbach in La Wally, and Marat in Il Piccolo Marat. How he ended up in
Japan, dying at such a young age, hasn’t been discovered.
2643. 10” acous. Fonotecnica B.3051. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / MANON
LESCAUT: Ah! non v’avvicinate (Puccini). Big bright voice, made only six recorded
sides. LGTs, otherwise 3. $15.00.
TONIKA FRESE [s].
A concert singer active in New York in the ‘teens, she appears to have
emigrated from Germany in 1908 at the age of 18. In addition to a series of records in German for
Victor in 1916, she also made discs for Gennett, Paramount and Majestic. It would be interesting
to discover more about her career and life.
1397. 10” Blk. acous. Vr 69678. ES HAT DIE ROSE SICH BEKLAGT, Op. 42, No. 3
(Franz) / LA PALOMA (Yradier). In German. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
CHARLES FRIANT [t]. Paris, 1890-1947.
Friant’s father and grandfather had been
dancers, so he began as a student at the Paris Opéra School of Dance and then prepared as an
actor, touring with Sarah Bernhardt’s company in 1908-09. Following this experience, he studied
voice with Melchissèdec at the Paris Conservatoire. His operatic career didn’t gain momentum
until after World War I, when he appeared as Des Grieux in Manon in Grenoble. 1920 marked his
first appearance at the Paris Opéra-Comique, this as Werther, and he remained a leading member
of this company until 1939, making guest appearances in Brussels and Monte Carlo. In addition
to creating a number of roles, Friant was noted as Don José, Jean in Massenet’s Jongleur de NotreDame, Werther, Cavaradossi, and Des Grieux, among other parts.
1751. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.868 [KI-2454-3/KI-2455-2]. MAROUF: Dans le jardin fleuri
(Rabaud) / MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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3463. 12” PW Red Odeon 123.585 [XXP6745-2/XXP6756-2]. WERTHER: Mort de Werther
(Massenet). With GERMAINE CERNAY [ms] / CERNAY [ms]. MIGNON: Elle est
aimée (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3464. 12” PW Red Odeon 123.586 [XXP6746-1/XXP6993-I]. WERTHER: Duo de 4e acte
(Massenet). Two sides. with GERMAINE CERNAY [ms]. Lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
NINA A. FRIEDE [ms]. St. Petersburg, 1850-1940.
Friede began musical studies as a
pianist at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1863. Later she studied voice in Paris with Mathilde
Marchesi, an exception to Marchesi’s student roster which appears to have been almost
exclusively sopranos. Her debut was in Firenze, 1882, in Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix. The
following year she was in the premiere at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg of Cui’s Prison of
the Caucacus, the leading role sung by Fyodor Stravinsky (Igor’s father). In 1884 she continued
her success at the Mariinsky as Amneris. In addition to operatic work, Friede was a noted concert
singer and coached with composers such as Tschaikowsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Gounod. Her
only recordings, four 1903 Russian Columbia discs, are of great rarity.
1993. 10” B&S Columbia 35087. BOAT SONG ON THE NEVA (Simon). Somewhat
roughish surface, one tiny ½” rim hair patina. 4-5, but no heavy blasting or
particularly serious problems. $75.00.
GEORGETTE
FROZIER-MARROT
[ms].
There seems to be no available data as to her birth
and death dates. Much of her career was in the
French provinces, including Toulouse Bordeaux,
Gent and the Vichy Festival. She did, however appear
as Carmen at Covent Garden in 1928 and at the
Paris Opera-Comique the next year in the same role,
as well as Margared in Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys. Judging
from her few and rare records, hers must have been
one of the finest mezzo voices of the period.
3136. 12” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. W-1032
[CN409-II/CN410-II]. LES TROYENS A
CARTHAGE: Chèr Tyriens / LES
TROYENS A CARTHAGE: Adieu fière cite
(Berlioz). Orch. dir. G. Lauweryns. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
JOVITA
FUENTES [s]. Capiz, Philippines,
1895-1978. The first internationally successful
Philippine opera singer, Fuentes studied first in
Manila with Salvina Fornari. Early on, Fuentes
taught voice but then went to Italy for further
training. She made her operatic debut there early in
GEORGETTE FROZIER-MARROT
1925 as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. In
addition to Liù in Turandot, Mascagni’s Iris and Mimì in La Bohème, she was specially recommended by Richard Strauss for performances of his Salome in 1932. In addition to Italy and
Germany, she was heard with success in Holland, England, France and in the U.S. with the San
Carlo Opera. Fuentes was less than five feet tall but had a large and resonant voice. After her final
recital in Manila, 1945, she devoted her remaining years to teaching and was a major force in
fostering musical growth in the Philippines.
1861. 10” Brown elec. Parlophon B16408 [34944/34947]. CANTO PATRIOTICO DE MARIA
CLARA (Rizál) / ULLILA LA PALBIG (Hernandez). Lt. rubs (no graying). Side one 3-4,
side two 3. $15.00.
LUCIEN FUGÈRE [bs-b]. Paris, 1848-Paris-1935.
His career began as a café-concert
singer, moving from there to operetta and in 1877 making his Paris Opéra-Comique debut. He left
the Opéra-Comique in 1910 for the Paris Gaité-Lyrique, returning to the Opéra-Comique in 1919.
His repertoire included well over 100 roles and a number of creations, including parts in the
premières of Massenet’s Cendrillon (1899) and Grisélidis (1901), as well as Charpentier’s Louise
(1900). His final performance seems to have been a recital in 1932 (at the age of 85). Fugère’s
Columbia records were made in 1928-29 and his Zonophones in 1902.
2617. 10” Orange Disque Zonophone X-2012. LES SAISONS: Chanson du Blé (V. Massé).
Piano acc. Excellent copy, gen. 2. $1000.00.
1386. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D13043 [WL1018/WL1019]. LE VIEUX RUBAN (Henrion) / LES VIELLES DE CHEZ NOUS (Levadé). Piano acc. Elie Cohen. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
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1609. 10” Blue Eng. Columbia D13077 [WL1020-3/WL1024-1]. L’ANNEAU D’ARGENT
(Chaminade) / LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Pour la Vierge (Massenet). Side
two creator performance. Piano acc. side one Elie Cohen. Side two orch. Cons. 2.
$10.00.
YOSHIE FUJIWARA [t]. Osaka, 1898-1976.
Fujiwara’s mother was a geisha and his father, Neil
B. Reid, Scottish. He was adopted and raised by
Tokuzaburo Fujiwara, but Mr. Reid, his birth
father, provided funds for his education and his
vocal studies in Milan. Fujiwara was an internationally successful concert singer from the mid1920s. His operatic debut was as Rodolfo in La
Boheme at the Paris Opèra-Comique in 1932. Two
years later he founded the Fujiwara Opera in
Japan. He continued appearing internationally well
into the 1950s.
1130. 10” Red Orth Vla 4046. HAKONE HACHIRI [MOUNTAINEER SONG] / OTGOSAN
TO BOYA [WHERE IS MOTHER?]
(Inoue). Piano acc. Maxim Schapiro. As
mint. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ARNOLD GABOR [b]
3004. 12” Blue acous. Odeon AA79347/
AA79348 [XXB6826/XXB6827]. DIE
TOTE STADT: Lied des Pierrot (Korngold) / MASKED BALL: Für dein Glück
(Verdi). Side one few minor mks., 2.
Side two one LSS, cons. 2. $15.00.
JOHANNA
GADSKI [s]. Near Stallin, Ger-
many, 1872-Berlin, 1932.
Gadski began voice
lessons when she was six with Frau SchroederYOSHIE FUJIWARA
Chaloupka, her only teacher, with whom she
remained for twelve years. She made her debut with the Kroll Opera at the age of 16, singing at
first small roles. She remained with that company until 1893 while also filling guest engagements
elsewhere. Her American debut was at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1895 with the Damrosch
Company, singing Elsa in Lohengrin, her first Wagnerian role. The following year she created
Hester Prynne in Walter Damrosch’s The Scarlet Letter. She joined the Metropolitan Opera
Company under Maurice Grau in 1898, singing Wagnerian parts as well as many other roles,
such as Donna Elvira, Pamina, Santuzza, Aida, Micaela, and the leading soprano role in Dame
Ethyl Smyth’s Der Wald. She left the company in 1904 for two seasons, singing primarily in
concert, rejoining the Met in 1906 where she remained until 1917. She lived in Bay Shore, Long
Island from then until 1921, when she resumed her career in concert, also appearing in vaudeville
with the Keith management. She then returned to Germany for a period and in 1927 was back in
America, where she promoted a new German cure for diabetes. She was, however, pressured back
into the musical world in a Carnegie Hall concert performance of Tannhäuser, which was favorably
received. She then performed frequently with the touring German Grand Opera Company, still
achieving glowing audience enthusiasm. Her death was the result of an auto accident in Berlin.
2080. 10” Red GP ’04 Vr 81024 [B-1076]. DER NUSSBAUM (Schumann). Piano acc. Tiny
lbl. stkr. Extremely scarce. Very fine copy. Cons. 2. $25.00.
2063. 10” Red GP ’04 Vr 81045 [B-1077-2]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Couple LGTs,
otherwise cons. 2. $10.00.
1216. 10” Red GP ’06 Vr 87002. WALKÜRE: Ho-yo-to-ho! (Wagner). First of three issued
takes. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1132. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87002. WALKÜRE: Ho-yo-to-ho! (Wagner). Second of three
issued takes, this never doubled. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1824. 10” Red Vla 87002. WALKÜRE: Ho-yo-to-ho! (Wagner). Third of three issued takes.
1107. 10” Red Vla 87026. HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU (La Forge); THE YEAR’S AT THE
SPRING (Amy Beach). Piano acc. Frank La Forge. Uncommon, particularly such a
fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1089. 10” White lbl. Vla 87098. DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Thaten (Wagner).
Excellent pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
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2014. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 87098. Same as
previous listing (item #1089). Cons. 2.
$12.00.
1355. 10” Red Vr 87167. DIE WALKÜRE: Du bist
der Lenz (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1441. 10” Red Vr 87252. A SLUMBER SONG (Gilmour). With Francis J. Lapitino [harp] and
bells. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1454. 10” Red Vla 87273. WESENDONCK LIEDER:
Der Engel (Wagner). Rare. Only form of issue.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
Schmerzen (Wagner). Rare. Very short catalogue life. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
Stehe still! (Wagner). Rare. Discontinued, as
were most of Gadski’s records, during the 1st
World War period. Only form of issue. Just
1522.
1902.
3976.
2787.
3870.
2919.
3279.
2922.
3996.
4012.
4013.
4028.
4210.
4056.
3448.
2784.
3720.
3873.
about 1-2. $15.00.
10” Red “A” plate Vla 87281. DIE WALKÜRE:
Fort denn eile (Wagner). Only form of issue.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
10” Red Vr 87510. MAGIC FLUTE: Papagena,
Papageno! (Mozart). With OTTO GORITZ [b].
JOHANNA GADSKI at her Victrola
Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 128. DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Betrug! Schändlichster /
DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Thaten (Wagner). Side one first edition
(1910/1912 Victor matrices). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
12” Red GP ’04 Vr 85012 [C-694-2]. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Piano acc. One tiny
PB. Unusually clean copy. 2. $30.00.
12” Red Pats. Vla 88137 [1st iss. take]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Lightest NR
and IMs on label. Surface just about 1-2. $8.00.
12” Red Vr 88137 [2nd iss. take]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
12” White lbl. Vla 88165. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Dein werk? Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88254. MAGIC FLUTE: Ah lo so (Mozart). Excellent early
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88275. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor (Mozart). Scarce.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
12” Red “A” plate Vla 88370. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Versank ich jetz (Wagner). With
OTTO GORITZ [b]. Lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.
12” Red “A” plate Vla 88371. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wohl konn’ ich Weibes (Wagner).
With OTTO GORITZ [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12”: Red ’12 Pats. Vr 88442. TANNHÄUSER: Verzeiht wenn ich nicht weiss (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” White lbl. Vla 88443. TANNHÄUSER: Züruck von ihm! (Wagner). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
12” Red Vr 88497. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò ma prima in grazia (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red Vr 88515. DIE WACHT AM RHEIN (Carl Wilhelm). Nice copy, few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
12” White lbl. Vla 88590. IM TREIBHAUS (Wagner). Apparently never issued in Red
Seal format. IMs. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
12” White lbl. Vla 89024. AIDA: Fu la sorte (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c].
Number 88163 in matrix, 89024 typed on label. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 89028. AIDA: La fatal pietra (Verdi). With ENRICO CARUSO
[t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00
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3585. 12” Red Vla 8048. AIDA: Ciel! Mio padre! / AIDA: Su dunque (Verdi). With
PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2946. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 121. TANNHÄUSER: Verzeiht wenn ich nicht weiss / TANNHÄUSER: Zurück von Ihm! (Wagner). From orig. 1913 matrices. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
3500. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 164. OBERON: Ocean! Du Ungeheuer! (v.Weber). Two sides.
From orig. 1914/1915 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3661. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 140. BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch einen lieber Schatz
(Smetana). With ALBERT REISS [t] / REISS [t]. SIEGFRIED: Zwangvolle Plage!
(Wagner). From orig. 1909/1911 Victor matrices. Side one, piano acc., is the first
2893. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 12 [C-7075/273ac]. BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch
einen lieben Schatz (Smetana). With ALBERT REISS [t] / EMMY DESTINN [s].
DALIBOR: Wär’ es wahr? (Smetana) Side one piano acc. From orig. Victor 1909/
G&T 1907 matrices. Side two unpublished (except for very limited IRCC issue). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
3023. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 23 [C-11528/C-15690]. LOBETANZ: An allen Zweigen
(Thuille) / DIE WACHT AM RHEIN (Wilhelm). Two rare Gadski sides, from
1912/1915 matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
CARLO GALEFFI [b]
1601. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 14297F [WB1006/WB1007]. ANDREA
CHÉNIER: Un di m’era di gioia
(Meyerbeer) / IL TROVATORE: Il
balen (Verdi). Label fade side two,
1650. 10” Red PW Eng. Columbia D12590
[WB1987/WB1814]. GUGLIELMO
RATCLIFF: E sempre il vecchio andazzo (Mascagni) / DINO BORGIOLI
[t]. SONNAMBULA: Prendi l’anel ti
dono (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3081. 12” Red acous. Vla 6484 [Ck1487-III/
Ck1488-III]. NERONE: Farewell of
Fanuèl (Boïto). Two sides. Unusually
good shellac. As new. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
3474. 12” Red acous. Disco Grammofono DB
734 [Ck1487-I/Ck1488-II]. NERONE: Addio di Fanuèl (Boïto). Two
sides. Notice that takes differ from
previous listing (item #3081). Few
harmless indentations. 2.
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]
CARLO GALEFFI
1479. 10” Red Vla 64669. MANON
LESCAUT: Bourbonnaise [Laughing
Song] (Auber). Delightful. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1360. 10” Red Vla 64918. LA SONNAMBULA: Sovra il sen (Bellini). Brilliant singing. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1702. 10” Red Vla 631. LE COQ D’OR: Hymne au Soleil / SADKO: Chanson indoue (both
Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2376. 10” Red Vla 633. MESSAGGERO AMOROSO (Chopin, arr. Buzzi-Peccia) /
SONNAMBULA: Sovra il sen (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2333. 10” Red Vla 635. MANON LESCAUT: Laughing Song (Auber) / CLAVELITOS
(Valverde). Side one few lt. mks., cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $6.00.
1282. 10” Red acous. Vla 1097. NO TE VAYAS TE LO PIDO (Guervós) / ESTRELLITA
(Ponce). In Spanish. Uncommon disc, charming performances. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
1722. 10” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Vr 1174. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). Two
sides. Flute obb. Clement Barone. Few lt. superficial rubs, 2. $7.00.
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1334. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1194. ABIDE
WITH ME (Lyle-Monk) / LEAD,
KINDLY LIGHT (Dykes). In English. Scarce. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
1743. 10” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Vr 1355.
HOME, SWEET HOME (Bishop) /
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
(Moore). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2291. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1440.
CLAVELITOS (Valverde); ESTRELLITA (Ponce) / RUSSIAN
NIGHTINGALE SONG (Alabieff).
Side one piano acc. Homer Samuels. Side two with orch. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1724. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 1524.
SADKO: Chanson indoue (RimskyKorsakov) / LES FILLES DE CADIX (Delibes). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1585. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 1755
[takes 8/10]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol
dell’ anima (Verdi) / DON PASQUALE: Tornami a dir (Donizetti).
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI
With TITO SCHIPA [t]. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1790. 10” Red PW Scroll “Z”-type shellac Vr 3056. DON PASQUALE: Notturno (Donizetti) /
RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi). With TITO SCHIPA [t]. Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
2959. 12” Red Vla 74552. PERLE DU BRÉSIL: Charmant oiseau (David). Just about 1-2.
$6.00.
3379. 12” Red Vla 74557. AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Just about 1-2. $5.00.
3148. 12” Red Vla 74558 [take 2]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce … Vien diletto (Bellini). Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
3209. 12” Red Vla 88596. TRAVIATA: Imponete (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b].
3208. 12” Red Vla 88601. TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA
[b]. This does turn up (although not often under this early catalogue number) but as
the grading indicates it is a virtually mint copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3517. 12” Red acous. Vla 6432. I PURITANI: Son vergin vezzosa (Bellini) / RIGOLETTO:
Tutte le feste (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3705. 12” Red EE Vla 6562. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Thomas). Two sides. Cons. 2. $7.00.
3271. 12” Red elec. late RCA Vr 6924. PEER GYNT: Solvejg’s Song (Grieg) / LO! HERE
THE GENTLE LARK (Bishop). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
4001. 12” Red “Z”-type shellac Scroll Vr 7110. MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas) / BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Superb surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3908. 12: Red late acous. VdP DB 811. [C-27994/C-30910]. LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso (Bellini) / LUCIA: Verranno a te (Donizetti). With TITO SCHIPA [t]]. Beautiful
pressing, as clean as Victor “Z” pressings. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4004. 12” PW Gold Vr HRS 1031. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini) / ALICE NIELSEN [s].
DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Convien partir (Donizetti). From orig. 1924/1908
Victor matrices. Side one 1st edition. Both labels are autographed by the respective
singers. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
MARIA GALVANY [s]
1728. 10” Red Vr 87058 [10894b]. VARIAZIONI (Proch). Her machine gun staccati are quite
remarkable. Lt. NR on lbl., surface just about 1-2. $6.00.
1763. 10” Red Vla 931. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini) / MAGIC
FLUTE: Aria della Regina (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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3717. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 92501 [1328½c]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son
(Rossini). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3207. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88219 [1455½c]. LAKMÉ: Aria delle campanelle (Delibes).
Cons. 2. $12.00.
3575. 12” Red Vr 88221 [1454c]. LUCIA: Spargi d’amaro pianto (Donizetti). Very lt. NR on
lbl., surface just about 1-2. $12.00.
3620. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88222 [1451½c]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). One
small LSS (i.e. absolutely harmless). Cons. 2. $12.00.
3243. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88236 [1399½c]. L’INCANTATRICE (Arditi). As new, as are
most listings in this category. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3615. 12” Red Vla 8058. TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). With REMO ANDREINI [t] /
GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. PEARL FISHERS: No hai
compreso un cor fedel (Bizet). Scarce doubling, particularly in mint condition. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
2805. 12” Gold PW Vr HRS 1010 [1451½c/1307c]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer)
/ HAMLET: Ballade d’Ofelia (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3634. 12” Gold PW Vr HRS 1010 [1451½c/1307c]. Same as preceding listing (item #2805).
Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $12.00.
3629. 12” Unnumbered PW White lbl. Vr IRCC issue 053163/053181 [1308c/1453½c].
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / LUCIA: Splendon le sacre face (Donizetti).
Neither side otherwise issued on Victor. Orig. 1907 G&T masters. Top late ‘30s
pressing. As new. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2821. 12” Unnumbered PW White lbl. Vr IRCC issue 054110/052111 [551i/549c]]. ELISIR
D’AMORE: Chiedi all’ aura (Donizetti). With ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t] / FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. MIGNON: Addio Mignon (Thomas) /]. From orig. 1907/1906
3549. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 64 [1443c/621c]. LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono
(Bellini). With FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t] / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], DE LUCIA
[t]. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3659. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 104. LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso (Bellini). With
FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t] / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], DE LUCIA [t]. LOHENGRIN: Mio Salvatore! (Wagner). Couple minor rubs side two, otherwise just about 12. $15.00.
3840. 12” Late Red VdP DB 176 [546i/2733f]. LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine (Verdi). With
TITTA RUFFO [b] / GRAZIELLA PARETO [s], RUFFO [b]. RIGOLETTO: Lassù in
ciel (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
3653. 12” White HMV VB 68 [1399½c/1450c]. L’INCANTATRICE (Arditi) / MAGGIOVALZER (Dufau). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ANTONIO GAMBARDELLA [t] Rome, 1858-Catania, 1945. He seems to have made his
debut at a charity concert in Genua, 1885, and his first operatic performance at the Teatro Verdi,
Pisa, as Roberto in Puccini’s Le Villi. From there he was heard in principal houses in smaller cities
throughout Italy (such as Genua, Cremona, Pisa, Bologna, Como, Bari and Ancona, among many
others). In addition he appeared in South America later in 1894. Roles included most of the
standard “big voice” roles, such as Canio, Ernani, Rhadames, Manrico and Otello. He sang
regularly thoughout Italy until 1899, when he appears to have stopped singing except for having
made four records for Zonophone in 1901 and eleven cylinders for Edison two years later.
2707. 7” Blk. Disco Zonofono (first form of label) 436. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini).
This 1901 disc could be the first recording of this aria. It looks about 6 and there is
one stuck groove, but it does play. $60.00.
EDOARDO GARBIN [t]
9510. 11” SS Fonotipia 39065 [XPh56]. SENTO CHE T’AMO (Fatua). 3-4. $30.00.
JOSÉ GARCIA [t].
Born in Spain, likely the late 1870s, Garcia achieved a law degree before
becoming a singer. He then studied with Goula and Reynes and made his debut in Spain. He first
sang in Italy in 1903 and for the next decade he was heard in a number of theaters including the
Regio in Parma, 1907, where he was Hagenbach in Catalani’s La Wally and Rhadames in Aida. His
appearances outside of Italy and Spain included Egypt and South America. At the outbreak of the
First World War he returned to Spain and seems to have appeared for the last time at the Teatro
Liceo in Barcelona, 1919, in the title role of Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff. His repertoire included
principal roles in operas such as Il Trovatore, La Gioconda, Fedora, Tosca, Amica, Die Walküre, La
Fanciulla del West and Les Huguenots, to cite a few. His uncommon records are always in demand.
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9479. 11” Brown Odeon 37311/37312 [XM406/XM670]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / ESMERALDA D’ESTHEL [s]. BACIAMI (Buzzi-Peccia). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $40.00.
MARY GARDEN [s].
Aberdeen, 1874- Inverurie, 1967. Raised in
Chicago, Garden first
studied there and then,
via the generosity of a
sponsor, in Paris with
Trabadelo and Fugère.
She made her debut at
the Paris Opéra-Comique
during a performance of
Charpentier’s
Louise,
1900, when the soprano
on stage collapsed. Garden began with “Depuis
le jour” and by the end of
the
opera
she
had
achieved immediate acclaim. Two years later,
Debussy selected her to
create Mélisande in the
world premiere of Pélleas
MARY GARDEN
et Mélisande, much to
the anger of the author of the play, Maeterlinck, who was pushing his mistress, Georgette
Leblanc, for the honor. Garden went on to create a number of other roles. She was a great attraction at the Hammerstein Opera in New York and for years with the Chicago Opera, which she
even directed for one season. Her final operatic performance was in Alfano’s Résurrection at the
Paris Opéra-Comique in 1934. She had a remarkable knack of attracting press attention with her
opinions on various matters and through reports of her colorful affairs, real or imagined. In a
letter dated August 14, 1951 to Gordon Whelen, Garden expressed her view on her recordings: “I
can’t stand to hear my records, they are so poor and so bad. My sister had them and when she
wanted to get rid of me she put them on – and off I went home. I simply can’t bear them.” Many
would not share her opinion!
2132. 10” Yellow IRCC 3007. THAÏS: L’amour est une vertu rare (Massenet) / CHANT
VÉNITIEN (Bemberg). Side two piano acc. RR from 1905 French Edison Cylinders.
2257. 10” TC Columbia A1190 [19886-1/19887-1] COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE / JOHN
ANDERSON, MY JO (Old Scottish Airs). Cons. 2. $6.00.
3172. 12” Vinyl Orth. pressing mat. CVE-40736-2. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier).
Unpublished version with piano acc. To my ears much preferable to the earlier
orchestrally accompanied version. Just about 1-2. $150.00.
3212. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7243. JOCK O’ HAZELDEAN (Old Scottish Air) / IN THE
GLOAMING (Harrison). With organist Alexander Russell, recorded in the NY
Wanamaker Store auditorium. Cons. 2. $15.00.
STEWART GARDNER [b]
2107. 10” Blk. acous. HMV E.176 [Ho4770ae/Ho4773ae]. A LOVER IN DAMASCUS: Far
across the desert sand / A LOVER IN DAMASCUS: Where the Abana flows (Amy
Woodforde-Finden). One of a two-disc group. One small scr., 2. $10.00.
ANTOINETTE SMYTHE GARNES [s]. Detroit, 1887-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1938.
Studying violin and piano in her youth, Garnes prepared further at the Detroit Con-servatory of
Music in 1906. She wed Dr. Harry W. Garnes and settled in Chicago where, in 1916, she entered
the Chicago Musical College, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in 1919 and the Alexander
Revell Diamond Medal for vocal ability and proficiency. Two years later she was awarded a Master
of Music degree from the same institution. In addition to concert performances, one source
mentioned that she appeared with the Chicago Civic Opera and the Cincinnati Zoo Opera. Much of
her life was devoted to teaching at such institutions as Wilberforce (Ohio), the Hampton Institute
and Lincoln University (Missouri). In 1922 she made two recordings for Black Swan. – Dictionary of
Afro-American Performers (Patricia Turner).
1940. 10” Red Black Swan 7101. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). 3. $10.00.
1941. 10” Red Black Swan 7102. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Very tiny lbl. tear. 3.
$10.00.
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MABEL GARRISON [s]
1223. 10” Red Vla 64783. KHAKKI SAMMY
(John Alden Carpenter). Includes
photocopy of the sheet music (dedicated to Nora Bayes). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
1082. 10” Red acous. Vla 1006. SPRING
(Henschel) / STAR-EYES (Oley
Speaks). One TB, otherwise just
about 1-2. $8.00.
2730. 12” Red acous. Vr 74482. TALES OF
HOFFMANN: Doll Song (Offenbach). Excellent coloratura work.
MARIE-THÉRÈSE GAULEY [s]. Paris,
1903 - ? . A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire, winning first prize in 1924, Gauly was
engaged by the Opéra-Comique the same year
and made her debut as Olympia in The Tales
of Hoffmann. In addition to performing a
number of major coloratura roles there, she
appeared as well in Italy, Belgium and
Switzerland. She was also a popular singer of
film and operetta music, sounding “at home”
in a variety of repertoire to which her
recordings attest.
MABEL GARRISON in later years
2081. 10” Dk. Blue French Odeon 238.421 [KI-4338-2/KI-4336-2]. MOINEAU: Marguerite ou Fleur d’oranger / MOINEAU: Le Voyage de noces (Louis Beydts). Side one
with ROGER BOURDIN [b]. Very minor lbl. stain side one. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EVA GAUTHIER [ms]. Ottawa, 1885-New York, 1958. Gauthier began her vocal studies in
Ottawa with Frank Buels. After local success as a church soloist in 1901, Gauthier, as a protégé of
her uncle, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Canada’s Prime Minister, studied in Europe with several celebrated
teachers including Jacques Bouhy, William Shakespeare and Anna Schoen-René. She appeared in
1906 as an assisting artist to Emma Albani in her farewell tour of Canada. Further studies took
place in Italy with Giuseppe Oxilia, and she made her Italian debut in 1910 at the Parma Teatro
Regio and then at Covent Garden. In 1911 she wed Franz Koote, a plantation owner in Java. She
toured the Far East and added some interesting Javanese songs to her repertoire, but evidently
she preferred Western life sans Mr. Koote. Her career was thereafter mainly devoted to the concert
stage with a particular focus on contemporary music ranging from Stravinsky to George Gershwin.
Her sister, Juliette Gaulthier, specialized in folk and concert music and made one Victor recording
of Eskimo songs. An Ernestine Gauthier, also a mezzo-soprano, sang in the 1913 period with the
Boston Opera, but she appears to be no relative, as her place of birth is given as Springfield, MA.
1139. 10” Blk. Vr 72165. SAVEZ-VOUS PLANTER LES CHOUX?; TREMPTE TON PAIN; LA
MÈRE MICHEL; MALBROUCK / AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE; IL PLEUT, IL PLEUT,
BERGÈRE; PROMENADE EN BATEAU; FAIS DODO, COLAS (French Songs). ‘30s
pressing. Superficial rubs, cons. 3. $10.00.
1124. 10” Blk. Vr 72167. LA LETTRE [CHANSON DE LA WOËVRE] (Henry Février) /
AUPRÈS DE MA BLONDE (Fr.-Canadian Folk Song). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1003. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 103. LE PRÉ AUX CLERCS: Souvenirs du jeune age
(Hérold) / ROMANCE; FANTOCHES (both Debussy). Piano acc. From orig. 1916/
1917 Victor matrices. Side one lbl. signed by Gauthier. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
JULES GAUTIER [t]. Marseilles, 1866–1951.
Gautier studied at the Conservatories in
Marseilles and Paris, winning first prizes from both institutions. He made his Paris Opera debut as
Sigurd on 3 July 1896, followed in September by Laërte in Hamlet. In 1898, he sang Manrico in Il
Trovatore during the summer season at the Paris Renaissance, and the following year sang at the
Paris Opera and in Nice. Gautier made his Paris Opéra-Comique debut on 10 January 1901 as
Gérald in Lakmé. He remained there for two seasons, singing in productions of Carmen, Mireille,
Cavalleria Rusticana, Louise, Grisélidis, and La Bohème. From 1903–1905, Gautier sang in Lyons
and Nice; between 1905–1907, he sang in Bordeaux, where he appeared in no fewer than 17 major
roles. In 1908–1909, he returned to the Paris Opera. Adapted from notes to the Marston CD issue
Meyerbeer on Record, 1899-1913.
1395. 10” Blue Vr 45007 [5778h/5779h]. LES HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer) /
WILLIAM TELL: Asile Héréditaire (Rossini). Fine voice. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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1889. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 91085 [7293e]. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3061. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 197 [3807f/3816f]. DON GIOVANNI : Vedrai, carino (Mozart)
/ CARMEN: Les tringles des sisters tintaient (Bizet). From orig. ’08 London Gram.
matrices. Side two fiery performance. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NICOLAI GEDDA [t]
3836. 12” Scandinavian Odeon SD 6079 [XXSto 8276-2A/XXSto8277-2A]. POSTILLON
VON LONJUMEAU: Postiljonvisa (Adam) / TSAREVITSCH: Volgasång (Lehár). Very
early and scarce Gedda. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
ELENA GERHARDT [ms].
2211. 10” PW Silver Vr IRCC 11 [5967h/5969h]. HEIMWEH / UND WILLST DU DEINEN
LIEBSTEN STERBEN SEHEN (both Hugo Wolf). From 1907 G&T matrices. Piano
acc. ARTUR NIKISCH. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1474. 10” Green Flags acous. Columbia E-3515 [44963-4/43950-?]. GYPSY BARON: Zigeunerlied (Strauss) / JOHANNES
SEMBACH [t], MAX BLOCH [t],
OTTO GORITZ [b], KARL BRAUN
[bs]. RÖSLEIN, RÖSLEIN ROT
(German Folk Song). Excellent
pressing. Lt. superficial mks., 2.
$25.00.
4108. 10” Green acous. Columbia E-3515
[44963-4/43950-2]. Same as preceding listing (item #1474) but
earlier pressing. 2. $20.00.
1875. 10” Red Eng. Aeolian Vocalion L-5036
[03202]. DER TOD UND DAS MÄDCHEN (Schubert). Piano acc. Ivor
Newton. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3753. 10” (pressed on 12”) vinyl HMV White
Lbl. 2-43436 [13432r]. DER
SCHMIED (Brahms). Piano acc.
Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about
1-2. $40.00.
4117. 10” (pressed on 12”) vinyl HMV White
lbl. 2-43441 [13438r]. CÄCILIE
(Strauss). Orch. acc. Just about
1-2. $40.00.
RUDOLF GERLACH-RUSNAK [t]
2037. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 2911
[OD1779-II/OD1780-II]. ROSENRUDOLF GERLACH-RUSNAK
KAVALIER: Menuett und Arie des
Sängers (Strauss) / LA FAVORITA:
Engel so rein (Donizetti). Side one in Italian. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
JEANNE GERVILLE-RÉACHE [c]. Orthez, 1882-NY City, 1915.
A pupil of Rosine
Laborde, Gerville-Réache also coached with Pauline Viardot, who prepared her for her 1899
Opéra-Comique debut as Gluck’s Orpheus. Three years later, at the age of twenty, she created the
mother, Geneviève, in the Paris Opèra-Comique world premiere of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande.
1907 marked her American debut with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera. She subsequently
appeared in Chicago and Canada as well. Wagnerian roles were part of her repertoire, and she also
was Clytemnestra in the 1910 American premiere of Strauss’s Elektra. As with Schumann-Heink,
the Clytemnestra of the Dresden world premiere, Gerville-Réache almost immediately retired the
role, considering it too wearing vocally. Her tragic death at the age of 32 was the result of blood
poisoning.
1157. 10” Red Pats. Vla 87080. LA VIVANDIÈRE: Viens avec nous (Godard). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
1611. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 1. LA VIVANDIÈRE: Viens avec nous (Godard) / WERTHER:
Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet). From orig. 1910/1909 Victor matrices.
3944. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88166. SAPHO: O ma lyre immortelle (Gounod). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
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3223. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88166. Same as preceding listing (item #3944). Few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
3157. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88198. ORFEO: J’ai perdu mon Euridice (Gluck).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3736. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88244. SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui
commence (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3150. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88368. D’UNE PRISON (Hahn). Exceptionally rare.
Cons. 2. $35.00.
4199. 12” PW Gold HRS 1004. L’ENFANT PRODIGUE: Air de Lia (Debussy) / ORFEO: J’ai
peru mon Euridice (Gluck). From orig. 1911/1909 Victor matrices. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
2988. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 73 [C-8332-2/C-9700-2]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Plus grand,
dans son obscurité (Gounod) / PAUL ET VIRGINIE: Parmi les lianes (Massé). From
orig. 1910/11 matrices. Exciting performances. Wonderful pressing. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
ALEXIS GHASNE (originally BOBEUF) [b]. St. Denis, France, 1868- ?
. A graduate
of the Paris Conservatoire, Ghasne made his debut at la Monnaie, Brussels, in 1892, to which he
returned a decade or so later until 1919. 1897 marked his Paris Opéra-Comique entry as Alfio. He
was a guest in London at Covent Garden, 1893 and 1911 and in Portugal, 1910-11. His vast
repertoire included roles in most French operas staged at the time, as well as Italian parts such as
Scarpia and Sharpless.
9491. 11” APGA 1737/1738. RONDEL DE L’ADIEU / MESSALINE: Viens aimer (both de
Lara). One tiny LSS, cons. 2. $20.00.
DUSOLINA GIANNINI [s].
1278. 10” Blue acous. Vr 45413. IN MEZZO AL MARE / FÀ LA NANA BAMBIN (both Geni
Sadero). IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1279. 10” Blue acous. Vr 45427. NON ME LO DITE! / PENSO! (both Tosti). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1295. 10” Red PW (gold print) Vr 1195. CIELITO LINDO (Mexican Folk Song) / CARMELA
(Ross). Very tiny lbl. scr. side two. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2489. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1230 [OF-512-II/OF-513-II]. LES FILLES DE CADIX
(Delibes) / MATTINATA No. 2 (Tosti). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Fine pressing. Few
1201. 10” Red HMV DA 4447 [ORA3227-II/ORA3228-II]. FUNICULÌ-FUNICULÀ (Denza,
arr. Vittorio Giannini) / ESTRELLITA (Ponce). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1023. 10” Red PW HMV DA 4451 [ORA3238-I/ORA3239-II]. WALDESGESPRACH / DER
SCHMIED (both Jensen). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3135. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 1093 [CVE-38035/CVE39574]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor /
AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Recorded in Camden, 1927, it was issued only in
Europe. Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3320. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 1946 [2D1579-3/2D1581-1]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: :Love
Duet (Puccini). Two sides. Scarce Italian language version. With MARCEL
WITTRISCH [t]. One minor mark., otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
FERRUCCIO GIANNINI [t]. Ponte all'Arnia, 1868- Philadelphia, 1948.
Giannini
emigrated to the United States in 1885, settling in Philadelphia where he became a City Councillor and a leader in Italian-American affairs. While he claimed appearing once with Adelina Patti,
apparently most of his career was as a local tenor and impresario, organizing and joining in
Philadelphia area opera performances. He continued with this throughout his life, his four
children having become noted musicians. Bass-baritone Edwin Steffe had mentioned to me
having appeared in a Philadelphia concert in 1945 in which Giannini, then in his mid-70s, joined
him for an enthusiastic performance of “Solenne in quest’ora” from La Forza del Destino.
2704. 7” Berliner 979. PIETÀ SIGNORE (att. Stradella). Recorded April 15, 1896. 3-4.
$75.00.
2705. 7” Berliner 2705. NON E VER (Mattei). Recorded Nov. 17, 1896. 4. $60.00.
BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]
1468. 10” Red Vla 64868 [20265b]. O SURDATO NNAMURATO (Cannino). VrBk. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
2131. 10” Red Vla 66010. TU SOLA (de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
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2329. 10” Red Vla 66095. PAGLIACCI:
Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo).
VrBk. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
2097. 10” Red Vla 87581. ROMÉO ET
JULIETTE: Ah! ne fuis pas
encore! (Gounod). With
LUCREZIA BORI [s]. VrBk.
2226. 10” Red Vla 646. IRIS: Apri la
tua finestra (Mascagni) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2225. 1 0” Red Vla 906. TU SOLA (de
Curtis) / LE ROI D’YS: Vainement, ma bien aimée (Lalo).
1700. 10” Red Vla 942. TOSCA: E
lucevan le stelle / TOSCA: O
dolci mani (Puccini). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
1761. 10” Red Vla 975. ANDREA
CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di
maggio (Giordano) / LORELEY:
Nel verde maggio (Catalani).
2116. 10” Red acous. Vla 1025. IL
CANTO DEL CIGNO (SaintSaëns) / PAQUITA (BuzziPeccia). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2041. 10” Red EE Vla 1084. SENTINELLA / STO PENZANNO ‘A
MARIA (both E. De Curtis).
BENIAMINO GIGLI and daughter RINA
1762. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1239. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo / MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boïto). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1703. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1243. RONDINI AL NIDO (De Crescenzo) / TORNA AMORE
(Buzzi-Peccia). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
1604. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1403. CANTA PE’ ME (de Curtis) / STORNELLI MARINI (Mascagni). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
1574. 10” Red late acous. VdP DA 225 [4233ah/4234ah]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta / FEDORA: Vedi io piango (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1418. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1295 [AQ72535/AQ72536]. QUISIERA OLVIDAR TUS
OJOS / ERES TU (both Miguel Sandoval). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1435. 10” Red PoW Australian (?) HMV DA 1657 [OBA2746-II/OBA2749-III]. STÄNDCHEN
(Schubert) / WIEGENLIED (Brahms). Both in German. Good laminated pressing.
Cons. 2. $10.00.
1391. 10” Red VdP DA 5419 [OBA4925/OBA4930-II]. SURDATE (Bovio) / SON POCHE
ROSE (Fratti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1330. 10” Red late VdP DA 5443 [OBA5485/OBA5486-II]. CINEFOLLIA [MOVIE CRAZY] /
DIMMI TU, PRIMAVERA (both Bixio). From 1943 film Silenzio si gira. Just about 12. $12.00.
1036. 10” Red HMV DA 2038 [OEA17340-2/OEA17341-2]. HAVAIANA (de Veroli) / PAPAVERI ED PAPERE (Mascheroni). With Neapolitan Novelty Orchestra. Delightful
disc! Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1678. 10” Orange So. Amer. RCA Vr 66-0120. IL GUARANY: Scene Acto 2 / LO SCHIAVO:
Cuando nacistes tu (both Carlos Gomes). Orch. dir. Enrico Sivieri. IMs. Gen. 2.
$15.00.
2920. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Vla 6905. MIGNON: Addio Mignon / MIGNON: Ah! non
credevi tu (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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3512. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 6905. Same as previous listing (item #2919). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
3961. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Vr 7194. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) / ELISIR
D’AMORE: Una furtive lagrima (Donizetti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.
2982. 12” Red late VdP DA 1454 [CVE-49049-1/CVE-58125-2]. NOTTE LUNARE (SeismitDoda) / SE (Denza). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2902. 12” Red late VdP DB 11347 [2BA7578/2BA7583]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Chiedi al rio
(Donizetti) / PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compresso (Bizet). Both with RINA GIGLI
[s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3095. 12” Red late VdP DB 21096 [2EA14264-1/2EA14265-1]. ALBA ‘E TRAMONTO
(Gibilaro) / CHE SSO’ TURNATO A FA? (Di Veroli). Orch. dir. Walter Goehr. Few
3129. 12” Red late VdP DB 21524 [2EA16540-2A/2EA16541-3A]. AVE MARIA (Percy B.
Kahn, arr. Geehl) / OH GRANDE SOMMO IDDIO (Gigli-Veroli, arr. Geehl). Orch.
dir. Stanford Robinson. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3654. 12” White SS Special Pressing HMV DB 3128 [2BA-1777-II]. GIOVINEZZA (Blanc).
Rare. Lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.
3878. 12” Mauve HMV elec. AGSB 49 [CVE-37319/CVE-37321]. FORZA DEL DESTINO:
Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi) / GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo (Ponchielli). Both with
TITTA RUFFO [b]. Both first and only editions. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4049. 12” Mauve HMV elec. AGSB 56 [CVE-37320/CVE58119]. LA BOHÈME: Ah, Mimì,
tu più (Puccini). With TITTA RUFFO [b] / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora
(Bizet). Both first and only editions. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3612. 12” Mauve HMV acous. AGSB 58 [C-27714/C-29286]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange
adorable (Gounod). With LUCREZIA BORI [s] / BORI [s], MIGUEL FLETA [t].
CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère (Bizet). Both sides from unpublished 1924 Victor
RINA GIGLI [s]. Naples, 1916-Recanati, 2002.
Gigli studied piano and became a capable
accompanist and soloist. She first sang in public in 1936, although she didn’t make her debut in
opera until 1943 in Parma, singing Violetta in La Traviata opposite her father, Beniamino Gigli, as
Alfredo. She was prepared in the role by Rosina Storchio and had a great success. Her career
included most major houses in Italy, as well as in Spain, South America and London’s Covent
Garden. She was equally popular in recital in tours that included Japan and South Korea. Her last
performance was Nedda in Pagliacci at the Naples San Carlo in 1971. Her repertoire included over
thirty roles. She frequently appeared on stage opposite her father until he retired from opera in
1954. Rina Gigli’s voice had a very distinctive timbre (which I find attractive although others have
cited it as abrasive), but she was a better musician than her father, a result of her extensive
keyboard experience.
2902. 12” Red late VdP DB 11347 [2BA7578/2BA7583]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Chiedi al rio
(Donizetti) / PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compresso (Bizet). Both with BENIAMINO
GIGLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
CHARLES GILIBERT [b]
2802. 12” Blk. Manhattan (Columbia) 30088. LA VIERGE Á LA CRÉCHE (Perilhou). Piano
acc. Scarce. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2814. 12” TC Columbia 30096 [M129-1]. DON GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart); MARGATON (arr. Weckerlin). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4113. 12” TC Columbia A5008 [30096-1/30125-1]. DON GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart);
MARGATON (arr. Weckerlin) / LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]. HOME, SWEET HOME
(Payne). Cons. 2. $25.00.
4009. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 102. BERGERETTE; MARGOTON (both arr. Weckerlin) /
POL PLANÇON [bs]. LE VALLON (Gounod). Both piano acc. From orig. 1905/1907
Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
MARIO GILION [t]. 1870-Marseilles, 1914. After some experience as a baritone, Gilion
made his debut singing tenor in Monza, 1901, as Vasco da Gama in Meyerbeer’s l’Africaine. He
appeared in Modena, Venice, Genoa, Torino, Madrid, Odessa, Buenos Aires, and a number of
other operatic centers, becoming known as one of the most able dramatic tenors of the period. His
Paris Opéra debut was in what turned out to be his “signature” role, Arnold in William Tell.
Gilion’s records, made exclusively for Fonotipia, display a voice of almost baritonal richness with
exceptional brilliance above the staff.
9501. 11” Fonotipia 92238/92239 [XPh3291/XPh3292]. SIBERIA: Orride steppe (Giordano) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei v’arrestate (Saint-Saëns). Small PG side
two. 2. $35.00.
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DINH GILLY [b]
1871. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 29
[Bb3357-II/ Bb3358-I]. LA
COUPE DU ROI DE THULÉ: Il
est venu ce jour de lutte (Diaz).
Two sides. Just about 1-2.
$6.00.
3600. 12” Red acous. HMV DB 693
[Cc3355-I/Cc3356-II]. LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Légende de la Sauge (Massenet).
Two sides. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3676. 12” Red SR HMV DB 743 [Cc4006I/Cc4007-I]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Dovunque al mondo / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o
grillo (Puccini). With JOSEPH
HISLOP [t] 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 BUTDINH GILLY
TERFLY: Amore o grillo (Puccini). With JOSEPH HISLOP [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3906. 12” Red acous. Czech HMV DB 849 [Cc5995-II/Cc5996-III]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo
(Leoncavallo). In English. Good pressing. Lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.
3026. 12” White lbl. HMV elec. SS DB 1256 [Cc14229-I]. O DEL MIO AMATO BEN
(Donaudy). Piano acc. Moving performance. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
3219. 12” PW Silver elec. IRCC 188 [Cc14229-IV/Cc14231-I]. O DEL MIO AMATO BEN
(Donaudy) / AMARILLI (Caccini). Piano acc. George Reeves. Just about 1-2.
$35.00.
RIA GINSTER [s]
1654. 10” Red Swiss HMV DA 6017 [OZA1115-4/OZA1160]. BOTSCHAFT / IMMER
LEISER WIRD MEIN SCHLUMMER (both Brahms). Piano acc. Paul Baumgartner.
Cons. 2. $15.00.
3125. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 14824 [2EA6040-I/2EA6041-I]. ALS LUISE DIE BRIEFE
IHRES UNGETREUEN LIEBRABERS VERBRFANNTE, K.520; DER ZAUBERER,
K.472 / ABENDEMPFINDUNG, K.523 (all Mozart). Piano acc. Gerald Moore.
Perfect copy, beautiful performances. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3796. 12” Red PW HMV DB 2482 [2EA1212-1/2EA1213-1]. SCHÖNE FREMDE; IN DER
FREMDE; GEISTERNÄME / MEINE ROSE (all Robert Schumann). Piano acc.
Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t]
2454. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87083 [13253b]. MANON: O dolor (Massenet). With ANITA
SANTORO [s], SALVATORE NICOLICCHIA [bs]. 2. $8.00.
2821. 12” Unnumbered PW White lbl. Vr IRCC issue 054110/052111 [551i/549c]]. ELISIR
D’AMORE: Chiedi all’ aura (Donizetti). With ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t] / FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. MIGNON: Addio Mignon (Thomas) /]. From orig. 1907/1906
2036. 10” White acous. HMV VA 70 [Bk1822-2/ BE-1216-2]. LA FAVORITA: Non sai tu
(Donizetti). With ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t] / ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t], EZIO
PINZA [bs]. FAUST: Ebben? che ti pare? (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2685. 12” Red Angel Gram. Mon. 052244 [1459c]. WERTHER: Ma come dopo il nembo
(Massenet). Small lbl. stkr. ½” internal scr. (lt. ticks possible), few lt. rubs, otherwise
cons. 2. $40.00.
EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b]. Marseilles, 1871-Helsink 1924. Eugenio was the child of two
noted singers, the celebrated Verdi baritone Leone Giraldoni, the first Amonasro, and soprano
Carolina Ferni, who created Catalani’s Loreley and also taught Eugenio. His debut was at the
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Teatro Liceo in 1898 as Escamillo in Carmen. He followed this with success at La Scala, the Rome
Costanzi (where he created Scarpia in the 1900 world premiere of Puccini’s Tosca), and the
Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden (where he also sang their first Scarpia). His career also
included Russia and South America, as well as Scandinavia. He taught in his later years in
Helsinki.
9314. 11” Red ‘30s Odeon X.39536/X.39446 [XPh1514/XPh1512]. HAMLET: O vin
discaccia la tristezza / OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
VITTORIO GIRARDI [bs].
Active in Italy, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Buenos Aires, he
likely appeared in many other areas as well. He apparently visited the U.S. in the 1898-99 period
and recorded a number of cylinders in New York for Bettini (which are virtually unknown except
as listings). A small sketch and photo of him appear in a Bettini catalogue, but so far no
performances have been found for him in New York. His recordings are otherwise only only three
rare Italian G&Ts (the first two, below, as Berliner issues). He is occasionally confused with
Alexander Girardi, a German singer active in the later 1800s.
2714. 7” Berliner 5226 [4308]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Vieni la mia vendetta (Donizetti). Few
LGTs, 3-4. $200.00
2715. 7” Berliner [4307]. LUISA MILLER: Il mio sangue la vita darei (Verdi). Unusually
nice copy for a Berliner. No apparent graying. Superficial rubs, cons. 3. $250.00.
FIORELLO GIRAUD [t]. Parma, 1868-1928.
His debut was as Lohengrin in 1891 and the
following year he created Canio in the world premiere of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. His long career
and diverse repertoire included Siegfried at La Scala under Toscanini in 1907 and in 1908 Pelléas
in the Italian premiere of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande. In later years he was successful on the
concert stage.
2633. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. R3845 [6441ae/6488ae]. OBLIO / TI RICORDO (both
Tosti). Side one couple LGTs, 2. Side two just about 1-2. $75.00.
2218. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. R3847 [6443ae/6490ae]. INVANO / NON M’AMA PIÙ (both
Tosti). NR on lbl. side two. Side one 2-3. Side two few LGTs, gen. 3. $50.00.
2607. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. R3851 [6445ae/6489ae]. RIMPIANTO (Toselli) / AVE
MARIA (Grigolato). Side one some LGTs, 3-4. Side one 2-3 but 1” scr. last portion of
disc sounds lightly. $35.00.
ALMA GLUCK [s]
1689. 10” Red Vla 64209. SNEGOUROTCHKA: Song of the Shepherd
Lehl (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1359. 10” Red Vr 64268. LONG AGO,
SWEETHEART MINE; A MAID
SINGS LIGHT (MacDowell, from
Op. 56). Piano acc. Rosario
Bourdon. Beautiful pressing. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1463. 10” Red Vr 64346. IRISH LOVE
SONG, Op. 22 (Lang). Piano acc.
Efrem Zimbalist. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2292. 10” Red Vr 64399. SERENATA
(Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1800. 10” Red Vr 87182. DU, DU LIEGST
MIR IM HERZEN (Pax, arr. W. Berger). With PAUL REIMERS [t].
2357. 10” Red Vla 649. BOHÈME: Quando
m’en vo / BOHÈME: Donde lieta
usci (Puccini). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
ALMA GLUCK in the 1930s
1430. 10” Red Vla 666. L’HEURE EXQUISE
(Hahn) / TWO FOLK-SONGS OF LITTLE RUSSIA (arr. Efrem Zimbalist). Among
her finest records. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3766. 12” Red Pats. Vr 74249. HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE: Rossignols Amoureux (Rameau).
Such a beautiful performance! Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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3366. 12” Red Vr 74504. ATALANTA: Care selve (Händel). In English. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
3380. 12” Red “B” plate Vla 74559 [take 2]. THEODORA: Angels Ever Bright and Fair
(Händel). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3428. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88375. HYMN OF PRAISE: I waited for the Lord (Händel). With
LOUISE HOMER [c]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3532. 12” Red ’12 Pats “B” plate Vla 88380. STABAT MATER: Quis est homo (Rossini).
With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3818. 12” Rede Vr 88576. NORMA: Mira o Norma (Bellini). With LOUISE HOMER [c].
TITO GOBBI [b]
1870. 10” Red HMV DA 2026 [OEA16809-3A/OEA16811-2B]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) /
FENESTA CHI LUCIVE (arr. diMergilo). Cons. 2. $7.00.
1831. 10” Red late VdP DA 5429 [OBA5147/OBA5148]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà / ZAZÀ: Zazà,
piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1070. 10” Red HMV DA 1940 [OEA14562-1/OEA14563-1]. TAKE THE SUN (Rota) / SONG
OF THE MOUNTAINS (Pigarelli). Both from film The Glass Mountain. Side one in
English, side two Italian. Side one orch. acc., side two with accordion and guitar.
Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
ISO GOLLAND (ISAAC E. GOLYAND) [b]. 1901-1978.
A noted Russian concert and
opera singer and actor, Golland studied with Ettore Gandolfi and later Frederick Huslera, who
recalled him as a “very impressive personality”. He toured Germany and, in 1929, Palestine. In the
1930s he returned to Russia and become a highly respected pedagogue. [Internet sources]
1345. 10” PW Blue shellac Columbia 5297-F [W130969-1/W130968-1]. DER FLOH
(Moussorgsky)/ DIE PITERSKAJA ENTLANG (Russian Folk Song). Side one piano
acc. Arpad Sandor. Side two with Ziehharmonikabegleitung. Harmless rubbing, 3.
$8.00.
HANS GOLLE [t].
All I could trace is that he was a leading tenor with the N.Y. Deutsches
Theater in the mid-1920s (when the record below was made).
2452. 10” Green acous. Columbia 5062-F [105635-2/105636-1]. DREIMÄDERLHAUS:
Wienerlied / DREIMÄDERLHAUS: Uner einen Fliederbaum (Schubert-Berté). Side
two with R. GRAHAM [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
AIDA GONZAGA [s]. Firenze, 1879-Milano, 1927. Daugher of a professional soprano, Elvira
Maglioni, Gonzaga studied in Firenze and then Lisbon, where she made her debut in 1894 in Les
Huguenots. Performances by Gonzaga have been traced up to 1923, including a variety of
coloratura repertoire which she sang through Italy, including the Rome Costanzi. Some time was
also spent singing in South America, Spain and England. In later years she gave song recitals on
Radio Italiana and eventually taught in Milano.
3741. 11” Fonotipia 62124/62125 [XPh2556/XPh2557]. LUCIA: Regnava nel silenzio /
LUCIA: Quando rapido in extasi (Donizetti). Nice copy. One harmless tiny PB, small
lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.
JEANNE GORDON [c]. Wallaceburg, Canada, 1884-Macon, MO, 1952. In 1908, she was
married to Ralph K. Trix, a Detroit real estate agent, and was divorced in 1924. Their daughter,
Jane (Gordon) became an actress and, in 1941, the wife of actor David Wayne. Jeanne studied in
Toronto with Dr. Albert Hamm and was graduated from the Toronto Conservatory. She apparently
did little with her talent until her husband enlisted in the army around 1916. Her career began as
a soloist in New York movie houses and then developed as a member of the Creatore and Scotti
Opera Companies. In 1919 she made her debut at the Metropolitan as Azucena, where she sang
principal mezzo and contralto roles through 1927. Her career continued with sound films for
Vitaphone in 1927, Dalila at Monte Carlo in 1928, and various performances including radio in
the New York area. In the early 1930s she appeared in a condensed Carmen at the Roxy Theater
and then apparently returned to Canada. She was traced in 1933 trying to enter the U.S. without
correct documentation and was ordered to return. Two weeks later she suffered a nervous
breakdown and was sent to the Homewood Sanatorium in Guelph. She eventually did re-enter the
U.S. and was confined in her later years to a mental facility in Macon, MO, where she died.
Ponselle referred to her as having “a great voice — a true mezzo but with an exceptional high
range.” She added, however, “There was something wrong [mentally] with her. She lived her life in
front of a mirror. She was always in the beauty parlor, always admiring herself”. [quotes from
James Drake’s Rosa Ponselle - A Centenary Biography].
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2039. 10” TC Columbia 80185. LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli). Excellent
laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2147. 10” TC Columbia 80186. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays (Thomas). Excellent
laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3100. 12” Blk. acous. Columbia 5011-M [49752-1/48858-3]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) /
SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
IGOR
GORIN [b]. Ukraine, 1904-Arizona, 1982. A remarkably able artist, Gorin (born
Ignatz Grünberg) studied with Victor Fuchs in Vienna. His career in the U.S. after 1934 included
radio work, concerts, films and opera. While he made his first operatic appearance in 1928, it
wasn’t until 1964 that the Metropolitan Opera took an interest in him, when he made a belated
debut there as Germont in La Traviata. Despite good reviews, that was also his Met farewell.
1804. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Vr 4328. MOLITVA (Gorin) / VIUT VITRE (Ukrainian
Folk Song, arr. Gorin). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1184. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 4414. HOPAK (Moussorgsky) / OVER THE STEPPE,
Op. 5, No. 1 (Gretchaninoff). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1597. 10” Red RCA Vr 10-1201. EILEEN: Thine Alone (Herbert) / THROUGH THE YEARS
(Youmans). Orch. dir. Maximillian Pilzer. Cons. 2. $7.00.
3242. 12” Red PW (gold print) Vr 12245. THE BEATITUDES / THE TWENTY-THIRD
PSALM (both Albert Hay Malotte). Orch. dir. Wilfrid Pelletier. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
4136. 12” Pa-Go Records Set VR 31. ALL FACES WEST: Excerpts (Roland Perry). Six sides.
In Album. With Weber College Choir, Utah Symphony Strings, Wayne Devereaux
[organist], Wayne Carver [narrator]. Igor Gorin here as Brigham Young. Few
lightest mks, cons. 2. $20.00.
OTTO GORITZ [b]
2112. 10” Red Vr 64163.
MAGIC FLUTE: Ein
Vogelfänger bin ich
ja (Mozart). Text
label on verso. One
minor rub, cons. 2.
$8.00.
1833. 10” White lbl. Vla
64184. KÖNIGSKINDER: O, du liebheilige Einfall du
(Humperdinck).
Creator in 1910 Met
premiere. Just about
1399.
1902.
3748.
3260.
4012.
4013.
1-2. $15.00.
10” Red Pats. Vr
64203. DAS RHEINGOLD: Bin ich nun
frei? (Wagner). Text
OTTO GORITZ displaying one of his Columbia records
lbl. on verso. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
10” Red Vr 87510. MAGIC FLUTE: Papagena, Papageno! (Mozart). With JOHANNA
GADSKI [s]. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” White lbl. Vla 74287. KÖNIGSKINDER: Ihr Kindlein sie sind gefunden
(Humperdinck). Creator in 1910 Met premiere. One small LSS, otherwise just about
1-2. $15.00.
12” White lbl. Vla 74287. Same as preceding listing (item #3748). Lt. rubs, 2.
$12.00.
12” Red “A” plate Vla 88370. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Versank ich jetz (Wagner). With
JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.
12” Red “A” plate Vla 88371. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wohl konn’ ich Weibes (Wagner).
With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JOHN GOSS [b]
2271. 10” PW Plum HMV B.2822 [Bb12359-II/Bb12362-II]. FLOW NOT SO FAST, YE
FOUNTAINS; THERE IS A GARDEN IN HER FACE / O EYES, O MORTAL STARS;
COME, MY CELIA (all Hessiltine). Lute accompaniment. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $8.00.
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ALESSANDRO GRANDA [t]
1167. 10” Red Viva-Tonal Columbia 43002-F [WB1331-1/WB1442-2]. TOSCA: Recondita
armonia (Puccini) / IRIS: Serenata (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]
1948. 10” Mauve elec. HMV AGSA 23 [BVE26164/BM1188-I]. ZAZÀ: Zazà,
piccola zingara / GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. ZAZÀ: E un riso gentil
(Leoncavallo). Side two first and only
3263. 12” White SS HMV 2-052285
(DB 834) [Cc5816-I]. DON SEBASTIANO: O Lisbona (Donizetti). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
3272. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1459 [CM1558I/CM1560-III]. RIGOLETTO: Lassù
in cielo / RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta
(Verdi). With NUNU SANCHIONI [s]
both sides, GUGLIELMO MASINI
[bs] side two. One very tiny scr. side
two, otherwise just about 1-2.
$10.00.
3262. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1450 [CM849II/CM1199-IV]. RIGOLETTO: Povero Rigoletto / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). Side one with OTTAVI
[s], NELLO PALAI [t], GIUSEPPE
MENNI [bs]. Lbl. stkrs. (over dog,
likely for import purposes). Excellent
3966. 12” Red Late VdP 1475 [CF3582II/CM1601-II]. RIGOLETTO: Pari
siamo! / RIGOLETTO: Signor? …
Va, non ha niente (Verdi). Side two
with FRANCO ZACCARINI [bs].
Excellent pressing. Few lt. rubs,
cons. 2. $7.00.
APOLLO GRANFORTE
LOUIS GRAVEURE [b/t].
London, 1888-San Francisco, 1966. Graveure’s first traced
American performances were as a baritone under the name Wilfrid Douthitt in The Lilac Domino,
New York, 1914. In 1915, he returned to New York as Louis Graveure (Graveure having been his
mother’s maiden name), although he steadfastly denied (for what reason is unknown) having been
Douthitt, now claiming Belgian heritage and sporting a beard and monocle (which he never used).
Douthitt’s teacher in England for four years, Clara Novello Davies, obviously recognizing him as
her former pupil, quickly added fuel to the fire, stating that if he could prove he was not Douthitt,
then she would “make a most humble public apology”. Despite this controversy, he quickly
established himself successfully in the U.S. in the concert and oratorio worlds as Graveure, and
his Douthitt days were forgotten. In 1920 he gave his first lieder recital in Berlin to great
acclaim. Successfully changing to tenor in 1927-28, he was recognized for his natural tenor sound
and his more youthful appearance (he had removed his beard). Later in 1928 he returned to
Germany where he had success in opera, at first sharing the stage with his wife, American
soprano Eleanor Painter. She divorced him in 1930 and returned to America. The following year
marked Graveure’s last New York appearance before settling in Germany. There he continued his
work in opera and recital, and in 1933 he embraced yet another career as a German operetta film
star. Upon returning to the U.S. around 1939 he was not well remembered here or perhaps he
tried to keep a low profile, considering his close affiliations to Germany through the 1930s. His
name seems to have vanished from the press until 1947, when he attempted a recital at New
York’s Town Hall. The NY Times reviewer felt, “With his voice in its present condition, it was to be
deplored that Mr. Graveure … should attempt to make a comeback.” He apparently thereafter
taught until his death. The records below represent Graveure first as a baritone (the first 12”
record) and the remainder as a tenor.
4107. 10” elec. PW Red Grammophon 10135 [5703½BD/5709½BD]. ES GIBT NUR EINE
LIEBE / ICH ZOG HINAUS WEIT ÜBER’S MEER (both Künneke). Both from film Es
gibt nur eine Liebe. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.VOCAL 78 rpm Discs
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4101. 10” elec. PW Red Grammophon 10187 [5943½GD/5949½GD]. TAUSEND ROTE
ROSEN BLÜH’N / EIN WALZER FÜR DICH (both Meisel-Zerlett). Both from film Ein
Walzer für Dich. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4102. 10” elec. PW Green Polydor 10202 [5999½GD/6000GD]. MEIN HERZ RUFT IMMER
DUR NACHT DIR, O MARITA / ICH SING’ MEIN LIED HEUT’ NUR FÜR DICH (both
Marischka-Stolz). From film Mein Herz ruft nach Dir.
Minor lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.
4103. 10” elec. PW Red Grammophon 10503 [6622½GD/6624½GD]. SERENADE /
ARMER PIERROT (both Künneke). From film Ein Lied klagt an. Few lt. rubs,
cons. 2. $15.00.
1245. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2154-D [W148999-1/W149017-3]. SONGS MY
MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvo ák) / MY TREASURE (Trevalsa-Barr). Piano acc.
Walter Golde. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3939. 12” acous. Gold Flags Columbia 65025-D [98140-4/98141-4]. THE WANDERER /
WHO IS SYLVIA? (both Schubert). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. .
3552. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50108-D [W98544-2/W98545-1]. LA BOHÈME: Che
gelida manina (Puccini) / CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Tiny lbl. stkr. Few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
4119. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50270-D [W98667-1/W98668-2]. DIE MAINACHT /
AN EINE AEOLSCHARFE (both Brahms). Piano acc.
Walter Golde. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
Mme. JOSÈ GRAYVILL(E) [s].
Who was this mysterious
singer? The Columbia Catalogues of the period mention that she
was a friend of Massenet (as were a number of female singers).
Was José Grayvill(e) her husband’s name (as with Mme. Charles
Cahier)? There seems to be no trace of her under this name in
any publications of the period.
3205. 12” Manhattan (over Columbia TC) 30066 [M53-1].
LES DIAMONTS DE LA COURONNE: Air and
Variations (Auber). Remarkable coloratura display.
The timbre of her voice is reminiscent of a slightly
higher pitched Mantelli. Lbl. tears. Cons. 2. $20.00.
PLUNKET GREENE [b]
1655. 10” Blk. English Columbia DB 1321 [CA14156/
CA14157-2]. POOR OLD HORSE (arr. Cecil J.
Sharp) / THE GARDEN WHERE THE PRATIES
GROW (arr. S. Liddle). Cons. 2. $8.00.
MAGDELEINE GRESLÉ [ms].
An important concert singer
during the 1910-1940 period, Greslé, as with her colleagues
Bathori, Croiza and Grey, was particularly noted for her work
championing contemporary composers. As an example, she gave
the premiere of Manuel de Falla’s Soneto a Cordoba with the
composer at the piano.
1970. 10” Red Decca G-20226 [SB65-2/FB167-2]. LA MER
EST PLUS BELLE / NOËL DES ENFANTS QUI
N’ONT PLUS DE MAISONS (both Debussy). Piano
acc. Janine Weill. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
1324. 10” Red Decca G-20226 [SB65-2/FB167-2]. Same as
previous listing (item #2855). Side one lt. rubs, 2.
Side two cons. 2. $10.00.
ANDRÉ GRESSE
ANDRÉ GRESSE [bs]. Lyons, 1868-Paris, 1937.
A student of Taskin and Melchissédec at
the Paris Conservatoire, Gresse (the son of a celebrated bass) made his debut at the OpéraComique in 1896 as the Commendatore in Don Giovanni. His Paris Opéra debut was as St. Bris in
Les Huguenots, 1901. Gresse was one of the most important Paris Opéra basses, singing 60 roles
there over a period of 25 years. At Monte Carlo he created Sancho Panza in the world premiere of
Massenet’s Don Quichotte, 1910, with Chaliapin in the title role. In later years Gresse taught at the
Paris Conservatoire, his pupils there having included André Pernet and Martial Singher.
2055. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 3-32309 [3903o]. LE VAL D’ANDORRE: Air du vieux chevrier
(Halévy). Piano acc. Excellent sound, but there is a “swish” which diminishes and
disappears about two-thirds through. Small lbl. stkr. Gen. 2-3. $10.00.
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MARIA GRISI [s]. Pesaro, 1873-Bergamo, 1930.
Grisi studied at the Liceo Musicale of
Pesaro with Pedrotti and later with Virginia Boccabandati. Her debut in concert was in 1892 and
in opera two years later at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa as Mathilde in William Tell. She
married in 1898 and left the stage temporarily, returning in 1901 as Aida at the Vittoria Emanuele
in Torino. She was active at least through 1913, that year having sung Isolde at the Costanzi in
Rome. It appears that her career was centered entirely in Italy. – La voce antica (Internet), Roberto
Marcocci.
2337. 10” Blk GP ’08 “A” plate Vr 52443. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). Cons. 2. $8.00.
HERBERT ERNST GROH [t].
2195. 10” Dk. Blue PW Odeon O-25103 [W133175-3/W133176-3]. DER OBERSTEIGER:
Geht doch hinein / DER VOGELHÄNDLER: Schenkt man sich Rosen (both Carl
Zeller). Both with EMMY BETTENDORF [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
TRAJAN GROSAVESCU [t]. 1894-1927.
A Rumanian tenor, Grosavescu studied in his
native land and in Milano and made his debut in 1924 at the Vienna Volksoper. The following year
he was first heard at the Vienna Opera and also made guest appearances at the Berlin City Opera.
He seemed destined for a very important career, but he was shot by his wife in a groundless fit of
jealousy following a Vienna Opera performance.
2690. 12” Brown & White acous. Odeon 80887/80888 [XXB6932-II/XXB6933-II]. PAGLIACCI: Scherzet immer / PAGLIACCI: Jetzt spielen (Leoncavallo). Small lbl. stkrs.,
IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
ROSA [ROSALIE] GRÜNBERG [s]. Stockholm, 1878-1960.
She was a star of the
Swedish musical theater from her debut in 1898 until she retired in 1918 (upon marrying
entomologist Gror Yngve Sjöstedt). As an opera singer, she made a successful debut at the
Stockholm Royal Opera in 1914 as Tosca.
2417. 10” Blk. Stockholm G&T 83503 [1292e]. GEISHA: Visa nom guldfisken (The
amorous goldfish] (Jones). Piano acc. 1904 recording. Attractive voice, charming
performance. Small PB, few LGTs, 3. $20.00.
FERNANDO GUARNERI [b].
Guarneri, a
popular concert and opera singer in the U.S.
during the late ‘teens and 1920s, recorded for
Edison, Victor, Columbia, Brunswick and AeolianVocalion (one issued record and according to one
source, an unpublished duet with Raisa).
According to one article, he was born in 1893 and
began singing in opera in 1916 with the touring
American San Carlo Opera. One article compared
the power of his voice to that of Ruffo.
2400. 10” Vertical-Cut Aeolian Vocalion 12166
[ ? / ? ]. MARIA, MARI (Di Capua) /
BOLERO D’AMORE (Falco). Just about
1-2. $25.00.
PEDRO G. GUETARY [t]. Spain, 1868-New
York, 1921. Guetary studied in Padua (Italy)
with Antonio Selva, then Lamperti, Lombardi and
Pozzo. His debut took place in Italy. He then
appeared in England and was on the Covent
Garden roster 1890-91. He also toured at one point
with Patti. He was with the Met the season of
1893-94, singing Beppe in Pagliacci, Tybalt in
Roméo et Juliette, Schmidt in Werther, Idreno in
FERNANDO GUARNIERI
Semiramide and Eisslinger in Die Meistersinger. He
was still active in New York in 1920. A review of a
program he gave of Spanish music that year stated, “He has yet at his call a voice of bell clearness,
a style of early prime, with the quiet manner of riper years”. Also added was that his singing “gave
uncommon pleasure”. In addition, he was a composer, perhaps his most popular song having been
Mi Niña, recorded by Vignas, De Gogorza and several other artists. Guetary’s only issued record is
the disc below.
2471. 10” Blk. GP ’08 Victor 5524. MARIA-SPANISH BALLAD (Guetary). Rubbed, some
small lt. scrs. (mostly superficial), gen. 3-4. $15.00.
ANNA MARIA GUGLIELMETTI [s]
3472. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D18044 [WBX203/WBX206]. VARIAZIONI (Proch) /
MAGIC FLUTE: Gli Angui dell’inferno (Mozart). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
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