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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 the slightest marks. For collectors searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The further we get from the time of production (in many cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are

actually from mint dealer stocks and others the result of having improved copies via dozens of collections purchased over the past fifty years.

* * * For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those items marked “late” are usually of high quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in this particular catalogue are excellent

pressings from that era. * * *

Please keep in mind that the minimum bids are in U.S. Dollars, a benefit to most collectors. * * *

“Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-14), Victor pressed silver-on-black labels on the reverse sides of some of their single-faced recordings, usually with a translation 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 recommendation 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, but was dissatisfied with her schedule and left. She then began arrangements with Mascagni for a new opera in which she would tour. The work turned out to be Isabeau. Mascagni, however, had 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 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 one of her proudest possessions to have been a Pomeranian puppy presented to her by the composer.

1688. 12” Victrola 88084. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Nice pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

LUIGI ABRATE [t] 2980. 10” Purple acous. La Cigale (Eng. Col.) D9394 [70438/70441]. IL PICCOLO MARAT:

Ah! se tu m’ami Mariella / CESARE FORMICHI [b]. IL PICCOLO MARAT: Si, l’amante più bella (Mascagni. Side one cons. 2. Side two there are three (harmless) rubs, otherwise cons. 2. $20.00.

AÏNO ACKTÉ [s]. Helsinki, 1876-Numela, 1944. Having studied voice with Edmond Duvernoy, Giraudet and Paul Vidal, as well as with her mother (Emmy Ackté, a soprano with the Helsinki Opera), Ackté made her debut at the Paris Opéra, 1897, as Marguerite in Gou- nod’s Faust. Her subsequent career included all the major European operatic centers and the Metropolitan Opera (1903-05). In 1910, she was England’s first Salome (and one of the few sopranos at the time to do the “Dance of the Seven Veils” herself). Her repertoire was diverse, including Micaela in Carmen, Nedda (which she sang in the Paris Grand Opera premiere of Pagliacci in 1902) and Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Siegfried, among other Wagnerian heroines.

4050. 10” Blk. French G&T 33528 [x1999]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Announced by Ackté. This and the following disc are from Zonophone matrices with “grand orchestre” (piano and about six wind instruments). Bright label. Some LGTs and one worn groove area (not the final notes). One mark causing some sound about ¼” is in matrix. 4-5 because of greyed spots. $20.00.

ABOTT as Isabeau … a role she never performed

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4051. 10” Blk. French G&T 33529 [x2000]. MADAME CHRYSANTÈME: Valse des Cigales (Messager). Band acc. Announced by Ackté. Spirited and charming selection, very effectively sung. Some of it very quiet but most high notes worn. Label quite bright. If only one could play the label! 1” hair crack, greying, 5. $15.00.

IRIS ADAMI-CORRADETTI [s] 1411. 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. $150.00.

ROSE ADER-TRIGONA [s]. Oderberg, 1890-1955. A leading lyric soprano and also remembered for her love affair with Puccini (his last), Ader studied voice with Johannes Rees at the Vienna Conservatory. Her operatic debut was at the Vienna Hofoper in 1915 as Violetta and in this role later the same year for her Hamburg Opera. In 1922, she was first heard on stage in Italy at the Costanzi as Mimì. She was Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus the evening Marta Eggerth (presently aged 100 and still singing) made her operatic debut in Hamburg, 1929, as Adele. For further details on her career (which, for all practical purposes, ended in 1933), see Vol. 52, No. 1 of The Record Collector Magazine, which features an excellent reminiscence by her son.

2189. 12” PW Parlophone P.9257 [2-20627/2-20628]. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì / BOHÊME: Addio (Puccini). Her name on this label (her only issued recording) appears as Adler-Trigona. Side one lt. scuffs, 2-3. Side two 2. $15.00.

AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t]. St. Chinian, France, 1858-Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1931. He studied at the Toulouse Conservatoire and then in Paris. 1890 marked his Paris Opèra debut as Edgardo to Nellie Melba’s Lucia, the soprano appearing in Paris for the first time the same evening. He remained a leading tenor of that institution for twenty years, also appearing in various other French houses as well as in Brussels, and at London’s Covent Garden. In 1911 he moved to the United States where he was heard in operas in New Orleans, 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, remaining there until the house burnt down in 1919. He then retired to a villa on the Côte d’Azur.

3297. 10” Red Monarch 5076 [1229-F]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Duo de la Chambre (Gounod). With CHARLOTTE AGUSSOL [s]. Label quite bright (tiny stain and few lt. scrs.). Some greying here and there, 4-5. $12.00.

2974. 10” Green Disque Zonophone X-82528/X-82529 [3426F/1469F]. LE LAC (Nieder-meyer) / LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale (Meyerbeer). Tiny scr. cluster side two should be superficial. Gen. 2. $15.00.

9424. 11” APGA 2105/2106 [A258/A259]. HERNANI: Scène du Tombeau (Henri Hirsch-mann). Two sides. Affre created the title role in the world premiere, I believe at the Gaité-Lyrique in 1909. From the dated photo below, this recording would seem to have been made on 30 March, 1909. Rare! Cons. 2. $75.00.

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3269. 11” Brown/lt. Blue Odeon 36695/36727 [XP.2510/XP.2583]. CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet) / LA MUETTE DE PORTICI: Amour Sacré (Auber). Side two with JEAN NOTÉ [b]. Piano acc. Few LGTs side two, otherwise 2. $15.00.

3278. 11” Brown/White Odeon 60341/60342 ]XP.3363/XP.3364]. LUCIA: Fra poco / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio (Donizetti). In French. 2. $12.00.

3281. 11” Brown Odeon 60478/60487 [XP.3632/XP.3631]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Salut! Tombeau! / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Pourquoi me la rends-tu si belle (Gounod). Cons. 2. $15.00.

9317. 11” Brown/White Odeon 97002/97068 [XP.4459/4356]. WILLIAM TELL: O Ma-thilde / WILLIAM TELL: Accours dans ma nacelle (Rossini). Both with LUCIEN RIGAUX [b]. Cons. 2. $20.00.

3506. 10” Blk. French G&T 34036 [3161-F]. LES HUGUENOTS: Tu l’as dit (Meyerbeer). With MARCELLE DEMOUGEOT [s]. Piano acc. Couple harmless lt. press. bumps, cons. 2. $20.00.

RINA AGOZZINO [ms]. Sicilian by birth, Agozzino was raised in Naples where she studied voice with Massimino Petrilli. Her debut was in Naples at the Mercadante Theater in 1906 singing Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana. In 1911 she appeared in a series of short silent films based on major operas. On the stage she was active throughout Italy until the end of the 1930s, singing principal mezzo roles in operas such as Aida, Norma, La Vida Breve, Rosenkavalier, Carmen and even (in Italian) Deems Taylor’s Peter Ibbetson. She made only four recordings, these for Fonotipia in 1924 and all excerpts from Boïto’s Nerone in which she had appeared that year at the Bologna Teatro Communale.

2817. 10” Fonotipia acous. 152029/152030 [XPho5442-2/XPho5444-3]. NERONE: Fra i giunchi di Genesareth. With MARIANO STABILE [b] / NERONE: Pater noster (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

LICIA ALBANESE [s]. Bari, 1914- . Still active as the motivating figure of the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation in New York (aiding young singers in career de- velopment), Albanese was one of the Metro- politan Opera’s leading Puccini specialists for years. Also not to be forgotten, however, are her portrayals of Verdi heroines such as Violetta and Desdemona.

3686. 10” Red PoW VdP DA 5372 [OBA-3543/OBA-3544]. COLOMBET-TA (Buzzi-Peccia) / TUO MI CHIAMI (Scarlatti). Uncommon early pre-Met Albanese. Lbl. signed by the artist. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3715. 10” Red late VdeP DA 5390 [OBA-4087-II/OBA-4095-II]. TURAN-DOT: Tu che di gel sei cinta / TURANDOT: Signore, ascolta (Puccini). Recorded in the era her voice was ideal for Liù. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1994. 12” Blk. vinyl Red lbl. RCA Victor Special Purpose 12-0525.

HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet) / MANON: Adieu, notre petite table (both Massenet). Radio station pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1957. 12” Blk. vinyl Red lbl. RCA Victor Special Purpose 12-0733. DON PASQUALE: Quel guardo … So an’chio la virtù magica (Donizetti) / NOZZE DI FIGARO: Giunse alfin il momento…Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart). Special “silent” pressing for radio stations. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1959. 12” Blk. vinyl Red lbl. RCA Victor Special Purpose 12-1001. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ancora un passo / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Con onor muore (Puccini). Orch. dir. Victor Trucco. Special “silent” pressing for radio stations. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LICIA ALBANESE [right] and RISË STEVENS

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1941. 12” Late Red RCA Victor 12-1308. AMICO FRITZ: Poveri fiori (Mascagni) / LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier). Late beveled edge pressing. From Set DM 1420. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2406. 12” WOR Acetates [2 discs], Dec. 24, 1946 . “Yours For a Song” broadcast. Includes THE STAR (Rogers), excerpt from Haydn’s Creation in English with chorus (starts during orch. intro.; “Un bel di” (complete on single-sided acetate … good sound). Cons. 2. $20.00.

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 postpone- ment of a production of Ernani in which he was to star. The Manhattan’s Impresario, Oscar Hammerstein, discovered that Albani had not only recovered but was appearing in Boston with the San Carlo Opera in what must have been his favorite work, Il Trovatore. Hammerstein promptly sued and a constable was dispatched to arrest the tenor, then at work on stage. The performance was allowed to continue providing that the officer might follow the Pavarotti sized tenor about until the opera ended. Whenever the constable appeared from behind a tree or some other stage prop, he was roundly hissed by the audience. This ended Albani’s American career, but he was more successful in Europe, appearing at the Paris Opéra and the Costanzi in Rome, among other theaters, in, again, Il Trovatore and Aida, among other operas. There seems to be no sign of him after World War I.

3291. 11” Bueno Ayres Disco Gath & Chaves 6104/6122. TRISTE RITORNO (Barthélemy)/ ALFREDO COSTA [b]. IDEALE (Tosti). Announced by the respective singers. Rare issue (issued in Argentina only). Lt. rubs, couple LGTs side two, gen. 3. $20.00.

1380. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74097. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2501. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 65. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano) / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti). Both from orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Side two never otherwise issued (except for rare HRS edition). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANNA MARIA ALBERGHETTI [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 thea- trical productions and a one-woman cabaret act. Judging from the record below and her film of Menotti’s The Medium (1951), she had the talent for operatic star- dom, 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.

1934. 12” PoW Blue Columbia 73264-D [xco46599-1a/xco46600-1f]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi) / LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Moore). Orch. dir. Alfredo Antonini. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

TOMMASO ALCAIDE [t]. Estremoz, Portugal, 1901-Lisbon, 1967. Graduate of a military academy and then a medical student, Alcaide studied voice with Eugenia Mantelli, among others, in Lisbon, and Fernan- do Ferrara in Milano. He made his debut in Lisbon in 1923 as the Duke in Rigoletto, replacing an indisposed tenor. His official debut, however, was in the Milan Teatro Carcano, 1925, as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon. He had an important career in Italy, including La Scala, and he also appeared at the Rome Opera (with Muzio in La Traviata, 1931), Monte Carlo, Spain and Portugal, as well as la Monnaie in Brussels. During and following the War he was also heard in South America. Alcaide’s voice was considered by many as having a particularly attractive timbre, and his singing was always exceptionally musical.

2660. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50290-D [WBX907/WBX909]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet) / FAVORITA: Sprito gentil (Donizetti). Ever played? Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANNA MARIA ALBERGHETTI more recently

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FRANCES ALDA [s] 1874. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 87066. O SI

LES FLEURS AVAIENT DES YEUX (Massenet). Piano acc. (although the label states with orchestra). Rare, soon remade under the same number with orchestra. Beautifully sensitive performance. Cons. 2. $25.00.

3758. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 87090. CRA-DLE SONG (Humperdinck). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3556. 10” Red vinyl Victor 1359 [BVE-32816-6/BVE-34561-2]. LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Sempre così / LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Mi chiamo Lisabetta (Giorda-no). Note that these are two separate single-sided pressings. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2219. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Victrola 88247. FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio (Verdi). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $25.00.

2661. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88247. Same as preceding listing (item #2219). Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1245. 12” Red ’12 Pats “A” plate Victrola 88325. LORELEY: Ah, dunque ei m’amera (Catalani). Wonderful performance. Lt. lbl. fade, minor lt. rubbing, 2-3. $20.00.

1139. 12” Red Victor 74399. PANIS ANGELICUS (Franck). With Guita Casini [cellist] and Frank La Forge [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1126. 12” Red Victrola 74448. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1066. 12” Red Victor 74449. CHANSON PROVENÇALE (dell’ Acqua). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3418. 12” Red Victor 74449. Same as preceding listing (item #3418). Cons. 2. $8.00. 1326. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 95210. MARTHA: Quartetto notturno (Flotow). With

JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], ENRICO CARUSO [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

NORMAN 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

2353. 12” acous. Blk. Eng. Columbia 747 [76444/76841]. FAUST: Serenade (Gounod) / ACIS AND GALATHEA: I rage, I melt, I burn … O ruddier than the cherry (Händel). Side one orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2017. 12” acous. Blue Columbia 7029-M [AX427/AX431]. PARTENOPE: Hark, the Tempest Wildly Raging (Händel) / STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini). Excellent surfaces. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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 roles in operas ranging from Rigoletto to Gounod’s Philémon et Baucis. 2783. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 63319. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: L’anima ho stanca (Cilèa) /

SIBERIA: T’incontrai per via (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1589. 10” Blk. Pats. acous. Victor 63319. Same as previous listing (item #2783). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

FRANCES ALDA

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PASQUALE AMATO [b]. 2989. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Victrola

87097. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Canzone Alfio (Mascagni). With Met. Opera Chorus. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

9310. 11” Blue U.S. Fonotipia 72702 [XPh3904]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.

3288. 11” Fonotipia 62368/62369 [XPh3910/XPh3909]. CHIARA-STELLA / VOLA, VOLA! (both De Cristofaro). With mandolin and piano. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $15.00.

3270. 11” Fonotipia 92565/92566 [XPh4044/XPh4045-2]. GIOCON-DA: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Two sides. With RINALDO GRASSI [t]. Tiny lbl. tear, lt. crayon mk. Surfaces gen. 2-3. $15.00.

1344. 12” Red Victor 88464. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). IMs. Cons. 2. $7.00.

2680. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88473. DI-NORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyer-beer). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1346. 12” Red Victor 89086. CARMEN: Si tu m’aimes (Bizet). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Early “B” plate. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2106. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 54. DINORAH: Sei vendeicata assai (Meyerbeer) / TOSCA: Tre Sbirri, una carrozza (Puccini). From orig. 1914 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2266. 12” SS Homocord 52497. HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). Harmless indentation line, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.

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.

1444. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono X-1757. PEARL FISHERS: O Nadir (Bizet). One tiny PB, cons. 2-3. $100.00.

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.

3573. 10” Red Vinyl Test G&T 52130 [2320½L]. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). From orig. 1904 matrix, never issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

2064. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88063. FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PASQUALE AMATO [r.] and sons SPARTICO [l.] and MARIO [r.]

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2082. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88169. DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer). Rare. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2116. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1003. PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs] / CARLO ALBANI [t]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti). From orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Glassy surfaces. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2583. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 64. ERNANI: O deh verd’anni miei (Verdi) / FAUST: Death of Valentin (Gounod). From orig. 1907 Victor matrices. This AGSB record was never issued. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

MARIAN ANDERSON [c] 3019. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22015 [Bb14284-I/Bb14285-II].

DEEP RIVER (Burleigh) / HEAV’N, HEAV’N! [I GOT A ROBE] (both arr. Burleigh). Uncommon, early. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1962. 12” Blk. Vinyl Red lbl. RCA Victor Special Purpose 12-0734. MORGEN, Op. 27, No. 4 / BEFREIT, Op. 39, No. 4 (Strauss). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Special “silent” pressing for radio stations. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

WALTER ANDERTON [counter-tenor]. His is a more familiar vocal timbre today through the revival of Händel operas than it likely was 100+ years ago when this record was made. I don’t know anything of Mr. Anderton’s career, other than that he recorded eleven sides for Victor between 1909 and 1910 of which only four were issued.

3604. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 16449. SING ME TO SLEEP (Greene) / BONNIE SWEET BESSIE (Gilbert). Few rubs, 2. $15.00.

Srta. ANDRÉS [s]. Evidently a popular zarzuela artist, she appeared in the premiere of Marugán’s El último romántico with Pepe Romeu at the Madrid Teatro Apolo in 1928.

2994. 10” Green SS Madrid Disque Pour Gram. 263011 [15954u]. EL POETA DE LA VIDA: Faruca (Calleja). 2. $12.00.

IVAR ANDRESSEN [bs] 2366. 12” PW Eng. Columbia DX 65 [WAX4892/WAX4893]. DER SELT’NE BETER [THE

MAN WHO SELDOM PRAYED] (Loewe). Two sides. Piano acc. Dr. Franz Hallasch, Cons. 2. $10.00.

2446. 12” Blk. PW Viva-Tonal Columbia 50246-D [WAX4908/WAX4909]. NACHTGANG / RUHE, MEINE SEELE! (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Dr. Franz Hallasch. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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.

3697. 10” Red PoW VdeSM DA 5033 [OLA-5793-1/OLA-5797-1]. MAMAN, DITES MOI (Weckerlin) / PAUVRE JACQUES (Romance de Marie Antoinette). With LILY LASKINE [harpist]. One lightest lbl. rub. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

Early (1925) portrait of MARIAN ANDERSON

MARTHA ANGELICI

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FANNY ANITUA [ms] 3108. 10” Blue Notes Columbia C2358 [11123-

1/11425-1]. WERTHER: Va! No, non é Mai si piango (Massenet) / DE PÉREZ [s], EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]. TOSCA: Mi gelosa (Puccini). Cons. 2. $10.00.

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 became 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.

9417. 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.

9413. 11” Fonotipia 62150/62151 [XPh2607/XPh2608]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita / RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lacrime (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1567. 11” Fonotipia 62162/62163 [XPh2573/XPh2567]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni) / WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet). Very lt. NS side two is harmless, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

9373. 11” Fonotipia 62164/62165 [XPh2562/2568-2]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano)/ MANON: Chiudo gli occhi (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1833. 11” Fonotipia 62168/62169 [XPh2912/ XPh2913-2]. MARCELLA: O mia Mar-cella / MARCELLA: O santa libertà (Giordano). Scarce. IMs. Lt. mks., one TB (harmless). 2. $15.00.

1837. 11” SS Fonotipia 62268 [XPh2820]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Wonderful performance. Excellent Odeon pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3274. 11” Fonotipia 62268/62279 [XPh2820/ 2870]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini) / MIGNON: Addio, Mignon (Thomas]. Small harmless discoloration spot side two, cons. 2. $15.00.

1585. 11” Fonotipia 62274/62275 [XPh3065/ XPh3066]. PATER NOSTER [PADRE DEL MONDO] / SERENATA [BIANCA È LA NOTTE] (both Anselmi). Small PB side one, cons. 2. Side two couple LGTs, 2-3. $25.00.

9418. 11” Fonotipia 62276/62277 [XPh2871/ 2872]. WERTHER: Ma come dopo il nembo / WERTHER: Io non so se son desto (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

FANNY ANITUA

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1579. 11” Fonotipia 62434/62435 [XPh4242/XPh4240 ]. DORMI PURE (Scuderi) / NON T’AMO PIÙ (Tosti). One small PB, gen. 2. $25.00.

9405. 11” Fonotipia 62470/62471 [XPh4257/XPh4060]. TRAVIATA: De’ miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi) / IL DUCA D’ALBA: Angelo casto e bel (Donizetti). Cons. 2. $20.00.

1568. 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. $40.00.

1494. 11” Fonotipia 62476/62477 [XPh4250/XPh4251]. UN SOL VOLTA ANCORA / CANTO ALLA PRIMAVERA (both Mendelssohn). Beautiful copy, one tiny mk., just about 1-2. $40.00

1577. 11” Fonotipia 62476/62477 [XPh4250/XPh4251]. Same as preceding listing, item #1494. Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00.

3283. 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. $25.00.

FERNAND ANSSEAU [t] 2290. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 82 [Cs838-II/Ho4447-IIaf]. DAMNATION DE FAUST:

Nature immense (Berlioz) / JOSEPH: Champs paternels! (Méhul). From orig. 1923/1920 Gram. matrices. Wonderful performances. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

JEAN AQUISTAPACE [bs] 2233. 12” Art-Label Pathé X.7177 [N201763/N201764]. DON QUICHOTTE: La mort de

Don Quichotte (Massenet). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIANNINA ARANGI- LOMBARDI [s]. Marigliano, 1891-Milan, 1951. After studies in Naples at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella with Beniamino Carelli, she made her debut in Rome in 1920, singing mezzo-soprano roles for the next three years. After further studies (with Adelina Stehle and Tina Poli-Ran- daccio), 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 An- kara, Turkey, where one of her pupils was soprano Leyla Gencer. -Wikopedia

9318. 11” Blue/Red Fonografia Nazionale 1035/1036. GIOCONDA: Deh! non turbare / GIOCONDA: Laggiù nelle nebbie remote (Ponchielli). Both with GIUSEPPE KRISMER [t]. Note that Arangi-Lombardi is singing here as a mezzo-soprano. Harmless faint hair crk. rim area side two. Side one 2-3. Side two 2. $20.00.

2436. 12” PW Blue Eng. Col. L2277 [WBX122/WBX127]. GIOCONDA: Voce di donna / GIOCONDA: E una anatema (Ponchielli). Both with EBE STIGNANI [ms], side one also SALVATORE BACCALONI [bs], GIUSEPPE NESSI [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

VITTORIO ARIMONDI [bs] 1246. 12” TC Columbia A5001 [30100-1 and M153-1/30109-1 and M138-1]. REQUIEM:

Confutatis (Verdi) / ANTON VON ROOY [b]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). Excellent copy. One rub, cons. 2. $35.00.

1104. 12” Maroon PW Columbia IRCC 59 [30099/30019]. FAUST: Serenata (Gounod) / DAVID BISPHAM [b]. DER ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Gorgeous pressing from orig. 1906 Columbia matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

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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.

4048. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 53312 [126-R]. MEFISTOFELE: Spunta l’aurora (Boïto). Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. Beautiful and impassioned performance. Few LGTs, otherwise clean 3. $150.00.

3284. 11” Maroon PW Parl.-Odeon PO 127 [XPh409/XPh411]. PEARL FISHERS: Siccome un dì (Bizet) / TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ali rosee (Verdi). Excellent pressings from orig. 1905 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

SIGRID ARNOLDSON [s]. Stockholm, 1861-1943. Considered by the press 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. 1591. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 122 [12486u/1285r]. FAUST: Il était un roi de Thulé

(Gounod) / CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). From orig. 1908/1906 Berlin G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3949. 10” White lbl. HMV 43914 [3576r]. WIEGENLIED (Ries). Just about 1-2. $40.00.

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 elemen- tary school principal (considerably her junior), opened a mail order beauty cream business, did some radio broadcasting (fortunately mostly preserved) and taught in her Cliffside Park, NJ home.

1191. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74142. MARRIAGE OF JEANETTE: Nightin-gale Song (Massé). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

FLORENCE AUSTRAL [s] 3403. 10” Blk. elec. PW HMV E.561

[Bb18692-II/Bb18712-II]. EVERYWHERE I GO (Easthope Martin) / AZOR AND ZEMIRA: Rose Softy Blooming (Spohr). Orch. dir. Lawrance Collingwood. Cons. 2. $10.00.

CONCHITA BADÍA [s]. Barcelona, 1897- 1975. A student of Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla and Pablo Casals, Badia made her operatic debut as a Flower Maiden in Parsifal in 1913 (at the age of 16). It was on the concert stage, however, that she achieved great popu- larity as one of the major interpreters of Spa- nish song. She premiered the works of many composers, including Granados, de Falla, Gina- stera, Villa-Lobos, and Nin, and a number of their songs were dedicated to her. She lived in Argentina from 1938 to 1946 and then returned to Spain where she taught and continued her singing career. Montserrat Caballé numbered among her pupils.

3912. 10” Red PoW Argentine RCA Victor 10-1073. VILLANCICO VASCO; VILLANCICO CASTELLANO / VILLANCICO DE CORDOBA; VILLANCICO GALLECO (all Joaquin Nin). Piano acc. Donato Colacelli. Lt. rubs, side one cons. 2. Side two 2. $15.00.

3913. 10” Red PoW Argentine RCA Victor 10-1100. VILLANCICO ARAGONES; VILLAN-CICO MURCIANO / VILLANCICO CATALAN; VILLANCICO ANDALJUZ (all Joaquin Nin). Piano acc. Donato Colacelli. Small lbl. stkr. Lt. superficial rubs, 2. $15.00.

FLORENCE AUSTRAL

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3914. 10” Red PW Argentine Victor 10-1109. EL RETRATO DE ISABELLA (Amadeo Vives)/ EL AMOR ES COME UN NIÑO; EL VITO (both Nin). Piano acc. D. Colacelli. Small lbl. stkr. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

ELSIE BAKER [c]. Philadelphia, 1885- 1958. 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 Edi- son and Indestructible, Baker became an exclusive Victor artist and appeared on many solo and ensemble recordings from 1912 through 1929.

3013. 10” Blue EE Victor 45495. SHANEWIS: Spring Song of the Robin Woman / SHANEWIS: Her Shadow (Cadman). Piano acc. G. Tildon Davis. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3469. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 35279. HYMN TO APOLLO (278 B.C.). With EMMA ROUS [harp] / VICTOR MIXED CHORUS. SUMMER IS A-COMING IN (1226 A.D.); OLIVE KLINE [s]. OH WILLOW, WILLOW (Old English). Harp acc. Side one 2. Side two 3. $10.00.

GEORGES BAKLANOFF [b] 3609. 10” Red Decca G-20423 [Ro1183/Ro1184]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Written Words /

EUGEN ONEGIN: Alas, There Is No Doubt (Tschaikowsky). Few minor rubs, 2. $10.00.

2070. 12” PW Blue French Parlophone 59027 [2-79510/2-79511]. BORIS GODOUNOV: I Have Reached the Highest Power / BORIS GODOUNOV: Death of Boris (Moussorgsky). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ANDRÉ BALBON [bs]. 1902- ? . His debut as at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Les Burgraves by Léo Sachs. He was first heard at the Paris Opéra-Comique in Lorenzaccio on November 1st, 1928. He continued on the Opéra-Comique roster until 1944, then working 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.

2681. 12” Red Pathé X.90049 [250199/250284]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGILIA: Air de la Calomnie (Rossini) / DINORAH: Chant du Chasseur (Meyerbeer). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

GIUSEPPINA BALDASSARRE-TEDESCHI [s]. Triani, 1881-Rome, 1965. A student at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro, Baldassarre-Tedeschi made her debut at the Coccia of Novara, 1905, as Mascagni’s Iris. She performed throughout Italy, the major house perhaps having been the Rome Costanzi where she was heard a number of times. After her retirement in 1930, she was noted as a teacher, her pupils having included Licia Albanese, Stella Roman and Pia Tassi- nari. She sang Eva in Die Meistersinger and Sieglinde, but her major repertoire emphasis was of roles related to the verismo school, such as Manon Lescaut and her favorite part, Cio-Cio-San. She was also notable as Wally, Maddelena, Tosca, Nedda and Fedora. 1426. 10” elec. Red PW Homocord A-6115 [H67215/H67194]. I MILIONI D’ARLECCHINO

(Drigo) / CULLIAM! AMORE (Pancaldi). Rare, virtually unknown. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

3289. 11” acous. Fonotipia 69299/69292 [XPh5194/XPh5187]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini) / MARGHERITA PEROSIO [s], MANFREDO POLVEROSI [t]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi). Cons. 2. $20.00.

2328. 12” acous. Fonotipia 74229/74230 [XXPh5302/XXPh5399]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Duo (Berlioz) / WALKÜRE: Finale Atto I (Wagner). With RINALDO SCHENONI [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1520. 12” Green Odeon E5061 [XXPh5883/XXPh5884]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini) / LA WALLY: Ebben, ne andrò lontana (Catalani). Her only electrically recorded operatic. Just about 1-2. $75.00.

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SUZANNE BALGUERIE [s] 1398. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LFX 23

[WLX968-4/WLX969-4]. ARIANE ET BAR-BE BLEUE: Oh! mes clairs diamants / ARIANE ET BARBE BLEUE: Ah! ce n’est pas encore la claret veritable (Dukas). Wonderful performances. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2073. 12” Red PW French Columbia D14240, D14241 [WLX397/398, WLX401/404]. -LE POÈME DE LA MAISON [Dramatic Cantata, 1919] (Georges Martin Witkow-ski). Four sides. With HECTOR DU-FRANNE [b], Mme. CHEVASSU-BOYER [s], F. LEMAIRE [t]. Lyons Orch. and Chorus dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

STEFANO BALLARINI [b]. Born around 1900 as Istvàn Ballo, he sang the season of 1925-26 in Breslau. His La Scala debut (last name Ballarini) was as Donner in Das Rheingold, 1928. He also appeared at the Berlin and Dresden State Operas, at the Buenos Aires Teatro Colón and the Vienna Opera. Apparently he was first heard in the U.S. again as Donner in a Lewisohn Stadium Wagner Festival, 1937, directed by Reiner. In 1939 he made his debut with the San Francisco Opera. Ballarini’s U.S. home base seems to have been New York, where he appeared on a number of occasions as a leading baritone with Salmaggi. He also sang with the New York City Opera (as Stephan Ballarini), his debut and farewell as Escamillo, Oct. 25th, 1952.

2126. 12” PW Red French Odeon 123.716 [XXPh6118/XXPh6121]. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi)/ HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). In Italian. Small lbl. scr. side one, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

VICENTE BALLESTER [b]. 1887-Valen- cia, 1927. After studies in Spain, Ballester worked with Jean de Reszke in Paris beginning in 1913. He subsequently appeared in Spain in operas and zarzuelas. His American debut was in 1916, and he remained active in North and Cen- tral America for a decade. While scheduled for the Metropolitan Opera the season of 1923-24, he suffered an upper respiratory tract infection. His tonsils were eventually removed and the recuperation evidently required the whole season and continued to trouble him on and off the remainder of his life. He did, however, appear with the Chicago Opera in July of 1924 as Rossini’s Figaro and Count Gil in Wolf-Ferrari’s The Secret of Suzanne. His eventual Metropolitan debut was on November 11, 1924 as Valentin in Faust, his other roles including Rigoletto, Alfio, the High Priest in Samson et Dalila and Enrico in Lucia. Sporadic U.S. appearances in various locations took place in 1925. He returned to Spain in 1926 where he died the next year.

3026. 10” acous. Columbia 2277-X [48426-1/48430-1]. YO SOY EL CHULO (Micelli) / MI NIÑA (Guetary). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3023. 10” acous. Columbia 2289-X [93107-1/ 93108-1]. OJOS TAPATIOS (Elizondo)/ ALMA GITANA (Soler). Excellent mid-1920s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SUSANNE BALGUERIE

VICENTE BALLESTER as Rigoletto

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1300. 12” acous. Columbia 52005-X [83040-1/83041-1]. MARUXA: Acto lo Estena VII (Vives). Two sides. With LUISA BONORI [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ROSE BAMPTON [c/s]. Lakewood, OH, 1908-Bryn Mawr, PA, 2007. A student at the Curtis Institute, Miss Bampton first appeared in small roles with the Philadelphia Grand Opera. Her Metropolitan Opera debut was as Laura in La Gioconda with Rosa Ponselle in 1932, three years after she began voice studies. She sang the premiere of Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach in 1933. In 1937 Bampton made a second debut as a soprano, singing Leonora in Il Trovatore. She also appeared 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 1957 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 later 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 and a young hanger-on immediately snapped, “Miss Bampton was never in anything like that!” Of course she just as quickly corrected him and he remained silent through the rest of the conversation. See also Toscanini listings in Instrumental Section for unpublished takes of the Fidelio aria.

1055. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 18217. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini) / CENEREN-TOLA: Naqui al affanno (both Rossini). Orch. dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00.

1056. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 12-0015. DAMNATION DE FAUST: D’amour l’ardente flame (Berlioz). Two sides. Orch. dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2096. 12” White RCA Victor test pressing, matrix D6-RC-6626-2. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). Orch. dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Rec. 6. Dec. 1946. Only known 78 pressing. Some label information has been penned out. Cons. 2. $60.00.

MARIA BARRIENTOS [s]. Barcelona, 1883-Paris, 1946. Barrientos was a musical prodigy, having started studies at the Barcelona Conservatory at the age of six. By twelve she had earned diplomas in composition, piano and violin. She began vocal lessons at the age of 14 and made her debut the next year at the Teatro Novidades in Barce- lona, 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. Note that the records below are mostly very desirable mid-1920s laminated pressings.

3280. 11” Red ‘30s Odeon 39538/39539 [XPh1632/ XPh1633]. FRA DIAVOLO: Or son sola / FRA DIAVOLO: Già per la danza (Auber). Brilliant technique, here in full display. Excellent pressing, made for IRCC. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1908. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68052-D [49370-1/ 49371-3]. PURITANI: Qui la voce / PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). IMs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1341. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68057-D [48651-3/ 49112-1]. NOZZE DI FIGARO: Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart) / PEARL OF BRAZIL: Char-mant oiseau (David). IMs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1929. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68068-D [48650-2/ 49171-2]. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod) / VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). IMs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

4035. 12” Blue acous Columbia 7037-M [49112-1/49151-3]. PEARL OF BRAZIL: Gentil augel (David) / LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Cons. 2. $15.00.

MARIA BARRIENTOS shipboard

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1318. 12” Blue Columbia 7069-M [49386-2/49765-1]. COQ D’OR: Salut à toi soleil (Rim-sky-Korsakov) / SONNAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1095. 12” Blue Columbia 8906-M [49118-1/49596-1]. MARTHA: Qui sola vergine rosa (Flotow) / DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1510. 12” White Columbia test 49805 [take 1]. IL PENSIEROSO: Sweet Bird (Händel). Recorded 24 April 1920. Unpublished. This is her final U.S. Columbia recording and the only known copy. The singing is wonderful, but tuba player makes a false entrance following the cadenza which is likely why it wasn’t issued. 2-3. $500.00.

2427. 12” Purple elec. PW Fr. Columbia D11701 [WLX308-2/WLX309-1]. SEPT CHAN-SONS POPULARES ESPAGNOLES: El pano morino; Seguidilla murciana / SEPT CHANSONS POPULARES ESPAGNOLES: Asturiana (Manuel de Falla). Piano acc. by the composer. Tiny harmless rim flake side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

2428. 12” Purple elec. PW Fr. Columbia D11701 [WLX308-2/WLX-309-1]. Same as previous item (#2427). Side one cons. 2. Side two lt. rubs and minor lbl. rub, 2. $18.00.

2429. 12” Purple elec. PW Fr. Columbia PFX 1 [WLX310/WLX1368-2]. SEPT CHANSONS POPULAIRES ESPAGNOLES: Nana; Cancíon / SEPT CHANSONS POPULAIRES ESPAGNOLES: Jota (Manuel de Falla). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

2430. 12” Purple elec. PW Fr. Columbia PFX 1 [WLX310/WLX1368-2]. Same as previous listing (item #2429). Few very lt. rubs, 2. $35.00.

2431. 12” Purple elec. PW Fr. Columbia PFX 2 [WLX1415-1/1369-2]. SEPT CHANSONS POPULAIRES ESPAGNOLES: Polo; L’AMOUR SORCIER: Chanson du Feu Follet / SONETO A CORDOBA (all Manuel de Falla). Piano acc. by the composer. Lt. rubs, 2. $50.00.

(EDWIN) MICHAEL BARTLETT [t]. N. Oxford, MA, 1901-Webster, MA, 1978. Born to a well-to-do family, Edwin was named after his father, although as his career progressed he changed Edwin to Michael (his middle name a more unlikely choice: Alonzo). He was a graduate of Princeton in 1924 with a business degree. While there he studied with tenor John Barnes Wells. After graduation, he went to Italy where he studied with baritone Giu- seppe Campanari until Campanari’s death in 1927. That year he made his Italian operatic debut in Gorizio as Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia. Upon returning to the U.S. he made two private recordings for Victor. He then again visited Italy for study, this time with Alfredo Martino. Before leaving for the U.S. later in 1929, he traveled with a touring opera company in Italy. He was active in Hollywood, appearing in films with Grace Moore and Marian Talley, among others, as well as with the Chicago Opera and Cincinnati Zoo Opera. Bartlett was also frequently heard on various radio programs and made two discs (in England) for Columbia in 1937. Experiencing vocal difficulties later in his career, he retired in 1953 and then studied with Giovanni Martinelli, learning the roles of Otello, Tristan and Rhadames (which sound to me rather a leap for a light lyric tenor having vocal distress). He resumed singing in 1963 and actually gave two performances of Otello in Syracuse, NY, in 1966 with Richard Torigi and Sylvia Khatchadourian. Much of his later work included musicals, and he was in the original Broadway production of Sondheim’s Follies in 1971 in the role of Roscoe, an aging tenor, likely his last role.

2325. 12” White lbl. Victor Special Record mat. CVE 39175-2. BOHÊME: Che gelida ma-nina (Puccini). Piano acc. Nathaniel Shilkret. Rec. Sept. 13, 1927. Gen. 2. $60.00.

2326, 12” Blue PW Columbia Master Works 7341-M [CAX-7916-1/CAX-7917-1]. LA BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / PARLEZ-MOI D’AMOUR (Lenoir). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

(EDWIN) MICHAEL BARTLETT

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MARIO BASIOLA [b] 2676. 12” PW Microphone Columbia 70093-D [CBX1435/CBX1436]. HÉRODIADE: Vision

fugitive / ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir (both Massenet). Both in Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3415. 12” PoW late Italian Columbia GQX 10978 [CBX1432/CBX1437]. L’ARLESIANA: Racconto del Pastore (Cilèa) / IL FIGLIUOL PRODIGO: Raccoggi e calma (Ponchi-elli). Excellent late shellac. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JANE BATHORI [Jeanne-Marie Berthier] [ms]. 1877-1970. 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.

2094. 12” PW Blue Col. Master Works 9132-M [WLX328/WLX917 … possibly dubbed]. LE BESTIAIRE (Francis Poulenc) / TROIS MÉLODIES (Erik Satie). Piano acc. by FRANCIS POULENC / DARIUS MILHAUD. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MATTIA BATTISTINI [b] 3628. 10” Red Warzawa G&T 52667 [443z-Ao-

2z]. CANCÍON ESPAÑOLA [LA MAN-TILLA] (Alvarez). Some fading of gilt on raised lbl. but red is clean (no rubbing). Surface is remarkably fine, just about 1-2. $100.00.

1601. 10” Orange Warszawa G&T 54034 [449z]. LA FAVORITA: Duetto Eleonora i Alfonso (Donizetti). With TILDE CAROTINI [ms]. The mezzo’s first name appears on the label as simply “E.”. Other references give her last name as “Cartonini”. Very fine copy and an unusually late pressing. Few LGTs, cons. 2. $60.00.

3223. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 24 [447z-Ao-2z/ 439z]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo (Rossini) / DON GIOVANNI: Fin ch’ han dal vino (Mozart). From orig. 1902 Warsaw G&T matrices, side two with studio applause and encore. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3596. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 30 [Bb1422-I/ Bb1433-III]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita/ DON GIOVANNI: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Mozart). Late Battistini, 1924. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

4276. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 31 [17570b/17571b]. FAVORITA: Vien, Leonora / FAVORI-TA: Dei nemici tuoi (Donizetti). From 1913 orig. matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2969. 10” White HMV VA 15 [445z-Ao-2z/2156L]. ANCORA MELODIA (Tosti) / FERNAN-DO DE LUCIA [t]. TRAVIATA: Un dì felice (Verdi). From orig. 1902/1903 G&T matrices. One small rub side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

1768. 12” White lbl. Victrola 92007 [879c]. ERNANI: Lo vedremo (Verdi). With ARISTODEMO SILLICH [bs]. Sillich (Trieste, 1852-1943) was first heard in his native Trieste in 1876 in Petrella’s La Contessa d’Amalfi and, as his final appearance, singing Colline in the same city about 40 years later. In between he was heard in many of the major Italian houses, including La Scala, in the Netherlands, Russia, Poland and with the Boston Opera. Excellent pressing. RCA Vr bk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2010. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 92044 [886c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1180. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 92045 [884c]. FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti). Finding copies like this are akin to going back in time to a Victor store 100 years ago. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

MATTIA BATTISTINI

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1120. 12” Red Victor 88351 [866c]. PER LA PATRIA: Bella Italia (Goffredo Cocchi). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2270. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88354 [263ai]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar! (Masse-net). Revised for Battistini’s baritone voice by the composer. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3442. 12” Red Victrola 88652 [CA10-I]. MARIA DI ROHAN: Voce fatal di morte (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3441. 12” White lbl. HMV 052302 [272aj]. HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). Cons. 2. $12.00.

1733. 12” White lbl. HMV 052310 [268ai]. LE SOIR (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2593. 12” Orange Gram. Monarch 052311 [269ai]. AMOUR, AMOUR! (Tosti). Piano acc.

In French. A really magical performance. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3444. 12” Red HMV 052313 [275ai]. FAUST: O santa medaglia (Gounod). 2. $8.00. 2025. 12” Blue Opera Disc 76310 (054449) [2821c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ve’ se di notte

(Verdi). With ELVIRA BARBIERI [s], VINCENZO BETTONI [bs]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1681. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 736 [Ck1423-I/1427-II]. FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Doni-zetti) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non più andrai (Mozart). Rare late acoustic recording (1924). Excellent pressing. Few very lt. superficial rubs. 2. $15.00.

2121. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 52 [866c/889c]. PER LA PATRIA: Bella Italia (Cocchi) / ZAMPA: Perchè tremar (Hérold). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1914. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 94 [221af/222af]. PAGLIACCI: Decidi il mio destin / PAGLIACCI: E allor perchè (Leoncavallo). With MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2000. 12” White HMV VB 14 [218af/227as]. QUO VADIS: Errar sul’ ampio mar / QUO VADIS: Amica, l’ora attest è questa (Nuoguès). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

S. A. BATURINA [s] 3391. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4089. JEANNE D’ARC: Adieu, forêts (Tschaikowsky). Two

sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ANDRÉ BAUGÉ [b] 2950. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.412 [s22115u/s22116u]. LA FILLE DE MADAME

AGNOT: Elle est tellemante innocente / LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT: Certainement j’aime Clairette (Lecocq). Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2615. 11½” Orange Art-Label elec. Pathé X.7142 [N201262-1/N201263-1]. MAROUF: Il est des Musulmans / MAROUF: La Caravane (Rabaud). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2632. 12” Green PW Pathé PGT 5 [CPTX39/ CPTX48]. LA COUPE DU ROI DE THULÉ: Hélàs! Il avait vingt ans (Diaz) / FAVORITE: Jardins de l’Alcazar (Donizetti). Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

MARYSE BEAUJON [s]. Roanne, France, 1891-1973. Her debut was in Lyon, 1919, as Micaëla in Carmen. Two years later she was first heard at the Paris Opéra as Mathilde in Rossini’s William Tell. In 1928, she was the Paris Opéra’s first Turandot, sharing the stage with tenor Georges Thill, to whom she left her estate when she died in 1973 (she having no family). Beaujon’s repertoire included roles such as Marina in Boris Godounov, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Marguerite in Faust and Nedda in Pagliacci. She was noted as much for her visual allure and acting as for her voice.

2700. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50175-D [WLX501/WLX502]. FAUST: Church Scene (Gounod). With FRED BORDON [bs]. Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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GINO BECHI [b]. Note that all are excellent late pressings.

3345. 10” Red late VdP DA 5465 [OBA4378/OBA4380]. LA WALLY: T’amo ben io (Cata-lani) / IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3091. 10” Red late VdP DA 11306 [OBA6841-2/OBA6842]. STASERA CANTO / NINNA NANNA D’AMORE (both D’Anzi). Both from film Arrivederci papa. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3092. 10” Red late VdP DA 11307 [OBA6843-1T1/OBA6344-1T1]. VERDE UCRAINA (Olivieri) / SUONI BALALAIKA (Potsford). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3093. 10” Red late VdP DA 11308 [OBA7086/OBA7087]. LU ME’ SCICCAREDDU (Carmelo) / MATTINATA SICILIANA (Mazziotti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3367. 10” Red late VdP DA 11309 [OBA7088/OBA7089]. SIGNORINELLA (Valente) / SIGNORINELLA MIA (D’Anzi). From film Signorinella. Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3162. 10” Red late VdP DA 11310 [OB7117-2/OB7118-2]. RICHIAMO D’AMORE (Rota) / NOTTURNO (both Nino Rota). One superficial (harmless) stain, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

3163. 10” Red late VdP DA 11337 [OBA8159/OBA8166]. PECCHÈ? (Pennino) / DICITENCELLO VUJE (Falvo). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3346. 10” Red late VdP DA 11339 [OBA8155-1/OBA8158-T1]. ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti) / LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1848. 10” Red late VdP DA 11341 [OBA8171-TI/OBA8172-I]. A CASINHA PEQUENINA (Massarani) / O MAR (Dorival Caymmi). Both in Brazilian. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3090. 10” Red late VdP DA 11352 [OBA8479/OBA8480]. NENIA D’AMORE / MONELLA (both Dino Olivieri). Both from film Canzone a due voci. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2480. 12” Red late VdP DB 5368 [2BA3961-T1/2BA3962-T1]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo / ERNANI: Oh! deh verd’anni miei (both Verdi). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1041. 12” Red late VdP DB 5369 [2BA4377-I/2BA4386-II]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2387. 12” Red late VdP DB 11353 [2BA7560/2BA7968]. FALSTAFF: L’onore! Ladri! (Ver-di) / SI VOUS L’AVIEZ COMPRIS! (Denza). Excellent pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

DAN BEDDOE [t] 3159. 10” White lbl. Victrola 64391. A MOON-

LIGHT SONG (Cadman). Excellent copy, few tiny mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

THEO BEETS [t] 3613. 10” PW Green Fr. Polydor 524.061

[4198BKP/4199BKP]. SIGURD: Entrée de Sigurd / SIGURD: Un souvenir poi-gnant (Reyer). Couple lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

HIPPOLYTE-ADOLPHE BELHOMME [bs] Paris, 1854-1923. Making his debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1879 (as Baskir in Lalla-Roukh), Belhomme was featured regularly on their roster to 1886 and again from 1891 to 1916. “Although of short stature, his vocal authority was impressive.” A “basse chantante”, he had exceptional flexibility and even a clean trill. In addition to Paris, Bel- homme appeared in Lyon (1886-1889) and Mar- seille (1889-1890), and from 1902 a number of seasons at the Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie. He participated in several world and house premieres, both in Paris and Brussels.

9375. 11” Brown Odeon 33815/36263 [XP814/XP1850-2]. LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ: Grand Air de Falstaff (A. Thomas) / PAUL AUMONIER [bs]. LE PARDON DE PLOËRMEL [DINORAH]: Chant du Chasseur (Meyerbeer). One TN, small lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $20.00.

DAN BEDDOE

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GIUSEPPE BELLANTONI [b] 1493. 11” Fonotipia 92727/92728 [XPh 4420/XPh4497]. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia) / FUOCO

SPENTO (Cabera). Side one gen. 3. Side two a few more rubs and one small PB, 3-4. $40.00.

1580. 11” Fonotipia 92727/62467 [XPh4420/XPh4285]. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia) / LUNA CORTESE (Valente). Good surface material. Small lbl. stkr. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $50.00

GEMMA BELLINCIONI [s]. Her G&Ts require a small (circa 1.5 mil) stylus.

1542. 12” Red Milano G&T 053017 [572-R]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). One small PB (less than ¼”), two small pressing defects, 3-4 but little greying. $400.00.

1543. 12” Red Milano G&T 053018 [574-R]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Creator performance. Plays well with 1.5 stylus. Bright lbl. (partially removed sticker on part of trademark area).. Some sounding LGTs, 4. $400.00.

1544. 12” Red Milano G&T 053018 [577-R]. TRAVIATA: Ah! fors’ è lui (Verdi). Plays quite well with a 1.5 stylus. One very small PB. Looks gen. 4 or a little better. $400.00.

XENIA BELMAS [s] 2657. 12” Blk. PW elec. Polydor 66847 [1590BM/1591BM]. PAGLIACCI: Nedda-Silvio duet

(Leoncavallo). Two sides. In Italian. With WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. Superficial rubs. Side one 3. Side two 2. $10.00.

2174. 12” Blk. PW elec. Polydor 66990 [711Bi/712Bi]. WANN IST DES GEWUßT, Op. 47, No. 1 / WAR ICH NICHT EIN FRISCHES GRÄSLEIN, Op. 47, No. 7 (Tschaikowsky). In Russian. Piano acc. Alexander Kitschin. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PAUL BENDER [bs] 2963. 10” PW HMV EG 6107 [OD1557-I/OD1558-I]. DEN ALTE HERR (Paul Graener) /

TRAUM DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG (Strauss). One very tiny lbl. tear, few lt. mks., 2. $12.00.

2658. 12” Blk. acous. Hist No. 2 HMV D.805. WO DU HINGEHST (Rehfeld, Op. 83) / HERR, DEN ICH TIEF IM HERZEN TGRAGE (Hiller, Op. 17, No. 1). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2479. 12” PW Plum elec. Electrola EH 827 [2D1551-2/2D1552-2]. EDWARD / ERLKÖNIG (both Loewe). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisesn. Side one cons. 2. Side two small scr. clusters (about ¼”) may cause lightest ticks, few other mks., gen. 2. $12.00.

2352. 12” PW Plum elec. Electrola EH 904 [2D1548-2/2D1556-2]. IN DER MARIEN-KIRCHE; HEIMLICHKEIT / HERR OLUF (Loewe). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ANGELO BENDINELLI [t]. Lari, near Pisa, 1876- Livorno, 1942. He studied with Cortesi in Pisa and Giacchetti in Florence, making his debut in Florence at the Arena Nazionale in 1904 as Alfredo in La Traviata. He was with the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari from 1907 to 1925 and also appeared in Bergamo, Bologna, Mantua and Venice, among other Italian houses. Outside of his native land he was heard in Cairo, Montevideo and Bue- nos Aires. He sang both standard roles, such as Cava- radossi, Rodolfo and Pinkerton, as well as leading parts in forgotten pieces including Pacchierotti’s Eidelberga Mia and Fino’s Il Battista.

2929. 10” Green Columbia E2253 [11446-1/11449-2]. FAUST: Quartette. With IDA CATTORINI [s], DOLORES FRAU [ms], GIOVANNI MARTINO [bs] / FAUST: Che fate qui signor? (Gounod). With CESARE FORMICHI [b], G. MARTINO [bs]. All these singers had solid careers, Martino having been on the Met roster from 1919-1927. Nice copy, cons. 2. $12.00.

ANGELO BENDINELLI as Jesus in unidentified opera/oratorio

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ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t] 1435. 10” Pink Fonografia Nazionale Dr4663/Dr4664. MANON LESCAUT: Ah! Manon mi

tradisce / MANON LESCAUT: Guardate, pazzo son (Puccini). Edizione stickers signed by Bergamaschi. Note that his records usually were recorded above 78 rpm. This (both sides) plays at 83.5 rpm to be in key. Tiny lbl. tear near spindle hole side two. Side one gen. 2. Side two 2-3. $75.00.

3531. 10” Pink Fonografia Nazionale Dr4719/Dr4720. AIDA Vieni meco insiem fuggiam / AIDA: Io son disonorato (Verdi). Both sides with VALERIA MANNA [s]. Side two also with APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $75.00.

1529. 12” Pink Fonografia Nazionale G2122/G2102. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre / ELVIRA CASAZZA [ms]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Lbl. stkr. signed by Bergamaschi. Rare Casazza solo recording. A listing of this appeared in last year’s catalogue, but this is a different copy, albeit in the same condition. 2. $75.00.

1528. 12” Pink Fonografia Nazionale G2131/G2132. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso / ANDREA CHENIER: Vicino a te s’acqueta (Giordano). Side two with ZITA FUMA-GALLI-RIVA [s]. Edizione sticker signed by Bergamaschi. Few lt. mks., 2. $75.00.

ERNA BERGER [s] 2210. 12” Red PW Electrola DBA 4414 [2D1304-II/1305-I]. RIGOLETTO: Bella figlia

dell’amore. With MARGARETE KLOSE [c], MARCEL WITTRISCH [t], WILLY DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b] / RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). With DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2564. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 4645 [2RA2458-III/2RA2459-V]. MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache / MAGIC FLUTE: O zittre nicht (Mozart). Berlin Phil. dir Sir Thomas Beecham. Glassy surfaces. One rub side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

RUDOLF BERGER [t]. Brno, 1874-New York City, 1915. He made his debut in 1897 as Telramund. Berger had been very successful as a baritone in Germany and Austria in particular when he met Oscar Saenger, the teacher of his to-be wife, Marie Rappold, following a performance of Amfortas (another source states the role was Klingsor) in Parsifal at Bayreuth in 1908. When Saenger suggested that he was really a tenor, Berger cancelled his European operatic itinerary for the season and sailed for New York to study with Saenger. Upon returning to Ger- many he made his re-entry at the Berlin Opera as Lohengrin and never returned to baritone parts. He was first heard at the Metropolitan Opera in 1914 as Siegmund. Berger’s last appearance was as Siegfried in Götterdämmerung, Feb. 18, 1915. He died eight days later of heart problems from which he had apparently been suffering for some time.

2623. 12” Blk. Opera Disc 65553 (042471/042470 [1279½s/1278s]. WALKÜRE: Siegmund heiss’ ich / WALKÜRE: Ein Schwert verhiess (Wagner). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

RUDOLFO BERNARDI [b]. Bernardi was born as Rudolf Bernhardt, circa 1867, and it was under his original name that he most frequently was billed. He had great success in Warsaw (Teatro Wielki) as Renato in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera and then appeared the season of 1891-92 in Lemberg. His career seems to have been mainly centered in Poland, although he was heard in Russia in tours (there as Ber- nardi). Much of his repertoire was in Verdi roles such as Germont and Rigoletto, as well as Nevers in Les Huguenots, Valentin in Faust and Janusz in Halka. His only records were 1901 Berliner/G&Ts and Pathés from 1903.

1402. 7” Berliner 22788 [1944B-N1-2z]. NON È VER (Mattei). In Russian. Bennett lists this as “Do You Remember?” By Kochetov. In Russian. 2-3. $200.00.

RUDOLFO BERNARDI

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ENRICO [HENRI] BERRIEL [b]. Of French ancestry, Berriel originally received a degree in medicine. Following only a short period of vocal study, he made his debut in Paris, 1900. He was then engaged to sing in Nice and subsequently the Carlo Felice in Genoa in The Damnation of Faust and Giordano’s Siberia. In 1910 he was Wotan in Die Walküre at the Costanzi in Rome. Berriel was also a man of letters and had made the Italian translation of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. A friend of Sardou, Berriel served at the request of composer Umberto Giordano as a middleman to ask Sardou for rights to his play Madame Sans- Gene, which Giordano wished to make into an opera. In turn, Berriel was promised the title role of Napoleon, but when the premiere took place at the Metropolitan Opera in 1914 it was Pasquale Amato who sang the role. A lawsuit followed which, I believe, Berriel won.

3157. 10” Blk. Columbia Popolare D673 [10757/10802]. LA MARSIGLIESE [de l’Isle) / LUIGI BALDASSARE [b]. INNO DI GARIBALDI (Olivieri). Excellent laminated surface, just about 1-2. $15.00.

LUISA BERTANA [ms]. 2160. 12” Red acous. Victor 6483 [takes 3/2]. NERONE: Padre nostro / MARCEL

JOURNET [bs]. NERONE: Ecco il magico specchio (Boïto). Side two creator performance. See Journet listings for alternate takes. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2158. 12” Green elec. Odeon N6651 [XXPh6623-2/XXPh6624-2]. NERONE: Padre nostro. With ANNA MARCANGELI [s] / NAZZARENO BERTINELLI [b]. NERONE: Vivete in pace (Boïto). Couple minor rubs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

2159. 12” Green elec. Odeon N6651 [XXPh6623-2/XXPh6624-2]. Same as previous listing (#2158). Cons. 2. $12.00.

MIREILLE BERTHON [s] 3504. 10” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P-719 [BFR-493-II/494]. THAÏS: Duo de la source

(Massenet). Two sides. With JOHN BROWNLEE [b]. Minor lbl. stain, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

EMMY BETTENDORF [s] 2677. 12” Brown acous. Parlophon P.2099

[2-8016/2-8484]. PAGLIACCI: Vogellied (Leoncavallo) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3463. 12” Purple elec. Parlophon P.9225 [2-20606/2-20608]. DER SPIELMANN (Hildach)/ ABENDEMPFINDUNG (Mozart). Cons. 2. $8.00.

3465. 12” Purple elec. Parlophon P.9279 [2-20055/2-20057]. DER NUßBAUM (Schumann) / AN DIE NACHTIGALL (Brahms). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

3464. 12” Purple elec. Parlophon P.9413 [2-21416/2-21417]. AUS DER JUGEND-ZEIT (Radecke) / DER LENZ (Hildach). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3430. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Parlophone E10341 [7855/7856]. DER ROSENKAVALIER: Monolog der Marschallin (Strauss). Two sides. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3413. 12” PW Purple Eng. elec. Parlophone E10962 [2-21243/2-21496]. ICH LIEBE DICH (Grieg) / LEISE FLEHEN MEINE LIEDER (Schubert). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ENRICO BERRIEL

EMMY BETTENDORF

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3467. 12” PW Purple Eng. elec. Parlophone E11045 [2-21637/2-21658]. SPRICHT NICHT VON EWIGER LIEBE (Granichstaedten) / LOVE WALTZ (Heymann). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

VINCENZO BETTONI [bs] 1391. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68377 [02302v/354aj]. FAVORITA: Ah! paventa il fuor [Finale,

Atto 2o]. With TERESA PRINCIPE [ms], GIUSEPPE SALA [t], ARNALDO NEUMARKER [b] / GIUSEPPINA BONETTI [s], SALVATORE SALVATI [t], GIUSEPPE SALA [t], VITTORIO DE GÖTZEN [b], UGO CANETTI [bs]. FAVORITA: L’oltraggio che scende [Finale, Atto 3o] (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LÉON BEYLE [t] 3243. 10” Green Dog Con. Graml 232407/232408 [9088u/9112u]. LES DRAGONS DE

VILLARS: Ne parle pas (Maillart) / LE JOUR ET LA NUIT: Romance (Lecocq). Few LGTs, 2. $8.00.

GIULIANO BIEL [t]. Zaragoza, Spain, 1869- Barcelona, 1948. Originally a painter, Biel subsequently studied voice in Rome with Antonio Cotogni. His first appearances were as a chorister, but he rapid- ly moved to principal roles, making his debut in Bo- logna in 1900 as Manrico in Il Trovatore, to become a major role in his repertoire. His first appearance in Spain was as Rhadames at the Teatro Reale in Madrid, 1901. His South American debut was in Buenos Aires, and from 1902 through 1908 he sang there at various times in several South American houses. His first La Scala hearing was in 1902, again as Manrico, under Toscanini, who supposedly considered him the best exponent of that role at the time. He was also on the roster of Covent Garden, 1905-09, as well as a guest in several countries, including France, Belgium, Portugal and Russia. It was noted that during a performance of Faust in Barcelona, 1905, he was wounded by the baritone’s sword during an actual fight on stage (what caused it isn’t known). Both singers had to be re- strained and the performance was suspended as Biel was sent to the hospital. He became troubled with psychological problems (perhaps that sword fight having been a precursor) and he retired from the stage in 1910 after a performance of l’Africaine at the Liceo in Barcelona. Despite his success and ranking as one of the top dramatic tenors of his era, he died totally forgotten. His only recordings are ten sides made for G&T in 1903, all rare, particularly in top condition.

1896. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52689 [3062-R]. IL TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra (Verdi). Piano acc. Excellent copy. Inherent pressing depressions (no harm), cons. 2. $150.00.

3640. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52695 [3078-R]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Piano acc. I suspect Biel is singing here in the key of B flat. Certainly the pianist is transposing (judging from the various wrong notes). Biel’s B flat has the Tamagno ring. Excellent condition. 2. $150.00.

GERTRUD BINDERNAGEL [s]. Magdeburg, 1894-Berlin, 1932. Famed German dramatic soprano, Bindernagel studied in Magdeburg and after graduation from the Conservatory there in 1917 made her debut with the Breslau Opera. She was with the Berlin State Opera, 1920-27 and then 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 imagi- nation) had planned on ruining him financially. She died several days later.

1524. 12” PW Blue elec. Telefunken E1144 [18429/18430-1]. OBERON: Ozean, du Unge-heuer (v.Weber). Two sides. Orch. dir. S. Meyrowitz. Great performance. Couple LGTs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIULIANO BIEL

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FRANZ BIRRENKOVEN [t]. 3137. 10” Green Dog Con. Gram. 19780 [1359r/1360r]. GLÖCKCHEN DER EREMITEN: O

schweige still (Maillart) / MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

DAVID BISPHAM [b] 2312. 12” early TC Columbia 30020. WHO IS SYLVIA? (Schubert). Piano acc. Cons. 2.

$10.00. 2604. 12” Blk. Columbia 5033-M [30210-2/30211-3]. BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE

ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (Moore) / ACIS AND GALATEA: O Ruddier Than the Cherry (Händel). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GÖSTA BJOERLING [t]. 1588. 10” Purple RCA Victor 26-1081. VAR HALSAD SKÖNA MORGONSTUND / NÄ JUL-

DAGSMORGON GLIMMAR [Swedish Songs). Minor superficial rubs, 2-3. $8.00.

JUSSI BJOERLING [t]. The “X” series records are all sung in Swedish, as are the early acoustic Columbias

3376. 10” Green acous. Columbia E4547 [85798-2/85799-2]. SOMMAR GLÄD-GE (Trad. Swedish) / BARNDOM-SHEMMET [ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH] (Dresser) “Juvenile Trio” with brothers OLLE and GÖSTA. Jussi would have just turned nine when these were recorded early in 1920. Small lbl. stkrs., some LGTs, 3-4. $35.00.

3380. 10” Green acous. Columbia E4768 [85780-1/85800-1]. O, HUR STILLE [DER GOTTESACKER] (Beneken) / PSALM No. IV (Wennerberg). Harmless rim bump side one, IMs, 3-4. $35.00.

3384. 10” Plum HMV X.3376 [BE2118-II/ BE2121-II]. GONDOLSÅNG [TORNA A SURRIENTO] (de Curtis) / FÖR DIG ALLEN [FOR YOU ALONE] (Geehl). Side one the 19 year-old Bjoerling’s first issued record as a tenor (Dec. 18, 1929). Lightest rub, cons. 2. $12.00.

3109. 10” PW Plum HMV X.3622 [BT5206-II/BT5268-I]. MATTINATA (Leonca-vallo) / SALUT D’AMOUR [VIOLER] (Elgar). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3377. 10” Plum HMV X.3675 [BT5209-II/BT5010-II]. NÄR JAG FÖR MIG SJÄLY I MÖRKA SKOGEN GÅR / BLAND SKOGENS HÖGA FURUSTAMMAR (both Peterson-Berger). Cons. 2-3. $8.00.

3839. 10” Plum HMV X.3683 [OT144-II/OT146-I]. VIOLET FROM MONTMARTRE: Du går son en liten Prinsessa (Kálmán) / THE DESERT SONG: Från oknen det Brusar (Romberg). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3378. 10” Plum HMV X.3683 [OT144-II/OT146-I]. Same as previous listing (item #3839). Gen. 2. $10.00.

3371. 10” Plum Scandinavian HMV X.3724 [OT132-I/OT145-II]. LOVE ME AND THE WORLD IS MINE (Ball) [BLIV MIN SÅ ÄR VÄRLDEN MIN]/ THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE [SÄG MIG GODNATT]. Lbl. stkr. Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

2798. 10” PW Plum HMV X.3882 [OT554-II/OT558-II]. BAGDAD – FOX TROT (Lindberg) / FORLAT MIG (Sahlberg). Main label credit is FRED WINTER and HIS ORCH. Vocal

refrain side one by ERIK ODDE [JUSSI BJOERLING]. Refrain side two by Sven Helan. LSSs both sides, 3. $35.00.

3388. 10” Plum HMV X.3993. JAG DRÖMMER VARJE NARTT OM DIG [TANGO] (Kálmán)/ SLUT DINA ÖGON (Ammandt). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JUSSI BJOERLING

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2990. 10” PW Plum HMV X.4108 [OPA122-II/OPA123-II]. DEN FAGRA FREGONA: Sere-nade (Raoul Laparra) / PRINCE IGOR: Cavatina (Borodin). Small rub side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

3783. 10” PW Plum HMV X.4127 [OPA140-I/OPA-141-I]. BACHANAL (Nycander) / BRINNADE GULA FLOD (Nyblom). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1421. 10” White lbl. SS HMV X.4133 [OPA150]. SOMMERENS MELODI (Reidarson). Recorded as ERIK ODDE. Rare, particularly in top condition. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3589. 10” PW Plum HMV X.4176 [OPA172-II/OPA173-II]. MIN LÄNGTAN AR DU [TANGO-SERENAD] (Johnny Bode) / KLOWNENS TANGO (Ralf). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1422. 10” White lbl. SS HMV X.4196 [OPA183-I]. KÄRLEKENS SÅNG (LeBeau). Recorded as ERIK ODDE. Rare, particularly in such fine condition. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3709. 10” Plum HMV X.4220 [OPA213-II/OPA214-I]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3690. 10” Plum HMV X.4265 [OPA235-II/OPA236-I]. TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). As his high C wasn’t apparently then ready for prime-time exposure, he transposed side one down a whole tone. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2962. 10” Plum HMV X.4720 [OSB403-II/OSB404-I]. ACK VÄRMELAND, DU SKÖNA / ALLT UNDER HIMMELENS FÄSTE (Trad. Swedish Songs). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

3386. 10” Plum HMV X.4723 [OSB410-I/OSB411-II]. SADKO: Chanson Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov) / AY, AY, AY (Péréz-Freire). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

3387. 10” Plum HMV X.4832 [OSB538-I/OSB-539-II]. DREAMS OF LONG AGO [UNG-DOMSORÖMMAR] (Caruso) / SJUNG DIN HELA LÄNGTAN UT (Widestedt). Couple lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3118. 10” Plum HMV X.6090 [OSB743-4/OSB755-1]. BEGGAR STUDENT: Ich hab’ kein Geld (Millöcker) / LA BELLE HÉLÈNE: Paris’s Entrance Song (Offenbach). Bjoerling at his best on both sides. Small lbl. skrs., just about 1-2. $7.00.

3890. 10” Plum HMV X.7947 [OSB-3843-1S/OSB-3846-1S]. TILL HAYS (Nordqvist] / JUNGFRUN UNDER LIND (Peterson-Berger). Orch. dir. Bertil Bokstedt. Scarce late recording. As new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3588. 10” Plum HMV X.7947 [OSB-3843-1S/OSB-3846-1S]. Same as previous listing (item #3890). Tiny bit of rim roughness far from grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3523. 10” Red PoW HMV DA 1607 [0SB575-1/OSB576-II]. VAGABOND KING: Only a Rose (Friml) / O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Side one in English, side two in Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3379. 10” Red PoW HMV DA 2025 [OEA-16914-2A/OEA-16916-1]. I BLESS EV’RY HOUR (Sjöberg) / AH, LOVE, BUT A DAY (Amy Beach). In English. Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3381. 10” Red PoW HMV DA 2039 [OEA-16909-1A/OEA-16915-1A]. SYLVIA (Speaks) / A SPIRIT FLOWER (Campbell-Tipton). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3570. 10” White PW Victor mat. BS-046747-2. WANDERS NACHTLIED (Schubert). Piano acc. Harry Ebert. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2225. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. 2CS 2452-II. EUGEN ONEGIN: Kuda, kuda (Tschaikow-sky). Apparently unpublished. I can’t find it in the Henrysson Discography. 1” scr. (superficial), small edge flake side one not into grooves, otherwise cons. 2. $75.00.

ELSA BLAND [s] 1415. 10” B&S Columbia 12703. FIDELIO: Komm o Hoffnung (Beethoven). Piano acc. 2.

$75.00.

ROBERT BLASS [bs]. New York, 1867-1930. His parents were from Germany. He was sent to Leipzig in 1887 as a violin student and then to Frankfurt for vocal training with Julius Stockhausen. His debut was in Weimar, 1892, as King Henry in Lohengrin. His success made possible performances in various German houses and at Bayreuth. After making his Covent Garden debut in 1899 he was given a Metropolitan Opera contract and sang there from 1900

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1982. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 74031 [C-581]. DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Piano acc. Recorded in 1903. Wonderful copy. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s] 2462. 12” Red Vinyl RCA Victor 85070 [C-2471]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre

(Gounod). Small scr. may tick for about ¼”, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.

JULES BLEDSOE [b] 2997. 10” Blk. Royale 1702 [P75161/P75165]. DOES HE LOVE YOU (composer) / DU

BIST DIE RUH’, Op. 59, No. 3 (Schubert). Side two in German. Cons. 2. $15.00.

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 Wag- nerian 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.

3509. 10” Green acous. Columbia E7346 [87562/87563]. WALKÜRE: Siegmunds Liebeslied / MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen Herd (both Wagner). 2-3. $15.00.

RUDOLF BOCKELMANN [b] 3412. 12” Plum PW HMV EH 309 [CLR5445-I/CLR5446-I]. TOM DER REIMER / ODIN’S

MEERESRITT (both Loewe). Piano acc. Clemens Schmalstich. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1921. 12” PW Blk. Telefunken SK 1323 [18928/18929]. MEISTERSINGER: Fliedermonolog (Wanger). Two sides. With Berlin Staatsoper Orch. dir. Alfred Schmidt. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

AUGUST BOCKMANN [t] 1611. 10” Green acous. Schall. Gram. 13243 [12865r/12870r]. PAGLIACCI: Jetzt spielen/

PAGLIACCI: Scherzet immer (Leoncavallo). Side one just about 1-2. Side two couple MGTs, cons. 2. $10.00.

CHARLOTTE BOERNER [s] 2203. 12” PW Green Polydor 15078 [468½GS/469½GS]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / BOHÊME:

Mi chiamano Mimì (both Puccini). In German. Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Very scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

CESARE BOEZI [t] 2319. 12” Red Victrola 71016 [282i]. GRATIAS AGIMUS TIBI (Capozzi). With Chorus and

Piano dir. by Prof. Moreschi. Lbl. stkr., otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

MAX BLOCH

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MICHAEL BOHNEN [bs-b] 3001. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10216. IM TIE-

FEN KELLER SITZ’ ICH HIER (D’Alquen) / AUS DER JUGENDZEIT (Rükert-Rade-cke). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

4001. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15097 [10496/ ? ]. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Invocation/ DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (both Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3481. 12” Gold Eng. Bruns. Cliftophone 50033 [X10835/X10394]. DIE BEIDEN GRENA-DIERE (Schumann) / TANNHÄUSER: Blick’ ich umher (Wagner). Few minor mks. side two. Label off-center side one. Otherwise cons. 2. $10.00.

1203. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50037 [X10396/X10475]. DAS GOLDENE KREUTZ: Wie anders wär es / DAS GOL-DENE KREUTZ: Bom! Bom! Bom! (Brüll). Couple very tiny rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

1754. 12” Grey acous. Polydor 85270 [345½av/ 1009as]. FAUST: Mephisto-Serenade (Gounod) / MONA LISA: Seht hier des Meeres wunderbarsten Schatz (Mas von Schillings). Rare. One small ND, otherwise just about 1-2. $40.00.

2354. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 66092 [1895as/1897as]. AUS DER JUGENDZEIT (Radecke) / IN TIEFEN KELLER (Fischer). Harmless superficial rubs, 3. $10.00.

2653. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon O-6808 [XXB7494/XXB7496]. BARTERED BRIDE: Wer in Lieb (Smetana) / LA JUIVE: Wenn ew’ger Haß (Halévy). Orch. dir. Georg Szell. Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

ALESSANDRO BONCI [t] 9431. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 39079/39128 [XPh168/XPh196]. MIGNON:

Addio, Mignon, fa core (Thomas) / CARO MIO BEN (Gior-dani). Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3290. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 39084/92103 [XPh394/XPh2698]. PURI-TANI: A te, o cara (Bellini) / FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Gior-dano). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

9369. 11” Fonotipia 39111/39331 [XPh189/367]. FAVORITA: Una vergine / FAVORITA: E fia vero? (Donizetti). Side two with ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. Nice copy. Couple tiny, harmless PBs. Side one few lt. rubs, 2. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.

9412. 11” Fonotipia 39693/39694 [XPh1982/XPh1983]. LUCIA: Tombe degli avi miei / LUCIA: Fra poco a me ricovero (Doni-zetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

9383. 11” Fonotipia 92102/92103 [XPh2697/2698]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano) / FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (both Giordano). Cons. 2. $15.00.

9316. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92218/92219 [XPh3403-2/XPh3404-2]. TESS: Stanotte ho fatto un sogno (d’Erlanger). Two sides. Cons. 2. $30.00.

1564. 11” Fonotipia 92220/92221 [XPh3406/XPh3405]. RIGOLET-TO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / MANON: Ah, dispar, vision (Massenet). Gen. 2. $15.00.

3279. 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.

1581. 11” Gold PW Odeon HRS 1022 [XPh308/XPh438]. O DEL MIO DOLCE ARDOR (Gluck) / DON PASQUALE: Tornami a dir (Donizetti). Side two with REGINA PINKERT [s]. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

MICHAEL BOHNEN

ALESSANDRO BONCI

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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 Brunswick records were issued as Riccardo Bonelli.

2945. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 32004 [A490-1/ ? ]. TOMMY LAD (Marget-son) / WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME (Speaks). Rare. 3-4. $15.00.

3358. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 5085 [7161/7164]. SONG OF THE “MUSH ON” (Victor Herbert) / ROLLING DOWN TO RIO (German). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3008. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 5085 [7161/7164]. Same as previous listing (item #3358). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3018. 10” Gold Eng. Brunswick 15138. LOVE WAS WITH ME YESTERDAY (Hanson) / BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE (Coates). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3192. 10” Gold (U.S.) Brunswick 15138. Same as previous listing (item #3018). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3368. 10” Yellow Metrolite MGM 30327. STAR-EYES / THE PRAYER PERFECT (both Oley Speaks). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

FRANCESCO MARIA BONINI [b]. Naples, 1865-Milano,1930. Bonini studied with Beniamino Carelli and made his debut in 1896 at the Teatro Mercadante in Foggia. He subsequently appeared in Malta and Cairo, and in 1903 created the role of Athanael in the Italian premiere of Massenet’s Thais at the Milan Teatro Lirico. The same year he was on the roster of La Scala, singing Barnaba in La Gioconda. In 1905 he created the role of Papa Silvestro in Mugnone’s La vita Bretonne. His career, which continued to 1927, included most of the major Italian houses, in which he was heard in a wide range of repertoire. He subsequently taught in Milan until his death. He recorded only for Fonotipia (other than a trial for Edison), some of these records having been also issued on Odeon. 3263. 11” Brown Odeon 59053/59059 [XPh144/XPh1947]. ROLANDO DI BERLINO: Dio

che non vede (Leoncavallo) / DON SEBASTIANO: O Lisbona (Donizetti). Cons. 2. $25.00.

9387. 11” Fonotipia 92563/92564 [XPh4026/XPh ? ]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet)/FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Small PB side two, one small lt. scr. side one, otherwise cons. 2. $25.00.

CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s] 3198. 10” Red Milano G&T 53419. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi). 2. $15.00. 2788. 10” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 91077 [7304b]. TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe

lagrime (Verdi). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Lbl. stkr. Surface just about 1-2. $8.00.

3360. 10” White HMV VA 10 [2176L/1294r]. TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi) / SIGRID ARNOLDSON [s]. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). From orig. 1904/1906 G&T matrices. Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1545. 12” Red Milano G&T 054109 [854c}. RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). With LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. Perfect label. Surface clean except for small scr. (will tick less than ¼”) and some (sounding) LGTs. Otherwise 2. $15.00.

RICHARD BONELLI and wife

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2075. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5195 [30353/30355]. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (both Puccini). Excellent mid-‘20s laminated pressing. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2438. 12” Blk. Columbia 5013-M [30359-1/30351-1]. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini) / TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ali rosee (Verdi). Fine mid-‘20s pressing. Few lt. rubs, one LSS. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2651. 12” Blk. Columbia 5013-M [30359-1/30351-1]. Same as preceding listing (item #2438]. Side one cons. 2. Side two lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

2735. 12” Blk. Columbia 5034-M [30356-1/30357-1]. NORMA: Casta diva / NORMA: Ah! bello a me ritorna (Bellini). Superb “M” series pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2214. 12” Red Pats. “B” plate Victrola 88256 [1952c]. FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gounod). Scarce. Nice copy, cons. 2. $20.00.

3455. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 84 [3197c/3198c]. LORELEY: Lascia per or che libera (Catalani) / IL GUARANY: Sento una forza (Gomes). Side two with LUIGI BOLIS [t]. Pressing No. 1. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2152. 12” White HMV VB 27 [3204c/1417c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: M’ami, m’ami! (Verdi) With LUIGI BOLIS [t] / FRANCESCO MARCONI [t]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti). From orig. 1917/1907 Gram. matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1124. 12” White HMV VB 28 [214m/854c]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini) / RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). Side two with LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. From orig. 1904/1906 G&T matrices. Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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.

1860. 10” Red acous. Eng. Col. D5035 [B19/ B27]. SONNAMBULA: Son gelosa / SONNAMBULA: D’un pensiero (Bellini). ENA SURINACH [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2947. 10” Red acous. Eng. Col. D5127 [B249/ B274]. PEARL FISHERS: Del Tempio al limitar (Bizet). With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b] / TRAVIATA: Deh miei bol-lenti spiriti (Verdi). One TN side one, couple MGTs side two, cons. 2. $15.00.

3532. 10” PW Red elec. Eng. Col. D12573 [WB1807/WB1818]. SADKO: Chant Hindoue (Rimsky-Korsakov) / MARI-NARESCA (Borgioli). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3803. 10” PW Blue Australian Col. LO-13 [CA-15113-2/CA-15114-2]. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvorák) / MORGEN (Strauss). Side one in Italian. Side two in German. Small label tear trademark area side one. Good surfaces. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1308. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50205-D [WBX97/WBX243]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2345. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50266-D [WBX94/WBX247]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini) / PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). With GINO VANELLI [b]. Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2448. 12” Green It. Columbia GQX 10282 [WBX830-2/WBX831]. L’AMICO FRITZ: Duetto delle ciliege (Mascagni). Two sides. With ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

DINO BORGIOLI

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LUCREZIA BORI [s] 3334. 10” Red EE Victor 1162. THE

LITTLE DAMOSEL (Ivor Novel- lo) / SIMONETTA (Hugo Rum-bold). Both in English. Cons. 2. $8.00.

2716. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 58. CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère (Bizet). With MIGUEL FLETA [t] / ROMÉO ET JULI-ETTE: Ange adorable (Gounod). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. From unpublished 1924/1923 Victor matrices. Side one avail-able otherwise only on limited HRS edition. Side two first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

INGE BORKH [s] 2530. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 11544

[2RA6928-3/2RA6929-3]. FI-DELIO: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin? (Beethoven). Two sides. Orch. dir. Arthur Ro-ther. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

OLIMPIA BORONAT [s]. Genoa, 1867-Warsaw, 1934. Boronat’s musical education was at the Milan Conservatory where she was sponsored as a young girl by Italy’s Queen Mother. She began her career around 1885, singing in Central and South America, Spain and Portugal. then appearing in Italy’s major houses and in Alexandria. She was invited to sing in Russia in the early 1890s where she became a particular favorite in St. Petersburg. It was there, in 1892, that she met and in 1893 married “the immensely wealthy” Polish nobleman, Count Rzewuski. He insisted that she retire from the stage. She agreed, and enjoyed a period of luxury and “brilliant 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.

3053. 10” White HMV VA 11 [1775L/1777L]. PURITANI: O rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce (Bellini) / PEARL FISHERS: Siccome un dì (Bizet). Piano acc. From orig. 1904 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1135. 12” Red vinyl Victor of Gram. 053187 [1517c]. HUGUENOTS: La tenera parola (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1668. 12” ’08 Pats. Victrola 88242 [1507c]. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (Verdi). Scarce Victor issue. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00.

2272. 12” White HMV VB 10 [1543½c/687c]. THE NIGHTINGALE (Alabieff) / PAULINE DONALDA [s]. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Side two piano acc. From orig. 1907/1906 G&T matrices. Nice pressings which, in original form, would be listed with premium minimums. Original copies in as fine condition unlikely. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ROGER BOURDIN [b] 2925. 10” PW Fr. Odeon 166.915 [KI-7175-1/KI-7178-1]. MALVINA: Qui c’est d’une façon

étrange / MALVINA: Vals des Sylphides (Reynaldo Hahn). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LINDA BRAMBILLA [s]. Modena 1859 - Milano 1933. The earliest performance traced to her seems to have been Annetta in Ricci’s Crispino e la Comare in 1885. Her repertoire was indeed varied, including in 1890 Adalgisa in Norma and Gilda in Rigoletto at the Lisbon Teatro San Carlos, 1890. In 1901 she was Colombina in the La Scala premiere of Mascagni’s Le Maschere as well as Adina in Elisir d’amore. One of her most frequently performed parts was Leila in The Pearl Fishers. Brambilla was in a family of noted singers and in later years she taught.

1910. 12” Blk. ’10 Pats. Victor 68062 [912c/577c]. PEARL FISHERS: Brahma, gran Dio / GIUSEPPINA PICCOLETTI [s], IVO ZACARO [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso (Bizet). Pressing ridge, possibly in stamper, one lt. rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00. .

LUCREZIA BORI and antenna hat

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ELLEN BRANDT-FORSTER [s]. Vienna, 1866-1921. She studied with Emillie Dorr and Louise Dustman and made her debut in Danzig, 1885, as Marguerite in Faust. The following year she appeared at Bayreuth and then in 1887 began her longest tenure, that with the Vienna Opera. There she created Adele in the first Vienna Hofoper performance of Der Fledermaus, among her most popular roles, and Sophie in the world premiere of Massenet’s Werther. Under Mahler’s direction she sang over thirty roles, including Agathe, Micaela, Zerlina, Eva, Elsa and Susanna. She appears to have retired in 1905. Her very rare G&T recordings date from 1902.

1887. 7” Blk. Wien G&T 43198 [2430B-F1-2z]. COPPELIA: Walzer (Delibes). Rare! Few LGTs, one tiny scr., otherwise gen. 3. $500.00.

SOPHIE BRASLAU [c]. New York, 1892- 1935. Born of Ukrainian émigrés, Braslau origin- nally trained as a pianist but her voice was discovered in 1910 by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, who became her teacher. After being heard by Toscanini in a Buzzi-Peccia studio recital in 1913, Braslau was recommended to audition for the Met. The result was an immediate contract. She remained with the Met several seasons but left for a combination of reasons, primarily roles offered and salary. Braslau subsequently performed internationally in concert and occasionally opera with much acclaim. Her final performances, 1934, were of El Amor Brujo (de Falla) with Toscanini and the New York Philharmonic, with the Phila- delphia 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.

3605. 10” Red Victor 64539. BIRDS IN THE NIGHT (Arthur Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1098. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 7143-M [W98399-3/W98400-1]. LA NUIT, Op. 44, No. 1 (Rubinstein) / EILI, EILI (Trad. Jewish). As new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SUZANNE BROHLY [ms] 2688. 12” Blk. Angel Gram. Mon. 034042/034038 [0870v/0871v]. WERTHER: Scène de la

déclaration (Massenet). Two sides. With LÉON BEYLE [t]. Tiny scr. side one, otherwise gen. 2. $12.00.

CORNELIS BRONSGEEST [b] 2644. 12” Girl-and-Gramophone Parlophone P.706/P.707. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wie hör

ich recht (Wagner). Two sides. With MAX LOHFING [bs]. Some rubs, 2-3. $12.00.

YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. St. Julien l’Ars, 1889-Paris, 1967. Brothier studied at the Paris Conservatoire and made her official debut in 1916 as Lakmé at the Paris Opéra-Comique. While she sang at the Paris Opéra after 1931, she seldom appeared outside of France, exceptions having been in Amsterdam and, during her early years, in Brussels and La Scala. She retired in 1939 and subsequently taught. Her roles included parts such as Sophie (Rosenkavalier), Rosina, Micaëla, Mélisande as well as leading parts in several premieres.

1595. 10” Red PW elec. Disque Gram. DA 4803 [OG990-II/OG991-II]. LE COQ D’OR: Hymne au soleil / AIMANT LA ROSE, LE ROSSIGNOL (Rimsky-Korsakov, side two arr. Pierné). Orch. dir. G. Lauweryns. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1598. 10” Red PW elec. Disque Gram. DA 4830 [OW-1470-1/OW1471-2]. LES CHÉRU-BINS: Chanson de Chérubin (Massenet) / ISOLINE: Je suis jolie (Messager). Orch. dir. J. E. Szyfer. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3453. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W364 [03304v/03305v]. HAMLET: Vains regrets, tendress éphémère (Thomas). Two sides. With EDOUARD ROUARD [b]. 2-3. $12.00.

3454. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W717 [03370v/CL202-I]. LAKMÉ: Tu m’as donné le plus doux rêve (Delibes). With ÉMILE MARCELIN [t] / MIREILLE BERTHON [s], CHAUVET [b]. THAÏS: Duo final (Massenet). 2. $12.00.

ELLEN BRANDT-FORSTER

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3494. 12” Blk. PW elec. Disque Gram. SW-1086. LES HUGUENOTS: O beau pays (Meyerbeer). Two sides. Orch. dir. Georges Lauweryns. G. Boo (flute solo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANNE BROWN [s]. Baltimore, 1912-Oslo, 2009. Despite her remarkable vocal talent, Brown was not allowed to attend Baltimore’s Peabody School because she was black. Interestingly seventy years later, she was awarded the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America. Juilliard in New York, however, admitted her as the first African-American vocalist to be accepted. Brown is particularly remembered as the original Bess in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. It was her singing and contact with Gershwin during the composing that caused the composer to extend the role from a secondary part (as it was originally in Heyward’s novel Porgy) to a principal character and then change the title from Porgy to Porgy and Bess. She had so few performance opportunities in the U.S., aside from the Gershwin opera, that she settled in and toured Europe as a concert singer from 1942-1948, then settling in Norway in 1948 and becoming a citizen. Her career continued until 1955 and she subsequently taught in Oslo, her students having included a variety of personalities, including actress Liv Ullman.

2321. 12” Yellow Danish Tono X.25112 [3161A/3162A]. PORGY AND BESS: My man’s gone now / PORGY AND BESS: Introduction and Summertime (Gershwin). Orch. dir. Joh. Hye-Knudsen. One small press. bump, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

JOHN BROWNLEE [b] 2951. 10” PW Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P-719

[BFR494-I/BFR495-II[. THAÏS: Duo de la source (Massenet). Two sides. With MIREILLE BERTHON [s]. Small lbl. stkr., 2. $12.00.

3058. 10” PW Plum HMV B.8218 [OEA605-II/ OEA606-I]. SENORITA (Spoliansky) / SERENADE (Lockton). Uncommon. A few superficial rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

3231. 10” PW Plum HMV B.8218 [OEA605-II/ OEA606-I]. Same as previous listing (item #3058). 2. $10.00.

3689. 10” PW Blue Decca 3770 [68912A/ 68914A]. IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPE-RARY (Judge-Williams) / PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG (Powell-Asaf). With The Songsmiths. Uncommon. Few minor rubs and spots. 2. $12.00.

3482. 12” Blk. PW French Disque Gram. W-1047 [CN387-II/CN388-II]. HÉRODI-ADE: Salomé, demande au prisonnier (Massenet) / HAMLET: Comme une pale fleur (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2492. 12” Blk. PW Australian HMV ED 14 [Cc15807-I/Cc15809-I]. WHAT THE RED-HAIRED BOSUM SAYS (Harry) / TURN YET TO ME (arr. Lawson). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Also uncommon. 2. $12.00.

KAREL BURIAN (CARL BURRIAN) [t]. 1870-1924

3100. 10” Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Con. 2-72095/2-74096 [5035r/5037r]. CO NA NEBI JE HV�ZDI�EK (Novotného) / ZA DESET ROK� (Maláta). Piano acc. Few MGTs side one, cons. 2. $15.00.

2791. 10” Dog Con. Gram. 2-72214/2-72215 [15507b/12260L]. DALIBOR: Zapírat nechei / DALIBOR: Ó Zd�nku (Smetana). Few LGTs, gen. 2-3. $15.00.

1021. 12” Blue Victor 55073 [2254c/2255c]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg [Erzählung des Siegfried] (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

EUGENIA BURZIO [s] 2560. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5513 [XXPh2279/XXPh2391]. FORZA DEL DESTINO:

Pace, pace mio Dio / GIOCONDA: Così mantieni il patto? (Ponchielli). Side two with GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Piano acc. From orig. 1907 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JOHN BROWNLEE

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CLARA BUTT [c] 3825. 10” PW Purple acous. Eng. Col. X316 [A723/A748]. JUST A RAY OF SUNLIGHT

(Squire) / A PAGE’S ROAD SONG (Ivor Novello). Slightest lbl. fade, surface just about 1-2. $15.00.

3738. 10” PW Purple elec. Eng. Col. X337 [WA1460/WA1462]. TREES (Kilmer-Rasbach) / THE NIGHT OF BETHLEHEM (Thomson). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3615. 10” PW Purple elec. Eng. Col. PB 5 [WA10579/ WA10584]. A FAIRY WENT A-MARKETING (Goodhart) / DOWN HERE (Brahe). Piano acc. The charming, featherweight sound she produces on side one may come as a surprise to those who know her only by her colossal rumblings. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3882. 10” PW Japanese Viva-Tonal (elec.) Col. J4008 [NE34652-1/NE34600-2]. CHIN-KORO KOINU [PRETTY LITTLE DOGGY] (Yamada) / ANNIE LAURIE (Scott). Re-corded in Japan and side one sung in Japanese. Includes a letter explaining the text. Small lbl. tear side one and lbl. stkr. side two. Side one lt. rubbing, gen. 3. Side two some LGTs, 4. $75.00.

1692. 12” Blu Dog Gram. Mon. 03150 [3505f]. THE LEAVES AND THE WIND (Leoni). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1716. 12” Blue Dog Gram. Mon. 03155 [3518f]. BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (Landon Ronald). Acc. by the composer. Rare. Superficial rubs, 3. $12.00.

1384. 12” Blue HMV 04060 [4092f]. THE KEYS OF HEAVEN. With KENNERLEY RUMFORD [b]. Piano acc. HMV bk. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1897. 12” Purple English Columbia 7174 [76025]. A HYMN FOR AVIATORS (Parry). Piano acc. Harold Craxton. Among the rarest of Butt’s records. Cons. 2. $50.00.

2361. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7302 [6555/75170]. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: God shall wipe away all tears (Sullivan) / ABIDE WITH ME (Liddle). One MGT side two, otherwise cons. 2. $12.00.

2276. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7314 [76021/76026]. LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG (Molloy) / DADDY (Behrend). Side two piano acc. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

1367. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7316 [6557/75165]. DON CAR-LOS: O don fatale (Verdi) / IN QUESTA TOMBA OSCURA (Bee-thoven). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2216. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7318 [6506/6658]. FAUST: When all was young (Gounod) / SAMSON: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Side one English, side two French. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2277. 12” Blue U.S. Columbia R6607. ELIJAH: O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn). Odd that this was issued in the U.S. on this plain blue label instead of the tri-color “Symphony Series”, particularly as Butt was on the highest price label in the U.K. where these were recorded. Lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. $8.00.

1177. 12” PoW Eng. Columbia DX 730 [WRAX2767-2/76022-2]. LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY (Elgar) / OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster). Side one recorded live at Hyde Park, Empire Day, 1927, with H.M. Grenadier Guards Band. Gives a good impression of how huge (unamplifed) her voice must have been. Side two acoustic. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

CLARA BUTT and husband baritone KENNERLY RUMFORD

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1136. 12” Purple acous. HMV AGSB 75 [3487f/Ac3682f]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti) / SOSARME: Rendi il sereno al ciglio (Händel). 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 Juil- liard, 1925-26. Among those whom she helped through teaching and advice over the years were Marian Anderson and Lauritz Melchior. While not his teacher, it was Cahier who encouraged the youthful baritone Melchior to become a tenor.

1597. 10” Blk. acous. Wien G&T 43944/ 43945 [10894u/10910u]. CARMEN: Habanera / CARMEN: Kartenarie (Bizet). An extraordinary rarity, only the second copy I’ve ever seen. Side one a very minor, small rub, 2. Side two two tiny (harmless) PBs, otherwise cons. 2. $600.00.

1448. 10” Blk. elec. PW HMV V.197 [BS2945-II/BS2956-I]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) / MENUETT (Martini). Both in French. Piano acc. side two. Cons. 2. $250.00.

2654. 12” PW Silver elec. Victor IRCC 162 [CS2946-ITI/CS2947-II]. LE PROPHÈTE: O mon fils (Meyerbeer) / LA FAVORITE: O mon Fernand (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

MARIA CALLAS [s] 2267. 12” Orange Cetra CB 20482 [2-71296/2-71297]. NORMA: Casta Diva (Bellini). Two

sides. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $25.00. 2736. 12” Parl.-Odeon R.30043 [2-71298/2-71299]. I PURITANI: O rendetemi la speme …

Qui la voce / PURITANI: Vien, diletto (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

EMMA CALVÉ [s]. Decazeville, France, 1858-Millau, 1942. Sir Landon Ronald, in his autobiography Variations On a Personal Theme, describes accompanying (both as a companion and a pianist) Calvé to and during her first recording session in London, 1902. She feared leaving the carriage, the location of the Gramophone and Typewriter Company at that time being in a somewhat seedy area, and insisted that it must be “a thieves’ den”. She absolutely would not budge, but an inspiration caused Ronald to insist that Madame wait and that he would be right back. He hurriedly enlisted the services of a handsome young man, Sydney Dixon, who had just joined the Gramophone Company staff, to run down to Calvé’s carriage and present her with the check in advance. This he did, and the next thing Ronald remembered was Calvé “cooing” to Dixon and saying that she would accompany him with pleasure. The session itself didn’t go without a few unfortunate moments, such as when Calvé turned to accompanist Ronald midway through the Carmen “Habanera” to ask if she were in good voice. During another selection she insisted that she be allowed to dance during the recording. Still, the results and eventual sales make 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.

Mme. CHARLES CAHIER as Orfeo

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1572. 10” White Victrola IRCC 5. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet) / JEANNE GERVILLE-RÉACHE [c]. CARMEN: En vain pour éviter (Bizet). From orig. 1902 London G&T/1909 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1158. 12” Red Victor 88085 [C-17809-1]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). 1916 re-make with piano acc. by Romualdo Sapio. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2764. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 88087. PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David). Flute obb. Darius Lyons. First issue, with orchestra. Scarce. IMs. One TN, cons. 2. $10.00.

1198. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88089 [1908 take]. OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2088. 12” Red GP ’08 “A” plate Victor 88134. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2496. 12” Red “B” plate Victor 88570. LA MARSEILLAISE (de L’Isle). With Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1063. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 46. MA LISETTE (French Folk Song); AU PRINTEMPS (Gounod) / CHANSON ESPAGNOLE (Yradier). Piano acc. From orig. 1908 Victor matrices, side two originally never issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CHARLES CAMBON [b] 3167. 10” Green PW Fr. Polydor 521839 [395?BKP/3973½BKP]. CHANT DES GIRONDINS

(Dumas-Varney) / MARCHE DES ALLOBROGES (arr. Viot). Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

MARINA CAMPANARI [s]. Boston, 1895 - ? . Daughter and pupil of baritone Giuseppe Campanari, Marina appeared two seasons in Italy (1922-23). She was, according to one clipping, engaged “at the express request of Toscanini” for the Queen of the Night in the 1923 belated La Scala premiere of Mozart’s Magic Flute. It turned out, however, that Ada Sari actually sang the role. While Campanari appears not to have sung at La Scala, she did make her debut at the Teatro Eretanio in Vicenza as Gilda. She also appeared in Padua, Monza, Marostica, Piove, Trieste and finally at the Milan Teatro Carcano. She also appeared in U.S. concerts in 1920-21 and later 1923 into 1924, including a joint recital with Edward Johnson in Detroit late in 1923, but what became of her subsequently isn’t known. Her few recordings for Okeh indicate a gifted soprano with excellent technique. She also made a trial recording for Victor in 1923, as had her tenor brother, Carlo (Christopher), in 1913. While having appeared in the Montreal Opera with Carmen Melis in La Boheme, 1912, he left the musical stage for the business world.

1130. 12” Purple acous. Okeh 5003 [S-7271-B/ S7314-B]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi)/ DON PASQUALE: Quel guardo … Son anch’io la virtù magica (Donizetti). Few TBs and few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

1032. 12” Purple acous. Okeh 5005 [S-7411-c/S-7963-a]. LUCIA: Ardon gl’incensi (Donizetti) / BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Side one few rubs, gen. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE CAMPANARI [b] 1898. 10” B&S Columbia 1225 [take 1]. SERENADE (Sepilli). One of two issued takes.

Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. Good pianist, likely Sepilli who was with the Met at that time. $350.00.

2606. 12” White lbl. Victrola 85078 [C-2490]. AFRICANA: All’erta Marinar … Adamastor, re dell’onde profonde (Meyerbeer). Orch. acc. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2607. 12” White lbl. Victrola 85080 [C-2487]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1059. 12” TC Columbia A5777 [30244-2/30257-1]. CARMEN: Canzone del Toreador (Bizet) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARINA CAMPANARI

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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. Aside from her work in Italy, Cannetti had great success in South America. She retired in 1928 and subsequently taught. Her only recordings were for Fonotipia.

1563. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia 92766/92765 [XPh 4455/XPh4445]. LOHENGRIN: Aurette a cui si spesso / LOHENGRIN: Sola ne’ miei primi’ anni (Wagner). Small bump side one (two or three ticks), cons. 2. $15.00.

MARIA CANIGLIA [s] 3401. 10” Late Red VdP DA 1563 [OBA1234-4/OBA1825-III]. SIBERIA: Qual vergonga tu

porti (Giordano) / MAFALDA FAVERO [s]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1925. 12” Late Red VdP DB 5361 [2BA4181-2/2BA4188]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, Pace mio Dio (Verdi) / ANDREA CHENIER: La mamma morta (Giordano). Excellent very late pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GIORGINA CAPRILE [s]. Firenze, 1877- Rome, 1951. Born of a musical and cultured family, Caprile studied in Milano with Carignani. Her debut was as Suzel in Mascagni’s Amico Fritz at the Rome Costanzi, 1900, following this with Mimì to Fernando De Lucia’s Rodolfo. She was an effective actress and preferred roles requiring dramatic skill, such as Violetta, Iris, Tosca, and Mimì, as examples.

1561. 11” Green Fonotipia 39530/39531 [XPh1692/1687]. ADRIANA LECOU-VREUR: Poveri fior (Cilèa) / LASCIALI DIR TU M’AMI (Quaranta). Side one gen. 2. Side two some LGTs, 3. $15.00.

1562. 11” Green Fonotipia 39530/39531 [XPh1692/1687]. Same as preceding listing (item #1561). Commentary ink writing on lbl. Side one a small bump (about an 8th of an inch), otherwise cons. 2. Side two few LGTs, otherwise gen. 2-3. $20.00.

1546. 12” Red Dog Mon. Gram. 053304 [02343v]. TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). Scarce. Two small lt. superficial scuffs, cons. 2. $15.00.

1547. 12” Red HMV SR 054385 [02345v]. MEFISTOFELE: Spunta l’aurora pallida (Boïto). With VINCENZO BETTONI [bs]. Two harmless marks near start, cons. 2. $15.00.

ROSE CARON [s]. Monnerville, 1857- Paris, 1930. Born Lucille Meuniez, she began vocal studies at the Paris Conservatoire and early on married pianist M. Caron. She used his name throughout her career. She first appeared in concert in Paris, 1880 and made her opera debut in Belgium (at la Monnaie) as Alice in Robert le Diable, 1883. In 1884 she created the role of Brunnehild in the world premiere of Reyer’s Sigurd. Her great success led to her debut at the Paris Opéra where she was again Brunnehild in the Paris premiere of Sigurd. She subsequently was honored with leading roles in several other Paris firsts, including Sieglinde in Die Walküre (1891) and also Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello (1894). Her few records for Zonophone and Fonotipia are all great rarities.

1815. 11” Fonotipia 39096/39097 [XPh521/522]. PRIÈRE (Gounod)/SIGURD: Des presents de Gunther (Reyer). Few small scrs., mostly superficial. No greying. Plays cleanly but is scuffed. 3-4. 150.00.

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MARGHERITA CAROSIO [s] 2622. 12” Green Odeon F5596 [XXPho6547/

XXPho6548]. BARBIERE DI SIVI-GLIA: Una voce poco fa / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono docile (Rossini). Orch. dir. Mo. Albergoni. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1932. 12” Red HMV DB 6379 [2EA11300-1/ 2EA11301-1]. BARBIERE DI SIVI-GLIA: Una voce poco fa / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono docile (Rossini). Orch. dir. Giuseppe Patanè. Recorded about 20 years later than the previous listing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GEORGE M. CARRÉ [t]. Listed in Moogh’s Roll Back the Years as a Canadian tenor, Carré made a few records for Victor, 1910-11, demonstrating a voice of good quality. 3829. 10” Blk. ’08 Victor 5795. NIGHT

BRINGS THE STARS AND YOU (Lamb-Henry). One tiny bump, few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.

ENRICO CARUSO [t]. A number of the Caruso Victors below (as well as a quantity of the other records in this catalogue) are from my own collection and are the best copies I’ve found in over fifty years of collecting and comparing.

1453. 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. $300.00.

1454. 10” Red Milano G&T 52442 [2882-R] (III). LUNA FEDEL (Denza). Not on Victor. False entrance at one spot. Nice copy. Two small circular spots (about ¼” each) sound lightly, otherwise 2-3. $300.00.

3894. 10” White HMV 52442 [2882-R]. LUNA FEDEL (Denza). Excellent pressing from an unbuffed stamper. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3067. 10” Red late VdP DA 116 [B-22260/B-15481]. INNO DI GARIBALDI (Olivieri) / LA MIA CANZONE (Tosti). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3070. 10” White HMV VA 9 [2882-R/B-14357-2]. LUNA FEDEL (Zardo) / HANTISE D’AMOUR (Szulc). Side one from piano accompanied 1902 G&T matrix. Side two from 1914 Victor matrix. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3087. 10” White HMV VA 37 [1782b/1788b]. GERMANIA: Studenti, udite / GERMANIA: No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi (Franchetti). Creator recording. From 1902 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3313. 10” White HMV VA 39 [B-14550/B-22125]. PARTED (Tosti) / OVER THERE (Geo. M. Cohan). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3069. 10” White HMV VA 53 [2872-w2/2181h]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano) / MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). From 1902/1904 G&T matrices, accompanied by the respective composers. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3251. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 2. SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa) / NOCHE FELIZ (Pasadas). Side one piano acc. by Vincenzo Bellezza. Side one first and only issued edition. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3564. 10” RCA Victor blk. vinyl test pressing of Victor 91011 [2876-w2]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Cons. 2. $40.00.

3071. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 87054. GERMANIA: Non chiuder gli occhi vaghi (Franchetti). Creator performance. Cons. 2. $8.00.

3683. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 87135. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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3621. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 87162. GUARDANN’ A LUNA (de Crescenzo). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3133. 10” Red Victrola 87187. TRUSTING EYES (Teschemacher-Gartner). In English. Cons. 2. $7.00.

2914. 10” Red Victor 87271. POURQUOI? (Tschaikowsky). Tiny lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $8.00.

1868. 10” Red Victrola 515. OVER THERE (George M. Cohan) / GARIBALDI’S HYMN (Mercantini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1441. 10” Red Vinyl Green lbl. 1947 Christmas Greetings. SS issue to Victor Dealers, matrix B -21774-2. SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa). Piano acc. Vincenzo Bellezza. First edition. From orig. 1918 Victor matrix. RCA VrBk. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1623. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 2 [B-21774-2/B-24460]. SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa) / NOCHE FELIZ (Pasadas). Side one the only issued version, other that the 1947 Christ-mas Greetings pressing (see previous listing, item #1441). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1442. 10” Red lbl. (blk. vinyl) RCA Victor 87499 [D9-QB-7758-1A/D9-CAB-2234-2A]. LA BOHÊME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini) / FRANCES ALDA and WALLY BUTTER-WORTH [speakers]. WHY CARUSO RECORDED “THE COAT SONG”. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1443. 10” Green lbl. blk. vinyl 1943 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS from RCA Victor, 1943. OVER THERE (Cohan) [RR] / J. W. MURRAY [Gen. Manager, RCA Victor Record Activities]. [SPOKEN] GREETING. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2541. 12” Blue Opera Disc 052120 (76064) [C-3104]. FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2542. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-052061 (76104) [C-11276]. BOHÊME: Io non ho che una povera stanzetta (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2544. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-052065 (76107) [C-11420]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Forse la scoglia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2011. 12” Red Victrola 88001 [take 2]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Nice copy, IMs, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $6.00.

1296. 12” Red Victor 88120. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Excellent pressing, not an S/8 dub (as were most later pressings). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

1162. 12” Red Pats. Victor 88127. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). 1908 version without recitative. Text label on verso. As new. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2742. 12” Red Pats. Victor 88127. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). 1908 version without the recitative. Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $8.00.

1298. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88206. MAMMA MIA CHE VO’ SAPÈ? (Nutile). Beautiful copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $10.00.

1316. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88210. HUGUENOTS: Più bianca (Meyerbeer). Checking an inflation calculator out of curiosity, I note that $3.00 in 1910 (the selling price of this record when first issued) would be $69.31 in 2012’s dollar value. This should then be quite a bargain unless someone bids more than that amount! Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1207. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88279. PAGLIACCI: No, Pagliaccio non son! (Leoncavallo). Excellent early pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

1065. 12” Red Pats. early “B” plate Victrola 88333. ETERNAMENTE (Mascheroni). Excellent early pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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1295. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88334. CORE ‘NGRATO (Cordiferro-Cardillo). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1235. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88346. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma se m’è forza perderti (Verdi). Text lbl. on verso. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1281. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Victrola 88355. LA DANZA (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1255. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88376. DREAMS OF LONG AGO (Earl Carroll-Caruso). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1664. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88403. HOSANNA (Granier). Early “C” plate. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1252. 12” Red Victrola 88459 [take 3]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). This take issued only in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1234. 12” Red “B” plate Victor 88465. MANELLA MIA (Valente). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1188. 12” Red Victor 88472. TIEMPO ANTICO (Caruso). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1289. 12” Red Victor 88516. IL DUCA D’ALBA: Angelo casto e bel (Donizetti). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1070. 12” Red Victrola 88517. PE’ CHE? (DeFlaviis-Pennino). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1208. 12” Red “B” plate Victor 88552. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Prête-moi ton aide (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1236. 12” Red Victor 88556. LA PROCESSION (Franck). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1294. 12” Red “C” plate Victor 88560. SANTA LUCIA (Cottrau). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2485. 12” Red Victor 88560. Same as previous listing (item #1294). One lightest lbl. mark.

Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

1299. 12” Red Victor 88561. CHANTIQUE [sic] DE NOEL (Adam). Reviewer’s “X” on lbl. Cons. 2. $7.00.

1288. 12” Red Victor “B” plate 88579. CHANSON DE JUIN (Godard). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1312. 12” Red Victor 88580. PEARL FISHERS: Je crois entendre encore (Bizet). Early “D” plate pressing. As new (as the grading indicates). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1315. 12” Red Victor 88581. SAMSON ET DALILA: Vois ma misère, hélàs (Saint-Saëns). Early “F” plate. One lbl. scr., otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2476. 12” Red Victrola 88581. Same as previous listing (item #1315). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1125. 12” Red Victrola 88589. NERO: Ah, mon sort! (Rubinstein). Harp acc. Francis J. Lapitino. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1248. 12” Red Victrola 88615. CAMPANE A SERA [AVE MARIA] (Billi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1340. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 89007. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). With MARIO ANCONA [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1981. 12” Red Victrola 89007. Same as previous listing (item #1340) except later pressing. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1045. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 89028. AIDA: La fatal pietra (Verdi). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Text lbl. on verso. IMs. One harmless mk. (rub). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

CARUSO singing outdoors (Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn)

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1182. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 89029. AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1137. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 89034. FAUST: Attends! Voici la rue (Gounod). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1356. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 89039. FAUST: O merveille! (Gounod). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Orig. “A” plate. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1240. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 89043. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o grillo? (Puccini). With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1239. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 89047. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ve lo dissi … Addio fiorito asil (Puccini). With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1287. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 89049. TROVATORE: Mal reggendo (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1217. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 89050. AIDA: Già i sacerdoti adunansi (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1393. 12” Red Victrola 89059. MANON: On l’appelle, Manon (Massenet). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1254. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 89064. DON CARLOS: Dio che nell’ alma (Verdi). With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1209. 12” Red Victrola 89083. A LA LUZ DE LA LUNA (Anton-Michelena). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Few very minor lbl. rubs. Surface just about 1-2. $7.00.

1279. 12” Red Victor 95200. BOHÊME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With NELLIE MELBA [s]. Few lightest mks. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $5.00.

2066. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 95204. FAUST: Seigneur Dieu! (Gounod). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s], GABRIELLE LEJEUNE (GILIBERT) [ms], MARCEL JOURNET [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2078. 12” Red Victor 95206. FAUST: Que voulez-vous, messieurs? (Gounod). With ANTONIO SCOTTI [b], MARCEL JOURNET [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1216. 12” Red Pats. Victor 95207. MARTHA: Siam giunti (Flotow). With FRANCES ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Early “C” plate. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1215. 12” Red Pats. Victor 95209. MARTHA: Presto, presto (Flotow). With FRANCES ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Early “C” plate. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1317. 12” Red Victor 95210. MARTHA: Quartetto notturno (Flotow). With FRANCES ALDA [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Excellent pressing as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1224. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 96001. RIGOLETTO: Quartet (Verdi). With MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s], GINA SEVERINA [ms], ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. Beautiful early pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1284. 12” Red Victor 96200. LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti). With MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s], GINA SEVERINA [ms], FRANCESCO DADDI [t], ANTONIO SCOTTI [b], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1249. 12” Red Victrola 6024. PIETÀ SIGNORE (att. Stradella) / CAMPANE A SERA (Billi). Just about 1-2. $10.00

2714. 12” Red Vinyl RCA Victor Red Seal De Luxe 15-1037. DON SEBASTIANO: Deserto in terra (Donizetti) / HUGUENOTS: Bianca al par (Meyerbeer). Side one first and only edition of this take: C-5008-2. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1293. 12” Late Red VdP DB 131. ADDIO (Tosti) / MUSICA PROIBITA (Gastaldon). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1354. 12” White HMV VB 55. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / DON PASQUALE: Com’ è gentil (Donizetti). Both piano acc. From orig. 1904/1905 Victor matrices. Side one issued originally only in Europe. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2645. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 18. AFRICAINE: Deh! ch’io ritorni (Meyerbeer) / EUGEN ONEGIN: Echo lointain (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2684. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 50. BOHÊME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s] / FARRAR [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (both Puccini). Side one unpublished except for rarer IRCC edition. Side two very short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

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GLORIA CARUSO [s]. New York City, 1919-Jacksonville, FL, 1979. The private recording, below, was made by Gloria as a gift for family friends. She studied voice with Fernando Tanara, a well-known Venetian voice teacher, and also worked with John McCormack. While she never became a professional singer, she did have a career in art, her father’s other great passion and a talent her mother possessed as well.

1439. 10” elec. White lbl. Victor Special Record mat. BVE-41560-2. THE HOLY CHILD (Martin). Piano acc. Autographed (printed) by the 8 year old singer. Lt. lbl. wear, superficial scuffs, 3. $100.00.

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 concert appearances, so she left the Met in favor of concert tours. She was the mistress of the weathy 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.

1371. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50111-D [W98606-3/W98607-1]. SEMELE: O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Händel) / MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). Looks mint, as do most listings in this grading category. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1788. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50153-D [W98649-1/W98659-4]. ANGELS EVER BRIGHT AND FAIR (Händel) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non so più cosa son (Mozart). Side one piano acc. Some lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.

BRUNA CASTAGNA [c] 1053. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 71276-D [xco29828-1/xco29829-1]. GIOCONDA: Voce di

donna (Ponchielli) / DON CARLO: O don fatale (Verdi). Orch. dir. Alfredo Antonini. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

GIUSEPPE CAVADORE [t]. 1893 - Venice, 1958. Cavadore made his debut in Grestetto, Italy, at the age of 18. He appeared at La Scala for several seasons under Toscanini and in South America. In the U.S. he was a successful character tenor with the Chicago Opera and the Ravinia, Cincinnati and St. Louis Operas. After retiring, apparently in the mid-1940s, he taught in Chicago. 3688. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 14310-F [W108192-2/W108193-2]. SERENADA

(Carosio) / I SUONATORI AMBULANI (Piemontese Song). IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

LINA CAVALIERI [s] 1067. 12” TC Columbia A5172 [30347-2/30396-1]. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puc-

cini) / MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Very tiny scrabble (scr. cluster) about ¼” side two should be harmless. Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.

1051. 12” TC Columbia A5178 [30371-1/30376-2]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (both Puccini). Good surfaces. Cons. 2. $10.00.

LOUIS CAZETTE [t] 3045. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P-436 [Be215-I/Be280-II]. GRISÉLIDIS: Je suis

l’oiseau (Massenet) / FORTUNIO: J’amais la vieille maison grise (Messager). Side one a particularly beautiful and expressive performance. Cons. 2. $15.00.

WINIFRED CECIL [s] 2398. 12” Cetra CC 2153 [2-70216/2-70217]. DER HIRT AUF DEM FELSEN (Schubert).

Two sides. With Luigi Amodio [clarinet], Alfredo Simonetto [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ANNA CASE in a "hello" or "goodbye"

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GERMAINE CERNAY [ms] 3474. 12” Red Decca G-25815 [XXP6754-3/XXP6755-4]. PÉNÉLOPE: Vous n’avex fait

qu’éveiller (Fauré) / PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Voici ce qu’il écrit a son frère (Debussy). Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.

ROSALIA CHALIA [s] 1408. 7” Zonophone T9139. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini). No heavy greying, but a

somewhat noisy surface. 4. $150.00.

1407. 7” Zonophone Q9201 [take 3]. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). Couple LGTs, very nice copy, 2-3. $300.00.

1889. 7” Zonophone Q9203 [take 2]. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Remarkable singing and personality on this 1900 recording. This is one of two issued takes. She sings the opening phrase and then the last portion of the aria. Beautiful high C and gorgeous final high A. Highly recommended, despite the fact that the pianist was at sea. One LGT and one NS. Looks 4 but plays very well (listen to sound sample on my Internet site). $300.00.

3693. 10” Black Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3403 [take 2]. SERENATA ARAGO-MESA (composer?). With FRANCISCO (EMILIO DE GOGORZA). Bright label, excellent copy. Couple pinpoint nicks and couple LGTs. 2. $250.00.

FEODOR CHALIAPIN [b] 2820. 10” Blue Opera Disc 4-22580

(74609) [y16743e]. SADKO: Song of the Foreign Guest (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3366. 10” Blue Opera Disc 4-22581 (74610) [y16739e]. SHE LAUGHED [SHE BURST INTO A LAUGHTER] (Lishkin). Piano acc. Tiny ½” edge crk., otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

3129. 10” Blue Opera Disc 4-22583 (74611) [y16741e]. THE LITTLE NIGHTINGALE (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Top copy, as the grading indi-cates. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3365. 10” Blue Opera Disc 4-22586 (74612) [y16748e]. THE MOTHER-IN-LAW HAD SEVEN SONS-IN-LAW (Folk Song). With Male Quaret. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3021. 10” Red acous. Victrola 1004. SIBERIAN PRISONERS’ SONG (arr. Koenemann) / PILGRIM’S SONG (Tschaikowsky). Side one piano acc. by Koene-mann. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3130. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 11 [B-29247-2/7220L]. BOHÊME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini)/ ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA [s]. MTSURA: Song of the Fish (Arensky). Side one first

and only edition from 1924 acous. Victor matrix. Side two from 1907 G&T matrix. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1778. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022095 (76011) [289m]. FAUST: Mefistofele’s Serenade (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1657. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022223 (76442) [2493c]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Death of Boris (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

FEODOR CHALIAPIN in 1893

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3443. 12” Pink HMV 022224 [2494c]. PRINCE IGOR: Song of Galitzky (Borodin). IMs. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2166. 12” Pink (raised rim) HMV 052388 [2693c]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Vieni, la mia vendetta (Donizetti). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3414. 12” Red HMV 2-022012 [Cc541-II]. OH, COULD I BUT EXPRESS IN SONG (Malashkin). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1515. 12” Red Vinyl acous. Victor mat. C-26103-1. A REVERIE (Semeon Yakovlevich Nadson). Unpublished spoken record, recorded 12 Jan. 1922. Some years ago, Aida Favia-Artsay kindly provided me the following synopsis: The speaker tells of day-dreaming while in school that he was a page at some mythical court. Festivities were in progress, when he was asked to sing. He goes on to tell how his voice faltered at first but warmed up under the admiring look of the lovely queen, finally conquering her with its power and beauty. The queen took a rose from her bosom and threw it to him. He caught it, their eyes met (here his emotions reach their peak), but, alas, he was only a page and she the Queen (his voice starts dropping from here on). And now, he continues, he is grateful for even a handshake after his singing. “Oh, my native country,” he concludes sadly, “… take me back …, take me back.” Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2715. 12” Red Vinyl RCA Victor Red Seal De Luxe 15-1045. ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO: Suore che riposate (Meyerbeer) / DON CARLOS: Dormiro sol (Verdi). Side one first and only edition from 1924 Victor matrix. Side two from 1909 St. Petersburg matrix. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1179. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6822 [Cc11709-I/Cc10961-IV). . SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Koenemann)/ IN QUESTA TOMBA OSCURA (Beethoven). Few superficial rubs, 2. $5.00.

1192. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 116 [Cc13868-I/Cc13897-IA]. DEATH AND THE MAIDEN / THE WRAITH (both Schubert). Orch. dir. Eugene Goossens. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3472. 12” Red elec. PW Disque Gram. DB 900 [Cc7064-III/Cc7066-I]. BORIS GODOU-NOV: Coronation Scene (Moussorgsky). Two sides. Dir. Albert Coates. One LSS (rub), cons. 2. $10.00.

2484. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1352 [Cc16992-II/Cc17775-II]. SONG OF THE SIBERIAN PRISONER (arr. Karategen) / SHE LAUGHED (Lishin). Piano acc. Good surface materal. Small harmless indentation. One small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1163. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1525 [2B884-III/2B885-I]. PERSIAN LOVE SONG (Rubinstein) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Side two with Cedric Sharpe [cello], Ivor Newton [piano]. Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

FEODOR CHALIAPIN being fed by conductor GENNARO PAPI

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LYDIA CHALIAPIN(E) [s]. Russia, 1901-Stafford Springs, CT, 1975. Primarily a concert singer, Miss Chaliapin made her debut in London in 1924. A review in the New York Times devoted several lines to her “futuristic costume” and described her as being “the beautiful, black- haired, dark-eyed daughter of the famous basso [Feodor Chaliapin]”. No mention was made of her singing, but she was successful enough to have been heard throughout Europe, particularly in Berlin and Paris, in programs primarily of Russian folk music often with traditional instruments. She emigrated to the U.S. in the later 1930s and joined Rita Kittain in opening a New York studio “for vocal and dramatic instruction” in 1940. Some of her activity was involved in coaching “many well-known singers in Russian roles for performances at the Metropolitan Opera”. She made her New York Town Hall singing debut in 1950, appearing with five of her students.

3316. 10” PW Blue Columbia Master Works P-4231-M [CPT1804-1/CPT1806-1]. ALTAÏ (Siberian Folk Song) / DUDAR-AÏ (Kazakstan Folk Song, both arr. Max Steinberg). Orch arr. Julius Ehrlich. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

MARIUS CHAMBON [bs]. Venissieux-les-Lyon, 1864-Paris, 1945. His debut was in Marseilles, 1889, as Marcel in Les Huguenots, singing the same role for his Paris Opéra debut in 1892. In Paris, he created the the Old Hebrew in the first stage presentation of Saint- Saëns’ Samson et Dalila. Other roles in which he was heard in Paris included Hagen in Sigurd, Bertram in Robert le Diable, both Telramund and The King in Lohengrin, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Ramfis in Aida, to mention a few. His only recordings appear to have been a group of rare 1902 Orange (later Black) label Zonophones.

1403. 7” Orange Disque Zonophone 12264. LAKMÉ: Stances (Delibes). Announced. Band acc. One pressing ridge last ½” may cause light sound, few light (harmless) inherent pressing indentation. Cons. 3. $200.00.

1447. 10” Orange Disque Zonophone X-2089. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Évocation des Nonnes (Meyerbeer). Indentation about an 8th of an inch (½” from end) causes thumps, otherwise gen. 2-3. $600.00.

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.

3396. 10” Green Brunswick 10001 [4759]. ABSENT (Metcalf). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3748. 10” Green Brunswick 10018 [4060]. YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME WHAT I DID NOT

KNOW (Geoffrey O’Hara). Never doubled. Cons. 2. $12.00.

3677. 10” Green Brunswick 10033 [5250]. LOVE IS MINE (Teschemacher-Gartner). Never doubled. IMs. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2821. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10115 [ ? / ? ]. DREAMS DIMLY LYING (Roxas) / LAST HOUR (Kramer). Side two with Fredric Fradkin [vln]. Cons. 2. $12.00.

3695. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10117 [ ? / ? ]. OUT OF THE DUSK TO YOU (Lee) / MOON DREAM SHORE (Lockhart). Side one with Frederic Fradkin [vln]. Side two with male trio (Ralph Errolle [t], Eliott Shaw [b], Wilfred Glenn [bs]). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MARIUS CHAMBON [c] with tenor AGUSTAREL-LO AFFRE and soprano LOUISE GRANDJEAN

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3308. 10 elec. Purple Brunswick 10224 [ ? / ? ]. PLEADING (Kramer) / E’EN AS THE FLOWER (Logan). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3144. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15010 [3889/5687]. SANTA LUCIA (Cottrau) / O SOLE MIO (di Capua). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2781. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15051. CALL ME NO MORE (Cadman) / YOUR VOICE (Quirke). IMs. One TB, few small rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

3010. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15065. DREAMS DIMLY LYING (Roxas) / LAST HOUR (Kramer). Side two with Fredric Fradkin [vln]. Cons. 2. $10.00.

3307. 10” Gold acous. Bruns. 15071 [ ? / ? ]. OUT OF THE DUSK TO YOU (Lee) / MOON DREAM SHORE (Lockhart). Side one with Frederic Fradkin [vln]. Side two with male trio (Ralph Errolle [t], Eliott Shaw [b], Wilfred Glenn [bs]). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2023. 12” Purple acous. Brunswick 30104. OH DRY THOSE TEARS (Del Riego) / ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY (Speaks). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1846. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50020 [X9087/X9091]. TRISTE RITORNO (Caruso-Barthélemy) / L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA (Tosti). Preferred by some collectors to Caruso’s versions of both selections. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2459. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50075. BOHÊME: Racconto di Rodolfo (Puccini) / MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2481. 12” Gold elec. British Brunswick 50112. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi) / MARTHA: Solo profugo (Flotow). Both with RICHARD BONELLI [b]. Side one gen. 2. Tiny rim flake side two not into grooves, otherwise 2-3. $8.00.

1030. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50141. MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas / MIGNON: Adieu Mignon, courage! (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARIE CHARBONNEL [c] 2118. 12” Blk. Disque Gram. 033173/032176 [02932v/01774v]. HAMLET: Arioso de la

Reine (Thomas) / DANIEL VIGNEAU [b]. FAUST: Mort de Valentin (Gounod). Side one few rubs, 2-3. Side two 2. $12.00.

BORIS CHRISTOFF [bs] 2241. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 21592 [2EA16441-6D/2EA16444-2D]. COME RAGGIO DEL

SOL (Caldara) / SHE MOCKED (Lishkin). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GINA CIAPARELLI [s]. See: GINA CIAPARELLI VIAFORA

GUIDO CICCOLINI [t] 2383. 12” Red Dog Mon. Gram. 054480 [760m]. MEFISTOFELE: Forma ideal purissima

(Boïto). With SARAH FIDELIA SOLARI [s], VINCENZO BETTONI [b]. Tiny lbl. tear. Surface just about 1-2. $15.00.

GINA CIGNA [s] 1328. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 9122-M [WBX1259-1/WBX1260-1]. BALLO IN

MASCHERA: Ma dall’arido stelo / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò, ma prima in grazia (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1986. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 9127-M [WBX1258-1/WBX1262-1]. GIO-CONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli) / NORMA: Casta Diva (Bellini). Another top pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARIO CHAMLEE

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2558. 12” Blue PoW Eng. Col. LX 233 [WBX658-1/ WBX657-1T1]. FAUST: Church Scene (Gounod). Two sides. With NAZZARENO DE ANGELIS [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CLARA CLAIRBERT [s] 2460. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66791 [1300bm/

1306½bm]. MANON: Je suis encore toute étourdie (Massenet) / LAKMÉ: Air des Clochettes (Delibes). Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2127. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66791 [1300bm/ 1306½bm]. Same as previous listing (item #2460). Lt. rubs., 2-3. $10.00.

3427. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66792 [1305bm/ 1308bm]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivire (Gounod) / LAKMÉ: Pourquoi dans les grands bois (Delibes). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

MARCEL CLAUDEL [t] 2911. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 561028 [4000BKP/

4001½BKP]. LAKMÉ: Prendra le dessin d’un bijou / LAKMÉ: Fantaisie o divin mensonge (Delibes). Few small rubs, 2. $10.00.

EDMOND CLÉMENT [t] 3218. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64223. BERGÉRE LÉGÈRE (arr. Weckerlin); L’ADIEU

MATIN (Pessard). Piano acc. Frank La Forge. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1594. 10” White lbl. Victrola 64232. CHANSON LORRAINE (Arcadet). Piano acc. Frank La Forge. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3084. 10” Red Victrola 87507. SOUS LA FENÊTRE (Schumann). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. VrBk. Later ‘30s pressing. Harmless ULC, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

1700. 12” Red “A” plate ’12 Pats Victor 74319. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). In mint condition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2775. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74319. Same as previous listing (item #1700). Excellent pressing, few minor mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.

ERNEST CLOËREC-MAUPAS [t]. Credited on the label as being with the Gaité-Lyrique in Paris.

3056. 10” Green Disque Chantal 1156 [2436/2439]. LA JUIVE: Dieu, que ma voix trem-blante (Halévy) / CARMEN La fleur (Bizet). 2. $12.00.

JOHN COATES [t]. Girlington, England, 1865-1947. His original career was as a bookkeeper. Then deciding to become a singer, he studied as a baritone and appeared as such for several seasons with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Desiring to become a tenor, he studied further and by 1901 was able to make his debut in opera at Covent Garden. While he was noted in Wagnerian operatic roles, he was, perhaps, even more celebrated as an oratorio and concert singer. Coates retained his voice for a long period and sang in concerts well in his 70s.

1399. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LX 77 [WAX5094/WAX5178]. BRONWEN: Bran’s Answer to Matholoc; Bard’s Song / BRONWEN: Taliessin’s Song (Holbrooke). Orch. dir. Claud Powell. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIOVANNINA COLIVA [s]. Her debut was in Bergamo, 1884, as Amina in La Sonnambula. For the next twenty years she was active in various Italian houses singing principally coloratura roles such as Lucia, Gilda, Norina and Rosina. Her career seems to have ended in 1905, perhaps as a result of wedding bells. 3332. 10” Green Zonophone X-93024 [278L]. BOHÊME: Addio di Mimì (Puccini).

Attractive and stylish performance (except for the pianist). 3-4. $25.00.

CLARA CLAIRBERT

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ERNESTO COLLI [t]. Palermo, 1866-1928. His debut was in 1888 as Don Jose in Carmen. Two years later he was heard at La Scala as Nadir in The Pearl Fishers. He subsequently sang throughout Italy, also including the Costanzi in Rome, as well as in the Americas (including the Tivoli in San Francisco, 1905, probably where his Zonophone records were made) and Madrid. He seems to have retired from the stage by 1912 and subsequently taught in Milan, three of his notable pupils having been tenors Tom Burke, Hipolito Lazaro (for a short period) and Parry Jones.

1457. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono 12529 [4622]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Fine singing, but the pianist ranks with the absolute worst on records. 3. $50.00.

HORATIO CONNELL [bs-b]. Philadelphia, 1876- Philadelphia, 1936. His father had been the Sheriff of Philadelphia. Connell’s musical studies were first with Emil Gastel in his native city. He then studied further in Ger- many with Julius Stockhausen, a pupil of Manuel Garcia. In 1905 he made his debut in London as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra in Queens Hall and subsequently made successful tours of Great Britain and Ger- many. During this period he made a few recordings in Great Britain for G&T and Columbia. He returned to the U.S. in 1909 and achieved a notable success as a concert and oratorio singer. In 1926 he joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute, where one of his pupils was Nelson Eddy. Also, he was on the faculty of Juilliard in New York and served on the summer program at Chautauqua, NY, for twenty-one seasons. He made two electrical trial recordings for Victor in 1926, but these are not known to have survived.

3672. 10” Columbia Notes A312 [25976-1/3294-2]. TANNHÄUSER: O Star of Eve (Wagner) / GEORGE ALEXANDER [b]. LOCH LOMOND (Scottish Air). Cons. 2. $15.00.

FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t] 1665. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74084. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto). Few

lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

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.

3123. 10” Maroon elec. English Columbia D5614 [WB1266/WB1267]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Le minaccie (Verdi). Both with GINO VANELLI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

FRANCO CORELLI [t] 4250. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0408 [12183/12184]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA: E lu-

cevan le stelle (Puccini). Fine copy, few lt. mks. Cons. 2. $80.00.

4249. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0409 [12185/12186]. LA FAVORITE: Una vergin (Donizetti) / LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini). Couple MGTs, minor scuffs, 2-3. $100.00.

CARMEN GARCIA CORNEJO [s]. Garcia, who had success in Mexico in opera and concert, was a pupil of Ferruccio Corradetti. Her New York debut was in Carnegie Hall, 1924, for which she was billed as “the wonder of the age”. Judging from a review clipped from an unidentified musical magazine, she gave a program of “extraordinary interest” which included the Mad Scene from Lucia, the end of the first act of La Traviata and various songs of South American origin. The reviewer stated that she had a “very beautiful voice. It is a true coloratura with an excellent trill, chromatic scales far above the average, clean staccato, and all the other requisites. Her enthusiasm was not in the least dampened by the smallness of her audience, and she aroused those who were there to a high pitch of excitement.”

3974. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 69790. ESTRELLITA (Ponce) / ASÓMATE A LA VENTANA (M. L. de Tejada). Side two with MARIO TALAVERA [t] and ÁNGEL R. ESQUIVEL [b]. Piano acc. both sides by Miguel Lerdo de Tejada. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HORATIO CONNELL and MARCELLA SEMBRICH ajudicating at Juilliard

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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 Adami- Corradetti graced the piano of his Long Beach, NY, home, although it was some years before his two American daughters (Adriana and Fiora) discovered that the mystery woman was their half- sister. The three daughters eventually were to become good friends. Most of Corradetti’s operetta recordings on Fonotipia appear as sung by “Fercor”.

3514. 10” Flush Blk. Milano G&T 52326 [396g]. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). With mandolin and piano. 1901 recording and pressing. 2-3. $35.00.

9312. 11” Fonotipia 39517/39518 [XPh1696/1697]. PIPELÈ: Quanti fiaschi n’ hai vuntati (de Ferrari) / PAGLIACCI: So ben che io schemo (Leoncavallo). With ELISA PETRI [s]. Tiny lbl. str. 2. $15.00.

1491. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia matrix XPh2339. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà del mio bon tempo (Leoncavallo). Unpublished. Only known copy (from Corradetti’s own collection). This appears to have been the first Fonotipia recording with orchestra. One small internal scr., 3-4. $100.00.

9311. 11” Fonotipia 92182/92183 [XPh3321/3322]. HANS, IL SUONATORE DI FLAUTO: Overtura (Ganne). Two sides. While main label credit is given to Salvatore Cottone as conductor, side two also lists “Fercor” (Corradetti), who here gives the spoken introduction to the operetta following the conclusion of the overture. 2. $15.00.

1489. 11” Fonotipia 92140/92141 [XPh3002/XPh3058]. DER VOGELHÄNDLER: Sui vent’anni (Zeller) / FILLE DE MME. ANGOT: Romanza di Pomponet (Lecocq). Few MGTs, 2-3. $15.00.

9364. 11” Fonotipia 92571/92572 [XPh3964/3965]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Udite, o rustici (Donizetti). Two sides. With chorus. Lt. superficial scr. last ½” side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

9366. 11” Fonotipia 92382/92383 [XPh3178/3573]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Del mondo i disinganni (Verdi). With ADAMO DIDUR [bs] / POLIUTO: Di tua belfade imagine (Donizetti). As new. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1478. 11” Pink Fonotipia SS test matrix XPh3788. THE MERRY WIDOW: Lippen schwei-gen (Lehár). In Italian. With EMMA VECLA [s]. Unpublished. Only known copy (from Corradetti’s personal collection). Scuffed, few LGTs. 4-5. $75.00.

1479. 11” Pink Odeon SS test matrix Xm543. CHIMES OF CORNEVILLE: Valzer (Plan-quette). Unpublished. Only known copy. Few LGTs, gen. 4. $75.00.

HENRY CORSELL [t]. A Swedish-American tenor, Corsell appeared in concert in the 1920s in various Swedish communities in the U.S. Later in the ‘20s he was on Broadway in the shows The Love Call (1927) and Good Boy (1928).

4009. 10” EE Green Columbia 26026-F [W106299-2/106300-1]. MORGON (Eklöv) / DU BLEU BLOTT EIN DRÖM (Lundmark). Couple LSSs and lt. rubs, gen. 2. $7.00.

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.

1895. 10” (oversized) Victor unnumbered acous. trial. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). One of two trial recording (with piano) made by Cortis on March 20, 1925. Although Cortis was contracted, his issued Victor records were all electric, this trial having been made during the period when electrical recording was still experimental. The only known copy. Beautiful singing. Cons. 2. $500.00.

3126. 10” Red late VdP DA 1074 [BM1101-III/BM1102-II]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Excellent pressing, just about 1-2. $12.00.

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3395. 10” Red late VdP DA 1076 [BM1107-II/ BM1122-I]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet) / IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1861. 10” Red late VdP DA 1152 [BF3445-I/ BF3449-II]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita / RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi). Another beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3337. 10” Red late VdP DA 1277 [BM1115-II/BM1386-III]. CAVALLERIA RUSTI-CANA: Siciliana (Mascagni) / IRENE MINGHINI-CATTANEO [ms]. TROVA-TORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). Excel-lent late pressing, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.

1905. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1605 [2-6488/2-5944]. LA GIOCONDA: Ved-rem fra poco tramontar (Ponchielli). With RHEA TONIOLO [ms] / COSTA MILONA [t]. LA BOHÊME: Ebbene no, non lo so (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $50.00.

2405. 12” Pink acous. Parlophone P.1609 [2-6498/2-6503]. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel. With ENRICO DE FRANCESCHI [b] / DE FRANCESCHI [b]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Side one tiny mk., just about 1-2. Side two lbl. tear, one lt. scr. last inch should be superficial, otherwise cons. 2. $60.00.

2248. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Parlophone E10179 [2-6502/2-6299]. BOHÊME: O soave fanciulla. With ZITA FUMAGALLI-RIVA [s] / FUMAGALLI-RIVA [s]. BOHÊME: donde lieta usci (Puccini). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few LGTs, otherwise cons. 2. $25.00.

3456. 12” Red late PoW VdP DB 1363 [CM1109-I/CM1111-II]. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) / MANON: Ah! Dispar, vision! (Massenet). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ROBERT COUZINOU [b] 3650. 10” PW Green Polydor 23336 [2916BKP/

2917BKP]. THE DESERT SONG: L’ombre rouge / THE DESERT SONG: The Desert Song (Hammerstein-Rom-berg). In French. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2282. 12” PW Blk. French Polydor 566008 [1699?bm/1726bm]. HÉRODIADE: Air d’Hérode / Mme. HARAMBOURNE [s]. HÉRODIADE: Air de Salome (Masse-net). Small lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $15.00.

ARMAND CRABBÉ [b] 3139. 10” Blk. PW Disque Gram. P-783

[BT4144-II/BT4143-I]. LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE: J’ai fait trios fois (Planquette) / L’ANGÉLUS DE LA MER (Goublier). Cons. 2. $10.00.

1337. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1213 [Cv24-I/Cv25-I]. ACIS ET GALATHÉE: Je sens l’amour trouble mon coeur (Händel) / QUO VADIS: Errer à travers le mers (Nuogues). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ANTONIO CORTIS as Rodolfo in La Boheme

ARMAND CRABBÉ in unspecified Chicago Opera role

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1702. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4824 [2W558-I/2W559-2]. AMARYLLIS: Les adieux d’Apollon (Maurage) / TROVATORE: Tout est desert [Il balen] (Verdi). Rare. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00.

2031. 12” Red Decca 29003 [CA5325-1D/CA5326-IID]. RUBIA (Crabbé) / JOTA (de Falla). Nice copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

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.

1452. 10” White (lateral) Aeolian-Vocalion Test T-1155. ZAZÀ: Ed ora … io mi domando (Leoncavallo). Feb. 5, 1920. Obviously a test (being with a rather distant piano acc.), Crimi sounds much more forward and natural than on his issued Vocalions. He did make two issued excerpts from Zaza, this aria not being one of them. The only known copy. Some wear on forward spots, 4. $100.00.

2952. 10” Brown Shellac Vocalion 30128 [7267]. NINNA NANNA (Tirindelli). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2611. 12” Brown Shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 55006 [ ? ]. ZAZÀ: O mio piccolo tavolo (Leoncavallo). Crimi created the role of Milio in the Met premiere of Zazà. 2. $15.00.

1906. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 70026 [8494/8624?]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / AFRICAINE: O Para-diso (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

DMITRI [DEMETRE] CRIONA[S] [t]. Born in Odessa, Russia, he emigrated to Greece apparently after the 1917 Revolution, having sung in opera in Odessa. He appeared in opera and concert in Greece and then moved to the U.S., appearing with the Philadelphia Opera Company and in various productions of Russian opera, notably with the touring Ukrainian Art Theater in New York and Washington. He was featured with that group in 1933 in Tschaikowsky’s Mazeppa and in 1945 gave the Canadian premiere of the opera in Toronto’s Massey Hall.

2600. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68738. I IKON SOU [YOUR PICTURE] (Albana). With STAY-ROS XIRELLIS [b] / A. KAJAMBUSIS [bs]. I MOUSSIKI [THE MUSIC] (Rodios). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CLAIRE CROIZA [ms] 1636. 10” PW Blue French Columbia LF 60 [WM35/39]. MA POUPÉE CHÉRIE/AUBADE

(both de Séverac). Piano acc. George Reeves. Particularly appealing performances. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2539. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D15129 [WLX657/WLX682]. LIGHT (Albert Roussel) / DEUX RONDELS (Pierre de Bréville). Piano acc. by the respective composers. Tiny (absolutely harmless) PB, few lightst mks. Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $40.00.

2433. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D15187 [WLX658/WLX964]. INVOCATION (Albert Roussel) / LES FEES (Pierre de Bréville). Piano acc. by the respective composers. Lovely copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $40.00.

1144. 12” Red Lumen 35.010 [YC22-2/YC23-2]. ESTHER: O, mon Souverain Roi! / ATHALIE: Me devraisse-je inqujéter d’un songe? (both Racine). Spoken-dramatic readings. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

GIULIO CRIMI as Folco in Mascagni's Isabeau

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RICHARD CROOKS [t] 1671. 12” Blk. Czech HMV ES 510 [CLR4465-II/

CLR4466-I]. AIDA: Holde Aida (Verdi) / CAR-MEN: Blumenarie (Bizet). Orch. dir Clemens Schmalstich. Rare. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2482. 12” Blk. Czech HMV ES 736 [CVE-37305-3/ CVE-37306-3]. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied / LOHENGRIN: Gralserzählung [In fernem Land] (both Wagner). Both sides of this Czech issue were recorded by Victor in Camden, 1926, while the issued Victor versions (both sides take 5) were recorded in 1928. Gen. 2. $20.00.

1103. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7105 takes 5/5. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied / LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land (both Wagner). Perfect “Z” shellac copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1995. 12” Red PoW Victor 15235. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / DON GIO-VANNI: Il mio tesoro (Mozart). Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2060. 12” Red PoW Victor 11-8241. IF I COULD TELL YOU (Firestone) / ON WINGS OF SONG (Men-delssohn). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2589. 12” Blue Vinyl RCA Victor mat. ND3-MC-3002/ ND3-MC-3001. LIBERIAN NATIONAL AN-THEM [ALL HAIL, LIBERIA, HAIL!] (Daniel Bashiel Warner-Olmstead Luca) / ALFRED WALLENSTEIN dir. FIRESTONE SYMPHONY. LIBERIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. Quite an oddity. Dates from 1943. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $25.00.

ADA CROSSLEY [c] 3128. 10” White lbl. Victrola 64010. PAYSAGE (Hahn). Piano acc. Orig. 1903 matrix.

Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

JULIA CULP [c] 3083. 10” Red Victor 64553. IMMER LEISER WIRD MEIN SCHLUMMER, Op. 105, No. 2

(Brahms). Piano acc. C. V. Bos. IMs, tiny lbl. stains, surfice just about 1-2. $7.00. 3348. 10” Red Victor 64554. MONDNACHT, Op. 39, No. 5 (Schumann). Piano acc.

Coenraad V. Bos. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1624. 10” PW Blk. Electrola EW 9 [Bw156-II/Bw158-I]. DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME (Schu-

mann)/FELDEINSAMKEIT (Brahms). Piano acc. Fritz Lindemann. Superficial rubs, cons. 2-3. $15.00.

1033. 12” Red Victor “A” plate 74462. ISRAEL IN EGYPT: Dank sei dir (Händel). Cons. 2. $12.00.

ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t]. Vittoria (Ragusa), Sicily 1893 - Borgo (San Lorenzo), Tuscany, 1975. He likely made his debut in 1921 at the Lugano Kursaal as the Duke in Rigoletto. In 1922 he appeared as Elvino at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo with Toti Dal Monte. In 1923 he sang Wilhelm Meister in Mignon and Faust in Boïto’s Mefistofele at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. His first South American tour took place in 1924, where he made his debut at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago (Chile) in Rigoletto with Laura Dalbi, Carlo Morelli and Gaudio Mansueto. In 1925 he sang in Cairo and Alessandria (Egypt) the roles of Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Graziella Pareto and Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur. In 1927 D’Alessio made his debut at La Scala in Milan as the Duke in Rigoletto under Toscanini with Toti Dal Monte, Luisa Bertana and Carlo Galeffi. Guest appearances were also made at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires (1926) and at the Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona (1926). In 1929 he sang in Germany (1929) and Copenhagen (1929). Probably his last performances were in Turin in 1937 as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Eva Turner and Carlo Galeffi. He was married to the Spanish contralto Aurora Buades (1897- 1965), who had an important career as an opera and concert singer. From 1952 D'Alessio taught in Florence. 3193. 10” Red PW Eng. Columbia D12549 [WB1395/WB1396]. MIGNON: Addio Mignon /

MIGNON: Ah! non credevi tu (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

RICHARD CROOKS en route to Europe, 1927

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1077. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52045-X [WBX191/WBX192]. L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa) / ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GILDA DALLA RIZZA [s]. Verona, 1892-Milano, 1975. A student of Ricci and Orefice, she made her debut in Bolognia at the Teatro Verdi, 1912, as Charlotte in Werther. Particularly admired by Puccini, Dalla Rizza created Magda in the 1917 premiere of his La Rondine and was also in the first European performances of Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica, Rome, 1919. Being a specialist in verismo repertoire, she created the principal soprano roles in Mascagni’s Il piccolo Marat and Zandonai’s Giulietta e Romeo (both 1921). Another of her great successes was Violetta in La Traviata under Toscanini’s baton at La Scala. Although she appeared successfully in London in 1920 and earlier in South America, most of her career was in Italy. She retired in 1939, appearing one last time in 1942 at a Puccini Festival in Vicenza as Suor Angelica. She was noted as an actress who, as Lauri-Volpi described, used her voice “to express the emotions [rather] than for purely musical effects”.

2549. 12” Red elec. Fonotipia N.6597 [XXPh6315/XXPh6313]. MANON: Addio nostro passato desco / MANON: Lettura della lettera (Massenet). With GIOVANNI MANURITTA [t]. Mint? Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2550. 12” Purple U.S. Odeon 5174 [XXPh6437/XXPh6438]. TRAVIATA: Pure si come un angelo / TRAVIATA: È gravo il sacrificio (Verdi). Both sides with GIULIO FREGOSI [b]. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

TOTI DAL MONTE [s] 3787. 10” PoW VdelP DA 5369 [OBA-3500-II/

3501-II]. SI DONDOLA (Bonagura) / TREMA L’ONDA (Adami). Both from film Carnevale di Venezia. Scarce. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

1014. 12” Late VdP DB 1001 [CVE31273-5/ CVE-31274-4]. CARNEVALE DI VE-NEZIA (Benedict). Two sides. Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1383. 12” Late VdP DB 5396 [2BA4371-II/ 2BA4375]. DON PASQUALE: Quel guardo (Donizetti) / LODOLETTA: Flammen, perdonami! (Mascagni). The Lodoletta excerpt in particular is highly recommended. A perfect pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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 at the instrument 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 in New York and spent the last few years of his life in Hollywood.

1571. 10” Gold PW Victor HRS 1054. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez, o mes frères (Saint-Saëns) / JE T’AIME (Massenet). Side two piano acc. From orig. 1912/1911 Victor matrices. Will play as new. Side one few lightest (absolutely superficial) scrs., 2. Superficial rubs side two, 2-3. $8.00.

TOTI DAL MONTE

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3220. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 15. LE PROPHÈTE: Roi du ciel (Meyerbeer) / SAMSON: Arrê-tez, o mes frères (Saint-Saëns). From orig. 1907/1911 Victor matrices. Side one un-published (other than on very limited IRCC edition). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2649. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Victrola 88330. NINON (Tosti). Rare. Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $30.00.

1818. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88330. Same as preceding listing (item #2649) but later white label pressing. 2. $20.00.

1939. 12” Red PoW acous. Victor 18141. CAR-MEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet) / GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). Although the label of this excellent pressing cites recording dates of 1907/1909, the correct year for side one is 1912 (take 3). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1349. 12” Red Victor 85122 [take 3]. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2410. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88397. GRISÉLIDIS: Ouvrez-vous sur mon front (Massenet). Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1068. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 19 [C-4254-2/ C-4253-1]. FAUST: Vision céleste (Gounod) / CARMEN: Je suis Escamillo (Bizet). Both with MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. From orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Two takes of the Faust duet were issued. See Vol. 57/No. 2 issue of The Record Collec-tor for an excellent article on Dalmorès by Charles A. Hooey and a valuable disco-graphy by Christian Zwarg. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c] 3101. 10” Red Orth. 1139. LA ZAGALINA [THE SHEPARDESS] (I. Tabuyo) / TUS OJILLOS

NEGROS (de Falla). Piano acc. Blair Neale. 2-3. $10.00.

3245. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1145. CARMEN: Habanera / CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

1973. 12” Blue Aeolian-Vocalion 45000 [5153]. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mons fils (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2391. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52020 [7619]. SILENT NIGHT (Gruber). 2. $12.00. 1368. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6590 [takes 12/11]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui

commence / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1684. 12” White HMV mat. Cc16400-II. SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns). Piano acc. Unpublished. Planned as one side of DB 1353 but never issued. One small indentation. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $75.00.

VASSILI DAMAYEV [t]. 1878-Moscow, 1932. Early in his life, Damayev had worked as a shepherd. After experience in choral work and vocal studies, he made his operatic debut at the Zimin Opera in 1906 as Dmitri in Boris Godounov. He recorded only between 1910 and 1913, despite a career that covered many major theaters in Russia, as well as in Paris and London with touring Russian companies.

1757. 12” White lbl. HMV 022143 [1920c]. MAY NIGHT: Sleep, my beauty (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1656. 12” White lbl. HMV 022348 [2924c]. FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

CHARLES DALMORÈS as Alain in Massenet's Grisélidis

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FRANCISCO D’ANDRADE [b] 1523. 12” Pink acous. Lyrophon d’A11/12.

DON GIOVANNI: Deh vieni alla fines-tra/DON GIOVANNI: Fin ch’han dal vino (Mozart). After a performance of “Deh vieni …” in Italian, there is studio applause with cries of “Da capo!”. D’An-drade obliges with a repeat of a verse, this time in German, followed by more applause and shouts. Side two follows the same format, vociferous applause, cries of “bis” and a repeat (in Italian), followed by more enthusiasm. His only recordings were a few exceedingly rare sides for Lyrophon (1907, one side only reissued on Parlophon). Minor lbl. scrs. side one, 2-3. Side two some LGTs, 3. $700.00.

GIUSEPPE DANISE [b]. Naples, 1883-New York City, 1963. He studied with Luigi Colonnesi and Abramo Perillo in Naples and made his debut there at the Teatro Bellini in 1906 as Alfio in Ca- valleria 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 tempera- ment of Scotti with Stracciari’s sonority.”

3718. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10129 [? / ? ]. NOCHE SERENA (Spanish Folk Song) / LINDA MIA (arr. Sturgis Blake). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

3567. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15025 [8179/8182]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara (Leoncavallo). As new, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3324. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15024 ]8179/8182]. Same as previous listing (item #3567). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3719. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15028 [8995/9194]. VOI ED IO / LUNTANANZA (both de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2663. 12” Green SS Brunswick 30010 [X5323]. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1197. 12” Purple acous. Brunswick 30102 [X9817/X9956]. CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo) / CANTA PE’ ME (De Curtis). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1946. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50006 [X5325/X5355]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leonca-vallo) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2662. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50011 [X7262/X7470]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / LA DANZA (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1996. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50013 [X5450/X7264]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (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.

FRANCISCO D'ANDRADE

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1953. 12” PW Red French Columbia RFX 26 [LBX70/LBX72]. LA DAME BLANCHE: Quel plaisir d’être soldat / LA DAME BLANCHE: Viens, gentile dame (Boildieu). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1943. 12” PoW Late Red French Columbia RFX 26. Same as previous listing except an excellent very late pressing. Either pressing will provide great sound. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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.

PETER DAWSON [bs-b] 3229. 10” Blk. ’11 Pats. Canadian Victor 120061 [y13314e/Ab13469e]. THE YEOMAN OF

ENGLAND / THE VETERAN’S SONG [composers not cited). Label crease side two (I’m sure not a crack), just about 1-2. $10.00.

NAZZARENO DE ANGELIS [bs] 9451. 11” Fonotipia 62180/62181 [XPh2628/

XPh2627]. PATER NOSTER (Nieder-meyer) / AVE VERUM (Schubert). IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00.

2703. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D18040 [WBX193/WBX194]. DON CARLOS: Ella giammai m’amò (Verdi). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c] 3049. 10” Blk. ’07 GP “A” plate Victor 52405

[2353L]. PALLIDE MAMMOLE (Trimarchi). Piano acc. Carlo Sabaino. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00.

2120. 12” Red Gram. Mon. 054197 [1285c]. LA FAVORITA: Fia ver lasciarti (Donizetti). With ARISTODIMO GIORGINI [t]. Small white lbl. spots. Surface gen. 2 $35.00.

ENRICO DE FRANCESCHI [b]. Padua, 1885-Turin, 1945. His career seems to have begun in South American in the late ‘teens where he quickly advanced from small parts to principal roles. In Italy he was first heard at La Scala in 1923 as Enrico in Lucia with dal Monte and Pertile. He also appeared in various other Italian theaters including the Teatro Regio in Parma, the Costanzi in Rome and the Pe- truzelli in Bari. He seems not to have sung outside of Italy other than his first years in South America, although his Parlophon acoustic records were apparently recorded in Berlin.

2490. 12” acous. Pink Parlophon P.1607 [2-6497/2-6500]. DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer) / ERNANI: Lo vedremo, veglio audace (Verdi). Couple lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2664. 12” PW Blk. elec. Fonit 39041 [2028/2035]. WILLIAM TELL: Resta immobile (Rossini) / GIOCONDA: O monumento (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2296. 12” PW Blk. elec. Fonit 39041 [2028/2035]. Same as previous listing (item #2664). Few tiny mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2297. 12” PW Blk. elec. Fonit 39056 [2019-2/2020-2]. NERONE: Vivete in pace (Boïto) / TANNHÄUSER: Oh! tu bell’ astro (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ISABELLA DE FRATE [s] 9443. 11” Fonotipia 92988/92989 [XPh4835/XPh4834]. MIREILLE: Walzer (Gounod) /

LAKMÉ: Aria delle campanelle (Delibes). Pressing No. 16. Small lbl tear side one. Cons. 2. $100.00.

9444. 11” Fonotipia 69115/69116 [XPh4976/XPh4975]. LUCIA: Ardon gli incensi / LUCIA: Spargi d’amaro piato (Donizetti). Pressing Nos. 44/47. One harmless LSS side two. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $75.00.

NAZZARENO DE ANGELIS, circa. 1900

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EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Brooklyn, NY, 1874-New York City, 1949. Educated in Europe, DeGogorza returned to the United States in the mid-1890s and made his debut in a concert with soprano Marcella Sembrich. He later toured with and wed soprano Emma Eames. DeGogorza’s career was devoted to the concert and oratorio stages, his shortsighted- ness 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.

3873. 10” Blk. Climax-Columbia 4. WAIT! (F. Bowers). VTM pressing, brass grommet. Announced (sung by “Mr. Franklin”). Lt. lbl. fade. 3-4. $60.00.

3134. 10” Red Victrola 66033. TERESITA MIA (Nicto). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1622. 10” Red acous. Victrola 1108. BER-GÈRE LÉGÈRE (Weckerlin)/MENU-ET D’EXAUDET (Favart-Exaudet). Charming. Scarce late acoustic. Piano acc. side one Helen Winslow. Side two with orch. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

1039. 12” Pats. Victor 31346 [C-1917]. LA PALOMA (Yradier). As. “Carlos Francisco”. Nice pressing, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

1739. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74359. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Beautiful early pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1732. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 88447. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart); DAMNATION DE FAUST: Sérénade Mephistopheles (Berlioz). As new. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2525. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 69. BENVENUTO CELLINI: De l’art splendeur immor-telle (Diaz) / LE MARIAGE (Franck); LE PLONGEUR (Widor). Piano acc. side two. Side one issued otherwise only on IRCC. Side two first and only edition. It plays at 71.9 rpm, which is probably why it wasn’t issued. 1909 recordings. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1352. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6839 [takes 4/1]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / EL CANTO DEL PRESIDIARIO (both F. M. Alvarez). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

FRANCO DE GREGORIO [t]. 3663. 10” Blue Victor 45015 [168ah/132ah]. MANON LESCAUT: Tra voi belle / EUGENIA

LOPEZ-NUNES [s]. MANON LESCAUT: Madrigale (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00

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.

3558. 10” Blue Notes Columbia C2377 [10650-1/10648-1]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa / CESARE PREVE [bs]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Ros-sini). Small silent ¼” scr. side one (in stamper?), otherwise cons. 2. $12.00.

1492. 11” White test Fonotipia matrix XPh3613. ELISIR D’AMORE: Io son ricco e la sei bella (Donizetti). With FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b] and chorus. Only known copy. Few LSSs and rubs, few LGTs, otherwise gen. 3. $200.00.

EMILIO DE GOGORZA in 1941

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SOFIA DEL CAMPO [s] 3088. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4051. EL PAÑO MO-

RUNO (de Falla) / AYER EN LA TRISTEZA-PASILLO ECUATORIANO (Parades). “Z” type shellac. Taped lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3747. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4125. POR TUS OJOS (de Fuentes) / EL RUISEÑOR [THE NIGHTIN-GALE] (Dardenne). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

BLANCO DEL CARMEN [ms] 2786. 10” Blk. Madrid G&T 63250 [1155-F]. CAR-

MEN: Aria delle Carte (Bizet). Cons. 2. $40.00.

LAURA DEL LUNGO [ms]. Rome, 1883-Milano, 1922?. Her debut was at the Teatro Unione in Viterbo, 1906. From then on she appeared in a number of Italian Houses, singing principal roles such as Carmen, Mignon, Amneris and Leonora in La Favorita. She was married to tenor Giacomo Dammacco. 1565. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia 92653/92654

[XPh4347/XPh4346]. CARMEN: Scena delle carte (Bizet) / ANDREA CHENIER: Son la vecchia Maddelon (Giordano) . Side one couple MGTs, gen. 2-3. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.

JEAN FRANÇOIS DELMAS [bs]. Lyons, 1861- 1933. Except for some guest performances, 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. 3670. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32627 [1293-F]. LA

TOUSSAINT: Conte bleu (Lacôme). Bright label. Very clean copy, couple LGTs. Harmless inherent pressing waviness, 2. $60.00.

1505. 11” Fonotipia 39027/39028 [Ph ? / Ph514]. HUGUENOTS: Bénédiction des Poignards (Meyerbeer) / FAUST: Ronde du Veau d’Or (Gounod). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00.

1490. 11” Fonotipia 39106/39130 [XPh556/XPh555]. DIE WALKÜRE: Les adieux de Wotan (Wagner) / DAMNATION DE FAUST: Voici les Roses (Berlioz). Plays 89.0 rpm. Excellent copy. One small PB side two. Few MGTs, cons. 2. $150.00.

MARIO DEL MONACO [t] 3325. 10” late Red VdP DA 11333 [OBA7850-2/

OBA7851-2]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet) / ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel dí maggio (Giordano). Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $15.00.

3209. 10” late Red VdP DA 11349 [OBA8108/ OBA8111]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: L’anima ho stanca / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La dol-cissima effigie (Cilèa). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

JEAN FRANÇOIS DELMAS probably in Sigurd

MARIO DEL MONACO as Rodolfo, 1946

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3063. 10” late Red VdP DA 11350 [OBA8107-2/OBA8109]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow) / ANDREA CHENIER: Si fui soldato (Giordano). Excellent pressing, just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b] 3632. 10” Red Milano G&T 52425 [2887-R]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior (Thomas). Small

pressing bump first ¼” could cause very lt. sound, harmless inherent pressing inden-tations, lightest lbl. rubbing. Certainly a bright, above average copy. 2-3. $200.00.

3630. 10” Red Milano G&T 52444 [2935-w2]. DON PASQUALE: Bella siccome un angiolo (Donizetti). Bright label. Small dig at start clicks few times, few harmless inherent pressing indentation, otherwise exceptionally clean copy, cons. 2. $250.00.

3629. 10” Red Milano G&T 54021 [2933-R]. LA FAVORITA: Ah! l’alto ardor (Donizetti). With ELVIRA CERESOLI [ms]. Clean copy. One tiny scr. (few ticks), couple LGTs, otherwise 2. $250.00.

3762. 10” Victor test pressing of matrix B-19546-2. SERENATA GELATA (Buzzi-Peccia). Delightful. Evidently it was planned for publication as the ad (below) appeared in Musical America on March 29, 1919, but mysteriously, of the three records advertised, only the Galli-Curci was actually issued. Unpublished, this is the only known copy. Matrix was destroyed. Lt. superficial rubs, 3-4. $350.00.

3665. 10” Perma Disk Acetate, Met Broadcast, 20 Feb. 1940. FUNDRAISING SPEECH BY DE LUCA FOR THE MET (in English) [complete with intro-ductory announcement] / BIDÚ SAYÃO [s], ANNMARIE DICKEY [s], ARMAND TOKATYAN [t], DE LUCA [b]. BOHÊME: Act III Quartet [cut off at end]. 2. $15.00.

2973. 10” Red acous. Victrola 592. MARIETTA (Romilli) / ROSA (Romilli). Both in English. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3154. 10” Red acous. Victrola 1109. STORNELLO [SON COME I CHICCHI] (Pietro Cimara) / SIVIGLIA (Fatuo). Scarce late acoustic issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3155. 10” (oversized) White Label Victor Sample Record WER-37/19. STORNELLO (Cimara). This is an experimental electrical recording made the same day (17 Feb. 1925) as the issued acoustic version above (item #3154). It makes a fascinating comparison between acoustical and electrical recording (both of course using the same instrumentation). The electric test is so vastly sonically superior that it is amazing the acoustic version was chosen for issue, although this pre-dates all Victor issued electrics. The first issued electric was recorded 26 Feb., 1925, Victor 35783 (“Eight Popular Victor Artists”]. It was also made both acoustically and electrically, but this time the electric version was selected for issue. The first issued Red Seal was by Cortot, Victrola 6502, recorded 21 March 1925. This disc is important as both for its technical aspects and as an unknown item by De Luca, and for being Victor’s first known electrical recording by a Red Seal artist. Despite this successful electrical experiment, De Luca wasn’t to return to the Victor studios again until 1927. Apparently the matrix information is WER=Western Electric Recording, 37=the serial number of the cutter used (courtesy of the late William R. Moran) and 19=the trial number (the 19th Western Electric test recording). There’s also a “3” in the matrix, which likely indicates that this was the third electric take (the issued acoustic verision being the third acoustic take). One SB, few small scrs. and ticks., 3-4. $500.00.

1471. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1591. TROVATORE: Il balen/DON CARLOS: O Carlo, ascolta (both Verdi). Extremely rare item, discontinued almost immediately. Just about 1-2. $75.00.

9391. 11” Brown Odeon 59075/59076 [XPh2303/2325]. PASTORALE (DeLeva) / DOLCE MADONNA (De Luca). Scarce. Couple small PBs. Labels slightly wrinkled. Surfaces excellent, gen. cons. 2. $50.00.

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9427. 11” Brown Odeon 59089/59090 [XPh2326/XPh2324]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior (Thomas) / SERENATA [BRILLA LA LUNA] (Morlacchi). Side one 3-4 (mostly lt. rubbing). Side two 3. $20.00.

3276. 11” Green Fonotipia 39168/39169 [XPh ]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Serenata (Berlioz) / OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Harmless indentation. Nice copy, 2. $20.00.

9414. 11” Red Fonotipia 93955/93956 [XPh2316/XPh2357]. LA FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti) / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Ambo nati in questa valle (both Donizetti). Couple harmless TBs, cons. 2. $20.00.

9395. 11” Brown Hist. Parlophone-Odeon PO 141 [XPh2304/XPh2306]. TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). ‘30s pressing. Very lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

1291. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6077. ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (Verdi) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Looks new, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3554. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6443. BENVENUTO CELLINI: De l’Art splendeur immortelle (Diaz) / DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer). Scarce late acoustic. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1190. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 7086. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi) / FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

2039. 12” Red PW Victor (gold print) 8174. GIOCONDA: Barcarola (Ponchielli) / ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (Verdi). Side two with GRACE ANTHONY [s], ALFIO TEDESCO [t]. Met. Op. Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. Naples, 1860-1925. De Lucia’s debut was as Gounod’s Faust at the Naples San Carlo, 1885. This was followed by success in other Italian houses and then in Madrid, London, South America and New York. He created several Mascagni roles, including Fritz in L’Amico Fritz (1891) and Osaka in Iris (1898) as well as the principal tenor part, Giorgio, in Giordano’s Marcella (1907) and was the first to sing Turiddu in 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, most in excellent condition, the result of the purchase of three collections with a number of DeLucia holdings.

2803. 10” Red Milano G&T 52411 [2863]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. 2. $40.00.

2804. 10” Red Milano G&T 52416 [2870-w2]. MANON: Il Sogno (Massenet). Bright label. Greying. 4. $8.00.

2802. 10” Red Milano G&T 52427 [2864]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome [Serenata] (Rossini). Some LGTs, 2-3. $30.00.

2805. 10” Red Milano G&T 52436 [2865-w2]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Only form of issue. Slight ripply surface first ½” or so, few LGTs, 3. $30.00.

2806. 10” Red Milano G&T 2-52474 [7341b]. PEARL FISHERS: Della mia vita (Bizet). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Only form of issue. Few MGTs, one small PB, otherwise gen. 2-3. $40.00.

3536. 10” White Victrola 91022 [2861-R]. IDEALE (Tosti). His first recording, Nov., 1902. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

1880. 10” White Victrola 91023 [2868-R]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). One inherent pressing bump, likewise various inherent (silent) indentations. Cons. 2. $40.00.

2810. 10” Red Milano G&T 2-52518 [8054b]. MIGNON: Ah! non credevi tu (Thomas). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Remarkable vocal dimuendi. Couple LGTs, 2-3. $15.00.

2808. 10” Red Milano G&T 2-52519 [8058b]. FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Only form of issue. NR on lbl. Surface 2-3. $40.00.

2807. 10” Red Victor 66000 [11167b]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Slight lbl. fade. Cons. 2. $7.00.

3527. 10’ Red ’08 Pats. Victor 66002 [13331b]. SULLA BOCCA AMOROSA (Barthèlemy). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1877. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52722 [13335b]. OILI, OILA (Costa). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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1865. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52723 ]13338b]. NON ME GUARDATE (Gambadella). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2813. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 5001 [13331b/13334b]. SULLA BOCCA AMOROSA / SERENAMENTE (both Barthélemy). From orig. 1909 Gram. matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2812. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 5003 [2861-R/ 13332b]. IDEALE (Tosti) / ERA DI MAGGIO (Costa). From orig. 1902/1909 matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3322. 10” Mauve HMV AGSB 25 [10515b/ 10513b]. MANON: Chiudo gli occhi (Massenet) / ELISIR D’AMORE: Obbli-gato, obbligato (Donizetti). Side two with ERNESTO BADINI [b]. From orig. 1907 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

9419. 11” Brown/White Phonotype M1745/ C2558. FAVORITA: Una vergine (Doni-zetti) / MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $100.00.

1835. 11” Brown/White Phonotype M1760/ M1787. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Cons. 2. $90.00.

3266. 11” Brown/White Phonotype M1778/ C2036. AFRICAINE: Oh! Selika, io t’adoro (Meyerbeer). With ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s] / MANON: Chiudo gli occhi [Il sogno] (Massenet). Cons. 2. $100.00.

1831. 11” Brown/White Phonotype M1778/C2036. Same as previous listing (item #3266). Slightly lesser condition, but both should of course play comparably. 2. $80.00.

3253. 11” Green Phonotype C1788/C1846. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta / FEDORA: Mia madre (Giordano). Indentation at end of grooving area side one past sound. Some marks (possibly fingerprints that can’t be removed … maybe in stamper?) which should be harmless, 2. $60.00.

9420. 11” Brown/White Phonotype M1789/M1790. GUARANY: Sento una forza indomi- ta / GUARANY: Ma deh! che a me non tolgasi (Gomez). With ANGELA DE ANGE-LIS [s]. Cons. 2. $100.00.

3267. 11” Brown/White Phonotype M1797/C2120. FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vita è inferno all’ infelice (Verdi) / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Donizetti). Nice copy. 2. $100.00.

9390. 11” Green Phonotype C1897/C1945. PEARL FISHERS: Della mia vita (Bizet) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). IMs. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

9433. 11” Brown/White Phonotype C2158/C2159. FEDORA: Vedi io piango / FEDORA: Addio a domani (Giordani). Both with ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]. Excellent copy indeed. Few tiny mks., cons. 2. $100.00.

9423. 11” Brown/White Phonotype C2340/C2341. GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Two sides. With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Lt. rubs, 2. $100.00.

9416. 11” Brown/White Phonotype C2344/C2369. MEFISTOFELE: Colma il tuo core (Boïto) / DON PASQUALE: Sogno, soave e casto (Donizetti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $100.00.

9434. 11” Brown/White Phonotype C2395/C2396. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) / BOHÊME: Quest’ è Mimì (Puccini). Side one lt. scr., few rubs, 2-3. Side two cons. 2. $60.00.

3262. 11” Brown/White Phonotype C2510/C2511. APRILE / OBLIO (both Tosti). Piano acc. Nice copy. 2. $100.00.

3254. 11” Green Phonotype C2558/C2559. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / MANON LESCAUT: Fra voi belle (Puccini). Side one harmless indentations. Side two some finger prints (?) which don’t come off. In stamper? Gen. 2. $60.00.

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3255. 11” Green Phonotype C2560/C2561. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / PAGLIACCI: No, Pagliaccio non son (Leoncavallo). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $80.00.

1508. 11” Fonotipia 92695/92696 [XPh 4491/XPh4492]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) / A SUON DI BACI (Baldelli). Couple MGTs, cons. 2. $40.00.

2197. 12” Brown/White Phonotype M1763/M1786. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) / RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). Side two with ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

2056. 12” Brown/White Phonotype M1765/M1774. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Mamma, quell vino è generoso (Mascagni). Small lbl. stkrs. Few lt. rubs, 2. $100.00.

2195. 12” Green Phonotype M1762/M1771. TRAVIATA: Lungi da lei … De’ miei bollenti (Verdi) / TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). Side two with ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]. Couple small PBs, just about 1-2. $100.00.

2194. 12” Brown/White Phonotype M1812/M1816. HUGUENOTS: O qual soave vision … Bianca al par / HUGUENOTS: String il periglio (Meyerbeer). Side two with ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]. Cons. 2. $100.00.

2196. 12” Green Phonotype N1818/N1819. LUCIA: Sulla tomba / LUCIA: Verranno a te (Donizetti). Both with ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

1813. 12” Green Phonotype M1860/M2114. RIMPIANTO (Toselli) / SERENATA MEDIOE-VALE (Silvestri). Cons. 2. $75.00.

1783. 12” Brown/White Phonotype M1860/M2114. Same as previous listing (item #1813). Cons. 2-3. $60.00.

2193. 12” Brown/White Phonotype M2223/M2224. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una parola o Adi-na / ELISIR D’AMORE: Chiedi al rio perchè? (Donizetti). Both with MARIA DEL PIANTO [s]. Side one has some pressing bumps first half inch, otherwise 2. $75.00.

2013. 12” Red Victor 76001 [1175c]. CARMEN: Romanza del fiore (Bizet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2509. 12” Red Pats. “B” plate Victor 76002. LOHENGRIN: Cigno gentil (Wagner). Slightest small lbl. stain. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2144. 12” Red Victor 92052 [1172c]. CARMEN: Mia madre vedo ancor (Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Excellent pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1266. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 92054. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso (Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Beautiful performance. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2198. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1053. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini) / CARLO ALBANI [t]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). From original 1904 G&T/1907 Victor (first edition) matrices. Few minor indentations should be harmless, cons. 2. $15.00.

1153. 12” White HMV VB 1 [630c/2008½c]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ah! qual colpo (Rossini). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs] / MARIA MICHAILOWA [s], FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]. FAUST: Church Scene (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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 1903- 04 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 sides for Fonotipia in 1907 and earlier some solo and concerted sides for G&T.

1509. 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. $20.00.

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ZÉLIE DE LUSSAN [ms]. Brooklyn, 1861-London, 1949. Of French ancestry, de Lussan studied with her mother, a singer, and made her concert debut at the age of nine. Her official stage debut, however, was in Boston seven years later, singing Arlene in Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl. She appeared in London as Carmen in 1888, a role she sang over a thousand times internationally. In 1897 she was London’s first Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme. At the Met, beginning in 1894, she was a favorite Carmen as well as Nedda, Zerlina and Nanetta (in the first New York performance of Falstaff ). Her career continued until the early ‘teens, from which point she devoted her time until her death teaching. 3590. 10” Blue Beka-Grand 8313/8314. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) / MIGNON: Connais-

tu le pays? (Thomas). Small bump side two with few clicks, otherwise gen. 2-3. $200.00.

1633. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64005. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). Excellent pressing, remarkable condition, from orig. April, 1903 master. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2246. 12” Red IRCC 3023. MIGNON: Styrienne (Thomas) / INTRODUCTORY REMARKS by De Lussan; LE TRIBUT DE ZAMORA: Garde la couronne (Gounod). RR from Beka recordings, 1904. Spoken words recorded 1946. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

VERA DE LUZE [DE LUTSE] [s]. 1879- ? . Born in Russia, de Luze studied in Warsaw where she made her operatic debut in 1900. She was likewise successful in Italy (usually as Vera De Luza) in both lyric and coloratura parts and was well received in Russia at the Zimin Opera, where she created for Moscow Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. It appears that most of her life was spent in Russia. In 1934 she was on the faculty of a conservatory in Moscow.

4015. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-63053/X-63054 [2704r/2705r]. MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart)/AIR AND VARIA-TIONS (Proch). Piano acc. Unlike some other singers of her time, she doesn’t trans-pose the Magic Flute aria down. Both sides are sung in Italian. Few tiny scrs. and rubs but little greying. 3-4. $50.00.

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

3636. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 33187 [1541-F]. NOUVELLE CHANSON (Korestchenko). Few harmless inherent pressing indentations. Excellent condition, cons. 2. $75.00.

BERNARDO DE MURO [t]. 1388. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6385. CARMEN: Il fior / CARMEN: Ho nome Escamillo

(Bizet). Side two with ATTILIO JANNI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2067. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6386. OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1979. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6422. FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Sono Ramerrez (Puccini) / AIDA: Di lei non più (Verdi). Side two with ANNA GRAMEGNA [ms]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2008. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6551. ANDREA CHENIER: Credo a una possenza / AN-DREA CHENIER: Vedi? La luce incerta (Giordano). Side two with AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2466. 12” Red acous. SR HMV DB 552 [CE977-II/CE980-I]. Apparently the same as the previous issue (item #2008) although the previous doesn’t have visible matrix numbers. This identifies “E. PROSPERINI” as the soprano rather than OLTRABELLA, but I’m guessing that this is an error. Small lbl. stkrs., cons. 2. $15.00.

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1319. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6891. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) / TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). One of his only two electrically recorded discs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

ENZO DE MURO LOMANTO [t] 3501. 10” PW Red Eng. Col. D12581 [WB1711/WB1655]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia /

TOSCA: E lucean le stelle (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3239. 10” PoW Maroon It. Columbia DQ1249 [WB6454/WB6456]. LUNA NOVA (Costa) /

FENESTA CHE LUCIVE (Unknown). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2668. 12” PW Blue Eng. Col. D18079 [WBX638/WBX639]. LUCIA: Tu che a Dio / LA

FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b]. Brno, 1861-Czernowitz, 1910. Demuth’s training was at the Vienna Conservatory and his debut was in Halle, 1889, in the title role of Marschner’s Hans Heiling. He sang with the Leipzig Opera from 1891-1897 and in 1898 commenced as a member of the Vienna Opera 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.

3927. 10” Blk Wien G&T 42887 [1023x-B1-2z]. WIEDER MÖCHT’ ICH DIR BEGEGNEN (Liszt). Very nice copy. Harmless inherent surface depressions and very lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $35.00.

3855. 10” Blk. Pre-Dog Gram. 4-42153/4-42154 [12949u/12950u]. WEYLAS GESANG (Wolf) / DER VERSCHWENDER: O hört armen Mannes Bitte (Kreutzer). Side one just about 1-2. Side two one harmless rub, few MGTs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3547. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 3-42300/3-42629 [6835b/4250L]. RIGOLETTO: Ja, ich weine (Verdi) / FAUST: Valentins Gebet (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3511. 10” Blk. Wien Pre-Dog Gram. 3-42395/3-42557 [6734b/4255L]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Für dein Glück / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Arie des Rennée (Verdi). Gen. 2. $15.00.

ALESSIO DE PAOLIS [t]. Rome, 1893 – Maspeth, Queens, NY, 1964. De Paolis studied at the Academia St. Cecilia, one of his teachers having been soprano Gemma Bellincioni, and made his debut in Bologna in 1919 as the Duke in Rigoletto. His La Scala debut was two years later in the same role, also singing there Fenton in Falstaff in performances conducted by Toscanini. In 1932 he switched his repertoire to comprimario parts and from 1938 through 1964 he was the Metropolitan Opera’s pri- mary character tenor, having given over 1500 performances of 51 roles. He was killed in an auto crash on the Long Island Expressway en route to a Met performance.

1574. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72999 [936az/ 945az]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / BARBIERE DI SI-VIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Lbl. stkr. over trademark one side. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $100.00.

1820. 12” Red acous. Polydor 73001 [938az/ 940az]. DON GIOVANNI: Il mio tesoro (Mozart) / BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Slightest lbl. damage side two (probably the result of a removed sticker in the trademark area). Side one 2. Side two one (superficial) rub area, 2-3. $60.00.

BERNICE DE PASQUALI [s]. Boston, 1880-Omaha, 1925. Beginning her career as Bernice James, de Pasquali studied voice in New York with Oscar Saenger. She wed Italian tenor Salvatore de Pasquali around the time of her debut in Rome, 1900 (as Gilda in Rigoletto although another source quotes Marguerite in Faust). She was a popular artist in London, having appeared in opera at Covent Garden and in concert with her husband. Her Metropolitan opera debut was in 1910 as Violetta in La Traviata. In addition she appeared with the Chicago Opera. A clipping from

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs January 3, 1925 stated that de Pasquale was “chosen to create the title role in the new opera, St. Cecilia, by Mons. Refice, which will have its world premiere … at the Costanzi Theater in Rome next spring [i.e. 1926].” Costumed pictures exist of De Pasquali apparently in preparation for the role. She died, however, the same year of pneumonia in Omaha, Nebraska, during a vaudeville tour on the Orpheum Circuit. Likely as a result, plans for the premiere of St. Cecila (completed in 1923) were shelved until Claudia Muzio took a great interest in the work. It was she who finally created the title role (Rome, 1934).

1963. 12” TC Columbia A5350 [30875-1/30880-1]. PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David) / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’anima (Donizetti). Tiny lbl. stkr. Very fine surface material (post-raised ring), just about 1-2. $12.00.

JEAN DE RESZKE [t] 2984. 10” Gold PW IRCC 110. AFRICAINE: O Paradis [2nd half of aria] / SIEGFRIED:

Fragment of Forge Scene (Wagner). Recorded during 1901 Met performances. These are the clearest extant examples of De Reszke’s voice. His approach to producing his top notes sounds to me similar to that of Jacques Urlus. Transferred at 88 rpm. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

ANDREA PERELLÓ DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Valencia, 1874-Barcelona, 1953. His debut was in Barcelona, 1898, and was shortly heard in France, Buenos Aires and then at Milan’s La Scala. His Metropolitan Opera appearances were during the seasons of 1901-02 and again 1909-20. In 1910 he created there the role of Jake Wallace in the world premiere of Puccini’s Fanciulla del West. DeSegurola’s repertoire featured parts such as Mefistopheles in Gounod’s Faust as well as occasional baritone roles, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly being an example. One article mentioned that he sang the role of Don Giovanni at the inauguration of 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.

1017. 12” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 55004 [1323c/ 1386c]. MIGNON: Introduzione (Thomas) / GAUDIO MANSUETO [bs]. MIGNON: Ninna-Nanna (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MAX DE SCHAUENSEE [t] 3614. 12” Algenie Acetate. CARMEN: Air de la

fleur (Bizet) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Tomb Scene (Gounod). Sides dated April 30, 1948. Cons. 2. $12.00.

EMMY DESTINN (EMA DESTINNOVÁ) [s] 9408. 11” Purple Okeh 70403 [XB5290]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Sieh, mein Herz (Saint-

Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1431. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 73309/73310 [12719u/12720u]. DALIBOR: Arie Milady (Smetana) / PSOHLAVCI: Pise� Kate�iny (Kova�ovi�). Side two in French. Brilliant, forward recording. IMs. Few LGTs, cons. 2. $40.00.

3238. 10” Red Victor 87214. WIEGENLIED (Schubert). Cons. 2. $7.00.

3002. 10” Red Victrola 89306 POSOLEDNÍ SLZY [LAST TEARS] (Destinn). Short catalogue life. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2794. 10” White lbl. shellac Victrola 87310. DOMU! [HOME!] (Hess). Short catalogue life. Never doubled. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3568. 10” White lbl. blk. vinyl Victrola 87315. KDYZ JSEM [ON MY WAY] (Stepan). Short catalogue life. Never doubled. Peppy marching song. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2787. 10” White lbl. shellac Victrola 87316. EJ, HORY! [OH, MOUNTAINS]. Short catalogue life. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2793. 10” White lbl. Victrola shellac 87317. NAMUVY [WOOING]; DIVICI POPEVEC [A MAIDEN’S SONG] (Wenig-Destinn). Scarce, as is the case with the other (above) ten-inch late Victor Bohemian titles. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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1582. 11” Purple Okeh [XB5288]. LOHEN-GRIN: Elsas Sang an die Lüfte (Wagner). IMs. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1023. 12” Red “B” plate Victor 88469. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1247. 12” Red Victrola 88487. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1230. 12” Red Victor 88510. MAGIC FLUTE: Ach, ich fühl’s (Mozart). Beautiful early (“C” plate) pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2005. 12” Red Victor 88557. IL TROVA-TORE: D’amor sull’ali rosee (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2521. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88565. DIE BEKEHRTE [DAMON] (Max Stange). Destinn’s only record in English. Never doubled. Lt. harmless mks., gen. 2-3. $12.00.

1989. 12” Red Victrola 88636. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò ma prima in grazia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GENNARO DE TURA [t] 2119. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 76012 [1458c]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). IMs.

Lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

DAVID DEVRIES [t] 2015. 12” Purple ’08 Pats. “A” plate Victor

70021. LE ROI D’YS: Vainement ma bien aimée (Lalo). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2230. 12” Purple ’08 Pats. “A” plate Victor 70025. LA FILLE DE MME. ANGOT: Voyons, Monsieurs (Lecocq). With GABRIELLE LEJEUNE (MME. GIL-IBERT) [ms]. Superficial rubs, 3. $10.00.

ELEONORA DI CISNEROS [ms] 1097. 12” TC Columbia A5640 [37075-1/

37098-1]. LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli) / ORFEO: Che faro senza Euridice (Gluck). Nice copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

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

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EMMY DESTINN returning to New York in 1920

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edly made unsuccessful attempts to do tenor operatic roles in his later years.

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

3060. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2024. LA DANZA-TARANTELLA NAPOLETANA (Rossini) / NEBBIE (Respighi). Orch. dir. Nat W. Finston. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2993. 10” Red PW (silver print) Victor 2194. L’HEURE EXQUISE (Verlaine-Poldowski) / EXTASE (Duparc). Piano acc. William Hughes. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ADAMO DIDUR [bs] 3042. 10” Maroon acous. Pathé Actuelle 027039

[N.69179-1/N.69180-1]. MEFISTOFELE: Ecco il mondo (Boïto) / SI TU LE VOULAIS (Tosti). IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2892. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 60049. PIE�� CHORA�KEGO [SONG OF THE EMBLEM-BEARER] (Moniuszko) / KOZAK [THE COSSACK (both Moniuszko). Just about 1-2. $60.00.

1899. 10” Purple elec. Bruns. 60051. STRYTA MI-LO�� [MYSTERIOUS LOVE] (Galla) / DWIE ZORZE [FROM DAWN TO DUSK (Moniusz-ko). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $60.00.

9378. 11” Fonotipia 39509/39510 [XPh1631?/ XPh1628]. MEFISTOFELE: Fin da stanotte. With GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t] / MEFI-STOFELE: Ecco il mondo (Boïto). Small PB side one, otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $18.00.

9439. 11” Fonotipia 39544/39549 [XPh1661/ XPh1680]. PIQUE DAME: Aria Tomsky (Tschaikowsky) / ZACZAROWANA KRÓ-LEWNA (Jan Gall). IMs. Minor lt. rubs, 2. $50.00.

1586. 11” Fonotipia 92002/92003 [XPh2670/ XPh2671]. ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO: Suore che riposate / HUGUENOTS: Signor, difesa e scudo (both Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $20.00.

9380. 11” Fonotipia 92024/92025 [XPh2677/ XPh ? ]. FREISCHÜTZ: Viva Bacco e il suo liquor / FREISCHÜTZ: No, nessun salvar ti puó (v.Weber). As new. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

9404. 11” Fonotipia 93537/93595 [XPh1622/ XPh1623]. MEFISTOFELE: Ave Signor / MEFISTOFELE: Ballata del fischio (Boïto). Side one 2. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.

9301. 11” U.S. Fonotipia 92227 [XPh3181]. FAUST: Dio dell’ or (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO [t] 3835. 10” late VdP DA 11345 [OBA8331/OBA8335]. MARECHIARE (Tosti) / CORE

‘NGRATO (Cardillo). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3007. 10” late VdP DA 11345 [OBA8331/OBA8335]. Same as previous listing (item #3835). Superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.

1993. 12” Blk. vinyl Red RCA Victor Special Purpose 12-0529. MIGNON: Ah! non credevi tu / MIGNON: Addio Mignon (Thomas). Radio station quiet surface pressing. Lbl stkrs., just about 1-2. $10.00.

LOUIS DISTLER [t] 2965. 10” PW Pathé x.53117 [42225/42226]. AIMONS-NOUS FOLLEMENT / EXTASE

(both Théodore Radoux). Accompanied by the composer. Few MGTs, cons. 2. $15.00.

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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 such works as Ariadne auf Naxos, Kho- vantchina, 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.

1569. 11” Fonotipia 69138/69139 [XPh50452]/ Xph50442]. PARISINA: Vittoria!/PARI- SINA: Ora voi composte m’avereste (Mascagni). IMs. Just about 1-2. $250.00.

1570. 11” Fonotipia 69140/69139 [XPh5046/ XPh5063]. PARISINA: Se pieta ho di voi. With FRANCISCA SOLARI [s] / SOLARI [s]. PARISINA: Vogliate qui sedere (Mascagni). Side one some rubs, couple LGTs, gen. 3. Side two 2. $125.00.

9445. 11” Fonotipia 69141/69142 [XPh50472/ XPh5048]. PARISINA: La grida e il clamore / PARISINA: Stanno in mucchio tra i lauri (Mascagni). With FRANCISCA SOLARI [s]. Lbl. stkr. Some light, harmless indendations. Gen. 2-3. $150.00.

Note: Parisina matrix numbers, which are not visible on the records, come from Michael Henstock’s Fonotipia Recordings-A Centennial Survey.

ZARA DOLUKHANOVA [ms] 2943. 10” Orange CCCP 21858/21859. WERTHER:

Charlotte’s Aria, Act III (Massenet) / HUGUE-NOTS: Page’s rondo, Act II (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

DORA DOMAR [s] 1985. 12” Red Victrola 89048 [1976c]. BOHEME:

Addio, dolce Svegliare (Puccini). With ANNITA SANTORO [s], GINO GIOVANNELLI [t], ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Scarce. VrBk. Cons. 2. $15.00.

WILLY DOMGRAF-FAßBAENDER [b] 3132. 10” Green PW elec. Grammophon 24323

[1044BH/1045BH]. IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS: Ihr, die ihr mich verfolgt / IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS: Die Ruhe kehrte mir wieder (Gluck). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

PAULINE DONALDA [s] 3574. 10” White lbl. blk. vinyl Victrola 87108 [8880e].

PAGLIACCI: Stridono lassù (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3199. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 4 [8453b/B-424-2]. FAUST: O Dieu! que de bijoux! (Gounod) / LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]. LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES: Merci, compagnons bien-aimée (Verdi). From orig. London 1907/Victor 1905 matrices. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ALESSANDRO DOLCI, 1920, as Pollione in Norma

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GEORGE[S] DOUBROVSKY [bs-b]. 1885-Flushing, NY, 1974. He appeared on stage originally in Russia. In 1926, he made his debut at the Paris Opéra as Amonasro, also singing there Rangoni in Boris Godounov. Settling in the U.S. in the early 1930s, he was active in Russian language opera productions, such as the U.S. premiere of The Invisible City of Kitezh (Rimsky-Korsakov) in Philadelphia, 1936 (repeated at the Metropolitan Opera House, NYC). He was on the roster of the New York City Opera in 1945 where his roles were Scarpia , Mefistopheles in Gounod’s Faust and Escamillo. Doubrovsky was also known as a coach, and it was with him that George London prepared the roles of Boris, Scarpia and Mephistopheles in 1948.

3713. Blk. Orth. Victor V-21000 [BTR3068-II/BTR3070-II]. COACHMAN, DRIVE TO YAR’S (arr. Fistulari) / STENKA RASIN AND THE PRINCESS (Volga Song). Piano acc. A. Grünberg. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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, remaining a leading baritone in this house 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.

2413. 12” PW Blue Grammophon 95106 [606bm/ 607bm]. PAGLIACCI: Prolog (Leoncavallo) / HAMLET: Trinklied (Thomas). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2773. 12” PW Blue Grammophon 95144 [1158½bm/ 1159bm]. LAKMÉ: Lakmé, es schweift dein Blick zur Ferne (Delibes) / PIQUE DAME: Ro-mance des Fürsten (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

JESSICA DRAGONETTE [s] 3610. 10” Red PW Gold Print Victor 2141. THE OWL

AND THE PUSSY CAT (Lear-de Cevee) / LUL-LABY FOR A DOLL (Frank Bridge). Piano acc. Árpád Sándor. Lbl. stkrs., just about 1-2. $10.00.

MATTEO DRAGONI [b] 3965. 10” Red HMV 7-54013 [4161ah]. OTELLO: Si,

pel ciel (Verdi). With GENNARO DE TURA [t]. Rare. Never doubled. Small lbl. stkr. 2. $25.00.

CLAIRE DUX [s] 2191. 12” Pink Schall. Gram. 76460 [281½av].

FAUST: Es war ein König in Thule (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1146. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 044188/044189 [23al/24al]. BOHÊME Sind wir allein? [Act IV] (Puccini). Two sides. With KARL JÖRN [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2565. 12” Blk. Schall. Gram. 65240 [23al/24al]. Same as previous listing (item #1146). A bit later pressing. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

IGNACY DYGAS [t] 1083. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55249. STRASZNY DWÓR [HAUNTED HOUSE]: Arja z

Kurantem / HALKA: Szumia Jodly (both Monniuszko). Two of four rare sides Dygas recorded in Camden while touring the U.S. in 1922. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

EMMA EAMES [s]. Shanghai, 1865-New York, 1952. After preliminary studies in Boston and work with Mathilde Marchesi, Eames made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1890 as Juliette in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, co-starring tenor Jean de Reszke. The composer prepared her for both this work and his Faust as well. The next year she created there the leading soprano role in Saint- Saëns’ Ascanio. She also was a particular favorite at Covent Garden and the Met, where she

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs remained until retiring in 1909. Among her major roles at the Met were Aida and Tosca, her last new part having been the title role in Mascagni’s Iris. It has been reported by many that hers was not among the most pleasant of personalities. Pianist André Benoist, who had accompanied her in several concerts, referred to her in his autobiography as “haughty, cold and unapproachable”. He mentioned that she had no musical skills and “when she made a mistake of any kind, she was totally unaware of it until I called her attention to it. Musically, she knew nothing.” Eames made her first Victor Records in 1905 and engineer H. O. Sooy described the day when she heard the tests:

Mme. Eames, at that time, carried with her what we called a “Yes, Ma’m” woman. Upon repro- ducing 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].

1303. 12” Red GP ’04 Victor 85060 [C-2419]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Piano acc. Gen. 2-3. $10.00.

1800. 12” Red Victrola 88006 [C-2317]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Piano acc. VrBk. Excellent ‘30s pressing. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

4037. 12” Red GP ’08 88131. LOVE IN MAY (Horatio Parker); I ONCE HAD A SWEET LITTLE DOLL, DEARS (Nevin). Piano acc. Excellent original, cons. 2. $12.00.

1286. 12” Red Victrola 89003 [C-3976-3]. MA-GIC FLUTE: La dove prende (Mozart). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1651. 12” White lbl. Victrola 89004 [C-3172-2]. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. This is the first issued take, replaced the next year (1907) by take 3 and in 1909 by take 4. Lightest lbl. soils. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1149. 12” Red Victor 89063. VERONIQUE: Swing Song (Messager). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Superb copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2236. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 90. CAVAL-LERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / LA CHANSON DES BAI-SERS [Bemberg). From orig. 1906/ 1908 Victor matrices. Side two autographed by Eames. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

1222. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1016. FAUST: Air des bijoux / FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod). Side two with CHARLES DALMORÈS [t], POL PLANÇON [bs]. Label side one signed by Eames and side two label signed by Dalmorès. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

FLORENCE EASTON [s]. England, 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, Cio-Cio-San, Santuzza and Carmen. Elsewhere she appeared as Gilda, Isolde, and in yet dozens of other varied roles.

4002. 10” acous. Gold Bruns. 15038 [9367/9369]. PREGUNTALES A LAS ESTRELLAS/EL CEFIRO (Mexican Folk Songs, arr. Frank LaForge). Orch. acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1982. 10” elec. Gold Bruns. 15193. ROSE-MARIE: Indian Love Call (Friml)/MLLE. MODISTE: Kiss Me Again (Herbert). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

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1052. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50012 [X7275/X7651]. CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet) / PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2516. 12” Red IRCC 166. ST. ELISABETH: Prayer (Liszt) / GIÀ IL SOLE DAL GANGE (Scarlatti); LUNGI DAL CARO BENE (Secchi). From 1940 studio re-cording/1939 broadcast. Easton sang the title role in the 1918 Met stage premiere of St. Elisabeth. Label signed by Easton. Small flake side one will cause a few ticks, otherwise 2. $30.00.

2389. 12” Yellow IRCC 3004. TRISTAN AND ISOLDE: Liebestod / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Love Duet, Act II (Wagner). Side two with ARTHUR CARRON [t]. From 1942 broadcast. Cons. 2. $10.00.

ROBERT EASTON [bs] 2360. 12” PW Eng. Col. 9210 [WAX2330/

WAX2331]. SON AND STRANGER: I am a roamer bold (Mendelssohn) / PHILEMON ET BAUCIS: Vulcan’s Song (Gounod). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

NELSON EDDY [b] 3339. 10” Orange Microphone Columbia 38645 [cco5087/cco5088]. WHOOPEE TI-YI-YO

(arr. Robert Armbruster) / MULE TRAIN (Glickman). Yes, Nelson Eddy covering Frankie Laine’s big hit. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2209. 12” PW Microphone Columbia 69819-D [wxco 26274A/wxco26275A]. THE PLAY’S THE THING (Martin Skiles). Two sides. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

IRENE EDEN [s] 1753. 12” Blk. No-Dog Gram. 65620 [343as/344as].

FLEDERMAUS: Mein Herr Marquis / FLEDER-MAUS: Spielt’ ich die unschuld (Strauss). IMs. Nice copy. Few lt. marks, 2. $25.00.

HUBERT EISDELL [t] 3843. 10” Blk. Dog HMV 4-2419 [Ak17037e]. IF THOU

WERT BLIND (Noel Johnson). Piano acc. IMs. Very minor lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

IRENE EISINGER [s] 3424. 12” Plum PW HMV C.2906 [2EA1046-I/2EA4750-I].

AQUARELLEN WALTZ / ANNEN POLKA (both J. Strauss). In English. Cons. 2. $12.00.

GERVASE ELWES [t]. Northampton, England,1866- Boston, 1921. Born of well to do parents, Elwes was originally in the diplomatic corps before embarking on a career as a singer. He was, as reviews occasionally cited, something of a cross between a tenor (without the highest notes) and a baritone (without the bottom). Within his range, ideal for most oratorio parts, he was a brilliant interpreter and a leading recitalist in the U.K. and the United States. He took a particular interest in the art songs of his British contemporaries, and these constituted the majority of his recordings as well as sizeable 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.

3699. 10” acous. Blue Eng. Col. D1374 [65826/65827]. BATTLE HYMN (Charles Villiers Stanford) / SONNET XVIII (Aiken). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

FLORENCE EASTON chased up a tree by Fido

IRENE EDEN

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3970. 10” acous. Blue Eng. Col. D1426 [71017/71018]. LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF LOVE (Hook) / BRITTANY (Lucas-Farrar). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1903. 12” acous. Blue Eng. Col. L1055 [6847/6850]. BLOW, BLOW THOU WINTER WIND/ NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL; LOVE’S PHILOSOPHY (all Roger Quilter). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1218. 12” acous. Lt. Blue Eng. Col. L1101 [6848/6849]. FILL A GLASS WITH GOLDEN WINE (Quilter) / IN SUMMERTIME ON BREDON (Peel). Piano acc. B. F. Kiddle. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

ARTHUR ENDRÈZE [b]. Chicago, 1893-1975. Born Arthur Krackman, Endrèze studied at the University of Illinois. In 1918 he was accepted as a vocal student at the American Conserva- tory in Fontainebleau and prepared further with Jean de Reszke in Paris. His debut in opera was in Nice, 1925, as Mozart’s Don Giovanni. He soon became a principal baritone at the Paris Opéra- Comique and the Opéra, singing both standard baritone repertoire such as Valentin in Faust as well as principal roles in such exotic works as L’Aiglon (Honegger), La Chartreuse de Parme (Sauget), Guercoeur (Magnard) and Maximilien (Milhaud). He returned to America in 1940 where he worked primarily as a teacher.

3203. 10” Red PW Pathé X.90060 [250276/250278]. WILLIAM TELL: Sois immobile (Rossini) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Maudite à jamais (Saint-Saëns). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2314. 12” White lbl. PW Odeon SS test 123.033 [XXP7106-2]. HÉRODIADE: Salomé, laisse-moi t’aimer (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2316. 12” White lbl. PW Odeon SS test 123.778 [XXP-7280]. OTELLO: Si pel ciel (Verdi). With RENÉ VERDIÈRE [t]. Despite the catalogue number written on the label, this was never issued. Just about 1-2. $150.00.

2315. 12” Red PW Odeon 123.802 [XXP-7304-2/XXP-7305-1]. LAKMÉ: Lakmé, ton doux regard (Delibes) / PAGLIACCI: Prologue (Leoncavallo). Side one tiny lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. Side two small lbl. stain, few MGTs, cons. 2. $10.00.

2586. 12” Red PW Pathé X.90035 [250225/ 250226]. HAMLET: Être ou ne pas être (Thomas) / SIGURD: Et toi, Freïa (Reyer). Just about 1-2. $15.00..

3450. 12” Red Pathé PDT 51 [250225/ 250267]. HAMLET: Être ou ne pas être (Thomas) / FAUST: Mort de Va-lentin (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2313. 12” Green PW Pathé PGT 26 [CPTX275-1/CPTX276-2]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: 1er Acte, 2e Scène (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

KARL ERB [t] 3401. 11” Blue Odeon 52595/52596

[XB.5461/XB.5460]. DER EVAN-GELIMANN: Selig sind (Kienzl) / IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS: Arie des Pylades (Gluck). Just about 1-2. $40.00.

9410. 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. $25.00.

3181. 10” Red PW HMV DA 4448 [ORA1775-I/ORA2220-I]. AUF EIN ALTE BILD (Wolf) / NACHRUF (Schoeck). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3182. 10” Plum HMV EG 3159 [ORA826-I/ORA827-II]. GEBAET / VERBORGENHEIT (both Wolf). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

KARL ERB in Die Meistersinger

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NATALIA ERMOLENKO [s]. See: NATALIA ERMOLENKO YUZHINA [s]

LÉON [LÉONCE-ANTOINE] ESCALAÏS [t]. Near Narbonne, 1859-Paris, 1941. A student at the Toulouse and Paris Conservatoires, Escalaïs made his debut as Arnoldo in Rossini’s William Tell at the Paris Opèra in 1883. He appeared in most major French houses, as well as La Scala where, in 1888, 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. Most copies of his records, as a result, usually turn up quite worn, the group below being a remarkable exception.

9371. 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 CORRA-DETTI [b], GIUSEPPE SALA [t], ANGELO ALGOS [t], GIOVANNI MASOTTI [bs]. 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.

1496. 11” Odeon HRS 2008 (Fonotipia 39414/39370) [XPh473-2/XPh498]. Same as previous listing (item #9371). Few lightest marks. Both copies should obviously play equally well. Cons. 2. $250.00.

9421. 11” Fonotipia 39196/39342 [XPh ? /XPh432-2]. WILLIAM TELL: Troncar suoi dì (Rossini). Two sides. With ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI [b], ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. You won’t find a better copy than this. Just about 1-2. $300.00.

9436. 11” Fonotipia 39427/39428 [XPh489/XPh466]. WILLIAM TELL: Asile héreditaire / PROPHÉTE: Roi du ciel (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $350.00.

1501. 11” Fonotipia 39546/39563 [XPh1674/XPh1720]. PASTORALE LANGUEDOCIENNE (Rupès) / LE CID: O Souverain! (Massenet). Side one just about 1-2. Small PB. One LGT side two, cons. 2. $300.00.

9447. 11” Fonotipia 39546/39563 [XPh1674/XPh1720]. PASTORALE LANGUEDOCIENNE (Rupès) / LE CID: O Souverain! (Massenet). Few LGTs side two, otherwise gen. 2. $250.00.

1495. 11” Fonotipia 39565/39566 [XPh1726/XPh1729]. POLYEUCTE: Source déliceuse (Gounod) / OTELLO: Tout m’abondonne (Verdi). In French. A remarably clean copy, just about 1-2. $350.00.

9435. 11” Fonotipia 39564/39562 [XPh1725/XPh1719]. IL TROVATORE: O toi mon seul espoir (Verdi) / JÉRUSALEM: Je veux encore entendre (Verdi). His brilliant top notes are here unimpaired by needle wear. Cons. 2. $350.00.

2424. 12” PW French Tresor du Chant AFG 3. POLYEUCTE: Stances (Gounod) / JEAN LASSALLE [b]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir (Massenet). Side two creator performance (1877 premiere). Excellent re-recordings from Fonotipia/Pathé originals. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

GUERRINA FABBRI [c]. Ferrara, 1855-Turin, 1946. Her debut was in 1885 and she soon became noted as a Rossini specialist. Her career, international in scope, continued until 1925 and gradually evolved to character roles, such as Mistress Quickly in Falstaff. Fabbri’s only records (1903 G&TS, although a 1910 Columbia test was made) are prized collector pieces. 2819. 10” Red Milano G&T 53318 [160-R]. ROMEO E GIULIETTA: Se Romeo t’uccise un

figlio [Cavatina] (Bellini). Some LGTs, 3-4. $150.00.

ISIDORO FAGOAGA [t] 3244. 10” Green Eng. PW Columbia D12311 [WB2490-2/WB24998]. WALKÜRE: Canto

della primavera (Wagner) / ANDREA CHENIER: Si, fui soldate (Giordano). Lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $35.00.

1519. 12” Blue Spanish PW Columbia Regal D14728 [WBX520/WBX521]. GÖTTER-DÄMMERUNG: Siegfried’s Narration, Act III (Wagner). Two sides. In Italian. Lt. rubs, minor surface ripples one area should be harmless. 2-3. $30.00.

MARIA FARNETI [s]. See Edison Cylinders for biographical sketch and another recording.

4096. 11” Red Fonotipia 69199/69200 [XPh5094/XPh5095]. LA WALLY: Prendi, fanciul e serbata / LA WALLY: Ebben? ne andrò lontana (Catalani). Scarce. IMs on lbl. side two. 2. $75.00.

1521. 12” PW Green It. Columbia GQX 10326 [WBX1078/WBX1079]. IRIS: Io piango / IRIS: La piovra (Mascagni). Few MGTs, one tiny LSS, cons. 2. $60.00.

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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 Leh- mann. 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 version. 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 McCar- thy through Maria Callas.

3057. 10” White HMV Advance Copy 33618 [1315r]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

1608. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 43780/43796 [1313r/1314r]. DER SCHWARZE DOMINO: Ines so schön (Auber) / MANON: Nützet die schönen Ju-gendtage (Massenet). Very scarce. Only forms of issue. One tiny PB, small lbl. scr., otherwise just about 1-2. $35.00.

1601. 10” White RCA Victor vinyl 87165. MODEST HEART (Hugo Wolf). Excellent pressing (probably 1950s) of perhaps Farrar’s scarcest Victor. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3751. 10” Red Victrola 87348. SI MES VERS AVAIENT DES AILES! (Hahn). Harp acc. Francis J. Lapitino. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3363. 10” White Victor test matrix B-26734-2. CHANT VENETIEN (Bemberg). Harp acc. Francis J. Lapitino. Unpublished (except for IRCC issue). Recorded 8 Sept. 1922. Excellent late ‘30s pressing, RCA Victor bk. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1573. 10” White RCA Victor vinyl pressing of IRCC 55 [BVE-27731-3/B-26734-2]. SERE-NADE (Strauss) / CHANT VENETIEN (Bemberg). Both side (first electric, second acoustic) otherwise unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1392. 12” Red Victor 88053. TANNHÄUSER: Elisabeth’s Gebet (Wagner). 2nd take, 1909. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1697. 12” Red Victor 88114. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Scarce. Lightest NR on label. Surface as new. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2670. 12” Red ’08 Victrola 88126. DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1977. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 88147. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). First of three takes issued under this number. This was recorded in Dec., 1908 and was replaced less than a year later. Scarce, particularly in this condition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2205. 12” Red vinyl Victrola 88405. KÖNIGSKINDER: Lieber Spielmann (Humperdinck). This was not a creator performance as it is sung in the opera by the Broommaker’s Daughter. One lightest (no harm) superficial scr., otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

1069. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 88409. LOVE’S LIKE A SUMMER ROSE (George Chadwick). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1976. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88412. KÖNIGSKINDER: Weisst noch das grosse Nest (Humperdinck). Creator recording. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1385. 12” Red ‘12 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 88424. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Oh gioia, la nube leggera (Wolf-Ferrari). With orch. and Salvatore DiStefano [harp]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GERALDINE FARRAR and pet of the moment

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1275. 12” Red Victor 88511. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Early “B” plate. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1019. 12” Red Victor “A” plate 88533. CARMEN: Je t’aime encore [Final Scene, Part II]. With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2035. 12” Red Victor 88538. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays (Thomas). With FRITZ KREISLER [vln]. Early “B” plate. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1322. 12” Red Victrola 89038. MIGNON: Les Hirondelles (Thomas). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1357. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 89040. FAUST: Elle ouvre sa fenêtre (Gounod). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2503. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 51. CARMEN: Halte là! Qui va là / CARMEN: Au quartier (Bizet). Both with GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. From orig. 1915 Victor matrices. Side two never commercially issued and otherwise available only on rare IRCC edition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2242. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 55. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / TOSCA: Or stammi a sentir (Puccini). From orig. 1911 Victor matrices, side one never commercially issued. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

EILEEN FARRELL [s] 1970. 12” Blk. Vinyl RCA Victor Special Purpose Set DM-1233 [12-0354 – 12-0356].

“GEDICHTE” SONG CYCLE (Wesendonck-Wagner). Six sides. With LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI dir. His Symphony Orchestra. Silent surface pressing for radio stations. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MAUD FAY [s]. San Francisco, 1878-San Francisco, 1964. A pupil of Aglaja Orgeni in Dresden for three years, Fay made her debut in Munich, 1906, as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. She remained a popular artist in Munich through 1914, also appearing as a guest at the Berlin Hofoper, Frankfurt, Zurich, and Covent Garden (her debut there in 1914 was as Sieglinde in Die Walküre). She subsequently appeared at the Metropolitan Opera (1915-17) (singing Sieglinde and Elsa), with the Chicago Opera (1916-17) and toured with the San Carlo Opera. Following her marriage in 1922 to Powers Symington, a retired commander of the USS Tacoma, she retired and returned to her native San Francisco. The duet below with Heinrich Knote is the only known recording of Fay's voice.

1901. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 044068/044067 [214s/211s]. LOHENGRIN: Das süsse Lied. With HEINRICH KNOTE [t] / KNOTE [t], PAUL BENDER [bs]. MARTHA: Ja seit frühester Kindheit Tagen (Flotow). Side one couple LGTs, cons. 2. Side two minor rubs, just about 2. $35.00.

MAUD FAY (some negative damage)

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FRITZ FEINHALS [b] 1314. 12” Blk. Victor 68484 [2383c/2384c]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Die Frist ist um

(Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GERMAINE FERALDY [s] 2245. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Colmbia 50231-D [WLX607-1/WLX609-2]. BARTERED BRIDE:

Duet Act I, Jenek-Marienka / BARTERED BRIDE: Duet Act III, Jenek-Marienka (Smetana). In French. With MARCEL CLAUDEL [t]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JEANNE FERENCZY [ms] 4098. 10” B&S Columbia 1230 [take 1]. LES HUGUENOTS: Nobil Signori, Salute (Meyer-

beer). In Italian. Announced. Skillful coloratura. Top condition, just about 1-2. $20.00.

3812. 10” Blk. GP ’08 Victor 3850. IM HERBST (Franz). In German. Fine voice and interpretation. I wish I could find some information about her. She’s too good to have just been a local singer. There was a Ferenczy Opera Company active in New York in the late 1890s-early 1900s, but I have no idea whether or not she was connected. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

4097. 12” Blk GP ’08 Victor 39051 [C-4941]. CSÖDES EJ VAN [CZARDAS] (Abranyi). In Hungarian. Her only 12” record. Few rubs, 2. $20.00.

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. 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 1910 into 1912 he recorded 17 sides for Victor of songs and arias in multiple languages, only four sides of Russian songs were actually issued. 3874. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 63642. DIWNYJE OTSHI / ASRA (Rubinstein). Piano acc.

Lt. rubs, one very tiny scr., 2-3. $12.00.

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 Roseaura in the Genoa premiere (one of six simultaneous premieres) of Mascagni’s Le Maschere, 1901. At Turin’s Teatro Regio, the center of much of her career, she created the roles of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (1893) and Mimi (1896) in 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. She retired from the stage in 1909.

1424. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 53286 [2928-R]. SE TU M’AMI (Pergolesi). Plays at 68.1 rpm and requires narrow (1.5 mil) stylus. Very attractive performance and a tremendous rarity. Few harmless small pressing bumps. Cons. 2. $1000.00.

GUY FERRANT [t] 3791. PW Blk. French Columbia DF 2305 [CL6456-I/CL6462-I]. PAYSAGE TRISTE / LE

PLUS BEAU PRÉSENT (both Reynaldo Hahn). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

LUIGI FERRONI [bs]. Firenze, 1883 or 1885-1962. An important Italian bass with an extradinarily long career, Ferroni made his debut in Firenze as the King in Aida. He subsequently appeared in almost every Italian theater, as well as in Madrid at the Teatro Reale and in Holland. His La Scala debut was in 1914 as Fafner in Götterdämmerung. In 1921, he created the role of the Ogre in the world premiere of Mascagni’s Il Piccolo Marat. The last performance traced of Ferroni was as Raimondo in Lucia, 1952, in Sesto Fiorentino. Despite over fifty years on stage, his only recordings seem to have been six sides for La Fonotecnica around 1923.

1417. 10” Red La Fonotecnica B.3023/B.3024. MEFISTOFELE: Aria del fischio / MEFI-STOFELE: Ecco il mondo (Boïto). 3-4. $20.00.

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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.

3234. 10” Raised Rim Red G&T 22547 [293x]. YOU ARE MY MORNING; THE LOVERS (both Wrangel). 1901 matrix. Very ap-pealing, particularly the passionate first song. Few LGTs, 2-3. $250.00.

2809. 10” Raised Red G&T 22596x [369z-T2-2z]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Sici-liana (Mascagni). Bright label. Clean surface except for some LGTs (not heavy blasting), 2-3. $250.00.

1463. 10” Flush Red G&T 22597 [447x-No-2z]. OTELLO: Recit. and Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi). Speaking voices heard immediately after Figner finishes. Lightest wear first three grooves, light lbl. fade, few LGTs, otherwise a very clean copy, 2-3. $1000.00.

3183. 10” Red St. Petersburg G&T 3-22703 [6418L]. I REMEMBER THE EVENING (Cui); LEAVE ME (Davidov). Piano acc. Minor pen mk. Couple LGTs, otherwise clean 2-3. $200.00.

MARIO FILIPPESCHI [t] 2573. 12” Brown late VdP S.10602 [2BA7669-

3/2B7670-1]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improv-viso (Giordano) / AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPINA FINZI-MAGRINI [s] 9309. 11” Fonotipia 92286/92287 [XPh3491/3490].

FRA DIAVOLO: Or son sola / FRA DIA-VOLO: Già per la danza (Auber). Couple LGTs side two, otherwise cons. 2. $20.00.

ANNA FITZIU (FITZHUGH) [s] 2232. 12” Blk. Plastic IRCC 3147. GOYESCAS: La

Maja y El Ruiseñor (Granados) / AVE MA-RIA (Bach-Gounod). RR from rare 14” Pathé (only form of issue). Side one creator per-formance. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD (HALL) [s]. 3540. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor V-15014. PEER GYNT: Solveigs Sang (Grieg) / SAETERJEN-

TENS SÖNTAG (Ole Bull). Extremely rare 1931 Victor issue. Flagstad was unknown in the U.S. at that time, her “overnight” success here still four years in the future. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

NICOLAI FIGNER

ANNA FITZIU and her non-musical scale

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EDITHA FLEISCHER [s] 3725. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 77856. MERRY WIDOW: Vilja-Lied (Lehár) / MARTHA:

Sommers letzte Rose (Moore-Flotow). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 4099. 12” Grey acous. Polyphon 50010 [1as/2as]. MIGNON: Polonaise / HUGUENOTS:

Pagen-Arie (Meyerbeer). Excellent copy. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $60.00.

KATHARINE FLEISCHER-EDEL [s] 9438. 11” Multicolor Odeon X52442/X51950 [XB3076/XB4919]. WALKÜRE: Du bist der

Lenz / CÄCILIE RUSCHE-ENDORF [s]. WALKÜRE: Walkürenruf (Wagner). Cons. 2. $60.00.

MIGUEL FLETA [t] 3712. 10” Red acous. Victrola 1073. AMAPOLA

(Lacalle) / BIMBA, NON T’AVVICINAR (Bettinelli). Just about 1-2 ( i.e., as new). $12.00.

1379. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6631 [CS2432-III/ CS2444-I]. LOHENGRIN: Racconto / LOHENGRIN: Cigno fedel (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1777. 12” Red. Orth. Victrola 7208 [CJ2155-II/ CJ1848-II]. HIMNO A LA EXPOSICIÓN DE SEVILLA (Alvarez-Alonso) / GRAMO-PHONE ORCHESTRA. SEVILLA (Al-béniz). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1810. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7208 [CJ2155-II/ CJ1848-II]. Same as previous listing (item #1777). Small possible ULC about one inch from spindle hole side one, couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

2529. 12” Red acous. late VdP DB 524 [CE392-I/CE393-II]. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) / GIULIETTA E ROMÉO: Giulietta, son io (Zandonai). Side two creator perform-ance. It differs musically somewhat from later LP recordings (such as Del Monaco) so I suspect that Fleta is singing it as originally written and the later recordings are revisions by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2339. 12” Red Czech Gramola DB 1170 [CJ1234-IIT1/CJ1235-IIT1]. MARINA: Trio (Arrieta). Two sides. With MA-THILDE REVENGA [s], EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Excellent copy. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

VLADIMIR FLORIANSKY [t]. Lvóv, 1854-1911. Born as Wladyslaw Floryan Kohmann, Florianski began his career in Lvóv as an operetta singer. In the later 1880s he turned to opera and quickly became established as a leading tenor in Prague, Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and St. Petersburg, among other cities. In 1888 he was Lenski in the Prague premiere of Tschaikowsky’s Eugen Onegin (1888) and Hermann in the same composer’s Pique Dame (1892). His other roles included principal tenor roles in operas of Dvorák, Fibich and Smetana, as well as such Italian works as Aida, Otello and Cavalleria Rusticana. Late in his career (1906-07) he made a concert tour of the U.S. His records are very rare.

9381. 11” Brown Odeon 38539/38519 [XV ? /XV62]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Kuda, kuda (Tschaikowsky) / FRANTISEK PÁCAL [t]. LASKY MAJ [FRÜHLINGSZEIT] (Becker). A virtually unknown record, recorded late 1904 (piano acc.), by two very important tenors. I think the speeds are probably 84.2/88.2. Despite looking quite terrible, 5-6, side one plays reasonably cleanly (little greying evident) except for incidental clicks from a few small NDs. Last groove sticks but it may be inherent as the record concludes so close to the center. Side two has some more greying which isn’t horribly disturbing. $35.00.

MIGUEL FLETA as Baldo in Riccitelli's I Compagnacci

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TINO FOLGAR [t] 3728. 10” PW Plum HMV B.4361 [OB3902-III/OB3903-III]. FRASQUITA: Serenade (Le-

hár) / JUST ONE OF MY DREAMS (B. Kaper). In English. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CESARE FORMICHI [b] 2930. 10” Green acous. Columbia E1809

[41821-1/41824-1]. SORA MIA (de Curtis) / SUSPIRANNO (Nardella). Just about 2. $8.00.

3052. 10” Eng. Columbia Popolare D669 [41821/41840]. SORA MIA (de Curtis) / CORE ‘E MAMMA (Feola?). Fine surface material (mid-‘20s), superficial rubs, 2-3. $8.00.

3029. 10” Blue acous. Columbia D1489 [A940/A941]. TOSCA: Ella verra / TOSCA: Già! Mi dicon venal (Puccini). Orch. dir. Albert W. Ketelbey. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2701. 12” acous. Columbia Popolare D17321 [74840/74843]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / GIOCONDA: O mon-umento (Ponchielli). Excellent mid-‘20s laminated pressing. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2693. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Col. 50087-D [WAX2744/WAX2747]. TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini) / THAÏS: Oasis and Finale, 3rd Act (Massenet). Side two with GRACE HOLST [s]. Formichi and Grace Holst Olsen were married in 1927, Holst an American (about age 20 at the time) with the Chicago Opera, where the artists met. 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.

1084. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74122. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Que fais-tu, blanche touterelle? (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2393. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 81. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Que fais-tu, blanche touterelle? (Gounod) / FAUST: Le parlate d’amor (both Gounod). From orig. 1910 Victor matrices. Side two first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

JOHN FORSELL [b]. Stockholm, 1868-1941. His debut was as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Stockholm Opera in 1896. He was a regular member of the company through 1911 and a guest until 1938. From 1924 through 1939 he also served as its Director. In addition to his steady vocal activity in Sweden both in opera and on the concert stage, Forsell made guest appearances at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera (including the first performance there of Tschaikowsky’s Queen of Spades), and in Copenhagen. From the period of 1924 through 1931 he taught voice at the Stockholm Conservatory, two prominent pupils having been tenors Jussi Björling and Set Svanholm. While Forsell’s repertoire was large, he was particularly acclaimed as Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Songs and arias below are all sung in Swedish.

3644. 10” Blk. Victor 67943 [7030e/11579b]. MIN SJÄL LÄNGTAR OCH TRÄNGTAR [MY SOUL IS LONGING AND YEARNING] (Wenneberg)/ VÅRT LAND, VÅRT LAND [OUR COUNTRY] (Pacius). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CESARE FORMICHI as Athaniel in Thaïs

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3655. 10” Blk. Victor 69359 [827ab/828ab]. VÄRFNINGEN [song cycle]: No. 4, Striden [The Fight] / VÄRFNINGEN: No. 5, Afskedet [The Farewell] (von Reder). Cons. 2. $12.00.

2960. 10” Blk. Victor 69360 [7029e/277ae]. EN SVANE (Grieg) / AFTONSTÄMNING (Körling). Cons. 2. $12.00.

3487. 12” Red acous HMV M.69 [198aj/450ac]. KUNG HEIMER OCH ASLÖG (Söderman)/ FAVORITA: Så mycken kärlek (Donizetti). Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2.

$10.00. 3488. 12” Blk. acous. HMV M.70 [0716v/0717v]. PAGLIACCI: Prologen (Leoncavallo) /

BARBER OF SEVILLE: Facotumsarian (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

GRETE FORST [s]. Vienna, 1878-1942. Forst, born Margarete Feiglstock, made her operatic debut as Lucia in Cologne, 1900. Three years later she was invited to the Vienna Hofoper by Gustav Mahler where she appeared regularly as a leading coloratura until her marriage in 1911. She thereupon retired from the operatic stage and became a mother, but she continued as a concert singer and teacher for many years. Forst (then Mme. Schuschny) converted to Catholicism in 1940, but two years later she was trans- ported to the Maly Trostents extermination camp in Belo- russia where she was murdered on June 1, 1942 – Wikipedia.

3921. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 43814/43890 [4245L/DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR: Frohsinn und Laune (Nicolai) / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Lockruf (Goldmark). Excellent performances, beautiful singing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3951. 10” Blk. Wien GT 43905/43906 [9943u/9952u]. FRA DIAVOLO: Arblick auf Felsen-höhn (Auber) / DIE GLÖCKCHEN DES ERMITEN: Arie der Rose (Maillart). Two LGTs side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

3956. 10” Blk. Wien Angel Pre-Dog Con. Gram. 2-43144/2-43145 [13043u/13044u]. FRA DIAVOLO: Welches Glück (Auber) / WINTER-MÄRCHEN: Schmückt euch (Goldmark). Side two is a creator recording. Couple harmless rubs side two, cons. 2. $20.00.

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 in a number of stages in the French provinces. 3633. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 32115 [250-F]. LES

HUGUENOTS: Bénédiction des Poignards (Meyerbeer). Narrow stylus for best sound. Nice copy of this rarity, gen. 2. $100.00.

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.

3022. 12” Red elec. Eng. Columbia RQ 12632 [WB3859/WB3866]. ANDREA CHENIER: Un di m’era di gioia / ANDREA CHENIER: Son sessant’anni (Giordano). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

GRETE FORST

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2002. 12” Red Victrola 6829 [CR4797-II-T1/CR4920-II]. ERNANI: Gran Dio / ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (Verdi). Side two with ANGELA D’URBINO [s], JOSÉ PALET [t]. Palet’s only electrical recording and the only recording of d’Urbino (who had a substantial Italian career). Cons. 2. $7.00.

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 Wies- baden, 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”.

3952. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 2-43330/2-43331 [10854L/10855L]. DIE SCHWARZE DOMI-NO: Ach diese Nacht / DIE SCHWARZE DO-MINO: Unheilvolle Nacht (Auber). Two ULCs side one. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3849. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. 2-43357/2-43358 [10865L/10859L]. HUGUENOTS: O glücklich Land (Meyerbeer) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Rosen-Arie (Mozart). Few tiny LSSs (harmless), cons. 2. $15.00.

1701. 12” PW elec. Parlophon P.9100 [2-20205/ 2-20206]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Rare. Two sides. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $40.00.

PAUL FRANZ [t] 2988. 10” PW French Col. DF255 [WL2520/

WL2529]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure) / HOSANNA (Granier). Side one just about 1-2. Side about the same except a few MGTs. $12.00.

2130. 12” PW Blue Fr. Columbia LVFX 56 [WLX642-4/WLX1351]. SIGURD: Les bruits des chants s’éteint (Reyer) / HÉRODIADE: Ne pouvant réprimer (Massenet). One short LSS. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $10.00.

1161. 12” PW Red Pathé X.90048 [250251/ 250252]. SIGURD: La buit des chants s’éteint (Reyer) / HÉRODIADE: Ne pouvant réprimer (Masse-net). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

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 and 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.

1838. 12” Red Milano G&T 053048 [312½i]. CREPUSCOLO TRISTE (Giordano). With chimes, piano, harmonium directed by the composer. Giordano, who signed the matrix, composed this “expressly for the Gramo-phone Company” in a commissioning series they sponsored in 1903-04. 2. $10.00.

PAUL FRANZ

HEDWIG FRANCILLO-KAUFFMANN

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1845. 12” Red It. Disco Gramofono DB 605 [312½ai/1474c]. CREPUSCOLO TRISTE (Giordano) / FRANCESCO DE LUCIA [t]. LOHENGRIN: Cigno gentil (Wagner). Stamper used for side one is the same as for the preceding (item #1838) version, even as to the pitch grooves following the performance. Cons. 2. $12.00.

GIULIO FREGOSI [b] 2263. 12” Art-Label Pathé X.15681 [N80003/

N80004]. HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas) / ANDREA CHENIER: Son sessant’ anni (Giordano). Lt. rubbing, gen. 2-3. $10.00.

OLIVE FREMSTAD [s]. 1855. 10” TC Columbia E2206 [39062-1/

38438-1]. WIEGENLIED (Brahms) / ROSA OLITZKA [c]. ICH LIEBE DICH (Grieg). Scarce doubling. Few minor rubs, 2. $15.00.

1966. 12” TC Columbia A5521 [30707-2/ 36807-3]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner) / DON CARLOS: O don fatale (Wagner). Late pressing, very fine surface material (best copy I’ve ever encountered of this). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

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 Notre-Dame, Werther, Cavaradossi, and Des Grieux, among other parts.

3411. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W516 [CE213-I/CE157-II]. L’ATTAQUE DU MOULIN: Adieux a la forêt (Bruneau) / YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. BOHÊME: Adieu de Mimì (Puccini). Side one just about 1-2. Side two 2. $12.00.

2678. 12” Red elec. PW Odeon 123.586 [XXP6746-I/XXP6993-I]. WERTHER: Duo de 4e acte (Massenet). Two sides. With GERMAINE CERNAY [s]. Cons. 2. $15.00.

POVLA FRIJSH [s] 3131. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1651 [OB6680-I/OB6681-II]. PENDANT LE BAL

(Tschaikowsky) / L’HIVER (Koechllin); LA PLUIE (Georges). Piano acc. Elof Nielsen. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2958. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1653 [OB6682-II/OB6683-I]. MED EN VANDULILJE (Grieg) / DANS LES RUINES D’UNE ABBAYE (Fauré). Piano acc. Elof Nielsen. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1948. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 1923 [2B-4378-I/2B4379-I]. L’ALBATROS (Kri�ka) / LA FON-TAINE DE CZARSKOÊ SELO (Cui); LIEBE SCHWARMT AUF ALLEN WEGEN (Schu-bert); JEG ELSKER DIG (Grieg). Piano acc. Daisy Bucktrout. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ANNI FRIND [s] 1904. 12” Blk. Scroll Victor 36195 [2RA1473-II/2RA1474-I]. BOCCACCIO: Selections (von

Suppe). Two sides. With WALTHER LUDWIG [t], WILHELM STRIENZ [bs]. Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. One LSS (rub rather than a scratch), otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

OLIVE FREMSTAD

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2062. 12” Plum PW HMV EH 207 [CLR4429-II/CLR4437-I]. CASANOVA: Nun’s Chorus/ ERNST HAUKE dir. BERLIN ORCH. CASANOVA: Spanische Romanze (Strauss, arr. Benatzky). The appealing “Nun’s Chorus” was issued considerably later on Victor but in dubbed form. Lbl. stains trademark area (stickers removed). Surfaces just about 1-2. $12.00.

2386. 12” Plum PW HMV EH 903 [2RA198-I/2RA199-I]. FIDELE SÄNGER AM RHEIN (Rheinlieder Potpourri arr. Emmermann). Two sides. With WALTHER LUDWIG [t], WILHELM STRIENZ [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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 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.

2129. 12” PW Eng. Parlophone E11047 [2-20125-2/2-20126-2]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tu, tu piccolo iddio (Puccini). Very lt. rubs, 2. $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 roles in 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.

1445. 10” Orange Disque Zonophone X-2015. JOCONDE: Romance (Nicolo). Announced by Fugère. Few LGTs, otherwise very clean, 2-3. $1500.00.

2400. 12” Blue French elec. Columbia LFX 32 [WLX1297/WLX1298]. LE MAÏTRE DE CHAPELLE: Grand Air (Paer). Two sides. Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Few superficial rubs, side one cons. 2, side two 2. $15.00.

2511. 12” PoW Eng. Col. D15119 [WLX350/WLX768]. JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME: Légende de la Sauge (Massenet) / MARISE BEAUJON [s], GEORGES THILL [t]. LOHENGRIN: Act III Duo (Wagner). In French. Fugère created the role of Boniface in the first Paris Opéra Comique performance, 1902. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2769. 12” PW Eng. Col. D15119 [WLX350/WLX768]. Same as preceding listing (item #2511). Three small LSSs (absolutely harmless) side one, few lt. rubs. 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 mid-1920s. His operatic debut was as Rodolfo in La Boheme at the Paris Opèra-Comique in 1932. Two years later he founded the Fujiwara Opera in Japan. He continued appearing internationally well into the 1950s. LeRoy Shield is piano accompanist for all of Fujiwara’s eight Victor sides.

1872. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 4104. MOON ON RUINED CASTLES / FISHERMAN’S SONG (Japanese). Piano acc. Leroy Shields. Tiny lbl. stkr., otherwise perfect copy. Excellent surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LUCIEN FUGÈRE in Massenet's Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame

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JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Near Stallin, Germany, 1872-Berlin, 1932. Gadski began voice lessons when she was six with Frau Schroeder-Chaloupka, her only teacher, with whom she remained for twelve years. She made her debut with the Kroll Opera at the age of 16, singing at first small roles. She 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 to 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.

3580. 10” Red vinyl Victor 81018 [B-693]. WALKÜRE: Battle Cry (Wagner). Piano acc. Rec. Nov. 11, 1903. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3993. 10” Blk. vinyl Victrola mat. B-7027-1. WALKÜRE: Fort denn eile (Wagner). Rec. Apr. 30, 1909. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3548. 10” Red vinyl Victor mat. B-8924-2. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Betrug! (Wagner). Unpublished Recorded 7 May 1910. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $35.00.

JOHANNA GADSKI [l.] and daughter

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1592. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 128 [B-8924-2/B-8599]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Betrug!/ GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Thaten (Wagner). From orig. 1910/1912 Victor matrices. Side one first edition. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

2148. 12” Red Victor 88038. LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1037. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Victrola 88041. VERBORGENE WUNDEN; LIKE THE ROSEBUD (both Frank LaForge). Piano acc. by the composer. Very rare. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1200. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88042 [take 1]. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1024. 12” Red Victor 88042 [take 3]. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2145. 12” Red Victor 88042 [take 3]. Same as preceding listing (item #1024). Two very

tiny scrs. (less than ¼”), otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

2147. 12” Red Victor 88058. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). The second [take 3] of three issued versions, available only from late 1913 through early 1915. The only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2605. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88058 [take 7]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). The last issued take, 1915. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4038. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88117. IRISH FOLK SONG (Foote). In English. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2146. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88165. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Dein Werk? (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1796. 12” Red Victor 88183. WALKÜRE: Brunnhildes Bitte (Wagner). Tiny lbl. scr. Surface just about 1-2. $12.00.

1766. 12” Red Victrola 88185. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Fliegt heim (Wagner). VrBk. Nice pressing. Cons. 2. $12.00.

1949. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88275. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor (Mozart). In Italian. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1127. 12” Red Victor 88369. MAGIC FLUTE: Bei Männern, welche Lieben (Mozart). With OTTO GORITZ [b]. A perfect copy, as would be most 1-2 listings (as this is). $15.00.

2036. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88377. LOHENGRIN: Euch lüften du mein Klagen (Wagner). Early “B” plate. Text lbl. on verso. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2095. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88379. TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi). Particularly scarce. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

1213. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88442. TANNHÄUSER: Verzeiht wenn ich nicht weiss (Wagner). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3408. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88442. Same as preceding listing (item #1213). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1214. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88443. TANNHÄUSER: Zurück von ihm! (Wagner). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2162. 12” Red Victor 88497. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò, ma prima in grazia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1685. 12” Red Victor 88495. OBERON: Ozean! Du Ungeheuer! (v.Weber). Part I. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4039. 12” Red Victor 88515. DIE WACHT AM RHEIN (Wilhelm). Another Gadski item that entered and left the catalogue quickly. Couple MGTs, gen. 2. $10.00.

1686. 12” Red Victor 88545. OBERON: Ozean! Du Ungeheuer! (v.Weber). Part II. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2732. 12” Red Victor 89025. AIDA: Alla pompa, che s’appresta (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Cons. 2. $8.00.

2140. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 89067. AIDA: Ciel! Mio Padre! (Verdi). With PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Early “B” plate. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2141. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 89068. AIDA: Su dunque! (Verdi). With PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Orig. “A” plate. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3425. 12” White lbl. Victrola 95201 [take 1]. MEISTERSINGER: Quintette (Wagner). With MARIE MATTFELD [ms], ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t], ALBERT REISS [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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2142. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 23. LOBETANZ: An allen Zweigen (Lobetanz) / DIE WACHT AM RHEIN (Wilhelm). From orig. 1912/1915 Victor matrices, both very rare in original form. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2143. 12” PW Silver Victrola IRCC 42. DON GIOVANNI: In quail eccessi / DIE ZAUBER-FLOTE: Du also bist mein Bräutigem (both Mozart). Side two with ANNA CASE [s], LENORA SPARKS [s], MARIE MATTFELD [ms]. From orig. 1910/1913 Victor matrices. I once asked Miss Case how she happened to make this solitary Victor record when she was, at the time, an Edison star. She had no recollection of it. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1642. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 146. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Versank ich jetzt in wunder-bares Träumen? / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wohl kenn’ ich Weibes heil’ge Pflichten (Wagner). Both with OTTO GORITZ [b]. From orig. 1912 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1369. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 164. OBERON: Ozean! du Ungeheuer! (v.Weber). Two sides. From orig. 1914/1915 Victor matrices. Tiny nick each side (couple of lt. ticks), otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

CARLO GALEFFI [b] 1801. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8927-M [74806/74807]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu /

OTELLO: Credo (both Verdi). Excellent shellac. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2628. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8928-M [74804/74805]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leonca-vallo) / GIOCONDA: O Monumento (Ponchielli). Excellent mid-‘20s pressing. Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

1044. 12” Blue PW elec. Columbia 5137-M [WBX76/WBX80]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu? / ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (both Verdi). As new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2081. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6485 [takes 3/3]. NERONE: O tutto è confessato / NERONE: Laggiù tra i giunchi di Genezareth [Finale of opera] (Boïto). Both with LUISA BERTANA [s]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2156. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6485 [takes 3/3]. Same as previous item (#2081). Small (1/8”) scr. side one. Small lbl. stkrs., 2-3. $8.00.

AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s] 3908. 10” Red acous. Victrola 632. LES

FILLES DE CADIX (Delibes) / TWILIGHT (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3836. 10” Red acous. Victrola 959. ORANGE BLOSSOMS: A Kiss in the Dark / MLLE. MODISTE: Kiss Me Again (both Victor Herbert). In English. Lovely. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3550. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1566. OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster) / LONG, LONG AGO (Bayly). Very rare, short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3319. 10” Blk. PW Victor 26568. PARLA! (Arditi) / SERENATA (Tosti). From earlier (1926/1927) Red Seal Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3981. 10” Blk. Vinyl White Victrola matrix BVE-46291-1. COMIN’ THRU’ THE RYE (Scottish Air). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3936. 10” Blk. Vinyl White Victrola matrix BVE-46391-2. COMIN’ THRU’ THE RYE (Scottish Air). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

JOAN SUTHERLAND [l.] and AMELITA GALLI-CURCI

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3257. 11” (oversized-trimmed 10”) shellac Victor test mat. BVE-59731-1. LA DANZA (Rossini). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. RCA Vr bk. Late ‘30s pressing. Unpublished except for VA issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3565. 10” Red acous. Victrola 3034. DON PASQUALE: Tornam a dir (Donizetti) / RIGO-LETTO: E il soll dell’ anima (Verdi). With TITO SCHIPA [t]. As mint, which the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1723. 12” Red acous. Czech Gramola DB 813 [C-28469/C-30297]. TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida / TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ali rosee (Verdi). Excellent pressing of this rare disc, available only in Europe. Cons. 2. $20.00.

1769. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 1169 [CVE-41233-3/CVE-41234-1]. RIGOLETTO: Dite alla giovane / RIGOLETTO: Imponete (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Quiet for-mer radio station copy (crayon mks. inner margin area). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1336. 12” Red Victor 74512. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). In Italian. Sung in the original high key of G. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1292. 12” Red Victrola 74594. TRAVIATA: E strano … Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Label signed and inscribed. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2679. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6469. PRETTY MOCKING BIRD (Bishop) / DINORAH: Si, carina (Meyerbeer). Side one flute obb. Manuel Berenguer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1073. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6784. ZEMIRE ET AZOR: La fauvette (Grétry) / AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1178. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7110. MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas) / BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Perfect copy on ideal shellac. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1375. 12” Red RCA Victor 7655 [21/6]. RIGOLETTO: Recit. … Caro nome (Verdi) / ÉTOILE DU NORD: Aria with Two Flutes (Meyerbeer). Side one take issued only in the post-War period. The earlier take did not include the recitative. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GERMAINE GALLOIS [s]. Paris, 1869- 1932. A vocal student of Mme. Paravicini, Gallois made her debut at the Théâtre des Nou- veautés and subsequently appeared at almost all the theaters of Paris, including the Moulon- Rouge, in operettas (many by Offenbach) and music hall. She created several operetta roles, including later in her career (1925) the role of Madame d’Epinay in the Guitry-Hahn Mozart. She was noted both for her beauty and the appealing quality of her voice. One writer, Eu- gen Weber, states that Gallois never accepted a sitting role due to the rigidity of the steel bracing in her corset. Her figure looked stunning, but at what must have been an un- comfortable price. Her few records for Colum- bia in 1903 are both rare and desirable.

3752. 10” B&S Columbia 50596 [take 1]. VALSE BLEUE (Margis). Piano acc. Nice copy. Two pinpoint ticks, one very small PB (should be harmless). 2. $100.00.

MARIA GALVANY [s] 3639. 10” Red Vinyl Victor pressing of

Gramophone 53483 [4731h]. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1857. 10” Red Angel Pre-Dog 53551 [11192b]. SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge (Bellini). Small bump outer margin area (obviously of no consequence), otherwise just about 1-2. $25.00.

2079. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88220 [1450c]. MAGGIO [MAYTIME] (Dufau). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GERMAINE GALLOIS

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2324. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88220 [1450c]. Same as preceding item (#2079). Very lt. rubs, one lt. NR on lbl. 2. $15.00.

2280. 12” Red Victrola 88236 [1399½c]. L’INCANTATRICE (Arditi). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2347. 12” Red Victrola 88236 [1399½c]. L’INCANTATRICE (Arditi). One short (harmless) LSS last half inch, couple lightest rubs, small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2415. 12” Red Victrola 89145 [1456f]. TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). With REMO ANDREINI [t]. Some LGTs, otherwise cons. 2. $10.00.

2343. 12” White Victor IRCC 053153/053181 [1303c/1453½c]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / LUCIA: Splendon le sacre faci (Donizetti). Superb late ‘30s unnumbered IRCC pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2279. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1010. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Thomas) / DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). From orig. 1908 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

FRASER GANGE [b] 3171. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1990-D [W148377-5/W148380-2]. HEIMLICHE

AUFFORDERUNG / RUHE, MEINE SEELE (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

EDOARDO GARBIN [t] 9407. 11” Fonotipia 92033/92399 [XPh2762/XPh3746]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore

ignobile/ ELISA PETRI [ms]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Il segreto per esser felici (Donizetti). One tiny scr. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

3275. 11” Columbia-Fonotipia 92028/92033 (F68) [XPh2798/XPh2762]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano) / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3292. 11” Fonotipia 92269/92270 [XPh ? /XPh3500]. FEDORA: Vedi io piango/ FEDORA: Addio a domani [Final Duet, act II] (Giordano). With GIANNINA RUSS [s]. IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

AUGUSTA GARCIA [s]. The label indicates that she was with the Opera de Monte-Carlo, but the Walsh books on that house do not contain any mention of her. Having recorded for the Gramophone Company, she must have had a career of some substance.

3435. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W369 [3483c/3486c]. MANON: Je suis encore toute étourdie (Massenet) / CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet). Lt. mks., 2. $15.00.

MARY GARDEN [s]. Aberdeen, 1874- Inverurie, 1967. Raised in Chicago, Garden first studied there and then 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 “De- puis 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 et Méli- sande, 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!

MARY GARDEN

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3138. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 107. L’OMBRE DES ARBRES / IL PLEURE DANS MON COEUR (both Debussy). RR from 1904 G&Ts accompanied by Debussy. Label signed by Garden. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3539. 10” Gold Flags Columbia A-1190 [19856-1/19857-1]. JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO / COMIN’ THRU’ THE RYE (Old Scottish Airs). Superb pressing. Cons. 2. $25.00.

3858. 10” Vinyl RCA Victor Test Pressing, matrix BVE-40733-2. AFTON WATER (Scottish Air). Unpublished take, only known copy. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

2968. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1480 [takes 4/5]. ANNIE LAURIE (Scott) / AFTON WATER (Scottish Air). Piano acc. Jean Dansereau. Only form of issue. Tiny lbl. crease side one, few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

1081. 12” TC Columbia A5289 [30699-1/30701-2]. JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Liberté! (Massenet) / HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Good shellac. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MABEL GARRISON [s] 3971. 10” Red Victrola 64978. PARYSATIS: Nightingale and the Rose (Saint-Saëns). Just

about 1-2. $8.00.

1339. 12” Red Victor 74488. VOCE DI PRIMAVERA (J. Strauss). Orch. dir. George Siemonn [Garrison’s husband]. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $6.00.

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 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 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 this appears to be no relative, as her place of birth is given as Springfield, MA.

3561. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 69492. LA VIVANDIÈRE: Viens avec nous, petit (Godard) / LE RETOUR DE PROMIS (Dessauer). Scarce. IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3170. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 72166. LE PONT D’AVIGNON; AH! VOUS DIRAI-JE, MAMAN; LA BONNE AVEN-TURE; J’AI DU BON TABAC / LA CASQUETTE DU PÈRE BUGEAUD; LA MIST’ EN LAIRE; FRÈRE JACQUES, EN PASSAN PAR LA LORRAINE (French Songs). ‘30s pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3323. 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. $35.00.

ELENA GERHARDT [ms].

1803. 10” pressed on 12” vinyl white lbl. HMV 2-43404 [13438r]. CÄCILIE (Strauss). Orch. acc. Excellent sound. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3399. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 208 [3539r/3540r]. ICH HAB’ EIN KLEINES LIED ERDACHT (Bungert) / WIE SOLTEN WIR GEHEIM SIE HALEN? (R. Strauss); NEUE LIEBE (Rubinstein). Piano acc. ARTHUR NIKISCH. From orig. 1908 Berlin matrices. IMs. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3195. 10” Pink Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion B3112 [03546/03547X]. MORGEN! (Strauss) / DER MUSENSOHN (Schubert). Piano acc. Harold Craxton. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

EVA GAUTHIER

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CONSTANZO GERO [t] 3704. 10” Green Cetra TI 7039 [52412/52413]. DON PASQUALE: Sogno soave è casto

(Donizetti) / BARBIERE DI SIGIVLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Rec. 11 Oct. 1945. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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.

1587. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 109. WERTHER: Laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet) / CHANSON SLAVE (Chaminade). From orig. 1909 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2699. 12” Red Victrola 88166. SAPHO: O ma lyre immortelle (Gounod). VrBk. Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2052. 12” Red Victrola 88184. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). VrBk. Excellent ‘30s pressing. Lbl. tear in trademark area, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

2497. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88198. ORFEO: J’ai perdu mon Euridice (Gluck). IMs, few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

1096. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88205 [C-8332-1]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Plus grand dans son obscurité (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2455. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88205 [C-8332-1?]. Same as preceding listing (item #1096), however this may be take 2. I haven’t checked carefully. IMs, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $18.00.

1734. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88317. PAUL ET VIRGINIE: Air du Tigre (Massé). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2348. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Victrola 88368. D’UNE PRISON (Hahn). Her rarest Victor, by far. Very lt. IMs. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

2517. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 73 [C-8332-2/C-9700-2]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Plus grand dans son obscurité (Gounod) / PAUL ET VIRGINIE: Parmi les lianes (Massé). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1674. 12” PW Silver Victor HRA 1011. SAPHO: O my lyre immortelle (Gounod) / D’UNE PRISON (Hahn). From orig. 1909/1911 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

1919. 12” Silver Flags Columbia A5633 [36825-1/36832-1]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Amour, viens aider / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Rare, indeed, on late smooth surface material. The only copy I’ve seen pressed in this format. One tiny, harmless rim patina, small IM. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

DUSOLINA GIANNINI [s]. 3707. 10” PoW Red Victor 1168. I LOVE YOU TRULY / JUST A-WEARYIN’ FOR YOU (both

Jacobs-Bond). Good surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3584. 10” PW It. Disco Gram. DA 1024 [Bb15481-II/Bb15483-II]. LUISÉ-CANZONE POPOLARE NAPOLETANA /LA FIERA DEL MAST ANDREA: Ohie Meneche (both arr. Vittorio Giannini). A particularly scarce Giannini item. Lt. rubs, 2. $25.00.

3681. 10” White HMV test DA 1025 [Bb15476-III/Bb16475-IV]. LOVE HAS EYES (Bishop) / MY LOVELY CELIA (Higgins). Orch. dir. George Byng. Gen. 2. $20.00.

JEANNE GERVILLE-RÉACHE

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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 appearing 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.

1406. 10” Berliner 931. MARTHA: Solo profugo (Flotow). Announced by Giannini. Recorded May 6, 1896. A very decent copy of a record dating from the infancy of disc recording. Few LGTs, harmless surface depressions, 3-4. $100.00

BENIAMINO GIGLI [t] 3694. 10” Red Victrola 64854

[20275b]. MEFISTOFELE: GIunto sul passo (Boïto). Rare Victor issue, replaced a few months later by Victrola 64942. Small PB, gen. 2. $35.00.

3664. 10” Red “Z” shellac Victor 1213. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / TOS-CA: Recondita armonia (both Puccini). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3304. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1403. STORNELLI MARINI (Mascagni) / CANTA PE’ ME (DeCurtis). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3595. 10” late Australian HMV EC 236 (DA 2060) [OEA17306-4A/17319-3A. NOTTE D’O CORE (Companino) / SENZA TE (Silveri). Excellent surface material, few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3312. 10” late Red acous. VdelP DA 586 [B-27010-2/B-27533-2]. TOSCA: O dolci mani (Puccini) / LORELEY: Nel verde maggio (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3980. 10” late Red VdelP DA 1292 [OM844-II/OM845-I]. LUCIA, LUCI (DeCurtis) / ‘A CANZONA ‘E NAPULE (Bovio). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1878. 10” late Red VdelP DA 1374 [OW2430-II/OW2431-II]. ADDIO, BEL SONO (De Curtis) / LA CANZONE DELL’AMORE (Bixio). Excellent late pressing, along with most other Gigli discs in this grouping. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3978. 10” late Red VdelP DA 1487 [ORA1307-II/ORA1308-I]. SOLTANTO TU MARIA (DeCurtis) / ANIMA MIA (Melichar). From film Ave Maria. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3814. 10” late Red VdelP DA 1618 [OBA2347-I/OBA2350-II]. SERENATA (Tosti) / MATTI-NATA VENEZIANA (Di Mari). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3977. 10” late Red VdelP DA 1654 [OBA2747-I/OBA6350-III]. DESIDERIO (Bixio) / MARECHIARE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3720. 10” Red HMV DA 1894 [OEA12597-I/OEA12598-I]. BLESS THIS HOUSE (Brahe) / SMILIN’ THRO’ (Penn). In English. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3529. 10” late Red Electrola DA 2067 [OEA17895-2A/OEA17896-2A]. RITORNERO STASERA (de Veroli) / SURRIENTO (Tufano). Orch. dir. Enrico Sivieri. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3735. 10” late Red VdelP DA 2077 [OEA18131-IIA/OEA18147-IIA]. ROSI’ ROSI’ (de Luca)/O PITTORE ‘E TUTTO ‘O MUNNO (Angelo). Excellent pressing as with most of these other Gigli listings. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

1863. 10” late Red VdeP DA 5376 [OBA3647-II/OBA3648-II]. MARIA-TU SEI PER ME LA VITA (DeCurtis) / LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

BENIMINO GIGLI checking box office receipts?

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3310. 10” late Red VdP DA 5417 [OBA4919/OBA4926-II]. TRE ROSE / ‘NA SERA È MAGGIO (both Pisano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1193. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6381. LA FAVORITA: Duetto finale dell’opera (Donizetti) / GIOCONDA: Laggiù nelle nebbie remote (Ponchielli). Both with ELVIRA CASAZZA [ms]. As new. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2100. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6381. Same as preceding listing (item #1193). Few light rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

1212. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 8084 [takes 2/2]. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet) / GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Both with GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. PoW pressings use a different take for side two. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2717. 12” Red late VdP DB 05353 [2RA5608-II/2RA5609-IV]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leon-cavallo) / VALZER DELLA FELICITÀ (Millöcker). He transposes the Prologo up to a more comfortable key for tenor. 1943 recordings dir. by Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2576. 12” Red VdP DB 5406 [2BA4478-II/2BA4483-II]. L’ARLESIANA: È la solita storia (Cilèa) / ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3432. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB49 [CVE-37319/CVE-37321]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ora (Verdi) / LA GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Both with TITTA RUFFO [b]. Both sides from unpublished Victor matrices, 1927. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1913. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 56 [CVE-58119-3/CVE-37320-1?]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet) / BOHÊME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). Side two with TITTA RUFFO [b]. Both sides from unpublished Victor masters, 1929/1927. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2575. 12” Argentine RCA Victor B-5023 [2EA13688-1/2EA13689-1]. PER LA GLORIA D’ADORAVI (Bononini) / TU MANCAVI A TORMENTARMI (Cesti). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2518. 12” Brazilian RCA Victor 766-6003. INNO A ROMA (Puccini) / OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Cons. 2. $25.00.

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. His 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 dis- tinctive timbre (which I find attractive although others have cited as abrasive), but she was a better musician than her father, a result of her extensive keyboard experience.

3510. 10” Red late VdP DA 11351 [OBA8305/OBA8306]. ERA LA VOI (Geni Sadero) / BERCEUSE (Picci-nelli). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4200. 12” Red late VdP DB 11315 [2BA6519/2BA6520-2]. FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio (Verdi) / MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

1918. 12” Red late VdP DB 11316 [2BA6521-2/2BA6522]. PEARL FISHERS: Si come un di (Bizet) / LA BOHÊME: Donde lieta usci (Puccini). Orch. dir. Argeo Quadri. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

RINA GIGLI and her father BENIAMINO GIGLI as Manon and des Grieux in Puccini's Manon Lescaut

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CHARLES GILIBERT [b] 2667. 12” Red Victrola 85118. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini). Piano acc. Very attractive

performance. Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Lbl. stkr., tiny lbl. tear, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARIO GILION [t]. 1870-Marseilles, 1914. After some experience as a baritone, Gilion made his debut as a 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, and became 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. Gili- on’s records, made exclusively for Fonotipia, display a voice of almost baritonal richness with exceptional brilliance above the staff.

1500. 11” Fonotipia 396552/396562 [XPh2078/XPh2076]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil / WILLIAM TELL: Corriam (Rossini). LGTs, otherwise cons. 2-3. $35.00.

9370. 11” Fonotipia 39811/39812 [XPh2111/2109]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora/ TROVATORE: Tace la notte … Deserto sulla terra (both Verdi). Both with FRANCESCO M. BONINI [b]. 2. $35.00.

1504. 11” Fonotipia 39815/39816 [XPh2098/XPh2097]. LA JUIVE: Rachele allor che Iddio / LA JUIVE: Dio mi inspira (Halévy). Gen. 2. $40.00.

3261. 11” Fonotipia 92238/92239 [XPh3291/XPh3292]. SIBERIA: Oriide steppe (Giordano) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei v’arrestate (Saint-Saëns). Tiny lbl. stkr. Couple small bumps side one (two or three ticks each), gen. 3. $20.00.

1506. 11” Fonotipia 92683/92684 [XPh4369/XPh4389 ]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil / WILLIAM TELL: Corriam, voliam (Rossini). Cons. 2. $75.00.

3268. 11” Fonotipia 92761/92761 [XPh4385/XPh 4371]]. DON CARLO: Io la vidi, e al suo sorriso (Verdi) / TANNHÄUSER: Inno a Venere (Wagner). Some lbl. tears side two. Side two IMs and small lbl. stkr. Surfaces gen. 2. Small bump side two will sound lightly, tiny bump side one. $40.00.

1497. 11” Fonotipia 92763/92764 [XPh4441/XPh4391]. CANZONE GUERRESCA / AN-DREA CHENIER: Credo a una possanza (both Giordano). Giordano signed the matrix side one. MGTs, 2. $35.00.

DINH GILLY [b] 3224. 10” Mauve acous. HMV AGSA 29 [Bb3357-II/Bb3358-I]. LA COUP DU ROI DE

THULÉ: Il est venu ce jour de lutte (Diaz). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1176. 12” Red acous. HMV DB 743 [Cc4006-I/Cc4007-I]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY Dovunque al mondo / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o grillo (Puccini). With JOSEPH HISLOP [t] both sides and WILLIAM PARNIS [t] side one. 2. $7.00.

2022. 12” Red acous. Czech HMV DB 849 [Cc5995-II/Cc5996-III]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. In English. Good pressing. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

2243. 12” White lbl. elec. SS HMV mat. Cc14231-I. AMARILLI (Caccini). Piano acc. One side of DB 1256. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

2244. 12” White lbl. elec. SS HMV mat. Cc14229-IV. O DEL MIO AMATO BEN (Donaudy). Piano acc. Deeply moving performance. The other side of DB 1256. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

RIA GINSTER [s] 2957. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1869 [OEA6042-1/OEA6043-I]. AN CHLOË / DAS

VEILCHEN (Mozart). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

MARIO GILION

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1984. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type material Victor 8763 [2B6256-I/2B6281-1]. WIEGENLIED (Brahms); MARIA WIEGENLIED (Reger) / TREUE LIEBE; BOTSCHAFT (both Brahms). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $6.00.

ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t] 1607. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 52194 [7008½b]. SONNAM-

BULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). Lightest gilt fade on lbl., just about 1-2. $25.00.

3409. 12” Red Victrola 8057. SONNAMBULA: D’un pensiero (Bellini). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] / HUGUET [s], FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. SONNAMBULA: Pre-ndi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini). From orig. 1907 G&T matrices. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b]. Marseilles, 1871-Helsinki, 1924. 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 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.

3287. 11” Red & Silver Odeon HRS 1018 [XPh1573/1502]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi) / ROSINA STORCHIO [s]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’anima (Donizetti). Beautiful late ‘30s pressing from orig. 1906 Fonotipia matrices. One tiny mk. side two, just about 1-2. $30.00.

1827. 11” Red Odeon X.39446/X.39536 [XPh1572/XPh1574]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi) / HAMLET: O vin discaccia la tristezza (Thomas). Excellent early ‘30s pressing for IRCC. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

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.

1511. 12” Milano G&T 052067 [271i]. ANCORA (Tosti). Piano acc. Cottone. Nice copy. TB, cons. 2-3. $300.00.

3798. 10” Green acous. Disco Gram. R.3851 [6445ae/6489ae]. RIMPIANTO (Toselli) / AVE MARIA (Grigolato). Side one few minor clicks in introduction, one minor dig, otherwise cons. 2-3. Side two gen. 2. $75.00.

JOHN GLÄSER [t] 2215. 12” PW Eng. Parlophone E11092 [2-21719/

2-21720]. FAUST: Es ist schon spat [Garden Scene] (Gounod). Two sides. With EMMY BETTENDORF [s]. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Small lbl. stkr., few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

HERTHA GLATZ [c] 3122. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1949. SELIGKEIT /

WEHMUTH (both Schubert). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3249. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1949. Same as previous listing (item #3122) but erroneously pressed with the label for side one on both sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ALMA GLUCK [s] 3759. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64213. HUBICKA: Cradle Song

(Smetana). One small, harmless paper scr., otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

ARISTODEMO GIORGINI

HERTHA GLATZ

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3773. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 87110 [take 3]. OH, THAT WE TWO WERE MAYING (Nevin). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3003. 10” Red Victor 87198. ROCK OF AGES (Hastings). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1342. 12” Red Victor 74238. PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1699. 12” Red ’12 Pats. 74249. HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE: Rossignols Amoureux (Rameau). Such a wonderful performance! Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2452. 12” White lbl. Victrola 74249. Same as previous listing (item #1699). Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1031. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74252 [1st issued take]. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier). Perfect copy, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1205. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 74423 [take 2]. SEMELE: Oh Sleep! Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Händel). Replaced by take 3 less than a year later. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

TITO GOBBI [b] 3372. 10” Red VdP AV 61 [OBA5166/OBA5167]. FAM-

MA SUNNÁ CU’ TTE (Ruccione) / MUSICA PRO-IBITA (Gastaldon). From film Musica Proibita. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2799. 10” Red HMV DA 1940 [OEA14562-I/OEA14563-1]. TAKE THE SUN (Rota) / SONG OF THE MOUNTAINS (Pigarelli). Side one in English. Both from film The Glass Mountain. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $8.00.

2362. 12” Red late VdP DB 5400 [2BA5146-II/2BA4272-II]. ARLESIANA: Come due tizzi accesi (Cilèa) / AUGUSTO BEUF [bs-b]. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Il lacerate spirito (Verdi). Excellent pressing. One TB, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2363. 12” Red late VdP DB 5442 [2BA5160-II/ 2BA5162]. DON CARLOS: Per me giunto / DON CARLOS: Io morrò (Verdi). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

JULES GODART [t]. Quaregnon, Belgium, 1877-Paris, 1909. Born Jules Godarder (and occasionally listed as Godard, rather than Godart), he studied at the Brussels Conservatory. Having some success in Belgium, he made his debut at the Paris Opéra in 1908 where his repertoire included dramatic roles such as Siegfried (in Götterdämmerung), Samson and Lohengrin. He died suddenly, the result of poisoning, while preparing for performances of Faust at the Paris Opéra. The death occurred under suspicious circumstances that were never cleared up.

9422. 11” Brown Odeon 97131/97132 [XP.4424/XP.4429]. DIE WALKÜRE: Plus d’hiver / TANNHÄUSER: Reine d’Amour (both Wagner). Side two with AMELIA TALEXIS [s]. Superficial rubs (no greying), cons. 3. $20.00.

CHRISTEL GOLTZ [s] 3499. 12” Yellow Deut Gram. 68148 [31½KM/32½KM]. ROMÉO UND JULIA: Komme,

milde, liebevolle Nacht / ROMÉO UND JULIA: Entweihet meine Hand verwegen dich (H. Sutermeister). Side two with JULIUS KATONA [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ALMA GLUCK, husband EFREM ZIMBALIST and two of their children

A youthful TITO GOBBI

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MARIE GÖTZE [c] 2568. 12” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 043084/043085 [335s/336s]. DIE WEISSE DAME:

Spinnlied (Boieldieu) / ORPHEO: Du, die ich heiss geliebt (Gluck). Bright labels, excellent copy. What looks like a lateral scratch is apparently a rub as it doesn’t sound, otherwise 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 in the New York area, including radio. 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].

1894. 11” (oversized 10”) SS elec. Victor test matrix BVE-37800-8. TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). Recorded 3 May 1927. This would seem to be the only extant copy of this test. Scuffy surface, 3-4, but no damage. $300.00.

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 a good review, that was also his Met farewell.

3857. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-0039. MY FRIEND / AMONG THE LIVING (both Albert Hay Malotte). Both acc. by the composer. Excellent late beveled edge pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

4201. 10” Speak-o-Phone Acetate. THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG (Malotte) (and Firestore Orch. playing “American Patrol”. Firestone Hour Broadcast, 7/12/43. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2300. 12” RCA Victor Test Pressing CS-066384-2. DIE TOTE STADT: PIerrotlied (Korn-gold). In English. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

2278. 12” Rockhill SS Prof. Acetate. THE NEW MOON: Stout-Hearted Men (Romberg). From undated ‘40s broadcast. Lbl. tears. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

OTTO GORITZ [b] 1283. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74212. TROMPETER VON SAKKINGEN: Werner’s Farewell

(Nessler). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2770. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74230. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wie oft in Meeres tiefsten Schlund (Wagner). Few lt. mks., 2. $10.00.

1785. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74288. CZAR UND ZIMMERMANN: Einst spielt ich (Lortzing). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JEANNE GORDON

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2510. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74322. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wie aus die Ferne (Wagner). Tiny (about and 8th of an inch) lbl. tear, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

FRANCESCO GRANADOS [t] 1413. 10” Blk. G&T 2-52688/54392

[11216b/11211b]. CHATTERTON: Tu sola a me rimani / CHATTERTON: Son certo ch’ei dorma (Leoncavallo). Side two with ANITA SANTORO [s]. Orchestra dir. by the composer. Excellent copy, few tiny mks., cons. 2. $800.00.

APOLLO GRANFORTE [b] 3675. 10” Red elec. HMV DA 784

[BR372-I/ BR373-IIA]. GIOVI-NEZZA (Blanc) / LA LEGGEN-DA DEL PIAVE (Blanc). Very nice copy, cons. 2. $25.00.

1329. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 1449 [CM1558-1/ CM1560-III]. RIGOLETTO: Lassù in cielo / RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). Both with NUNÙ SANCHIONI [s]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3434. 12” Red PW elec. HMV DB 939 [CR370-II/CR371-IA]. BOHÊME: O Mimì, tu più (Puccini). With JOSEPH HISLOP [t]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

3446. 12” Red Late VdP DA 1044 [Ck2006-II/ Ck2007-I]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leon-cavallo). Two sides. Not part of the Granforte Pagliacci set. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Good surface material. Lbl. stkrs. Lt. mks., 2. $8.00.

3449. 12” Red PW HMV DB 1040 [Ck2010-II/ Ck2011-II]. PAGLICCI Decid il mio destin / PAGLIACCI: No, più non m’ami! (Leoncavallo). With HINA SPANI [s]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Cons. 2. $8.00.

1374. 12” Red PW Australian HMV DB 1162 [CF1595-/CD4900-II]. INNO AL DU-CE [HYMN TO MUSSOLINI] (Ihne) / INNO A ROMA (Puccini). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Excellent late ‘30s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3448. 12” Red Argentine Victor 6893. Same as preceding listing (item #1374). Z-type shellac. Superficial rubs, 3. $25.00.

RINALDO GRASSI [t]. Milan, 1885-Milan, 1946. Grassi received his education in Milan Conservatory, where he was a pupil of Leoni. In 1904 he made his stage debut in Teatro Coccia, Novara as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Boheme. Other appearances that year included the Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, the Teatro Massimo, Palermo

APOLLO GRANFORTE

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9425. 11” Fonotipia 92565/92566 [XPh4044/XPh4045-2]. LA GIO-CONDA: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Two sides. With PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

LOUIS GRAVEURE [b/t]. London, 1888-San Francisco, 1966. Graveure’s first traced American performances were as a baritone under the name Wilfrid Douthitt in The Lilac Domino, New York, 1914. In 1915, he returned to New York as Louis Graveure (Gra- veure 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 contro- versy, 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 with great success. Successfully changing to tenor in 1927-28, he was acclaimed 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, 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, one exception, represent Graveure as a tenor.

3104. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2154-D [W148999-1/W149017-3]. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvorák) / MY TREASURE (Trevalsa-Barr). Piano acc. Walter Golde. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

4202. 10” PW Blue Shellac Columbia 221-M [W148999-1/W149017-3]. Same as previous listing but slightly later, renumbered issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1593. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2425-D [W150188-1/W151109-2]. NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (Quilter) / FROM THE LAND OF THE SKY-BLUE WATER (Cadman). Piano acc. Sanford Schlussel. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1071. 12” EE Blue Columbia 7108-M [W98258-2/W98259-3]. THE BANDOLERO (Stuart / THE YEOMAN’S WEDDING SONG (Ponintowski). 1926 recording, only one of two electrical recordings by Graveure as a baritone. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1704. 12” Red elec. Ultraphon F310 [30382-1/30383]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet). Both in German. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

RINALDO GRASSI

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KATHRYN GRAYSON (ZELMA KATHRYN ELISABETH HEDRICK) [s]. Winston-Salem, NC, 1922 – Los Angeles, CA, 2010. Much of her career was in musical movies, but after her final film in 1956 she appeared in live musicals and in opera, her first love. Her first recordings were made for RCA Victor when she was 15 and were designated for Red Seal publication but were never issued. Hollywood insisted she abandon hopes of an operatic stage career and concentrate on becoming film competition for Deanna Durbin. Her actual first operatic stage appearances were in the 1960s, including the principal soprano roles in La Boheme and Madama Butterfly. In her final years, Grayson gave private singing lessons in her Los Angeles home, and served as supervisor for a Voice and Choral Studies Program at Idaho State University.

3755. 10” Yellow M-G-M Metrolite 30232. NEW MOON: Lover, Come Back to Me (Hammer-stein-Kern) / SHOWBOAT: You Are Love (Hammerstein-Kern). Side one an especially attractive performance. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

PELAGIE GREEF-ANDRIESEN [s]. Vienna, 1860- Frankfurt, 1937. A pupil of her mother, Marie Andriessen-von Linge, a voice teacher at the Vienna Conservatory, Pelagie first came to notice as an operetta singer. While a mezzo-soprano at that time, she entered the world of opera singing dramatic soprano roles, first touring with Angelo Neumann’s company. In 1884 she made her debut in Leipzig as Aida and remained there until 1890. For the next decade she was heard in a variety of venues, including Bayreuth, London’s Covent Garden and Salzberg, singing such roles as Brünnhilde, Frika, Santuzza, Armide, Sélika and the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro. Her records are of exceptional rarity, particularly in clean condition.

1400. 7” Berliner 43084. WALKÜRE: Walkürenruf der Brünnhilde (Wagner). Followed by applause and ardent (but “gender incorrect”) cries of “Bravo!”. Great rarity in astonishingly fine condition. There couldn’t be a better extant copy! Harmless, inherent pressing depressions. Cons. 2. $2000.00.

1449. 10” Blk. Frankfurt G&T 43857 [4643L]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, theure Halle (Wagner). Beautiful copy of this major rarity. Cons. 2. $1500.00.

MAGDELEINE GRESLÉ [ms] 3160. 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 lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3241. 10” Red Decca G-20227 [SB10/SB11-2]. FÊTES GALANTES: Les Ingénus / FÊTES GALANTES: Le Faune (both Debussy). Piano acc. J. Weill. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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 Opéra- Comique 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.

3620. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32632 [1300-F]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Scène de Frière Laurent (Gounod). 1902 recording. Inherent surface depressions, otherwise exceptionally clean, bright label. Cons. 2. $20.00.

TRAIAN GROSAVESCU [t]. 1894-1927. A Rumanian tenor, Grosavescu studied in his native land and in Milano 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 following a Vienna Opera performance in a groundless fit of jealousy.

1526. 12” Odeon Rxx 80887/Rxx 80888 [XXB6932-II/XXB6933-II]. PAGLIACCI: Scherzet immer (Leoncavallo) / PAGLIACCI: Jetzt spielen (Leoncavallo). IMs. Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $25.00.

4203. 12” Odeon O-8600 (Rxx80645/Rxx80892) [xxB6929-V/xxB6935-II]. RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi) / MEISTERSINGER: Morgendlich leucdhtend (Wagner). Both in German. Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $25.00.

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ADRIANA GUERRINI [s]. Florence, 1907- Milan, 1970. Guerrini studied at the Music Con- servatory in Florence and at Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. She made her debut on Italian Radio (RAI) in 1940, singing in Giordano's Siberia and Puccini's Il Tabarro. She made her stage debut in 1942, as Leonora in Il Trovatore, at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. She then appeared at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 1944, as Mada- ma Butterfly and Maddalena in Andrea Chénier. While a great success in many Italian houses, her greatest triumphs occurred at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, where she sang the principal soprano roles in Cavalleria Rusticana, Un Ballo in Maschera, Tosca and La Forza del Destino among other works. During the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Verdi in 1951, Guerrini sang on Italian radio the roles of Amelia in I Masnadieri, and Lina in La Battaglia di Legnano. Outside Italy, she made guest appearances at the Zurich, Vienna State and Paris Operas, the Liceo in Barcelona and the Teatro São Carlo in Lisbon. -Wikipedia

2273. 12” PoW Eng. Col. DX 1651 [CBX-1603-3/ CBX1608-2]. SUOR ANGELICA: Senza mamma (Puccini) / IRIS: Un di, era piccina (Mascagni). Cons. 2. $10.00.

ARMEN GUIRAG [t]. Armenia, 1915- Queens, NY, 1981. Guirag had a successful career in South America and was a citizen of Argentina. His U.S. concert debut was at Carnegie Hall in 1959. NY Times reviewer Edward Downes reported, “If Mr. Guirag had the artistry to match the brilliance of his vocal resources, he would be a sensation overnight on any opera stage.” He referred to Guirag’s “delicate head tones” in a Massenet aria and his “full, warm chest tones in a vibrant Italian verismo style” as well as his “astonishing flexibility”. “When all was said and done, here was a superb voice and a flair for singing that could take Mr. Guirag far. It remains to be seen what he will do with it.” Alas, this and another Carnegie Hall concert two years later must have been the high high points in his career, at least in the U.S. An Internet writer indicated that Guirag lived “hand to mouth” and that he “ran a record shop in New York City that doubled as his home. He would sell his music in front and sleep out back with a tiny refrigerator, table, and a couple of chairs.”

2940. 10” White Argentine RCA Victor P-1000. KROUNK [CANTO DE LOS EMIGRANTES] (Komitas Vartabet) / KELE KELE (Vartabet); GUAKAVI BES (A. der Ghevontian). Piano acc. Jascha Galperin. Label autographed by Guirag. 2. $15.00.

CARLOS GUICHANDUT [b/later tenor]. Buenos Aires, 1914-1990. He was first a student of philosophy and then studied singing. In 1938 he began his vocal career in zarzuelas, making his operatic debut at the Teatro Colón in 1945. He then appeared in Italy at the Naples Teatro San Carlo, then in Venice at La Fenice and La Scala in 1948, making his debut there as Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera. He restudied as a tenor with Fidelia Campigna and made a second debut in Bari, 1952, as Siegmund. The next year he sang opposite Callas in Norma at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. While he appears not to have sung in the U.S., he was heard at the Paris Opera, the Liceo in Barcelona, and various other European and South American operatic sites in roles such as Otello, Rhadames and Don Jose. He retired in 1974.

3477. 12” Orange Cetra 20506 [2-77332/2-77334]. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi) / HAMLET: O vin, discaccia la tristezza (Thomas). Cons. 2. $20.00.

MIZZI GÜNTHER [s]. Warnsdorf, Bohemia, 1879-Vienna, 1961. Mizzi Günther, following her success creating Lehár’s The Merry Widow, had a “comparable triumph” in the premiere of Leo Fall’s The Dollar Princess at the Theater an der Wien on 2 Nov., 1907. Her other successes included leading roles in a number of operettas in a career that lasted many years in Vienna in particular. She also appeared in England, France and Russia. 4204. 10” Blk. Pre-Dog Angel Gramophone Con. 2-44293/2-44294 [11766u/11765u].

DOLLARPRINZESSIN: Finale Act II / DOLLARPRINZESSIN: Brumm-Duett (Fall). Both with KARL STREITMAN [t]. Orch. dir. by the composer. Small lbl. stkrs. Small scrape side two (could sound about an eighth of an inch), otherwise 2-3. $25.00.

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