VOCAL 78 rpm Discs CHARLES HACKETT [t] 1974. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4013-M [79287-2/79879-2]. A DREAM (Bartlett)/ BECAUSE (d’Hardelot). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3078. 10” Purple elec. Columbia 4034-M [W140985-7/140939-4]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini)/BAR- BIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2280. 10” Purple elec. Columbia 4034-M [W140985-7/140939-4]. Same as previous listing (#3078). Small harmless mk. (rub) side two, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $7.00. 3316. 12” TC Columbia 49666. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi). With RICCARDO STRAC- CIARI [b]. Label autographed by Hackett. Couple small PBs. 3. $12.00. 3318. 12” TC Columbia 98003. PARTED (Tosti). Excellent quiet pressing, cons. 1-2. $12.00. 1685. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9016-M [49604-4/98045-3]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini)/ ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi CHARLES HACKETT soleil (Gounod). Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1775. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9017-M [49645-1/49895-10]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini)/ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). 1” crk. side one from rim into grooves, likely superficial. Otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. 1776. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9018-M [49947-7/98047-2]. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet)/DON GIOVANNI: Il mio tesoro (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3255. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9020-M [98094-3/98095-3]. FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti)/MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1738. 12” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia 9029-M [W98264-5/98265-6]. LA JUIVE: Rachel! Quand du Seigneur (Halèvy)/LE CID: O souverain (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1777. 12” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia 9034-M [W98323-2/98337-12]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva (Donizetti)/MANON: Le rêve (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3429. 12” Purple acous. English Columbia 7366 [AX100/AX107]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini)/AFRICAINE: O Paradiso! (Meyerbeer). Scarce late acoustic British recordings, soon re-made electrically. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1871. 12” PoW Purple elec. Eng. Columbia 7366 [WAX1718/1719]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini)/AFRICAINE: O Paradiso! (Meyerbeer). The catalogue number should be 7366R, following Columbia’s usual procedure, to differentiate the original recording from the remake. Here, however, there is no “R”. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GEORGE HAMLIN [t] 3941. 10” White Victor Sample Record 64247 [take 5]. MINNELIED (Brahms). These sample white lbl. Hamlin tests were from the singer’s collection. Gen. 2. $8.00. 2881. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64246. A SUMMER DAY (Arthur Nevin); ROW GENTLY, HERE, MY GONDOLIER (Jensen). Rare. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3930. 10” Red Victor 64282 [take 4]. I DISPETTOSI AMANTI: Vien meco il ruscello (Parelli). Rare. Short catalogue life. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $35.00. 3942. 10” White Victor Sample Record 64348 [take 3]. UNDER THE ROSE (Fischer). 2. $10.00. 3764. 12” White Victor Sample Record 74134 [take 1, 1909). BOHEMIAN GIRL: Then you’ll remember me (Balfe). Replaced the following year by take 3. Excellent copy, couple tiny scuffs, cons. 2. $12.00. 117 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3768. 12” White Victor Sample Record 74250 [take 3]. CREATION: In native worth (Haydn). Few very lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00. JOAN HAMMOND [s] 2823. 10” Red HMV DA 1988 [OEA-15517-4/15518-4]. TURANDOT: In questa reggia (Puc- cini). Two sides. In Italian. Orch. dir. Stanford Robinson. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1787. 12” Plum HMV C.3493 [2EA-10973-2/10974-2]. OBERON: Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster (von Weber). Two sides. Orch. dir. Vilem Tausky. Just about 1-2. $8.00. JOHN HARRISON [t] 3769. 12” Dog Gram. Mon. 02223 [3864f]. A SONG OF SLEEP (Lord Henry Somerset). Piano and violin acc. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $10.00. ALEXANDER HEINEMANN [b] 3812. 12” Dog Mon. Gram. 042334/042335 [2404c/2406c]. DIE SCHÖPFUNG [THE SEASONS]: Recit. und Arie (Haydn). Two sides. Piano acc. Side one tiny LSS, cons. 2. Side two few rubs, one TB, 2. $15.00. FANNY HELDY [s] 2049. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 940 [BTR3351-I/ 3345-I]. THAÏS: Duo de la source (Massenet). Two sides. Side two with MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Excellent later ‘30s press-ing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3112. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 1250 [OG341-I/ BV297-II]. FAUST: Il était un roi de Thulé (Gounod)/MANON: Adieu, notre petite table (Massenet). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. EDITH HELENA [s] 2086. 10” Blk. GP ’06 Victor 4283 [B-2231]. MANON LESCAUT: Laughing Song (Auber). Small PB, some rubs. 3. $8.00. ANNI HELM [s]. Vienna, 1903-Bibione, 1993. A pupil of Marie Gutheil-Schoder and Gertrud Förstel in Vienna, Helm made her debut in Magdeburg in 1924. From 1926 to 1933 she was a leading soprano with the Berlin Opera and from 1931-33 the German Opera in Prague as well. During the ‘30s she appeared as well at La Scala, the Paris Opéra, la Monnaie in Brussels and in 1939 Covent Garden as Venus in Tannhäuser. In the mid-1940s she FANNY HELDY appeared with the Vienna Opera. 3695. 12” Plum PW Electrola EH 21 [CwR427-I/428-III]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle/TANNHÄUSER: Allmächt’ge Jungfrau (Wagner). Small lbl. stkrs., 2. $12.00. FRIEDA HEMPEL [s] 2310. 11” Brown Odeon 50249/50254 [XB-2273/2270]. IL BACIO (Arditi)/MARTHA: Letzte Rose (Flotow). Orch. acc. despite label stating piano acc. Few tiny PBs, gen. 2-3. $12.00. 9313. 11” Brown Odeon 64835/64853 [XB-3645/3649]. WIEGENLIED (Mozart)/VILLA- NELLE (dell’ Acqua). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1622. 12” Orange U.S. Odeon Am 45004 [XXB5916/5787]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh! vieni, non tardar (Mozart)/DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Duetto Tonio-Maria (Donizetti). Side two with HERMANN JADLOWKER [t], whose name has been omitted from the label. Small lbl. tear side two. Cons. 2. $15.00. 1581. 12” Orange U.S. Odeon Am 45005 [XXB3795/5913]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi)/PARLA WALTZ (Arditi). Side one few mks. and lt. rubs, 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00. 3384. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 272 [509s/542m]. RIGOLETTO: Teurer Name/TRAVIATA: Von der Freude Blumenkräzen (both Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3751. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 331 [545m/719m]. MAGIC FLUTE: Infelice, sconso- lata/ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Che pur aspro al cuore (both Mozart). Exceptional coloratura performances. Cons. 2. $12.00. 118 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1763. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 161 [1174s/2411c]. DER WILDSCHÜTZ: Auf des Lebens raschen Vogen (Lortzing)/LAKMÉ: Où va la jeune Hindoue? (Delibes). From orig. 1912/1911 Gramophone matrices. Label signed by Hempel. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1590. 12” Red Victor 88476. IL BACIO (Arditi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3586. 12” Red Victor 88476. Same as previous listing. Cons. 2. $7.00. VILHELM HEROLD [t] 2635. 10” Red acous. HMV V.143 [3399r/11331b]. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco/PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). In Danish. Just about 1-2. $12.00. Cantor MORDECHAI HERSHMAN [t] 1840. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68598. IN CHEDER’L [IN THE HEBREW CLASSROOM] (arr. Miller-Shilkret)/A DUDELE (arr. Low-Shilkret). Really effective performances, particularly side one. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2821. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73286. K’SHIMOHO [FOR ACCORDING TO THY NAME]/ UDOM JESOIDOI MEOFOR [IN TRUTH, THOU ART THEIR CREATOR] (Hebrew Prayers). Just about 1-2. $15.00. BRITA HERTZBERG [s] 2918. 10” PW Plum HMV X.2745 [BW1638-II/1644-II]. PEER GYNT: Sov, Sov, Vaggvisa (Grieg)/AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Lt. rubs., 2-3. $8.00. MARGARETHE HEYNE-FRANKE [s] 3267. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 66230 [1969as/1970as]. ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Recitativ und Arie der Zerbinetta (R. Strauss). Two sides. Small lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $50.00. ALLEN C. HINCKLEY [bs]. Gloucester, MA, 1877-Yonkers, NY, 1954. He began his vocal studies at the age of 18 in Philadelphia with Carl Schachner, continuing with him for four years. He subsequently studied repertoire with Oscar Saenger for several months while appearing with The Bostonians. He then left for Europe and made his debut in 1903 as King Henry in Lohengrin with the Hamburg Stadt- theater and remained as a regular member of that company for five years. He worked with Cosima and Siegfried Wagner and was subse- quently heard at Bayreuth as Hagen, Hunding and King Henry. He also participated in three Covent Garden seasons as well as seasons at the Met and with the Chicago Opera. Many of his international variety of leading roles he prepared and sang in multiple languages. Note that Hinckley’s family name is spelled “Hinkley” on his Gramophone recording labels. 2239. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Hamburg Gram. 3-2940/3-42991 [3963r/ 3967r]. BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (Bowers)/WILLI BIRRENKOVEN [t]. HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG (Strauss). Side one in English. Lt. NS last ¾” side one, one small LSS side ALLEN C. HINCKLEY two, otherwise cons. 2. $125.00. 2866. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Hamburg Gram. 3-42994/3-42996 [3952r/3969r]. GÖTTERDAMMERUNG: Hagens Ruf/MEISTERSINGER: Ansprache des Pogner (both Wagner). One tiny mk., just about 1-2. $150.00. 2864. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Hamburg Gram. 3-42995/3-42997 [3960r/3975r]. HUGUE- NOTS: Piff, Paff, Puff (Meyerbeer)/FREISCHÜTZ: Arie des Kaspar (v.Weber). Beau- tiful copy, just about 1-2. $150.00. 2865. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Hamburg Gram. 4-42039/4-42040 [12337u/12335u]. FAUST: Mephisto-Serenade (Gounod)/FREISCHÜTZ: Hier im ird’schen Jammertal (v.Weber). Excellent copy. Few MGTs, cons. 2. $150.00.

119 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2867. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 4-42314/4-42211 [12336u/843ab]. LOHENGRIN: Gott grüss’ euch (Wagner)/DESIDER ZADOR [b]. TANNHÄUSER: Als du in kühnem Sange (both Wagner). Side one few LGTs, otherwise cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $100.00. 3925. 12” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Mon. 042174/042175 [0769v/0770v]. MEISTER- SINGER: Anrede des Pogner/TANNHÄUSER: Gar viel und schön (both Wagner). Few LGT side one (very forward), otherwise exceptionally clean, cons. 2. $150.00. FLORENCE HINKLE [s] 1938. 10” acous. Blue Victor 45064. WILL- O-THE-WISP (Charles Gilbert Spross)/SPRING SONG (Oscar Weil). Side one with harp acc. by Francis Lapitino. Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00. 3569. 12” Purple Victor 70105. GOOD- BYE (Tosti). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. JOSEPH HISLOP [t] 2230. 10” Red PW HMV DA 818 [Bb9221- I/9219-IIIA]. NIGHTFALL AT SEA (Phillips)/I HEARD YOU SINGING (Coates). Piano acc. Percy B. Kahn. Side two with MARJORIE HAYWARD [violin]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2278. 10” Red PW HMV DA 819 [Bb9218- 1A/9220-IIA]. AT DAWNING (Cad- man)/FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl). With M. HAYWARD [vln], P. Kahn [piano]. Cons. 2. $7.00. 2279. 10” Red PoW HMV DA 901 [Bb10965-IV/19066-II]. MARY (Richardson)/MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED, RED ROSE (Trad.). With M.HAYWARD [vln], CEDRIC SHARPE [cello]. P. Kahn [pno]. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $7.00.

2231. 10” Red PW HMV DA 1020 FLORENCE HINKLE [Bb15404-I/15405-II]. CORN RIGS/MY LOVE, SHE’S BUT A LASSIE YET (both arr. Short). Piano acc. P. Kahn. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2233. 10” Maroon PW HMV B.3771 [OB310-II/447-I]. LAND O’ THE LEAL/THE LEA RIG (Blamphin). Orch. dir. Lawrance Collingwood. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00. 3565. 12” PW Red Australian HMV DB 944. FAUST: Salut, demeure (Gounod)/WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller? (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $12.00. LOUISE HOMER [c] 2083. 10” ’04 GP Red Victor 81084. TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). Minor rubbing, 3. $8.00. 2575. 10” ’04 GP Red Victor 81077 [B-2603]. OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster). Piano acc. Scarce. Cons. 2. $15.00. 2565. 10” Red acous. Victrola 1028. LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE (Riley-Fritz Krull)/THE BARNYARD SONG (Kentucky Mountain Folk Song). Cons. 2. $10.00. 3998. 10” PW (gold print) Victor 1422. TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi)/SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3913. 12” White lbl. Victrola 85110. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Acerba voluttà (Cilèa). Couple MGTs, cons. 2. $20.00. 1589. 12” Red Victrola 6165. SAMSON ET DALILA: Amour, viens aider (Saint-Saëns)/ ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che faro (Gluck). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

120 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs GIUSEPPINA (JOSEFINA) HUGUET [s] 2756. 10” Blk. Barcelona G&T 53268 [2197-F]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). Piano acc. Bright label. Couple LGTs, 2. $20.00. 2226. 10” Blk. Victor 62097 [10586b/10899b]. DON PASQUALE: Vado, corro. With ERNESTO BADINI [b]/DON PASQUALE: Son tradito (Donizetti). With GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t], E. BADINI [b], ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [b]. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. FELICIE HÜNI-MIHACSEK [s] 3776. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 66759 [1189bm/ 1191bm]. FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN/GE- SCHICHTEN AUS DEM WIENERWALD (both J. Strauss). Few MGTs, cons. 2. $12.00. GERHARD HÜSCH [b]. Hannover, 1901-1984. Beginning his career as an actor, Hüsch studied voice with Hans Emge and made his operatic debut in 1923. After seasons at Osnabrück, Bremen and Cologne, he joined the Berlin State Opera, where he remained through 1944. He also appeared as a guest at La Scala and Covent Garden, as well as in Vienna, Hamburg, Dresden and Munich. His debut as a recitalist was in Berlin, 1932, and he soon became recognized as one of the major lieder interpreters of the period. Frieder Weiss- mann, who conducted most of his recording sessions for Parlophon/Odeon through 1932, recalled Hüsch suc- cinctly to me as a “wonderful singer, horrible Nazi”. It was this problem that prevented Hüsch from establishing a career in the United States following World War II. 2895. 10” Red PW HMV DA1495, DA 1496 [ORA-992- II/993-II, 994-I/995-II]. FIELDLIEDER (Yrjö Kilpinen). Four sides. Orch. dir. Hanns Udo Müller. Just about 1-2. $30.00. FELICIE HÜNI-MIHACSEK 2638. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 4475 [ORA-2639-I/ 4375-I]. HAST DU VON DEN FISCHERKINDERN, Op. 7, No. 1/ZUM ABSCHIEDE MEINER TOCHTER, Op. 10, No. 3 (Hans Pfitzner). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 3313. 12” Plum PW Electrola EH 917 [2RA485-1/486-2]. IL TROVATORE: Qual suono … Perme ora fatale (Verdi). Two sides. In Ger- man. With WILHELM STRIENZ [bs]. Orch. dir. Hanns Udo Müller. Cons. 2. $15.00. ERICH HUNOLD [b]. Erfurt, Germany, 1864-1923. Hunold first studied theology until his voice was discover- ed. He first appeared on stage at the Stadttheater in Tep- litz, in Halle and then was then engaged by Angelo Neu- mann for several seasons at the Prague Neue Deutsche Theater. There he created the role of Matthias in Karel Weis’s The Polish Jew in 1901. Two years later he origi- nated the principal baritone role of Sebastiano in the world premiere of d’Albert’s Tiefland, directed by Leo Blech. He appeared at Vienna as Wotan and as Daland in The Flying Dutchman in Dresden, and has also sang at Cologne, Hanover, Weimar, and Bremen. 3978. 10” Prag G&T 2-42780 [1941x]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Hagens Wacht (Wag- ner). Couple harmless PBs. Bright label. Nice copy. 2-3. $50.00.

WALTER HYDE [t] WALTER HYDE 2403. 11” Green & White London Odeon 44861/44862 [Lx2140/Lx2141]. THE SONG THAT REACHED MY HEART (Jordan)/THE GARDEN OF SLEEP (De Lara). Side one small ND, gen. 2. Side two one LSS, one NS will cause some ticks, otherwise 3. $10.00.

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SILVANO ISALBERTI [t]. San Giovanni Lupatoto, 1875-Brussels, 1940. Isalberti made his debut in Italy in 1903 and in 1904 became associated with the Italian Opera in Holland. His La Scala debut was in 1909 as Jason in Cherubini’s Medea. In later years he toured the Nether- lands and Belgium with an itinerant opera troupe. 1986. 10” Blk. Victor 63420 [2339L/2369L]. STELLA D’ORO (Denza)/EMILIO PEREA [t]. MIGNON: Addio, Mignon (Thomas). Both piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. From 1904 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 3924. 12” Pink acous. Lyrophon J.122/J.128. ZAZÀ: O mio piccolo Tavolo/IRIS: Serenata (both Mascagni). Side one small internal scr. (about ¼”), cons. 3-4. Side two 2-3. $75.00. STEFAN ISLANDI [t] 2644. 10” SS HMV DAS 5208 [OCS767-II]. ÖKULJOÖ-DAS GLÖCKCHEN (Rússn. Bjóolag). Islandi is soloist with the KARLAKÓR REYKJAVÍKUR (CHORUS). In Icelandic. I wonder why this was a single-face issue? Just about 1-2. $10.00. MARIA IVOGÜN [s] 2579. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15075. HORCH, HORCH DIE LERCH/DIE POST (both Schubert). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1579. 12” Purple Okeh 50301 [XXB6332]. NOCTURNE IN E FLAT (Chopin). Violin obb. by Teresa Tosti. Looks mint (as should all “just about 1-2” listings). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1612. 12” Purple Okeh 50303 [XXB6331]. VILLANELLE (dell’ Acqua). In French. Minor lbl. stains, one harmless slightly discolored sur- face area, cons. 2. $12.00. 1613. 12” Purple Okeh 50304 [XXB6328]. LUCIA: Wahnsinnsszene [Mad Scene] (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1615. 12” Purple Okeh 50305 [XXB6329]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). In German. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1616. 12” Purple Okeh 50306 [XXB6330]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIO: Io son MARIA IVOGÜN shipboard docile (Rossini). In German. Just about 1-2. $15.00. HERMANN JADLOWKER [t] 1989. 10” Blue Opera Disc 70457 (2-52856) [13199½r]. DON CARLOS: Io la vidi (Verdi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2873. 10” Red Schall. Gram. 70634 [985ar/986ar]. HEIMAT/WIEGENLIED (both Gretcha- ninov). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 2632. 10” Red Polydor 70645 [984ar/987ar]. WARUM?/O, DU MONDHELLE NACHT (both Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Among his best records. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 9353. 11” Brown Odeon 99101/99109 [XB-4063/4060]. DON GIOVANNI: Bande der Freundschaft/ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Im Mohrenland gefangen (both Mozart). IMs. Just about 1-2. $40.00. 1623. 12” Red U.S. Odeon Am 45012 [XXB5184]. HUGUENOTS: Recitative e duetto Raoul- Marguerita (Meyerbeer). IIo Atto, IIa parte. With FRIEDA HEMPEL [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3179. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 76025. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah, lève-toi soleil (Gounod). In French. Early “B” plate. Bright copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3749. 12” Red Schall Gram. 72523 (042455) [1344s]. PARSIFAL: Nur eine waffe taugt (Wagner). Few minor rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

122 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1641. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 81 [1339s/C- 6478]. RIENZI: Allmächt’ger Vater/ ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c]. RIENZI: Gerechter Gott! (Wag- ner). From orig. Gram./Victor ma- trices. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3757. 12” Red Polydor 72538 (042513/ 042515) [966m/967m]. DON GIO- VANNI: Il mio Tesoro/DON GIOVAN- NI: Dalla sua pace (Mozart). Cons. 2-3. $25.00. 3758. 12” Blk. elec. Polydor 66633 [421bm/ 431bm]. VITTORIA MIO CORE (Carissimi)/ CARO MIO BEN (Gior- dani). In Italian. Piano acc. side one. Side two piano, organ and Paul Godwin [violin]. Lbl. stkr. Superfi- cial scuffs (which, of course, are non- sounding), side one cons. 2-3, side two 2. $35.00. 3759. 12” Blk. elec. Polydor 66666 [419bm/ 420bm]. PUR DICESTI (Lotti)/ AMARILLI (Caccini). Piano acc. Lbl. stkr. Side one (superficial) rubs, 2-3, side two 3. $30.00. DOROTHY JARDON [s]. circa 1884- Three Met Tenors, 1911: LEO SLEZAK [left), HERMANN JADLOWKER, ENRICO CARUSO 1966. Jardon’s career began around 1902 and for fifteen years she was an important figure on the New York stages, both in musicals and vaudeville. In 1919 she made her debut with the Chicago Opera as Giordano’s Fedora. She subsequently appeared in opera (with touring company- ies such as Gallo’s), vaudeville and in musicals. She wed Henry E. Oelrichs [or Ollrichs], “a New York society man” in 1928, and at this point her name seems to have disappeared from the press. 2177. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 5143 [8411/8414]. MY RAMBLER ROSE/’NEATH THE SOUTH SEA MOON (Hirsch-Buck-Stamper). Both from Ziegfeld Follies of 1922. Tiny rim flake and small ND on rim side two, two pinpoint NDs side one (one or two ticks), otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

MAIKKI JÄRNEFELT [s]. 1871-1929. First wed to conductor/composer Armas Järnefelt and then pianist/composer Selim Palmgren, Maikki Järnefelt was one of Finland’s leading sopra- nos, both in opera but primarily in concert. She appeared internationally, including the U.S. where her second husband taught at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, from 1921 to 1926. 2413. 10” Plum elec. HMV X.3112 [BE1552-II/1553-II]. EN VÅRVISA/VAR ÄR VAGENS MÅL (both Selim Palmgren). Accompanied by the composer. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2 $20.00. Cantor PINCHOS JASSINOWSKY [t]. Near Kiev, 1886-New York, 1954. His vocal career began as a choirboy. At twenty, through the help of Cesar Cui, Jassinowsky entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Upon graduation in 1915 he left Russia for a concert tour of Finland and Scandinavian countries and, a year later, settled in the United States. His first posts in America were in St. Louis and in Tulsa. In 1920 Jassinowsky was chosen Cantor of the Man- hattan Jewish Center, where he served with distinction for thirty-four years until his death. He was famous not only as a cantor and liturgical composer but also as singer of folk songs and as a Yiddish poet. - “Yiddish Music” Internet site. 2853. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 72713. OSHMNO MIKOI HOM [GOD OF OUR FATHERS, HELP US]/EITZ CHAIM [THE TREE OF LIFE] (Jassinowsky). The University of Santa Barbara Victor Website provides information from the Victor files as to the assisting artists on side two: Nathaniel Shilkret [organ], William Schade [flute, 1850-1930], Miriam Fine [s], Nana Brill [c], Mr. Brodwin [bs]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS [s] 3011. 10” Melotone (unnumbered). PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David). Two sides. With piano and flute. Mme. Jenkins considered this recording quite apart from the discs of the aria by Tetrazzini and Galli-Curci which, of course, it is! Few lt. superficial rubs, gen. 2. $15.00. 123 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3599. 12” Melotone 107/122. SERENATA MEXICANA (Cosme McMoon)/MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart). Piano acc. Cosme McMoon. Side two among her most memorable attempts. Lbl tear side one, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 3600. 12” Melotone 168/ ? . FLEDERMAUS: Adele’s Laughing Song (Strauss)/BIASSY (based on Bach Prelude XVI ). Side two in Russian. Piano acc. Cosme McMoon. One harmless press. bump, otherwise few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. MARIA JERITZA [s] 2513. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1214. THAÏS: Dis-moi que je suis belle/THAÏS: L’amour est une vertu rare (Masse- net). This never lasted until “Z” shellac, but the surfaces here are somewhat less noisy that the usual Orthophonic pressing. Cons. 2. $12.00. 3106. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1346. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puc- cini)/CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1547. 12” acous. Red Victrola 6375. AL- CESTE: Divinites du Styx (Gluck)/ GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $7.00. EDWARD JOHNSON [t] 2173. 10” Cream Note Brazilian Columbia S61 [42153/42154]. MANON LES- CAUT: Ah! Manon, mi tradisce (Puccini)/PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Johnson here as “Edoardo Di Giovanni”. Slightest lbl. stain side two, cons. 2. $35.00. MARIA JERITZA (probably around 1950) 2474. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 63 [C-23460/1056-2AJ]. FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Una parola sola/BERNARDO DE MURO [t]. FANCIUILLA DEL WEST: Sono Ramerrez (Puccini). Same excerpts, side two beginning several measures earlier than side one. Side one first and only edition. Both from orig. Victor/Italian Gramophone matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00. KARL JÖRN [t] 2804. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 2-42544 [1592x]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mas- cagni). Clean lbl. Lt. superficial rubs, gen. 3. $12.00. 1951. 10” acous. Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 4-42561/4-42562 [13223r/13195r]. ICH LIEBE DICH (Grieg)/WIEGENLIED (Brahms). Piano acc. side one. Celeste acc. side two. Couple harmless rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3982. 10” acous. Blk. Dog. Con. Gram. 3-44113/3-44114 [13830r/13831r]. LOHENGRIN: Hifl Fott, was muss ich hören! (Wagner). Two sides. With ELISABETH BOEHM VAN ENDERT [s]. One small, harmless PB, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 2455. 12” acous. Dog Mon. Grqam. 044199/044200 [13al/14al]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Du hier, Santuzza? (Mascagni). Two sides. With MELANIE KURT [s]. Few LGTs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. MARCEL JOURNET [bs] 2742. 10” Green (Eng.) Columbia 3135 [take 1]. LAKMÉ: Stances (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2019. 10” Blk. Notes Columbia A545 [3135-1/3127-1]. LAKMÉ: Stances (Delibes)/ FRANCISCO NUIBO [t]. MARTHA: Romance (Flotow). Side one just about 1-2. . Side two TN, 2. $15.00. 2138. 10” Red GP ’06 “A” plate Victor 64052 [take 2]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Chanson de la puce (Berlioz). Short catalogue life. Never doubled. Superficial rubs, 3. $12.00. 1969. 10” Red Victor 64586. MARCHE LORRAINE (Louis Ganne). Cons. 2. $12.00.

124 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2059. 10” Blk. Victor 18534. MADE- LON (Robert)/MARCH FRAN- ÇAISE! (Reeves). Journet is the anonymous soloist on side one, the featured group on both sides being the Victor Military Band. Just about 1- 2. $15.00. 1972. 10” Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 930 [BTR3179-I/3180-I]. LE PÊRE LA VICTOIRE/ LA MARCHE LORRAINE (both Ganne). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2054. 10” Pink acous. Disque Gram. 4-32080/34234 [15529½u/ 15551u]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Esprits des flames/ BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MON- TALANT [s], LÉON BEYLE [s], HENRI DANGES [b]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Allons il est trop tard (Ber- lioz). Cleanest copy I’ve seen of this. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $30.00. 2053. 10” Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 1229 [OG-838-II/839- MARCEL JOURNET enjoying the 1926 Orthophonic Victrola II]. MEISTERSINGER: Monologue de Hans Sachs (Wagner). Two sides. In French. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $18.00. 1948. 10” Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 1229 [OG-838-II/839-II]. Same as previous item (#2053). Excellent mid-30s shellac. Small lbl. stkr., otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1905. 10” Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 1329 [OPG-743-1/744-1]. O SALUTARIS (Luce)/ CEUX QUI PIEUSEMENT SONT MORTS POUR LA PATRIE (Letorey). Rare short-lived early 1930s issue. Just about 1-2. $60.00. 2613. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1274. TANNHÄUSER: O tu, bell’ astro/LOHENGRIN: Königs Gebet (both Wagner). Wonderful copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3288. 12” Red GP ’06 “A” plate Victor 74104. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Ros- sini). First issued take. Some harmless superficial rubs, 2-3. $8.00. 3282. 12” Red ’08 “A” plate Victor 74154. PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Air de Sommeil (Gou- nod). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 3475. 12” Red Pats. Victor (early “B” plate) 74269. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Sous les pieds (Gounod). IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1535. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 74272. LE SOIR (Gounod). Rare. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3181. 12” Red Victor 74464. HYMNE IMPERIAL RUSSE [GOD SAVE THE CZAR] (Lvoff). In Russian and French. Early “B” plate. Only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3344. 12” Red Victor 74466. HYMNE NATIONAL SERBE [GOD IN HIS GOODNESS] (Jenko). In Serbian and French. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 3706. 12” Red Victrola 74735. HOSANNA! (Granier). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3556. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7289. STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini)/LA PRO- CESSION (Franck). Lt. rubs., 2. $12.00. 3462. 12” Red elec. Disque Gram. DB 1156, DB 1157 [Ck2790-II/2791-II, 2792-I/2793-I]. WALKÜRE: Adieux de Wotan (Wagner). In French. Four sides. Lbl. stkrs. (orig. dealer), just about 1-2. $25.00.

125 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs NENA JUÁREZ [s] 2993. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4205. EL MATRERO: No, que no Güelva/EL MATRERO: Naides me vido los ojos (Felipe Boero). Creator performance. Not part of the El Matrero Victor set. Tears top part of lbl. side one (sticker apparently removed), otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. ZINAIDA JURJEVSKAYA [s]. Russia, c. 1896-Switzerland, 1925. Leaving Russia after the 1917 Revolution, Jurjevskaya settled in Berlin, where she studied and made her debut at the Berlin State Opera, 1922, in the title role of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Le Coq d’Or. Among her successes there was the title role in the premiere of Janacek’s Jenufa in 1924. A brilliant international career was forecast, but as a result of depression from a soured love affair, she took poison and threw herself into a glacial stream while vacationing in Switzerland. 3797. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66097 [1936as/1937as]. IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS: O du, die mir einst Hilfe gab (Gluck)/BOHÊME: Man nennt mich jetzt Mimì (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $50.00. SUZANNE JUYOL [s] 1783. 12” Red PoW Disque Gram DB 11178 [2LA-5088-2/5089-1]. FAUST: Il était un roi de Thulé/FAUST: Air de bijoux (Gounod). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1802. 12” Red (silver print) PoW Disque Gram DB 11203 [2LA4995-1/4996-1]. LE ROI D’YS: Lorsque je t’ai vu (Lalo)/TOSCA: D’Art et d’Amour (Puccini). Orch. dir. Louis Fourestier. Particularly fine very late surfaces. Just about 1-2. $10.00. OSKAR I. KAMIONSKY [b]. 1869-1917 2657. 10” Red Mus-Trust 16058 (2-22798/ ? ) [2964L/1222?]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Alas, there is no doubt (Tschaikowsky)/DON JUAN’S SERENADE (Napravnik). Side two with piano and castinets. 2. $30.00. GERTRUDE KAPPEL [s] 3202. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66099, 66100 [599az/600az, 601az/ 602az]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Brünhilde’s Schlußgesang (Wag- ner). Three sides./FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, mio Dio (Verdi). Side four in Italian. First disc just about 1-2. Second disc cons. 2. $90.00. GIUSEPPE KASCHMANN [b] 3167. 12” Red Milano G&T 052036 [Con704]. HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). 1.5 stylus recommended for best sound. Label faded, some greying will sound but not an “impossible” copy. 4. $100.00. 3145. 12” Red Milano G&T 052038 [Con706]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). 1903 recording, piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. 1.5 mil stylus recommended for best sound. Tiny lbl. ink mk. Some LGTs, cons. 3-4. $250.00. VLADIMIR I. KASTORSKY [bs] 2621. 10” Blk. St. Petersburg G&T GERTRUDE KAPPEL 3-22762 [6933L]. ON THE OLD BURIAL MOUND (Kalinnikov). Gorgeous voice. Few MGTs, 2-3. $35.00. 2764. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Gram. Con. 3-22576/3-22816 [4995L/7769L]. THE WOLVES (Rubinstein)/MIDNIGHT REVIEW (Glinka). Excellent copy. Couple LGTs, one harmless PB. Cons. 2. $75.00. 2776. 10” Blue Mus-Trust 17027 (4-22019/4-22209) [6905r/6906½r]. FAUST: Le veau d’or (Gounod)/LEV SIBIRYAKOV [bs]. FAUST: O nuit (Gounod). Gen. 2. $40.00.

126 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2768. 10” Blue Mus-Trust 15151 (4-22059/4-22194) [6924r/14968b]. OVER THE STEPPE/ EV- GENY VITTING [t]. SHE WAS THINE (both Gret- chaninov). Side two piano acc. Cons. 2. $40.00. 2766. 10” Red Mus-Trust 17021 (3-22566/3-22567) [4961L/4962L]. SONG OF THE FLEA (Mous- sorgsky)/THE GENERAL (Cui); THE MILLER (Dargomyzhsky). Piano acc. Side one cons. 2. Side two few LSSs, one LGT, 2. $40.00. 2774. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Amour Gram. 3-22817/ 3-22858 [7770L/7762L]. SADKO: Song of the Viking Guest/ALEXANDR DAVIDOV [t]. SAD- KO: On the Ship (Rimsky-Korsakov). One harm- less internal scr. and some lt. rubs side one, 2-3. Side two gen. 2. $35.00. 2767. 10” Blue Mus-Trust 17025 (3-22826/3-22860) [7776L/7775L]. HUGUENOTS: Piff, paff/ HU- GUENOTS: Chorale (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $40.00. 2663. 10” Red Mus-Trust 17081 [3-22831/3-22859) [7843L/7768L]. MAZEPPA: The three treasures (Tschaikowsky)/PRINCE IGOR: Song of Prince Galitzky (Borodin). Small harmless PB. Cons. 2. VLADIMIR I. KASTORSKY $50.00. 2716. 10” Blk. Amour Russ. Gram. 4-22050/4-22051 [6954r/6955r]. SAIL, MY GONDOLA (Braun)/BARCAROLLE [SAY, YOUNG MAIDEN] (Gounod). Piano acc. Few rubs, fine copy. 2. $75.00. VIKTORIA V. KAVETSKAYA [s] 1706. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 023085 [2445c]. THE NIGHTINGALE (Alabiev). Just about 1-2. $35.00. VIKTORIA KAWECKA [s]. 1875-1929. She made her debut at the Warsaw National Theatre in 1893 and, because of “her physical beauty and her remarkable voice”, quickly moved to major operetta roles. She became equally celebrated for her guest appearances in Russia and eventually made Russia her home until the Russian Revolution, when she returned to Poland. “Her voice was greatly admired for its range, power and tonal beauty. Her adoring public gave her the name The Warsaw Nightingale.” 2689. 10” Blk. Victor 65100 [14397b/14398b]. JESIENNE MANEWRY: Piosnka wegierska/ JESIENNE MANEWRY: Noc ksiezycowa (Imre Kálmán). Just about 1-2. $35.00. JAN KIEPURA [t] 2672. 10” PoW Parlophone-Odeon PO 207 [Be10220/Be10221]. O MADONNA!/NINON (Kaper-Marischka). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2. $8.00. DEXTER S. KIMBALL, Jr. [boy soprano]. Ithaca, NY, 1907-Elyria, OH, 1957. Little is known of Mr. Kimball’s early exploits as a singer. He was a 1927 graduate of Cornell and while there a member of the Cornell Glee Club. His father had been Dean of the College of Engineering and Dexter Jr. had a notable engineering career as well. At the time of his death he was Vice-President and Director of Bendix-Westinghouse. 2037. 10” Yellow acous. Columbia Personal Record 91111 [take 1]. VILLANELLE (dell’ Acqua). Piano acc. Recorded around 1921. Decorative “Notes” back. Cons. 2. $12.00. ALEXANDER KIPNIS [bs] 2508. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2064-M [W145611-1/1454612-1]. FAUST: Sérénade/ FAUST: Le veau d’or (Gounod). Many of these listings actually came from original dealer stocks years ago. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2509. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1745-D [W147848-3/147849-3]. SAPPHISCHE ODE/ AUF DEM KIRCHHOFE (both Brahms). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2998. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 1218 [OD297-II/BLR6302-I]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Wer ein Liebchen hat befunden/MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis (both Mozart). Berlin Staatsoper Orch. dir. Erich Orthmann/Clemens Schmalstich. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 127 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3704. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50182-D [W98629-3/98630-3]. IMMER LEISER WIRD MEIN SCHLUMMER/FELDEIN- SAMKEIT (both Brahms). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Very minor lbl. stain side two. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. 3450. 12” Green Microphone Columbia 7224-M [W98673-3/98683-1]. SI, TRA I CEPPI/ ARIODANTE: Al so si stringe e parto (both Händel). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3559. 12” PW Blk. Australian HMV D.1225 [CWR407-I/408-I]. WALKÜRE: Wotans Abschied (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1605. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7894 [2D308-II/2D312-I]. MEISTERSINGER: Das schöne Fest, Johannistag (Wagner)/ ROSENKAVALIER: Herr Kavalier [Finale, Act II]. Side two with ELISE RUZICZKA [ms]. Berlin State Op. Orch. dir. Erich Orthmann. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3557. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 15894. THE CAPTIVE (Gretchaninov)/O, COULD I BUT EXPRESS IN SONG (Malashkin); TILIM- BOM (Igor Stravinsky). Piano acc. Celius Very early portrait of ALEXANDER KIPNIS Dougherty. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. -Harmonie Autographs $10.00. 2394. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 11 [2D330-II/CwR1435-I]. DER WILDSCHÜTZ: Fünf- tausend Thäler (Lortzing)/FRA DIAVOLO: Tanzet dem Frühling fröhlich entgegen (Auber). This AGSB issue was never officially issued as Kipnis doesn’t appear on the second side (despite the label giving his name). It’s a choral/orchestral excerpt directed by Leo Blech. Just about 1-2. $20.00. WALTER KIRCHOFF [t] 2914. 10” Green acou. Polydor 13949 [18838Lb/18842Lb]. HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG (R. Strauss)/DER HIMMEL HAT EINE TRÄNE GEWEINT (Schumann). Piano acc. IMs. Top lbl. covered for import purposes. Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $20.00. ALEXANDER KISSELBURGH [b] 2516. 10” Blk. VT Columbia 2226-D [W149420-3/149472-2]. DER HIDALGO (Schu- mann)/VERBORGENHEIT (Wolf). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Just about 1-2. $12.00. BERTA KIURINA [s] 9285. 11” Blue Odeon 25709 [Vx1425/XB4883]. FAUST: Arie des Siebel (Gounod)/ MINNIE NAST [s]. MASKED BALL: Arie des Pagen (Verdi). Each side different label styles. Small lbl. stkr. Very minor lbl. stain side one. 2. $20.00.

VÁCLAV KLIMENT [bs]. Prague, 1863-Prague, 1918. A leading artist with the Czech National Theater, 1892-1927, Kliment created several roles, including the role of Pibek in Kovaovic’s Psohlavci, 1898, which he sang 132 times. His repertoire rang the gamut of bass roles, including Hagen in Götterdämmerung, which he sang as a guest at Bayreuth in 1903. 3968. 10” Blk. acous. Favorite 1-25625/1-25627 [2137-f/2139-f]. TROVATORE: Aria Ferrando (Verdi)/DON GIOVANNI: Madamina (Mozart). In Czech. Side two small harmless PB, otherwise gen. 2. $15.00. OLIVE KLINE [s] 2674. 10” Blk. PoW Victor 24534. THE ECHO; THE BROOKLET; TEN LITTLE INDIANS; ROW, ROW, ROW; THE LITTLE SHIP; MY LITTLE OWLET; ADVICE; HUSH-A-BY (Elementary Music Follett Series)/THE SLUMBER BOAT (Gaynor); THE CUCKOO CLOCK (Grant-Schaefer); HYMN OF THANKS (Beethoven). Piano acc. Myrtle Eaver. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

128 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MARGARETE KLOSE [c] 1809. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 4532 [2RA2958-I/2959-I]. ALCESTE: Ihr gotter ew’ger nacht/PARIS AND ELENA: O del mio dolce ardor (both Gluck). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $8.00. HEINRICH KNOTE [t] 3750. 12” PW Eng. Parlophone E11162 [XXB8450/8451]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Brünn- hilde, heilige Braut/PARSIFAL: Nur eine Waffe taugt (both Wagner). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. PAUL KNÜPFER [bs] 2909. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 4-42373/4-42374 [7456r/7457r]. DER WAGEN ROLLT (Fürst)/DER LETZTE GRUSS (H. Levy). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LUCETTE KORSOFF [s] 1740. 12” Blk. Dog Disque Gram. 033136/033137 [02106v/02107v]. LE DOMINO NOIR: Ah quelle nuit [Air due IIe Acte] (Auber). Two sides. One very tiny ND, otherwise in top condition, just about 1-2. $25.00. NINA KOSHETZ [s] 3090. 10” Purple acous. Bruns. 10137 [8720/ 8722]. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (Tschaikowsky)/AT THE BALL (both Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Nicolai Stem- ler. Side one superficial rubs, 3. Side two few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. 1933. 10” Purple acous. Bruns. 10140 [8906/ 8909]. WINDS ARE BLOWING/OI’ MAMO (Ukrainian Folk Songs). Piano acc. Boris Lang. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 2118. 10” Gold acous. Bruns. 15055 [8906/8909]. Same as preceding listing (item #1933) but different issue. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $30.00. 2091. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15031 [8798/ 8800]. HUMORESQUE (Moussorgsky)/ EASTERN ROMANCE (Rimsky-Korsakov). Minor lbl. stains side two, one lightest (superficial) scr., 2. $20.00. 3153. 12” Purple acous. Brunswick 30106 [X8956/X8959]. FAIR AT SOROCHINSKY: Reverie and Dance (Moussorgsky)/PIQUE DAME: Lisa’s Air (Tschaikowsky). Great NINA KOSHETZ performances. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00. 3588. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9203. KADDISH (Ravel)/EILI, EILI (Trad. Yiddish). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3144. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 9233. SADKO: Berceuse (Rimsky-Korsakov)/PRINCE IGOR: Arioso of Jaroslavna (Borodin). An excellent pressing of remarkably beautiful performances. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 3234. 12” PW Disque Gram. DB-1205 [CVE-43705-1/CVE-43706-4]. KADDISH (Ravel)/ EILI, EILI (Trad. Hebraic). Nice pressing. Cons. 2. $20.00. BÉLA KÖRNYEI [t] 2358. 10” Blk. Budapest G&T 72532/72533 [5321L/5322L]/ A KORCSMÁBÓL BOROS FÖVEL/NEM TEREMTETT SOHA ISTEN KÜLÖNBET (Hungarian Songs). Piano acc. Few lt. mks., 2. $60.00. NELLIE and SARA KOUNS [sopranos] 3713. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 44003 [7781]. LA SERENATA (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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ALEXANDER KRAJEFF [b]. Label indicates that he was (late 1920s) with the Royal Opera of Sofia, Bulgaria. One Internet reference lists him as a tenor. 3832. 12” elec. Homocord Bu. 4-08000 [52291/52289-1]. TACHIR-BEGOWITZA: Aria (Geor- gieff)/MESSETZ: Duett (Knjaseff). Side two with M. TZARIGRADSKA [s]. Side one piano acc. M. Bensusàn. Side two with small inst. ensemble. Cons. 2. $15.00. ERNST KRAUS [t] 3974. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 61844 [17703L/17704L]. SIEGFRIED: Wir sind aur Stelle/ SIEGFRIED: Doch heiße mich das (Wagner). With WALDEMAR HENKE [t]. Cons. 2. $15.00. ADOLF KRÖSSING [t]. 1841-1933. His debut was in 1870 in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia. Krössing first took the role of Vašek in The Bartered Bride in 1871, performing it the last time in 1923. During his 43 years with the Prague National Theater, he was the sole performer there of this role. He was greatly admired by Czech composers of the period and participated in the premieres of two operas of Smetana as well as five of Dvorák. In addition, he also excelled in operetta. Later in his career he appeared in Czech films, including his celebrated Vašek in a silent version of The Bartered Bride. 3772. 11” Brown Czech Odeon 38722/38723 [ZX275/295]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Tirquet’s Air (Tschaikowsky)/BARTERED BRIDE: Arie Vaška (Smetana). Side one in French. Piano acc. Gen. 2. $35.00.

SALOMEA KRUSCENISKI [s]. Bilyavyntsi, Ukraine, 1872-L’viv, 1952. Krusceniski (or Kruzscelnicka) was first heard in L’viv, 1892, and studied further in Milano, making her Italian debut in Cremona the season of 1895-96 as Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. Much of her subsequent career was in Russia until 1903, when she became a great success at the Naples Teatro San Carlo. This led to La Scala as well as popularity in Spain and South America. In 1904 she was Cio-Cio-San in the revised Brescia three-act production (the first successful performance) of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. She was at home in the dramatic repertoire in particular, having great acclaim as Salome, Elektra, Brünnhilde and Aida. After she retired from the operatic stage in 1923, Krusceniski toured as a concert singer, appearing across the U.S. during 1928 in areas with large Ukrainian and Russian populations. It was at this time she made her only electrical recordings (four sides). 3674. 10” Red Warsaw G&T 23360 [405z]. LASCIALI DIR TU M’AMI (Quaranta). Piano acc. 1902 recording. 2-3. $200.00. 1911. 10” Green Col. Viva-Tonal 27132-F [W108887-2/108888-2]. WIWCY MOJ WIWCY [Pastoral]/ZEEREZ SAD WYNOH- RAD [IN A VINEYARD]. Ukrainian folk songs. While her other electric Columbia turns up, this is exceptionally rare. Both sides play without problems. Side one superficial rubs, minor IM and lbl. scr., 2-3. Side two 2. $200.00. 9278. 11” Green Odeon-Fonotipia HRS 1017 (39922/39117) [XPh2213/XPh95]. ADRI- ANA LECOUVREUR: Io son l’umile an- cella/ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Ma dun- que è vero (Cilèa). Piano acc. Beautiful pressing from orig. 1906/1904 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $40.00. 9322. 11” Fonotipia 39919/39920 [XPh2224/2214]. LA WALLY: Ebben? Nè andrò lontana (Catalani)/LASCIALI DIR, SALOMEA KRUSCENISKI as Salome TU M’AMI (Quaranta). Side one minor LSS, otherwise 2. Side two small lbl. tear, superficial rubs, 2-3. $35.00.

130 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 9308. 11” Fonotipia 92086/92087 [XPh2849/2850]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Two sides. Slightest lbl. stain side two. Just about 1-2. $75.00. 9279. 11” Fonotipia 92937/92938 [XPh4815/4814 ]. WALKÜRE: Grido della Walkiria/ WALKÜRE: Tanto fu triste (Wagner). In Italian. Evidently something happened to the matrix of side one as after a limited run it was remade, but by soprano Mary Verriotis instead of Krusceniski. This is the original Krusceniski version. Lovely copy, few lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $350.00. MARIA KURENKO [s] 3013. 10” Blue VT Columbia 2042-M [W142102-7/142145-1]. THE LASS WITH THE DELICATE AIR (Arne)/’TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Moore). Side one with piano acc. by Robin Hood Bowers. Side two with orch. Minor superficial rubs, 2. $10.00. 3014. 10” Blue VT Columbia 2043-M [W142144-3/142188-4]. MIREILLE: O légère hirondelle (Gounod)/SÉRÉNADE FRANÇAISE-MON GENTIL PIERROT (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3587. 12” EE Blue Columbia 7110-M [W98255-3/98268-3]. MANON: Voyons, Manon (Massenet)/IL BACIO (Arditi). IMs. Few lightest mks., one harmless indentation. Cons. 2. $12.00. MELANIE KURT [s] 1578. 12” Pink Parlophon P.251 [2-1369/ 2-1370]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Als euer Sohn (Mascagni)/FLYING MARIA KURENKO and LAWRENCE TIBBETT DUTCHMAN: Senta-Ballade (Wagner). Silent discoloration areas both sides. 3-4 but no apparent greying. $8.00. SELMA KURZ [s] 2000. 7” Blk. Wien G&T 43302 [2485-B]. DER VOGEL IM WALDE (Taubert). The amazing Kurz trill fully unfurled. Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $150.00. 1915. 10” Red Disque Gramophone 33799 [15030b]. OBSTINATION (de Fonten- ailles). In French. Scarce original. Very lt. rubs. 2. $20.00. 2535. 10” Red Gram. Con. 53486 [9888u]. IL PEN- SIEROSO: Sweet Bird (Händel). In Italian. Very lt. superficial rubs, lightest lbl. fade. 2. $20.00. 2699. 10” White lbl. HMV 53494 [9946u]. SON- NAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 1927. 10” Red Gram. Con. 53565 [13069u]. TRA- VIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). In Italian. Lightest lbl. fade, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00. 2148. 10” White lbl. HMV 53570 [15284u]. BARBI- ERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Ros- sini). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2939. 10” Red Czech Gramola DA 632 [Bb4735-II/ 4771-II]. MARIEN WIEGENLIED (Reger)/ STÄNDCHEN (Strauss). Piano acc. Good SELMA KURZ as Lakmé pressing. Very minor lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. 2181. 10” Mauve acous. HMV AGSA 18 [15029b/9890u]. MANON: Nützet die schönen Jungen Tage (Massenet)/AVE MARIA (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 131 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3851. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72854 [1298as/ 1299½as]. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acer- be lagrime/RIGOLETTO: Deh! non parlare al misero (both Verdi). Both in German. With HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. MARIA KUZNETSOVA [s]. Odessa, 1880- Paris, 1966. Kuznetsova-Benua [Benois] first appeared as a ballet dancer of the St. Petersburg Imperial Opera. Taking up vocal study, she worked with Joachim Tartakov and made her operatic debut at the Mariynsky Theater (the same year the re- cording below was made) as Marguerite in Faust. She then appeared successfully at Covent Garden, Nice, Monte Carlo and the Chicago Opera, in this last house creating a sensation in the American premiere of Massenet’s Cléopâtre. After the Russian Revolution (during which she fled to Sweden “dis- guised as a cabin-boy and hidden in a trunk”), she made her way to Paris where she first appeared as a film actress. Returning to singing, Kuznetsova founded in 1927 the Opéra Russe in Paris, which continued there until 1939. In 1934 she replaced Conchita Supervia in Lehár’s Frasquita. 2837. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Con. Gram. 23488/ 2-23059 [2923L/1143r]. RUSSLAN AND LYUDMILA: Love’s splendid star/MARIA MICHAILOVA [s]. LIFE FOR THE TSAR: I look into the field (both Glinka). Few lt. rubs, 2. $40.00. Cantor SAVEL KWARTIN [t] 3555. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9210. HALBEIN CHATUENU (Yom Kippur Prayer)/HAN- SHAMO LOCH (Selicoth Prayer). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. DORA LABBETTE [s] 3589. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia L2005 [WAX2229/2230]. COMFORT SWEET, MY JESUS COMES (J. S. Bach). Two sides. With Robert Murchie [flute]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. MARIA KUZNETSOVA

EYVIND LAHOLM [t]. Eau Claire, WI, 1894-New York City, 1958. Following U.S. Navy service during World War I and semi-professional experience as a boxer, the six-foot-plus Laholm (born Johan Edwin Johnson) studied singing in New York with William S. Brady. His first stage experience, both in the U.S. and Europe, was in cabarets and operetta. In 1927 he made his operatic debut in Essen as Canio and was, through 1938, a leading Wagnerian tenor with the Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Berlin Operas. He made his U.S. debut in 1939 and sang with the Metropolitan Opera for two seasons, retiring then to teach in New York City, where he resided (and eventually died) in the Ansonia. Said Time Magazine prior to his Met debut: Tenor Laholm has already spent 14 years making himself one of the most famed Wagnerian tenors in Germany and had won personal applause from musical Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. But until two years ago, when he became Hitler's favorite singer, he was practically unknown in the U. S. Egg-bald Laholm, 40, an ex-boxer and heavyweight title holder in the U. S. Navy, exchanged his everyday toupee for a luxuriant blond Nibelung mop and took the stage as Siegmund, leaped upon Hunding's dining-room table like a tomcat after a mouse. His singing, less athletic than his jumps, was fresh and youthful, with less of the buzz saw than most run-of-the-mill German-style tenoring. His semaphoric acting bore witness to his Navy training. Laholm appears to have made only three issued recorded sides. 2959. 10” PW Parlophone R.2487 [Be11329/11340]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi)/FIDELIO: In des Lebens Frühlingstagen (Beethoven). Orch. dir. Robert Heger. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

132 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs FORREST LAMONT [t]. Athelston, Canada, 1881-Chicago, 1937. Lamont was raised in Chicopee, MA, where he studied voice in nearby Springfield with Y. Cornell. He subsequently prepared further in Italy and made his debut there in Donizetti’s Poliuto. This was followed by a concert tour of Italy with soprano Celestina Boninsegna. Most of Lamont’s career was with the Chicago Opera where he sang a wide variety of leading roles in operas such as Isabeau, Tiefland, Die Walküre, Il Trovatore, I Gioielli della Madonna and Parsifal. He also created principal tenor parts in several American operas. While La- mont’s only issued records under his own name are a few sides for lateral Okeh made in 1920, he appeared under various noms-du- disque for Okeh (vertical and lateral) as well as Emerson and Lyric during the later ‘teens. 1998. 10” Purple acous. Okeh 6009 [S-7370- a/S-7787-B]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima/RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Side one with MARINA CAMPANARI [s]. Cons. 2. $20.00. LISE LANDOUZY [s] 2406. 11” Brown Odeon 56023/56033 [XP2825/XP ? ]. GRANDE VALSE: 2e Parte (Venzano)/ FORREST LAMONT THEME ET VARIATIONS (Proch). Side two piano acc. IMs. Gen. 3. $15.00. MARIO LANZA [t] 2294. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-3208. I LOVE THEE (Grieg)/MY SONG, MY LOVE (Beelby). Two minor rubs, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00. RENÉ LAPELLETRIE [t] 2986. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.420 [20618b/20619½b]. LE PRÉ AUX CLERCS: Ce soir j’arrive donc (Hérold)/LE POSTILLON DU LONGJUMEAU: Assis au pied d’un hêtre (Adam). Lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00. GIUSEPPE LA PUMA [b]. Palermo, 1870- New York, 1940. La Puma made his debut in Palermo, 1894 and subsequently appeared throughout Italy, as well as California and Central and South America in principal baritone roles. In 1911 he created Cornelius in the Buenos Aires world premiere of Mascagni’s Isabeau. In the second decade of the 1900s he began a second career in basso buffo parts, moving to the United States where he primarily resided until his death. He was heard well into the 1930s in the New York area with smaller opera companies and on the radio. In 1928, La Puma and his daughter, Giuseppina (alternately known as Josephine) founded the La Puma Opera Workshop. This continued under Josephine’s direction for well over three decades following Giuseppe’s death. Alberta Masiello, originally a contralto but best known as a vocal coach and accompanist with the Metropolitan Opera, was Giuseppe La Puma’s granddaughter. 2806. 10” Green Zonophone 40091 [4614/6052]. DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyer- beer)/TAURINO PARVIS [b]. DON CARLOS: O Carlos ascolta (Verdi). Piano acc. Side one rubs, 3. Side two 2. $15.00. HULDA LASHANSKA [s]. New York, 1893-New York, 1974. Lashanska made her concert debut around 1909 (which would lead one to believe her birth date is in error), although her obituary notes her debut having been an Aeolian Hall Song Recital in 1918. She was on the Met roster the season of 1917-18 but sang only in one Sunday night concert. A pupil of Frida Ashforth and Marcella Sembrich, her voice was described in a review as “a soprano voice of rare, almost fragile, beauty unlike any other that has come to maturity in New York since that of Alma Gluck”. She never appeared in opera, but had an important concert career that lasted into the 1940s. Many of her performances were benefits for various charitable causes, and it seems she performed when and where she liked. She shared the stage with such varied artists as George Gershwin, Lawrence Tibbett, Rudolf Serkin and Morton Downey. 2295. 10” Red acous. Victrola 1023. BIRD OF LOVE DIVINE (Haydn Wood)/LOVE CAME CALLING (Zamecnik). Reviewer’s “X” on lbls. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 133 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2569. 10” Red EE Victrola 1085. NAUGHTY MARIETTA: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Herbert)/SLEEP LITTLE BABY OF MINE (Dennée). Lbl. stkr. side two. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3590. 12” Red PW Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 7778. DU BIST DIE RUH/AVE MARIA (both Schubert). Piano acc. Elsa Fiedler. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3439. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 15365. ISRAEL IN EGYPT: Arioso (Händel)/LITANEI (Schubert, arr. Pasternack). With MISCHA ELMAN [violinist], EMANUEL FEUER- MANN [cellist], RUDOLF SERKIN [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. THEODOR LATTERMANN [b] 2846. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62542 [1235ar/1236ar]. TIEFLAND: Hüll’ in die Mantille (d’Albert)/DER BARBIER VON BAGDAD: So schwärmst jugend (Cornelius). Just about 1-2. $15.00. GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI [t] 2082. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10133 [9947/ ? ]. IDEALE/LA MIA CAN- ZONE (both Tosti). IMs, few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 2081. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10136 [ ? / ? ]. SERENATA (Mascagni)/ LUNA D’ESTATE (Tosti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 2064. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15047 [9985/10026]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile/ RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1611. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50038 [X9958/X10202]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mas- cagni)/ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì all’ azzurro spazio (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1725. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5540 [XXPh5315-2/5321-2]. FAVORITA: Spirto gentil/ ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (both Donizetti). Just GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI about 1-2. $15.00. as Pedro in Vittadini's Anima Allegra 3444. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7226. PURITA- NI: Ah te, o cara (Bellini)/LO SCHIAVO: Quando nascesti tu (Gomes). Cons. 2. $10.00. 3436. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 8160 [takes 2/3]. AIDA: Pur ti riveggo/AIDA: Là tra foresti vergini (Verdi). With ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3376. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1458 [CVE-49709-2/58609-1]. AIDA: No! No fuggiamo/AIDA: Ma dimmi! Per qual via (Verdi). End of Act III. With ELISABETH RETHBERG [s] and (side two) GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3269. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 2263 [2W2532-II/2533-I]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyer- beer)/ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Orch. dir. Franco Ghione. Glassy surfaces. Partially removed lbl. stkrs., otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. 1710. 12” Red late VdP DB 5415 [2BA4711/4712]. OTELLO: Niun mi tema/OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi (Verdi). Orch. dir. Gino Marinuzzi. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1677. 12” Red late VdP DB 5416 [2BA4714-II/4713-II]. OTELLO: Esultate!; Ora e per sem- pre addio/OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). Side two with MARIO BASIOLA [b]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1748. 12” Red late VdP DB 5417 [2BA4715-II/4516-II]. OTELLO: Già nella notte denza (Verdi). Two sides. With MARIA CANIGLIA [s]. Orch. dir. Gino Marinuzzi. Excellent pressing, Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1683. 12” Red late VdP DB 5448 [2BA5498-II/5499-II]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano, Alvaro (Verdi). Two sides. With GINO BECHI [b]. One harmless tiny scr., otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

134 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3351. 12” Red HMV DB 6389 [2BA-5995-1/2BA-5998-2]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia/ TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1822. 12” Red Late VdP 6389. Same as preceding listing (item #3351) but preferable VdP surfaces. Just about 1-2. $10.00. PERCY LAWTON [t] 3697. 12” PW Eng. Parlophone E11112 [WXE-3570-3/3571-3]. HYMN OF PRAISE: My Song Shall Be Always Thy Mercy (Mendelssohn)/LOVE DIVINE! ALL LOVES EXCELLING (Stainer). Both with Master JOHN BOXALL [boy soprano], MAURICE VINDEN [organist]. Record in St. Mark’s Church, North Audley St., London. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00. JANE LAVAL [s] 1546. 12” PW Blue French Columbia LFX 33 [WLX1245/1246]. PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leoncavallo)/LE ROI D’YS: Air de Rozenn (Lalo). Orch. dir. J. E. Szyfer. Just about 1-2. $12.00. MARJORIE LAWRENCE [s] 2539. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2142. STIMME DER SEHNSUCHT, Op. 19, No. 1/ MICHAEL SKIRCHPLAZ, Op. 19, No. 2 (Hans Pfitzner). Piano acc. Felix Wolfes. Short catalogue life (likely due to W.W. II). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1560. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4891 [2PG-921-1/2B-529-1A]. LOHEN- GRIN: Duo du 2e Acte [conclusion] With YVONNE BROTHIER [s] / ROBERT HEGER dir. LONDON SYMPHONY. SIEGFRIED: Prélude du1er Acte (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3730. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4914, DB-4915 [2PG1120-1/1121-1, 1122-1/1123-1]. GÖTTER- DÄMMERUNG: Immolation Scene (Wagner). Four sides. In French. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Sides one, two and three just about 1-2. Few lt. rubs side four, cons. 2. $30.00. 3747. 12” Red PoW Disque Gram. DB-4914, DB-4915. Same as pre- MARJORIE LAWRENCE vious listing (item #3730) but later pressing. One harmless rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $30.00. HIPOLITO LAZARO [t] 2771. 10” PW Blue elec. Eng. Columbia D15252 [WB-2977-2/2986]. TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi)/WILLIAM TELL: Corriam! (Rossini). Harmless ½” rim patina side two, otherwise cons. 2. $40.00. 3765. 12” Red acous. Regal (Spanish Col.) RS 5510 [48740/48750]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle/TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Side one a famous melodramatic performance, capped with major sobs. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00. 1660. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7054-M [48762-2/48783-1]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi)/ PURITANI: A te, o cara (Bellini). Side two among his most effective performances on disc. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1767. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8936-M [KX27/32]. HUGUENOTS: Bianca al par (Meyer- beer)/AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (both Meyerbeer). Late acoustic Spanish matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3763. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LCX 1 [WKX181/183]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez)/LA BRU- JA: Jota (Chapi). Side one few lightest mks., cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $35.00.

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VIRGILIO LAZZARI [bs]. Assisi, 1887-Castel Gandolfo, 1953. Originally an operetta singer, Lazzari studied with Cotogni and then was first heard in opera at the Rome Costanzi in 1914. South American performances followed and then a debut in Boston in 1917. A number of seasons with the Chicago Opera followed (1918-33) and then a debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1934, where he remained until 1952. During the 1930s he also appeared at Salzburg and as Leporello at Covent Garden. He was noted as Archibaldo in Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re, a role he first sang in Mexico City, 1916, and as late as 1953 in Genoa. His few commercial records were acoustics for Edison and Vocalion, although transcriptions exist of live performances recorded during his Metropolitan tenure. 3473. 12” Pink acous. Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion A-0196 [AM9063]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini)/EXPLANATORY TALK. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LILLI LEHMANN [s] 3514. 11” Blue Odeon X52699/X51072 [XB3047/5462]. TRAVIATA: Amami Alfredo (Verdi)/MICHAEL NASTA [t]. TRAVIATA: Entfernt von ihr ist kein Glück für mich (Verdi). ‘20s pressing, different style labels each side. Side one superficial rubs, 3. Side two 2. $20.00. LOTTE LEHMANN [s] 2357. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70692 [19186L/19259L]. WALKÜRE: Du bist der Lenz (Wagner)/DIE TOTEN AUEN: Lied der Myrtocle (d’Albert). Just about 1-2. $60.00. 1996. 10” Brown elec. Odeon O-4846 [Be7183/Be7189]. MIT DEINEN BLAUEN AUGEN/ MORGEN (both R. Strauss). With violin and piano. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2670. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1433. GOD BLESS AMERICA (Berlin)/THE KERRY DANCE (Molloy). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00. 3261. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72903 [1103m/416as]. LOHENGRIN: Du Aermste/ MEISTERSINGER: O Sachs, mein Freund (both Wagner). Excellent copy, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $65.00. 3497. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72906 [1221½m/417½as]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Letter Scene (Tschaikowsky)/WALKÜRE: Der Männer Sippe (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $75.00. 3498. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72906. Same as preceding listing. Lehmann has signed the label side one but someone has coated the label with a shiny substance (probably originally to protect it). This side cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $60.00. 1604. 12” PW Maroon Parlophone-Odeon R20014 [XXB7609/7610]. TURANDOT: In questa reggia/TURANDOT: Del primo pianto (Puccini). In German. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1643. 12” Blue Shellac Viva-Tonal Columbia G-9054-M [XXB7878-2/7879]. DER LENZ/ DER SPIELMANN (both Hildach). Harmless patina. Just about 1-2. $15.00. FRIDA LEIDER [s] 3727. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72961 [759az/ 762az]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Quartett. With HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b], OTTO HELGERS [bs], ABENDROTH [bs]/ TROVATORE: Trio (both Verdi). With ROBERT HUTT [t] and HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b]. Tiny lbl. tear side one, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $60.00. EMMI LEISNER [c] 3219. 12” White elec. Deut. Gram. 73019 [397bg/406bg]. JULIUS CAESAR: Hört ihr Augen/JULIUS CAESAR: Ohne Trost FRIDA LEIDER (right) and SIGRID ONEGIN (Händel). Apparently a special gift label. Small lbl. stkr., 2. $15.00.

136 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3294. 12” Red PW Brunswick Polydor 95045 [638½be/640½be]. WIE BIST DU, MEINE KÖNIGEN (Brahms)/WIEGENLIED, Op. 41, No. 1 (R. Strauss). Berlin State Op. Orch. dir. Alois Melichar. Excellent late ‘30s Columbia pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. TADEUSZ [ENZO] LELIVA [t]. Teplik, Ukraine, 1867-Warsaw, 1929. Originally a Doctor of Medicine and Law (note that his stamped label signature is Dr. Enzo Leliva), he then began vocal studies in Kiev. His debut was in 1902, but he continued studying, this time in Paris with Jean DeReszke. He had great success at the Warsaw Opera, then at La Scala, Buenos Aires, Boston, Chicago and Covent Garden. Increasing deafness forced the end of his career in 1919, although he was able to hear enough to teach, one of his pupils having been tenor Jan Kiepura. 9317. 11” Fonotipia 39033/39040 [XPh76/78]. CHOPIN: Si, data fiori (Giacomo Orefice)/ NOTTE HA STESO IL GRAN VEL (Leon- cavallo). Side one accompanied by the composer. Chopin, which premiered at Milan’s Teatro Lirico in 1901, was based on that composer’s music. IMs. Nice copy. 2. $75.00. 3513. 11” Single-Side Fonotipia 39073 [XPh104]. CHOPIN: Io son un fior (Orefice). Accom- panied by the composer. 2-3, few MGTs. $45.00. 9307. 11” Fonotipia 92410/92411 [XPh ? / 3727]. LA JUIVE: Rachele allor che Iddio (Halèvy)/BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma se m’è forza perderti (Verdi). Small PB side TADEUSZ LELIWA two. IMs. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $35.00. 2515. 10” Blk. Victor 69518 [7022L/B-19785-2 ]. HALKA: Dumka/MARIA ZAJACZKOW- SKA [s]. HALKA: Gdyby rannem stonkiem (Moniuszko). From orig. ’06 G&T/’17 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $30.00. SERGEI LEMESHEV [t] 2595. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4069. EUGEN ONEGIN: Faint Echo of Youth (Tschaikowsky). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2898. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4110. MAY NIGHT: Sleep, My Beauty (Rimsky-Korsakov)/ STILLNESS (Kashevaroff). Side one with orch. Side two piano acc. A. U. Slutzky. Just about 1-2. $20.00. ROBERT LEONHARDT [b] 2790. 10” Orange acous. Columbia E3230 [43920-1/44031-1]. VOM RHEIN DER WEIN (Brandt)/STILL WIE DIE NACHT (Götze). Side two with JULIA KUBLER [c]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2271. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73258. IM PRATER BLÜH’N WIEDER DIE BÄUME (Stolz)/ WEISST DU, MUATTERI, WAS I TRÄUMT HAB’? (A. Kutschera). Just about 1-2. $10.00. MARY LEWIS [s] 3118. 10” PW (gold print) Victor 1140. FROM THE LAND OF THE SKY-BLUE WATER (Cadman)/LITTLE GREY HOME IN THE WEST (Löhr). Good pressing of particularly attractive performances. Lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $7.00 2424. 12” vinyl White Scroll Victor matrix CVE-40297-3. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $75.00. MIRIAM LICETTE [s] 3571. 12” Blue acous. English Columbia L1666 [AX708/711]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: One fine day/MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love Duet (Puccini). Side two with FRANK MULLINGS [t]. Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Minor lbl. stains. Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $12.00. 137 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs LYDIA LINDGREN [s]. Piteo or Svensbyn, Sweden, 1884-Flushing, NY, 1974. Lindgren studied in Europe with Selma Nicklass-Kempner at the Stern Con- servatory, Berlin, as well as with Mathilde Marchesi and Jules Chevalier. She stated that Saint-Saëns said “that I had one of the most magnificent mezzo voices he had heard …. That just about turned my head, and for years I deliberately forced my voice down into the contralto register. It is really a lyric soprano with a tendency toward the dra- matic, and only since I have recognized that fact have I begun to make real progress.” She also “profited from the advice of Victor Maurel” with whom she coached in Paris, 1918-20. In New York she studied with Elise Kutcherra and appeared one season with the Century Opera around 1914 and then another, 1915-16, with the Chicago Opera. Lindgren married Italian tenor Raoul Querze in 1922 and retired, although in 1928 she announced that she “may sing again”. This colorful diva also wrote two books alluding to an affair with Otto H. Kahn during which she claimed she was assaulted by him on three occasions and was drugged and that she became pregnant. Supposedly Kahn had paid her over $300,000 during a twenty year period and she sued him in two highly pub- licized trials in 1930 and 1932. She was originally “sponsored” by Kahn, who arranged a Met audition for her with Gatti- LYDIA LINDGREN Casazza. The latter felt she could use use another year of preparation in Europe, but Lindgren “did not desire to study any longer”. Kahn, however, offered to pay all her expenses abroad, which she accepted, and he apparently continued to support what must have been an extravagant life style well into the period of her marriage to Mr. Querze. She divorced the tenor in 1934 and had him jailed for failure to pay her $221 due in alimony. Lindgren seems to have spent more of her life in court than on the stage. 3047. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 69109. SYNNÖVES SANG (Kjerulf)/PEER GYNT: Solveigs Sang (Grieg). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2886. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 69478. NÄR JAG BLEF SJUTTON AIR [WHEN I WAS SEVEN- TEEN]/SOM STJÄRNAM UPPÅ HIMMELEN SÅ KLAR [THE STARS ABOVE ME] (Swedish Folk Songs). Just about 1-2. $15.00. FÉLIA LITVINNE [s] 3673. 10” Blk. Paris Disque Gram. 33158 [2275-C.S.-1]. LE CID: Pleurez, mes yeux (Massenet). One lt. NS, grayish surface. 4. $25.00. 9292. 11” Red Fonotipia-Odeon 39052/39217 [XPh675/694]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni)/AIDA: Grâce, Pitié (Verdi). In French. Piano acc. Superb early ‘30s pressings from orig. 1905 Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $40.00. GEORGE LONDON [bs] 3295. 12” Red RCA Victor 12-0238. MR. LINCOLN AND HIS GLOVES (Sandburg-Gerald Marks)/ABSALOM, MY SON (Kleinsinger). Piano acc. Josef Blatt. Just about 1-2. $12.00. EMMA LUART [s] 1543. 12” Red PW French Odeon 123.653 [XXP6911-1/6917-2]. THAÏS: Ah! pitié ne me fais pas de mal/THAÏS: Te souvient-il (Massenet). Both sides with ROGER BOURDIN [b]. Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $12.00. GERMAINE LUBIN [s] 1545. 12” Red PW French Odeon 123.641 [XXP6871-3/6872-1]. TRISTESSE (Chopin, ed. Félia Litvinne)/CANTATE DE LA PENECÔTE: Extrait (Bach). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

138 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs JOSÉ LUCCIONI [t] 1790. 12” Late (silver print) Red VdeSM DB 11115 [2LA462-1/4623-1]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi, soleil (Gounod)/POLYEUCTE: Stances (Gounod). Orch. dir. Eugene Bigot. Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1753. 12” Late Red VdeSM DB 11190 [2LA5129-1/5130-1]. BOHÊME: Que cette main est froide/TOSCA: O de beautés égales (both Puccini). Paris Op. Orch. dir. Robert Blot. Just about 1-2. $12.00. GIUSEPPE LUGO [t]. Rosolotti di Soma (near Verona), 1899-Milano, 1980. The son of a farmer, Lugo and his family (following his mother’s death) emigrated to Belgium, where he worked, among other jobs, in a coal mine and as a postal employee. Following military service, he was discovered singing in a local café and was invited to join a church choir. Vocal studies were then encouraged and, as over the age for conservatory scholarship, he studied privately. In 1931 he entered and won a competition, with a debut as Cavaradossi following at the Paris Opéra- Comique. His success in Paris led to Covent Garden, Verona (an audience of some 20,000 for Rigoletto) and La Scala and, during the War, to films. After investment problems following the War, he attempted to rebuild his career. While he continued singing until 1950, he wasn’t during that period booked in any of the major houses. After leaving singing he returned to his native Rosolotti and for a period took up his father’s occupation of farming. Soprano Magda Olivero recalled his “stupendous” voice and its “fresh” quality although feeling that “his brain was not on a par with his voice”. Quotes from www.opera-gems.com/recalls/giuseppe_lugo.htm. 2678. 10” Red Late VdP DA 1687. DIMMI CHE IL MIO AMORE SEI TU! (Valente-Fusco)/ MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). Both from film La mia canzone il vento. Just about 1- 2. $12.00. 1917. 10” Red PW Gold Print Victor 2143 [OLA-3102-1/3103-II]. TOSCA: E lucevan/TOS- CA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Just about 1-2. $8.00. ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. Rome, 1870-Milan, 1952. Having made his debut in Foligno in 1892, Luppi became one of the most noted basses of his era. His career encompassed the major Italian houses including La Scala, where his work included the Milano premiere of Mascagni’s Le Maschere with Caruso and Pandolfini in 1901. The year before he had sung Gremin there in the Italian premiere of Tschaikowsky’s Queen of Spades. He was also heard at the Teatro Costanzi, the Teatro Regio, and was a guest at Covent Garden. His popularity at the Buenos Aires Teatro Colón was also notable. He performed into the 1920s, then taught and in later years lived at the Verdi Casa di riposo in Milano. He recorded only for Fonotipia, 1905-06. 9361. 11” PW Parlophone-Odeon PO 139 [XPh258/369]. MEFISTOFELE: Ecco il mondo (Boïto)/MEPHISTO (Carelli). 1905 Fono. matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00. JUAN LURIA [b]. Warsaw, 1862-Auschwitz, 1942. Born Johannes Lorié, Luria studied in Vienna with Joseph Gänsbacher and made his debut in Stuttgart in 1885. His career was international in scope, he having sung 1890-91 at the Metropoli- tan Opera, as a guest at La Scala (where in 1893 he created Wotan in La Scala’s first Walküre) and hav- ing made appearances in Paris, Genoa and Brus- sels. In 1903 he created the principal baritone role in the 1901 Elberfeld world premiere of Pfitzner’s Der Rose von Liebesgarten. Being Jewish, Luria left Ger- many in 1937 and taught in Amsterdam and The Hague. He was sent from there by the occupying Nazi troops to the concentration camp in Auschwitz, where his life was taken. His pupils included Kathe Heidersbach, Elfriede Marherr, Gotthelf Pistor and Michael Bohnen. 2949. 10” Blk. Favorite 1-15338/1-15339 [437-o/ 438-o]. LUCIA: Arie des Ashton (Doni- zetti)/RIGOLETTO: Sprich nicht mit ei- nem Armen (Verdi). Slightest remains of surperimposed purple labels. 2-3. $15.00. 3954. 10” Blk. Favorite 1-15492/1-14393 JUAN LURIA [2468-o/2469-o]. SÉRÉNADE (Gounod)/ XERXES: Largo (Händel). Both with JOSEF MALKIN [cellist]. Side one 2. Side two 3. $15.00.

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FLORENCE MACBETH [s]. Mankato, MN, 1891-Hyattsville, MD, 1966. Macbeth studied in New York and Paris. Her professional career began in 1913, when she appeared in Braunschweig and Darmstadt in leading coloratura roles. In 1914 she made her Chicago Opera debut and was associ- ated with that company and the Ravinia Summer Festivals into the 1930s. In 1947, Mac- beth became the fourth and final wife of author James M. Cain. This relationship must have worked well for Cain (whose mother had been an opera singer), as it lasted longer than any of his other marriages, ending only upon Macbeth’s death. 2587. 10” Blk. acous. Colum- bia 36-M [80523-3/ 80883-6]. NORWE- GIAN ECHO SONG FLORENCE MACBETH. Singing at her Singer? [KOM KJYRA] (Thrane)/TARANTELLA NAPOLETANA [LA DANZA] (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3015. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 38-M [81061-6/81618-3]. TWICKENHAM FERRY (Marzi- als)/HO! MR. PIPER (Curran). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3291. 12” Gold Flags acous. Columbia 65028-D [98059-5/98135-2]. FAUST: Air des bi- joux (Gounod)/TALES OF HOFFMANN: Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Offenbach). Just about 1-2. $15.00. JEANETTE MACDONALD [s] 1944. 10” Plum PW French Gram. PW K-6652 [PB68367/PB68369]. AIMEZ-MOI CE SOIR [LOVE ME TONIGHT]/N’EST-CE PAS POÉTIQUE [ISN’T IT ROMANTIC] (Hart- Rodgers). Both from French film version of the 1932 film, Love Me Tonight. Excellent surfaces. Cons. 2. $15.00. 1945. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 24067. LOVE ME TONIGHT/ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (Hart- Rodgers). English language version of the previous listing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. MORAY MACDONALD [s] 2827. 10” PW Plum HMV B.3258 [BR2656- II/2657-I]. SONGS OF THE HEBRIDES: Kishmul’s Galley (Kennedy-Fraser)/FEAR A’SHATA [THE BOATMAN] (Gaelic Air). Both in Gaelic with piano acc. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00. GEORGE MAC FARLANE [b]. Kingston, Ontario, 1877-Los Angeles, 1932. The sixth child of Scottish immigrants, George was origin- nally a soap salesman. His musical ambitions were encouraged by his employer who helped him obtain stage roles, although he apparently had no train- ing. He became a popular Gilbert and Sullivan performer before heading south to the U.S. and by 1904 he was on stage in New York often through the early 1920s. From 1929 until his death in 1932 (a result of being hit by a car), MacFarlane ap- peared as an actor in fifteen feature sound films. 2171. 10” Purple Victor 60137. IRISH EYES OF LOVE (Ball). Just about 1-2. GEORGE MACFARLANE in H.M.S. Pinafore (1902) $8.00.

140 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs TANDY MACKENZIE [t] 2366. 10” Silver Flags Columbia 20017-D [81428-8/81643-2]. AT NIGHT (Rachmaninoff)/ SERENADE [RIMPIANTO] (Toselli). Superficial rubs, 3. $7.00. 3154. 12” TC Columbia 98079 [take 3]. THE KERRY DANCE (Molly). Just about 1-2. $8.00. UMBERTO MACNEZ [t] 2137. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 2-52728 [P14065½b]. L’ALBA NASCENTE (Attilio Parelli). Conducted by the composer. 2. $35.00. GIANPIERO MALASPINA [b] 1823. 12” PoW Eng. Columbia DX 1514 [CAX10293-1/10294-2]. TOSCA: Te Deum/ TOSCA: Tosca è un buon falco (Puccini). With Covent Garden Orchestra and (side one) Chorus and Organ dir. Michael Mudie. Few very lt. scuffs, cons. 2. $7.00. GIOVANNI MALIPIERO [t] 1682. 12” Late Red VdP DB 5405 [2BA4444/ 4453-II]. FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti)/ WERTHER: O natura! (Massenet). Excel- lent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. JEANNE MANCEAU [c]. Paris, 1899- ? . She was a student of Mme. Fourestier in Paris. Having made her Paris Opéra debut in 1928, Man- ceau sang a variety of roles there well into the 1930s, including Dalila, Amneris, Uta in Sigurd, Maddelena in Rigoletto and a number of smaller roles. She had also appeared in Amsterdam, Brus- sels, Marseilles and Monte Carlo, as well as in North and South America. She was, for a period following W.W. II, a Professor of Voice at the Con- servatory in Casablanca. 3970. 10” Blk. elec. Fr. Polydor 561026 [3984BKP/3985BKP]. PROPHÈTE: Cavatina de Fides (Meyerbeer)/SIGURD: Air d’Utah (Reyer). Very lt. rubs, 2. $12.00. JOSEF MANN [t] 3182. 12” acous. Odeon Rxx80700/80701 [XXB6403-II/6405-II]. AIDA: Holde Aida (Verdi)/CARMEN: Blumenarie (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $20.00. JOSEF VON MANOWARDA [bs] JOSEF MANN 3960. 10” Blue elec. Polydor 90210 [5517/5519½BR]. SPIRITO SANTO, Op. 143/ MEERESLEUCHTEN, Op. 142, No. 1 (both Loewe). Acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $12.00. DOROTHÉE MANSKI [s]. New York City, 1895-Atlanta, GA, 1967. Raised in Germany, Manski first appeared there in 1914 with the Berlin Hofoper. She was a member of the Mannhein Nationaltheater, 1914-19, then two seasons at Stuttgart, following this, 1922-26, with the Berlin Staatsoper. She made her debut with the Metropolian Opera in 1927 and appeared there through 1941 in various roles, primarily German, from the Witch in Hansel und Gretel through Elsa in Lohengrin. She sang Isolde at Bayreuth in 1933, the performances conducted by Bruno Walter. In the 1930s she was a guest with the San Francisco Opera and also on the roster of the Chicago Opera. Manski retired in 1942, accepting a Profes- sorship at Indiana University in Bloomington. Her few commercial records are very scarce. 3860. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 044232/044223 [326al/327al]. UNDINE: Nun ist’s vollbracht/UNDINE: Schwanen- DOROTHÉE MANSKI sang (Lortzing). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

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OTAKÁR [OTTO] MAÁK [t]. Hungary, 1872-Prague, 1939. Maák studied in Prague and made his debut in 1899 in Brno as Gounod’s Faust and then at the Prague National Theater as Tamino. In 1903 he was engaged by Mahler for the Vienna Hofoper. Subsequently, he appeared with the Berlin Volks- oper and in London, Munich, Paris and Brussels. During a season with the Chicago Opera (1913) he married the young American soprano Mary Cavan, and they toured together in the U.S. the next year. Maák was named a principal tenor of the Prague National Opera, where he remained for twenty seasons, appearing there over 1500 times. He then returned to Chicago as a singing teacher but soon suffered a stroke, supposedly became completely impoverished and, according to one source, had to sell newspapers on the street as a means of support. When this became known in Czech circles, a fund was raised to permit Maák to return to Prague, where he died soon after. 2720. 10” White lbl. Victrola 52807 [4227L]. MIGNON: Adieu Mignon (Thomas). In Czech. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2370. 10” Red elec. PW Parlophon B.13763 [39605/39608]. VI STUDNI: Duetto Janka a Vojtcha (Blodek)/FAUST: First Act Duet (Gounod). With JII HUML [bs]. 2-3. $15.00. ÉMILE MARCELIN [t] 2636. 10” Plum acous. Disque Gram. U.34 (4-32421/4-32422) [21364u/21377u]. LA NAVARRAISE: O bien aimée (Massenet)/LE ROI D’YS: Sur l’autel de St-Corentin (Lalo). 2. $20.00. 3975. 10” Plum acous. Disque Gram. U.41 (34316/34317) [21394u/21395u]. MIREILLE: Vincenette à votre age (Gounod). Two sides. With YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. Side one 2. Side two 2-3. $12.00. JOSÉ MARDONES [bs] 2214. 10” Red La Cigale [Columbia] D9254 [4427/ 4430]. BOHÊME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini)/ ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi). Excellent ‘20s lami-nated pressing. Lightest lbl. stain side two, otherwise just about 1- 2. $10.00. 2223. 10” Blue elec. Regal (Spanish Columbia) Viva- Tonal RS.2008 [WK.1371/ ? ]. LA MOLINERA DE SANTIANES: Canción Asturiana (Fernandez)/HUGUENOTS: Piff, Paff, Pouff (Meyerbeer). Minor lt. superficial rubs, 2. $100.00. 3423. 12” Crème Notes Disco Doble Columbia S5026 [30463-3/30466-1]. LA JUIVE: Se opressi ognor (Halévy)/FLORENCIO CONSTAN- TINO [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancor (Bizet). Cons. 2. $8.00. 1750. 12” Blk. Columbia 5059-M [49635-4/49671-4]. ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP (Gooch)/ASLEEP IN THE DEEP (Petrie). In English. Wonderful pressing. Just about 1- 2. $20.00. 3762. 12” Blue PW elec. Eng. Columbia RS3027 [WKX130/138]. IN TIEFEN KELLER (Fischer)/ LA PULGA [SONG OF THE FLEA] (Moussorgsky). Side one in German, side two in Spanish. Odd that Columbia used the same selection for both the second side of this disc and the following as well. Both very rare. Just about 1-2. $75.00. JOSÉ MARDONES 1635. 12” Blue PW elec. Eng. Columbia RS3028 [WKX129/138]. SELVA ENCANTADA [CAN-CÍON] (Rhughini)/LA PULGA [SONG OF THE FLEA] (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2. $75.00. ISABEL MARENGO [s]. 1894-1977. A noted Argentinian lyric soprano, Marengo made her operatic debut at the Teatro Colón in 1926 as Micaela in Carmen. She was a major personality in the musical life of Argentina, first as a singer and then as a teacher. 2730. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4221. VIDALITA No. 3 (Williams)/SERRANA (Felipe Boero). Lbl. stkr. (tape) side one over trademark, otherwise 1-2. $15.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs LUIGI MARINI [t] 3127. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1948-M WB1555/1557]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Two sides. Cons. 2. $12.00. 2598. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1951-M [WB1558/1573]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini)/ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel di (Giordano). Mint, as are most listings with this grading. Just about 1-2. $12.00. CRISTINA MARISTANY [s]. Portugal,1906 (?)-Brazil, 1966. Gifted with a very attractive lyric soprano voice, Maristany left Portugal as a girl and spent most of her life in Brazil where she became noted as one of that country’s leading exponents of Brazilian music. She was highly regarded, in particular, by composer Heitor Villa- Lobos. One source indicates that she also studied in Russia. Her birth date is listed in various sources as either 1906 or 1918, quite a difference. She taught at the Brazilian Academy of Music. Her recordings (later 1930s) were recommended to me by the late Richard Bebb, a noted collector who greatly admired Maristany (for good reason). 3947. 10” PW Green Polydor 47229 [7912½GR/7915½GR]. EL CLAVELITO EN TOS LINDOS CABELLO/BELLA GRANADA (both Francisco Mignone). Accompanied by the composer. CRISTINA MARISTANY Superficial rubs, will play without problems. 3. $10.00. LUCY ISABELLE MARSH [s] 2043. 10” Purple Pats. Victor 60058. WELCOME, PRETTY PRIMROSE (Pinsuti). With MAR- GUERITE DUNLAP [c]. Few minor rubs, IMs, 2. $7.00. 2921. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45069. INTORNO ALL’ IDOL MIO (Cesti)/REINALD WER- RENRATH [b]. EURIDICE: Non piango (Caccini). Both in Italian. IMs. Cons. 2. $10.00. 1870. 12” Blue Victor 55051. LA SERVA PA- DRONA: Stizzoso, mio stizzoso (Pergolesi)/ REINALD WERRENRATH [b]. EURIDICE: Funeste piaggie (Peri). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 3560. 12” Purple Pats. Victor 70069. THE ISLAND OF ROSES AND LOVE (Morét). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1620. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. Victor 70086. FLEDER- MAUS: Czardas (Strauss). In English. Rare. Few lt. rubs, very bright copy, cons. 2. $15.00. GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t] 2153. 10” Red Victor 64574. OUVRE TON COEUR (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2150. 10” Red PoW Elec. HMV DA 861 [BVE- GIOVANNI MARTINELLI and his Victrola 34941-5/34942-2]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta/FEDORA: Mia madre (Giordano). Tiny lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $7.00. 143

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3979. 10” Mauve elec. HMV AGSA 23 [BVE-26164-?/BM1188-1]. ZAZÀ: È un riso gentil/ APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara (Leoncavallo). Side two first and only edition. Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00. 3493. 12” Red Victor 74424. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3289. 12” Red Victrola 74537. LUCIA: Tu che a Dio (Donizetti). With Met Opera Chorus. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3521. 12” Red EE Victrola 6545. LA JUIVE: Rachel, quand du Seigneur/LA JUIVE: Que ma voix tremblante (Halévy). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3293. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 6581. FASCISTI HYMN [GIOVINEZZA, GIOVINEZZA] (Gas- toldo)/LA LEGGENDA DEL PIAVE (Mario). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 3409. 12” Red PoW Late VdP DB 1172 [CVE-41215-2/41216-2]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano Alvaro (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Two sides. A preferable listening copy to the original Victor, which was available only on Orthophonic shellac. Few minor mks. side two, cons. 2. $8.00. MADELEINE MARTINETTI [c] 2244. 10” PoW French Columbia LF 237 [CL8237-1/ 8238-1]. AMOUR! (John Blow)/ FLAVIO: Air de Guido (Händel). Piano acc. Margaret Azaïs. Slight bit of rim damage side two, not to grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00. 3537. 12” PoW Lt. Blue French Columbia LFX 741 [CLX2522-1/2523-1]. POÈME DE VERLAINE; POÈME DE WILLIAM AGUET/PSAUME 130; MIMAAMAQUE (all Arthur Honegger). Orch. dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GINO MARTINEZ-PATTI [t]. Palermo, 1866- Rome, 1925. Martinez-Patti, of Spanish heritage, studied in Palermo and made his debut in 1888. From 1890-93 he toured in Central and South America and then was heard throughout Italy, mainly in provincial houses, and later in his career in Holland. He seems to have retired around 1911 and then taught. GINO MARTINEZ-PATTI 2616. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 52451 [7051b]. LUCIA: Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1630. 12” Blk. ’07 GP “A” plate Victor 58325 [493½c]. FAVORITA: Fia vero lasciarti (Donizetti). With CLOTILDE ESPOSITO [ms]. Couple MGTs, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00. MARGARETE MATZENAUER [ms] 2573. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Con. 43938/ 43939 [3315r/3316r]. WALKÜRE: Walküren- ruf/ LOHENGRIN: Ent- weilite Götter (both Wagner). Excellent copy (brilliant side one usually found, if at all, greyed). Cons. 2. $25.00. 2922. 10” Red Schall. Gram. 70696 [B-11690/B- 11789]. WALKÜRE: For denn eile (Wag- ner)/FIDELIO: Ich folg’ dem inner Triebe (Beethoven). Side l. to r.: CLARENCE WHITEHILL [b], FLORENCE HINKLE [s], two, a Victor record- MARGARETE MATZENAUER [ms], CHARLES TROWBRIDGE ing, issued only in TITTMAN [bs] Europe. IMs. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 144

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1926. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Red Vla 87103. CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3258. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6555. ELIJAH: Oh Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn)/ MESSIAH: He Shall Feed His Flock (Händel). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2430. 12” Vinyl pressings of center-start Bell Lab Matrices SPL-394 and SPL-396 (both single-sided) cut vertically at 33 1/3 rpm. Direct recording of portion of CBS Bell Telephone broadcast from 1931 (excellent radio sound for the era). On the first disc Fritz Reiner conducts the Overture to Mignon (Thomas), Matzenauer then singing the beginning of “Mon coeur” from Samson et Dalila. Unfortunately the second disc (SPL-395) is not included. The third (final) disc begins with Matzenauer singing the “Seguidilla” from Carmen. Then Reiner concludes with the “Dance of the Clowns” from Rimsky-Korsakow’s The Snow Maiden. Ending is an ad for Thankgiving Day long distance telephoning. Not sure what sized stylus would best work with these. 0.7 (LP) seems to clear up most problems.. Condition is just about 1-2. $40.00. BARBARA MAUREL [ms]. Born in Alsace, Maurel first studied piano and then voice with Jean de Reszke. Al- though she had some operatic experience in her earlier years, she was better known in concert. A 1926 Musical Amer- ica review of a Steinway Hall concert stated that Maurel’s voice “is one which, in a limited range has a beauty that is positively electrifying”. The reviewer continued to enthusiastically mention Maurel’s sense of legato, general mu- sicianship, and language skills, but be- moaned the fact that she hadn’t com- mand over her head voice [I presume he meant in the area of 4th space E and above] “which might have given her abilities that might be well-nigh un- equalled!” 3051. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 140-M [W142217-6/ 142218- 6]. FOR THEE (Gordon)/ FROM OUT THE LONG AGO (Stratton-Dick). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $10.00. VICTOR MAUREL [b]. Marseilles, 1848-New York, 1923. Maurel’s debut was in Marseilles, 1867, in Rossini’s William Tell, and he appeared the follow- ing season at the Paris Opéra. La Scala first heard him in 1870 in the premiere of Il Guarany (Gomez), his later tri- BARBARA MAUREL umphs there being in the revised ver- sion of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (1881), Iago in the premiere of Verdi’s Otello (1887) and the title role in the first performance of the same composer’s Falstaff (1893). In addition he was the origi- nal Tonio in Pagliacci (1892). He created for England the Wagnerian roles of Telramund (Lohen- grin), Wolfram (Tannhauser) and the title role in Der Fliegende Höllander. For America, his “firsts” included Amonasro in the American premiere of Aida (1873). In England he was heard at Covent Garden during various periods between 1873 and 1904. His fame was particularly based on his remarkable acting skills. His few records were made for G&T, 1903, and Fonotipia between 1904 and 1907. 3801. 11” Fonotipia 39245/39246 [XPh67/68-2]. RONDEL DE L’ADIEU (De Lara)/ MANDOLINATA (Paladilhe). IMs. Warp may require weighted cartridge at beginning, one LSS NS side two, otherwise no reproduction problems. 2-3. $90.00. 2334. 11” White Columbia Fonotipia IRCC 4 [XPh58-3/2332]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi)/ FALSTAFF: Quand’ ero paggio (Verdi). From orig. 1904/1907 Fonotipia matrices. Side one a creator performance. Side two, another creator performance, includes two repetitions of the air, the first, following applause, an encore in Italian and finally, following more applause, another repetition in French. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 145 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs DOROTHY MAYNOR [s] 1530. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 17698. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier)/L’EN- FANT PRODIGUE: Air de Lia (Debussy). With Philadelphia Orch. dir. Eugene Ormandy. Top copy of a gorgeous record. Just about 1-2. $8.00. RICHARD MAYR [bs] 2961. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62398 [1894ar/1904ar]. DON GIOVANNI: Keine Ruh’ bei Tag und Nacht (Mozart)/FIDELIO: Gold-Arie (Beethoven). IMs. Top portion of label covered over for import purposes. Surface as new. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3243. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65653 [539as/684as]. LOHENGRIN: Königsgebet (Wagner)/ EUGEN ONEGIN: Ein jeder kennt (Tschaikowsky). Lovely copy, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $40.00. JOHN MC CORMACK [t] 2303. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64260. SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD (Danks). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $6.00. 1939. 10” Red Victor 64665. EILEEN: Ireland My Sireland (Victor Herbert). Orch. dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2304. 10” Red Victrola 64825. ROSES OF PICARDY (Wood). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3055. 10” Red Victrola 749. SEMELE: Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me? (Händel)/TAKE, OH TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY (Bennett). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2014. 10” Red Victrola 750. CALLING ME HOME TO YOU (Dorel)/ UNTIL (Sanderson). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2601. 10” Red Victrola 756. EILEEN: Ireland My Sireland/EILEEN: Eileen Alanna Asthore (Victor JOHN MC CORMACK preparing for a Herbert). Conducted by the Boosey Ballad Concert, 1907. composer. Cons. 2. $12.00. 3077. 10” Red acous. Victrola 923. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancor (Bizet)/MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3054. 10” Red acous. Victrola 1081. PUR DICESTI (Lotti)/SWANS (Kramer). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Ravishingly beautiful. One of my favorite McCormack discs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2996. 10” Red elec. Victrola 1092. MOONLIGHT AND ROSES (Morét)/THE SWEETEST CALL (Morrow). ‘30s pressing using an acoustic style label. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2298. 10” Red elec. PW (gold print) Victrola 1306 [Bb11342-II/BVE- ? -2]. WHO IS SYLVIA? (Schubert)/NONE BUT A LONELY HEART (Tschaikowsky). With Edwin Schneider [pianist]. Side two also with Lauri Kennedy [cellist]. Nice pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $6.00. 3094. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1649 [OB3853-I/3855-I]. IS SHE NOT PASSING FAIR? (Elgar)/CHARM ME ASLEEP (Sanderson). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. 2. $7.00. 2567. 10” Red acous. Victrola 3024. CRUCIFIX (Faure)/LILY OF KILLARNEY: The Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above (Benedict). Both with REINALD WERRENRATH [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3101. 10” Red Dog Con. Gram. 7-52032 [B-12707]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire ancora (Bizet). One tiny LSS, gen. 2. $8.00. 1967. 10” Red acous. HMV DA 628 [Bb5031-II/5032-II]. DIE MAINACHT/IM WALDE- SEINSAMKEIT (both Brahms). Piano acc. Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $12.00. 146 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2941. 10” White “Not for Sale” original proof of DA 1445 [OEA2182-I/2183-I]. THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN (Dunhill)/O MEN FROM THE FIELDS (Old Irish Air, arr. Hughes). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. The sticker attached to the label of this pressing, originally sent to McCormack as a test, was signed as a gift “To Bernard from John. Who never trod on my dreams!!! Au contraire.” Minor superficial rubs, 2-3. $150.00. 1999. 10” White HMV VA 72 [OB-3852-I/Bb11339-II]. AUTOMNE (Fauré)/ALLERSEELEN (Strauss). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1916. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1272. MINNELIED (German Folk Song)/SCHLA- FENDES JESUSKIND (Wolf). Beautiful copy. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 9338. 11” acous. HMV oversized test mat. Bb5094-I. KOMM BALD (Brahms). Only known copy of this take. These tests were originally McCormack’s, which he gifted to friends. The HMVs were recorded in 1923-24. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $350.00. 9342. 11” acous. HMV oversized test mat. Bb5096-I. RIDENTE LA CALMA [CANZONET- TA] (Mozart). Piano acc. Only known copy of this take. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $350.00. 9341. 11” acous. HMV oversized test mat. Bb5116-I. BEFORE THY WINDOW [THE CHERRY TREE] (Rachmaninoff). With FRITZ KREISLER [vln]. Piano acc. Only known copy of this take. Piece out of rim but not to grooves. Superficial rubs, 3-4, Plays without problems. $350.00. 9339. 11” acous. Victor (HMV lbl.) oversized test, mat. B-28609-1. PUR DICESTI (Lotti). Only known copy of this take, label dedicated and signed by McCormack. Superficial rubs, 3-4, Plays without problems. $500.00. 9340. 11” elec. Victor oversized untrimmed BVE-TEST-426. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: O König (Wagner). Oct. 15, 1929. Piano acc. Only known copy. Beautifully sung. McCormack continues until space on the side runs out (mid-phrase). Superficial rubs, 3-4, but plays without problems. $1000.00. 2982. 10” Red Irish HMV IR 326 [OEA-2126-1/ 2182-1]. SONG OF THE SEALS (Bantock)/ THE CLOTHS OF HEA- VEN (Dunhill). Side one begins with a spoken introduction by McCor- mack. Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2805. 10” Red Irish HMV IR 1044 [OEA-9083-1/ 9868-1]. AT THE MID HOUR OF NIGHT (Co- wen)/BY THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY (Case). Both sides unpublished (1941/42) except for this issue and the AGSA Set. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2746. 10” Red Irish HMV IR JOHN MC CORMACK (left), JEAN DE RESZKE, 1056 [OEA-9655-1/ MRS. [LILY] MC CORMACK 9869-1]. OFF TO PHILADELPHIA (Haynes)/LOVE THEE DEAREST (Old Irish Air). Both sides unpublished (1941/42) except for this issue and the AGSA Set (see below). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1656. 12” English Columbia 864 [LXX2852/2962]. I HEAR YOU CALLING ME (Marshall)/ LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Piano acc., side one by the composer. Good quality pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1649. 12” Czech Concert Record Gramola DB 608 (2-054021/2-054022) [5205f/5206f]. GIOCONDA: O grido di quest’anima (Ponchielli)/BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: All’ idea di quell metallo (Rossini). Both sides with MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Excellent early heavy pressing. Minor lt. NR on lbl. side two, cons. 2 $15.00. 147 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1803. 12” White acous. HMV VB 32 [Cc5029-1/5030-2]. WO FIND’ ICH TROST (Wolf)/DU BIST DIE RUH’ (Schubert). Piano acc. 1924 HMV matrices. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3546. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74295. NATOMA: Paul’s Address (Victor Herbert). Creator performance, orchestra conducted by the composer. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3349. 12” Red Victrola 74484. DON GIOVANNI: Il mio Tesoro (Mozart). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1587. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 89044. BOHÊME: Ah Mimì, tu più (Puccini). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3593. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 14305 [2EA2764-IA/2765-IA]. FLORIDANTE: Caro amore/SEMELE: Where’er You Walk (both Händel). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3297. 12” Nola Recording Studios Acetate. NBC-Off-the-Air, 17 Mar. 1938. HYMN TO ST. PATRICK/Spoken Intro. and THE GARDEN WHERE THE PRATIES GROW. From “Vallee Varieties” broadcast. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $20.00. MARY MC CORMIC [s]. Perryville, Arkansas, 1889-Amarillo, TX, 1981. Mc Cormic was a noted soprano at the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique as well as the Chicago Opera where she made her debut the season of 1921-22 as Micaela in Carmen. Her career ran from “obscure housewife” to an an inter- nationally celebrated diva with a “colorful personal life”, which included suit for assault (on an unau- thorized biographer) and four divorces. She and tenor William Martin “earned the distinction of being the only American natives singing in leading roles with the Paris Opéra-Comique”. From 1945-1960 she was director of the University of North Texas Opera Work- shop. It appears that her only recordings were the record below and two duets from Manon with Georges Thill. The Internet Wikipedia article on Mary McCor- mic is highly recommended. 2832. 10” Blue elec. PW Eng. Col. 7009 [WL-441/ 442]. AT DAWNING (Cadman)/JUST A- WEARYIN’ FOR YOU (Jacobs-Bond). Piano acc. G. van Parys. In English. Rare. Re- paired rim damage not into grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

MALCOLM MC EACHERN [bs] MARY MC CORMIC 2092. 10” British acous. Vocalion R-6125 [03267/03268]. FAUST: The Calf of Gold (Gounod)/THE HUNDRED PIPERS (Traditional). One LSS (harmless), 2. $8.00. 2235. 10” British acous. Vocalion R-6128 [03955/03958]. THE GOLDEN CITY OF ST. MARY (Coningsby Clarke)/YOUNG TOM O’ DEVON (Kennedy Russell). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. 2-3. $7.00. 3074. 10” PW Blue elec. Columbia Master Works 4144-M [CA15118-1/14496-1]. ACIS AND GALATEA: O Ruddier Than the Cherry (Händel)/DENNIS NOBLE [b]. PTOLEMY: Silent Worship (Händel, arr. A. Somervell). Reviewer lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3393. 12” British acous. Vocalion D-02059 [02647/02648]. NUT BROWN ALE (Tennant)/ THE FLORAL DANCE (Moss). Minor rubs, 2. $15.00. 3199. 12” British acous. Vocalion D-02099 [02804/03259]. THE WINDMILL (Herbert H. Nelson)/CLOZE-PROPS (Wolsley Charles). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. 2. $15.00.

CAMERON MC LEAN [baritone]. A Scottish artist, McLean made his New York recital debut at Aeolian Hall in 1921 singing a varied program. The unidentified NY Times reviewer described him as “a mature artist of strenuous method, which he put to good account in music of vivid characterization.” He subsequently appeared in concert in various areas of the U.S., particularly where there were strong Scottish populations. 3040. 10” Blue Columbia A3703 [80464-3/80465-3]. LASS O’ MINE (Turner)/LEEZIE LINDSAY (arr. Fritz Kreisler). Excellent laminated surface material. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

148 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MEDEA MEI-FIGNER [s]. Firenze, 1858- Paris, 1952. Mei-Figner made her debut in Sinaluga, Italy as Azucena in Il Trovatore, although she had previously, at the age of 16, sung the mezzo part in the Verdi Requiem. She slowly shifted into the sopra- no repertoire while continuing her career in Italy, Russia, London and South America. During her appearances in Milan she met her future husband, Russian tenor Nikolai Figner (1856-1919). They both joined the Imperial Opera in St. Petersburg, where they had highly regarded careers. Tchaikovsky, a friend of the Figners, wrote part of his opera The Queen of Spades at their residence. The couple appeared in the 1890 world premiere of that work, Medea as Lisa and Nikolai as Hermann. At the Im- perial Opera she and her husband also created the leading roles in Tschaikowsky’s Iolanthe (1892) and Napravnik's Doubrovsky (1895) and Francesca da Rimini (1902). The Figners were divorced in 1904. Eight years later Medea gave her farewell operatic performance, Carmen, at the Marinsky Theater. In 1930 she left Russia and settled in Paris. Her records are among the most desirable of early Russian issues, both for the warmth and dramatic effectiveness of her singing and the appealing quality of her voice. She recorded only in 1901 and 1902. MEDEA MEI-FIGNER as Tosca

2475. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Con. Gram. 23124/ 2-23104 [298x/4963L]. WERTHER: Va! Laisse-les couler (Massenet). In Russian./ MARIA B. CHERKASSKAYA [s]. PIQUE DAME: Wence these tears? (Tschaikowsky). Superficial rubs, 3-4. $300.00. 3671. 10” Large Red Flush lbl. G&T 23134 [341X-D-1]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). In Italian. A nice copy, 1.5 stylus suggested (or thereabouts). A few grey grooves will sound in spots, otherwise clean. One minor LSS. Bright lbl. (small lbl. stkr.). Except for the greying, 2-3. $550.00. 3672. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Con. Gram. 23131x/23125x [364z/352z]. CARMEN: Gypsy Song/CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). In Russian. At end of side one Mei-Figner makes a noise and them some unintelligible commentary after her final “gypsy yelp”. The record looks quite terrible but surprisingly plays fairly well with noise primarily on forward points, side two perhaps a bit more edgy than side one. I must grade it 5-6, but it is fully listenable if you don’t mind a moderate amount of noise. $150.00. 2943. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Con. Gram. 24060/24061 [372x/373x]. MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto)/DUBROVSKY: French Duet (Napravnik). With NIKOLAI FIGNER [t]. Side one in Italian. Side two in French. Superficial rubs, few LGTs, side one cons. 3-4, side two gen. 3. $300.00. Cantor ISAIAH MEISELS [t] 2732. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 16232. ZUR ISRAEL/DER KIDYSH (Hebrew Prayers). With Ohab Zedek (New York) Choir. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANNA MEITCHIK [c]. Minsk, 1875–New York City, 1934. A notable Russian contralto, Meitchik made her Met debut in 1909 as La Cieca in La Gioconda. The following season she earned praise for the role of The Old Countess in the first Met performance of Tschaikowsky’s Queen of Spades, sharing the stage with Destinn and Slezak. One reviewer noted that “Mme. Meitchik, in particular, covered herself with glory.” She repeated that role successfully in New York with the Fine Arts Opera Company two decades later (1929). Her voice was so deep and rich that supposedly she once stood in for an ailing baritone in Rubinstein’s The Demon. During the later 1920s up to the period shortly before her death she was active in New York as a teacher, singer and impresario. One interesting performance must have been that of scenes from Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila, a charity performance at the Pythian Temple, for which she shared the stage with Nina Koshetz, Thalia Sabanieva and Dmitri Criona. She made one issued Fonotipia record in 1908 and two electric Brunswick discs in 1927. 2062. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 53010. XERXES: Largo (Händel)/AUFENTHALT (Schubert). Just about 1-2. $150.00. VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

149 CARLOS MEJIA [t]. Mexico, 1892-Mexico, 1968. A major Mexican tenor, Mejia studied at the Mexico City Conservatory and made his operatic debut in 1915 in Donizetti’s La Favorita. He was popular on the Mexican opera stage. For example, at the Palacio de las Bellas Artes in 1935, Mejia sang leading tenor roles in Fedora, La Boheme and La Sonnambula (this with his wife, Maria Teresa Mejia). His short stature likely limited his stage success outside of Mexico, but he became a very popular interpreter of Spanish songs throughout North and South America through many recordings. His first discs were for Victor early in his career. He later tought in Mexico City. 2520. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45140. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet)/GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Minor lbl. stain side two. Cons. 2. $15.00. 2617. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45159. ALMA DE DIOS: Canción húngara (Serrano)/OJOS TAPATIOS (Elizondo). Cons. 2. $15.00. 3044. 10” Blk. EE Victor 78279. TODO FUÉ UN DULCE SUEÑO (Garcia)/COME PRINCESA DE UN CUENTO AZUL (both Garcia). Just about 1-2. $12.00. NELLIE MELBA [s]. Melbourne, 1861-Sydney, 1931. Many considered Melba the true vocal successor to Ade- lina Patti. A star from her acclaimed debut in 1887 through over forty years of international triumphs, Melba was noted for the purity of her voice and its remarkable silvery quality. Her finish- ing work with Mathilde Marchesi pro- vided an exceptional technique. Melba’s personality was, as with a number of other divas, bigger than life. When ap- proached by young conductor Eugene Goossens, unexpectedly assigned a Melba performance at the last minute, as to anything about her interpretation he should know in advance, she re- plied, “I shall sing the opera exactly as Gounod wrote it. I hope that you’ll con- duct it the same way.” Others referred to her acting skills as consisting of “quaint little gestures”, but the voice had an ethereal beauty that could not be duplicated. She was personally the epitome of efficiency, and her brusque directness could often create lasting impressions for better or worse. When introduced to Rosa Ponselle at a luncheon arranged for the two of them in London prior to the America sopra- no’s triumph at Covent Garden, Poselle (who bore “Melba” as her middle name) remembered Dame Nellie’s stone- faced introductory remarks: “You NELLIE MELBA must be the new singer from New York. What sort of voice are you supposed to have?” Ponselle recalled that she should have been forewarned by McCormack asking her upon her London arrival, “Have you met the bitch yet?”, the word the tenor consistently used in referring to his Australian colleague. We certainly hear the voice of an angel in many of her recordings, although the owner may have at times seemed to have come from the nether regions. 3952. 10” Lilac GP ’04 Victor Melba 94007 [1203b]. AWAY ON A HILL THERE RUNS A STREAM (Landon Ronald). Acc. by the composer. 2. $25.00. 3200. 12” Lilac GP ’04 “A” plate Victor Melba 95015 [23c]. TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Excellent, bright copy. Few MGTs, cons. 2. $25.00. 3778. 12” White lbl. Victor 95017 [25c]. THREE GREEN BONNETS (d’Hardelot). Piano acc. Excellent later ‘30s pressing, RCA Vr Bk. Plain white lbl., information penned in. Cons. 2. $25.00. 1572. 12” White lbl. Victrola 95025 [26c]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor (Mozart). Early Melba, 1904. IMs. Excellent pressing, cons. 2. $25.00. 1528. 12” Red Victrola 88071 [take 3]. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Donizetti). Flute obb. John Lemmoné. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 1574. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88074 [1st issued take]. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Lightest NR on lbl. Cons. 2. $10.00.

150 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1827. 12” Red ’07 GP Victor 89012. UN ANGE EST VENU (Bemberg). With CHARLES GILIBERT [b]. Beautiful copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00. 1541. 12” White HMV mat. C-6699. THE WHITE SEA MIST (Landon Ronald). Self- accompanied. Excellent HMV special pressing from unpub. 1909 Victor matrix. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1600. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 17. ELAINE: L’amour est pur (Bemberg)/ADELINA PATTI [s]. LA CALESERA (Yradier). From orig. 1906 piano acc. G&T matrices. Side one, creator performance, first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3134. 12” Yellow HMV DK 112 [z7322f/C-13897]. IL RE PASTORE: L’amerò sarò con- stante (Mozart)/AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Both sides with JEAN KUBELIK [vln] and Gabriel Lapierre [pianist]. One very tiny rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t]. Copenha- gen, 1890-Santa Monica, CA, 1973. A student at the Royal Opera School in Copen- hagen, Melchior made his debut as a bari- tone in 1913, singing Silvio in Pagliacci. Despite success, he was advised by Mme. Charles Cahier that his voice was certainly that of a tenor. After studies with Vilhelm Herold he made a second debut in 1918 singing Tannhäuser. After a period of study specifically in Wagnerian repertoire, he had a great success at Covent Garden singing Siegmund and he was subsequently a regu- lar there, as well as at the Metropolitan, Bayreuth, Berlin and Hamburg. His out- going and good natured personality was such that he was in demand as a guest on various popular radio shows in the 1940s. During the same period he also appeared as a co-star in several Hollywood films. While his Met career ended in 1950 after an argument with Rudolf Bing, Melchior continued singing until shortly before his death. 3092. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor MRS. MELCHIOR [l.], LAURITZ MELCHIOR, LOTTE 1853. ZUEIGNUNG; CÄCILIE/ LEHMANN HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG (all Richard Strauss). Piano acc. Ignace Strasfogel. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2258. 10” Yellow MGM 30005. WITHOUT A SONG (Youmans)/FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2677. 10” Yellow Metrolite MGM 30136. SPRING CAME BACK TO VIENNA (Torre)/HELAN GAR [BOTTOMS UP] (arr. Stoll). Cons. 2. $12.00. 2234. 10” Yellow Metrolite MGM 30264. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba/PAGLIACCI: No, Pagliacco non son (Leoncavallo). In Italian. Orch. dir. Giacomo Spadoni. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3767. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1928 [2-7827-II/2-7900]. MIR TRÄUMTE VON EINEN KÖNIGSKIND; ALS OB EIN TOTER/IN MEINER HEIMAT, Op. 14, No. 2; ERSTER STRAHL, Op. 5, No. 1 (all Richard Trunk). The rarest of his tenor records. Exceptionally interesting and varied songs. Label side two signed by Melchior. Side one small harmless PB, few lt. rubs and small (absolutely harmless) scrape (scuff), 2. Side two IMs. Surface cons. 2. $550.00. 2454. 12” Maroon U.S. acous. Odeon 1011 [ ]. PARSIFAL Nur eine Waffe taugt/DIE WALKÜRE: Winterstürme (both Wagner). Cons. 2. $25.00. 3805. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72867 [1488as/1489as]. WALKÜRE: Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen/WALKÜRE: Siegmund heiss’ ich (Wagner). Label side two signed by Melchior. Minor label fade of gilt print on label, minor lt. rubs, 2. $75.00. 3782. 12” early elec. Polydor 66439 [148bm/150bm]. AFRICAINE: Land so wunderbar (Meyerbeer)/TANNHÄUSER: Als ich erwachte (Wagner). IMs. Cons. 2. $90.00. 3738. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 3936 [CS0358385/035837]. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land/ TRÄUME (both Wagner). With Ormandy dir. Philadelphia Orch. Side two only form of issue. Scarce. Few lightest mks., 2. $20.00.

151 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs CARMEN MELIS [s] 9331. 11” Fonotipia 69202/92700 [XPh5102/4468]. TOSCA: No lo sospiri la nostra casetta (Puccini)/FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. LU CARDILLO (Ignoto). Side one with unidentified tenor, likely Giulio Tincani (see Fonotipia Records by M. Henstock). Very tiny lbl. tear side one, otherwise superb pressing, just about 1-2. $40.00. MARGUERITE MERENTIE [s]. 1880-1950. She was a graduate of the Paris Conservatoire in 1904 and from 1905- 13 appeared at the Paris Opéra. Her roles there included Ari- ane (Massenet), Sieglinde, Brünnhilde, Aida, Elisabeth and Isolde. In addition, she was heard on the stages of the Paris Opéra-Comique, Milan’s La Scala, Monte Carlo, and la Mon- naie (Brussels), among others. In Turin, 1906, she was their first Salome which she also sang at the Paris Opéra in 1911. Her important career seems to have ended during the World War I period. 2951. 10” Blk. Fr. G&T 33646/33647 [5100h/5101½h]. ARIANE: La fine grace/ARIANE: Ah! le cruel (Massenet). Few LGTs and rubs, gen. 3. $20.00. OTTILIE METZGER [c] 9291. 11” Brown Odeon 64915/64916 [XB ? / ? ]. DAS GLÖCKCHEN DES EREMITEN: Provençal- isches Lied/DAS GLÖCKCHEN DES EREMITEN: MARGUERITE MERENTIE Bim, bim, bum (Maillart). Side one a large discoloration area which seems not to affect the playing except for a somewhat increasing “swish” during the second verse, otherwise 2. Side two cons. 2. $12.00. MARIA MICHAILOVA [s] 1994. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 61132 [2825L]. HAROLD: Adela’s Cradle Song (Napravnik). With E. WOLF- ISRAEL [cellist, uncredited on label]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2736. 10” Blk. ’04 GP Victor 61135 [2878L]. IN SILENCE (Gurilev). With KLAV- DIA TUGARINOVA [c]. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1995. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 61141 [2918L]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3103. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 61142 MARIA MICHAILOWA [2808L]. RUSSIAN FOLK SONG [ROSE, LITTLE ROSE] (Dargomyzhsky). With KLAVDIA TUGARINOVA [c]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. MARGARETE MICHALEK [s]. Döbling near Vienna, 1875-Vienna, 1944. Michalek’s debut was with the Vienna Hofoper in 1897 as Siebel in Faust. She sang leading soprano and mezzo roles there until 1910. In 1901 she was selected by Mahler as the soloist in Munich in the world premiere of his Symphony No. 4, which he conducted. This important artist made only five records for G&T in 1902. 2885. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 43242 [967x-Zo-2z]. ES BLINKT DER THAU (Rubinstein). IMs. Few LGTs, gen. 3. $250.00. JANINE MICHEAU [s] 3298. 12” PoW Red Disque Gram. W-1584, W-1585 [2LA4235-1/4236-1, 4237-1/4238-2]. SHEHERAZADE (Ravel). Four sides. Lamoureux Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. One harmless indentation, just about 1-2. $15.00. 1810. 12” PoW Red Disque Gram. W-1592 [2LA4174-1/4175-1]. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Thomas). Two sides. Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Just about 1-2. $12.00. GASTON MICHELETTI [t] 2370. 10” PW Red Odeon 188.873 [KI-5538-1/5539-1]. LAMENTU DI GIUVAN CAMILLU (arr. de Lambroschini)/E LAVANDARE (Tessarech). Guitar acc. Corsican songs. Small lbl. stkrs. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 152 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

REED MILLER [t]. No. Carolina, Feb. 29, 1880-New York City, 1923. A cornetist as a youth, Miller played first cornet in the First South Carolina Regiment during the Spanish American War. Working in construction in 1900, he was heard singing by a voice teacher who advised he concentrate his future on the development of his voice. Miller moved to New York in 1902 and soon gained a position as a church soloist. Until the time of his death he was a noted concert, oratorio and church singer. His final engagement was as soloist of St. Thomas’s Church in Manhattan. His sudden passing was the result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Miller and his wife, contralto Nevada van der Veer, conducted a summer music school in Lake George, NY, from 1920 through 1923. A story told of his first meeting with Caruso, around 1916, was recalled at a eulogy for Miller: Miller was walking along Seventh Avenue and when he came near 57th Street, he saw Caruso walking with his throat specialist. The physician was acquainted with Mr. Miller and introduced him to Caruso. “So, you’re the Mr. Miller who sings The Messiah?” Caruso is said to have declared. “Let me hear how it goes.” Miller sang a few bars from the portion “Every valley shall be exalted.” “I can’t do that,’” Caruso commented, when the last note had died away, “but I can do this.” And the great opera singer, disregarding the fact that he was on a public thoroughfare, struck high ‘C,’ holding it as long as he could, and thereby pleasing his physician, who was treating him for REED MILLER throat trouble. "I’ll let no church tenor outdo me,” was Caruso’s final word as he raised his arm in adieu. 3056. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 17383. BOHEMIAN GIRL: Fair Land of Poland (Balfe)/WIL- FRED GLENN [bs]. ROB ROY: Song of the Turnkey (de Koven). Scarce. Nice copy. Couple LSSs (harmless), cons. 2. $10.00. WATKIN MILLS (ROBERT WATKIN-MILLS) [bs-b]. Painswick, Gloucestershire, 1849-Toronto, 1930. A pupil first of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, then at the London Royal Academy of Music with Edwin Holland and in Milan with Federico, Watkin-Mills made his debut at London’s Crystal Palace in 1884. He gained immediate popularity and was soloist in the major choral festivals and in concert throughout England. He was heard on an annual basis in North America after 1894 and made a tour of New Zealand and Australia in 1904-05. While he chose not to appear in opera, he was among the most celebrated of oratorio and concert basses of his era. After 1914 he settled and taught in Winnipeg and then from 1922 until his death in Toronto. His few, rare records were made for Pathé (around 1903) and British Odeon (1907-08). 9312. 11” Lt. Blue & Gold British Odeon 44759/44796 [Lx1938/Lx2048]. SEMELE: Where’er You Walk/MESSIAH: Why Do the Nations (both Händel). Small bump. Rubbed, 3-4, but no apparent greying. $20.00. COSTA MILONA [t] 1930. 10” Red elec. PW Parlophon B.7669 [48317/48318]. TUTTO RITORNA (E. Pessina)/ L’ULTIMO BACIO (Tosti). Scarce. Lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2-3. $15.00. ANGELO MINGHETTI [t] 2377. 10” PW Red HMV DA 801 [Bb8544-II/8621-II]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puc- cini)/VAGHISSIMA SEMBIANZA (Donaudy). Side one cons. 2. Side two lt. (harmless) superficial scr., few lt. mks., cons. 3. $12.00. TAMAKI MIURA [s]. Tokyo, 1884-1946. Miura, the first Japanese soprano to appear in the West in opera, studied in Tokyo and in Germany. Her official debut was in Japan as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana. In 1915 she appeared in England as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly with great success. Interpreting the same role with the touring Boston Opera in New York the following year, Miura’s work was described as follows by a Musical Courier reviewer: Mme. Miura was called numberless times before the curtain and, especially when she appeared alone, the volume of applause was nothing short of tremendous. Cheers were intermingled and flowers were thrown at her feet. Nothing was lacking to demonstrate the complete and unreserved capitulation of New York opera-goers. And all this admiration was well earned. She is innately winsome and winning and invariably graceful, and she made an exquisite picture of Oriental femininity. She is a diminutive woman and she has a tiny voice … But it is just such an infantile voice as the Butterfly of John Luther Long’s conception might be expected to possess, so there is no shock to illusion. Miura became an international success, but her stage repertoire in the West was limited to Mascagni’s Iris, Leoni’s l’Oracolo, and Messager’s Madame Chrysantheme, in addition to Madama Butterfly. In 1926 in San Francisco, Miura created Aldo Franchetti’s Namiko San. Frequently appearing with her and in her touring company was tenor Theodore (or Tobia or Tovia) Kittay 153 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs (or sometimes Kittay-Vito), a Russian tenor who had emigrated to the U.S. around 1912. He and Miura sang together from 1916 well into the 1920s. Miura returned to Japan in 1930 and little was subse- quently heard about her in the West. She made acoustical sides for U.S. Columbia and Japanese Nipponophone and electrical recordings for Victor in the U.S. and in Japan for, I believe, the Japanese branches of Columbia and Victor. 3983. 10” Red Orth. Victor 4147. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas)/LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Flotow). Typed stickers with title information in Western lettering applied over the label title information printed in Japanese characters are partially removed. Some label staining. Surfaces 2-3. $20.00. 2856. 10” Red Orth. Victor 4148. SEDONO DAUBATKI; KINULA MONUIA/CHILD- REN’S SONG (Japanese Songs). Very rare and delightful. I’ve never seen it before. Cons. 2. $30.00. ENRICO MOLINARI [b] 2585. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1936-M [WB1638-1/1639-2]. ANDREA CHEN- IER: Son sessant’ anni (Giordano)/LU- CIA: Cruda funesta smania (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $10.00. LUIGI MONTESANTO [b] 1979. 10” Red Pathé Actuelle 025064 [N67535-1/67538-1]. TOSCA: Cantabile di Scarpia (Puccini)/ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. TAMAKI MIURA $15.00. GRACE MOORE [s] 2012. 10” Blk. Brunswick 6994 [B16101-A/B16102-A]. CIRIBIRIBIN (Pestalozza)/ONE NIGHT OF LOVE (Schertzinger). With Met Opera Male Chorus dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 2477. 12” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. CS-075211-1. RED ROSY BUSH (Appalachian Folk Song, arr. Young). Piano acc. Isaac van Grove. Unpub- lished. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2478. 12” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. CS-075218-1A. CANTO ANDALUZ (Nin). Piano acc. Isaac van Grove. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00. CARLO MORELLI [b]. Valparaiso, Chile, 1897- Mexico City, 1970. His parents were Italian and Spanish, Morelli’s older brother was another singer, baritone (later tenor) Renato Zanelli. Because of his brother’s prior stage success and as both were then singing as baritones when Carlo made his debut in 1921 (his brother switching to tenor five years later), he chose to use “Morelli” to avoid confusion. He achieved great success in Italy in a mixture of roles, ranging from Amfortis to Amonasro. At Monte Carlo he was likewise heard in a variety of parts. His American career began in Chicago in 1935. He was then with the Met for five seasons (1935-40) and heard in San Francisco as well, and in 1946 with the touring U.S. San Carlo Opera Company. CARLO MORELLI Morelli eventually retired to Mexico City, where he taught. 2004. 10” Green VT Columbia 4129-X [WB1919/1927]. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara/ ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà (Leoncavallo). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

154 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2954. 10” Blue Microphone PW Columbia 17263-D [co25854/25855]. CANTA IL MARE (de Leva)/SI ALGUNA VEZ (Ponce). Orch. dir. Alfredo Antonini. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

BERTHA MORENA [s]. Mannheim, 1878-Tegernsee, 1952. A pupil in Munich of Röhr- Brajnin and Orgeni, Morena made her debut at the Munich Hofoper in 1898 as Agathe in Der Freischütz, remaining there until her farewell in 1927. She was also with the Metropolitan Opera, making her debut there in 1908, and Covent Garden in 1914, primarily in Wagnerian roles. Morena was noted for her acting skills and her attractive appearance, described in a newpaper article as “a very beautiful woman, tall and stately, with magnificent dark eyes, utterly unaffected and charming.” 2868. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 43995/ 43996 [3927r/3928r]. TANNHÄUSER: Gebet der Elisabeth/TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle (Wagner). Beautiful copy. Couple MGTs, otherwise just about 1-2. $40.00. ALESSANDRO MORESCHI [castrato] 3576. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 71015 [284i]. OREMUS PRO PONTEFICE (Calzanera). Among the best recorded examples of his voice. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

MARIE MORRISEY [c]. Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1892- ? . Having been an organist and choir director at the age of 16, Morrisey subsequently studied voice with Dudley Buck in New York and coached with Richard Hageman. Aeolian Hall was the site of her 1913 New York concert debut. She subsequently appeared as an oratorio soloist and guest artist with many major American orchestras. In the ‘teens, Morrisey recorded for Edison and then established a career with Brunswick that virtually ran the life of the company. Her husband, Royden James Keith, had been connected to Brunswick and was vice-president of the “New York and Chicago Talking Machine Company”, whatever that might ALESSANDRO MORESCHI have been. In later years, Morrisey taught in Chi- cago and was, for a period, president of the Illinois Federation of Music Clubs. 2671. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10154. CRADLE SONG (Mac Fadyen)/THE ROSARY (Nevin). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3061. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15191. CALM AS THE NIGHT (Böhm)/THE ROSARY (Nevin). Totally insignificant lbl. scr. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00. LOUIS MORTURIER [b] 3319. 12” Blk. PW Disque Gram. W-1137 [CF-2794-II/2887-I]. LES SAISONS: Air du laboureur (Haydn)/L’ENFANCE DU CHRIST: Toujours ce rêve (Berlioz). Orch. dir. G. Lauweryns. Cons. 2. $12.00.

ANTON MOSER [b]. Reinsdorf (near Vienna), 1872-Vienna, 1909. Moser’s debut was in Heidelberg in 1895. From 1903 he was an important member of the Mahler Vienna Hofoper. In 1906 he was Masetto in the first Salzburg production of Don Giovanni. His major roles included Hans Heiling, Silvio in Pagliacci, Salomon in Goldmark’s Queen of Sheba, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro and Papageno, as well as such Wagner parts as the Herald in Lohengrin and Alberich. He was admired by Mahler, who selected him as a soloist in important concerts of his music. 9315. 11” Brown Odeon 38293/38332 [Vx1389/1470-2]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Tempel- scene des Salomon (Goldmark)/NACHTLAGER VON GRANADA: Arie des Jägers (Kreutzer). Very fine copy, cons. 2. $35.00. LUCIEN MURATORE [t] 2232. 10” elec. Pathé Actuelle X.3390 [N.201588-1/201597-1]. CHANSON DE BARBERINE (Loret)/MAGALI (Mistral). 2. $7.00. 3057. 10” elec. Pathé x.94.107 [203227/203228]. PUISQUE JE T’AIME/QUAND JE SUIS LOIN DE TOI (both René Sylviano). Both from film Le Chanteur inconnu. Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00. 155 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs LAMBERT MURPHY [t] 3553. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. Victor 70080. MEISTERSINGER: Walthers Preislied (Wagner). In German. Just about 1-2. $10.00. M. MURRAY-DAVEY [bs]. 1877-1947. Born in England, Davey studied in France with Jean de Reszke. He evidently first sang in opera at the Paris Opéra in 1905 as the Hermit in Der Freischutz. 1907 marked his debut with the Monte Carlo Opera (Raimondo in Lucia) and 1909 at Covent Garden (making his debut as Abimelech in Samson et Dalila), where he remained through 1914. In 1912 he sang once at the Metropolitan Opera in a Sunday Night Concert and also was involved in other musical events in the New York area. He returned to the U.S. in 1921 for what was noted as his recital debut at Aeolian Hall, the audience “small in numbers but great in enthusiasm”. His first hearing at la Monnaie, Brussels, was in 1922. In the ‘teens and ’20s, Davey was active in England on the concert stage as a singer and occasionally as a composer as well. Wrote the London Musical Times in Jan. 1918, “It is unusual to find in an opera singer such reserve and so little desire for the cheaper ways of currying favour with the public. Mr. Murray Davey is not only a singer and a composer, he is an artist.” 3800. 12” Eng. Vocalion A-0254 [04221X/04222]. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Nonnez qui reposez (Meyerbeer)/LA JUIVE: Si la rigeur (Halèvy). Cons. 2. $25.00. CLAUDIA MUZIO [s] 2584. 10” Blue PW Master Works Columbia 4134-M [CB6963-1/6966-1]. TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi)/ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Poveri fiori (Cilèa). Just about 1-2. $7.00. LULA MYSZ-GMEINER [c] 2052. 10” PW Green Polydor 21459 [294br/295br]. DAS ECHO/IM HAIN (both Schubert). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. N. I. NAGACHEVSKY [t] 1955. 10” Brown elec. HMV EK 94 [OG391-IV/OG550-II]. SADKO: Song of India (Rimsky- Korsakov)/BORIS GODOUNOV: Fountain Duet (Moussorgsky). Side two with HÉLÈNE SADOVEN [ms]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. INOCENCIO NAVARRO [b] 2935. 10” Red Victrola 64738 [s19209u]. LA ADORACIÓN (Calero-Gelabert). Scarce Red Seal issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00. MARIA NEMETH [s] 3575. 12” PW Blk. Electrola EJ 497 [CA71-III/72-II]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Martern aller arten (Mozart). Two sides. Orch. dir. Karl Alwin. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. MARTHE NESPOULOUS [s]. Paris, 1894- Bordeaux, 1962. Born of a Greek family, Nespoulous originally planned on a career in education, taking voice lessons for fun. After by chance opportunity singing at the funeral of Sarah Bernhardt she was heard there by several important musical figures, including Jacques Rouche, director of the Paris Opéra. After some experi- ence with smaller companies, she was hired by Rouche for the Paris Opéra in 1923 for a secondary role in Héro- diade.Her career there gradually increased in momentum and by 1926 she was singing principal parts, such as Nedda in I Pagliacci. She subsequently appeared as a leading figure as well in Monte Carlo, la Monnaie in Brussels and in Italy’s San Carlo Opera. She left the Paris Opéra after a contract dispute with the management in 1933 and sang thereafter primarily in the provinces. Despite subsequently trying to make amends in Paris, MARTHE NESPOULOUS Nespoulous wasn’t welcomed back and was told that she had “abused her voice” and at that time “failed to rise to the level of perfection and style” required by the Opéra. She then retired and taught, being appointed a professor at the Conservatoire in Bordeaux in 1947. –Various Internet sources. 1921. 10” PW Red Fr. Columbia RF 46 [WL-3138-1/3182-1]. LA BATAILLE: Les feuilles d’érable/LA BATAILLE: Tes yeux sont clairs comme une aurore (André Gailhard). Side two with EDMOND RAMBAUD [t]. Conducted by the composer. Minor lbl. stain side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 156 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MIGNON NEVADA [s] and EMMA NEVADA [speaker] 1746. 12” Pink SS PW IRCC 118. A [SPOKEN] MESSAGE FROM EMMA NEVADA; LE SOIR (Thomas) sung by MIGNON NEVADA. Signed by both artists. Just about 1-2. $20.00. ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA [s]. As in the case of most pre-Revolution Russian recordings, the language in which the selections are sung is Russian unless otherwise indicated. 2706. 10” Red Angel Russ. Pre-Dog Gram. 2-23072 [1181r]. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Piano acc. Ugo Masetti. Cons. 2. $50.00. 2655. 10” Red Angel Russ. Pre-Dog Gram. 2-23074 [1183r]. PEARL FISHERS: Comme autrefois (Bizet). Piano acc. Some lt. rubs, otherwise very clean, 2-3. $40.00. 2654. 10” Red Angel Russ. Pre-Dog Gram. 2-23316 [7218L]. SNOW MAIDEN: How painful it feels (Rimsky-Korsakov). Nice copy, very lt. rubs, 2. $50.00. 2664. 10” Red Mus-Trust 38509 (2-23320/2-23322) [7222L/7224L]. NAL AND DAMAYAN- TI: Cradle Song (Arensky)/MIREILLE: O légère hirondelle (Gounod). Cons. 2. $50.00. 2791. 10” Red Angel Russ. Pre-Dog Gram. 2-23483 [14171b]. COQ D’OR: Hymn to the Sun (Rimsky-Korsakov). Some minor superficial rubs, 2-3. $40.00. 1771. 12” White HMV VB 37 (1931c/2590c]. WINTER STORY: Act II Aria (Goldmark)/ MAGIC FLUTE: Queen of the Night Aria (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00. AGNES NICHOLLS [s] 2848. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 3837. THE LARK NOW LEAVES ITS WAT’RY NEST (Horatio Parker). Piano acc. Very rare. Superb technique. Just about 1-2. $100.00. 1627. 12” Blk. acous. SR HMV D.449 [Ho1796ac/Ho1803ac]. IN A PERSIAN GARDEN: Wake for the sun. With EDNA THORNTON [c], HUBERT EISDELL [t], GEORGE BAKER [b]/IN A PERSIAN GARDEN: I sometimes think; A book of verses (Liza Lehmann). With THORNTON [c], EISDELL [t]. Perform- ances supervised by the composer. Pi- ano acc. IMs. Few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. ALICE NIELSEN [s] 3216. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74107. IL BA- CIO (Arditi). IMs. Just about 1-2. $6.00. HELGE NISSEN [bs-b]. Rydhauge, 1871- Copenhagen, 1926. His debut was at the Danish Royal Opera in 1897 as Méphistofeles in Gounod’s Faust and he remained there a number of seasons singing principal roles. He was also a guest at Covent Garden in 1909 and toured the AGNES NICHOLLS U.S. in 1911. Information from Richard T. Soper’s Nordic Voices. 3104. 10” Blk. acous. HMV V.124 [3867r/5648ab]. DON GIOVANNI: Serenade/DON GIO- VANNI: Sjelden Penge (Mozart). In Danish. Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00. JUSTE NIVETTE [bs-b] 9345. 11” APGA 1155/1159. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Air de la Calomnie (Rossini)/ LAKMÉ: Stances (Delibes). One TB. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 9336. 11” APGA 1739/1753. FAUST: Scène de l’Église (Gounod)/HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet). One TB. Just about 1-2. $30.00. LILLIAN NORDICA [s] 3862. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68082-D [30133-2/30652-1]. GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli)/TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). Excellent pressing, just about 1-2. $40.00. 3911. 12” Purple Columbia 30133 [-2]. GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli). Small rim bump, far from grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $25.00. 157 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs EIDÉ NORÉNA [s] 2391. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-6884 [OPD4-1/OPD5-1]. LA MILLE ET DEUXIÈME NUIT: La Barcarolle bleue (Dallin-Divoire)/PEER GYNT: Solveig’s Song (Grieg). Orch. Cons. 2. $30.00. 1628. 12” PW Maroon Parlophone-Odeon R20145 [XXP7064-2/7065-2]. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Meyerbeer). Two sides. Orch. dir. Henri Defosse. One minor rub side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 3470. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 15181 [2LA1923-1/1925-1]. PIETÀ, SIGNORE! (Stradella, arr. Messner)/AVE MARIA (Verdi). Orch. dir. Joseph Messner. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1835. 12” PoW Red HMV DB 4870 [2PG74-II/50-II]. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui/TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1722. 12” PoW Red VdP DB 4924 [2PG-1231-1/1232-1]. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimi/ BOHÊME: Donde lieta uscì (Puccini). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00. JEAN NOTÉ [b]. Tourney, Belgium, 1859-Bruxelles, 1922. 2945. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32574 [1492-F]. LA COUPE DU ROI DE THULÉ: Il est venu ce jour (Diaz). Nice copy, gen. 2. $20.00. 2931. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-407 [9062u/9107u]. LA VOIX DES CHÈNES/LE CREDO DU PAYSAN (both Goublier). Excellent later ‘30s lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. DONALD NOVIS [t] 2277. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22286. ALONE IN THE RAIN/MOLLY (both Dougherty). Both from the film, The Grand Parade. 2. $8.00. JARMILA NOVOTNÁ [s] 2646. 10” Plum acous. Czech HMV AM 418 [BT2739-II/2740-I]. PSOHLAVCI: Zelené Hájové (Kovarovic)/HUBICKA: Skrivánci pisen (Smetana). Her only acoustic recording, made when she was 19. Just about 1-2. $15.00. FRANCESCO NUIBO [t] 2549. 10” B&S (U.S. pressing) Columbia 3128 [M-153-1]. CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet). Piano acc. Few harmless PBs and rubs, 3-4. $15.00. 2725. 10” Green (British pressing, I believe) Columbia 3129 [take 1]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah, léve-toi, soleil (Gounod). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 1846. 12” Red Vinyl White lbl. Victrola 85075 [C-2202]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi soleil! (Gounod). 1905, orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $30.00. MARGARETE OBER [ms] 1940. 10” Red Victor 64445. Orig. “A” plate. AN DIE MUSIK (Schubert, Op. 88, No. 4). Piano acc. by Arthur Arndt (Ober’s husband). Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2554. 10” Red Victor 64447. MIT DEINEM BLAUEN AUGEN, Op. 56, No. 4 MARGARETE OBER as Fidès in Le Prophète (Strauss). Piano acc. Arthur Arndt. Only form of issue. Ober’s fine lieder recordings were unfortunately deleted when the U.S. entered W.W. I. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2555. 10” Red Victor 64506. TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. HELENE OFFENBERG [s] 2870. 10” Blk. Gram. Dog Con. 2-43332/2-43333 [7396r/7397½r]. TROVATORE: In deines Kerkers/TROVATORE: Es glänzte schon das Sternenheer (Verdi). One minor lbl. mk. side two. Side one few MGTs, cons. 2. Side two some LGTs, otherwise gen. 2. $75.00. 158 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MAARTJE OFFERS [c] 2833. 10” Red PW HMV E.558 [Bb17926-II/Bb18479-II]. IN DEN REGEN-IN THE RAIN [ONDER MOEDERS PARAPLU-UNDER MOTHER’S UMBRELLA] (Wierts)/MERCK TOCH HOE STERCK (Traditional). In Dutch. Orch. dir. George Byng. Just about 1-2. $8.00. AYAKO OGINO [OGHINO] [s] 2904. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4826 [OW1432-I/1433-I]. MOMIZOURI-UTA [CHAN- SON DE LA RÉCOLTE DU RIZ]/KUSAKARA-UTA [CHANSON DU FAUCHEUR] (Japanese Songs, arr. and orch. Piero Coppola). Scarce and charming. Beautifully orchestrated. Orch. dir. Coppola. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 1-2. $20.00. ROSA OLITZKA [c] 2531. 10” Yellow IRCC 3009. RHEINGOLD: Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (Wagner)/GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli). RR from announced 1906 Edison cylinder/1914 Edison disc. Side one an excellent transfer. Side two transfer poorly done, with orchestral introduction cut out. Label autographed by Olitzka. Just about 1-2. $8.00. MARIA OLSZEWSKA [c] 3806. 12” Red acous. Schallplatte Gram. 72817 [741av/742av]. AN DIE HOFFNUNG (Beethoven). Two sides. Side one tiny LSS, few minor rubs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $40.00. AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s] 3499. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 5350 [2BA1200-I/1341-I]. SUOR ANGELICA: Senza Mamma (Puccini)/FEDORA: Vedi? Io piango (Giordano). Side two with ALES- SANDRO ZILIANI [t]. IMs and partially removed lbl. stkr., otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. COLIN O’MORE [t]. Little Rock, Arkansas, 1890-Lakeland, FL, 1956. Born James Harrod Hornberger, O’More was first heard as a pianist and tenor in a motion picture theater and was then accepted as a scholarship student at the Cincinnati College of Music. He subsequently studied in France (1911) with Oscar Seagle and Jean De Reszke and in England with Sir Henry Wood. He returned to the U.S. in 1913 and was a soloist in oratorio and operetta. He later toured with the San Carlo Opera singing roles such as Rodolfo and Pinkerton and also appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. Recording for Columbia and Edison as James Harrod in the ‘teens, he changed his name to Colin O’More sometime around 1919. He became particularly popular via recordings made for Vocalion, which heightened demand for appearances. These featured a variety of interesting performances, including tenor soloist in the 1923 American premiere of Stravinsky’s Les Noces, under the direction of Leopold Stokowski (with the four piano parts taken by Germaine Tailleferre, Alfredo Casella, Georges Enesco and Carlos Salzedo). Bruns- wick took over Vocalion in 1924 and O’More con- tinued to record for them into the early electric period. A group of records for Victor then followed. O’More was seen and heard in Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance on NBC television, June 20, 1939, likely the first Gilbert and Sullivan telecast. He was also on an NBC telecast of HMS Pinafore, September 5, 1939, garnering excellent reviews but likely not many viewers. Around the same time, he recorded Trial By Jury for Royale (eight discs), a set I’ve never seen. In 1944 he moved to Florida where he was on the faculty of Florida Southern College in Lakeland as a Professor of Music. COLIN O'MORE. "The Met? It's that way." [Information with much help from Quentin Riggs). 3058. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 24031 [7144/ ? ]. MANON: Le rêve/WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (both Massenet). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 159 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs SIGRID ONEGIN [c] 3060. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15039 [9383/9385]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti)/TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3059. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15073 [ ? / ? ]. VAGGVISA (arr. Raucheisen)/HER- DEGOSSEN (Berg). Side one piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Small LSS side two. Few rubs, 2. $10.00. 2050. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15154. OUVRE TES YEUX BLEUS (Massenet)/ZANETTO: Sérénade du Passant (Massenet). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. With Frederic Fradkin [violin] side one. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3567. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50028 [X9805/X9842]. PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer)/SAMSON ET DALILA: Amour, viens aider (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3746. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 72920 [792as/793as]. O TOD, WIE BITTER BIST DU/ WENN ICH MIT MENSCHEN (both Brahms). Small LSS side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $35.00. 1659. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7146. LE PROPHÈTE: O Prêtres de Baal/HUGUE- NOTS: Nobles Seigneurs (both Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1741. 12” Red PW (silver print) Victor 7191. LA FAVORITA: O mio Fernando (Donizetti)/ DON CARLOS: O don fatale (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. EKATERINA A. OREL [s] 2743. 10” Blk. Monarch Victor 61064 [329z-Ao-2z]. FAUST: Jewel Song (Gounod). From 1902 Russian matrix. Nice copy, 2. $75.00. JOS. M. ORELIO [bs-b]. s’Hertogenbosch, 1854-The Hague, 1926. Born Theodor Joseph Marie Orelio, he was usually known as Jos. His debut as a paid singer was in 1876 but it was some ten years before he became particularly noticed. His major career was in The Netherlands, but he also appeared successfully in France and Russia, as well as Hungary. In 1901 he studied German repertoire with Hermann Gura, the total of roles in his repertoire at that time over eighty. He spoke of his two favorites as Hans Sachs and Mephisto in Gounod’s Faust, in which he first performed in 1876. In the early 1900s his career began slowly disintegrating. He eventually took singing engagements in variety shows and restau- JOS. M. ORELIO rants which he very much detested, and was involved in several financially unsuccessful concert tours. Occasional engagement did come along based on his earlier fame, but by 1920 he was no longer able to appear on stage. He was ill with diabetes and his health further declined, a sad ending to a once notable life. –Internet sources 3850. 11” Brown Amsterdam Odeon 30240/30246 [Xa78/Xa79]. HAMLET: Drinklied (Thomas)/FAUST: Coupletten van het Gouden Kalf (Gounod). In Dutch. Announced. Piano acc. (1904). IMs. Few LGTs, 2. $20.00. 3859. 12” Blk./Woman Favorite 2-95002/2-95001 [76-p/75-p]. TWEE KERELEN (Peter Benoit)/VAN EENE KONINGSVROUWE (Arnold Spoel). Piano acc. Small lbl. tear side one. Two totally different style labels. Few MGTs, 2. $20.00. VERNA OSBORNE [s]. Brooklyn, NY, 1903-Novato, CA, 2006. Soprano with the San Francisco Opera (debut 1940), soloist with Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony and from 1949 a vocal coach, Osborne had been a pupil of Estelle Liebling (the Met soprano who had later taught Beverly Sills). She appeared in the 1930s on the radio and in concerts. From 1938 Osborne sang mostly in the California area but may have appeared in Europe in the later 1940s. Her career ended abruptly in 1949, for no discernable reason, and from then on she taught in San Francisco. 1529. 12” White City Paris PCS 061674-1/61782-1. MANON: Air (Massenet)/LE ROSSIGNOL (Saint-Saëns). Acc. by Kathryn Julye (piano side one, harp side two). Victor recording and pressing (late 1930s). Just about 1-2. $15.00. JOHN O’SULLIVAN [t] 2661. 10” Red acous. Col. La Cigale D9414 [70601/70694]. OTELLO: Esultate; Ora e per sempre addio/OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Excellent laminated surface material. Couple MGTs, 2-3. $20.00. 160 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs GIUSEPPE PACINI [b]. Firenze, 1862-1910. Pacini studied in Firenze with Mo. Cortese and made his debut in 1887 as Francesco in Verdi’s I due Foscari. He appeared throughout Italy and in Central America and was active on stage until the year of his death. Pacini was the principal baritone in the 1895 La Scala world premiere of Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff with Adelina Stehle and Giovanni Battista De Negri. He also was in the La Scala 1895 premiere of Mascagni’s Silvano with, again, Stehle and this time tenor Fernando de Lucia. Pacini was the first artist to record for Fonotipia (1904). 9309. 11” Fonotipia 39004/39009 [XPh ? /24]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi)/ GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF: Descrizione di Londra (Mascagni). Side one few MGTs, 2-3. Side two one TB, 2. $50.00. 9320. 11” Fonotipia 39005/39007 [XPh13/3]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet)/GIOCONDA: Barcarola (Ponchielli). One LGT. Cons. 2. $50.00. 9348. 11” Fonotipia 92010/92011 [XPh2659/2664]. ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì m’era di gioia (Giordano)/BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). Somewhat roughish surface should be harmless, 2-3. $20.00. REGINA PACINI [s]. Lisbon, 1871-Buenos Aires, 1965. Born of a musical family, Pacini made her debut in 1888 at the San Car- lo in Lisbon as Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula. She also ap- peared at La Scala, Covent Garden (with Caruso), Rome, Warsaw and St. Petersburg. In Buenos Aires, 1907, Pacini married the Argen- tine Diplomat Marcelo de Alvear and then retired from the stage. From 1922 through 1928 she was first lady of Argentina, her hus- band having been elected Presi- dent. Pacini was still living during the reign of another more recog- nized Argentine presidential wife, Evita Peron. Pacini’s only records were Fonotipias from 1905-06. 9332. 11” Fonotipia 39212/ 39234 [XPh298/300]. MAGIC FLUTE: Gli an- gui d’inferno (Mozart)/ PAQUITA (Canzone Spagnola). Tiny lbl. tear side two. Nice copy, 2. $30.00. JOSÉ PALET [t]. Nr. Barce- lona, 1877-Milano, 1946. Palet studied at the Barcelona Conser- vatory with Juan Goula and made his debut in 1900 at the Teatro Liceo as Fernando in La Favorita. He was very well re- ceived in both Spain and Italy, REGINA PACINI having made his La Scala debut in 1913 as Don Jose in Carmen. He was also successful at the Rome Teatro Costanzi, the Havana Teatro Nacional, and in the U.S. touring America in 1921 with the Scotti Grand Opera Company. After retiring in the early 1930s, he taught in Milan, dying there of a heart attack while returning to his apartment on a streetcar. 1985. 10” Red Victrola 66113 [4747-II ah]. WILLIAM TELL: Andiam corriam (Rossini). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2557. 10” Red Victrola 928. MARINA: Costa la de levante [Aria de Tenor] (Arrieta). Two sides. From orig. 1921 Spanish Gramophone matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00. IMRE PALLO [b] 2978. 10” Blk. PoW Victor V-11116 [BW2020-II/2022-I]. SZERELMES VAGYOR ÉN SZEP ASSZONY MAGÀBA [I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN]/CSÖ, CSÖ, KUKORICACSÖ [CORN STALKS] (both Dr. Jenö Sándor). One harmless rub side one, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00. 161 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s] 1671. 12” Green acous. Odeon F.5567 [XXPh5696/5701]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di/BOHÊME: Si, mi chiamano Mimì (both Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00. CHARLES PANZÉRA [b] 2963. 10” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P-724 [BFR-110- I/115-II]. CHANSON POUR LE PETIT CHE- VAL (de Sévérac)/LES BERCEAUX (Fauré). Piano acc. Mme. Panzéra-Baillot. Excellent later ‘30s laminated pressing. Minor MGT side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 3099. 10” PW Red DA-4809 [OW672-1/683-4]. AU LOIN, Op. 39/LE NOYER (both Schumann). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3736. 12” PW Red Fr. Disque Gram. DB 4819 [2W673-1/685-3]. LA VIE ANTÉRIEURE/ L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE (both Duparc). Piano acc. Magdeleine Panzéra. Just about 1- 2. $12.00. 3735. 12” PW Red Fr. Disque Gram. DB 4987 – DB 4989. DICHTERLIEBE (Schumann). In German. Six sides. With ALFRED CORTOT [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $18.00.

ANTONIO PAOLI [t]. Puerto Rico, 1871 -1946. An early major success was at the Paris Opéra, 1899, as Arnold in William Tell. Subsequently he achieved much popularity through Italy, South America, and later in his career in the United States. Upon his retirement he received an honorary pension from his native Puerto ANTONIO PAOLI as Rhadames Rico. Despite his remarkable, heroic voice, he didn’t sing with the major U.S. opera companies, although Brook- lyn heard him on several occasions in the mid-1920s. 2807. 10” White lbl. Victrola 91073 [10609b]. PAGLIACCI: Versa il filtro (Leoncavallo). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t], FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Performance supervised by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2681. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 54407 [13255b]. POLIUTO: Al suon dell’ arpa angeliche (Donizetti). With HONORIA POPOVICI [s]. One TB. Just about 1-2. $60.00. 1525. 12” White Lbl. Victrola 92010 [1216c]. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Performance supervised by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1852. 12” White Lbl. Victrola 92011 [1230½c]. PAGLIACCI: Aitalo, Signor! (Leoncavallo) With G. HUGUET [s], G. PINI-CORSI [t], F. CIGADA [b]. Performance supervised by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3169. 12” Red Victrola 89137 [1231c]. PAGLIACCI: Finale (Leoncavallo). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t], ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Performance supervised by the composer. VrBk. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3708. 12” Red Victrola 8050. PAGLIACCI: Un grande spet- tacolo!/PAGLIACCI: Finale (Leoncavallo). Performances GRAZIELLA PARETO supervised by the composer. With CIGADA [b], G. PINI-CORSI [t], ROSCI [t] (side one) and HUGUET [s], G. PINI-CORSI [t] and BADINI [b] (side two). Just about 1-2. $12.00. GRAZIELLA PARETO [s] 3262. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6402. O BIMBA BIMBETTA (Sibella)/MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh! vieni non tardar (Mozart). Charming performances. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

162 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ELIZABETH PARKINA [s]. Kansas City, MO, 1882- Colorado Springs, CO, 1922. Parkina studied in Paris with Marchesi at the advice of Nellie Melba, who heard her in 1896. Her debut was in 1902 at the Paris Opéra Comique as Lakmé. It was as Musetta in La Boheme with Melba and Caruso that Parkina made her Covent Garden debut. She toured Australia in 1905 with great success. Sometime in the 1907-08 period she appears to have abandoned her career as a result of ill health. She resided in Europe until the beginning of the World War in 1914, returning then to Kansas City. Her death, a result of pul- monary tuberculosis, occurred in 1922 at a sanitorium in Colorado near the home of a brother. 2687. 10” Blk. London G&T 3511 [4962]. COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE (Scottish Air). Minor discoloration over label trademark (likely a sticker removed). One small bump (appears to be in matrix), one LSS (absolutely harmless), couple MGTs, otherwise just about 1-2. $75.00. ARMIDE PARSI-PETTINELLA [ms]. Gallese, near Rome, 1868-Milano, 1949. She was a major mezzo in Italy, having sung a number of times at La Scala roles such as Ulrica, Dalila and her 1895 debut role there, Anna Bolena in Saint- Saëns’ Henry VIII. In New York she appeared as Madelon in the American premiere of Giordano’s Andrea Chenier at the Academy of Music in 1896. Madrid and Monte Carlo were two other operatic centers where she was heard in various major roles. In later years she was a resident in the Verdi Casa di riposo in Milan. She recorded only for Fonotipia (dubbings known to exist ELIZABETH PARKINA on other labels). 9347. 11” Fonotipia 39072/39115 [XPh124-2/122]. GIULIETTA È ROMÉO: Ah! se tu dormi, svegliati (Vaccai)/TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi). A few minor indentations, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00. 9281. 11” Fonotipia 92579/39058 [XPh3970/2066]. ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che faro (Gluck)/GIANNINA RUSS [s]. IL LIBRO SANTO (Pinsuti). Side two with piano acc. and A. Genèsini [violinist]. Few lt. rubs, side one a harmless bump. Cons. 2. $15.00. TANCREDI PASERO [bs] 2517. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1976-D [WB1271-1/1330-2]. MEFISTOFELE: Ave, Signor!/MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1811. 12” Green elec. Odeon N.6571 [XXPh5829/5833]. ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi)/MEFISO- FELE: Son lo spirito (Boïto). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 3332. 12” Red late VdP DB 05356 [2BA5523/2BA5524]. SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini)/BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini). Orch. dir. Luigi Ricci. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3333. 12” Red late VdP DB 11304 [2BA5583-II/5584]. MEFISTOFELE: Ecco il mondo/ MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito (Boïto). Orch. dir. D. Marzollo. Just about 1-2. $10.00. KOLOMAN VON PATAKY [t] 3594. 12” Gold Brunswick 90238 [214BV/444½bm]. DON GIOVANNI: Il mio Tesoro/COSÌ FAN TUTTE: Un aura amorosa (Mozart). Orch. dir. Julius Prüwer. Excellent late ‘30s Columbia pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. ADELINA PATTI [s] 3143. 12” Pink Hist. No. 2 HMV 03051 [537f]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart). 1905 piano acc. G&T matrix. HMV Bk. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3217. 12” Pink Hist. No. 2 HMV 03056 [543f]. FAUST: O Dieu! Que de bijoux (Gounod). Orig. G&T matrix. HMV Bk. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3572. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 95030. MARTHA: Last Rose of Summer (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3173. 12” Red Victrola 95033 [540f]. OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster). Cons. 2. $8.00. 3172. 12” Red Victrola 95038 [548f]. LA SERENATA (Tosti). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 163 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3215. 12” Red GP’ 04 Victor Patti Record 95042 [556f]. ON PARTING (Patti). Couple PBs, one will sound about an eighth of an inch. Cons. 3. $15.00. JULIUS PATZAK [t]. I’d recommended all the Patzak items below as wonderfully sung and particularly appealing performances. Likewise they are all excellent copies. 2649. 10” PW Green Polydor 10385 [6101GR/ 6102½GR]. DER GRAF VON LUXEM- BOURG: Bist du’s lachendes glück (Lehár)/EVA: Wär’ es auch nichts als ein Trau vom glück (both Lehár). Appealing voice and a great sense of style in everything he recorded. Excellent copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00. 2650. 10” PW Green Grammophon 23920 [2638BH/2640BH]. I BIN A ECHTER WEANA (Sioly-Herzog)/WIENER FIAKERLIED (Pick). With Wiener Schrammel-Quartett. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2693. 10” PW Red Grammophon 23922 [2644BH/2647BH]. DER OBERSTEIGER: Sei nicht bös’ (Zeller)/DER VOGELHÄNDLER: Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr (Zeller). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2692. 10” PW Green Polydor 24326 [4326BD/4327BD]. DON CESAR: Komm herab, o Madonna Therésa (Dellinger)/DIE JULIUS PATZAK LANDSTREICHER: Sei gepriesen du laus- chige Nacht (Ziehrer). Orch. dir. Alois Melichar. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2685. 10” PW Green Polydor 47216 [7833GR/7834GR]. DIE STADT DER LIEDER (Hof- mann)/WEIL I A ALTER DRAHRER BIN (Sioly-Polhammer). With Dietrich Schram- mel-Quartett. Very lt. rubs, couple lightest superficial scrs. Cons. 2. $10.00. 2651. 10” PW Blue Polydor 92206 [3374¾BH/3375½BH]. O WÜSST’ ICH DOCH DEN WEG ZURÜCK/SONNTAG; MEINE LIEBE IS GRÜN (all Brahms). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. PIERO PAULI [t] 3123. 10” PW Red Disco Grammofono DA 1202 [OF29-II/OF30-II]. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo/MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boïto). 2. $10.00. 3113. 10” PW Red Disco Grammofono DA 1340 [OM1343-II/OM207-II]. FEDORA: Mia madre, la mia vecchia madre (Giordano). With AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s] / ADELAIDE SARACENI [s]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Saper vorreste (Verdi). Uncommon. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1754. 12” PoW VdeP DB 1440 [CM1590-II/1591-I]. MEFISTOFELE: Forma ideal/MEFI- STOFELE: Amore … Misterio (Boïto). Both with MARIA LUISA FANELLI [s], side one also with GUGLIELMO MASINI [bs]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Couple light mks., still just about 1-2. $12.00. 1818. 12” PoW VdeP DB 2012 [2M1417-II/1301-II]. NINNA-NANNA (Richard Strauss)/ ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: No, la mia fronte (Cilèa). Side two with ADELAIDE SARACENI [s]. Orch. dir. Piccinelli/Franco Ghione. Fine late pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. WILLIAM PAULL [b]. 1872– St. Louis, MO, 1903. A noted ballad and operatic singer, Paull appeared throughout England with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and made his American debut as Wolfram in an English language production of Tannhäuser at the Metropolitan Opera House with the Savage and Grau Metropolitan English Opera Company in 1900. A New York Times reviewer cited Paull’s as a “fine voice and a beautifully free and unaffected production.” He returned to North America as leading baritone of William Savage’s Castle Square Opera Company. He was appearing with this group on tour when, on February 5th, 1903, he (apparently acci- dentally) fell from his 6th floor hotel window to his death. 2984. 10” Blk. London Flush G&T 2-2569. MARITANA: In Happy Moments (Wallace). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $30.00.

164 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ROSE PAULY-DREESEN [s] 3731. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon O-6670 [XXB8186/8188]. THE EGYPTIAN HELENA: Bei jeder Nacht/THE EGYPTIAN HELENA: Zweite Brautnacht! (R. Strauss). Orch. dir. Fritz Busch. Tiny lbl. tear. Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

IRENE PAVLOSKA [s]. St. Jean, Québec, 1889-Chicago, 1962. Born Irene Lévi, Pavloska was raised in Montréal. She began piano studies there at the age of six and continued in Frankfurt, Germany while at boarding school. The season of 1911-12 she appeared as Olga Pavloska in small roles with the Montréal Opera. She then studied in France with Edmond Duvernoy, appeared in operetta and in 1915 made her Chicago Opera debut as Musetta (with Melba as Mimì). She was associated with the company until her retirement in 1934, singing well over sixty roles, her most frequent having been Musetta, Carmen, Charlotte in Werther, Hansel, Mistress Page in Falstaff and Suzuki. Her only records were six 1920 Brunswick sides. 2673. 10” Blue Brunswick 13003 [3494/3496]. LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG (Molloy)/JUST A’WEARYIN’ FOR YOU (Jacobs-Bond). Just about 1-2. $15.00. PAUL PAYAN [bs] 9363. 11” “Etched” Disque Aerophone 234/235. LE COR (Flègier)/CHANSON POUR JEAN (Chizat). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 3780. 12” Green Dog Disque Gram. 032203/ 034094 [01975v/01857v]. LOUISE: Berceuse (Charpentier)/HÉRODIADE: J’ai souvent contemplé ton astre (Massenet). Side two with SUZANNE BROHLY [ms]. Cons. 2. $15.00. PETER PEARS [b] 2192. 10” Red HMV DA 1873 [OEA-12225-2/ 12226-1]. THE FOGGY-FOGGY DEW/THE PLOUGHBOY; COME YOU NOT FROM NEWCASTLE (Folk Songs, arr. Benjamin Britten). Piano acc. BENJAMIN BRITTEN. Just about 1-2. $7.00. MARIA PEDRINI [s] 3524. 12” Red Cetra CB 20492 [2.70364/2.70366]. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca (Rossini)/ TROVATORE: D’amor sul’ ali rosee (Verdi). Orch. dir. Ugo Tansini. Cons. 2. $15.00. 1796. 12” Red Cetra CB 20499 [2.70365-III/ 2.70395]. AIDA: O cieli azzurri (Verdi)/ PAUL PAYAN ANDREA CHENIER: La mamma morta (Giordano). Cons. 2. $15.00. JAN PEERCE [t] 2236. 10” Late Red RCA Victor 10-3802. A MOTHER AS LOVELY AS YOU (Connelly)/ THESE THINGS ARE KNOWN ONLY TO GOD (Moe Jaffe-Richard Hardt). Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

RICHARD VAN HELVOIRT PEL [b]. Harlem, Holland, 1873-1950. A student originally of Cornélie van Zantem at the Amsterdam Conservatory and then of Julius Hay in Berlin, Pel made his debut in a small role in an opera by van Milligen, Brinio, in 1889. He was 16 at the time. This was followed by further study and then an official debut in Hungary. In 1901 he succeeded Orelio (see elsewhere in this catalogue) as principal baritone at the Nederlandsche Opera. In 1903 he made his debut in Dresden and was there for a number of years, also appearing in Riga, Linz and as a guest with the Vienna Opera. From 1909-12 and 1924-25 he sang smaller roles at Bayreuth. Most of his career after the beginning of WW I in 1914 was in the Netherlands as principal baritone with various companies, often in Wagnerian roles. His few records (dating from around 1922) are scarce and desirable. 2374. 12” Green acous. No-Dog Gramophone H62010 [970½as/973as]. AFRICAINE: Fille du rois (Meyerbeer)/TANNHÄUSER: Evening Star (Wagner). In Dutch. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $25.00.

165 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs LUCY PERELLI [ms] 1553. 12” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. W-862 [CFR-46-II/47-II]. WERTHER: Duo du 3eme acte, “Oui, c’est moi, je reviens” (Massenet). Two sides. With ÉMILE MARCELIN [t]. IMS. Cons. 2. $15.00. ANDRÉ PERNET [bs] 1795. 12” PoW Disque Gram. DB 5044 [2LA1827-1/2257-1]. HUGUENOTS: Des troubles renaissants. With ROGER BUSSONET [b], M.-L. DONIAU-BLANC [s], JEAN DELEU [t]/HUGUENOTS: Bénédictions des Poignards (Meyerbeer). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Just about 1-2. $12.00. MARGHERITA PERRAS [s] 3390. 12” Red PoW Austrian HMV DB 4475 [2RA1977-II/2RA1976-II]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte/TOSCA: First Act Duet (Puccini). In German. Side two with HELGE ROS- WAENGE [t]. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. ULDERICA PERSICHINI [s]. Her debut was likely at the beginning of the 20th century. She was on the 1903 roster of the Teatro Adriano in Rome singing Gilda and Violetta and 1905 at the Milano Teatro dal Verme in the title role of Donizetti’s Linda di Chamou- nix. She also appeared in at least one oddity that year, Giannetti’s Festa di Purim in Torino at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele. There’s no trace of her after 1909, so likely she retired in favor of marriage. 2425. 11” Brown Odeon 37354/37360 [Xm648/ 686]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide/MANON LESCAUT: L’ora o Tirsi (Puccini). Cons. 2-3. $12.00. AURELIANO PERTILE [t] 1949. 10” Multi-Color acous. Pathé Actuelle MARGHERITA PERRAS 11491 [N84840/N84842]. NERONE: Queste ad un lido fatal/NERONE: Scendi sul signaler (Boïto). Scarce creator recording. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2511. 10” Late Blue Columbia GQ 7178 [WB4894/4985]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: L’anima ho stanca/ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La dolcissima effige (Cilèa). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1663. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5531 [XXPh5666-2/5680-2]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: La rivedrò/BALLO IN MASCHERA: È scherzo od è follia (Verdi). Both sides with INES MARIA FERRARIS [s], LUISA BERTANA [ms], ANTONIO RIGHETTI [bs], CHASE BAROMEO [bs]. Minor PB, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. 1728. 12” Red acous. Odeon-Fonotipia F5543 [XXPh5560-2/5561]. CAVALLERIA RUSTI- CANA: Siciliana/IRIS: Serenata (both Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1760. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5545 [XXPh5672-2/5673-?]. TROVATORE: Di quella pira/TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1675. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5546 [XXPh5562-3/5563-3]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini)/GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1789. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5547 [XXPh5539-3/5538-3]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1747. 12” Green elec. Odeon N6572 [XXPh5972/5973]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Addio fiorito asil (Puccini). With GIULIO FREGOSI [b] / WANDA BARDONE [s], GIULIO FREGOSI [b]. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1761. 12” Green elec. Odeon V2017 [XXPh5770-2/5771]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba/ PAGLIACCI: No, Pagliaccio non son (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3734. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7150 [CD4768-IIT1/CF2358-IV]. LOHENGRIN: Cessano i canti alfin! With INES ALFANI TELLINI [s]/LOHENGRIN: Di, non t’incanta (Wagner). With ERSILLA FANELLI [s]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. 1820. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1118 [CD4758-IIT1/Cc16665-IIA]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo)/ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Superb late pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 166 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1693. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1198 [CD4774-II/ CF2347-I]. TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio/ TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Side two with EMMA LATUADA [s], GIUSEPPE NESSI [t]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Glassy surface. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1819. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1208 [CF2458-II/2459-II]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Oh tu che in seno (Verdi)/GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Great late pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1791. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1480 [CF3695-II/3677-II]. FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti)/ WILLIAM TELL: Ah! Matilde (Rossini). Side two with BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Orch. dir. Gino Nastrucci/Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1716. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1481 [CF3543-II/3548-V]. LUCIA: Sulla tomba/LUCIA: Verranno a te (Verdi). Both with ANNA ROSZA [s]. Dir. Carlo Sabajno (side one) and Gino Nastrucci (side two). Superb surfaces. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3756. 12” Blk. Telefunken SK 3303 [026499/026500]. OTELLO: Dio ti giocondi, o sposo (Verdi). Two sides. With GINA CIGNA [s]. Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. MAY PETERSON [s] 2183. 10” Blue (blk. shellac) Aeolian-Vocalion 30102 [5584]. CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY (Bland). Cons. 2. $7.00. AURELIANO PERTILE ELISA PETRI [s] 3825. 11” Fonotipia 39838/39839 [XPh2146/2145]. NONNA SORRIDI (Tosti)/DIO SIETE BUONO (Bossi). Side two with A. Genesini [violin]. Scarce. Pressing nos. 163. Probably didn’t go much higher. Lbl. stkr. side two. Some LGTs, otherwise gen. 3. $15.00.

VERA N. PETROVA-ZVANTSEVA [ms]. 1875-1944. 2659. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Gram. Con. 2-23376/2-23377 [8593L/8594L]. MELODY (Miklashevsky)/ONCE AGAIN THE EVENING GLOWS (Zvantsev). Piano acc. Few minor rubs, 2. $40.00.

ROBERT PHILIPP [t]. Offenbach-am-Main, 1852- Berlin, 1933. Philipp began his career as an actor in Berlin. He transitioned from there, in the 1880s, to operetta and in 1890 made his debut with the Berlin Hofoper, remaining with that company for the rest of his life. His extensive repertoire included familiar roles such as Tamino, Don José, and Don Ottavio as well as leading parts in a number of premieres, both world and local. His wife was soprano Marie Dietrich. 9358. 11” Brown Odeon 34507/34508 [Bx969/Bx970]. MIGNON: Leb’ wohl (Thomas)/ DER WAFFEN- SCHMIED: Arie (Lortzing). Few TBs. Side one 2-3. Side two 2. $15.00. NINO PICCALUGA [t] 1705. 12” Red Odeon F.5839 [XXPh6626/6627]. TOSCA: Mario! Mario! [Duetto Atto 1] (Puccini). Two sides. With AUGUSTA CONCATO [s]. Two small PBs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. ROBERT PHILIPP

167 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ALFRED PICCAVER [t]. Long Sutton, Lancs., England, 1884-Vienna, 1958. While British by birth, Piccaver was raised in Albany, NY, and in his later teenage years was employed at Edison’s laboratory in Menlo Park, NJ. He was one of eight chosen among the six hundred contestants for the newly established Metropolitan Opera school in 1905, where he remained under the tutelage of Mme. Jaeger for two years. Taken abroad in 1907 with nine other members of the Metropolitan Opera school, he was the only one to have secured an important engagement as he was almost imme- diately hired by the Prague Opera as Gounod’s Romeo. From 1910 through 1937 he was a distin- guished member of the Vienna Opera. Supposedly his colleague on the Vienna stage, Maria Jeritza, “had not given Piccaver her whole-hearted recommendation …[on personal matters rather than artistic] … when her advice was sought by the Metropolitan officials” (according to a newspaper clipping), Jeritza then being a superstar of both Vienna and the Metropolitan. As a result, Piccaver did not sing in New York and he and Madame, although often sharing the Vienna stage, were on less than cordial terms from then on. Piccaver resided in England during World War II and eventually returned to Vienna where he taught. His ALFRED PICCAVER only American operatic appearances were with the Chicago Opera during the seasons of 1923-25. 1975. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70686 [2591ar/2592ar]. WIE SCHÖN BIST DU (Alfred Grünfeld)/IDEALE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2985. 10” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 62674 [1918BK/1919BK]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo)/ POUR UN BAISER (Tosti). Side two an especially touching performance. In Italian/ French. Few light rubs, 2. $15.00. 9290. 11” Brown/White Odeon X99937 [XB6158]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). IMs. Lt. superficial rubs, 3. $7.00. 3839. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72878 [1370as/1410as]. TROVATORE: Ah! si ben mio/ BALLO IN MASCHERA: Forse la soglia attinse (both Verdi). Few superficial rubs, 2. $12.00. 3905. 12” Red shellac acous. Vocalion 38016 [1378as/1379as]. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied/MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen Herd (Wagner). Cons. 2. $12.00. CAROLINA PIETRACEWSKA [c] 3418. 12” Red Victor 76005 [1479¾c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Re dell’ abisso (Verdi). Lightest NR on lbl., few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs-b] 3065. 10” White lbl. Victrola 52541 [10608b]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Scene della finestra (Verdi). With CLARA JOANNA [s]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00. AMELIA PINTO [s] 2257. 10” Red Raised Milano G&T 53232X [ ? ]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Some lbl. rubbing. LGTs, 3-4. $150.00. 2944. 10” Red Flush Milano G&T 53240 [1781-BS]. GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli). Bright label, one very tiny blk. spot. Plays cleanly with a narrow (1.5 mil) stylus. Slight “swish” through first couple of phrases could be inherent. Two pressing bumps could cause light sound, otherwise 3. $200.00. EZIO PINZA [bs] 2953. 10” White acous. HMV VA 70 [Bk1822-2/BE1216-2]. FAUST: Ebben? Che ti pare? (Gounod). With ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t]/FAVORITA: Non sai tu (Donizetti). With ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t]. Scarce late acoustic Italian Gramophone recording. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2185. 10” PW Disque Gram. DA-907 [BVE-37862-3/37865-3]. LA JUIVE: Si la rigeur/LA JUIVE: Vous qui du Dieu vivant (Halévy). Lbl. stkrs., 2. $8.00. 2704. 10” White lbl. vinyl Orth. Victrola Mat. BVE-41299-1. MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis und Osiris (Mozart). In German. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $40.00. 168 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2186. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3427. THE WIND IS A WOMAN (Jones)/ THE LITTLE OL’ STATE OF TEXAS (Brent). With The Sons of the Pioneers. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2060. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3427. Same as preceding disc (#2186). Both this and previous copy will play equally well. This has few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $8.00. 1703. 12” Red Late acous. VdP DB 698 [CE1232-I/1280-II]. LA JUIVE: Si oppressi ognor (Halevy)/MOSÈ: Dal tuo stellato (Rossini). Side two with ANNA MARIA TUR- CHETTI [s]. Glassy late press- ing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1515. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6710. LE CAÏD: Air du Tambour Major (Thomas)/ ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO: Suore che riposate (Meyerbeer). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. POL PLANÇON [bs] 2792. 10” Red Raised London G&T 2-2661 [1936g]. HUGUENOTS: Pif-Paf-Pouf (Meyerbeer). Lightest lbl. rubs. Surface in really excel- lent shape, lighest inherent (harmless) surface ripples. Few POL PLANÇON MGTs. 2. $75.00. 3677. 10” Red London G&T 2-2663 [1924]. FAUST: Sérénade (Gounod). Bright raised label. Lt. NS from about ½” in to lbl. likely superficial (or mostly superficial). LGTs, 3- 4. $30.00. 2948. 10” Red London G&T 2-2665 [1922b]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). This take differs from the earlier flush label edition. Small PB first grooves before music begins. Few LGTs, otherwise 2-3. $75.00. 2809. 10” Red Raised London G&T 2-2717 [2203FG]. EMBARQUEZ-VOUS (Godard). A major rarity. Only form of issue. Some superficial rubbing but only a very few LGTs. 3-4. $350.00. 3027. 10” Red Monarch 91016 [ ? ]. FAUST: Sérénade (Gounod). Bright label. Some lt. greying. Visually just about 3, but some LGTs (i.e. sounding). $25.00. 2256. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 81023 [B-871]. NOËL [O HOLY NIGHT] (Adam). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $10.00. 3093. 10” Red Victrola 81034 [B-3024]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Sérénade Mephisto- phélès (Berlioz). 1906 remake with orchestra. Few lt. rubs, gen. 2. $8.00. 2057. 10” PW Silver Victrola IRCC 25. LE CHALET: Vallons de l’Hélvetie (Adam)/ PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Couplets de Vulcain (Gounod). Piano acc. From orig. 1904/1905 Victor matrices. Cons. 2. $15.00. 2058. 10” PW Gold Victor HRS 1021. LE SOUPIR (Bemberg)/DINORAH: Chant du Chas- seur (Meyerbeer). Piano acc. From orig. 1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3994. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 45. MARTHA: Canzone del Porter (Flotow)/DAMNATION DE FAUST: Devant la maison (Berlioz). Orch. acc. From orig. 1907/1906 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3518. 12” White Victrola 85018 [C-871]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini). From orig. 1903 piano acc. matrix. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3268. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 85076 [C-2336]. LE COR (Flégier). Piano acc. Just about 1- 2. $15.00. 169 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1645. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 85125. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Nonnes, qui reposez (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1648. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 102. LE VALLON (Gounod)/CHARLES GILIBERT [b]. BER- GERETTE; MARGATON (both arr. Weckerlin). Piano acc. From orig. 1905/1907 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00. JEAN PLANEL [t] 2814. 10” Green Pathé PG 33 [CPT-1236-1/1237-1]. À COLOMBINE/SÉRÉNADE À BETTINE (both Robert Planel). Scarce. Orch. dir. G. Andolfi. One tiny, harmless indentation. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3595. 12” PW Microphone Blue Columbia P-69734-D [CPTX-112-1/113-1]. À MULES/LES CHE- VAUX DE BOIS (both Gustave Charpentier). Conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $10.00. FRIEDRICH PLASCHKE [b] 3742. 12” Blk. No-Dog Gramophone 65271 (044286/ 044287) [908½m/909m]. MEISTERSINGER: FRIEDRICH PLASCHKE as Wolfram Gut’n Abend, Meister (Wagner). Two sides. With ELISABETH VAN ENDERT [s]. IMs. Three small LSSs (scuffs) side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. TINA [ERNESTINA] POLI-RANDACCIO [s] 1719. 12” acous. Late Red VdP DB 181 [1142-IIaj/1143-IIaj]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di/ SUOR ANGELICA: Senza mamma (both Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1679. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon Z21500 [XXPh6034-2/ 6402]. GIOCONDA: Suicidio!/TINA COSTA [ms]. GIOCON- DA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli). Side one just about 1-2. Side two one small stain, few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 1720. 12” Green Odeon elec. N6606 [XXPh6061/6062-2]. ERNANI: Concertato Finale, Atto III (Verdi). Two sides. With IDA MANNARINI [ms], VITTORIO FULLIN [t], GIUSEPPE NESSI [t]. GIULIO FREGOSI [b], ARISTI- DE BARACCHI [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1680. 12” Green Odeon elec. N6612 [XXPh6267/6241-3]. TROVATORE: Terzetto, Atto 1.o (Verdi). With S. TINA POLI-RANDACCIO MONTELAURI [t], GIOVANNI INGHILLERI [b] / AUGUSTA CONCATO [s], ASSUNTA GARGIULO [s], E. CINISELLI [t], ERNESTO BADINI [b]. BOHÊME: Quartet (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SALVATORE POLLICINO [t]. Porto Empedocle, Sicily, 1884 - Palermo 1961. Pollicino made his debut in Palermo, 1916, as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Palermo Teatro Biondo. He subsequently appeared in Brescia, Bologna and the Teatro Costanzi, as well as many provincial Italian theaters. Pollicino’s particularly appealing voice is documented on a few late acoustic and early electric Fonotipias. Following his active stage career, which concluded in 1942, he taught in Palermo. 1773. 12” acous. Fonotipia 74235/74236 [XXPh5374/5373]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano)/FEDORA: Gran racconto di Loris (both Giordano). Few MGTs side one, otherwise both sides cons. 2. $50.00. 1658. 12” acous. Fonotipia 74248/74247 [XXPh5448-2/5447-2]. NERONE: Ecco la Dea si china/INES LOMBARDI [s]. NERONE: È il mio nume e l’adoro (Boïto). Side one small IM, just about 1-2. Side two IMs, one small scr. (scuff, harmless), TB, cons. 2. $40.00.

170 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs FRANK POLLOCK [t]. Abington, IL, 1878- ? . An 1896 graduate of Knox College, Pollock made his debut as Robin Hood in the de Koven operetta with The Bostonians. He then studied in France with Sbriglia for half a year and returned to star in another operetta. He was heard by Marcella Sembrich, who urged him to return to Paris to continue studying, which he did, this time for a year with Jean De Reszke. He made his debut with the Paris Opèra-Comique in 1900 (parts sung there not known) and in Bellagio, Italy, shortly before that, where one of his roles was the Duke in Rigoletto. There he was heard by a representative of the King of Sweden, a result being his engagement with the Swedish Royal Opera as Romeo to Aïno Ackté’s Juliette. He mentioned that only he and Ackté sang in French, the rest of the cast singing in Swedish. The result, Pollock stated, was “a mutilation of the original [musical] notation beyond description, strange to the ear accustomed to the flowing phrases of the original French text.” While engaged by the Metropolitan Opera 1904-05, he was given no roles but appeared as a guest artist in a gala Die Fledermaus, shar- ing the stage with Sembrich, Caruso, Nordica, Eames, Frem- stad, Scotti, Van Rooy, Plançon and a number of others. What an evening that must have been! In addition, he was assigned the tenor part in two performances of Rossini’s Stabat Mater with Nordica, Homer and Plançon. He also sang “Una furtiva FRANK POLLOCK lagrima” from l’Elisir d’Amore in a Sunday night concert, joined that evening by Ackté, Nordica, Parvis and Giraldoni. In 1910 Pollock appeared in New York with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera in Louis Ganne’s Hans, the Flute Player. Of Pollock’s participation, the NY Times reviewer raved, “Frank Pollock has a really splendid tenor voice which the audience realized as soon as it had heard him sing his first air. He was one of the strongest features of the cast and made much of a part that needed authori- ty to carry it.” As a result of his success, Hammerstein chose him as a leading tenor for his Lon- don Opera House venture in 1911 in the title role of Offenbach’s Contes d’Hoffmann with Lina Ca- valieri, Felice Lyne, Victoria Fer and Maurice Renaud. He was heard in New York, 1912, in a revi- val of de Koven’s Robin Hood with Bessie Abott and then in the premiere of de Koven’s Rob Roy with Henrietta Wakefield. Through 1916 he appeared in various operettas, such as Road to Man- dalay, in which he co-starred with Edison recording soprano Leola Lucey. Miss Lucey was likely the center of attention. She had sprained her ankle shortly before the opening curtain and, there having been no understudy, she had to navigate around the stage in a wheelchair. Venues for Pollock in concert were as varied as the Long Island Garden City Hotel and the Philadelphia home of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury in a musicale for friends where Maria Barrientos and Pollock were the featured vocalists. How nice to be able to afford such entertainment! What happened to Pollock after the ‘teens seems to be a mystery. 1591. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 70101. ROB ROY: Who Can Tell Me Where She Dwells (de Koven). With HENRIETTA WAKEFIELD [ms]. Creators. Just about 1-2. $20.00. LILY PONS [s] 2507. 10” Purple Viva-Tonal Col. G-4056-M [KI-2205-1/2206-II]. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Two sides. Excellent pressing from Odeon matrix, predating her famous Victor recording. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2527. 10” Blk. PW Blue Shellac Col. G-4074-M [KI-2276-2/2277-1]. PARYSATIS: Le rosig- nol et la rose (Saint-Saëns)/AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2900. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1913. CHANSON DU MARIE ANTOINETTE (Jacob- son); LES PAPILLONS (Chausson)/PASTORALE; BIRD SONG (both La Forge). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Flute obb. Frances Blaisdell. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00. CARMELA PONSELLE [ms] 2901. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 55-M [80451-9/80452-9]. HOMING (Del Riego)/ROBIN HOOD: O Promise Me (de Koven). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ROSA PONSELLE [s] 2750. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1098. THE ROSARY (Nevin)/A PERFECT DAY (Jacobs-Bond). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1598. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7064-M [49934-1/49935-1]. OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster)/HOME SWEET HOME (Bishop). These superb surface pressings are ideal playing copies for those lucky enough to find them. Minor star-shaped patina cluster inner land area side two, just into grooves (harmless). Otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 171 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1674. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7066-M [98063- 6/98092-1]. PAGLIACCI: Stridono lassù (Leoncavallo)/AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Couple harmless rim patinas side two and one TB, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $25.00. 1619. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8910-M [49558-6/ 49567-5]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: La ver- gine/AIDA: O patria mia (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 1647. 12” White acous. HMV VB 73. AIDA: Pur ti riveggo/AIDA: Là, tra foreste vergini (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [s]. Side one had a very limited issue on IRCC. First and only edition of side two. Side one had very li- mited issue on IRCC. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3377. 12” Blue acous. HMV ABHB 3. AIDA: La fatal pietra/AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. First and only edition of both sides. From orig. 1924 Victor matrices. One small rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 3520. 12” Red late VdP DB 1202 [CVE-41625-2/ 41626-2]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Non impre- care [final scene] (Verdi). Two sides. With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t], EZIO PINZA [bs]. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. MRS. PONZILLO (left) and daughter ROSA (PONSELLE) in front of their Meriden, CT, YVONNE PRINTEMPS [s] home around 1914. 1743. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV DB 1625 [2W1054]. AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE (Lully). Single-side pressing. As new, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1825. 12” Red PoW Disque Gram. DB 5114 [2LA3455-I/3454-I]. L’AMOUR MASQUÉ: Selections (Guitry-Messager)/VÉRONIQUE: Selections (Messager). Side two with JACQUES JANSEN [t]. Orch. dir. Marcel Carivan. Just about 1-2. $10.00. ROBERT RADFORD [bs] 3831. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D.530 [Ho4642af/Ho4643af]. ARISE, YE SUBTERRANEAN WINDS (Henry Purcell)/THE PRISONER OF EDINBURGH: Sulla poppa (Ricci). Both in English. Small scr. last ” side two. Cons. 2. $15.00. ROSA RAISA [s] 2119. 10” Brown shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30115 [5782?]. VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2778. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 30134 [7093]. YE WHO HAVE YEARNED ALONE [NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART] (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2538. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15131. MAGIC FLUTE: La dove prende/DON GIOVANNI: La ci darem la mano (both Mozart). Both with GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Just about 1-2 (i.e. as new). $8.00. 1642. 12” vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 54007 [1609 ]. TROVATORE: Timor di me … D’amor sull’ ali (Verdi). Rare. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $40.00. 2416. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70039 [11095/111??]. TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With GIACOMO RIMINI [b] / ERNANI: Ernani, involami (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3389. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 90004. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Turiddu, mi tolse l’onore (Mascagni)/TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). Both sides with GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Scarce. Cons. 2. $20.00. 1661. 12” Red PoW VdeP DB 2122 [2M1442-II/1445-II]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)/LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli). Cons. 2. $12.00. CARLOS RAMIREZ [b] 3551. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 13595. NOSTALGIAS (Cobián)/DIME QUE SI (Oteo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 172