VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2398. 11” Brown Praha Odeon 38539/38519 [XV62/Vx497]]. FRÜHLINGSZEIT (Becker) / WLADISLAV FLORIJANSKY [t]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Air (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Rare. Speeds 89.7/81.8 rpm, (presuming the key of A). Side one 4-5. Remarkably forward and the graying sounds only a bit. Side one 3-4 (although hardly any graying). Looks considerably worse than it sounds. $50.00. GIUSEPPE PACINI [b]. Firenze, 1862-1910. His debut was in Firenze, 1887, in Verdi’s I due Foscari. In 1895 he appeared at in the premieres of Mascagni’s and . Other engagements at La Scala followed, as well as at the Costanzi, 1903 (with Caruso in ) and other prominent Italian houses. He also appeared in Mexico and the Phil- lipines. Among the leading of his era, Pacini’s only records were a few for Fonotipia. 9024. 11” Gold SS Fonotipia 39005 [XPh2]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet). Few MGTs, just about 2. $50.00.

REGINA PACINI [s]. Lisbon, 1871-, 1965. Born of a musical family, Pacini made her debut in 1888 at the San Carlo in Lisbon as Amina in Bellini’s . She also appeared at La Scala, Covent Garden (with Caruso), Rome, Warsaw and St. Petersburg. In Buenos Aires, 1907, Pacini wed the Argentine Diplomat Marcelo de Alvear and then retired from the stage. From 1922 through 1928 she was first lady of Argentina, her husband having been elected President. Pacini was still living during the reign of another more recognized Argentine presidential wife, Evita Peron. 9060. 11” Fonotipia 39770/39785 [XPh2060/XPh2048]. POVERA MAMMA / APRILE (both Tosti). IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00. 9082. 11” Fonotipia 39772/39785 [XPh2057/XPh2047]. IDEALE / APRILE (both Tosti). Cons. 2. $20.00 9051. 11” Fonotipia 39781/39782 [XPh2050 /XPh2063]. MI PATRIA (Álvarez) / VIDALITÁ [PALOMINO BLANCO] (Cortijo Vidal). Good surfaces. Tiny edge area lbl. tears side two. Cons. 2. $20.00. 3839. 12” Fonotipia 74011/74012 [XXPh ]. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio lusinghier (Rossini) / : Io son Titania (Thomas). Piano acc. Labels frayed around the edges. Surfaces just about 1-2. $20.00. LUELLA PAIKIN [s].1896-, 1969. Miss Paikin was a pupil of Marie Brema in England and is described in articles dating from 1925 and 1929 as a protégé of , whom she occasionally replaced in concerts whenever the great diva was indisposed. Paikin was popular in England in the 1920s and ‘30s. In the later 1930s she appeared on several U.S. radio broadcasts and sang with the Carl Rosa Company in England in 1940. She ap- pears to have wed Joseph Bernham in New York sometime in the earlier 1940s and settled in New York City. Two brothers were also New York residents, one a noted art dealer who died in 1951. She appears not to have continued her career following the war. Paikin recorded acousticcally for Aeolian-Vocalion and electrically for HMV. 4112. 12” Pink acous. Eng. Vocalion A-0236 [03992/03993X]. LO! HERE THE GENTLE LARK (Bishop) / LA CAPINERA (Benedict). With Ivor Newton [piano], Charles Stainer [flute]. Flake last few grooves side two will tick, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. 3384. 12” Pink acous. Eng. Vocalion A-0251 [04064XX/04220]. ROMÉO ET LUELLA PAIKIN arriving in NYC, 1941 JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non so più cosa son (Mozart). Small very lt. (harmless) scr., cons. 2. $12.00. 3855. 12” Red elec. HMV DB 1057 [Cc8588-V/Cc10847-III]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Ah! I loved him (Mozart) / AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Side two with Ivor Newton [pianist] and Gordon Walker [flutist]. Side one with orch. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 191 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs JOSÉ PALET [t] 3348. 12” Red acous. Vla 6384. LA DOLORES: Jota (Bretón) / MARINA: Dúo de Marina y Jorge (Arrieta). Side two with MERCEDES FARRY [s]. Valencian Farry had a notable career in Spain in major zarzuela and operatic roles (such as Ophelia in Thomas’). She made her U.S. debut in 1922 in concert at Aeolian Hall, NYC. One critic indicated that her programmed coloratura were “exceedingly well sung” and that “Mme. Farry exhibited coloratura abilities of a high order. Her scales were sung with admirable clarity”. Cons. 2. $15.00. ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s] 2829. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5568 [XXPh5705/XXPh5708]. : Canzone del Salce (Verdi) / : della piovra (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $15.00. CHARLES PANZÉRA [b] 1914. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-795 [BT-4013-II/BT-4019-I]. CHANSON POPULAIRE FRANÇAISE / CHANSON POPULAIRE ESPAGNOLE (both Ravel). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1882. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-852 [BS4328-II/BS4329-I]. LES ROSES D’ISPAHAN / SOIR (both Fauré). Piano acc. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1915. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-856 [BT-4011-II/BS4327-II]. LES VIEILLES DE CHEZ NOUS (Levadé) / APRÈS UN RÊVE (Faure). Piano acc. Excellent laminated pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1916. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7550 [OLA-588-I/OLA-589-1]. CHANT DES CROIX DE FEU ET DES VOLONTAIRES NATIONAUX (Claude Delvincourt) [1½ sides] / LE COLONEL DE LA ROCQUE [speaker]. ALLOCUTION (Speech). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1079. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1892 [OLA-646-1/OLA-648-1]. CHANSON TRISTE / SOUPIR (both Duparc). Piano acc. Magdaleine Panzèra-Baillot. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1919. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 4878 [OLA-641-1/OLA-650-1]. LYDIA / LE PARFUM IMPÉRISSABLE (both Fauré). Piano acc. Mme. Panzèra-Baillot. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1918. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 4887 [OLA-642-1/OLA-649-1]. CLAIR DE LUNE, Op. 46, No. 2 / EN PRIÈRE (both Fauré). Piano acc. Magdeline Panzéra-Baillot. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1883. 10” VdsM DA 5015 [OLA5111-1/OLA5112-1]. COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL (Debussy, orch. Beydts) / LE GALOP (Duparc, orch. Decruck). Orch. dir. Jean Fournet. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2582. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4820 [2W750-1/2W1263-II]. PHIDYLÉ / LA VAGUE ET LA CLOCHE (both Duparc). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2581. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7973 [2W673-1/2W685-1]. LA VIE ANTÉRIEURE / L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE (both Duparc). Piano acc. Magdeleine Panzéra. Just about 1-2. $10.00 ANTONIO PAOLI [t]. 1871-Ponce, PR, 1946. Judging from remarks by colleagues who heard him (as quoted in the 1972 article on Paoli by Jesus M. López in The Record Collector, Vol. XXII, Nos. 1-2), Paoli’s must have been one of the most remarkable dramatic voices of his era: “Paoli was one of the greatest dramatic in the world of his time – and of this time, too.” (Lazaro). “Paoli was one of the greatest singing actors I have ever seen in my life.” (Piccaluga). [After “O Paradiso” in l’Africana] “sounded the most stupendous ovation I have heard in my fifty years [as a chorister] at La Scala” [Enrico Neni]. “I sang with Paoli several times. His high notes sounded so loud that to sing with him you had to know the music well, as otherwise you had no chance to hear the orchestra.” [Manfredo Polverosi]. Reported soprano , “Let me tell you that during my long life I have not heard a better Otello than his and believe me I have heard a lot of Otellos”. 1759. 10” Red Vr 91080 [10522b]. LE PROPHÈTE: Re del cielo (Meyerbeer). With La Scala Chorus. IMs. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00. 2709. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 92030 [1184c]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2704. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88240 [1260c]. OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi (Verdi). Piano acc. On his 1922 belated debut performance as Otello at the Academy of Music, the press reported, “Stentorian top notes from the throat of Antonio Paoli provoked tumultuous excitement”. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 192 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2974. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 052297 [1841½c]. LE CID: Preghiera (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $30.00. ISABELLA PAOLI [s]. Firenze, 1863?–Bologna, 1903. Paoli began her career in 1878 in . Blessed with both beauty and vocal talent, she quickly became a great success. She subsequently appeared in opera, an early performance having been in Valencia, 1889, as Elsa in . Heard in a number of Italian theaters, including the Politeama in , the Dal Verme in Milano, and the Mercadante in , Paoli gained considerable attention, both for her on stage performances and her prima donna behavior with related scandals and eccentricities. She died as a result of complications following surgery while engaged to sing Gioconda at the Duse Theater in Bologna. Judging from her records, she was one of the great dramatic of her era. Her four extremely rare records (four Zonophones, one issued with two different takes) were recorded the year of her death. How fascinating it is that we are able to recall through records a voice stilled for over 110 years! 2386. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono X-1840. : Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Lovely singing. One small bump near start, small group of LSSs, rubbs. Somewhat noisy the first inch or so but only a very few lt. grey traces. Gen. 4. $500.00. [s]. , 1889-Rome, 1973. Making her debut at the age of sixteen in Barcelona as Micaela in , Pareto gained quick success. In 1908 she appeared at the , Parma, as Amina in Bellini’s Sonnambula and also made her first recordings. Heard in other Italian houses, she subsequently appeared in Buenos Aires and Havana. Her La Scala debut was in 1914, and she first sang at Covent Garden in 1920, in both instances as Gilda in . New venues in the 1920s included the Opera and Monte Carlo. She was married to composer Gabriele Sibella. 2885. 12” Red Gramola (over HMV) DB 567 [Ho4416af/ Ho4430-IIaf]. : Quel guardo (Donizetti) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh! vieni non tardar (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4256. 12” Red Vla 6402. O BIMBA BIMBETTA (Sibella) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh! vieni non tardar (Mozart). Charming! Just about 1-2. $15.00. ARMIDA PARSI-PETTINELLA [ms].Rome, 1868- Milano, 1949. Having made her debut in 1893, Parsi- Pettinella was heard frequently at La Scala and throughout in major roles (Dalila, Ulrica, Eboli, etc.), as well as in Buenos Aires, , and Madrid. At the Academy of Music in New York, 1896, she created Madelon in the U.S. premiere of Giordano’s Andrea Chenier. She was one of the major mezzo-sopranos of the period. Her last years were spent at the Verdi Casa di riposo in Milano. Parsi-Pettinella recorded only for Fonotipia. 9000. 11” Fonotipia 39792/39793 [XPh2128/XPh2129]. LA FAVORITA: Fernando, Fer-nando / LA FAVORITA: Che fino al ciel (Donizetti). 2. $15.00. 3067. 12” Fonotipia 74013/74014 GRAZIELLA PARETO [XXPh2170/XXPh2171]. AIDA: Scene del giudizio (Verdi). Two sides. Cons. 2. $20.00. 2425. 12” Pink Sample Fonotipia 74147/74148 [XXPh4034-2/XXPh4025-2]. LOHEN- GRIN: Ortruda, ove sei tu? / LOHENGRIN: Tu non conosci, sventurata (Wagner). With LINA PASINI-VITALE [s]. Gen. 2. $20.00. [bs] 3702. 12” Red late VdP DB 5440 [2RA4852-IV/2RA4903-II]. LUISA MILLER: Il mio sangue / : Tu sul labbro (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. LINA PASINI-VITALE [s] 9075. 11” Fonotipia 92334/92528 [XPh4021/XPh3615]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Io son ricco, tu sei bella. With FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b] / ELVIRA DE HIDALGO [s]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Della crudele Isotta. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2425. 12” Pink Sample Fonotipia 74147/74148 [XXPh4034-2/XXPh4025-2]. LOHEN- GRIN: Ortruda, ove sei tu? / LOHENGRIN: Tu non conosci, sventurata (Wagner). With ARMIDE PARSI-PETTINELLA [ms]. Gen. 2. $25.00. 193 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs [s]. Madrid, 1843 - Craig-y-nos Castle, Wales, 1919. While Victor originally sold records of Patti using a special label and charging a premium price, the American issuance of these discs was evidently not enthustically endorsed by that company. Calvin Child, head of Victor’s recording laboratory, wrote in 1906 to a colleague at the British G&T Com- pany, “Personally, I was greatly surprised at the sale of the Patti records, and also at the apparent continued demand for them. To me, they were the saddest things I ever listened to, not from a re- cording standpoint, which I think is mighty good, but from the fact that the voice shows that it is worn and old, and is such a painful contrast to what it was.” There is no doubt that the voice, breath control and support documenting Patti at the age of 63 were not what they had been even a few years earlier, but there is enough left of the Patti sound and the stylistic elements displayed in these fascinating sonic documents to provide at least fleeting glimpses of one of the 19th century’s most celebrated vocal artists. 2977. 12” Red Vinyl Victor 95039 [541f]. : Batti, batti (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4290. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Victor 95040 [538f]. PUR DICESTI (Lotti). Just ADELINA PATTI, "The Everlasting Prima Donna". From Puck Magazine (late 1800s?) about 1-2. $15.00. 3344. 12” Pink Hist. No. 2 HMV 03064 [557f]. WITHIN A MILE OF EDINBORO’ TOWN (Hook). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3165. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. 678c. WITHIN A MILE O’ EDINBORO’ TOWN (Hook). Unpublished version. Recorded 1906 as a remake of matrix 577f [1905], although it was never issued. Just about 1-2. $35.00. TINO PATTIERA [t] 1003. 10” SS Green Brunswick 10048 [6614]. TOS- CA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Two light- est superficial scrs., otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. 1771. 10” Gold Bruns. 15019 [7320/7324]. IL TRO- VATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi) / GIOCON- DA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1818. 10” Gold Bruns. 15044 [7317/7416]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / : Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3545. 12” Red acous. SS No-Dog Gram. 72767 [534as]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyer- beer). In Italian. Small lbl. stkr. Slight lbl. fade. IMs. Surface just about 1-2. $12.00. 4416. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72758 [533½as/ 1495as]. : Ach, so fromm (Flotow)/ HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b]. ZAR UND ZIM- MERMANN: Sonst spielt’ ich (Lortzing). Just TINO PATTIERA about 1-2. $20.00. 2663. 12” Blk. elec. Polydor 66628 [401bi/408½bi]. IDEALE (Tosti) / LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Orch. dir. Jos. Heidenreich. Just about 1-2. $15.00. JULIUS PATZAK [t] 2701. 12” Red PW Brunswick Polydor (Col. pressing) 95056 [475½GS/546½GS]. AB- DUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Konstanze, dich wiederzusehen / ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Wenn der Freunde Tränen (Mozart). Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 194 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs PIERO PAULI [t] 2853. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1648 [CM1592-II / CM211-II]. : Dal labbro il canto (Verdi) / : A Parigi n’andrem (Mas- senet). Side two with ADELAIDE SARA- CENI [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4170. 12” Red late VdP DB 1932 [2M1207-I/ 2M1208-II]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fan- ciulla (Puccini). With PIA TASSINARI [s] / TASSINARI [s]. : L’altra notte (Boïto). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. PAUL PAYAN [bs]. 1878-1959. A pupil of Jacques Isnardon at the Paris Conservatoire, Payan made his debut at the Opéra-Comique, 1907 in Charpentier’s . Over decades he sang dozens of roles there and appeared in many premieres, including La Habanera (Laparra), (Bloch), La Lépreuse (Lazzari) and Marouf (Rabaud). He was also a guest with the Chicago Opera (1922-23) and at Covent Garden (1928), as well PIERO PAULI as in Buenos Aires. 3211. 12” Red PW elec. ODEON 123.566 [XXP6709-2/XXP6710-4]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Dieu qui fit l’homme à son image (Gounod) / HAMLET: C’est en vain (Thomas). Small lbl. stkr. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

RADIANA PAZMOR [s]. 1892-1969. Born Harriet Horn Pasmore, Ms. Pazmor gave the first performance (1933) of the Ives song below (recorded by Reeves Sound Studios, Dec. 5, 1934) and premiered others of his songs, as well at those by a number of contemporary American composers, including Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Lou Harrison and Ernst Bacon. She taught at Converse College in Spartanburg SC from 1941 to 1960. -Internet 3710. 12” PW New Music Quarterly Recordings II/4-3 [R208/R221]. GENERAL BOOTH ENTERS HEAVEN (Charles Ives). With Geneviève Pitot [pianist] / LYDIA HOFFMANN [pianist]. SONATA No. 2 [AIRPLANE SONATA] (George Antheil). Just about 1-2. $15.00. GIANNA PEDERZINI [ms] 3625. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor V-62007 [CF2516-II/CF2510-III]. : Re dell’ abisso (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE GARUTTI [t] / ALIDA VANE [s], LEONIDO BASI [ba], GUGLIELMO MASINI [bs], GIUSEPPE BORGHI [bs]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ve’, se di notte (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SUZANNE CH. PEIGNOT [s]. 1895- ? . A noted French amateur concert singer in the 1920s and ‘30s, Peignot was particularly associated with Poulenc’s music. She gave the world premiere, accompanied by the composer, Le Bestiare (191), Poèmes de Ronsard (1925) and several other works, as well as his Airs Chantés, these at the Paris Salle Pleyel on 10 June 1928 and was also the dedicatee of the second of these four songs. Peignot recalled Poulenc in 1964 as “even more than a brother; he was an incomparable friend and the guiding light throughout my career.” The “Ch.” appears in mentions of her in the ‘20s (and on the record label below) although I don’t know what it abbreviates. 1885. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LF 5 [WL1968/AWL1969]. AIRS CHANTÉS [four songs] (Francis Poulenc). Two sides. Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00. LUCY PERELLI [ms] 2928. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4810 [2G627-II/2G628-I]. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Marti- ni, arr. Steiger-Bervily) / VIENS, JE SAIS UN PAYS (Faydieu-Razigade). Orch. dir. E. Bervily. Just about 1-2. $30.00. MARGUERITE PERRAS [s] 2964. 12” PW Blue Telefunken F284 [30369/30370]. : Liebesduett (Puccini). Two sides. LOUIS GRAVEURE[t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3883. 12” Plum Swiss HMV FKX 131 [2RA870-2/2RA871-1]. : Querschnitt [Highlights] (Verdi). Two sides. With WALTER LUDWIG [t], GERARD HÜSCH [b]. Berlin Staatsoper Orch. und Chor dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 195 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ANDRÉ PERRET [t]. Nimes, 1890- ? . A leading Paris Opéra tenor in the mid-1920s. 1907. 10” Blk. PW Disque Gram. P-748 [BTR3132-II/BTR3135-II]. : Je ne sais si je veille / WERTHER: J’aurais sur ma poitrine (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00. [t]. 2324. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D4949 [70598/70600]. LOHENGRIN: Racconto (Wagner) / MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto). Side two with RINALDA PAVONI [s]. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2035. 10” Late Blue It. Columbia GQ 7178 [WB4894/WB4895]. : L’anima ho stanca / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La dolcissima effige (Cilèa). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2246. 10” Red Late VdP DA 1008 [BF2360-1/BF2457-III]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) / NON T’AMO PIÙ (Tosti). Orch. dir. Carlos Sabajno. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2111. 10” Red Late VdP DA 1105 [BM1365-1/BM1449-II]. : Donna non vidi mai / MANON LESCAUT: Tra voi belle (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2283. 10” Red Late VdP DA 1185 [BM1448-I/BF3707-II]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano) / ADRIANA LECOUVEUR: La dolcissima effige (Cilèa). Excellent late pressing (i.e. quiet surfaces), few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00 3897. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5541 [XXPh5491/XXPh5492]. : Sortita di Nerone, Atto 1.o / NERONE: Ecco la Dea si china (Boïto). Creator. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3893. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5542 [XXPh5495/XXPh5496]. LUCIA: Fra poco / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2966. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1111 [CD4759-I/CD4775-IIT1]. LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al placido (Verdi) / MANON LESCAUT: No! Pazzo son! Guardate (Puccini). An unidentified [b] sings the final phrases side two. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2981. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1219 [CF2534-II/CF2535-II]. : Invano Alvaro (Verdi). Two sides. With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3435. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1198 [CD4774-II/CF2347-I]. : Ah si, ben mio / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). With two with EMMA LATTUADA [s], GIUSEPPE NESSI [t]. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2946. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1281 [CM834-I/CM835-I]. MANON LESCAUT: Tu! Tu! Amore tu [Act II Duet] (Puccini). Two sides. With MARGHERITA SHERIDAN [s]. Excellent pressing and desert island performance! Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2942. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1289 [CM844-III/CM845-I]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vicino a te s’acqueta (Giordano). Two sides. With MARGHERITA SHERIDAN [s]. Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4301. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1402 [CM1450-II/CF2471-I]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtive lagrima (Donizetti) / OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). Side two with BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3660. 12” Red PW Czech HMV DB 1481 [CF3543-II/CF3548-V]. LUCIA: Sulla tomba / LUCIA: Verranno a te (Donizetti). With ANNA ROZSA [s]. Uncommon. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2857. 12” Green elec. Odeon N.6576 [XXPh5944/XXPh5953]. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco / PAGLIACCI: Un grande spettacolo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2610. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6904 [CD4767-II/CD4798-II]. LOHENGRIN: Da voi lontan / LOHENGRIN: Mercè, cigno gentil! (Wagner). Orch. dir. . Fine pressing, one small rub. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4345. 12” White Victor red vinyl two SS pressings 7150 [CF2353-II/CD4768-IITI]. LOHEN- GRIN: Di non t’incanta. With MARIA LUISA FANELLI [s] / LOHENGRIN: Cessaro i canti alfin (Wagner). With INES ALFANI-TELLINI [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. MAY PETERSON [s] 1405. 10” Red Shellac Vocalion 30130. THE CUCKOO CLOCK (Grant Schaefer). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4151. 12” Red Shellac Vocalion 52026 [7611]. CARMENA [VOCAL WALTZ] (H. Lane Wilson). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

196 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ELISA PETRI [s/ms]. Fabriano, 1869-Milano, 1929. A pupil of Virginia Boccabadati at the Pesaro Liceo Rossini, Petri made her debut in the 1889 Italian premiere of Paladilhe’s Patrie. She appeared in many of the leading Italian theaters, such as the Costanzi in Rome, the Naples San Carlo and La Scala, as well as in South America (Buenos Aires, and Montevideo) and Spain (the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona and the in Madrid). Her career continued until at least 1912, and she then taught singing in . Petri’s roles included both soprano and mezzo parts such as Mimì, Sieglinde, Ortrud, Amneris, Laura in and Marguerite in La Damnation de . 9100. 11” Fonotipia 39071/39156 [XPh111/XPh116]. TANNHÄUSER: Salve d’amor (Wag- ner) / ARIA DI CHIESA [PIETÀ SIGNORE] (Stradella). IMs. Side one couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $20.00. ARTHUR S. PHILLIPS (ARTURO DI FILIPPI) [t]. c.1900-Miami, 1972. According to source material, he was either an Italian immigrant or was born in America. He studied at Juilliard with Mme. Schone-Rene for three years and then made his debut in in 1922 via the recommendation of his teacher. There, in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, he sang 135 per- formances (!) during his half-year residency. His Italian debut was at the Teatro Eliseo in Rome in 1925 as Alfredo in La Traviata. Philips likely changed his name at that point to Arturo di Filippi and retained it for the rest of his life. However it is difficult to believe, if he was truly born in Italy of Italian parents, that his name originally would have been Arthur S. Philips. There’s a bit of a mystery here to be cleared up. He settled in Florida in the 1930s, gave voice lessons at the University of Miami, and was founder of the Greater Miami Opera Association (now the Florida Grand Opera). As that company’s General Manager until 1972, he presented many major artists in their earliest American performances, including Pavarotti’s U.S. debut in 1965 in Lucia with Joan Sutherland. ARTURTO DI FILIPPI (ARTHUR S. PHILLIPS) [right] 3231. 12” Blk. acous. Superior Record 641 welcoming LUCIANO PAVAROTTI for his 1965 American debut [take 2]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelinda [sic] manina (Puccini). Piano acc. S. Silvan. This is likely a private (vanity) issue from around 1924. Phillips has signed and inscribed the label, which is difficult to see (black ink on a black and gold label). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $75.00.

NINO [FILIPPO] PICCALUGA [t]. Casorate, 1890-Milano, 1973. Having made his debut in Novara as des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Piccaluga, for the next two decades, appeared as a leading tenor throughout Italy, as well as in South America. Particularly admired by composer , Piccaluga was heard with in the La Scala premiere of that composer’s Una Partita in 1933. In his later years, Piccaluga resided at the Verdi Casa di riposa in Milano. 1978. 10” elec. Plum Columbia DQ 692 [B785/B789]. : Amor ti vieta (Giordano) / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Addio fiorito asil (Puccini). Minor lbl. rubs. Surface just about 1-2. $8.00. 1303. 10” elec. Blue Odeon M6042 [Pho6206/Pho6207]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / MANON LESCAUT: Guardate, pazzo son (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3673. 12” Green elec. Odeon N.6581 [XXPh6108-2/XXPh6150-2]. :Canzone dell’ Orso/ [b], PALMIRO DOMINICHETTI [t]. SLY: La Canzone dei Beoni (Wolf-Ferrari). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2429. 12” Red elec. PW Fonotipia N.6581 [XXPh6108-2/XXPh6150-2]. Same as preceding listing (item #2429) but earlier pressing and different label. Lightest lbl. fade. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2848. 12” Red PW elec. Fonotipia N.6581. Same as preceding listing. Superficial rubs, 3. $7.00.

197 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3051. 12” Blk. PW German Odeon O-7687 [2-20989/2-20999]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Addio, fiorito asil (Puccini) / CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00. ALFRED PICCAVER [t]. Long Sutton, Lancs. England, 1884-, 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 accepted among the six hundred con- testants for the newly established 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 promptly secured an important engagement, as he was almost immediately hired by the Opera as Gounod’s Romeo. From 1910 through 1937 he was a dis- tinguished member of the Vienna Opera. Supposedly his colleague on the Vienna stage, , “had not given Piccaver her wholehearted 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 only American operatic appearances were with the Chicago Opera during the seasons of 1923-25. ALFRED PICCAVER 1094. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70682 [2582ar/2587½ar].l RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano). In Italian. Excellent late ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2755. 12” Brown shellac U.S. Vocalion 38012 [Polydor matrices 1369as/1371as]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) / AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2455. 12” Gold elec. British Brunswick 50115 [1038bm/1043bm]. IL TROVATORE: Ah! si, ben mio / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu, che in seno agli angeli (both Verdi). Polydor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00. MILLO PICCO [b]. 1905. 10” Red vertical Rishell 2020 [890/039]. LA GIOCONDA: Pescator, affonda l’esca (Ponchielli) / ESTHER ADABERTO [s]. LA BOHÈME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini). Lt. lbl. fade. Cons. 2. $15.00.

CAROLINA PIETRACEWSKA [c]. Warsaw, 1870-Warsaw, 1940. As Karolina Pietra- szewska, she studied at the Warsaw Conservatory. According to one source her debut was in Warsaw,1906, but that would seem to be very late (age 36). She had success at La Scala in 1908, appearing under Toscanini as La Cieca in eleven performances of La Gioconda in 1908, singing the same role in Torino the following year as well as Gerthilde in Die Walküre, these performances conducted respectively by Serafin and Toscanini. She had returned to by 1911, where she taught in Warsaw. 3478. 12” Red Victor 76005 [1479¾c]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Re dell’ abisso (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3693. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88269 [1794c]. AIDA: Già I sacerdoti (Verdi). With CARLO BARRERA [t]. Very rare Victor issue. Note that the label misidentifies the tenor as “Giuseppe Barrera”. Just about 1-2. $35.00. LEA PILTTI [s] 1493. 10” Plum Indian HMV B.8966 [ORA3044-I/ORA3045-I]. ROSES FROM THE SOUTH (Strauss, arr. Stueber). Two sides. Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Excellent late Dum Dum pressing (Dum Dum, near Calcutta, having been the location of EMI’s Indian plant). Just about 1-2. $10.00. ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs] 2027. 10” Red Milano G&T 54293 [8053b]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Numero quindici (Rossini). With [t]. Minor rubbing. 2-3. $15.00.

198 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2382. 10” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog 54364/54365 [10909b/10910b]]. CRISPINO E LA COMARE: Vedi o cara / CRISPINO E LA COMARE: Se trovasti una comare (Ricci). With MARIA PASSERI [ms]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. [bs] 1491. 10” Vinyl White Orth. Vla mat. BVE-41299-1. MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis und Osiris (Mozart). In German. Unpublished. Rec. 5 Jan. 1928. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2083. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3256. YESTERDAYS (Jerome Kern) / SEPTEMBER SONG (Kurt Weill). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4399. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3437. THE LITTLE OL’ STATE OF TEXAS (Cahn- Brent) / THE WIND IS A WOMAN (Jones). With The Sons of the Pioneers. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4145. 12” Red acous. Vla 6515. : Voi che del Dio vivente (Halèvy) / IL TROVA- TORE: Di due Figli (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4297. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 8096 [takes 2/2]. LUCIA: Giusto Cielo / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio spiegasti (Donizetti). With [t]. These takes issued only on post-War pressings. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2795. 12” Red Spanish acous. Disco Gramófono DB 754 [Ck1473-IV/Ck1471-I]. TROVATORE: Giorni poveri vivea (Verdi). Side two with MAARTJE OFFERS [c], UGO MARTORANO [b] / OFFERS [c]. TROVATORE: Condotta ell’era in ceppi (Verdi). Rare. Lt. lbl. fade. 2-3. $15.00. 2661. 12” Orth. white lbl. vinyl Vla mat. CVE-51979-2. : Confutatis (Verdi). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 3265. 12” RCA Victor Test Pressing mat. CVE-51979-2. Same as preceding listing but ‘50s pressing. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 2975. 12” White lbl. HMV blk. acous. vinyl SS DB 956 [Ck1818-II]. REQUIEM: Confutatis (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00. POL PLANÇON [bs] 1021. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 81033. STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini). Piano acc. 1904 recording. Superb copy as the grading indicates, just about 1-2. $12.00. 2047. 10” White lbl. Vla 81033 [B-991]. Same as preceding listing (item #1021). Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2140. 10” Red Vla 81034 [B-3024]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Sérénade Méphistophélès (Berlioz). 1906 replacement with orchestra for the earlier piano accompanied version. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2299. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 81035 [B-990]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Couplets de Capulet (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1700. 10” Blk. Vinyl Victor (no label) 81037 [B-1050]. LE CHALET: Vallons de l’Helvétie (Adam). Piano acc. Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2309. 10” Red Victor 81040 [B-992]. FAUST: Sérénade Méphistophéles (Gounod). Piano acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1690. 10” Red Victor 81065 [B-2338]. : Chant du Chasseur (Meyerbeer). Piano acc. Recorded 1905. Perfect copy. Wonderful singing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2271. 10” Red Victor 81087. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Chanson de la puce (Berlioz). Orch. acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1129. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 185 [B-874-2/B-1051]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Devant la Maison (Berlioz) / FAUST: Le Veau d’Or (Gounod). Piano acc. Orig. 1904/1905 matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1814. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 45 [C-3024/C-4346]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Devant la maison (Berlioz) / MARTHA: Chi mi dirà (Flotow). From 1906/’07 Victor orch. acc. matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3599. 12” Red DeLuxe 85020 [B-872-1]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). 1903 recording. Replaced by take 2 in 1905. Bright label. Superficial lt. surface rubbing but no apparent needle wear. 3. $20.00. 3091. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 85021 [C-989-3]. LE LAC (Niedermeyer). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 2513. 12” Red Pats. Vla 85100. FAUST: Sérénade Méphistophèles (Gounod). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3018. 12” Red Vinyl White lbl. Vla 85116 [C-4343]. : Elle ne m’aime pas (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 199 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3225. 12” White lbl. Vla 85124. ÉTOILE DU NORD: O jours heureux (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3466. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 94. MIGNON: Del suo cor (Thomas) / LE LAZZARONE (Ferrari); LE FLIBUSTIER (Georges). Side two piano acc. From orig. 1908/1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 4109. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1016. FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod). With EMMA EAMES[s], CHARLES DALMORÉS [t]. / EAMES [s]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). From orig. 1907 and piano acc. 1905 Victor matrices. Both sides autographed, side two by Eames and side one by Dalmorès. Side one 1-2. Side two lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. $20.00. JEAN PLANEL [t]. Montélimar, France, 1903- 1986. Jean studied at the Marseille Conservatoire with Louise Grandjean (voice) and Paul Vidal (composition). Upon graduation in 1931 he won the Premier Prix de Chant and became one of France’s most noted concert and oratorio artists. He was frequently heard with the Lamoureux, Colonne and Pasdeloup Orchestras and also created works by leading French composers of the time, such as Milhaud, Charpentier, Poulenc, Tailleferre, and Messiaen, among others. In 1933 Jean won the Grand Prix du Disque, while in the same year his brother, Robert (1908-1994) was the recipient of the Grand Prix de Rome in composition. 2580. 12” PW Blue Columbia Microphone P-69734-D [CPTX112/CPTX113]. À MULES / LES CHEVAUX DE BOIS (both Gustave Charpentier). Highly recommended. Conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $10.00 DAVID POLERI [t]. , 1921-Ha- waii, 1967. A student of Alberto Sciaretti, Poleri made his debut in Chicago, 1949, with the San Carlo Opera as Gounod’s Faust and 1951 with the NYC Opera as Alfredo in La Traviata. In 1954 he created the leading tenor role of Michele in Menotti’s The Saint of Bleeker Street in New York (in English) and the following year at La Scala (in Italian) and, in addition, appeared at Glyndbourne, JEAN PLANEL Edinburgh, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and various other operatic festival sites. His death occurred during a sightseeing helicopter crash in Hawaii. He evidently had quite a temper, as in singing in Carmen with Gloria Lane at the Chicago Lyric Opera, he “stalked off the stage in the final act, snarling “Finish it yourself!” at the conductor (with whom he had had a tiff). Miss Lane thereupon sang both his part and hers and ended up committing suicide by stabbing herself with her thumb instead of a knife. His son, also David, is an active operatic tenor today and has appeared at the Met and many other venues. 1792. 10” Late Red RCA Victor 10-3856. ONE NIGHT OF LOVE (Schertzinger) / SOME DAY MY HEART WILL AWAKE (Ivor Novello). Just about 1-2. $15.00. TINA [ERNESTINA] POLI-RANDACCIO [s] 3553. 12” Red acous. late VdP DB 181 [1142-IIaj/1143-IIaj]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di / : Senza mamma (Puccini). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 3722. 12” Blk. elec. Italian Odeon Z21500 [XXPh6034-2/XXPh6402]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli) / TINA COSTA [ms]. LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3356. 12” Green elec. Odeon N.6612. IL TROVATORE: Terzetto, Atto I. With SATURNO MONTELAURI [t], GIOVANNI INGHILLERI [b] / ASSUNTA GARIULO [s], AUGUSTA CONCATO [ms], FERNANDO CINISELLI [t], ERNESTO BADINI [b]. LA BOHÈME: Quartetto (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00. SALVATORE POLLICINO [t] 1107. 10” Red acous. Fonotipia 152594/152595 [Pho5446-II/Pho5449-III]. NERONE: Queste ad un lido fatal / NERONE: Decurione! (Boïto). Side two with INES LOMBARDI [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 200 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1066. 10” Red acous. Fonotipia 152708/152709 [Pho5682-II/Pho5683]. DEJANICE Romanza di Admeto (Catalani) / DON CARLOS: Io l’ho perduta (Verdi). Some harmless superficial mks., 2. $12.00. 3301. 12” Red acous. Fonotipia 74248/74247 [XXPh5448-2/XXPh5447-2]. NERONE: Ecco la Dea si china / INES LOMBARDI [ms]. NERONE: E il mio Nume a l’adoro (Boïto). Side one just about 1-2. Side two IMs, few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 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 . He is reported to have 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 , 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 … 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 , sharing the stage with Sembrich, Caruso, Nordica, Eames, Fremstad, 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 Caricature of FRANK POLLOCK by ENRICO lagrima” from l’Elisir d’Amore in a Sunday night CARUSO concert, joined that evening with arias sung by Ackté, Nordica, Parvis and Giraldoni. In 1910 Pollock appeared 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 authority to carry it.” As a result of his success, Hammerstein chose him as a leading tenor for his London venture in 1911 in the title role of Offenbach’s Contes d’Hoffmann with Lina Cavalieri, Felice Lyne, Victoria Fer and . He was heard in New York, 1912, in a revival 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 , such as Road to Mandalay, 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 and Pollock were the featured vocalists. How to be able to afford such entertainment! What happened to Pollock after the ‘teens seems to be a mystery. 3670. 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. [s] 3654. 12” Red RCA Victor 7369 [takes 2/2]. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Donizetti). Two sides. Flute obb. by George Possell. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 2579. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 8870 [2EA1492-I/2EA1493-II]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono docile (Ros- sini). Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3548. 12” Red, White, Blue Vinyl V-Disc 863. DER FLEDERMAUS FANTASY (Strauss, arr. LaForge). With Orch. dir. André Kostelanetz and Julius Baker [flute] / JUSSI BJÖRLING [t]. LILACS (Rachmaninoff); CLORINDA (Biedlowe); MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). Side one with orch. dir. André Kostelanetz and Julius Baker [flute] Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. 201 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs CARMELA PONSELLE [ms] 1824. 10” Silver Flags Columbia 20003-D [81365-3/81411-3]. KISS ME WITH YOUR EYES (Spencer) / JUNE’S THE TIME FOR ROSES (O’Lorah). One small rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. [s]. A number of exceptionally fine Ponselle pressings are listed below, as you’ll notice. They are very difficult to find. 1719. 10” Gold Flags Columbia 33003-D [79980/80307]. LITTLE ALABAMA COON (Hattie Starr) / ROSE OF MY HEART (Löhr). Few lightest mks., one tiny lbl. stain. Cons. 2. $20.00. 1100. 10” Blue Columbia 2019-M [78325-6/80392-3]. WHISPERING HOPE (Hawthorne). With BARBARA MAUREL [c] / WHERE MY CARAVAN HAS RESTED (Löhr). With CARMELA PONSELLE [ms]. Beautiful pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00. 2259. 10” Red Orth. “Z” Shellac Scroll Victor 1098. A PERFECT DAY (Jacobs-Bond) / THE ROSARY (Nevin). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1231. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1164. LUNA D’ESTATE / ‘A VUCCHELLA (both Tosti). Just about 1-2. $80. 1235. 10” Red Orth. “Z” Shellac Scroll Victor 1319. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvoák) / SINCE FIRST I MET THEE (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1179. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1456. AVE MARIA (Kahn) / THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE (Rimsky-Korsakow, Op. 2, No. 2). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1813. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2053. SI TU LE VOULAIS (Tosti) / A L’AIME (de Fontanailles). Piano acc. Romano Romani. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1650. 10” White elec. HMV VA 69. LA SPAGNOLA [THE SPANISH DANCER] (di Chiara) / LA ROSITA (Dupont). First and only editions from 1925 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3470. 12” TC Columbia 49735 [take 3]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli). All doubled issues are from a later take. Good pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3313. 12” TC Columbia 98028. : Ernani involami (Verdi). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3401. 12” TC Columbia 98029. OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2481. 12” TC Columbia 98051. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). Excellent laminated pressing. One small PB. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3880. 12” TC Columbia 98058. : Selva opaca (Rossini). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3832. 12” Heavy Vinyl SS Test Pressing Columbia 98062 [take ?]. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 3794. 12” Heavy Vinyl SS Test Pressing Columbia 98063 [take 6]. PAGLIACCI: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo … Stridono lassù (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3912. 12” White Shellac Columbia Test Pressing 98096 [take 3]. LA JUIVE: Il va venir (Halévy). This was only issued as a vinyl historic issue in the “AF” series. This test, however, is shellac, the only time I’ve seen it in this form. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $20.00. 3795. 12” Vinyl Columbia 98096 [take 3]. LA JUIVE: Il va venir (Halévy). Excellent ‘60s (so it would seem) pressing, fine quality vinyl. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3939. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68000-D [98059-?/98062-?]. AFRICAINE: Figlio del sol (Meyerbeer) / LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Tiny harmless rim patina side two. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2813. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68031-D [49586-3/98028-1]. VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero / ERNANI: Ernani involami (both Verdi). Rare. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00. 3709. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68030-D [49558-6/49859-2]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vergine degli angeli / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi). Take 8 for side one was also issued. Couple lt. rubs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00. 3266. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 5095-M [49569-5/49571-2]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (both Puccini). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2458. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7025-M [49925-3/49914-2]. RACHEM (Mana-Zucca) / HIPOLITO LAZARO [t]. EILI, EILI (arr. Schindler). In Yiddish. Rare. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 202 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3267. 12” Blue acous Columbia 7033-M [49859- 2/98051-1]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio / IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (both Verdi). Lbl. stkr. one side. Very small scr. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00. 2619. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7035-M [49870- 2/98062-2]. MARIA, MARI (di Capua) / BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Wonderful copy. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2730. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7038-M [49585- 3/49560-3]. KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING (Ivor Novello) / GOODBYE (Tosti). Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2638. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7061-M [49869- 2/49920-2]. MADEMOISELLE MO-DISTE: If I Were on the Stage … Kiss Me Again (Herbert) / SADKO: Song of India (Rimsky- Korsakov). IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2811. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7062-M [49988- 4/49982-3]. BLUE DANUBE WALTZ (Strauss) / MARITANA: Scenes That Are Brightest (Wallace). IMs. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few long lamination crks. These appear not to be broken and should not sound, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 2785. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7063-M [49720- 4/98029-2]. : Casta diva (Belli-ni) / OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $25.00. Celebrity Chef ROSA PONSELLE 2637. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7065-M [49569- 2/49571-2]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2593. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8909-M [49559-4/49570-2]. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi) / : Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2825. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9007-M [49983-1/49523-5]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua). With CARMELA PONSELLE [ms] / [b]. CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo). Lt. rubbing, harmless indentations side two. 2-3. $15.00. 3305. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9010-M [49734-1/49922-2]. AIDA: O terra addio. With [t] / IL TROVATORE: Mira, di acerbe lagrime. With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b] (both Verdi). Lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00. 2620. 12” Vinyl Columbia Hist. Series AF 1 [98093-?/98096-3]. LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum (Wagner) / LA JUIVE: Il va venir (Halévy). In German/French. 1924 recordings. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3596. 12” Red acous. Vla 6437 [C-29063-2/C-29061-2]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor / AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2711. 12” White lbl. acous. vinyl Vla (6437-A) [C-29063-4]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Unpublished take. Issued take is 2. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2710. 12” White lbl. acous. vinyl Vla (6453-A] [C-29876-1]. GOOD-BYE (Tosti). Unpublished take. Issued take is 2. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 4442. 12” White lbl. acous. vinyl Vla (6453-B) [C-29879-3]. SERENATA (Tosti). Unpublished take. Issued take is 1. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3903. 12” White lbl. acous. vinyl SS RCA Victor test 6496-A [C-31709-1]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchelli). Vinyl test of the issued take. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4320. 12” Red acous. Vla 6496 [Takes 1/1]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli) / AFRI- CAINE: In grembo a me (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

203 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3536. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6509. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (Foster) / CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY (Bland). Excellent pressing. Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00. 2463. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6599 [takes 2/3]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2892. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Victor 6605 [takes 1/1]. LA VESTALE: Tu che invoco/ LA VESTALE: O nume tutelar (Spontini). The only “Z” shellac pressing of this I’ve ever seen. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2692. 12” Red Vinyl Victor test 6605-A [CVE-35464-2]. LA VESTALE: Tu che invoco (Spontini). Unpublished take (take one was issued). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2691. 12” Red Vinyl Victor test 6605-B [CVE-35465-2]. LA VESTALE: O nume tutelar (Spontini). Unpublished take (take one was the issued choice). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3516. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6711. SERENADE / GOOD-BYE (both Tosti). Side one harp acc. by Francis J. Lapitino. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3311. 12” Red PW Scroll Z-type shellac Victor 8125. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). Two sides. With Met Opera Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Best possible pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2714. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Orth. Vla CVE-29060-9 (6875-A). LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi). Unpublished take, rec. 6 June 1927. Issued take was 8, recorded 16 June 1927. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3872. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Orth. Vla CVE-29062-5 (6875-B). ERNANI: Ernani involami (Verdi). Unpublished take, rec. 16 June 1927. Issued take was 6, recorded 17 Jan. 1928. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3004. 12” Red PW Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7438. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi) / LUCREZIA BORI [s]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3661. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 126 [CVE-32865-3/C-29446-2]. OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster) / AIDA Pur ti riveggo (Verdi). Side two with [t]. Both sides first editions. Side one 1925 electric and side two 1924 acoustic. Just about 1-2. $20.00. [t] 2188. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0212 [52913-II/52914]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini) / RESURREZIONE: Piangi (). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. YVONNE PRINTEMPS [s] 1494. 10” Late Red VdeSM P-825 [Bb17137-II/Bb17185-IIA]. MOZART: Air de la letter / SACHA GUITRY [author/actor]. MOZART: Le Petit Menuet (Guitry-Hahn). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1495. 10” Late Red VdeSM P-826 [Bb17183-II/Bb17184-II]. L’AMOUR MASQUÉ: J’ai deux Amants (Guitry-Messager) / L’AMOUR MASQUÉ: Suo du 2e Acte (Guitry- Messager). Side two with SASHA GUITRY [actor]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1829. 10” Australian HMV DA 1539 [OEA3935-II/OEA3936-II]. GOODBYE, LITTLE DREAM, GOODBYE (Cole Porter) / WHEN A WOMAN SMILES (Ellis). Both from O Mistress Mine. With PIERRE FRESAY [singer, actor]. Cons. 2. $8.00. 1903. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 4879 [OLA-779-1/OLA-780-2]. A SA GUITARE (Francis Poulenc) / PRINTEMPS (Georges Auric). Orch. dir. Maurice Cariven. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1496. 10” Late Red VdeSM DA-4903 [OLA1803-I/OLA1804-I]. LES TROIS VALSES: C’es la saison d’amour / LES TROIS VALSES: Te souvient il (O. Straus). Beautiful late pressing, as are all in this Printemps group. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1498. 10” Late Red VdeSM DA-4903 [OLA1803-I/OLA1804-I]. LES TROIS VALSES: Je t’aime / LES TROIS VALSES: Oui, je t’aime ô Paris (O. Straus). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1497. 10” Late Red VdeSM DA-4904 [OLA1862-I/OLA1863-I]. LES TROIS VALSES: Je ne suis pas ce que l’on pense / LES TROIS VALSES: C’est le destin peut-être (O. Strauss). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1902. 10” Red Disque Gram. DA 4959 [OLA-4217-1/OLA-4218-1]. MON RÊVE S’ACHÈVE / VERTIGE D’UN SOIR (both René Sylviano). From film Je suis avec toi. Orch. dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 204 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs VICTOR PUJOL [t] 3216. 12” Green PW French Odéon 171.078 [XXP6781-I/XXP6805-2]. LA BELLE HÉLÈNE: Le Jugement de Paris (Offenbach) / SUZANNE: Comme un petit oiseau (Paladilhe). Orch. dir. Gustav Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $10.00. SALVATORE PUMA [t]. Racalmuto, Sicily, 1920-Rome, 2007. His debut was in Pasaro, 1949, as Rhadames and he subsequently appeared in most of the major Italian houses, including La Scala, , and the San Carlo in Napoli. His American performances were somewhat more limited, featuring New Orleans and Milwaukee, but he was also heard in , , Paris, Brussels and Rio de Janiero in both lyric and dramatic roles 1269. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0390 [11089/11090]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / DEJANICE: Mio bianco fior (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $60.00. ALFREDO N. QUINTO [t]. Active from at least 1908 (as Turiddu) through 1920 (Ferrando in La Favorita), Quinto sang leading lyric roles in such as Rigoletto, I Puritani, Traviata and Lucia in a number of smaller Italian houses. [Roberto Marcocci] 1958. 10” Dk. Blue acous. Beka Grande 42020/42174. MINGON: Ah! non crdevi tu / C. PROFETI [t]. MIGNON: Addio Mignon (Thomas). Side one piano acc., side two orch. 2. $12.00. ROBERT RADFORD [bs] 2061. 10” Blk. elec. PW HMV E.472 [Bb9024-II/10575-I]. THE MILL WHEEL (Trad.) / THE SERGEANT’S SONG (Gustave Holst). Piano acc. Couple very tiny lbl. tears, lbl. stkr., otherwise cons. 2. $7.00. ROSA RAISA [s] 3512. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52031 [7142]. THE CRUCIFIX (Faure). In French. With [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3725. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 55010 [11182]. IL TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). With ARMAND TOKATYAN [t]. Orch. dir. . Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3068. 12” Black Shellac acous. Vocalion 70031 [10984/10996]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / LA PALOMA (Yradier). Two harmless discoloration spots side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. 3618. 12” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 70039 [11192/11095]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami / IL TROVATORE: Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). Side two with GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. BIRGIT NILSSON as and ROSA RAISA, the first Turandot 2685. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 90004. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Turiddu, mi tolse l’onore (Mascagni) / IL TROVATORE: Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2963. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 14400 [2M1442-II/2M1443-I]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: La mamma morta (Giordano). Orch. dir. Franco Ghione. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CARLOS RAMIREZ [b] Tocaima, Columbia, 1916-Miami, 1986. Vocally at home in opera and show biz, Ramirez was an exceptionally popular singer in the 1940s-50s. He studied with Emilio Murillo and made his debut on the radio in 1928. In the 1940s Ramirez appeared successfully in several films, including Bathing Beauty with Esther Williams. A recording of highlights from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, issued by Victor around 1942 (also featuring Hilde Reggiani and Bruno Landi), was a best seller. Despite an enviable income at the height of his career, Ramirez lost most of it gambling. A prolonged final illness left him in poverty. 1092. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1043. DAME DE TUS ROSAS (Lecuona) / MALA NOCHE (Dominguez). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 205 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MARK RAPHAEL [b] 1880. 10” Brown PoW Eng. Columbia Limited Edition RO 76 [CA14793-2/CA14794-4]. WEEP YOU NO MORE / TO DAISIES; SONG OF THE BLACKBIRD (all Roger Quilter). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1222. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works 255-M [CA14798-4/CA14797]. IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS (Quilter). / COME AWAY, DEATH (Quilter). Both sides with ROGER QUILTER [piano] and side two also with Frederick Grinke [violin]; M. Gilbert [viola] and Herbert Withers [cello]. Small harmless PB, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. 1223. 10” Blue PW Columbia 275-M [CA14799/CA14800]. FEAR NO MORE THE HEAT O’ THE SUN, Op. 23, No. 1 / TAKE, O TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY (Op. 23, No. 4). Both sides with the composer at the piano and violin, viola and cello. Just about 1-2. $10.00. [s] 2855. 12” Dk. Blue PoW Italian Columbia CQX 16514 [WBX290/WBX537]. MEFISTOFE- LE: L’altra notte (Boïto) / EMANUELE SALAZAR [t]. OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. ALICE RAVEAU [c] 2300. 10” Red PW Pathé X.93078 [250249/250265]. BARCAROLLE / LE VOYAGEUR (both Fauré). Piano acc. Godfroy Andolfi. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2343. 10” Green PW Pathé PG 19 [CPT1016-1/CPT1017-1]. NININA / O CINCIARELLA (both Henri Tomasi). Acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00. VITTORIO RE [t] 3834. 12” Red acous. Fonotipia 74219/74220 [XXPh5265/XXPh5266]. : Nel verde Maggio / LORELEY: Infranto ogni altro vincolo (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $50.00. VIRGINIA REA [s]. Louisville, KY, 1897 or 1898 -New York, 1941. Her family name was Murphy, but she adopted her mother’s family name, Rea, for professional purposes. She studied with Serge Klibansky in New York and then in Paris with Blanche Marchesi. In 1919 she was engaged by the Edison Company for a series of records. The following year she became a star soprano in Brunswick’s first record catalogue, remaining with them through 1926, at the same time being one of the early radio stars on NBC. Despite her coloratura skills, she seems not to have appeared in opera. In 1927 she made one Red Seal Victor record and participated in several of that company’s ensemble recordings. The same year she became radio’s “Olive Palmer” on the Palmolive Hour and recorded as Palmer one electrical disc for Edison in 1929. Little was heard of Virginia Rea during that period. In 1932 she reinvented herself as “Virginia LeRae” and gave a concert in Chicago. Subsequent LeRae advertising mentioned her phenomenal range (with a top of C or B flat above high C), but Miss LeRae soon vanished, replaced again by Virginia Rea, who was heard frequently on the radio as a guest on popular radio shows of the period. In 1938 she made another attempt at a classical recital n New York (her last had been in 1923) and, while successful, it didn’t lead to many concert bookings. Also, the evolution of popular music styles and the introduction of new artists left few radio appearances available to her. Her death in 1941 was attributed to suicide. 3648. 12” Blk. acous. Brunswick 20034 [X4506/X11372]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Donizetti) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Just about 1- 2. $10.00. ANTENORE REALI [b]. , 1897-Milano,1960. His debut was in Verona, 1921, as Rigoletto. He subsequently performed leading dramatic roles in most of the principal Italian theaters, including La Scala, the Naples San Carlo, La Fenice and the Rome Opera. Outside of Italy he seems to have been heard only in Belgium and Holland. 3587. 12” Green Cetra 25213 [2-71120/2-71121]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Nemico della Patria (Giordano) / PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00. HEINRICH REHKEMPER [b]. Schwerte, 1894-Munich, 1949. After working for a period as a machinist, Rehkemper studied singing in Hagen, Düsseldorf and finally Munich. His debut was in Colberg, 1919, and then he sang for a period as a leading at Stuttgart. From 1925 he was with the Munich Staatsoper, where he achieved great popularity and musical suc- cess. He was equally at home on the concert stage and was considered one of the great lieder in- terpreters of his era. During World War II, in addition to singing, Rehkemper taught at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

206 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3445. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66003 [1729as/1730as]. MENTRE IL LASCIO O FIGLIA (Mozart). Two sides. In Italian. Few harmless marks, 2. $35.00. 3501. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66004 [1231½as/1232as]. PROMETHEUS (Hugo Wolf). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $50.00. PAUL REIMERS [t] 1045. 10” Blue Victor acous. 45063. LE COUR DE MA MIE (Dalcroze) / DIMANCHE A L’AUBE (Ducoudray). Side one piano acc. Most attractive performances. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1055. 10” Blue Victor acous. 45065. AUF FLÜGELNS DES GESANGES (Mendelssohn) / WOHIN? (Schubert). Side one harp acc. Francis Lapitano. Side two piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $10.00. \ 1338. 10” Red PW (gold print) elec. Victor 1746. DU, DU LIEGST MIR IM HERZEN (Pax) / ACH, WIE IST’S MÖGLICH DANN (Thuringian Folk Song). With HULDA LASHAN- SKA [s]. Very effective vocal blending. Just about 1-2. $8.00. ALBERT REISS [t] 1756. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64188. HANSEL UND GRETEL: Hexenritt (Humperdinck). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1032. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64214. SCHÖN WAR’S DOCH: Nord-Express (Victor Holländer). Scarce. Short catalogue life. Only form of issue. Minor lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00. 1034. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64215. : Wohin schleichist du? (Wagner). With OTTO GORITZ [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3731. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 140 [C-10131-2/C-7025]. SIEGFRIED: Zwangvolle Plage! (Wagner) / BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch einen liebe Schatz (Smetana). Side two with [s] Side two piano acc. Side two first edition. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3606. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 12 [C-7025/273ac]. BARTERED BRIDE: Ich weiss Euch einen liebe Schatz (Smetana). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s] / [s]. DALIBOR: Wär ich wahr? (both Smetana). From orig. Camden, 1909/Berlin, 1910 matrices. Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00. MAURICE RENAUD [b]. Bordeaux, likely 1861-Paris, 1933. Born Maurice Arnold Croneau, Renaud studied in Paris and Brussels, making his debut at in Brussels, 1883, remaining to 1890. He was in the world premieres there of Reyer’s Sigurd and the same composer’s Salaambô. 1890 marked his Opéra-Comique debut. From then on he was heard at various points throughout the world, including New Orleans, the Metropolitan and Manhattan Operas, Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra, St. Petersburg, Berlin and Monte Carlo. He was wounded in the 1st World War, and he then retired from opera and from singing entirely in 1919, appearing in a silent film the following year. He was noted for the beautiful timbre of his voice as well as his sense of style and acting skills. Mary Garden described him as “one of the greatest artists in the world”. 4402. 10” Red Vla 91072 [5780o]. LE SOIR (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2762. 12” Blk. French Gram. SR W117 (032093/032099) [865i/873i]. TANNHÄUSER: Romance de l’Étoile (Wagner) / WILLIAM TELL: Sois immobile (Rossini). Heavy raised-rim pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. [s] 2237. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10124. CANZONETTA (Loewe) / ICH LIEBE DICH (Grieg). Highly recommended. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1228. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10253. ÉLÉGIE (Massenet) / ANGEL’S SERENADE (Braga). With MAX ROSEN [vln]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1965. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15146. A SPRING FANCY (Densmore) / BY A LONELY FOREST PATHWAY (Griffes). Piano acc. Frederic Persson. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1208. 10” PW Blue Shellac Columbia G-2112-M [Be10390/Be10391]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / L’AFRICAINE: Leb’ wohl, freundlich Gestade (Meyerbeer). In German. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2689. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50054. ANDREA CHÉNIER: La mamma morta (Giordano) / BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2559. 12” Purple elec. Brunswick 30119. SOSARME: Rend’ il sereno al ciglio / XERXES: Largo (both Händel). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

207 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3222. 12” Blue PW acous. Polydor 595012 (Brunswick 50065). MADAMA BUT- TERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini) / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). First-rate surfaces. Couple small rubs, still just about 1-2. $15.00. 3436. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50065. Same as preceding listing (item #3222). Orig. U.S. pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3522. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50084. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor / AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3297. 12” Red PW Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6831 [CWR1329-II/CWR1330-II]. TANNHÄU- SER: Dich, teure Halle (Wagner) / LO- HENGRIN: Elsas Traum (Wagner). Ber- lin State Op. Orch. dir. Fritz Zweig. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2550. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7415. BOCCACCIO: Hab’ ich nur deine liebe (von Suppé) / DIE FLEDERMAUS: Csardas (Strauss). Just about 1-2. $8.00. ELISABETH RETHBERG 3894. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7472. IL RE PASTORE: L’amerò sarò costante (Mozart) / DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti (Mozart). Side one with YACOB ZAYDE [violinist]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 4300. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 7582. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò, ma prima in grazia (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. LUCIEN RIGAUX [b] 9002. 11” Odeon 97002/92068 [XP4259/XP4356]. WILLIAM TELL: O Mathilde / WILLIAM TELL: Accours dans ma nacelle (Rossini). Both with AGUSTARELL AFFRE [t]. Cons. 2. $20.00.

GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Verona, 1888-Chicago, 1952. Rimini made his debut in Verona in 1910 after having prepared in that city’s Conservatory. He met and sang with Rosa Raisa in Verdi’s at the Teatro Colón in 1915. He joined Raisa with the Chicago Opera in 1916, and they married in 1920. Raisa appears to have insisted Rimini be booked wherever she sang. Likely most companies were glad to oblige, as his presence would strengthen their baritone wing. Later in his career he moved from serious to buffo parts and made a complete recording in the 1930s of Verdi’s Falstaff. Raisa was to have joined him in this recording, but pregnancy at the time prevented her from doing so. According to a friend who had been a protégé of Raisa, Rimini could be very much a male chauvinist. At one time, to close a discussion in which Raisa and Rimini were disagreeing, she recalled Rimini turning to Raisa and telling her she should shut her mouth and open it only for singing. Raisa, on the other hand, was pleasantly passive and found such comments amusing. Charles Mintzer’s wonderfully enlightening biography of Raisa is highly recommended. 2066. 10” Brown Shellac Vocalion 60012 [10998/11110]. EL RELICARIO (Padilla) / JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Serenade of Rafaele (Wolf-Ferrari). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1769. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15201. JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Serenata (Wolf- Ferrari) / HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4100. 12” Brown Vocalion 52016 [7154]. RIGOLETTO: Piangi, fanciulla (Verdi). With [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3512. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52031 [7142]. THE CRUCIFIX (Faure). In French. With ROSA RAISA [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3523. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52047 [7119]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3618. 12” Brown Shellac acous. Vocalion 70039 [11095/11192]. IL TROVATORE: Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With ROSA RAISA [s] / RAISA [s]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (both Verdi). Side two with GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 208 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2685. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 90004. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Turiddu, mi tolse l’onore (Mascagni) / IL TROVATORE: Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With ROSA RAISA [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. MARIO RODOLFI [t]. See: MARIO CHAMLEE MARCELLA ROESELER [s] 2470. 12” Red elec. Ultraphon F253 [30343/30344]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Leise, leise (v. Weber). Two sides. Orch. di. Selmar Meyrowitz. Few harmless spots, cons. 2. $10.00. JOSEPH ROGATCHEWSKY [t] 1383. 10” Blk. PW Eng. Col. D6280 [WL545/WL546]. BERCEUSE (Gretchaninov) / BERCEUSE (Liadow). Piano acc. Elie Cohen. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. MARGARET ROMAINE [s] 2363. 10” Purple Victor 60135. MY SKYLARK LOVE (Lucien Denni). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

EMILY HUBBARD ROOSEVELT [s]. Stanford, CT, 1893-1976 Roosevelt was a distant cousin of Teddy and Eleanor Roosevelt (but apparently not Franklin D.). Her father died in 1894, leaving daughter Emily and his wife an equal division of as estate worth in the millions. Emily was married twice, first as a teenager to George Chadderton, a bank clerk, real estate man and a World War One aviator. She used his name professionally until they divorced. She then wed Archibald Cooke, who was “manager of her affairs”, until she divorced him in 1938. She loved music and despite her financial and social status she decided to study singing and to try for a professional singing career. This, however, caused her to have been dropped from the Social Register in 1922. Her outspokenness in all areas earned her the nickname “Teddy”, after her cousin. She chose as a teacher Wessel, a well known New York vocal instructor and pianist. Roosevelt (earlier spelled Rosevelt) made her operatic debut as Aida with the Festival Opera Company in Chicago, appearing in the same role EMILY ROOSEVELT later (1931) with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. It was, however, mainly as a recitalist (one notable concert having been in New York’s Town Hall in 1932) and as an oratorio singer (twice appearing with the Boston Händel and Haydn Society among other groups) that her career was based. After retiring from singing (due to a lengthy illness), she became a lecturer, one of her most popular talks having been “New Lights in the Firmament”, which she presented to “large audiences all over the country”. This was based on her interest “in interplanetary space ships”, much of the source material having come from her own “flying saucer library of more than one hundred volumes”. 1096. 10” elec. Cameo Private Issue A/B [P4-6/P51-D2]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, theure Halle (Wagner) / SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvoák). Piano acc. Florence Wessell. Probably recorded around 1926. Just about 1-2. $25.00. Cantor JOSEF ROSENBLATT [t]. Near Kiev, 1882-Palestine, 1933. Born of a Cantor father, young Yossele was singing as a member of his father’s from the age of four. It was at the time against the tenets of the Orthodox faith for an unmarried man to accept a cantorial position, so at the age of 18 (the youngest possible) he wed and became a Cantor in Hungary, then Presberg and following this, America. When 14, he successfully tried his hand at cantorial compo- sition, some of his works having become so popular, Rosenblatt stated, “that even old chasanim of repute adopted them.” In America he reached his peak in popularity through an exclusive five-year contract with Columbia Records and then one with Victor. He was also offered by Campanini for the Chicago Opera the role of Eleazar in La Juive for a then huge sum, an offer he turned down for religious reasons. He did accept concert tours however, becoming very successful singing both Jewish and Yiddish repertoire, as well as the occasional Western concert pieces. He was particularly proud of being referred to as “the Jewish tenor”, rather than by his nationality. “What Harry Lauder is to the Scotch and John McCormack to the Irish, I want to be for the Jews.” 209 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2941. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 9792. EILI, EILI / KOL NIDREI [Hebrew Prayers). With organ. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3672. 12” Red Orth. Vla 9792. Same as preceding pressing but “Z” shellac. Lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00. VLADIMIR ROSING [t] 3778. 12” Pink SS Eng. Aeolian Vocalion A-0137 [01967]. DEATH’S SERENADE (Moussorgsky). Piano acc. Frank St Leger. In Russian. Just about 1-2. $12.00. ARCHANGELO ROSSI [bs]. Ferentino, 1857-Milano, 1907. A very humorous (at least I find him so) buffo who made his Met debut in La Boheme, 1903, as both Benoit and Alcindoro. His other roles during his Met tenure included Don Pasquale, Dr. Dulcamara, Masetto and the Sacristan in Tosca. He had been in touring with the Metropolitan Opera during the disastrous earthquake of 1906, and it left him in a state of increasing “emotional distress”. On Feb. 16, 1907, he participated in Don Pasquale, which turned out to be one of the strangest presentations in Met history. The first scene of act one was completely omitted. Rossi appeared in the second act but sang it entirely seated in a chair. It was announced that he was indisposed and that the remainder of the opera would be sung without a Don Pasquale. The act turned out to be tenor Andreas Dippel singing Ernesto’s Serenata, “Com’ è gentil”, and then soprano Marcella Sembrich concluded the opera by rendering Arditi’s completely unrelated waltz, Parla. Shortly after, Rossi or the management cancelled the rest of his season. He returned to Italy and in June of 1907 committed suicide “in a moment of desperation”. –Information from Jim McPherson’s article in The Record Collector, Vol. 46, No. 1. 1139. 10” Blk. Victor 62621 [B-2510-2/7027b]. CENERENTOLA: Miei rampoli (Rossini) / EMMA TRENTINI [s], CARLO CAFFO[t]. FRA DIAVOLO: Quell’uom dal fiero aspetto (Auber). Side one particularly amusing. Cons. 2. $10.00. GIULIO ROSSI [bs]. Rome, 1862-Varese, 1934. His debut was in Parma, either 1886 or 1887, and in 1889 he gave successful per- formances in South America. He subsequently appeared in a number of major Italian houses, including La Scala (1892 and 1894, again in 1903) and the Rome Costanzi (1894), as well as in Spain and St. Petersburg. His Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1908, and he remained on the roster for eleven seasons. In 1931 he became a resident of the Verdi Casa di Riposo, where he lived until his death three years later. Rossi’s repertoire was of major roles in most houses except the Met, where he was limited to mainly secondary parts, the principal parts usually assigned to Adamo Didur. Rossi re- corded for Blue in Italy, 1903 and a year later with American Zonophone while ap- pearing at the San Francisco Tivoli Opera with Tetrazzini (where their Zonophone records were likely made). According to the Gattey biography of Tetrazzini, she and Rossi had “eloped” shortly before while appearing in Cuba, although this attachment lasted for only a few months, as while at the Tivoli, Tetrazzini shifted her romantic interests to the tenor Giorgio Bazelli. Rossi’s final records were for G&T in 1907. GIULIO ROSSI 2391. 9” Green American Zonophone 2505 [3519]. LA JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH: Quand la flame de l’amour (Bizet). In Italian. Piano acc. Very bright recording of Rossi’s voice. The surfaces of this and the following Zonophones have many tiny pimples (apparently from the aging of the brownish shellac compound used). I must grade this 5-6, but his voice is perfectly clear and bright amidst the tickish background. The following records have slightly better surfaces. $75.00. 2392. 9” Green American Zonophone 2511 [3518]. IL TUO PENSIERO (Rotoli). Piano acc. Same description as for preceding Rossi disc, although this has a slightly better surface. 5. $90.00. 2393. 9” Green American Zonophone 2512 [3520]. MEFISTO (Carelli). Piano acc. Same description as for the Rossi discs above. 5. $90.00.

210 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs HELGE ROSWAENGE [t] 1339. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1841 [ORA1135-II/ORA1336-II]. ACH, LIEB’, ICH MUSS NUN SCHEIDEN / FREUNDLICHE VISION (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3885. 12” Blk. PW elec. Polydor 66818 [1449BM/1450½BM]. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). Two sides. With EMMI LEISNER [c]. Orch dir. Manfred Gurlitt. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4040. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV SS DB 424 [2EA 2852]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si ben mio … Di quella pira (Verdi). Gorgeous pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3143. 12” PW Electrola DB 5563 [2RA4461-2/2RA4462-2]. LIFE FOR A CZAR: Brüder, folet mir (Glinka) / WILHELM STRIENZ [bs]. LIFE FOR THE CZAR: Sie ahnen die Warheit (Glinka). Rare. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 3137. 12” PW Electrola DB 5580 [2RA4599-I/2RA4596-I]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Wohin seid ihr entschwunden? (Tschaikowsky) / AIDA: Holde Aida (Verdi). Another short lived rarity. Just about 1-2. $30.00. LÉON ROTHIER [bs] 2988. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7027-M [48633-5/49169-2]. LA MARSEILLAISE (de l’Isle) / LES DEUX GRENADIERS (Schumann). Just about 1-2. $15.00. CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE [t]. St. Nazare, 1875-Jone-les-Tours, 1950. Having made his debut in 1900 in Béziers in the premiere of Gabriel Fauré’s Promethée, Rousselière then appeared at the Paris Opéra the same year as Saint-Saëns’ Samson. From there on he reigned as one of France’s principal tenors for over two decades. In addition, he was heard in South America, Italy and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. His recordings were in two groups, the first in the 1903-06 period (for the most part) and then electrics in the late 1920s. 1488. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32816 [1802-F]. : Anges du Paradis (Gounod). Cons. 2. $60.00. ANNA ROZSA [s] 3660. 12” Red PW Czech HMV DB 1481 [CF3543-II/CF3548-V]. LUCIA: Sulla tomba / LUCIA: Verranno a te (Donizetti). With AURELIANO PERTILE [t]. Uncommon. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. [b] 1539. 10” Blk. Opera Disc 74572 (2-52686) [9228e]. CHATTERTON: Tu sola a me rimani (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1068. 10” Red Victor 91501 [4730h]. RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). With [s]. Wild doings! Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1168. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87112. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). First of two issued Victor takes. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1074. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87114. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà del mio buon tempo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1128. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87133. VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1140. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87142 [10549b]. MALENA: Disse il saggio (Ettore Titta). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4237. 10” White lbl. Vla 87145 [9215e]. E CANTA IL GRILLO (Billi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2204. 10” Red vinyl Victor 87149 [19548b]. MALENA: Ma tu sfiorata (Titta). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1682. 10” Red Victor 87166. FAUST: Rammenta i lieti di quando (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1017. 10” Red Victor 87221. AFRICAINE: All’erta, Marinar! (Meyerbeer). Unaccompanied. His voice in this period (1915) was at its peak. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1901. 10” Red Vla 87325. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Son sessant’ anni (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 1026. 10” Red Vla 876. MARTHA: Porter Song (Flotow) / FALSTAFF: Quand’ero paggio (Verdi). Lbl. scrs. side one, otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $8.00 1076. 10” Red acous. Vla 1076. CHITARRATA ABRUZZESE (Tosti) / MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). Uncommon late acous. issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 211 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

An all-star quartet (left to right): TITTA RUFFO, GIACOMO RIMINI, LUISA TETRAZZINI, ROSA RAISA

2228. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1388. SUONNO ‘E FANTASIA (Capolongo) / VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1695. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1401. IL GITANO RE (Paganucci) / TORNA A SURRIENTO (De Curtis). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1285. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1460. E CANTA IL GRILLO (Billi) / SEI MORTA NE LA VITA MIA! (Costa). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1310. 10” Red late VdP DA 1040 [BVE-12658-2/BVE-12659-4]. SUONNO È FANTASIA (Capolongo) / VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3063. 12” Red late VdP DB 150 [459aj/461a]. LA GIOCONDA: O monumento / LA GIO- CONDA: Pescatore, affonda l’esca (Ponchielli). Superb pressing, as in the case of most late VdP issues. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3513. 12” Red late VdP DB 402 [C-25217/C-23946]. FALSTAFF: L’onore / RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (both Verdi). As mint. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 4267. 12” Red late VdP DB 496 [C-23947/2736f]. AFRICAINE: Adamastor, re dell’ onde profonde (Meyerbeer) / CARMEN: Con voi ber (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 4266. 12” White RCA Victor Custom black vinyl 92500 [1312½c]. HAMLET: Nega se puoi la luce (Thomas). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4295. 12” White RCA Victor Custom black vinyl 88391 [C-23945-2]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3646. 12” Red ‘30s Vla 6263. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini) / RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2479. 12” Red Vla 6406. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3326. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 49 [CVE-37319/CVE-37321]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi) / LA GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Both with BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. Unpublished. Only editions. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3474. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 56 [CVE-37320/CVE-58119]. LA BOHÈME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t] / GIGLI [t]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Both sides first and only editions from 1927/1929 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GERTRUD RUNGE [s] 1617. 10” Green acous. No-Dog Gramophone 13114 [12834r/12835r]. FAUST: Es ist schon spat (Gounod). Two sides. With GEORGE MEADER [t]. Label side two very discolored (opposite side fine). Other than a couple tiny PBs, surfaces are just about 1-2. $12.00. 4094. 12” Blk. GP ’04 “A” plate Victor 71027 [241m]. MIGNON: Arie der Titania (Thomas). 3. $8.00. 212 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

GIANNINA RUSS [s]. Lodi, 1873 – Milan, 1951. Russ studied at the Milan Conservatory and made her debut in Bologna, 1903, as Mimì and at La Scala, 1905, as Aida. Aside from the major Italian houses, Russ was heard at Covent Garden, 1904, and the Manhattan Opera in 1907. Her roles covered a variety of repertoire with emphasis on dramatic parts and included Norma, Gioconda, Santuzza, Abigaile, Elvira, Leonora and Amelia, among many others. She taught in later years, her pupils having included and Clara Petrella. 2440. 11” Fonotipia 39388/39380 [XPh476/XPh454]. : Più presso al ciel (Mascagni). With FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b] / RUSS [s], ELVINO VENTURA [t], CORRADETTI [b]. LA TRAVIATA: Prendi quest’ è l’immagine (Verdi). Both piano acc. Couple LGTs. Gen. 2-3. $10.00.

ELENA [ZBOINSKA-] RUSZKOWSKA [s]. Lvov, 1877-Cracow, 1948. Ruszkowska first appeared in her native Poland in the last year of the 19th century. She subsequently was heard in Lvov, Lemberg, Warsaw and Krakow and then appeared in various Italian theaters, including La Scala. Other venues included the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Vienna Hofoper, the Prague National Opera, her repertoire featuring parts such as Aida, Isolde, Leonora (Forza del Destino) and the Marschallin in . Through the 1920s she was a leading soprano with the Warsaw Opera. Following a radio concert in Poland, 1938, she retired to Krakow, where she taught. Ruszkowska’s beautiful voice was recorded by Zonophone, Edison (cylinders), the and Odeon. 2137. 10” Red Victor 87069 [13830b]. TOSCA: Trionfa di nuova speme (Puccini). With EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2668. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88261 [1863c]. AIDA: Ahimè di Guerra (Verdi). With BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c], EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3700. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88262 [1860c]. AIDA: Fu la sorte dell’armi (Verdi). With BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4289. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88263 [1861c]. AIDA: Ebben qual nuovo (Verdi). With BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2933. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88265 [1799c]. AIDA: Su dunque (Verdi). With ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Wonderful sound, as is the case with most vinyl pressings. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2428. 12” Red Dog Gram. Mon. 054276 [1862c]. AIDA: Pietà ti prenda del mio dolor (Verdi). With BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Few MGTs, 2-3. $15.00. 2654. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88373 [1862c]. AIDA: Pietà di prenda (Verdi). With BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2603. 12” Red Vla 8056. AIDA: Sul del Nilo (Verdi). With MARIA CAPPIELLO [ms], GIOVANNI DAVI [t], GIUSEPPE QUINZI-TAPERGI [bs] / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. LOHENGRIN: Cessaro i canti alfin (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00. LEONIE RYSANEK [s] 3161. 12” Blue German Columbia LX 1559 [CAX11662-6/CAX11665-4]. ARABELLA: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka (Strauss) / TIEFLAND: Ich weitz nicht war mein Vater war (d’Albert). Just about 1-2. $8.00. HÉLÈNE SADOVEN [ms] 1708. 10” PW Plum elec. HMV EK 106 [OG557-II/OG559-I]. DARLING GIRL / VANKA- TANKA (both arr. Dargomishky). Side two with C. E. KAIDANOFF [bs]. Acc. by Balalaika Orchestra. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Barcelona, 1876-1949. Early in his career he was active in South America and from the start specialized in zarzuelas and operettas. He premiered at least 100 zarzuelas. In 1914 Sagi-Barba wed soprano Luisa Vela, a frequent stage partner with whom he would continue to appear on stage until his retirement in 1932. Sagi-Barba was also known for his work in opera, singing a variety of Italian roles, usually in Spanish. 2348. 10” Red “A” Plate ’12 Pats. Victor 64367 [17586u]. VORETA LA MAR [CANCIÓN CATALANA] (Torres de Palau). Rare. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4262. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55144. LA PARTIDA (F. M. Alvarez) / PATRIA (Canción Española). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2536. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6666 [CJ619-II/CJ620-II]. MARINA: Duo Jorge-Roque / MARINA: Bridis (Arrieta). With [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

213 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs EMANUELE SALAZAR [t] 2855. 12” Dk. Blue PoW Italian Columbia CQX 16514 [WBX537/WBX290]. OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). / LINA BRUNA RASA [s]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3260. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52058-X [WBX562/WBX567]. TANNHÄUSER: Racconto (Wagner) / AGNUS DEI (Bizet). One small rub side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 3860. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52062-X [WBX564/WBX537]. OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. SALVATORE SALVATI [t] 3400. 12” Green elc. Tri-Ergon TE 10018 [2724/2725]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Few lt. rubs, small lbl. stkrs. 2. $10.00.

[GIUSEPPE] MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. , 1867 [or 1868)-Milan, 1930. His debut was as Valentin in Faust in Palermo, 1888. Between 1895 and 1913 he was heard several seasons at La Scala. His international career included Covent Garden (debut in 1904 as Scarpia), the Manhattan Opera in New York (1907-10), and the Boston and Chicago Opera Companies (1909-1913). He was also a success in South America and Spain. His operatic creations included the leading baritone roles in Andrea Chenier (La Scala, 1896), Zazà (Milan Teatro Lirico, 1900), Franchetti’s (La Scala, 1902), Mugnone’s La vita Brettone (1905, Naples San Carlo) and d’Erlanger’s Tess (San Carlo) as well as ’s Natoma (Chicago, 1911) and (1912) Wolf- Ferrari’s II Gioielli della Madonna. One of the leading baritones of his era, Sammarco also participated in a number of local premieres and important revivals. His pupils included Giovanni Inghilleri, Paul Schöffler and Alexander Sved. Note that his G&T records below were cut with a narrow stylus and for best results should be played with circa 1.5 point. G. MARIO SAMMARCO 9090. 11” Col. Fonotipia 92172/92173 [XPh3166/XPh3167]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Un dì m’era di gioia (Giordano) / DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su queste rose (Berlioz). Side one creator performance. Cons. 2. $25.00. 1505. 10” Red Pats. “A” Plate Vla 87077. UOCCHIE DE SUONNO (Costa). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1273. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87078. GLI MARINARI (Rossini). With JOHN MC CORMACK [t]. Text label on verso. Gorgeous copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3677. 12” Red Milano G&T 052027 [Con692]. GERMANIA: Ferito prigionier (Franchetti). Creator performance. As with all these G&T, a narrow stylus is required for the best sound (I use a 1.5 mil). Light label gilt fade. Few LGTs, otherwise gen. 3. $200.00. 4274. 12” Red Milano G&T 052033 [Con700]. ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (Verdi). Piano acc. Needs 1.5 mil (or thereabouts) stylus. Clean label. Couple LGTs. Unusually fine copy. 2. $200.00. 3395. 12. Red Milano G&T 052033 [Con700]. Same as previous listing (item #4274). Clean label. Few LGTs. One small harmless PB, one groove skip, one LSS (i.e. harmless). 2-3. $100.00. 3676. 12” Red Milano G&T 052034 [Con701. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Plays beautifully (with 1.5 stylus). Lbl. stkr. Slight lbl. fade.Gen. 2. $150.00. 2991. 12” Red Milano G&T 054026 [Con644]. LORENZA: Susanna al bagno (Mascheroni). With [s]. Accompanied by the composer. Superficial rubs, few LGTs, gen. 3-4. $350.00. 214 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3394. 12” Red Milano G&T 054028 [Con703]. TOSCA: Act II: Quando? Il prezzo! to lead-in of “Vissi d’arte” (Puccini). With EMMA CARELLI [s]. Piano acc. 1903 recording. Such here! Plays cleanly with a narrow (1.5 mil) stylus. Lt. lbl. wear and fade, small lbl. stkr. Surface gen. 3, few LGTs. $150.00. 2832. 12” Pink Dog Gram. Mon. 2-052016 [3751f]. LA FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti). Orch. dir. Percy Pitt. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3290. 12” White lbl. Vla 89042. RIGOLETTO: Piangi fanciulla … Tutte le feste … Si, vendetta (Verdi). With MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s]. Scarce. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LUIS ALBERTO SANCHEZ [t] 1398. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2066-M [W145385-3/W145386-2]. COLONIAL SONG [A SONG OF AUSTRALIA]. (Percy Grainger). Two sides. With ANITA ATWATER [s]. Conducted by the composer. Tiny rim lams. side two just to first groove (i.e. harmless), otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. 1476. 10” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 2066-M. Same as preceding listing. One tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00. ERZSI SÁNDOR [s]. Kolosvár, 1885- Budapest, 1962. Despite Sándor’s vocal talent demonstrated as early as the age of ten, there was no family money to support studies. In her ‘teens, she was heard in a church choir by the director of the Kolosvár Conservatory and was given the opportunity to study there despite lack of theoretical and practical musical skills other than her outstanding voice. She made her operatic debut as Rosina in a student presentation of Il Barbiere di Siviglia and two years later gave her first professional performance as Lakmé on the stage of the Budapest Opera House. She continued there for a number of seasons as a leading coloratura and lyric soprano, venturing into more dramatic repertoire by singing with great success the role of Cio-Cio- San, replacing Elsa Szamosi in the first Hungarian run of the opera and the Marchallin in Der Rosenkavalier. In this opera she also sang, on different occasions, Octavian and Sophie. She was also the first in Hungary to undertake in one performance the three soprano roles in Offenbach’s . 9016. 11” Multi-Color Hungarian acous. Odeon 400004/400005 [Hx1192/ Hx1193]. LAKMÉ: Bell Scene (De- libes). Two sides. Piano acc. Oskár Dienzl. Two different lbl. styles. ERZSI SÁNDOR Small lbl. stkr. side one. Few LSSs, gen. 2-3. $50.00.

JOSÉ MOSSEGELD SANTIAGO [-FONT] [bs-b]. San Miguel de Mayumo, Bula- can, Phillipines, 1893-Manila, 1959. Studying violin and piano in his youth and then law as a young adult, his voice was discovered and he decided to make music his profession. He left the Philippines for New York in the mid-1920s and worked with baritone . He was a soloist with the Roxy Theater for two years and was often heard on the radio. In 1930 he won the Caruso American Memorial Foundation vocal competition which allowed him to study in Italy. There he made his debut at La Scala in 1933 as Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Dal Monte and Gigli, also appearing as Amonasro in Aida. In 1935 he was on the roster of La Fenice, singing Oroveso to Rosa Raisa’s Norma, as well as Alvise in Gioconda and Jacobo in the now forgotten Baldo by Giovanni Cigona. After his Italian success, Santiago returned to the Philippines, where he taught and was involved in opera production in Manila. 2345. 10” PW Blue Columbia (blue shellac) 2548-X [W95509-2/W95510-2]. PLANTING RICE; BOANERJES’ SERENADE; MY NIPA HUT / NENA’S LULLABY; DON’T YOU GO TO ZAMBOANGA (Philippine Folk Songs). In English and Phillipine. Piano acc. 215 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs The only copy of this I’ve ever seen. Lam. crk. side one could sound for an inch or so (although it doesn’t here), otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 2346. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia (blue shellac) 2908-X [W96079-1/W96080-2]. ÚLTIMO ADIÓS (Dr. José Rizal). Two sides. Spoken recording. Famous last poem written by Rizal, a Philippine national hero, just prior to his execution in Manila in 1896. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ADELAIDE SARACENI [s] 2853. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1648 [CM1592-II/ CM211-II]. MANON: A Parigi n’an- drem (Massenet). With PIERO PAULI [t] / PAULI [t]. FALSTAFF: Dal labbro il canto (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. ÉMILE-FRANTZ SARDET [t]. Oran 1882 – Monte Carlo 1913. Sardet was engaged by the Lyon Opera the season of 1907-08, then the Théâtre Lyrique de la Gaîté in Paris. He was a leading tenor with this company until his untimely death at the age of 31, singing principal tenor roles in operas such as , Rimsky- Korsakov’s Ivan the Terrible and Lecocq’s La Fille de Mme. Angot. 2376. 10” Blk. Dog Disque pour Gram. 3-32982/34256 [14356u/14501u]. PAUL ET VIRGINIE: Air de la latter / PAUL ET VIRGINIE: Ah! puisque tu nous fuis (Victor Massé). Just about 1- 2. $20.00. [s]. 1773. 10” Plum PW elec. Czech HMV AM 2886 ADELAIDE SARACENI [BW1874-1/BW1875-1]. AL, Op. 10, No. 3 (Chopin) / CUDNE OCZY (Friemann). Piano acc. Otto Schulhof. Label side two signed on dog by Mme. Sari. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $30.00. 3276. 12” Red elec. Polydor 73071 [65bo/68bo]. : O lieto suol della Turenna (Meyerbeer) / I PURITANI: Deh, come vi piace la fanciulla (Bellini). Some harmless superficial rubs. Cons. 2-3. $8.00. 3729. 12” Plum PW eoec. Czech HMV AN 679 [2L149-II/2L151-II]. BARTERED BRIDE: Ten lásky sen (Smetana) / RUSALKA: Mesícku ma nebi (Dvoák). Piano acc. Charles Cerné. Few lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $25.00. BIDÚ SAYÃO [s] 2151. 10” Red Brazilian PW Victor 1904. MANON LESCAUT: L’Éclat de Rire (Auber) / CHANSON DU PAPILLON (André Campra). Piano acc. I don’t believe that this was ever issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2156. 10” Red Brazilian Orth. Vla 4229. SERENATA (Alberto Costa) / CANÇÄO DA FELI- CIDADE (Néstor Sanchez). With Orch. Brasileira. Recorded in Brazil and definitely not issued in the U.S. Probably her rarest record. Just about 1-2. $20.00. ÉMILE SCAREMBERG [t]. Besançon, 1863-1938. Another of the exceptional tenors exclusive to Fonotipia-Odeon, Scaremberg began his musical life as a French horn player in a regimental band. It was the director of that organization who suggested that Scaremberg study voice. This he did in Paris for four years with Charles Nicot, along with studying acting. He made his debut in 1893 at the Opéra-Comique in Grétry's Richard Coeur-de-Lion. During the rest of the 1890s through 1907, Scaremberg was heard in a number of the French provincial houses, as well as at Covent Garden, in Moscow and at la Monnaie in Brussels. His Paris Opéra debut was as Lohengrin in 1903, and of this performance one reviewer stated: "He has a good, sonorous voice, with the required compass for a tenor of grand opera, uses it with skill and taste, and [he] possesses the figure and [acting] ability at present essential for success on the lyric stage." He suddenly lost his voice in 1907 (the cause of this tragedy not being clear) and then retired to his native Besançon, where he taught until his death. 9078. 11” French Fonotipia 56048/56049 [XP or XPh?]. MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet) / LAKMÉ: Fantaisie (Delibes). Orch. acc. Excellent copy. Beautiful singing. Cons. 2. $250.00.

216 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3975. 11” Fonotipia 56206/Odeon 56206 [XPh728-4/XP ? ]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Madrigal (Gounod). With GEORGETTE BRÉJEAN-SILVER [s] / BRÉJEAN- SILVER [s]. BOHÈME: On l’appelle Mimì (Puccini). Small lbl. stkrs. Side one just about 1-2. Side two cons. 2. $250.00. THEODOR SCHEIDL [b] 3573. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Grammophon 65582 (044331/044332) [57av/58av]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi) / LA BOHÈME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). In German. With RICHARD SCHUBERT [t]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 2934. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 90213 [185½bv/186bv]. SCHWANDA, DER DUDELSACK- PFEIFER: Ich bin der Schwanda / SCHWANDA: Wie kann ich denn vergessen (Jaromir Weinberger). Wonderful late ‘30s Columbia pressing. As new. Just about 1-2. $10.00. EMMA SCHEIDL-HAUSER [c]. Hauser was a leading with the Stuttgart Opera from 1912-21. In 1919 she appeared there with her husband, Theodor Scheidl, in the world premiere of Ture Rangstöm’s opera Kronbruden. Her recorded output was limited to two rare discs for Vox. 4316. 12” Red acous. Vox *02100 [842A/843A]. IL TROVATORE: Lodernde Flammen / IL TROVATORE: Die Hände in schweren Ketten (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $60.00. ELIETTE SCHENNEBERG [c] 4218. 10” Blue French Columbia LF 257 [CL8530-1/CL8532-1]. CHANSONS GRISES (). Two sides, four songs. Piano acc. André Collard. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3565. 12” Blue French Columbia LFX 690 [CLX2448/CLX2449]. TROIS PSAUMES (Arthur Honegger). Two sides. Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PIERO SCHIAVAZZI [t]. Caligari, 1875-Rome, 1949. A scholarship student at the Pesaro Conservatory, then under the direction of Mascagni, Schiavazzi found a particular connection with the music of Mascagni who, in turn, greatly admired his work. His debut was as the Lamplighter in the 1898 Rome Opera world premiere of Mascagni’s Iris, soon taking the principal tenor role of Osaka. He was a leading tenor in Mascagni’s 1902 American tour, singing Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Osaka in the American premiere of Iris. In 1907, he appeared at the Milano Teatro dal Verme, 1907 in Mascagni’s Amica, the first performance in Italy, the premiere having been with Rousselière and Farrar in Monte Carlo. He also was in the first La Scala performance of Alfano’s Risurrezione, 1906, and the world premiere of Zandonai’s Conchita, 1911. Schiavazzi’s final performance was in 1931 as Canio in Pagliacci at the Caligari Teatro Massimo. In August, 1909, he shot himself (so one unidentified clipping reports) in the Milan Hotel Metropole for reasons not stated but successfully returned to the stage after recuperating. 9097. 11” Fonotipia 39327/39334 [XPh357/XPh340]. L’AMICO FRITZ: O Amore / AMICA: Io passer, tutti i di, la vedova (Mascagni). Side one superficial rubs and scuffs. Side two couple small LSSs. Just about 3. $25.00. 9102. 11” Fonotipia 69056/69057[XPh3942/XPh4812]. PAGLIACCI: Vesta la giubba (Leoncavallo) /RAFFAELE BRACALE dir. TEATRO ALLA SCALA ORCH. FEDORA: (Giordano). Side two performer information from Michael Henstock’s Fonotipia Recordings. Label simply states “Orchestra”. IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00. AKSEL SCHIØTZ [t] 1499. 10” Plum HMV X.6694 [OCS1923-1/OCS1926-1]. TREES (Rasbach) / NIGHT AND DAY (Cole Porter). In English. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1600. 10” Red HMV DA 5253 [OCS2377-1/OCS2378-1]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERA- GLIO: Hier soll, ich dich denn sehen Konstanze / ABDUCTION FROM THE SERA- GLIO: Im Mohrenland (Mozart). Orch. dir. Egisto Tango. Just about 1-2. $7.00. [t] 1176. 10” Maroon acous. Pathé Actuelle 025083 [N68382-1/N68384-2]. SONNAMBULA: Prendi l’anel ti donno (Bellini) / FALSTAFF: Dal labbro il canto (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1175. 10” Maroon acous. Pathé Actuelle 025090 [E68301-2/E68303-1]. SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING (Tate) / DON PASQUALE: Cherchero lontana terra (Donizetti). One small LSS (i.e. harmless), one small lbl. stain, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

217 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

9131. 11” (oversized 10”) test Victor mat. BVE-38381-2. L’ARLESIANA: È la solita storia del pastore (Cilèa). Rec. May 3, 1927, well over a year before the issued 12” version. Only known copy. Superficial rubs, 3-4. $350.00. 1812. 10” Red acous. Vla 952. NAPULITANATA (Costa) / CHI SE NNE SCORDA CCHIÙ (Barthèlemy). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1653. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1126. MADRIGAL ESPAÑOL (Julian Huarte) / LA FARFALLETTA (arr. Schipa); LA GIROMETTA (Sibella). Side two piano acc. JOSÉ ECHÁNIZ. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1513. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1153. Á CUBA (Schipa) / JOTA (de Falla). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1602. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1182. EMIGRANTES: Granadinas (Barrera) / PRINCESITA (Padilla). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1311. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1299. ROSALINDA (de Fuentes) / MI VIEJO AMOR (Oteo). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1500. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1308. DON GIOVANNI: Il mio Tesoro / DON GIOVANNI: Dalla sua pace (Mozart). Lbl. signed in white ink by Schipa. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1323. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1347. ANGELA MIA (Schipa-Rapée-Pollack) / FEMMENA ‘NGANNATORA (Schipa). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1110. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1372. EL GAUCHO [TANGO] (Schipa) / LUNA CASTILLANA (Schipa-Longas). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1821. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1415. NAPULITANATA (Costa) / CHI SE NNE SCORDA CCHIÙ (Barthèlemy). Lbl. scrs. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. 1306. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1438. CE STEVA ‘NA VOTA (de Crescenzo) / PESCA D’AMMORE (Barthèlemy). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2249. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1451. NAUGHTY MARIETTA: Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (Herbert) / THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE (Ray). In Spanish. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1507. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1479. I SHALL RETURN (Milton Cross-Tito Schipa) / WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE (Blaufuss-Donaldson). In English. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1942. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1532 [BM1336-II/BM1341-II]. NINNA-NANNA (Benelli) / GITANA (Longas). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1336. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1533. NAPULE (Schipa-Frayser Hinton) / CONFESIÓN (Amadori). Minor lbl. rub. 2. $10.00. 2269. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1545 [BM1358-I/BM1359-II]. MANDULINATA A NAPOLE (Tagliaferri) / ‘A CANZONE D’E STELLE (both Tagliaferri). Very nice copy, few minor rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. 1991. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1546 [BM1337-II/BM1346-II]. LUNTANANZA AMARA (Cutillo- Schipa) / FA LA NANA, BAMBIN (Geni Sadero). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1579. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1668 [OW1928-I/OW2035-IV]. SERENATA MATUTINA (Murolo- Schipa) / CHE BENE VOGLIO A TTE! (Murolo-Tagliaferri). Lbl. scrs. side one. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 2029. 10” Red Argentine Orth. Vla 1680. DIMELO AL ODIO [TANGO] (Francisco Lomuto) / VIDA MIA [TANGO] (Osvaldo Fresedo). With orchestra conducted by the respective composers. Label side one signed in black ink by Schipa. Some lbl. stains in the trademark area side one, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00. 1603. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1751. LOS RUMBEROS [THE RUMBA DAN- CERS] (Schipa) / A LA LUZ DE LA LUNA (Michelena). Both with EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1105. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1754. TRAVIATA: Un di felice / TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1316. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type Shellac Victor 1755 takes 8/10]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima / DON PASQUALE: Tornami a dir (Donizetti). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4400. 10” Red PoW RCA Victor 10-0026 [takes 8/11]. Same as preceding listing (item #1316) but Post-War edition and different take side 11. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1186. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1996. CANTO PER TE / QUANDO? (both Caslar). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 218 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1822. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2023 [OBA1563-I/OBA1564-II]. VIVERE (Bixio) / NOSTALGIA (Fosco). Both from film Vivere. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. 2321. 10” Red late VdP DA 365 [2916ah/2994ah]. FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod) / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio (Donizetti). Gorgeous pressing of a very early (1913) Schipa disc, beautifully recorded as well. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4195. 10” Red late VdP DA 882 [BVE-35855-2/BVE-35857-1]. PISCATORE ‘E PUSILLECO (Tagliaferri) / GUAPPARIA (Bovio-Falvo). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1896. 10” Red Late VdP DA 882 [BVE-35855-2/BVE-35857-1]. Same as preceding listing (item #4195). Likewise an excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 1786. 10” Red Late VdP DA 1016 [BVE-38382-4/BVE-47430-2]. LA FAVORITA: Una vergine / ELISIR D’AMORE: Adina, credimi (both Donizetti). Superb late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2284. 10” Red PW Czech HMV DA 1088 [BM1336-II/BM1346-II]. NINNA-NANNA (Benelli) / FA LA NANA, BAMBIN (Sadero) . Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Small lbl. stkr. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2925. 10” White lbl. HMV SS (pressed on 12”) DA 1272 [OM523]. DICITINCELLO VUJE (Fusco-Falvo). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1631. 10” Red PW Disco Gram. DA 1323 [OM1281-II/OM492-II]. MU! … MU! … (Renato Bellini) / AIMANT LA ROSE (Rimsky-Korsakov). Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2219. 10” Red Late VdP DA 1564 [OBA1909-I/OBA1910-II. CORE MIU! / LECCE MIA (both Preite). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2926. 10” White lbl. HMV SS [pressed on 12”] DA 1592 [OBA2184-I]. ERA DI MAGGIO (Costa). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1583. 10” Red late VdP DA 1595 [OBA2179-II/OBA2180-II]. CHI È PIÙ FELICE DI ME? / IO E LA LUNA (both Bixio). Excellent pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. 2888. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type material Victor 6570. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti) / MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3612. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6601. AY-AY-AY (Perez-Frière) / CANCIÓN ANDA- LUZA (Palacios). Few light mks., cons. 2. $7.00. 2592. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6629. MAMMA MIA, CHE VÒ SAPETE! (Nutile) / LA CAMPANA DI SAN GIUSTO (Arona). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3138. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6632. ALMA DE DIOS: Canción Húngaria (Serrano) / LA PARTI- DA (Alvarez). Scarce. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2507. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7583. L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa) / PRECE (Schi- pa). Very fine surface material. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3655. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Victor 8068. BOHÈME: Death Scene (Puccini). Two sides. With LUCREZIA BORI [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2936. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 15837 [2BA1700-II/2BA1701-II]. AMICO FRITZ: Duetto delle ciliege (Mascagni). Two sides. With [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b] 1720. 10” Blk. PW acous. Polydor 62364 [14102r/14105r]. HEIMKEHR / ICH LIEBE DICH (both ). Accompanied by the composer (although his name does not appear on the label of this issue). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 1897 10” Blk. PW acous. Schall. Gram. 62365 [14106r/14120r]. RUHE, MEINE SEELE / ZUEIGNUNG (both Richard Strauss). Accompanied by the composer (not credited on this label). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2229. 10” Blk. PW acous. Schall. Gram. 62365. Same as preceding listing. Accompanied by the composer (he is credited on this label). Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00. 2437. 10” Blk. PW acous. Schall. Gram. 62365. Same as preceding two listings. Accompanied by the composer (who is credited on this label). Lt. mks. side one, 2. Side two cons. 2. $20.00. 2342. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62555 [25bm/28bm]. EIN RHEINISCHES MÄDCHEN (Hoppe-Mertens) / IM ROLANDSBOGEN (Mania-Ritzel). Piano ass. Joh. Heiden- reich. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

219 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1051. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 30004 [6134½GD/6136½GD]. WENN DU NUR ZUWEILEN LÄCHELST; TAMBOURLIEDCHEN / AN DIE TAUBEN (all Brahms). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1357. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 30007 [5727GR/5728GR]. WINTERLIEBE, Op. 48, No. 5 / DER NACHTGANG, Op. 29, No. 3 (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1151. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 90194 [145DR/146DR]. DER WANDERER AN DEN MOND / DER JÜNGLING AN DER QUELLE (both Schubert). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4416. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72758 [1495as/533½as]. ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN: Sonst spielt’ ich (Lortzing) / TINO PATTIERA [t]. MARTHA: Ach, so fromm (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3653. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72969 [2067as/2068as]. ADELAIDE (Beethoven). Two sides Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Later pressing, electric-style label. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3750. 12” Blk. PW Grammophon 67107 [403Go/1530BM]. DON CARLOS: Posas Tod (Verdi) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Monolog des Gérard (Giordano). Both in Italian. Just about 1-2. $10.00. JOSEPH SCHMIDT [t] 1657. 10” PW Blue Telefunken A314 [10558/10559]. VORREI MORIRE! (Tosti) / MATTINATA (Leon- cavallo). Both in Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1117. 10” PW Blue Telefunken A779 [15193-1/16223]. RIGOLETTO: Ach, wie so trügerisch / RIGO- LETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Side one in German, side two in Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1308. 10” Blk. Decca 23035 [85243-2/85247-2]. TIRI- TOMBA (Italian Song) / MANDULINATA DI NAPO- LI (Tagliagferri-Murolo). Few lt. rubs side two, cons. 2. $8.00. 1305. 10” Red PW Decca 23049 [133505/133506]. PIS- CATORE È PUSILLECO / NUN ME SCETA (both Tagliaferri-Murolo). In Italian. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00. 1894. 10” PW Red Odeon O-4728 [85254- 1/85255-1]. HEUT’ IS DER SCHÖN- STE TAG IN MEINEM LEBEN (May) / SIMPLICUS (Strauss, arr. May). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2210. 10” Red PW Parlophon B.48812 [133776-2/133777]. FRAG’ NICHT / JOSEPH SCHMITT EIN LIED GEHT UM DIE WELT (both Hans May). Both from film Ein Lied geht um die Welt. Cons. 2. $10.00. 1614. 10” Blk. Parlophone R.1993 [CE6556-2/CE6557-2]. MY SONG GOES ROUND THE WORLD / ONE LIFE, ONE LOVE (both Jimmy Kennedy-Hans May). Both in English. Just about 1-2. $12.00. KARL SCHMITT-WALTER [b] 2123. 10” Blue PW Telefunken A2147 [21765/21766]. LENZ, Op. 19, No. 5 (Hildach) / LIEBESFEIER, Op. 16, No. 2 (Weingartner). Orch. dir. Norbert Schultze. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2209. 10” Orange Swiss HMV DA 1899 [ORA-6097-1/ORA-6099-1]. WALDSELIGKEIT, Op. 47, No. 1 / HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG, Op. 27, No. 3 (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Adolf Stauch. Just about 1-2. $10.00. MARIA SCHNEIDER-PLAUT [s]. 1888- ? . Married to tenor Joseph Plaut, Maria was a concert and opera singer, during the ‘teens of last century with the Berlin-Charlottenburg Opera. She likely appeared in the U.S. in 1924, as she is noted as having arrived at Ellis Island via the Bremen late in 1924. 4196. 10” Green acous. No-Dog Gramophone 13483 [18129L/18130L]. HANS HEILING: Arie der Anna (Marschner). Two sides.Tiny lbl. stkrs Couple LGTs, cons. 2. $10.00.

220 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs RUDOLF SCHOCK [t] 2024. 10” Red Electrola DA 5513 [ORA6167-II/ORA6168-II]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). In German. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2920. 12” Red HMV DB 21098 [2EA14638-2/2EA14639-1]. AMICO FRITZ: Suzel, buon dì [Cherry Duet] (Mascagni). In Italian. Two sides. With JOAN HAMMOND [s]. Fine performance, highly recommended. Fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 3703. 12” Red HMV DB 21260 [2EA14646-2/2EA14647-2]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vicino a te (Giordano). Two sides. In Italian. With JOAN HAMMOND [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. LOTTE SCHÖNE [s] 1893. 10” Blk. PW Electrola EW 41 [BwR1343-I/BLR3793-II]. TURANDOT: Tu che di gel sei cinta / TURANDOT: Signore, ascolta (Puccini). In German. Lbl. stkr. side two. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3102. 12” Blk. PW Electrola EJ 558 [CLR5345-II/CLR5346-II]. DER HIRT AUF DEM FELSEN (Schubert). Two sides. Few lt. rubs, 2. $12.00. 3744. 12” Red PW Electrola EJ 558 [CLR5345-II/CLR5346-II]. Same as previous listing but superb glassy pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

Obercantor MEYER SCHORR [b]. Roumania, 1856-Vienna, 1913. A noted Cantor and father of famed baritone . 1611. 10” B&S Columbia 41129. KIDDUSCH IEROSCH HASCHONOH (Schorr). With Choir (Wien). Remarkably fine copy. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00. FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b] 2191. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 62379 [1112ar/1113ar]. BITEROLL (Wolf) / TRAUM DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG (Strauss). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 1776. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10160. LINDENBAUM, Op. 89, No. 5 (Schubert) / DIE EHRE GOTTES AUS DER NATUR (Beethoven). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1856. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15088. CZAR UND ZIMMERMAN: Sonst spielt’ ich (Lortzing) / DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2223. 10” Blk. elec. PW Czech HMV ER 344 [Bb19307-II/BB19308-II]. ICH GROLLE NICHT (Schumann) / TRAUM DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG (Strauss). Piano acc. Ivor Newton. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00 2065. 10” Blk. elec. PW HMV E.587 PW Czech HMV ER 344. Same as preceding listing (item #2223). IMs 2. $10.00. 2992. 10” White lbl. HMV (pressed on 12”) mat. BLR5407-II]. DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME (Schumann). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 3886. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65632 [657as/658as]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Wie? Hort’ ich recht? / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Mich rührt dein Los (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 2816. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 1564 [2B536-II/2B537-II]. THE SEASONS: Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann (Haydn) / ELIJAH: Herr Gott Abrahams (Mendelssohn). Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3484. 12” Blk. PW Czech HMV ES 697 [CR2483-IIB/CR2484-I]. ELIJAH: Es ist genug / ELIJAH: Ist nicht des Herrn wort die Feuer (Mendelssohn). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3561. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7742, 7743 [2B2840-II/2B2841-I, 2B2842-II/2B2843-I]. DIE WALKÜRE: Der alte Sturm, die alte Müh’! (Wagner). Four sides. With EMMI LEISNER [ms] and London Symphony dir. John Barbirolli. Just about 1-2. $15.00. RICHARD SCHUBERT [t]. Dessau,1885-1958. German tenor Schubert began his career in 1909 as a baritone. He then studied further and returned in 1911 as a tenor, first at Nurenburg and Wiesbaden and then Hamburg and Vienna. He concentrated on Wagner and Strauss, although in 1920 he created the principal tenor role in the premiere of Korngold’s Die tote Stadt. Outside of Germany, he appeared with success in Paris, Buenos Aires and Chicago. While in the U.S. he made trial records for Victor (1922) but they were never issued. In 1937, Schubert retired from singing, becoming a stage director and then a teacher. His few published records were made for Polydor and Polyphon in the early 1920s. 3573. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Grammophon 65582 (044331/044332) [57av/58av]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi) / LA BOHÈME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). In German. With THEODOR SCHEIDL [b]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 221 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3611. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65611 [200av/201av]. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen Herd / MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3198. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Grammophon 65643 [29ah/181av]. WALKÜRE: Winter- stürme / : Wohin nun Tristan scheidet (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00. [s] 4045. 10” (pressed on 12”) White lbl. vinyls (two) SS HMV E.532 [BW1910-I/BW1911-II]. MUTTERTÄNDELEI (Richard Strauss) / MARIENLIED (Josef Marx). Just about 1- 2. $20.00. 3145. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65580 [274as/275as]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln / ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Welche Wonne (Mozart). Trademark area blacked out for import purposes. IMs. Beautiful pressing, just about 1-2. $60.00. 3147. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65654 [269as/270as]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Neue Freuden / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr, die ihr Triebe (Mozart) Another wonderful copy. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 2976. 12” White lbl. SS HMV DB 3599 [2EA6682]. BITTERES ZU SAGEN DENKST DU (Brahms). Never issued. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 4044. 12” White lbl. SS HMV mat. 2EA10780-I. DIE JUNGE NONNE (Schubert). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00. ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c]

1444. 10” B&S Columbia Grand Opera 1378. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer). One LGT. Gen. 2. $200.00. 2172. 10” B&S Columbia Grand Opera 1379 [take 1]. : Drinking Song (Meyerbeer). ½” hair rim patina grooved side (silent), few rubs. Nice copy. 2. $150.00. 1169. 10” Red Vla 87012. FRÜHLINGSZEIT (Becker). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 222 1147. 10” Red Victor 87013 [B-4703-1]. DER TOD UND DAS MÄDCHEN (Schubert). This take never doubled. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1828. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87104. DIE FORELLE, Op. 32 (Schubert). Piano acc. Mrs. Katharina Hoffman. Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1761. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 87170. IM KAHNE, Op. 60, No. 3 (Grieg). Only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2285. 10” White lbl. Vla 87170. Same as preceding listing (item #1761). Small lbl. stkrs., few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 2368. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 87172. ALLAH (Chadwick). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1118. 10” Red Victor 87240. THE MOTHER SINGS (Grieg, Op. 60, No. 2). As with the item above, the only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1193. 10” Red Vla 87124. SPINNERLIEDCHEN (Reimann). Piano acc. Mrs. Katharina Hoffman. IMs. Just about 1-2 $10.00. 1014. 10” PW Red (gold print) Vr 1198. BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA (Lieurance) / TREES (Rasbach). Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1321. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1300 [takes 6/2]. PIRATE DREAMS (Huerter) / AT PARTING (Rogers). Side one orch. acc. Side two piano acc. Josefin Hartman Vollmer. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1472. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1540. DIE FORELLE (Schubert) / DER LENZ, Op. 19, No. 5 (Hildach). Piano acc. Katharina Hoffmann. Rare. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2468. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88093. LEGGIERO INVISIBLE (Arditi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3871. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88118. HIS LULLABY (Jacobs-Bond). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3442. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88188. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti). Great copy of this spectacular performance. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 4311. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88416. AGNUS DEI (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4258. 12” Red “B” plate ’12 Pats. Vla 88417. SAMSON ET DALILA: Der Frühling erwachte (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2990. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6723 [takes 2/2]. STILLE NACHT (Gruber) / WEI- NACHTEN (Humperdinck). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2512. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Vla 7107. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Höre mit sinn / RHEIN- GOLD: Weiche, Wotan! (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2653. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Vla 7177. LEGGERO INVISIBLE (Arditi) / DER ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Piano acc. Katherina Hoffmann. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

LEO SCHÜTZENDORF [bs]. Cologne, 1886-Berlin, 1931. A member of a family of singers, his brothers Guido, Kothner, Alfons and Gustav all having had professional careers. Leo studied in Cologne and made his debut in Düsseldorf in 1908. After engagements in Krefeld, Darmstat, Wiesbaden and Vienna, he joined the Berlin Staatsoper in 1920. In nine years he made 445 appearances in a repertoire of 47 roles, including Baron Ochs, Boris, Beckmesser, Méphistophélès and Wozzeck, which he created in 1925. He was a great success in Der Bettelstudent at the Metropol Theater, Berlin, but as he had not obtained leave from the Staatsoper he was dismissed. This lead to a serious breakdown and his death. He was a versatile artist, as much at home in tragic roles as in comic ones. – Harold Rosenthal, Grove Opera Dictionary 3658. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1816 [2-7676/2-7677]. DON GIOVANNI: Register-Arie des Leporello (Mozart). Two sides. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $40.00.

JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. Riga, 1880-Berlin, 1926. Following studies in Vienna and Berlin, Schwarz made his debut in Linz, 1902, as Amonasro in Aida. After appearances in Riga, Graz and St. Petersburg, he sang with the Vienna Volksoper and then made his debut at the Vienna Hofoper, 1909, as Count de Luna in Verdi’s Il Trovatore. In 1915, Schwarz first appeared with the Berlin Opera. He began a two-season tenure with the Chicago Opera in 1921, where he was extremely successful. During this period he wed wealthy widow Clara Sielken. A prolonged honeymoon causing missed performances resulted in his Chicago Opera contract being terminated. He was first heard at the Paris Opéra in 1923 and at Covent Garden, 1924, these appearances and his Chicago debut all as Verdi’s Rigoletto. He seems to have been engaged by the Metropolitan Opera for the season of 1925-26 and also made trial records for Victor. He became ill in 1924, however, and most of his subsequent stage appearances were in concert rather than opera. He died in 1926 following kidney surgery. 2187. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70598 [19097L/19098L]. HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG / FREUNDLICHE VISION (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Wonderful singing and top copy. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

223 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 4280. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.332 [2-1670/2-1671]. WILLIAM TELL: Sohn, knie nieder (Rossini) / ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN: Sonst spielt’ ich mit Szepter (Lortzing). Excellent later pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $20.00. 3221. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72534 (043501/043502) [1029m/1030m]. AFRICAINE: Dir, Königin / AFRICAINE: Wie hat mein Herz (Meyerbeer). Another looking as beautiful as if fresh from Ye Olde Polydor Shoppe. Just about 1-2. $25.00. VERA SCHWARZ [s] 3765. 12” acous. Green Schall. Grammophon 19089 [1053as/1055as]. AIDA: O Vaterland (Verdi) / DER WIDERSPENSTIGEN ZÄHMUNG: Die Kraft versagt (Goetz). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3764. 12” acous. Odeon 76207/76208 [XXB6579/XXB6489-II]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Arie der Amelia, II. Akt (Wagner) / LA JUIVE: Er kommt zurück (Halévy). Just about 1-2. $15.00. ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF [s] 2160. 10” Blue English Columbia LB 85 [CHA1002/CHA1060-2]. : Oh! mio babbino caro / TURANDOT: Tu chi di gel sei cinta (both Puccini). Really touching performances. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2254. 10” Blue Italian Columbia GQ 7240 [CHA1002/CHA1060-2]. Same as preceding listing (item #2160). Lbl. stkrs., few lightest mks., 2. $7.00. 2997. 10” Eng. Columbia SS unpublished blk. vinyl (pressed on 12”) mat. CHA-956. COME AGAIN, SWEET LOVE (John Dowland). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2947. 10” Eng. Columbia SS unpublished blk. vinyl (pressed on 12”) mat. CHA-989-2. MAGIC FLUTE: Bei Männern (Mozart). With ERICH KUNZ [b]. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3907. 12” Eng. Columbia LX 1577 [CAX11749-5E/CAX1195-1D]. WIEGENLIED IN SOM- MER; MAUSFALLEN-SPRÜCHLEIN (both Wolf) / HAT GESAGT, BLEIB’S NICHT DABEI; SCHLECHTES WETTER (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Radio Station crayon markings (removeable). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2626. 12” Eng. Columbia SS unpublished vinyl mat. CAX-10813. LA BOHÈME: Donde lieta usci (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2960. 12” Eng. Columbia SS unpublished vinyl matrix CHAX 255. VOICES OF SPRING (Strauss). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

SALVATORE SCIARRETTI [t]. 1870-New York, 1948. A tenor with various touring opera companies in the U.S., he was frequently heard in leading roles with Giuseppe Creatore’s traveling troupe and in the Western U.S. with the Lombardi Opera. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company the season of 1910-11 and appeared as a soloist in six Sunday evening concerts, but he didn’t actually sing there in any staged opera performances. 2118. 10” Blk. Notes Columbia A533 [1724-1/3109-2]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile / [bs]. ERNANI: Infelice (both Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00. EVELYN SCOTNEY [s]. Near Melbourne, 1886-London, 1967. Scotney studied originally in Australia and was recommended by fellow Australian to her teacher, , with whom Scotney worked in Paris, 1910. This was followed by a period with Tosti in England. She then appeared with the Boston Opera, making her debut as Lucia in 1912. She married Boston Howard White (1882-1919) and toured with him in concert for several seasons, both in America and Australia. Following White’s untimely death during the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic and Scotney’s own severe bout with that illness, she returned to opera following her recovery, making her debut at the Met in 1919, where she remained two seasons. Her career continued thereafter for a number of years, primarily in recital. 1952. 10” Red Shellac Acous. Vocalion 60004 [10531/19685]. THE ROBIN’ S SONG (Perkins) / SI MES VERS AVAIENT DES AILES (Hahn). Side two with J. Dell’Aquila [harp]. Lovely. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1571. 10” Blk. elec. PW HMV E.450 [Bb9067-IV/Bb9070-IVA]. CALLER HERRIN’ / WHISTLE AND I’LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD (Traditional Scottish Airs). Piano acc. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 1561. 10” Blk. elec. PW HMV E.481 [Bb9068-III/Bb9069-IV]. ELFENLIED (Wolf) / PARY- SATIS: Song of the Nightingale (Saint-Saëns). Piano acc. Gerald Moore). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. 10.00. 4447. 12” Blue Aeolian-Vocalion 55002 [5941]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 224 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 4100. 12” Brown Vocalion 52016 [7154]. RIGOLETTO: Piangi, fanciulla (Verdi). With GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4317. 12” Blk. elec. PW HMV D.1119 [Cc8760-II/Cc8761-II]. DON GIOVANNI: Non mi dir/ DON GIOVANNI: Mi tradi quell; alma ingrata (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3697. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D.968 [Cc5637-II/Cc5638-III]. HAMLET: Mad Scene (Tho- mas) / MANON LESCAUT: C’est l’histoire amoureuse (Auber). In English/French. Orch. dir. Eugene Goossens. Scarce. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. [b] 4440. 10” Red Columbia Grand Opera 1207 [take 1]. DON GIOVANNI: “Selections” [Deh vieni alla finestra; Fin ch’ han dal vino] (Mozart). A remarkably fine copy. Label slightly off-center. Just about 1-2. $500.00. 1261. 10” Blk. vinyl Columbia Grand Opera 1206 [take 1]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Pressed in the 1950s as one of three surviving Grand Opera metal parts (supposedly three pressings were made of each). According to “legend”, the metal parts were then destroyed. Untrimmed edges. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $250.00. 1174. 10” Red Victor 81021 [B-876]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Piano acc. Beautiful copy, as mint (except for lt. stain on trademark). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2165. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 81022 [B-878]. FAUST: Dio possente (Verdi). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00. 1173. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 81041 [B- 877]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00. 2107. 10” Red Victor 87084. SCÉTATE (Costa). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1182. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 87503. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Lo so che alle sue pene (Puccini). With RITA FORNIA [ms], RICCARDO MARTIN [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2712. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 85016 [C-875]. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart); FALSTAFF: Quand’ ero paggio (Verdi). Piano acc. 1903 recording. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3552. 12” Red Pats. Vla 85031 [C-1094]. RIGOLETTO: Deh non parlare al misero (Verdi); DON GIOVANNI: Fin’ ch’ dal vino (Mozart). Piano acc. Lt. lbl. fade. Surface clean cons. 2. $12.00. 3594. 12” Red GP ’04 Victor 85067 [C- 2359]. DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (Verdi). Few superficial rubs. 3. $8.00. ANTONIO SCOTTI 2681. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 85071 [C-876]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2684. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88029 [C-3175-3] (1st issued take, replaced 1909). PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Orch. acc. 1-2. $15.00. 2660. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88030 [C-3176-1] (1st issued take, replaced 1909). OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3838. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88032 [C-3173-1] (1st iss. take, 1908, replaced 1909]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3600. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88032 [2nd issued take]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 225 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 4075. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88203. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2657. 12” White lbl. (shellac) Victor 89015 [C-5014-2] (1st iss. take, 1908, replaced 1909). DON GIOVANNI: Quel castinetto … Là ci darem la mano (Mozart). Later take does not include the recitative. With [b]. VrBk. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3465. 12” Red Vla 6282. MARIA, MARI (di Capua) / PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $6.00. OSCAR SEAGLE [b] 1411. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 131-M [W141888-5/W141907-5]. JESUS, SAVIOR, PILOT ME (Gould) / WHEN THEY RING THE GOLDEN BELLS FOR YOU AND ME (DeMarbelle). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. META SEINEMEYER [s] 3209. 12” Brown PW Parlophon P.9850 [2-21177/2-21178]. FAUST: Church Scene (Gounod). Two sides. With EMANUEL LIST [bs]. Orch. dir. . Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00. 4142. 12” Purple PW Australian A5458 [2-20424-2/2-20425]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). THE CZAR’S BRIDE: Ivan, gehn mir in den Garten (Rim- sky-Korsakow). Scarce. Excellent glassy pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. JOHANNES SEMBACH [t] 2120. 10” Blk. Victor 63198 [1746ab/5146u]. TROVATORE: Stretta (Verdi) / LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b]. LOHENGRIN: Telramunds Klage (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00. MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s] 1262. 10” Blk. Vinyl Columbia Grand Opera Series 1364-1. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). Pressed in the 1950s as one of three surviving Grand Opera metal parts (supposedly three pressings were made of each). According to “legend”, the metal parts were then destroyed. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $300.00. 2435. 10” Blue Notes Columbia A618 [1364-1/1366-2]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami / TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Announced. Piano acc. Small rim chip up to raised rim groove (both sides), not into recorded grooves. Lightest lbl. stains. Side one few LGTs, 3. Side two 3-4. $50.00. 1246. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 8. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge (Bellini) / LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge (Bellini). Piano acc. From orig. 1904/1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3836. 12” White lbl. Victor 85037 [C-1953-2]. FAUST: Jewel Song (Gounod). Piano acc. Excellent pressing from orig. 1904 Victor matrix. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2752. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88019 [C-3156]. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3802. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88027. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini). Just about 1- 2. $7.00. 3829. 12” White lbl. Victor 88099. LOVE ME – MAZURKA (Chopin). Self-accompanied. RCA Vr Bk. Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4076. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 88100. THE MAIDEN’S WISH (Chopin). Self-accompanied. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2488. 12” Red “B” plate GP ’07 Victor 88103 [C-4873-1]. NIGHTINGALE’S SONG (Alabieff). In Russian. Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00. 3248. 12” White lbl. Vla 88101. HALKA: Gdyby rannem, slonkiem (Moniuszko). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4078. 12” Red ’07 GP Victor 88107 [1st issued take]. : Dolce amor [Waltz] (Lehár). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4081. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 88107 [2nd issued take]. THE MERRY WIDOW: Dolce amor [Waltz] (Lehár). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3914. 12” Red GP ’08 “B” plate Victor 88142. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). Beautiful copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00. 3803. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88142. Same as preceding listing but later pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2706. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 88387 [C-12440-3]. DOLLAR PRINCESS: Non sai mia bella (, arr. LaForge). Mint copy of her rarest Victor. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 226 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3388. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88388. TALES FROM THE VIENNA FOREST (Strauss, trans. LaForge). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4028. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88389. WALTZ DREAM: Non sai mia bella (Strauss, trans. LaForge). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3290. 12” White lbl. Vla 89042. RIGOLETTO: Piangi fanciulla … Tutte le feste … Si, vendetta (Verdi). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Scarce. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3003. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 95202. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Che soave zeffiretto (Mozart). With EMMA EAMES [s]. Lovely copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4457. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 87. MÄDCHENS WUNCH (Chopin) / HALKA: Gdyby rannem (Moniuszko). Side one self-accompanied. Side two with orch. From orig. 1907/08 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3420. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 88. SI MES VERS AVAIENT DES AILES (Hahn); WOHIN? (Schubert) / LOVE ME [MAZURKA] (Chopin). Side one unpublished (other than IRCC edition). From orig. 1908 Victor matrices. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00. VASILI S. SHARONOV [b] 4431. 10” B&S Columbia 35041 [take 1]. OVER THE STEPPES (Gretchaninov). Piano acc. Bright label. Few small rubs and marks. One small PB. 2-3. $75.00. MARGARET SHERIDAN [s] 2946. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1281 [CM834-I/CM835-I]. MANON LESCAUT: Tu! Tu! Amore tu [Act II Duet] (Puccini). Two sides. With AURELIANO PERTILE [t]. Excellent copy. Remarkably passionate performance. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2942. 12” Red Late VdP DB 1289 [CM844-III/CM845-I]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Vicino a te s’acqueta (Giordano). Two sides. With AURELIANO PERTILE [t]. Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2965. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7064 [CR1437-II/CR1438-III]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ancora un passo / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: E questo? (Puccini). Not from complete set. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3120. 12” Red Irish HMV IRX 35 [2EL2-I/2EL3-I]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto) / WHEN HE WHO ADORES THEE (Moore, arr. Larchet). Late Sheridan. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00. Cantor JOSEF SHLISKY [t] 3701. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 68847. UV YOM HASHABOS [ON THE SABBATH DAY] / BEROSH HASHONO [ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR] (both M. Posner). With choir and orchestra. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LEV M. SIBIRYAKOV [bs] 4178. 10” Syrena Grand 12863/12864. HEAVY HEART (Dargomyzhsky) / CRUCIFIX (Faure). With M. OKUNEVOI [s]. Few TBs, gen. 2. $60.00. 1416. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-2-62667/X-2-62682 [4802L/6242L]. IOLANTHA: The King’s Aria / B. S. VEPRINSKY [bs]. EUGENE ONEGIN: Gremin’s Aria (both Tschaikowsky). Few lt. rubs, 2. $40.00. 1955. 10” Blk. St. Petersburg G&T 2-22935 [1134r]. FAUST: Vous qui faites l’endormie (Gounod). Nice copy, some very lt. marks. 2. $35.00 2956. 12” White lbl. HMV blk. vinyl 022206 [2442c]. ERMAK [BALLADE] (Dobrovolsky). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 2958. 12” White lbl. HMV blk. vinyl 022319 [2730c]. JUDITH: Cease your grumbling (Serov). Just about 1-2. $15.00. MARGARETE SIEMS [s]. Wroclaw, Poland, 1879-, 1952. Her vocal studies were at the Dresden Conservatory with . In 1902 she made her debut in Prague as Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots. Her major tenure was with the Dresden Opera, from 1908 through 1922. Her career as a teacher began in the ‘teens, continued at the Berlin Conservatory 1920-26 and then at Dresden and Breslau until 1940. Her voice was remarkable for the range, coloratura skills, and her success with an extraordinary variety of parts. A favorite of composer Richard Strauss, Siems created Chrysothemis in (1909) and the Marchallin in Der Rosenkavalier (1911) as well as Zerbinetta (with her high F#s) in the first version of (1912). Siems’ repertoire included parts as varied as the Queen of the Night, Lucia, Aida, Sieglinde, Isolde, Carmen, and Adalgisa in Norma. Her rare records are deservedly in demand among collectors. 227 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

2835. 12” Purple Flowers acous. Parlophon P.246 [2-574/2-575]. HUGUENOTS: Arie der Königin (Meyerbeer). Two sides. One hair rim crk. side one just to grooves (harmless). Slight spindle wear near center hole (both sides), Lt. rubs. Plays without problems. Just about 2-3. $200.00. 4276. 12” Purple Eng. acous. Parlophone E10362 [2-575/2-7719]. HUGUENOTS: Dies einz’ge Wortlein Liebe / FRITZI JÖKL [s]. HUGUENOTS: Nobles Seigneurs, salute (Meyerbeer). Note that side one of this disc is the same as side two of the previous listing (item #2835). Just about 1-2. $175.00. 3904. 12” Purple Flowers acous. Parlophon P.250 [2-579/2-9212]. LA TRAVIATA: E strano … Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi) / GIUSEPPE LENGHI-CELLINI [t]. LA TRAVIATA: Arie des Alfredo (Verdi). In German. Very lt. rubs. Small PB side two only. Cons. 2. $375.00. 3905. 12” Girl-and-Gramophone Parlophon P.573/P.1647. RIGOLETTO: Teurer Name (Verdi) / ADELAIDE ANDREJEWA-SKILONDZ [s]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Rosen-arie (Mozart). 2. $300.00. 3268. 12” Girl-and-Gram. Parlophone P.579/P.616. DER ROSENKAVALIER: Monolog der Marschallin (Strauss) / OTTILIE METZGER [c]. CARMEN: Karten-Scene (Bizet). Side one creator performance. Beautiful copy. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $400.00. FRANCESCO SIGNORINI [t] 1924. 10” Red Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Concert 54386 [11199b]. CHATTERTON: Scrissi una lettera (Mascagni). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Extremely rare. Basically beginning as a duo recitative with Cigada which leads to an arioso by Signorini with some ringing notes above the staff. Lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $800.00. LUIGI SIMONETTA [t] 4341. 12” Red Italian Disco Monarca Gram. 2-052251 [3404c]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet). Should play without problems. Superficial rubs, scuffs, gen. 3-4. $15.00. MARTIAL SINGHER [b] 1806. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4841 4842 [OPG-567-I/OPG568-2]. : Lamentations d’Amfortas, Act I (Wagner). Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1807. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4842 [OPG-569-I/OPB-570-I]. PARSIFAL: Lamen- tations d’Amfortas, Act III (Wagner). Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1155. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 4404, 4405 [OLA168-2/169-2/OLA-170-1/171-1]. DON QUICHOTTE À DULCINÉE [three sides] / RONSARD À SON ÂME (both Ra- vel). Piano acc. by Piero Coppola. Performances supervised by the composer. In- cludes orig. brochure (with translations by P. L. Miller). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1515. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works 4214-M [WL3742-1/WL3751-1]. GLOIRE À DIEU; CHANT HASSIDIQUE / CHANT DE LA DÉLIVERANCE [all from Chants populaires Hébraïques] (Darius Milhaud). Accompanied by the composer. Labels both sides have been signed by Singer (poor contrast, dark blue on lighter blue). He has added to the label on side one, “This side has been released against my will.” Just about 1-2. $25.00. GINO SINIMBERGHI [t] 1501. 10” PW Green Poldor 25871 [8069¾GD/9066½GD]. IDEALE (Tosti) / VERGIN TUTT’ AMOR (Durante). Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. Cantor GERSHON SIROTA [t] 1898. 10” Blk. Victor 17829 [7087L/7089L]. REZEI WENNHOSEINU / ZADIK KATOMOR (Hebraic Prayers). With Choir. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3640. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 57032-F [WAX3648/WAX3650]. SHOMOH VATISMACH ZION / RETZEL (Hebraic Prayers). With orch. As new. Just about 1- 2. $20.00. 3641. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 57037-F [WAX3649/WAX3694]. PSALM 57 / ADOSHEM-ADOSHEM (Hebraic Prayers). With Chorus and Organ. Just about 1- 2. $20.00.

228 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs [t]. Moravia, 1873-Austria, 1946. A pupil of baritone Adolf Robinson, Slezak made his debut in Brno, 1896. His greatest successes began with his Vienna Hof- oper debut in 1901, for which he was selected by Mahler. He subsequently was a valued artist at Covent Garden and the Met, his principal roles at the latter having been Otello, Manrico, Siegfried, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Walther. Slezak’s 6’4” frame commanded almost as much attention on stage as did his remarkable voice. In later years, he appeared in character roles in 1930s films. His son, Walter, was also a popular character actor in German and later in U.S. films. 9091. 11” Odeon Multi-Color X22071/ X22072 [VX1438/VX1435]. LA BOHÈME: Arie des Rudolf (Puccini) / RIGOLETTO: Ach, wie so trügerich (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 9098. 11” Dk. Blue late ‘20s Odeon O-5497 (X25994/X25995) [XB.5675-2/ XB.5672-2]. HUGUENOTS: Ihr Wangenpaar / LE PROPHÈTE: Herr, dich in den Sterenkreisen (both Meyerbeer). Excellent late pressing. Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $20.00. 1675. 10” Blk. G&T 3-42346 [6840b]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Auftrittsllied des Assad (Goldmark). Just about 1-2. $15.00. LEO SLEZAK as Raoul in Les Huguenots 1201. 10” Blk. G&T 3-42347 [6888b]. LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4234. 10 White Test pressing 3-42748 [10062u]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: :O sag’, wenn ich fahr’ (Verdi). Label comments penciled (in Slezak’s hand) “sehr gut” “bleibt!!!”. Signed “Slezak” and dated 8.10.24. See label section for illustration. Cons. 2. $25.00. 4235. 10” White Test pressing 4-42262 [14581u]. LE PROPHÈTE: Triumphgesang (Meyer- beer). As with the disc above (item #4234), the same comments are pencilled by Slezak and signed “Slezak”. This label not dated. These came from a collection in California and likely were from the estate of Leo’s son, actor Walter Slezak. Few MGTs, cons. 2. $20.00. 1098. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64112 [11802u]. LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $8.00. 1078. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64115 [14585u]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Magische Töne (Goldmark). IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1220. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 99 [690r/14585u]. DIE WEISSE DAME: Komm o holde Dame (Boieldieu) / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Magische Töne (Goldmark). Label autographed by Slezak. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 2290. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 99. Same as preceding listing (item #1220), including label autographed by Slezak. Side two has a sticker over the Victor trademark. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 2311. 10” White HMV VA 3 [690r/11129u]. DIE WEISSE DAME: Komm’, o holde Dame (Boieldieu) / MEISTERSINGER: Fanget an (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 1546. 10” White HMV VA 57 [884z/10862u]. LOUISE: O gesang von Paris (Charpentier) / WILLIAM TELL: Die Sonne strahlt (Rossini). Side one piano acc. 1902 matrix. Side two with ELISE ELIZZA [s], GRETE FORST [ms], HERMINE KITTEL [c], GERHARD STEHMANN [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1533. 10” Blk. Czech HMV ER 139 [11807u/11808u]. DER LENZ (Hildach) / STÄND- CHEN (Schubert). Good pressing. Cons. 2. $8.00.

229 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1613. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Grammophon 62419 [2417ar/2425ar]. FEDORA: Amor ti vieta (Giordano) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Side one in Italian. Side two in German. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1458. 10” Blk. acous. Nordisk Polyphon 62421 [2432ar/2433ar]. DIE BÖSE FARBE / UNGEDULD (both Schubert). Piano acc. Couple lightest rubs, just about 1-2. $15.00. 1281. 10” PW Green Polydor 21849 [1538bk/1539bk]. TRAUM DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG / FREUNDLICHE VISION (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00. 1876. 10” Blk. PW Japanese Polydor A-286 [7428½GR/7430½GR]. AUF DER HEIDE BLÜH’N DIE LETZTEN ROSEN (Stolz) / EIN MÄDEL, EIN KLEINES (Schmidt). Film songs. Lbl. partially removed side two. One small PB, just about 1-2. $12.00. 3629. 12” Flowers Parlophon P.282 [106-C/107-C]. PAYSAGE (Hahn) / O KOMM IN TRAUM (Liszt). Piano acc. Beautiful and rare. Gen. 2. $60.00. 3760. 12” Plum Favorite-Luxus 2-15064/2-15065 [106-C/107-C]. Same as preceding listing but slightly earlier (original) pressing. I’m pleased to be able to offer two copies of this rarity. Small PB side one, otherwise 2. Side two lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $60.00. 2680. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 74168 [0986v]. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). In German. With HERMINE KITTEL [c]. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3296. 12” Yellow elec. Deut. Gram. 19923 [506be/507be]. STÄNDCHEN / UNGEDULD (both Schubert). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2883. 12” Yellow elec. Deut. Gram. 95162 [1096½bm/1114b]/ OTELLO: Morte d’Otello (Verdi) / PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). In German. Just about 1-2. $10.00. ODA SLOBDSKAYA [s] 5421. 10” (pressed on 12” disc) SS Vinyl HMV unpublished mat. OB 348-I. BERCEUSE (Gretchaninov). Just about 1-2. $35.00. DMITRI SMIRNOV [t] 4229. 10” White lbl. HMV 4-22398 [17231u]. SWEETLY SANG THE NIGHTINGALE (Glière). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 4227. 10” White lbl. HMV 4-22399 [17232u]. SHE WAS THINE [YOURS] (Gretchaninov). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 4228. 10” White lbl. HMV 4-22670 [17972u]. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 2355. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52851 [17824b]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 1578. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52853 [17826b]. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). Just about 1- 2. $40.00. 2356. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52854 [17827½b]. IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 1047. 10” Red Victor 912. WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller? (Massenet) / MARIA, MARI (di Capua). In French/Italian. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1224. 10” Red late ‘30s Czech HMV DA 569 [Bb3336-I/Bb3337-II]. QUEEN OF SPADES: What is our life? / QUEEN OF SPADES: Forgive me, bright celestial vision (Tschaikowsky). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 2292. 10” Red late ‘30s Czech HMV DA 569. Same as preceding listing. Minor ink marks on lbl., just about 1-2. $25.00. 2179. 10” Red French Disque Gram. DA 619 [Bb98-II/Bb4718-II]. WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet) ; EUGENE ONEGIN: Dans votre maison (Tschaikowsky). Cons. 2. $20.00. 2930. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 022142 [434½s]. PEARL FISHERS: Je crois entendre (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3996. 12” Pink Russian Angel Mon. Gram. 022214 [2471c]. LOHENGRIN: In fernen Land (Wagner). Undoubled. IMs. 2. $40.00. 2448. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 022218 [2475c]. DEMON: On desire’s soft fleeting wings (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

230 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3770. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 022241 [2546c]. TRANQUILITY (Kascheva- rov). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3742. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 022272 [2544c]. PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE (Massenet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3707. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 022299 [2688c]. EUGEN ONEGIN: In your house (Tschaikowsky). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00. 4336. 12” white lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 022299 [2686c]. Same as preceding listing (item #3707). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3354. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 022334 [2853c]. RUSSLAN AND LUDMILLA: There is a deserted land (Glinka). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3990. 12” Pink Russian Angel Amour 022359 [2973c]. INHABITANTS OF NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: Hail! Krem- lin! (Napravnik). Rare. Matrix destroyed. One internal scr. could tick lightly about 1”, otherwise DMITRI SMIRNOV superficial rubs, gen. 3. $100.00. 3771. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 022338 [2857c]. LES HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3322. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 2-022024 [Cc3211]. CHANSON GEORGIENNE (Rach- maninoff). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 4134. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 052296 [140af]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 4135. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 052300 [141af]. MANON: Ah, dispar vision (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 3995. 12” Red HMV 052372 [02450v]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Just about 1- 2. $20.00. 3706. 12” White lbl HMV 052408 [2841c]. LA TRAVIATA: De’ miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3994. 12” Red Schall. Gram. 052409 [2843c]. BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). In Italian. Minor rubs, 2. $15.00. 3800. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 583 [Cc99-I/Cc112-II]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet) / MANON: O dolce incanto (Massenet). Excellent heavy raised-rim pressing. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00. 4448. 12” White lbl. HMV vinyl mat. 2681c. LES HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer). Unpublished except for Historic Masters HMB 145. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3911. 12” White lbl. HMV vinyl mat. 2688c. LES HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer). Unpublished (totally). Just about 1-2. $60.00. 3993. 12” Red Disque Gram. DB 582 [2846c/Cc111-I]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini) / MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto). In Italian. A particularly desirable doubling. Cons. 2. $30.00. 3992. 12” Red Disque Gram. DB 583 [Cc99-I/Cc112-II]. MANON: O dolce incanto / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Cons. 2. $20.00. 3991. 12” Red Disque Gram. DB 595 [Cc110-I/02450v]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève- toi soleil! (Gounod) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). French and Czech HMV pressings are usually preferable to British as the shellac tends to be quieter. Lt. lbl. fade. Side one lt. rubs, 2-3. Side two 2. $35.00. 4279. 12” White HMV VB 39 [430s/435s]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Whither, Whither Have You Gone? (Tschaikowsky) / MAY NIGHT: Sleep, My Beauty (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 231 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs LEONID SOBINOV [t] 1626. 10” Red Moskau G&T 2-22648 [1972L]. MAY NIGHT: Serenade of Levko (Rim- sky-Korsakov). 1904 master. Piano acc. Beautiful copy. Cons. 2. $250.00. 1974. 10” Red Moskau G&T 2-22652 [1978L]. DEMON: Romance of Prince Sinodal (Rubinstein). 1904 master. Piano acc. Another beautiful copy. Cons. 2. $250.00. 2815. 12” Pink Angel Russ. Mon. Gram. 022150 [1985c]. DOBRINYA NIKITICH: Flowers Were Growing in the Field (Gretchani- nov). Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00

ELISABETH SÖDERSTRÖM [s]. Stock- holm, 1927-2009. First a pupil of Adelaide von Skilondz and then a student at the Stockholm of Music, she made her operatic debut in 1947. From 1949 to 1980 she was with the Royal Swedish Opera but appeared at the Met during various periods from 1949 to 1999 and most of the other major international opera houses as well. I’m guessing that the record below might be her first or LEONID SOBINOV certainly among her first recordings. 2667. 12” Red Eng. Decca K.24034 [DFWBK-50-1/DFWBK-51-1]. SISTA VALSEN [WALTZ DREAM?]: Potpourri (Franz Lehár). Two sides. Orch. dir. Sune Waldimir. Few rubs side two, cons. 2. $15.00.

CRISTY SOLARI (CRISTOS SOLARIS) [t]. Smirna, 1888-Rome, 1974. Of Greek, Turkish and Italian ancestry, Solari studied with, among others, Antonio Cotogni and made his debut at the Teatro Sociale, Mantua as Arturo in I Puritani, a role he repeated frequently. In addition to many houses in Italy (although not La Scala), Solari was heard in Holland and Buenos Aires. His U.S. debut was as a recitalist in Town Hall, NYC, in 1929. The Musical Courier complimented Solari as having a “voluminous, richly timbred and fluent voice and genuine production”, also mentioning him as a “master of nuance” and congratulating his “refinement of style”. One source indicates that he also made dance band recordings for Italian Columbia in the late 1920s as Franco Lary. 1591. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2178-D [WB1501/WB1509]. I PURITANI: A te, o cara (Bellini) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $10.00. FRANCISCA SOLARI [s] 2419. 11” Fonotipia 92969/92968 [XPh4865/4879]. : Venne una vecchieretta alla mia corte / ISABEAU: Ave Maria [sung by characters Ermyngarde and Ermyn- trude] (Mascagni). With ROSA GARAVAGLIA [s]. Singers on this side not identified on the label but appear in Michael Henstock’s invaluable volume of Fonotipia data from original source material. Small lbl. stkrs. side two. Cons. 2. $50.00. FRITZ SOOT [t]. Saar, 1878-Berlin, 1965. Originally an actor, Soot succeeded Josef Kainz at the Court Theater in Karlsruhe, appearing there from 1901-1907. Discovering his singing voice, he studied with Karl Scheidemantel in Dresden and made his debut at the Dresden Opera in 1908 as Tonio in Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment. Three years later he was the Italian Singer there in the world premiere of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. He subsequently appeared with the Stuttgart Opera (1918-22), changing at that point to a dramatic tenor with a new repertoire including a number of Wagnerian roles. He was with the Berlin Staatsoper from 1922-1935, where in 1925 he created the Drum Major in Wozzeck. He sang there as a guest as late as 1951, that year appearing as Herod in . From 1935 Soot was also a stage director in Berlin and appeared in small roles in three films. 1775. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62446 [2744ar/2745ar]. TANNHÄUSER: Stets soll nur dir mein Lied ertönen / WALKÜRE: Zauberhaft bezähmt ein Schlaf (both Wagner). Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3244. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72986 [891az/892az]. WALKÜRE: Siewgmund! Sich’ auf mich / WALKÜRE: Hehr bist du und helig (Wagner). Both with [s]. Side one few lt. rubs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $50.00. 232 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3517. 12” Blk. elec. Grammophon 66521 [291bm/293bm]. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Preis- lied / TANNHAUSER: Als ich erwachte [Romerzählung, III.Teil] (both Wagner). Lbl. stkr. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00. INA SOUEZ [s] 2980. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 14493 [2EA4018-I/2EA4019-I]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 4161. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV mat. 2EA 1579. CANTATA No. 68: My Heart Ever Faithful (Bach). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00. [s] 1798. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5165 [B338/B342]. AIDA: O cieli azzurri / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò ma prima in grazia (both Verdi). Cons. 2. $35.00. 1225. 10” Red Orth. Victor 4196 [BM1598-II/BM1599-II]. COPLAS DE CURRO DULCE (Obradors) / MONTAÑESA (Nin). Orch. dir. Gino Nastrucci. Possible ULC side one, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 2046. 10” Red Orth. Victor 4197 [BM1584-II/BM1585-II]. DIA DE FIESTA (Ugarte) / CANCIÓN DEL CARRETERO (Bucharde). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1785. 10” Late Red VdP DA 1060 [BM851-I/BM856-II]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tu, tu piccolo iddio (both Puccini). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Searing performances! Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1590. 10” Late Red VdP DA 1246 [BM827-III/OF173-II]. CANZONI BOEME: Nos. 5 & 7 (Dvoák) / O PRIMAVERA! (Tirindelli). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2995. 10” White HMV blk. vinyls SS (pressed on 12”). AV 24 [BM1576-IV/BM1577-I]. ANTICO AMORE [ALTE LIEBE] / IL MAGO SABBIOLINO [SANDMANNCHEN] (both Brahms). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 4158. 10” White HMV blk. vinyl SS (pressed on 12”) E.588 [BM 1600-II]. EL MAJO DISCRETO (Granados). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2970. 12” White lbl. Orth. blk. vinyl Vla 6714 [Ck1918-IV/Ck1919-II]. OTELLO: Già nella notte denza [Act I Duet] (Verdi). Two sides. With [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2845. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6770 [Ck2008-III/Ck2015-III]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’arido selo divulsa (Verdi) / IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3421. 12” Red late VdP DB 1503 [CM854-I/CF1629-II]. MANON: Addio, picciol desco (Massenet) / IL TROVATORE: D’amo sull’ ali rosee (Verdi). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. JANET SPENCER [c] 1825. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64186. BOLERO (Arditi). Scarce. Spirited performance by this excellent concert singer. Text label on back. Just about 1-2. $15.00. JUAN SPIWAK [t] 9028. 11” Brown Odeon 99031/99017 [XB3902/XB3924]. IL TROVATORE: Rings tiefes Schweigen / IL TROVATORE: Wilde Eiferdsucht (Verdi). With JUAN LURIA [b] both sides, ALINE SANDEN [s] side two. Nice pressing. Cons. 2. $20.00. [s] 1307. 10” PoW Victor 10-1099. CANTO DI PRIMAVERA (Pietro Cimara) / AFLOSUNG (Schubert). Piano acc. James Quillian. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3959. 12” PoW RCA Victor 11-9218. THE MERRY WIDOW: Waltz / THE MERRY WIDOW: Vilia (Lehár). Orch. dir. Jay Blackton. Just about 1-2. $12.00. ELEANOR STEELE [s] and H. HALL CLOVIS [t]. A husband and wife duet team active in the U.S. and , Steele and Clovis commissioned a number of works for their programs by, among others, Milhaud, Harry T. Burleigh, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Clovis (Omaha, 1900-San Francisco, 1970?) studied with Anna Schoen-Rene at Juilliard, having won a scholarship for Advanced Instruction in 1925. He wed Eleanor Steele around 1929 during a period when both were singing with the Little Theatre Opera Company. Steele was likely about ten years older than Clovis. She was the daughter of Charles Steele, an extremely wealthy partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. and was a noted society belle. In 1910, she had wed Count Jean de la Greze, an Attaché of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They divorced in 1920. Sometime along the line she must have studied voice, as one article mentioned that she had “appeared in opera” in France as Ellen

233 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs Maurey. Nothing could be found of her musically until her debut with the Little Theater Opera Company, NYC, in 1930. Colleagues in the company included a just beginning Risë Stevens, tenor William Hain and baritone (and later theatrical producer) Arnold Spector. With the death of her mother in 1932 and her father in 1939, Mrs. Clovis became very wealthy, although no doubt the family fortune supported their careers as a duet team from the beginning, which ran from 1932 to 1941. In 1934, they purchased a 244 acre estate in Greenwich, CT. They were divorced in 1942, and he made his way to California, where he lived with Charles Lee in the former Summerland home of . The former Mrs. Clovis, always interested in rural America, became Mrs. Emmet Reese. She and her new husband moved to Idaho to breed cattle, thus ending her career in music. She and her first husband made a small group of (now rare) 1939 French Polydor recordings. 2034. 10” PW Blk. French Polydor 561.140 [4930½HPP/5027½HPP]. LITTLE DAVID; JOSHUA FIT DE BATTLE OB JERICHO / SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (arr. Harry T. Burleigh). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. EBE STIGNANI [ms] 2830. 12” Blue Italian Columbia GQX 11377 [CBX1656-2/CBX1657-2]. ORFEO ET EURIDICE: Che puro ciel! (Gluck) / L’ARLESIANA: Essermadre è un inferno (Cilèa). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2856. 12” Orange late Cetra 25055 [2.70402/2-70403]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b] 9006. 11” Blue U.S. SS Fonotipia 72103 [XPh5003]. TOSCA: Già, mi dicon venal (Puccini). Gorgeous copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 9035. 11” Fonotipia 92430/92431 [XPh3768/XPh3769]. GERMANIA: Ferito, prigionier / GERMANIA: Ascolta, io morirò (Franchetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 9033. 11” U.S. Fonotipia 92456 [XPh397 ]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). One harmless lt. mark, cons. 2. $12.00. 9031. 11” Fonotipia 69155/69156 [XPh4995/XPh4998]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita / DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 9034. 11” Fonotipia 69157/69158 [XPh4997/XPh5003]. TOSCA: Ha più forte sapor / TOSCA: Già, mi dicon venal (Puccini). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2270. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4009-M [A1864/A1879]. TOSCA: Già mi dicon venal (Puccini) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Son sessant’ anni (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1202. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4010-M [A1880/78363-2]. : T’amo ben io (Catalani) / RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). Side two with MARIA BARRIENTOS [s]. Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2280. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4019-M [77089-2/77088-4]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo / ERNANI: O de verd’ anni miei (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1793. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4020-M [79719-2/79875-1]. LA SPAGNOLA (di Chiara) / NOSTALGIA (de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1992. 10” Purple EE Columbia 4035-M [W141752-3/W141753-3]. NINA (Tanara) / TU CA NUN CHIANGE (Bovio-De Curtis). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1286. 10” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia 4038-M [W141890-2/W141891-2]. LUNTANANZA / STO PENZANNO ‘A MARIA (both de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2050. 10” Purple Eng. Columbia X333 [A1922/A1926]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Canzone della Pulce / DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su questi rose (Berlioz). Side one few lightest rubs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00. 2523. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8929-M [49612-1/49616-2]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son (Rossini). With MARIA BARRIENTOS [s] / BARRIENTOS [s], CHARLES HACKETT [t]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2518. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9006-M [49214-4/49221-2]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2825. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9007-M [49523-5/49983-1]. CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo) / ROSA PONSELLE [s], CARMELA PONSELLE [ms]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Lt. rubbing, harmless indentations side one. 2-3. $15.00. 2554. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9009-M [49622-3/49666-2]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora. With CHARLES HACKETT [t] / MARIA BARRIENTOS [s], HACKETT [t]. LA TRAVIATA: Un dì, felice eterea (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 234 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2836. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9011-M [49181-3/49192-1]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini) / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). IMs. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 2522. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9013-M [49220-8/49968-2]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi) / CARMEN: Canzone del Toreador (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2837. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9015-M [49517-1/49590-2]. THERE’S A LONG LONG TRAIL (Elliott) / THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE (Ray). In English. IMs. Two small internal pa- tinas should be harmless. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3437. 12” Purple Eng. Columbia 7355 [49658- 1/49180-?]. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet) / PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leon- cavallo). This version of side one was only issued in England. The recording issued in the U.S. was 49971. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2521. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50300-D [WBX139/WBX152]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani / ERNANI: O sommo Carlo (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3696. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia L2132 [WBX150/WBX149]. IDEALE (Tosti) / RICCARDO STRACCIARI OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2630. 12” Vinyl Eng. Columbia SS L2132 [WBX150]. IDEALE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2656. 12” White lbl. unpublished Columbia 49921 [take 2]. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). In English. Original test. The master, of course, no longer exists. I can’t imagine why this wasn’t issued. Very minimal and absolutely no-harm warp. Very slightly gritty surface but no graying or other damage. 2-3. $300.00. ELSA STRALIA [s] 3160. 12” Purple SS Eng. Columbia 7257 [74065]. TANNHÄUSER: Act II, Scene 2, Hall of Song Duet (Wagner). In English. With FRANK MULLINGS [t]. Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00 . RITA STREICH [s] 1881. 10” Orange Polydor 49260 [5644/5645]. GYPSY BARON: Wer uns getraut (J. Strauss) / THE OPERA BALL: Im Chambre separée (Heuberger). With PETER ANDERS [t]. Lt. superficial rubs, gen. 2. $8.00. WILHELM STRIENZ [bs-b]. 3143. 12” PW Electrola DB 5563 [2RA4462-2/2RA4461-2]. LIFE FOR THE CZAR: Sie ahnen die Warheit (Glinka) / HELGE ROSWAENGE [t]. LIFE FOR A CZAR: Brüder, folet mir (Glinka). Rare. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $30.00. GRETE STÜCKGOLD [s] 3642. 12” Blk. Dog Schall. Gram. 65596 [353as/354as]. DAS KNABEN WUNDERHORN: Ich ging mit Lust durch einem grünen Wald (Mahler) / MORGEN (Strauss). Just about 1-2. $25.00. MARIE SUNDELIUS [s] 1414. 10” Brown Shellac Vocalion 30150 [8171]. THE ROSARY (Nevin). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 4275. 12” Gold Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 54018 [ ? ]. ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Gen. 2. $25.00. 235 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs CONCHITA SUPERVIA [ms] 1301. 10” Red PW elec. Fonotipia M6047 [So4613/So4614]. L’ ITALIANA IN ALGERI: Reci- tativo e Rondò (Rossini). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1574. 10” White SS Odeon test 184.186b [KI-3510-2]. VORA, VORETA LA MAR (J. Borrás de Palau). Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. The Recorded Sound Discography, in listing this record (the only form of issue), doesn’t give a take 2. Cons. 2. $30.00. 1816. 10” Red French Odeon 188.700 [KI-4600-2/So4911]. LO DIVÍ ESTEL (Juan Manén) / LES BARRAQUES (Méndez). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2238. 10” Red French Odeon 188.809 [KI-4396-2/KI-4397-2]. LAGARTERANAS (J. Gurriero) / EL RELICARIO (Padilla). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2296. 10” Maroon Polydor-Odeon RO 20306 [So6042-2/KI-4922-2]. LA ZINGARELLA (Paisiello) / PASTORA (Murillo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4404. 10” Blue It. Odeon M6065 [So6061/So6063]. JOTA / SEGUIDILLA MURCIANA (de Falla). Label states that the disc is with orch. dir. A. Capdevilla, but it is actually piano accompanied by Frank Marshall. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4405. 10” Blue It.l Odeon M6066 [So6064/SO6065]. NANA; CANCIÓN / POLO (de Falla). Piano acc. Frank Marshall. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4277. 12” PW Red Spanish Odeon 122.007 [XXS4906/XXS4907]. ADIOA A MARIQUIÑA (Enriquez) / MEUS AMORES (Baldomir). Rare. Issued only in Spain. Lbl. stkrs. Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $50.00. 2457. 12” Maroon Parl.-Odeon PXO 1015 [XXPh6046/XXPh6047]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $6.00 GLADYS SWARTHOUT [ms] 4213. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-1050. AH, LOVE, BUT A DAY (Mrs. H. H. A. Beach) / BLESS THIS HOUSE (Brahe). Piano acc. Lester Hodges. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1552. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-1456. GO ‘WAY FROM MY WINDOW / THE BLUE MADONNA (arr. John Jacob Niles). Piano acc. Gibner King. Side two begins with a spoken description of the song by Mme. Swarthout. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3025. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-1322. SONGS OF THE AUVERGNE: Bailero (Canta- loube) / LA PÉRICHOLE: Tu n’es pas beau; Je t’adore, brigande (Offenbach). Orch. dir. Jean Paul Morel. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LUISE [LUJZA] SZABÓ [s]. Budapest, 1904-Budapest, 1934. Szabó made her debut in 1927 at the National Opera House in Budapest. She caused quite a sensation as the Queen of the Night in at the Berlin in 1931 under the baton of Bruno Walter. She also interpreted this role in the same year in Amsterdam as well as for German broadcast. Before Luise Szabó's career had even reached its zenith the singer died during an operation in Budapest on November 19, 1934. – Internet [Jozef Sterkens] 4292. 12” PW Blue Ultraphon E846 [16176Z/16177Z]. MAGIC FLUTE: O zittre nicht / MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart). Few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. MARION SZEKELY-FRESCHL [c]. Hungary, 1896-New York City, 1984. A graduate of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Szekely and her brother, Rudolph, became resident artists of the Hungarian State Opera House. She was with the Berlin Hofoper as some point in the 1920s, also having sung in Austria and Scandinavia. It appears that Mme. Szekely came to the U.S. around 1928 via Alexander Kipnis, who was, at the time, a “good friend” (according to his late son, Igor) when she made her solitary record for U.S. Columbia. She may have then returned to Europe. At any rate, a New York Times obituary mentioned that she emigrated to the U.S. in 1941. She became an important U.S. voice teacher at Curtis and Juilliard, as well as privately in her later years. Her pupils included a number of important artists, including Brenda Lewis, Camilla Williams, Shirley Verrett, Lois Hunt and Joanna Simon. 3756. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia (blue shellac) 55157-F [W206185-1/W206186-2]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod) / XERXES: Largo (Händel). With Steve Kautz Salon Orchester. Few lt. superficial rubs, 2. $20.00. GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t]. Milano, 1885-1959. A pupil of Lelio Casini, Taccani made his debut as Giordano’s Andrea Chenier in Bologna, 1905. While he never appeared at La Scala, he was heard in most of the major Italian houses as well as in Buenos Aires, Madrid, Barcelona and in New York with the Manhattan Opera. He retired in 1940 and subsequently taught in Milano. 1282. 10” Blk. GP ’07 Victor 52504 [10637b]. HERMES: Se alcuna tegua avessi (Attilio Parelli). Orch. conducted by the composer. Gleaming label. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $40.00. 236 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2563. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 52815-D [WBX282/WBX283]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Improvviso (Giordano) / LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $15.00. CARLO TABLIABUE [b] 2812. 12” Green VdP S10429 [2M1291-I/2M1212-I]. MISTICA (Tirindelli) / CHIARINA FINO SAVIO [ms]. IL LIBRO SANTO (Pinsuti). Side two with VIRGILIO RANZATO [violinist]. “Respighi was inspired by the vocal artistry of a close friend, the mezzo- soprano Chiarina Fino Savio. Many of his earlier songs were written for this singer, a rôle later taken by the composer's wife, Elsa, whose voice was similar in , if not as highly professional as Fino-Savio's.“-Internet source. Just about 1-2. $15.00. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI [t] 4398. 10” Purple RCA Victor 25-7162. ME SO’ MBRACATO ‘E SOLE / ANIMA E CORE (both T. Manlio). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4099. 12” Blue Cetra AB 3004 [2-71167/2-71168]. O DEL MIO DOLCE ARDOR (Gluck) / AMARILLI (Caccini, trans. Parisotti). Piano acc. Ermelinda Magnetti. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4324. 12” Orange Cetra 25050 [2-70466/2-70468]. L’ARLESIANA: È la solita storia (Ci- lèa) / I QUATTRO RUSTECHI: Luceta xe un bel nome (Wolf-Ferrari). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. AMELIE TALEXIS [s] 9021. 11” Fonotipia 39316/39346 [XPh387/XPh389]. HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet) / PRINTEMPS NOUVEAU (Paul Vidal). Small lbl. stkrs. Minor PB side one, tiny edge flake side two, not to raised groove and scarcely noticeable. Otherwise cons. 2. $50.00. MARION TALLEY [s] 4406. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1248. GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU (Martin) / BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE (Fearis). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few minor rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. 3960. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6580. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini) / RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 3923. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6919. HOW BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS (Harker) / THE HOLY CITY (Adams). Uncommon. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t] 1589. 10” Red ‘Pats. Vla 95002 [3002-R]. OTELLO: Morte d’Otello (Verdi). Pressing No. 6457. Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1099. 10” Red ’08 Pats. 95005 [3011-R]. LE PROPHÉTE: Inno (Meyerbeer). Pressing No. 1765. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1062. 10” Red Monarch 95006 [3013-R]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Pressing No. 757. Excellent early pressing, just about 1-2. $20.00. 1111. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 95006 [3013-R]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Pressing No. 4185. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1799. 10” Red Vla 95006 [3013-R]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2241. 10” Red Victrola 95007 [3014-R]. LE PROPHÈTE: Sopra Berta l’amor mio (Meyerbeer). RCAVr Bk. Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2274. 10” White lbl. Vla 95010 [3021-R]. WILLIAM TELL: Corriam, corriam (Rossini). Excellent pressing from orig. part (not an S/8). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1549. 10” Red late VdP DR 105 [3004ft/3028ft]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / IL TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra (both Verdi). Side two has a spoken dedication by Tamagno (in Italian) to the memory of his father. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2866. 10” White lbl. HMV (pressed on 12” disc). Mat. 3015-ft. LE PROPHÈTE: Sopra Berta (Meyerbeer). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2534. 12” Opera Disc 78506 (052068) [269i]. OTELLO: Morte di Otello (Verdi). Excellent pressing from the 1904 matrix. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

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ANNA TARIOL-BAUGÉ [ms]. Veyre Monton, 1871-Asnières, 1944). While having success in opera roles such as Carmen and Charlotte (in Werther) early in her career (primarily in Russia), Tariol-Baugé’s remembered as a gifted operetta singer. Much of her fame came from her work in Paris, although she appeared in the provinces as well. She created a number of operetta roles, including Agathe in Véronique. Her husband, Alphonse Baugé, was well received in both opera at the beginning of his career and then, as with his wife, in operetta. Their son, André Baugé, became known likewise in opera and operetta, as well as films. 1641. 10” Blk. Victor 62976 [6528h/6529h]. LES BRIGANDS: Couplets de Fiorella / LA VIE PARISIENNE: Je suis veuve d’un Colonel (both Offenbach). Lt. rubs. Side two 2-3. Side one gen. 2. $15.00. PIA TASSINARI [s] 4170. 12” Red late VdP DB 1932 [2M1207-I/ 2M1208-II]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto) / LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). Side two with PIERO PAULI [t]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. [t] 2130. 10” Brown PW Odeon O-4529 [Be10296/ Be10297-2]. SISSY: Ich glaube, das Glück halt mich heute im Arm / SISSY: Die Liebe ANNA TARIOL-BAUGÉ kommt (). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1191. 10” Brown PW Odeon O-4979 [Be9265-4/Be9266-2]. SCHÖN IS DIE WELT: Liebste glaub’ an mich / SCHÖN IST DIE WELT: Schön ist die Welt (Lehár). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1855. 10” Blue PW Blue Shellac Columbia G-4079-M [Bb8599-2/Bb8596-2]. LAND OF SMILES: Kann es Möglich sein! / LAND OF SMILES: Beim Tee en deux (Franz Lehár). Side two with VERA SCHWARZ [s]. Orch. dir. by the composer. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00. 2373. 10” Lt. blue Australian Parlophone AR398 [CE10529-1/CE10774-2]. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE (Seitz) / MACUSHLA (McMurrough). In English. Good pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. 2666. 12” Maroon acous. U.S. Odeon 1012 [XXB6912-2/XXB7087]. FRASQUITA: Hab’ ein blaues Himmelbet / ERSTE LIEBE (both Lehár). Side two piano acc. Scarce. Nice copy. Minor harmless indentation side one. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 2751. 12” Purple acous. U.S. Odeon 5007 [XXB6560/XXB6561]. EIN TRAUM (Grieg) / DER LENZ (Hildach). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2575. 12” Purple acous. U.S. Odeon 5051 [XXB6490/XXB6491]. : In wunderschönen Monat Mai; Aus meinen Tränen spriessen; Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube / DICHTERLIEBE: Wenn ich in deinen Augen she’; Ich will meine Seele tauchen (R. Schumann). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 4141. 12” Brown & Blk. acous. Odeon 80719/80720 [XXB6447/XXB6444]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Arie di Lenski [without recit.] (Tschaikowsky) / : Selig sind (Kienzl). NR on lbl. side two. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 4167. 12” Blk & Gold Odeon O-9013 [XXB6841-II/XXB6862-I]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Arie di Lenski [with recit.] (Tschaikowsky) / IL TROVATORE: Wenn du mich liebst (Verdi). With SABINE KALTER [c]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3674. 12” Brown acous. Odeon 80845/80846 [XXB6838/XXB6849]. WOHLAUF NOCH GETRUNKEN (Schumann) / DER LINDENBAUM (Schubert). Piano acc. Couple light rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 3575. 12” Brown & Blk. acous. Odeon 80859/80860 [XXB6912-2/XXB6913]. FRASQUITA: Das blaue Himmelbett (Lehár) / BACHUS-NACHT (Granitchstädchen). Some lt. mks., 2. $12.00. 238 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3763. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8035 [XXB6490/XXB6491-II]. IM WUNDERSCHÖNEN MONAT MAI; AUS MEINEM TRÄNEN SPRIESSEN / WENN ICH IN DEINE AUGEN SHE; ICH GROLLE NICHT (all Schumann, from Dichterliebe). Piano acc. Excellent glassy later ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2611. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8229 [XXB6843/XXB6845]. MIGNON: Leb’ wohl, Mignon / MIGNON: Wie ihre Unschuld (Thomas). Excellent pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00. 2758. 12” Brown elec. Odeon O-8306 [XXB7627-2/XXB7628]. DER ZAREWITSCH: Willst du? / DER ZAREWITSCH: Wolgalied (Lehár). Small lbl. stkrs. Couple minor small rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 3101. 12” Gold acous. Odeon O-9019 [XXB68660/XXB6861]. AIDA: Duett Amneris und Rhadames, 4 Akt (Verdi). Two sides. With SABINE KALTER [c]. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. 3393. 12” Purple PW Blue Shellac Columbia G-9039-M [XXB8129/XXB8130]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Ha wie in meiner Seele enthrennet / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Es war einmal ein Hofe (Offenbach). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3643. 12” Purple PW Columbia G-9046-M [XXB7949/XXB7952]. ABSCHIED [ADDIO] (Leoncavallo) / SEHNSUCHT [IDEALE] (Tosti). In German. Just about 1-2. $10.00. MARGARETE TESCHEMACHER [s] 3628. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 4410 [2D922-3/2D921-2]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Antonia! Himmel! So höre. With MARGARETE KLOSE [c], WILLI DOMGRAF- FASSBAENDER [b] / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Barcarolle (Offenbach). With MARGARETE KLOSE [c]. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3555. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 5568 [2RA1784-II/2RA1785-II]. OBERON: Ozean, du Ungeheuer (v.Weber). Two sides. IMs. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

LUISA TETRAZZINI [s]. Firenze, 1871-1940. Tetrazzini’s career, which began in Firenze, 1890, included great success in South America, Russia and the Western U.S. It wasn’t until her 1907 Covent Garden debut (as Violetta in La Traviata) that she became an “overnight sensation”. A debut with Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera and a recording contract with the Gramophone Company followed, and these records plus those made for Victor fairly soon after made her a household name. She had also recorded five sides for Zonophone in San Francisco, 1904. Her operatic career ended in 1913, but she continued appearing in concerts through 1934. 2248. 9” (pressed on 10” disc) White lbl. Zonophone 2503 [3508]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Vals (Gounod). Piano acc. From orig. 1904 matrix. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2875. 11” [pressed on 12” disc] White lbl. Zonophone 2502 (X10001) [3511]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Piano acc. Excellent pressing (better than a mint original) from the original master. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3831. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 92016 [2172f]. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Bizet). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3826. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 92017 [2175f]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4096. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 92018 [2176f]. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Donizetti). Flute obb. by Albert Fransella. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4103. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 920190 [2177f]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3741. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 92069 [3101f]. LA SONNAMBAULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2447. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. Ho552c. FAUST: Aria dei gioielli (Gounod) Unpublished except for Historic Masters issue. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 4346. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 053224 [3078f]. LUCIA: Quando rapita in estasi (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3502. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-053056 (76274) [Ac5167f]. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3153. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-053059 (76276) [Ac5164f]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3212. 12” Blk. (over Pink) 2-053064 (76277) [Ac5170f]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3775. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-053065 (76383) [Ai5182f]. AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Orch. dir. Percy Pitt. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

239 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3214. 12” Red Vla 88291. CARNIVAL OF (Benedict). Part I. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3306. 12” Red Victor 88292. CARNIVAL OF VENICE (Benedict). Part II. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3743. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88292. Same as previous listing (item #3306) except first issue. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3397. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88293. LA TRA- VIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui … Sempre libera (Verdi). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2852. 12” Red Vla 88295. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Label signed in white ink by Tetrazzini. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 4102. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “C” plate Vla 88295. Same as preceding disc (item #2852) but earlier pressing, not autographed. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3263. 12” Red Pats. “B” plate Vla 88298 [2175f]. DINORAH: Ombra leg- giera (Meyerbeer). Text label on verso. Issued May, 1911. Just about 1-2. $8.00. LUISA TETRAZZINI at her 1926 wedding ceremony to PIERO VE RNATI 3022. 12” Red Vla 88298 [C-12931-1]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer). U.S. remake, Feb., 1913. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3213. 12” Red Vla 88302 [2524f]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2635. 12” Red “C” plate Pats. Vla 88304. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Saper vorreste (Verdi). Text label on verso. Such perky brilliance! Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2540. 12” Red Vla 88306 [3103f]. APRILE (Tosti). Piano acc. Percy Pitt. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2820. 12” Red Vla 88306 [3103f]. Same as previous listing (item #2540). Label signed in white ink by Tetrazzini. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3892. 12” Red Victor 88349. THE SWALLOWS (Cowen). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2517. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88423. GRANDE VALSE, Op. 10 (Venzano). Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2675. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88427. RHAPSODIE (de Koven); SERENATA INUTILE, Op. 84, No. 4 (Brahms). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3581. 12” Red Victor 88504. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Mercè, dilette amiche (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3428. 12” Red Victor 88505. NINA (Pergolesi). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2636. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 88506. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3568. 12” Red Vla 6344. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui … Sempre libera / RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3776. 12” Red late VdP DB 533. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge / LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini). Excellent surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4305. 12” Red late VdP DB 539 [C-10059/Ho519af]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Saper vorreste / LA TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3837. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 703 [3426f-II/C-14819]. MIREILLE: Oh, d’amor messagera (Gounod) / CARMEN: Aria di Micaëla (Bizet). Both in Italian. Light lbl. fade. Surface just about 1-2. $10.00. 240 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3695. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV mat. Ho548c. SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING (Tate). Unpublished except for Historic Masters. Just about 1-2. $15.00. MAGGIE TEYTE [s] 2338. 10” TC Columbia A1490 [39120-1/39121-1]. MIFANWY (Dorothy Foster) / L’HEURE EXQUISE (Hahn). Small lbl. scr. side one. Cons. 2. $10.00. 2949. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV, mat. 2EA 13258-1. JEANNE D’ARC: Adieu forêt (Tschaikowsky). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00. [ms] 1289. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-1525. VOCALISE (Ravel) / LA PERLE DU BRÉSIL: Char- mant oiseau (David). Uncommon. Piano acc. William Hughes. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3033. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-3104. SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). Orch. dir. Warwick Braithwaite. Just about 1-2. $12.00. CONRAD THIBAULT [b] 1181. 10” Red “Z” Shellac Victor Scroll 1677. NOVEMBRE (Tremisot) / PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini). Piano acc. Martha Halbwacha. Just about 1-2. $15.00. [t] 1218. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works 4164-M [CL-5893-1/CL-5984-1]. SÉRÉNADE TOSCANE / CLAIR DE LUNE (both Gabriel Fauré). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2078. 10” PW Blue French Columbia LF 110 [CL3878-4/CL3879-2]. LAND OF SMILES: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Lehár) / BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE (Eric Coates). Both in French. Orch. dir. Armand Bernard. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1667. 10” PW Blue French Columbia LF 124 [CL4384-2/CL4385-2]. FRASQUITA: Des yeux très doux / FRASQUITA: Ne t’aurais-je qu’une fois (Lehár). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2371. 10” Blue French Columbia LF 165 [CL7626/CL7628]. LE CAVALIER D’OIMEDO (Sylvio Lazzaro) / O MA BELLE REBELLE (Gounod). Piano acc. Joseph Benvenuti. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2079. 10” PW Red French Columbia RF 71 [CL4877-1/CL4878-1]. J’AI TANT D’AMOUR / LA CHANSON DE PARIS (both Maurice Yvain). Both from film Chansons de Paris. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4323. 12” PW Blue elec. French Columbia D15119 [WLX768/WLX350]. LOHENGRIN: Acte III Duo (Wagner). With MARISE BEAUJON [s] / LUCIEN FUGÈRE [bs]. LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Légende de la Sauge (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3758. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D41012 [WBX495/WBX497]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Improvviso (Giordano) / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma (Puccini). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 3052. 12” Blue Late French Columbia L1964 [WLX27/WLX29]. HÉRODIADE: Air de Jean (Massenet) / TRAVIATA: Je suis aimé de toi (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3053. 12” Blue Late French Columbia LFX 478 [CLX1933-1/CLX-1948-1]. MANON: Ah! fuyez, douce image / MANON: Le rêve (Massenet). Another excellent very late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3721. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7263-M, 7264-M [WLX1203/WLX1196-2/WLX1197/ WLX1204]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Tomb Scene, Act 5 (Gounod). With GERMAINE FERALDY [s]. Four sides. Excellent pressings. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2555. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7326-M [CLX1734/CLK1748]. MEDJE - ARABIAN SONG (Gounod) / LIEBESTRAUME (Liszt). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2879. 12” PW Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50247-D [WLX203/WLX204]. MÂROUF: La caravane / MÂROUF: Il est des Musulmans (Rabaud). Looks fresh from the press as do most of these Thills. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3113. 12” PW Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50294-D [WLX639/WLX768]. PARSIFAL: Une arme seule et sure / LOHENGRIN: Das süsse Lied (both Wagner). Side two with MARISE BEAUJON [s]. Minor lbl. mk. side two. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 241 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3064. 12” PW Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50330-D [WLX1211/WLX1301-2]. L’ATTAQUE DU MOULIN: Adieux à la forêt () / NINON (Tosti). Side one conduct- ed by the composer. Side two piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2586. 12” PW Blue (blue shellac) Columbia 9091-M [WLX808/WLX809]. FAUST: Final Trio and Apotheosis. With MARISE BEAUJON [s], FRED BORDON [bs] / CHARLES CAMBON [b]. FAUST: Death of Valentine (Gounod). Orch. dir. Philippe Gaubert. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2584. 12” PW Blue Columbia 9098-M [CLX1818-1/CLX1819-1]. LES TROYENS A CAR- THAGE: Inutiles regrets / LES TROYENS A CARTHAGE: En un dernier naufrange (Berlioz). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2588. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 9116-M [WLX1635-1/WLX1636-1]. IPHI- GÉNIE EN TAURIDE: Unis dès ma plus tendre enfance (Gluck) / LES ABENCÉ- RAGES: Suspendez à ces murs (Cherubini). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Just about 1- 2. $10.00. 2585. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 9124-M [CLX1660-2/CLX1661-2]. LE CID: O Souverain! /LE CID: O Noble lame étincelante (both Massenet). Orch. dir. Eugene Bigot. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2583. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 9135-M [CLX1907-1/CLX1908-1]. CANTATA No. 65: Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin / CANTATA No. 85: Seht! was die Liebe thut (J. S. Bach). Two sides. Orch. dir. Gustave Bret. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2587. 12” PoW late French Columbia LFX 324 [CLX1726/CLZ1727]. MIREILLE: Anges du Paradis (Gounod) / SIGURD: Le bruit des chants (Reyer). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Excellent very late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2738. 12” PoW Eng. Col. D15121 [WLX101/WLX639]. 4eme BEATITUDE (Franck) / PARSI- FAL: Une Arme seul et sure (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $7.00. [b] 1121. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 24050 [5959/5962]. APPLE BLOSSOMS: Little Girls, Goodbye / APPLE BLOSSOMS: You Are Free (Kreisler-Jacobi). Side two with LUCILLE RENÉ [s]. Thomas was in the 1919 premiere of this operetta. Looks fresh off the press. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1410. 10” Brown shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30127 [6611]. MOTHER O’ MINE (Tours). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1683. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10218. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan) / CRUCIFIX (Faure). Side two with MARIO CHAMLEE [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1205. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15200. NICHAVO! (Mana-Zucca) / ROLLING DOWN TO RIO (Edward German). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1166. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1632. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) / SHEILA (Kellogg). Spoken introduction to second song by Thomas. Piano acc. Will Garroway. Lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 3460. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50071. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet) / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3077. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52025 [8142]. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2676. 12” White lbl. PW vinyl Victor mat. PCS-072014-1]. SHALLOW (SHALLER) BROWN (Piggot-Grainger). Piano acc. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00. KERSTIN THORBORG [c] 4428. 10” Plum PW elec. HMV X.2749 [BW1636-II/BW1637-II]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns) / HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Scarce. In Swedish. Cons. 2. $25.00. LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b] 1248. 10” White lbl. vinyl Victrola mat. BVE-45188-1. THE PACKET BOAT: The Roust- about (Hughes-Bradley). Piano acc. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 1274. 10” Red “Z” Shellac Scroll Victor 1706. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (Tschai- kowsky) / MYSELF WHEN YOUNG [from In a Persian Garden] (Lisa Lehmann). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3563. 12” Red “Z” Shellac Scroll Victor 7353. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini) / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

242 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2515. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 8103. THE KING’S HENCHMAN: Oh Caesar, great wert thou! / THE KING’S HENCHMAN: Nay, Maccus, lay him down (Deems Taylor). With Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra. The Chorus must have been primarily European at the time, judging from the group’s accent. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3616. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 8124 [takes 2/5]. TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini) / CARMEN: Chanson du Toréador (Bizet). With Met Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3624. 12” PoW Victor 8124 [takes 4/4]. Same as previous listing (item #3616) but different takes. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 2693. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 15642. : Figlia, tal nome palpita. With ROSE BAMPTON [s] / BAMPTON [s], GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t], TIBBETT [b], LEONARD WARREN [b], ROBERTS NICHOLSON [bs]. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Plebe, Patrizi (Verdi). As new. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3970. 12” White Victor Special Record (Private) CS-74704-2/74705-2. A KINGDOM BY THE SEA (Poe-Arthur Somervell) / SHOW BOAT: Ol’ Man River (Kern). Piano acc. Stewart Wille. Unpublished. Beautiful performances. Lbl. stkrs. A patch of dampness exposure causes a swish (both sides) which diminishes as the performance progresses. Otherwise cons. 2. $25.00. 3449. 12” White lbl. vinyl Victor mat. CS-02175-1. HALLELUJAH RHYTHM (Jacques Wolfe). Unpublished. Rec. 19 Oct. 1936. Just about 1-2. $25.00. MARIE TIFFANY [s]. Chicago, 1880-New York, 1948. Born Marie Berg of Norwegian parentage, Tiffany married court reporter Willis N. Tiffany in 1900 and resided with him for 16 years in California, where she was a soloist at the First Presbyterian Church of Pasadena. In 1916 she moved to New York City to advance her career, where she soon became a member of the Metropolitan Opera from 1916 through 1928, singing mainly parts. She was in a number of Met premieres including Puccini’s Il Trittico in 1918, appearing in roles in all three operas. In addition, she and Mr. Tiffany divorced in 1922, and she then married William A. Bro- phy, an investment banker and director of the Brunswick Company. Tiffany recorded for Victor (trials, 1918), Edison (1918), Okeh (vertical, 1919) and Brunswick (1919-30). 1492. 10” SS Orange Brunswick 10002-A [s2308A]. MESSIAH: Come Unto Him (Händel). The first Brunswick records were issued in Canada 1917-1919 and were vertically cut. This strange label states “U.S.A.” and “Jewel Point Record”, but the latter is covered over by a strip of gold, as this is a laterally cut disc. This is missing from Ross Laird’s admirable Brunswick Records discography. Some tiny lbl. flaws cleaned up in photo. Gen. 2-3. $12.00.

ARMAND TOKATYAN [t]. Plodiv, Bulgaria, 1894- Pasadena, CA, 1960. Born Tocatlian, his last name was modified, “at the request of his Impresario”. He was raised in Egypt where “he sang in cafés to favorable response.” In his later teenage years, he was sent to Paris by his father, supposedly to apprentice in the tailoring business. Instead he performed in various Parisian Left Bank locations, mostly as a popular and folk singer. Returning to Egypt, he became a star in operetta. He began serious vocal studies in Milano, 1919 and was ready for his debut there as Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon. This was followed with touring as a leading tenor in Antonio Scotti’s U.S. traveling opera troupe. Tokatyan first sang at the Metropolitan Opera in 1923, and he remained a leading lyric tenor with that company until 1946. In 1940 he was Canio in the first opera (first act only) telecast from the Met. During his career he also appeared in a number of European houses, including the Berlin Staatsoper, London’s Covent Garden and the Prague Opera. He taught in later years, one of his pupils having been mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry. 1580. 10” Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion acous. B-3113 [12466/12468]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). IMs. 2. $12.00. ARMAND TOKATYAN 3725. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 55010 [11182]. IL TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). With ROSA RAISA [s]. Orch. dir. Gennaro Papi. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 243 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2850. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7183. : Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ROSINA TORRI [s]. Parma 1898 – Milan 1975. Torri’s musical studies were at the Parma Conservatory, first violin and then voice. In 1919, she made her operatic debut as Mimì in La Boheme at the Teatro Sociale of Valenza and by 1924 was appearing at La Scala, first as Musetta in La Boheme and then two seasons later in the premiere of Lualdi’s Il diavolo nel campanile. She was selected to sing Liù in the first Rome Opera presentation of Puccini’s Turandot in 1926. Aside from various Italian houses, she was heard with success in San Francisco, 1925, making her debut there as Massenet’s Manon, and the next season at Covent Garden. Her career appears to have concluded with marriage to the composer and conductor Stefano Vittadini in 1930. 1212. 10” PW Green Disco Gram. R5305 [Bk1958-IV/Bk1959-III]. TURANDOT: Signore, ascolta / TURANDOT: Tu che di gel (Puccini). Excellent later ‘30s pressing, just about 1-2. $15.00. [ms]. 3528. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia LX 1534 [xco41033-1/xco41034-1]. DOWN IN THE FOREST (Ronald) / THE HILLS OF HOME (Fox). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LUCIENNE TRAGIN [s] 1502. 10” PW Blue French Columbia LF 66 [WLB112/WLB110]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce / I PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). In French. Just about 1-2. $10.00. CHARLES TREE [b] 2414. 10” Blk. Dog HMV 4-2123 [12442e]. WIDDICOMBE FAIR (Heath). Piano acc. One scr. sounds about ¼”. Couple LGTs. IMs. 2-3. $10.00. EMMA TRENTINI. Milano, 1885 [or more likely Mantua, 1878)-Milano, 1959. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Trentini was born in Milano, 1885, an “American soprano [information I’ve not seen elsewhere] of Italian birth” and “was discovered singing in a Milan cabaret by Oscar Hammerstein, who took her to America in 1906 to sing with his .” This seems rather unlikely, as she had successfully appeared at La Scala in 1904 and at Covent Garden the following year. More probable is the report that Melba had heard her at Covent Garden and recommended her to Hammerstein, who was at the time in Europe looking for artists for his Manhattan Opera. The petite Trentini remained on the Manhattan roster until the company folded in 1910, singing parts such as Yniold in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande and Musetta in La Boheme. Later in 1910 Trentini created the lead in Victor Herbert’s operetta, Naughty Marietta. In 1912 she was the principal female in the premiere of Friml’s The Firefly, an operetta originally to have been composed by Victor Herbert. As Herbert endured diva difficulties with Trentini during the Naughty Marietta run, he chose not to work with her again, and Rudolf Friml was then the composer replacement. It would seem that Friml had better luck with Trentini than Herbert, as she was also to be the star of his 1915 operetta The Peasant Girl. Mrs. Friml, however, objected to these plans and sued Friml for divorce, claming her husband had been “mis-conducting” himself with Trentini in various locations. Trentini’s career diminished as a result of her “fiery temper and growing arrogance” or, as described in another source, her “bulging ego and vanity”. She died in poverty, mostly forgotten. 1815. 10” Blk. Victor 62090 [7021b/10647b]. LINDA DI CHA- MOUNIX: A consolarmi affrettati (Donizetti). With CARLO CAFFO [t] / GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. LINDA EMMA TRENTINI as Ynold in DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4209. 10” Blk. Victor 62067 [ ? /7346b]. LA TRAVIATA: Un di, felice. With GINO MARTINEZ-PATTI [t] / AMELIA RIZZINI [s], EMILIO PEREA [t]. TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1139. 10” Blk. Victor 62621 [7027b/B-2510-2]. FRA DIAVOLO: Quell’uom dal fiero aspetto (Auber). With CARLO CAFFO [t] / ARCHANGELO ROSSI [bs]. CENEREN- TOLA: Miei rampoli (Rossini) Side two particularly amusing. Cons. 2. $10.00. 244 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs KLAVDIA TUGARINOVA [c]. 1877- ? . 1927. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-2-63032/;X-2-63033 [2838L/2941L]. LIFE FOR THE TSAR: Don’t cry, little orphan / LIFE FOR THE TSAR: When my mother was killed (Glinka). Side one piano acc. Side two orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Cons. 2-3. $25.00. ODETTE TURBA-RABIER [s] 4166. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 5001 [2LA-1083-I/2LA-1084-I]. LAKMÉ: Air des Clochettes (Delibes). Two sides. with ANDRÉ PERNET [bs]. Orch. dir Eugène Bigot. Just about 1-2. $15.00. CLARAMAE TURNER [c] 3041. 12” Red vinyl Silvertone 20 [5/6]. I’LL TAKE ROMANCE (Hammerstein II-Oakland) / NEW MOON: Lover, Come Back to Me (Hammerstein-Romberg). One small LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00. 3040. 12” Red vinyl Silvertone 28 [48/50]. LOVER (Rodgers-Hart) / HILLS OF HOME (Fox). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3042. 12” Red vinyl Silvertone 44 [13/35]. ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (Old Welsh Air) / CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $10.00. [s] 1830. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D1563 [WB1088/WB1089]. BECAUSE / SOMETIMES IN MY DREAMS (both d’Hardelot). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3752. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia L1827 [[WBX53/WBX54]. O LOVELY NIGHT (Ronald) / GOOD-BYE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $10.00. UNKNOWN BARITONE 9057. 11” (oversized 10”) Unidentifed Test mat. 70090. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà (Leoncavallo). Speed 86 rpm. Orch. acc. I’m guessing it dates from the late ‘teens – early ‘20s. There’s no identification as to manufacturer (probably U.S.). The only information is the number, in script, “Test 70090”. Good voice, slightly akin to Ruffo although more lyric. 2-3. $20.00. UMBERTO URBANO [b]. 2232. 10” Blk. PW Electrola EW 55 [Bk3016-II/Bk3017-II]. LA SERENATA (Tosti) / CANTA PE’ ME (de Curtis). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 2444. 12” Blk. PW Electrola EJ 369 [Ck3013-I/Ck3014-II]. I PURITANI: Soll auf immer ich der entsagen? (Bellini) / I PURITANI: Ihr selligen Träume beglückender Tage (Bellini). In Italian. Few rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 3345. 12” Blk PW Polydor 66882 [672Bi/1131Bi]. MANDULINATA A NAPOLI (Tagliaferri) / LA MIA BANDIERA (Cotogni-Rotoli). Small lbl. stkr. Few lt. superficial rubs. Side one 2. Side two cons. 2. $15.00. 3685. 12” Yellow Deut. Gram. 35076 [276bi/280bi]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu / ERNANI: Vien meco (both Verdi). Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. JACQUES URLUS [t] 2520. 12” Blue 12” Pats. Victor 5503 [2339c/2343c]. LA JUIVE: Recha, als Gott (Halévy) / OTELLO: Otello’s Tod (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3036. 12” White lbl. HMV 044204 [607m]. FAUST: Final Trio (Gounod). With MELANIE KURT [s], PAUL KNUPFER [bs]. In German. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 4344. 12” White (SS) Parlophone elec. Test Pressing (one side of) PXO 104 [XXB 7098-II]. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

ALESSANDRO VALENTE [t]. Turin, 1890-London, 1958. Valente was brought to London in 1911 to cover London Hippodrome performances of Cavalleria Rusticana. His first opportunity to sing in public, however, was in variety (vaudeville) at the London Coliseum, where he sang as Alex Vallo. He subsequently toured England with the Castellano Opera Company, but he soon departed from the company and returned to more profitable variety work. After the First World War, Valente became more involved with his talents as a mechanic and inventor. The success of his work in these areas (including inventing a curtain stretcher) permitted him to return to singing. He recorded in Italy mostly with conductor Carlo Sabajno, although there was considerable animosity between these two artists. Valente did do a small amount of operatic stage work, but it was through his recordings that he became well known. Readers are referred to an excellent article on Valente by Alan Bilgora in Vol. 34/1-2 of The Record Collector magazine. 245 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2317. 10” Red HMV DA 2033 [BR1324-IV/BRF1325-II]. TURANDOT: Nessun dorma / TURANDOT: Non piangere Liù (Puccini). Orch. dir. Manlio di Veroli. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 4335. 10” White lbl. blk. vinyl pressed on two 12” SS pressings HN 763 [BR1324-IV/ BR1325-II]. Same as preceding lising (item #2317). Superb surfaces. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2921. 10” White lbl. blk. vinyl pressed on 12” SS HN 764 [BF2513-I]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Or son sei mesi (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2927. 10” White lbl. blk. vinyl pressed on 12” SS HN 765 [BF2512-I]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3006. 10” White lbl. blk. vinyl pressed on 12” SS HN 768 [BM927-II]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2647. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl SS HMV C.1387 [CR1332-II]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Vinyl pressings really bring the voices to life! Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2648. 12” White lbl. vinyl SS HMV S.5340 [CF1636-II]. SLY: Un orso in Musoliera (Wolf- Ferrari). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2649. 12” White lbl. vinyl SS HMV S.5340 [CF1637-I]. SLY: Io non sono un buffone (Wolf- Ferrari). Just about 1-2. $12.00. [s] 1167. 10” Green Pathé PG 60 [CPT2044-1/ CPT2045-1]. LA ROSE / AUTOMNE (both G. Fauré). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4444. 10” Green Pathé PG 81 [CPT3086-2/ CPT3082-1]. CHANSON DE PRIN- TEMPS (Gounod) / MAI; SECRET (both Marguerite Roesgen-Champion). Side one acc. Pierre Darck. Side two accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 4207. 10” Green Pathé PG 101 [CPT4023-1/ CPT4025-1]. SOIR / CLAIR DE LUNE (both Fauré). piano acc. Pierre Darck. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1163. 10” Red Pathé PD 46 [CPT5716-1/ CPT5747-1]. AURORE, Op. 38 / EN SOURDINE, Op. 58 (both G. Fauré). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1183. 10” Green Pathé X.93081 [N.203569/ N.203570]. AU BORD DE L’EAU / APRÈS UN RÊVE (both G. Fauré). NINON VALLIN Piano acc. Godfroy Andolfi. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1275. 10” Plum PW Parl.-Odeon RO 20134 [KI-3482-2/KI-3484-2]. LA DELAISSÉE / LYDE (both Hahn). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2297. 10” Red PW French Odeon 188572 [KI-1507-2/KI-1508-2]. L’AMOUR SORCIER: Chanson du chagrin d’Amour / L’AMOUR SORCIER: Danse du Feu-Follet (de Falla). Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1454. 10” Red PW French Odeon A188693 [KI-2776-2/KI-2777-2]. CANTILENE DE LA JEUNE FILLE PERDUE (Castille); CHANT ANDALOU (Nin) / GRANADINA (Nin). Accompanied by the composer.. Minor lbl. stain. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1642. 10” Red PW French Odeon A188694 [KI-2778-2/KI-2779-2]. MONTAGNARDE (Nin) / LE CHARONNERET AU BEC D’OR (Laserna, harm. Nin). Accompanied by the composer. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2222. 10” Red PW French Odeon 188739 [KI-3479-1/KI-3480-2]. LE PRINTEMPS / L’AIR (both Reynaldo Hahn). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1679. 10” Red PW French Odeon A188741 [KI-3483-2/KI-3484-2]. TYNDARIS / LYDE (from Études Latines) (Reynaldo Hahn). Acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 246 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1187. 10” Blue Shellac PW Columbia G-4097-M [KI-2780/KI-2781]. MALAGUEÑA / POLO (Nin). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1517. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master Works P-4220-M [CPT1266-3/CPT1267-1]. PERU- VIAN INDIAN MELODIES (coll. and harm. by d’Harcourt). Sung in Quichua. Two sides. With René LeRoy [flute] and Pierre Jamet [harp]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2627. 10” French Columbia SS (pressed on 12”) LF 125 [CL4392-1]. LES BERCEAUX (Fauré). With MARGUERITE LONG [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3621. 12” Blk. acous. Disque pour Gram. W226 (033172/034191) [02886v/692aj]. BOHÈME: On m’appelle Mimì (Puccini) / LUCY VUILLEMIN [s], PAUL PAYAN [bs]. LOUISE: Crois-tu qu’il t’aime (Charpentier). Couple harmless small spots. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3469. 12” Red PW Odeon 123.708 [XXP7097-2/XXP7321-2]. L’ENFANT PRODIGUE: Air de Lia (Debussy) / CHANSON GÉORGIENNE (Balakirev). Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2979. 12” Red PW Pathé X.90081 [E250275.E250323]. MANON: Duo de Saint-Sulpice (Massenet). Two sides. With MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. DORIS VANE [s] 3201. 12” Blue PW Eng. Col. LX 78 [WAX5093/WAX5179]. BRONWEN: Cradle Song / CLAUD POWELL dir. SYMP. ORCH. BRONWEN: Funeral March (Joseph Hol- brooke). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. CYRENA VAN GORDON [c] Camden, OH, 1893, 1896 or 1897-New York City, 1964. Born Cyrena Sue Pocock, she adopted the stage name van Gordon. Studying with Louise Dotti, she made her operatic debut in 1913 as Amneris. For the next quarter century she was a leading operatic and recital artist, Chicago having remained her home base for many years. She appeared in concert throughout the U.S. and in opera regularly in Chicago, as well at the Met, in Philadelphia and with the . She was attractive visually, tall and statuesque. Among her acclaimed roles were Venus, Ortrud, Azucena, Laura in La Gioconda, Dalila, Ortrud and even Brünnhilde. 2286. 10” Viva-Tonal Columbia 132-M [W142238-5/W142232-6]. HOMING (del Riego) / FROM THE LAND OF THE SKY BLUE WATER (Cadman). Piano acc. side one Robin Hood Bowers. Orch. acc. side two. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3109. 12” TC Collumbia A6221 [98014-4/49822-3]. AIDA: L’abborrita rivale (Verdi) / ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che faro (Gluck). As mint. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t]. Murfreesboro, TN, 1868-Houston, TX, 1936. His vocal studies were with Isadore Luckstone in New York, and in Europe with Fidèle König, Jean de Reszke and Antonio Cotogni. 1897 marked his official debut as the tenor soloist in Händel’s Messiah in New York with the NY Oratorio Society in Carnegie Hall. In 1903 he created the solo tenor part in the American premiere of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. In addition, he toured as an assisting artist with both Melba and Sembrich. From 1908-1911, Van Hoose appeared in Germany, singing operatic roles in Mainz, Wiesbaden, Leipzig and Berlin. He also was a soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Nikisch. The season of 1911-12 he appeared with the Chicago Opera, making his debut as Manrico in Il Trovatore. Italian appearances, according to one clipping, included the Rome Costanzi and the Pergola in Florence. From 1915 until his death, Van Hoose was musical director of the Houston, TX, First Presbyterian Church, also conducting other choral groups in Houston as well as teaching voice. 3196. 12” White lbl. Vla 74033 [C-2796-2]. O COME WITH ME IN THE SUMMER NIGHT (Vander Stucken). Label slightly smudged. Surface as new. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3378. 12” White lbl. Vla 95201 [take 1]. MEISTERSINGER: Quintet (Wagner). With JOHANNA GADSKI [s], MARIE MATTFELD [c], ALBERT REISS [t], MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

JEAN-ÉMILE VANNI-MARCOUX [bs]. Turin, 1877-Paris, 1962. His debut was as Sparafucile in Turin, 1894, at the age of 17. He continued singing until at least the age of 78 (1955), when an LP recording of Delmet songs was made for French Pathé. While his roles were mostly bass, such as Boris Godounov and Méphistophèles, he also successfully ventured into the baritone repertoire, singing Scarpia and Raphael (in Wolf-Ferrari’s I gioielli della Madonna), to cite two. In some operas he is remembered for parts in both ranges, such as Colline and Marcello in La Boheme and Arkel and Golaud in Pélleas et Mélisande. He was also the creator of several roles, including Guido Colonna in Février’s Monna Vanna (1909) and Massenet’s Don Quichotte in Paris, 1910 (although Chaliapin had been the actual creator in Monte Carlo earlier that year). In addi- 247 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs tion to his success in London, France and Italy, Vanni-Marcoux was a popular member of the Boston Opera, where he made his debut in 1912 as Golaud, Boston critic Philip Hale writing, “It was one of the most striking interpretations that I have seen on stage for the last thirty years”. His name was originally Giovanni Emilio Diogenio Marcoux and changed, upon securing French citizenship, to Jean Émile Diogène Marcoux. For professional use he used a familiar abbreviation of Giovanni and his family name, usually (but not consistently) hyphenated.- Readers are referred to the superb article on the singer accompanying the Marston CD Vanni-Marcoux set from which this information has been taken. 2375. 10” Red acous. Disque Gram. DA 690 [BL231-I/BL232-I]. VOI DORMITE, SIGNORA! (Tosti) / TU LO SAI (Scar- latti). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. 1967. 10” Red elec. PW Disque Gram. DA 988 [BT4145-I/BT4146-II]. JAZZ BOYS / THE CRYIN’ BLUES (both John Alden Carpenter). In English. Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1324. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 1124 [BF3316-II/BF3318-II]. PANURGE: Chanson de la Touraine (Massenet) / LE BEAU SÉJOUR; DANS NOTRE VILLAGE (18th/17th century songs). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Side one creator per- formance. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4283. 10” on 12” SS White lbl. vinyl HMV DA 1124 [BF3316-II]. PANURGE: Chanson de la Touraine (Massenet). One side of the preceding listing, item #1324. Mint. Just about 1-2. $10.00. VANNI-MARCOUX in Février's Monna Vanna 1577. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4804 [OG925-II/OG949-2]. CANTATILLE (Lancel) / CHANSON NORMANDIE (Weckerlin). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1835. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4829 [OW1584-I/OW1585-I]. ENVOI DES FLEURS (Gounod) / PRIÈRE (both Gounod). Piano acc. Lucien Petitjean. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2025. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4838 [OG919-I/OG920-II]. JE PLEURE / LE MAL D’AIMER (both Tosti). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2032. 10” Plum PW Disque Gram. K-7076 [OPG1068-I/OPG1069-I]. FANFRELUCHES (Louis Forest); PETIT CHAGRIN (Maurice Vaucaire) / CHANSON LIBERTINE (J. Richard); FERMONS NOS RIDEAUX (M. Boukay). Piano acc. Federico Longás. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3264. 12” PW acous. Red Disque Gram. DB 925 [CT1862-I/CL295-I]. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini) / MA POUPÉE CHÉRIE (Deodat de Séverac). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3195. 12” PW elec. Red Disque Gram. DB 1175 [CT4094-II/CT4147-I]. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini) / MA POUPÉE CHÉRIE (de Séverac). Piano acc. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3340. 12” PW elec. Red Disque Gram. DB 1515 [2G591-II/2G590-I]. CHANT HINDOU (Bemberg) / NINON (Tosti). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GINO VANNUTELLI [t]. He originally worked as an actor, then studied singing and made his debut at the Malta Royal Opera, 1899, as Guglielmo in Mignon. Other roles in his operatic repertoire included Rodolfo, Almaviva, and Elvino in La Sonnambula. He subsequently became a leading operetta singer with the company of Giulio Marchetti and Emma Vecla, touring Italy and South America as well. Later he toured with his own company. 2439. 11” Fonotipia 92556/92557 [XPh ]. WALTZ DREAM: Udii testè / WALTZ DREAM: Laggiù nel silente gardino (Oscar Straus). Side two with FERCOR (FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI) [b] Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2-3. $15.00.

248 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ANTON VAN ROOY [b] 3792. 12” Blk. vinyl Columbia 30086. CARMEN: Chanson do Toréador (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 3130. 12” TC Columbia A5015 [30029-1/30031-1]. DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schu- mann) / ROSA LINDE WRIGHT [c]. HUGUENOTS: Lieti Signor (Meyerbeer). Piano acc. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00. 5074. 12” TC Columbia A5074 [30164-1/30165-1]. AM MEER (Schubert) / DER ASRA (Rubinstein). Piano acc. 2-3. $10.00. 3865. 12” TC Columbia E5001 [30028-1/30029-1]. DAS MÜHLRAD (German Folk Song) / DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Piano acc. Announced. Very fine copy indeed. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 3287. 12” White lbl. Vla 92062 [2501c]. LOHENGRIN: Dank, König, dir (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3385. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 21. TANNHÄUSER: Als du in kühnem Sange / TANNHÄU- SER: Blick ich umher (Wagner). From orig. 1907 London G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00. LOUIS VAN TULDER [t]. Amsterdam, 1892-Hilversum, 1969. A famous Dutch concert and oratorio tenor, van Tulder started vocal training in 1909. In 1911 he began working as a bookkeeper at the Amsterdamsche Bank, but by 1912 his vocal engagements had begun increasing from voluntary to paid. Maintaining two careers became incompatable, and he left the bank in 1915, remaining a successful singer until his retirement in 1950. He appeared in opera between 1919 and 1921, but he felt uncomfortable in stage roles. He reported later that while he could sing, he could not act, particularly in love scenes when thousands of eyes were looking at him. He later conducted choral groups and taught. His death was the result of being struck by a car. 1977. 10” English Columbia EH 33 [WF 855/WF 857]. HET OUDERHUS (Löser) / MIJUNE MOEDERTAAL (Buys). Just about 1-2. $12.00. NATALIE N. VECHOR [s] 2205. 10” PW Plum elec. HMV EK 95 [OG552-I/OG551-II]. CZAR’S BRIDE: Martha’s Air (Borodin) / GEORGE M. POZEMKOVSKY [t]. SADKO: Song of the Indian Guest (Rimsky-Korsakov). Vechor’s voice is quite similar to that of Nina Koshetz. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PIETRO VENERANDI [t]. 1875?- ? . Venerandi’s debut appears to have been in 1897 at the Teatro Minerva, Udine, as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. In 1902 he sang at the Teatro Comunale in Piacenza as Radames and Ernani. Later that season he traveled to California, appearing on the stage of the Tivoli Opera with a touring company featuring no less than soprano Inez de Frate (proclaimed “the world’s greatest Norma” by the San Francisco press). In 1905 he was a member of the in Holland, and in 1906 he again traveled far afield, this time to South America as a guest with several companies. He revisited America in 1913, singing in Iowa (and undoubtedly many other locations) on a tour with Liberati’s New York Grand Opera Company and Band. His last traced performance in Italy was Loris in Fedora at the Teatro Verdi in Alessandria in 1911, so possibly he emigrated to the U.S. and remained there singing with touring and local opera companies. 9105. 11” Brown Odeon 37139/37178 [XM.296/XM.445]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu che in seno (Verdi) / CARLO FERRETTI [b]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Predica di Fra Melitone (Verdi). Piano acc. PB side one (middle) will sound about an 8th of an inch, otherwise cons. 2. Side two few MGTs, 2. $15.00.

EMILIO VENTURINI [t]. 1878-1952. A lyric tenor particularly noted for character roles, Venturini made his debut in Italy in 1900, appearing in the Turin premiere of Mascagni’s in 1901. His La Scala debut was in 1903 as Froh in . The same year he appeared there in the world premiere of Giordano’s . His career subsequently included Covent Garden, the Met, the Chicago Opera and again La Scala, from 1921 through 1948. His other creations were Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly (revised version 1904), Rutger in Zandonai’s I Cavalieri di Ekebù and the following year, 1926, Pang in Puccini’s Turandot. 1435. 10” B&S Columbia 10104. IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). Excellent copy. One TB., cons. 2. $20.00. RICHARD VERREAU [t] 1782. 10” Late Red Canadian RCA Victor 10-4228. ADESTE FIDELES (arr. Théo Dubois) / AGNUS DEI (Bizet). With Jeanne Martin [organist] and Les Disciples de Massenet [Chorus]. Just about. 1-2. $12.00. 249 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs CÉSAR VEZZANI [t] 1819. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 4819 [OW- 479-4/OW-480-1]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix (Saint-Saëns). Two sides. With MARIA DUCHÈNE [c]. Orch. dir Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4321. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4854 [2W1222-2/2W1223- 1]. LE ROI D’YS: Aubade / LE ROI D’YS: A l’autel j’allais rayonnant (Lalo). Side CÉSAR VEZZANI and the French Gramophone Nipper two with YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1- 2. $15.00. GINA CIAPARELLI VIAFORA [s]. Castelnuovo (near Genoa), 1881 – New York City, 1936.. Her debut was at the Teatro Costanzi, 1898 as Micaëla. The following year she married artist Gianni Viafora, but it was several years before she adopted his name professionally. She made her American debut in Philadelphia and toured with the Eugene Cowles Opera Company until becoming a Met artist the seasons of 1907-1910. Her only role there was Mimì, which she performed seven times, usually with her friend as co-star. During this period she also returned to Italy for roles in various smaller houses. She subsequently became a noted teacher in New York and for a number of seasons gave annual recitals. She emphasized the importance that a voice teacher “must be able to illustrate their knowledge before they can teach” and that pupils learn from imitation. “After all, singing is simple, not complicated as many would make it. It is no mysterious art which should be hidden away in the studio. Either you sing right or you sing wrong!” 2347. 10” B&S Columbia 3177 [M-139-3]. MARE AZZURRO (Collina). Piano acc. 2-3. $12.00. 1655. 10” Flexible Double-Face Marconi Columbia 010017/010018. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime / IL TROVATORE: Vivrà contende il giubilo (Verdi). With TAURINO PARVIS [b]. Nice copy. IMs. Cons. 2. $25.00. 1983. 10” Red Victor 64085. LA BOHÈME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3451. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat. C-6196-2. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Unpublished. The master is damaged, causing a “swish” the first third or so in any extant pressings. This is otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3452. 12” Red vinyl Victor mat. C-6196-2. Same as preceding listing. Note the problem mentioned above which is the same here. Otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00. REGINA VICARINO (REINE ANNETTE VICARINO) [s]. New York, 1887-Haines, Alaska, 1957. 1640. 10” acous. Viola 19102/19101 [7101/19101]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi) / GREEK EVANS [b]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Unusual Los Angeles label. Side one black, side two red. Side one 2-3. Side two 2. $12.00. IRMA VIGANÒ [s] 2154. 10” Red acous. Vla 949. AIDA: Pur ti riveggo (Verdi). With BERNARDO DE MURO [t] / DE MURO [t]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini). AIDA: Pur ti riveggo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. FRANCESCO VIGNAS (VIÑAS) [t] 9099. 11” Col. Fonotipia 39134/39136 [XPh170/XPh161]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Side one cons. 2. Side two very lt. rubs, 2. $20.00. DANIEL VIGNEAU[b]. Bordeaux, 1880-1970. His Paris Opéra debut was as Moralès in Carmen, 1907. His other roles there included Hérode in Massenet’s Hérodiade. At the Opéra- 250 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs Comique he created Ali in the world premiere of Rabaud’s Marouf, 1914, repeating the same part in 1940 at the Paris Opéra. He also sang there a number of roles, both principal and secondary, which included Scarpia, Escamillo, Boniface in Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, Rossini’s Figaro and both Tonio and Silvio in Pagliacci. 1265. 10” Blk Dog Disque pour Gram. 3-32090/4-32000 [15394u/15416u]. GIRALDA: Ange des Cieux (Adam) / L’AUBE NAIT (L. Broche). Only recordings? Lbl. creases (ULCs?) side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00. 2655. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 034018/034017 [5070i/5085i]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVI- GLIA: Dunque io son (Rossini). With LUCETTE KORSOFF [s]. In French / LÉON BEYLE [t], HECTOR DUFRANNE [b]. : Triste exile (Halévy). Cons. 2. $15.00. MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t] 2240. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.93002 [250114/250116]. PAYSAGE D’OR / AMOUR INQUIET (both Maiotte Almary). Orch. dir. Godfroy Andolfi. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2979. 12” Red PW Pathé X.90081 [E250275.E250323]. MANON: Duo de Saint-Sulpice (Massenet). Two sides. With NINON VALLIN [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. EVGENI VITTING [t] 2560. 12” White vinyl HMV 022307 [2655c]. THE WEDDING (Dargomyzhsky). Just about 1-2. $30.00. GENEVIÈVE VIX [s] 1503. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.0669 [N201787-1/N201788-1 / LA GRANDE DUCHESSE DE GEROLSTEIN: Voici le saber de mon père / LA BELLE HÉLÈNE: Dis-moi Venus (both Offenbach). Just about 1-2. $15.00. VOCAL QUINTETTE [UNIDENTIFIED] and STRING ORCHESTRA 2257. 10” Lt. Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D1457 [73411/73412]. OLD LONDON CRYES OF WILL SHAKESPEARE’S TIME (Arranged by Sir. Frederick. Bridge from MSS. in British Museum and recorded under his personal supervision). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00. FRITZ VOGELSTROM [t] 3371. 12” Blk. Girl-and-Gram. Parlophon P.1194/P.1195. SIEGFRIED: Schmiedlied / SIEGFRIED: Du holdes Vöglein (Wagner). Gen. 2. $8.00. LOUISE B. VOIGT [s]. Apparently from New York, Louise Voigt had a series of “concert triumphs" in Berlin and had been offered “a most advantageous” contract from the Berlin Royal Opera, as well as by Conried for the Metropolitan. She chose not to accept these offers because of the death of her husband, after which she retired for a period. In resuming her career, primarily in the Midwest U.S., it was as an oratorio soloist and as a guest with the large German-American Sängerfests. At one such event it was noted that her voice carried “to absolute perfection … over a chorus of 5000 in fortissimo”(!). In 1913, Voigt was guest soloist at a special fund raising concert at the Armory on 25th St. and Lexington Avenue in New York where “twelve to fourteen thousand people” heard her sing “Dich teure Halle” with Victor Herbert conducting an orchestra comprised of 150 principal players from the NY Philharmonic, NY Symphony, Metropolitan Opera and the Victor Herbert Orchestra. “Mme. Voigt’s voice easily filled the immense auditorium,” noted a reviewer, “and she was warmly applauded”. Her only recordings are two sides for Victor. [Quotes from period newspaper/magazine articles] 3605. 12” Blk. Pats “A” plate Victor 31849. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, theure Halle (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00. FRANZ VÖLKER [t] 3186. 12” PW Green Polydor 19793 [760bm/761bm]. HEIMAT (Gretchaninov) / MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3358. 12” Gold PW Brunswick 90312 [1238Bi/1239Bi]. DIE WALKÜRE: Ein Schwert / DIE WALKÜRE: Siegmund heiss ich (Wagner). Excellent late ‘30s Columbia pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

EVA VON DER OSTEN-PLASCHKE [s] 2445. 12” acous. Odeon 80066/80067 [XXB5405/XXB5406]. ROSENKAVALIER: Mir ist die Ehre wiederfahren / ROSENKAVALIER: Mit ihren Augen voller Tränen (R. Strauss). With MINNIE NAST [s]. Artists were in the Dresden 1911 world premiere. Small scr. into last grooves about ¼” side two (likely harmless), 2. $100.00. 251 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3457. 12” acous Dog Schall. Gram. 65239 (044183/044184) [2304c/2305½c]. DER ROSENKAVALIER: Ist ein Traum / DER ROSENKAVALIER: Mit ihren Augen (R. Strauss). With MINNIE NAST [s]. Creators in the Dresden 1911 world premiere. Just about 1-2. $75.00. HENRIETTA WAKEFIELD [c]. New York, 1878-Norwalk, CT, 1974. Wakefield’s long Metropolitan Opera career included twenty seasons between 1907 and 1935, in which she sang 69 roles. These ranged from Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, La Cieca in La Gioconda and Madelon in Andrea Chenier through the roles of Gerhilde, Grimgerde, Schwertleite and Waltraute in Wagner’s Die Walküre (not all in one evening!). She also appeared in musicals and operetta (de Koven’s Rob Roy in 1912 was a particular success) as well as in oratorio and in recitals. She and her husband (baritone Greek Evans) founded a summer musical theater at their estate in the Norwalk area active in the 1930s. 3670. 12” Purple ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 70101. ROB ROY: Who Can Tell Me Where She Dwells (de Koven). With FRANK POLLOCK [t]. Creators. Just about 1-2. $20.00. [ms/s] 2449. 12” Blk. 043146/043147 [453s/454s]. DIE ALLMACHT (Schubert). Two sides. Side one small lbl. stkrs.,surface just about 1-2. Side two three lt. scrs. (scuffs), should be harmless, cons. 2. $75.00.

AAGE WANG-HOLM [t]. Nastved, Denmark, 1881-New Jersey (or New York City), 1926. A successful operatic tenor in Denmark, Wang-Holm made his debut in Copenhagen, 1907, and was active in opera and recital in Denmark until emigrating to the U.S. in 1915. Here he worked as a concert singer, touring the U.S. Scandinavian communities as a soloist and with the Aage Wang-Holm Quartette (the artists on the second side of the record below). He recorded for Victor as a soloist from 1915-1917 and returned again in 1925, making one electrical solo recording (below) and three sides as a member of his quartet. 1871. 10” Blk. EE Victor 78304. HIST HVOR VEJEN SLAAR AN BUGT [AT THE BEND OF THE ROAD (Gebauer); DEN LILLE OLE MED PARAPLYEN [LITTLE OLE WITH AN UMBRELLA] (Jacobsen); FLYV, FLUGL, FLYV [FLY, BIRDIE, FLY] (Hartman) / ALMA PETERSEN [s], EMMA VAN HOLSTEIN-BERG [c], AAGE WANG-HOLM [t], JOHAN HAAE ZINCK [b]. KONGERNES KONGE (Hornemann). Van Holstein-Berg (1874- ? ) recorded for G&T in 1904. Gen. 2. $10.00.

PRINCESS WATAHWASO [ms]. Indian Island (Penobscot Indian Reservation), ME, 1882-1969. Born Lucy Nicolar, a member of the Penobscot Indian tribe, she began studying music seriously following a divorce in 1913. She then married Tom Gorman, a laywer who was to become her manager. Her first public performance was as Princess Watahwaso in 1916, and the following year she started on the vaudeville circuit, first with the Redpath Chautauqua Bureau and then the Keith Vaudville Circuit. Her New York Concert debut took place in Aeolian Hall in 1920, the first half of the program devoted to arias and concert repertoire and the second half to Indian folk music. Following the stock market crash of 1929, Princess Watahwaso was abandoned by her husband. She then returned to Maine where she and her sister, Florence, “worked tirelessly to improve educational opportunities for the Indian children and to seek the right for Indians on reservations to vote”. During this period she wed Chief Bruce Poolaw, with whom she had appeared in vaudeville some years earlier. They performed locally and built a 24 foot diameter tepee next to their home as a gift shop and tourist attraction. 2367. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18444. TWO INDIAN SONGS (arr. Thurlow Lieurance) / FOUR PENOBSCOT TRIBAL SONGS. Side one with Hubert Small [flute] and the com- poser/arranger accompanying. Side two unaccompanied. Just about 1-2. $12.00. GIULIETTA WERMEZ [s] 2384. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1576. I PURITANI: Qui la voce (Bellini). Piano acc. AICC back. Scr. could tick very lightly from beginning for about ½”. Lbl. slightly off-center with a few small spots (which don’t appear on the label photo), otherwise a nice copy, gen. 2-3. $400.00. 2385. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1596. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini). Piano acc. AICC back. Very decent copy, no graying or damage. Cons. 3. $600.00. 2387. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-2556 [take 2]. VARIAZIONI [IL CARNEVALE DI VENE- ZIA].. Zonophone back. I don’t know who the composer of these rather frenzied and somewhat bizarre variations might be (possibly Arban?). This is the only copy of this record I’ve ever seen. Heavy rubbing, scuffs and lt. (mostly superficial) scrs. Looks quite dreadful, 5-6, but it plays with only a very few grey traces and some occasional clicks. $125.00. 252 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs REINALD WERRENRATH [t] 1153. 10” Red EE Victor 1104. CAPTAIN STRATTON’S FANCY (Deems Taylor) / PIRATE SONG (Henry F. Gilbert). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3539. 12” Red PW “Z” shellac scrollVictor 6563. TWO GRENADIERS (Schumann) / TANNHÄUSER: Evening Star (Wagner). Superb “Z” pressing. Lightest rub area side one, cons. 2. $7.00. GERTRUD PALSON WETTERGREN [c] 2196. 10” PoW Plum HMV X.2644 [Bk2385-I T1/Bk2386-1 T1]. CARMEN: Habanera / CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). In Swedish. Her only commercial recording. “To my mind she was the best interpreter of the role [of Carmen] that I ever heard,” wrote Gladys Swarthout, not a Carmen to be dismissed! Just about 1-2. $8.00. CAROLINA WHITE [s] 3416. 12” Gold SS Columbia HRS 1012 [30870-2]. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Roberto, tu che adoro (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4338. 12” TC Columbia 30871 [take 2]. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00. CLARENCE WHITEHILL [b] 4426. 10” Blk. Bayreuth G&T 2-42921 [1124e]. TANNHÄUSER: Wohl wusst’ ich hier sie im Gebet zu finden (Wagner). Piano acc. Extremely rare early Whitehill, recording in 1904 while he was singing at Bayreuth. Cons. 2. $250.00. 2602. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Victor 74364 [take 4]. THAÏS: Voilà donc la terrible cite (Massenet). This take issued only in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $8.00. WALTER WIDDOP [t] 3825. 12” Red HMV D1742 [Cc16792-II/Cc16794-I]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Lend Me Your Aid (Gounod). Two sides. Orch. dir. Dr. Malcolm Sargent. Highly recommended performance. Just about 1-2. $8.00. HELENE WILDBRUNN [s] 4194. 10” Red SS acous. Schall. Grammophon 2-43530 (2-43530) [19240L]. DIE WALKÜRE: Walkürenruf (Wagner). Different recording than the next item. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 2071. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70617 [1534ar/831at]. WALKURE: Walkürenruf (Wagner) / MARIA OLZEWSKA [c]. AIDA: Schon sind die Priester all’ vereint (Verdi). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $40.00. 4265. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72684 (043311/043317) [1101as/1103as]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Mild und leise / SIEGFRIED: Ewig war ich (both Wagner). Lbl. stkr. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $45.00. 3155. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 72685 (043312/043335) [773as/1104as]. CAVALLE- RIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). In German. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $50.00. EVAN WILLIAMS [t] 2354. [as HENRY EVANS]. 10” 10” Blk. GP ’07 “A” plate Victor 5643. THE SONG THAT REACHED MY HEART (Jordan). Cons. 2. 15.00. 1842. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64086. QUEEN OF SHEBA: How frail and weak is man [Recitative] (Gounod). Cons. 2. $10.00. 2082. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64139. FOUR LEAF CLOVER (Brownell). Piano acc. Rare first issued take, 27 May 1910, remade 29 Oct. 1910. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2218. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64158. A MAY MORNING (Denza). Topped with a spectacular high B. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1080. 10” Red “A” plate Pats. Victor 64216. HEDGE ROSES (Schubert). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1995. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64218. HARK, HARK! THE LARK (Schubert). Piano acc. Another beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2076. 10” Blk. London G&T 3-2415 [3496e]. DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES (Old English). Piano acc. Scarce British recording, never on Victor. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 253 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2750. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74093. STABAT MATER: Cujus animam (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4090. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 74131. JUDAS MACCABAEUS: Sound an Alarm (Händel). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4306. 12” Red Vla 74181. O! NA BYDDAI’N HAF O HYD (Davies). Cons. 2. $8.00. 2688. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74189. MESSIAH: Ev’ry Valley (Händel). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3505. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74190. MESSIAH: Comfort Ye, My People (Händel). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2646. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74205. ANSWER (Robyn). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4298. 12” Blk. Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 02162 [C-6366]. THE PRODIGAL SON: How many hired servants? (Sullivan). The versions issued on Victor were C-6609-1 and C-6609- 2. Just about 1-2. $25.00. EBBA WILTON [s]. Rødvig, Denmark, 1896-Gentofte, 1951. Wilton first appeared at the Danish Royal Theater in 1924 as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Magic Flute. Possessing one of the most attractive timbres among coloraturas of the period, Wilton appeared in a number of roles including Gilda, Susanna and Violetta in her native Denmark, as well as Paris and Berlin. She retired in 1949 upon marking the 25th anniversary of her debut. 3888. 12” Blk. elec. PW HMV M106 [Ck2450-I/CwR567-II]. MAGIC FLUTE: Queen of the Night Aria, Act I / MAGIC FLUTE: Queen of the Night Aria, Act II (Mozart). In Danish. First-rate performances. Just about 1-2. $15.00. HERBERT WITHERSPOON [bs]

(left to right) ROBERTO MORAZONI, COE GLADE, HERBERT WITHERSPOON, FLORENCE HINKLE, CHARLES HACKETT (at a 1932 Dinner)

2173. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 64151. ROLLING DOWN TO RIO (Edward German). Just about 1-2. $8.00 4456. 10” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Victor 64151. Same as previous listing (item #4456). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1831. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 64185. REQUIEM; DEAREST (both Sydney Homer). Only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2124. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 64212. LE MULETIER DE TARRAGONE (Paul Henrion). Only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1038. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 64243. BORDER BALLAD (Cowen). Scarce. Only form of issue. As new, as is the case with most listings in this grading category. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1949. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 64347. PASSION MUSIC: At Eventide (Bach). Only form of issue. Lightest lbl. fade, 2. $8.00. 4122. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74144. PARSIFAL: Char Freitags Zauber (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4450. 12” White lbl. Vla 74138. THE SEASONS: With Joy the Impatient Husbandman (Haydn). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

254 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3323. 12” Red “C” plate Victor 74192. STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini). Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3246. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 74207. I VESPRI SICILIANI: O tu Palermo (Verdi). Text label on verso. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4123. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Victor 74348. DER LINDENBAUM, Op. 89, No. 5 (Schubert). Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. One TN, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

MARCEL WITTRISCH [t]. Antwerp, 1901- Berlin, 1955. Born of German parents residing in Belgium, Wittrisch studied in the conservatories in Munich and Leipzig and then in Milan and made his debut in Halle, 1925, in Hans Heiling. From 1929 through 1944 he was a featured tenor with the . As a guest he made highly successful appearances at Covent Garden, La Scala, and the Munich and Vienna Operas and appeared at Bayreuth, 1937, as Lohengrin. He was also a popular figure in musical films and operetta. 2145. 10” Blk .PW (gold print) Victor V-6111 [ BDR8968-II/BD9003-II]. DU BLONDE LINDENWIRTIN VOM RHEIN (Krausz). With KÄTHE DORSCH [s] / LEO MOLL [MONOSSON] [vocalist]. DU BIST MEIN MORGEN UND MEIN NACHTGEBETCHEN [TANGO]. Both from film Die Lindenwirtin. Great pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00. 2146. 10” Blk. PW (gold print) Victor V-6112 [BDR8969-II/BDR8970-II]. MEIN HERZ HAT LEISE DEIN HERA GEGRÜSST. With KÄTHE DORSCH [s] / KÄTHE DORSCH [s]. ZU JEDER LIEE GEHÖRT EIN GLÄSCHEN WEIN (Krausz). Both from film Die Lindenwirtin. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1664. 10” Blk. PW (gold print) Victor V-6152 [BD9178-I/BD9179-I]. MEIN LIEBESLIED MUSS EIN WALZER SEIN / IM “WEISSEN RÖSS’L” AM WOLFGANSEE [both from Im Weissen Röss’l] (Benatzky). Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1878. 10” Purple PoW RCA Victor 25-4060 [ORA900-2/ORA901-2]. DRUNT’ IN DER LOBAU (Strecker) / DA DRAUSSEN IN DER WACHAU (Arnold). Och. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Excellent pressing from orig. Electrola matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 4160. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV SS EH 842 [2D-1728-I]. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

OTTO WOLF [t]. Bernberg, 1871-Munich, 1946. As a youth, Wolf’s musical gifts were evident. He appeared in concert at the age of nine as a violinist but subsequently began a business apprenticeship in Magdeberg. Vocal studies followed, and in 1897 he made his debut in opera as Almaviva in Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia. From 1909 through 1930 he was a leading tenor with the Munich Opera, where he created several roles, including the Emperor in the 1912 world premiere of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. He was a guest artist with a number of houses, his varied repertoire including operas of Wagner, Strauss, Puccini and Verdi, among others. 4418. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65814 [451az/452az]. TANNHÄUSER: Als ich erwachte (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

ROSA LINDE WRIGHT [c]. Pittsburgh (?), 1863-Gladstone, NJ, 1921. A pupil of Viardot Garcia in Paris, Linde returned to America in 1888 and settled in New York, where she became a prominent church and oratorio soloist, also having toured as soloist with Gilmore’s Band and as an assisting artist to . She taught in New York for a number of years and was a popular recitalist as well. While Columbia, for some unknown reason, added her married name (her husband was Frank Page Wright) to her two records, she seems to have sung professionally almost exclusively as Rosa Linde. In 1919, she opened a voice studio at 42 West 96th Street in Manhattan. The article accompanying this information informed the public that Mme. Linde’s voice “is an extraordinary one, with a range of three octaves, remarkable for its coloratura capacity.” Two years later she died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Mitchell Harper, in Gladstone, New Jersey. 3130. 12” TC Columbia A5015 [30031-1/30029-1]. HUGUENOTS: Lieti Signor (Meyer- beer) / ANTON VAN ROOY [b]. DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Piano acc. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.

ELLEN BEACH YAW [s]. Boston Corners, NY, 1869-Covina, CA, 1947. A student of Mme. Bjorksen in New York City, where Yaw worked as a law secretary, Yaw was noted as the possessor of an “extremely high voice” and was considered a “musical freak”. Wishing to appeal to “a discriminating public”, she went to Paris and studied with Mathilde Marchesi. Appearing in Rome, she changed her name for a time to Elena Elvanna. In London she was selected by Sir

255 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs to create the leading soprano role, Sultana Zubedyah, in his opera, The Rose of Persia. She was, however, replaced by as a result of her shaky performances. In 1907 Yaw sang one Lucia at the Met, claiming that she had been offered by them a contract but had turned it down as she was expecting an engage- ment at the Vienna Hofoper (which apparently never materialized). The reviews of her Met per- formance made much about Yaw’s slender form (Tetrazzini was the competing Manhattan Opera Lucia) and how, collapsing after the Mad Scene in her white gown, she appeared as a spilled “saucer of milk”. Little mention was made of her voice. Yaw’s personal life was also colorful. She married a former cowboy in 1907 and he joined her, at least for a period, in West Covina, CA, at her Lark Ellen Ranch. She constructed there the Lark Ellen Bowl as a performance venue for the town. Also named in her honor were the Lark Ellen Elementary School, the Lark Ellen Railroad Station, the Lark Ellen Newsboys’ Home (in Los Angeles), and the Lark Ellen “Fountain of the Birds”. Lark Ellen Avenue, one of the main West Covina thoroughfares, was likewise named for her. She also established the Lark Ellen League to ELLEN BEACH YAW likely in the 1930s bring concerts to hospitals and jails. Yaw retired from active concert touring in 1928 but continued to sing sporadically up to the year of her death, spending much of her time teaching and in charitable pursuits. Her few records were for Berliner (1899), Victor (1907), Edison (1913) and Rex (c. 1913), and private electrical recordings. 1203. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64079. SWISS ECHO SONG (Eckert). Only form of issue. Very tiny rim flake far from grooves. IMs. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3150. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74090. LAKMÉ: Oú va la jeune Hindoue (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2494. 12” Red Victor 74092. MARIAGE DU JEANETTE: Nightingale’s Song (Massé). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2801. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla, mat. C-4833-1. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (Key). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2948. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla, mat. C-4834-2. LUCIA: Ardon gl’ incensi (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $30.00. [s]. Vancouver, WA, 1913-2008. Her first New York appearances were as an ensemble member in a 1943 Broadway presentation of The Merry Widow with Marta Eggerth and , also around the same time appearing uncredited on the radio as a soloist with Phil Spitalny’s All-Girl Orchestra. The following year she toured the U.S. as Micaëla in a. tour of Carmen. She created the role of Ellen Orford in the American premiere of Britten’s Peter Grimes at Tanglewood in 1946. During 1947-49, she, Mario Lanza and George London toured as the Bel Canto Trio until Lanza was detoured to Hollywood. She subsequently appeared with a number of major opera companies, including the NYCO, the Met, and at Covent Garden. Following her 1966 retirement, she taught at West Virginia University until 1978. 1726. 10” Red King 15148 [8111-3/8112-3]. THE FRIENDSHIP TREE (Fenton) / WHITE MAGNOLIAS (Hughes). With The Statesmen. This and the item below are virtually unknown Yeend records as a pop singer issued in 1951 and appear to be her only 78s. Heavy duty plastic pressing. Lt. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $15.00. 1727. 10” Red King 15149 [8110/8113]. PRAYER OF A WAITING WORLD (Fenton) / MONASTERY BELLS (Meyer). With The Statesmen. Heavy duty plastic pressing. Lt. superficial rubs (will play as new), 2. $15.00. NATALIA YUZHINA [s] 2868. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 023060 [1977]. ENCHANTRESS: To Look from Nijai (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $35.00. 2867. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 023090 [2520c]. OPRICHNIK: Little Nightingale (Tschai- kowsky). Just about 1-2. $35.00. RENATO ZANELLI [b/t] 1257. 10” Red Vla 64907. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $5.00. 256 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs EVGENIYA ZBRUYEVA [c] 2893. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 023064 [2027c], RU- SALKA: I think I hear the trumpets (Dargomyzhsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2957. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 023084 [2448c]. NERO: Bacchanal Song of Zulima (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $15.00. GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. Verona, 1876-New York City, 1949. His debut was in 1898 as a baritone, singing Silvio in Pagliacci. The next year he took over Canio from an indisposed colleague during a performance of the same opera and continued as a tenor for the remainder of his career. He first appeared at La Scala the season of 1902-03 and during his tenure there created the leading tenor roles in the world premieres of Giordano’s Siberia in 1903 and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, 1904. In 1903, an angered Toscanini threw down his baton and left La Scala during a Zenatello performance of Un Ballo in Maschera when the audience became insistent on a tenor encore. Zenatello, however, remained at La Scala through 1907. He also was well received in Buenos Aires, at Covent Garden, and in the U.S. with the Chi- cago, Boston and Manhattan Operas. He later taught and served as an impresario and was responsible for hiring for the Verona Arena in 1947, the beginning of her international success. He was particularly known for his Otello, others of his roles having included Rhadames, Don Jose and Faust. 9086. 11” Fonotipia 39509 [XPh1637/XPh4032]. MEFI- STOFELE: Fin da stanotte. With ADAMO DIDUR [bs] / LINA PASINI-VITALE [s], RINALDO GRASSI [t]. MEFISTOFELE: Dimmi se credi (Boïto). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. EVGENIYA ZBRUYEVA as Carmen 9055. 11” Col. Fonotipia 39973/39995 [XPh2376/ XPh2399]. OTELLO: Morte d’Otello (Verdi) / PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 9050. 11” Fonotipia SS 62013 [XPh2415]. LA GIOCONDA: O grido di quest’ anima (Ponchielli). With PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Piano acc. Beautiful mint pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 9049. 11” Fonotipia 92204/92205 [XPh3399/XPh3393]. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul pas- so / MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boïto). Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 9062. 11” Col. Fonotipia 92208/92209 [XPh3396/XPh3410]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 9070. 11” Fonotipia 92212/92213 [XPh3373/XPh3397]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Improvviso / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Si, fui soldato (Giordano). Cons. 2. $20.00. 9056. 11” Fonotipia 92603/92604 [XPh3428/XPh4050]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / PAGLIACCI: No, pagliaccio non son (Leoncavallo). Cons. 2. $20.00. 9005. 11” Fonotipia 92605/92606 [XPh4089/XPh4067]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai / MANON LESCAUT: Ah! Manon, mi tradisce (Puccini). One very tiny rim flake side one, not up to raised groove. Cons. 2. $15.00. 9093. 11” Fonotipia 92605 [XPh4089/XPh3373]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 9053. 11” Fonotipia 92608 / 69293 [XPh4049/XPh5188]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / LUIGI MONTESANTO [b]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $20.00. 9044. 11” Fonotipia 92813/92736 [XPh4687/XPh4459]. TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara. With LINDA CANNETTI [s] / CANNETTI [s]. TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). Cons. 2. $20.00. 9046. 11” Fonotipia 92821/92822 [XPh4711/XPh4712]. OTELLO: Già nella notte densa (Verdi). Two sides. With ESTER MAZZOLENI [s]. Good surface material. Some minor (harmless) marks, gen. 2. $25.00.

257 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 9072. 11” Fonotipia 92851/92852 [XPh4944/XPh4709-2]. FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ ella mi creda / FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Sono Ramerez (Puccini). Cons. 2. $35.00. 9085. 11” Maroon PW Parlophone-Odeon PO 107 [XPh4049/XPh4070]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). Side two with PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Mint. Fine ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 9092. 11” Yellow Hist. Odeon O-5605 [XPh4049/XPh4070]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi) / OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). Side two with PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Excellent early ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 9118 11” Multi-Color Brazilian Odeon 40114/40116 [Rx 268?/Rx275]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / LUCIA: Fra poco (Donizetti). Announced. Piano acc. Recorded by the “Casa Edison” in Rio de Janeiro for sale only in Brazil, circa. 1906. Some MGTs, otherwise gen. 3. $200.00. 1290. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1399. MANON LES- CAUT: Ah! Manon, mi tradisce / TOSCA: O dolci mani (both Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1192. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1433. ANDREA CHÉ- NIER: Si, fui soldato (Giordano) / PAGLI- ACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2641. 12” Cream Notes Brazilian Columbia S5074 [30924-2/30921-1]. FAUST: Tardi si fà (Gounod). With ALICE NIELSEN [s] / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui Santuzza? (Mascagni). With MARIA GAY [c]. Side one issued only in South America. Small harmless PB. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3034. 12” Fonotipia 74176/74129 [XXPh3409/ XXPh3453]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre / EDOARDO GARBIN [t]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 3447. 12” Red PW HMV DB 953 [CR496-I/ CR497-I]. OTELLO: Mio Signore / GIOVANNI ZENATELLO OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE NOTO [b]. Recorded live at Covent Garden, 17 June, 1926. Lbl. stkrs., IMs. Surfaces just about 1-2. $10.00. 2970. 12” White lbl. Orth. blk. vinyl Vla 6714 [Ck1918-IV/Ck1919-II]. OTELLO: Già nella notte denza (Verdi) [Act I Duet] (Verdi). Two sides. With HINA SPANI [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2453. 12” Orth. “Z” type shellac Red Vla 6824. OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi / OTELLO: Morte d’Otello (Verdi). Only “Z” type shellac pressing of this I’ve ever seen. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2454. 12” Orth. Red Vla 6824. Same as preceding listing (item #2453) but regular shellac. Label side two signed in black ink by Zenatello. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2632. 12” Orth. Red Vla 6961. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Side two preceded by an inidentified bass singing the Jailer’s few lines. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2535. 12” Orth. Red Vla 7236. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Barcarola / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morte di Riccardo (Verdi). Rare in original form. Side two with G. MARION [s], A. BOEMI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 4415. 12” Orth. Red Vla 7236. Same as preceding listing (item #2535). Cons. 2. $12.00. 3105. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 20. Same as preceding listings (items #2535 and #4415) but later historical edition. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2460. 12” Orth. Red Vla 7314. CARMEN: Sei tu? / CARMEN: No, mai Carmen non cederà (Bizet). In Italian. Rare original in beautiful condition. With MARIA GAY [c]. Small portion of lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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NICOLA ZEROLA [t]. Naples, 1876-New York, 1936. His debut was in , 1898, and he was heard in various European theaters. In 1907 he first visited the U.S. and in 1908 appeared for a season with the Manhattan Opera. 1910-11 he was with the Philadelphia-Chicago Opera and 1911-12 with Hammerstein’s London Opera House. At the Metropolitan Opera he appeared during the season of 1920-21 in a Sunday night concert and as Canio, and, finally, a gala testimonial concert for Andreas Dippel. More than twenty celebrities in addition to Zerola were featured that evening, including Lydia Lipkowska, Riccardo Stracciari, Ellen Beach Yaw, Alice Nielsen, Margaret Matzenauer and Nellie and Sara Kouns. Zerola subsequently appeared with various smaller New York City companies. His voice was often compared to that of Tamagno in dramatic intensity. One of his last performances seems to have been at Carnegie Hall in a benefit evening in the late 1920s featuring the first act of the opera Vanna by Salvatore Virzi, a member of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Conductor Giuseppe Creatore refused to direct the second act, supposedly as a result of insufficient rehearsals. 1516. 10” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Vla 87046. OTELLO: Addio santé memorie (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00 1826. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64166. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1015. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64167. BALLO IN MASCHERA: La rivedrò nell’ estasi (Verdi). Beautiful copy, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1541. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64170. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 1714. 10” Red Pats. “B” plate Victor 64172. IL TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra (Verdi). Just about 1-2 $10.00. 2041. 10” Red Victor 64206. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1751. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64207. L’ALBA NASCENTE (Attilio Parelli). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2266. 10” Blue Victor 45217. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2881. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 74216. AN-DREA CHÉNIER: Improvviso (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $15.00. IDA ZIZOLFI [ms]. Palermo, 1888 - ? . She studied at the Palermo Conservatory and made her debut in 1908 at the Reggio Emilia in Mefistofele. For the next decade plus, she appeared in a number of Italian theaters such as the Milano Teatro Regio and principal houses in Modena, Firenze, Pisa and Livono, citing a few. While her career seems to have been mostly in Italy, she did perform in San Francisco at the Tivoli Opera in 1912. Her roles included parts such as Amneris, Azucena, Suzuki and Maddelena. 2601. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68539 [561aj/z5286f]. IDA ZIZOLFI LA FAVORITA: O mio Fernando / HIPO-LITO LAZARO [t]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Tiny piece of Scotch tape attached to rim (not into grooves) but I can’t see for what reason. Otherwise few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. FRIEDRICH ZOHSEL [t] 3309. 12” Green No-Dog Gramophone 15982 [510as/511as]. LOHENGRIN: Abschied / : Gebet (both Wagner). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00. CHORAL 78 rpm RECORDINGS ASSOCIATED GLEE CLUBS OF AMERICA [850 Voices] 1471. 10” Copper Flags elec.. Columbia 348-D [W140484-1/W140486-1].l DISCOVERY (Grieg) / A PLAINSMAN’S SONG (Paul Bliss). Recorded during a concert per- formance in the Metropolitan Opera House, March 31, 1925. My uncle was one of the singers, but with 850 voices you won’t hear him individually! Just about 1-2. $15.00.

259 CHORAL 78 rpm RECORDINGS 3927. 12” Blk. EE Columbia 50013-D [W98163-1/W98166-1]. JOHN PEEL (Mark An- drews) / ADESTE FIDELES (Christmas Hymn). Side two augmented by “the audience of 4000 voices at the Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y.” March 31, 1925. Just about 1-2. $12.00. JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER [composer/speaker], NOBLE CAIN dir. CHICAGO A CAPPELLA CHOIR, ORCHESTRA and ORGAN 1211. 10” Orth. Victor 1559, 1560. SONG OF FAITH (Carpenter). Also includes the original four-page brochure supplied by Victor with the records and a vocal/piano score of the work. Pressed on Vitrolac (a heavy plastic-type substance). IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 1346. 10” PW Blk. (gold print) Victor 26529, 26530. SONG OF FAITH (Carpenter). Same as above short-lived issue (item #1346), re-issued around 1939 and likewise quickly discontinued. This does not include the additions mentioned above. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ALBERT COATES [conductor] dir. CHOIR from CHORUS of the BRITISH NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY 4029. 12” Blk. elec. PW HMV D.1036 [Cc6424-1/Cc6225-2]. BLESSING, GLORY AND WISDOM (J. S. Bach). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00. OSKAR FRIED [conductor] dir. BERLIN STAATSOPER CHOIR and ORCHESTRA 3078. 12” Blk. elec. Schall. Grammophon 66518 [170bi/173bi]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Jägerchor (v.Weber) / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Spinnerchor (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00. M. KLIMOFF [conductor] dir. RUSSIAN STATE CHOIR 3413. 12” Red Orth. Vla 20-9251 [CKR2700-II/CKR2701-I]. IN THE DARK WOODS [DANCE SONG] (Pastschenko) / SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Balakierev). Just about 1-2. $7.00. MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR dir. by ANTHONY C. LUND 3946. 12” Blk. EE Victor 35760. DIE ALLMACHT [GREAT IS JEHOVAH] (Schubert). With JESSIE WILLIAMS [s] / EDWARD R. KIMBALL [organist]. THE LOST CHORD [Sullivan]. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. G. WALLACE WOODWORTH [conductor] dir. HARVARD GLEE CLUB 3250. 12” Red PW (silver print) Victor 18013. CARNIVAL SONG (Walter Piston). Two sides. With Boston Symphony Orch. Brass and Organ. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

VICTOR / BRUNSWICK LIGHT OPERA COMPANY “GEMS” / SELECTIONS 3099. 12” PW Blk (gold print) elec. Victor 35757 [takes 2/7]. THE STUDENT PRINCE (Donnelly-Romberg). With Kline [s], Crooks [t], Bauer [t], Murphy [t], Dadmun [b], Cairns [bs], etc. /.THE LOVE SONG (Kunneke-Offenbach). With Marsh [s], Kline [s], Della Baker [s], Elsie Baker [s], Clark [c], Crooks[t], Murphy [t], Dadmun [b], Cairns [bs], etc. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00. 3095. 12” PW Blk. (gold print) elec. Victor 35784 [19/24]. ROBIN HOOD (de Koven). Two sides. With Erva Giles [s], Kline [s], Marsh [s], Clark [c], Marie Stone Langston [c], Baur [t], Crooks [t], Hart [t], Dadmun [b], Glenn [bs], etc. Just about 1-2. $8.00 3093. 12” PW Blk. (gold print) elec. Victor 35819 [takes 10/10]. THE BOHEMIAN GIRL (Balfe). Two sides. Singers include Marsh [s], Kline [s], Rice [s], Clark [c], Murphy [t], Crooks [t], Hart [s], Dadmun [b], Croxton [s], etc. Just about 1-2. $8.00 3094. 12” PW Blk. (gold print) elec. Victor 35969 [takes 3/3]. THE NEW MOON (Hammerstein-Romberg). With Kline [s], Marsh [s], Della Baker [s], Baker [c], Clark [c], Harrison [t], Murphy [t], James [t], Dadmun [b], Croxton [bs], etc. / WHOOPEE (Kahn-Donaldson). With same singers as on side one. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3096. 12” Blk. acous. Brunswick 20012 [X11874/X11871]. NAUGHTY MARIETTA (Herbert) / THE PRINCE OF PILSEN (Luders). With Virginia Rea [s], Marie Tiffany [s], Elizabeth Lennox [c], Ralph Errolle [t], Theo Karle [t], Elliott Shaw [b], Wilfred Glenn [bs], etc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

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