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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs Minimum bid as indicated per item. Listings “Just about 1-2” should be considered as mint and “Cons. 2” with just minor marks. For collectors searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The further we get from the era of production (in many cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are actually from mint dealer stocks acquired years ago and others the result of having improved copies in my own collection (which is gradually being listed) via dozens of collections purchased over the past fifty years. * * * For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those records marked “late” are usually of high quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in this catalogue are excellent pressings from that era. Also featured are many “Z” shellac Victors, their best surface material (produced in the later 1930s) and PW (Pre-War) Victor, almost as good surface material as “Z”. Likewise laminated PW Columbia pressings (1923-1940) offer similarly fine sound. Vinyl pressings usually provide superb results. Needless to say, top copies of original pressings should provide superb results. * * * Please keep in mind that the minimum bids are in U.S. Dollars, a benefit to many collectors. These figures do not necessarily indicate the “value” of the items but rather the lowest minimum bid I can accept. Some will sell for much more, although bids at any figure you deem appropriate from the minimum on up are welcomed and appreciated. To avoid possible tie winning bids (which would otherwise be assigned to the earlier received bid), I’d suggest adding a cents amount to your bid. * * * “Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-1914), Victor pressed silver-on-black labels on the reverse sides of some of their single-faced recordings, usually featuring translations of the text or related comments. VERTICALLY CUT RECORDS. There were basically two vertical systems: the “needle-cut” method employed by Edison, which was also used by Aeolian-Vocalion and Lyric and the “sapphire ball” system of Pathé, also used by Rex. and vertical Okeh. While the grooving is similar (up and down or “hill and dale”), an Edison reproducer and its diamond point would ruin any other needle-cut vertical record. Emerson used the needle cut system early on but cut on a 45 degree angle, supposedly thereby playable either as a vertical or a lateral record. Pathé and its close French relatives (Dutreih, etc.) will be found under the vertical Pathé listings. Edison listings will include just Edison Discs. All other vertical records will be listed among 78s with vertical clearly marked. VINYL PRESSINGS. There are a number of vinyl pressings from various sources in this catalogue, mostly produced originally in extremely limited quantities (estimated from one to twenty). Red vinyl pressings were pressed as tests for the Victor Heritage Series in the late 1940s in quantities of three. The sound quality of vinyls is usually superior to most shellac issues. Those marked 10” (on 12”) are of 10” records (or other smaller sizes) pressed on 12” format (likely because 10” record presses weren’t available at the time). Some collectors will prefer the clean sound of most vinyl pressings, while others are attracted by the lure of original shellac pressings, which of course also provide excellent sound via clean copies. VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

UNIDENTIFIED and . Alan Kelly’s Gramophone matrix listings indicate that side one was among a group of matrices made to accompany a specially produced film to coordinate with the recording. The film featured mime actors or perhaps in some cases the singers themselves. These Biophon pressings utilized both published recordings and specially made selections (as in the case below). Both artists on side one below sound familiar to me, particularly the very capable soprano. Kelly’s matrix listings, however, don’t provide names, and that side wasn’t commercially issued by G&T. 2272. 12” Orange Biophon Gramophone G&T M.P. 914/042119 [0775v/496i]. DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Du liebst mich (Donizetti) / KARL JÖRN [t]. : Lohengrins Abschied (Wagner). Both sides are heavily rubbed with some greying and lt. scrs. While they look quite terrible, reproduction is (honestly) decent. Side one 5-6 and side two 6. $20.00. 2445. 12” Orange Biophon Gramophone G&T M.P. 627/M.P. 723 [528i/566i]. FLEDER- MAUS: Clock Duet, Act II / FLEDERMAUS: Waren zwei [Duet Hanna-Danilio] (Strauss). Both sides are special recordings made for Biophon. The artist’s names are not documented in Alan Kelly’s Gramophone matrix listings. Label of one side is reproduced in the Labels Section of this catalogue. 2. $35.00. - 23 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs BESSIE ABOTT [s]. 2472. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 78 [C-6237-1/C-4991-2]. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Tho- mas) / : Tutte le feste (Verdi). Side two with [b]. Only re-issue of both sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00 3436. 12” Canadian brown shellac Victor 89013 [C-4991-1?]. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (Verdi). With MARIO ANCONA [b]. Excellent, bright copy of this rare issue. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $25.00. LUIGI ABRATE [t]. 1556. 10” Purple acous. La Cigale (It. Columbia) D9334 [70438/70441]. IL PICCOLO MARAT: Ah! se tu m’ami Mariella / [b]. IL PICCOLO MARAT: Si, l’amante più bella (Mascagni). Excellent pressing. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00. [s]. 1593. 10” B&S Columbia 1198 [take 2]. COQUETTE (Stern). Written for Adams by her husband (cellist Leo Stern). Excellent example of Adams’ “Marchesi technique”. Bright label. Very decent copy. A few LGTs. Scuffed areas. 3-4. $175.00. ROSE ADER-TRIGONA [s]. Oderberg, Ger- many, 1890 – , 1955. Her career began in 1915 at the Stadttheater, where she remained until 1918. She was then with the for a season, returning to Hamburg in 1920, where she remained as a “permanent guest” until 1931. In 1921 she created the title role in the German premiere of Puccini’s . Ader was the composer’s great love from 1920 until his death. Said Puccini in a 1921 letter to her, “I think and will think about you, about your beauty, your eyes, your mouth, your hair, your hands, so many of your things so beautiful and dear that I would like to have here close to me.” She was heard in a number of other opera houses such as ’s Teatro Costanzi (as Mimì) in 1922, (1928-29), the Vienna Staatsoper (1931-38), the Théâtre Pigalle as Rosalinda in Der Fledermaus, repeating the same role at the next season. Being Jewish, she left in 1933. From 1949 until her death she taught in Buenos Aires. The disc below is the only published recording of her voice. – Letter quoted is from a group handled by leading musical autograph dealers J. and J. Lubrano: [email protected] 2226. 12” Dk. Blue PW Parlophon P.9257 [2- 20627/2-20628]. LA BOHÈME: Mi chia- mano Mimì / BOHÈME: Addio (Puccini). Couple lightest superficial scrs. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00. ROSE ADER-TRIGONA and AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t]. 1850. 10” Paris G&T 2-32689 [1469-F-1]. LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale (Meyerbeer). Inherent pressing depressions (which should be harmless), otherwise cons. 2. $12.00. 2155. 12” Paris G&T 032000 [2290-CS-II]. QUAND L’OISEAU CHANTE (Tagliafico). Piano acc. One small PB (should be harmless). An exceptionally fine copy of this early (1903) twelve-inch issue. Cons. 2. $40.00. [s]. 1563. 10” Plum PW It. Grammofono HN 829 [OBA-712/OBA-713]. NINNA-NANNA A LIA- NA / GIRO-TONDO (both Renato Bellini). A virtually unknown Albanese disc. Her first recording. Few LSS, superficial rubs, 3-4. $35.00. 1895. 10” Red VdP DA 5372 [OBA-3543/OBA-3544]. COLOMBETTA (Buzzi-Peccia) / TU MI CHIAMI (Scarlatti). Early. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3494. 12” Melotone Acetate Off-the-Air from May 16, 1946, WOR (NYC) Broadcast. : Pronto io son / DON PASQUALE: Vado corro (Donizetti). Two sides. With [b]. Lt. rubs, 2. $35.00. CARLO ALBANI [t]. See also: MARIUS CORPAIT [t] 1622. 10” Dk. Blue Odeon A.82634/A.82635 [Mo ? /Mo779]. : Di pescator ignobile (Donizetti) / : Rachele, allor che Iddio (Halévy). 2. $20.00. - 24 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2255. 12” Red vinyl Vla mat. C-4898. ANDREA CHENIER: Un di all’azzuro spazio (Gior- dano). Unpublished except for HRS and AGSB editions. This is a superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ENRICA ALBERTI [s]. Pavia, Italia, 1899 - ? . She studied voice in Genova under Mo. Devodi and appears to have made her debut around 1919. Appearances included various Italian houses as well as in Cairo and in roles such as Mimì and Musetta, Nedda, Desdemona, Liù and Micaëla. Her last performance traced was at the Teatro Grattacielo in Genova, 1947. See: ALDO FERRARESI [violinist] in 78 rpm Instrumental section. FRANCES ALDA [s]. See also: JESSIE DONAHUE [s] 1481. 10” Vla 64692. RULE BRITTANIA! (Arne). Short catalogue life. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1341. 10” Vla 64781. LADDIE IN KHAKI (Ivor Novello). As with item above, short cata- logue life. Only form of issue. Lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00. 1453. 10” Vla 1005. I HEARD YOU GO BY (Daniel Wood) / VALE (Kennedy Russell). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2973. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88213. : Ave Maria (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2890. 12” Red Victor 88521. CHANSON D’AMOUR (J. Hollman). With [vln]. Piano acc. . Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2292. 12” Red Vla 6038. : Je dis que rien (Bizet) / BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3064. 12” Red Vla 6370 [takes 4/1]. SARI: Love’s Own Sweet Song (Kálmán) / MADE- LEINE: A Perfect Day (). Side one rare April, 1924 remake with orchestra. Side two a creator performance (Met, 1914), conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00. ALEXANDR ALEXANDROVICH [t].Nizh- ny Novgorod, 1881 – USA (?), 1955. The real surname of this gifted lyric tenor was Pokrovsky. His early studies were physics and mathematics at the St. Petersburg University and then he began vocal studies. His operatic debut took place in 1909 at the Mariinsky Theater as Sinodal in , and he remained a member of that company until 1919. He was first heard at the Bolshoi in 1916 and appeared in and Paris during their Russian seasons. He left around 1920 and appeared in primarily as a concert singer. The Internet source, “Forgotten Opera Singers” (Ashot Arakelyan), source of this information, gives his death as having occurred in the U.S. in 1955, but I can’t find any information as to his having lived or performed here. 2935. 12” Blk. Russ. Angel Amour Gram. 022313/022314 [2764c/2765c]. O CHILD, BENEATH THY WINDOW, Op. 63, No. 6 (Tschaikowsky) / PEN- SÉE D’AUTOMNE (Massenet). Very minor lbl. scrs., surface cons. 2. $60.00. 2937. 12” Blk. Russ. Angel Amour Gram. ALEXANDR ALEXANDROVICH 024076/024077 [2783½c/02784c]. : Il se fait tard / FAUST: O nuit d’amour (Gounod). With ELENA KATULSKAYA [s]. Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $60.00. PERCEVAL ALLEN [s] -3163. 7” Blk. London G&T 3312 [5012]. A ROUNDELAY (Lidgey). Few LGTs, otherwise very clean 2. $25.00. [bs] 3378. 10” elec. Eng. Columbia 5432 [WA2795/WA2815]. OFF TO PHILADELPHIA (Tem- ple-Hayes) / A WEST COUNTRY COURTING (O’Reilly-Sanderson). Piano acc. Side one very lt. rubbing, 2. Side two cons. 2. $7.00. GITTA ALPAR [s]. , 1903-Los Angeles, 1991. Born Regina Klopfer and the daugh- ter of a Cantor, Alpar studied in Budapest, making her operatic debut in 1923, singing principal coloratura roles there as well as in , Vienna and London. She became a celebrated - 25 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs star from the late 1920s, appearing as such on stage and in films. Being Jewish, her career in Germany ended in 1933 and she left Germany, first for and , then England and eventually the . She settled in in 1939 and appeared on occasion there, including in the 1941 film The Flame of New Orleans, but she subsequently “faded from view”, likely, as one source indicates, the result of heavily accented English, although this seemed not to be a big hindrance earlier in England. – Internet sources. 2288. 12” PW Maroon Parlophone-Odeon R20082 [TM474/TM479]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart) / : Ballatella (Leoncavallo). In German. Orch. dir Fritz Zweig. Excellent laminated pressing from Homocord matrices. Few harmless lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00. [b]. See also: [t], JOHANNA GADSKI [s] 1286. 11” Fonotipia 62370/62371 [XPh3940/ XPh3908]. ‘A SIRENA (Valente) / SE- RENATA NAPOLITANA (Costa). With piano and mandolin. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2240. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88338 [C-2284-2]. OTELLO: Brindisi (Verdi). With (both uncredited) PIETRO AUDISIO [t], AN- GELO BADA [t]. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2245. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88473 [C-14534-2]. : Sei vendicata assai (Mey- PASQUALE AMATO and MRS. AMATO erbeer). Just about 1-2. $10.00. MARIO ANCONA [b]. 1972. 10” White vinyl RCA Victor 87011 [B-4397-2]. INVANO (Tosti). One small press. bump will tick a few grooves, otherwise as new. 1-2. $10.00. 3061. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88170 [C-6045-1]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Un di m’era di gioia (Giordano). Rare, short lived original issue. One minor rub, just about 1-2. $12.00. 2518. 12” PW Red Vla IRCC 13 [C-4271-1/C-6057-1]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / SÉRÉNADE DE DON JUAN, Op. 38, No. 1 (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2418. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 130 [C-6045/C-4992]. ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì m’era di gioia (Giordano) / FAUST: Morte di Valentino (Gounod). Side two first edition. Couple lightest mks. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3690. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1003 (88500/74098). : Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs] / CARLO ALBANI [t]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3029. 12” Lilac HMV AGSB 64 [C-4284-1/C4992-1]. : O de’ verd’anni miei (Verdi) / FAUST: Morte di Valentin (Gounod). I don’t believe that this AGSB number was actually issued, as with Pinza’s AGSB 103, although there are a few copies in circu- lation. Just about 1-2. $35.00. PETER ANDERS [t]. 1470. 10” Blue Telefunken A1510 [19362/19363]. TURNADOT: Non piangere Liù / : Nessun dorma (Puccini). In German. Orch. dir. Wilhelm Reuß. Few scarcely noticeable (i.e. lightest) rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 2721. 12” Maroon Electrola EH 1359 [2RA6561-1/2RA6562-2]. DER ZSAREWITSCH: Wolgalied (Lehár) / ZIRKUSPRINZESSIN: Zwei Märchenaugen (Kálmán). Staatskepelle Orch. dir. Werner Eisbrenner. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2219. 12” Maroon Electrola EH 1364 [2RA6563-1/2RA6564-1]. LAND OF SMILES: Immer nur lächelns / LAND OF SMILES: Dein is mein ganzes Herz (Lehàr). Berlin Staatskapelle Orch. dir. Werner Eisbrenner. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs ADELAIDE ANDREYEVA VON SKILONDZ [s]. St. Petersburg, 1882-, 1969. Having studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, she began her career in the Mariinsky Theater, 1904. In 1909 she created the role of the Queen of Shemakha (who sings the memorable “Hymn to the Sun”) in the St. Petersburg world premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Le Coq d’Or. She also had great success at the Berlin Hofoper, but she left there for Stockholm at the beginning of , continuing her career in Stockholm in opera until 1920 and then in concert for another decade. Stockholm remained her home until her death, where she taught, her pupils having included Kerstin Meyer, Kim Borg and Elisabeth Söderström. 1440. 10” Blk. acous. Nordiska Polyphon S4019 [1432at/1433at]. MADEMOISELLE RO- COCO, Op. 97, No. 3 (Erkki Melarin) / DET ÄR SÅ UNDERLIGA STÄLLEN (Ven- dela Hebbe). Just about 1-2. $25.00. IVAR ANDRESEN [bs]. 3905. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7230-M [WAX4892- 2/WAX4893-2]. DER SELT’NE BETER (Loewe). Two sides. Piano acc. Dr. Franz Hallasch. Just about 1-2. $12.00. REMO ANDREINI [t]. See: [s]

GIUSEPPE ANSELMI [t]. ADELAIDE ANDREYEVA VON SKILONDZ 1228. 11” Fonotipia 62167/62267 [XPh2571/ XPh2869]. : Il mio tesoro (Mozart) / ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi, soleil (Gounod). In Italian. 2. $20.00. 1191. 11” Fonotipia 62166/62168 [XPh2836/XPh2569]. : Oh! fede negar potessi / LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al placido (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1248. 11” Columbia-Fonotipia 62185/62275 [XPh2604/XPh3066]. : Recondita armonia (Puccini) / SERENATA [BLANCA È LA NOTTE] (Anselmi). Minor lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. 1250. 11” Fonotipia 62270/62271 [XPh2840/XPh2841]. PEARL FISHERS: A quella voce …Mi par d’udire ancor (Bizet). Two sides. Couple of minor indentations. 2-3. $15.00. 1271. 11” Fonotipia 62282/62283 [XPh3911/XPh2914]. : Dai campi / ME-FISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo estremo (Boïto). Fine copy, cons. 2. $15.00. 1299. 11” Fonotipia 62288/62289 [XPh2844/XPh2845]. PAGLIACCI: O Colombina (Leon- cavallo) / MANRÙ: Come al sol cocente (Paderewski). Cons. 2. $15.00. 1298. 11” Fonotipia 62405/62406 [XPh4063/XPh4064]. COMM’O ZUCCARO (Fonzo) / AMMORE ‘E FEMMENA (Nardella). Cons. 2 $20.00. 1214. 11” Fonotipia 62561/62562 [XPh4435/XPh4434]. AÏDA: Celeste Aïda (Verdi) / MATTINATA (Leoncavallo). 2. $20.00. FERNAND ANSSEAU [t] 2952. 12” Red PW Czech Gramola DB 1007 [CTR3187-I/CTR3188-I]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba / PAGLIACCI: No, Pagliaccio non son! (Leoncavallo). In Italian. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Few harmless rubs. 2. $15.00 2749. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1384 [CS4261-II/CS4262-ITI]. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). Two sides. With EDITH ORENS [ms]. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00. LUISA ARDIZZONI-TOSI [s]. Cento, , 1882-, MA, 1964. She first studied at the Conservatory Rossini in with Mo. Bozzi. Her debut was at the Teatro Comunale of Castelforentino as Mimì in La Bohème. She wed Umberto Tosi, apparently also a singer, and she (perhaps they) performed in various spots, particularly the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and in the Boston area. Interestingly, the speaking voice of Umberto can be heard on the Marston CD set Edison Trials. Tosi had been hired by Edison to recruit and record operatic voices on trial cylinders (which he announced) for the Edison Phonograph Co. in 1912-13. A thorough biography of Mme. Ardizzoni- Tosi (an excellent artist judging by the rare disc below) should indeed prove interesting. 2266. 12” Blk. Victor 68301. NINNA NANNA (Leoncavallo) / MUSICA PROIBITA (Gastal- don). Just about 1-2. $20.00. - 27 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs KATHARINA ARKANDY [s]. Budapest, 1896-1961. Arkandy’s first appearances were as a child prodigy when she toured the Hungarian provinces. Her operatic debut was in 1918 at the Budapest National Opera, where she met , who became her mentor. From 1921-25 she was a leading coloratura at the Munich Opera as the successor to Maria Ivogün. After a season in London, 1926-27, Arkandy decided to remain there, giving concerts and radio performances. Her few and beautiful records are Polydor acoustics as well as one electrical ensemble disc for HMV in 1928. – from 2014 VRCS CD notes. 2498. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65731 [1027as/1028as]. DORFSCHWALBEN AUS OESTER- REICH / FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN (both Johann Strauss). Few very lt. rubs side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $65.00. 3276. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65732 [1020as/1026as]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Martern aller Arten / MAGIC FLUTE: Rache-Arie (both Mozart). Just about 1-2. $75.00. GIUSEPPE ARMANINI [t]. Milano, 1874-Milano- 1913. A pupil of Alberto Selva in Milano, Armanini was first heard on stage at the Rome Teatro as Cassio in Otello. In 1902 he made a second debut as a principal tenor, singing Gounod’s Faust at the Milano . Featured in a number of Italian theaters, including La Scala and the Palermo Teatro Massimo, Armanini also appeared in Russia, South America and, in 1912, California with the touring Mario Lombardi troupe. His roles included Fenton in , Almaviva, Enzo in , Rodolfo, and many other parts ranging from lyric through dramatic. His death (the cause not specified in various writings) occurred just a day after his 41st birthday. 1415. 10” Green Columbia E2484 [42211/42219]. : Sogno nel poso / ISABEAU: Se vili tutti qui (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $12.00. BLANCHE ARRAL [s]. 2183. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 74146 [C-6906-1]. I LOMBARDI: Polonaise (Verdi). While this appeared in the Victor Heritage Series on red vinyl, the stampers for that series appear to have been buffed. Also the vinyl on these tests is of a more solid type than that used for the Heritage pressings, making (to my ears) clearer and brighter reproduction. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GIUSEPPE ARMANINI 3189. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74151. ROMÈO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2554. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 19 [C-6906-1/C-6907-1]. I LOMBARDI: Polonaise (Verdi) / FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Label side one signed by Arral. Just about 1-2. $20.00 2267. 12” Pink PW IRCC 60. MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas) / GIROFLÉ-GIROFLA: Le punch scintille (Lecocq). Good quality transfers from Edison cylinders. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2420. 12” Green PW IRCC 112. LA PERLE DU BRÉSIL: Charmant oiseau (David) / LE GRAND MOGOL: Snake Waltz (Audran). Fine transfers from Edison cylinders. Label autographed by Arral. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2284. 12” Green PW IRCC 112. Same as previous listing, including label autographed by Arral. Harmless 1” rim crk. side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. AUSTRAL [s]. See also: [bs] FERNANDO AUTORI [bs]. 1374. 10” PW Red elec. Fonotipia 168034 [Pho5781/Pho5784]. FAUST: Dio dell’ or (Gou- nod) / MEFISTOFELE: Ave Signor (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $12.00. CONCHITA BADIA [s]. 1606. 10” Red Argentine Scroll Vr 4465. MAÑANICA ERA; EL MAJO TIMIDO (both Grana- dos) / JOTA (de Falla). Piano acc. Fine pressing. Few lt. rubs, 2. $15.00. [b]. See also: ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [b], MARIA SANTOLEVA [s] 1806. 10” Blue elec. Odeon M6073 [Pho6369/Pho6392]. : Vezzosa figlia (Massenet) / MEISTERSINGER: Serenata di Beckmesser (Wagner). Elec. Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00. - 28 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs -3146. 12” Blue Victor 55043 [02925v/02288v]. CRISTOFORO COLOMBO: Aman lassù le stelle (Franchetti) / ADELAIDE DI ANNA [s], GINO GIOVANELLI [t], GINO LUS- SARDI [b], VINCENZO BETTONI [bs]. LUCIA: Sextette (Donizetti). Missing two singers! Just about 1-2. $12.00. ELSIE BAKER [c]. See: OLIVE KLINE [s]. 3525. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 31364. ANGEL’S SERENADE (Braga). With violin obb. (un- identified player). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3040. 12” Blk. Victor 35455. THE HOLY CITY: Eye Hath Not Seen / REED MILLER [t]. THE HOLY CITY: My Soul is Athirst for God (Alfred Gaul, Op. 36). Minor lbl. mks. top of side one (possibly sticker removed). Cons. 2. $7.00. GEORGE BAKLANOFF [b]. 3530. 12” acous. Czech Gramola DB 584 [C-22875-3/C-22883-1]. BALLO IN MAS- CHERA: Eri tu / OTELLO: Era la notte (both Verdi). Recorded by Victor but never issued in the U.S. 2. $15.00. 2389. 12” PW elec. Eng. Parlophone E11014 [2-79512/2-79513]. : Prince Igor’s Aria, Act II (Borodin). Two sides. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. GINO BALDI [t]. , 1922 – Bogotà, Col., 2010. He appears to have moved with his family to Italy in 1928. In the later 1940s and ‘50s he was active and successful in Italy in various popular song festivals (San Remo, etc.) and appeared on RAI (a sample is available on YouTube). He returned to the U.S., likely to the area, and sang in various concert events and night clubs. That Baldi had operatic aspirations (which may or may not have been realized) is apparent from the acetate disc below. Press information for a concert appearance in New Jersey mentioned that he sang at La Scala, although this isn’t confirmed elsewhere. He recorded commer- cially in Italy in the 1950s for Fonit (Fonodisco Italiano Trevisan Milano) popular Italian songs of the period. 3314. 12” Farnan (acetate), Brooklyn, NY. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi, soleil (Gounod). Piano acc. Undated. Professional studio recordings. Cons. 2. $12.00. (WALTER) BENTLEY BALL [b]. Newark, OH, 1878 – Wayne, PA, 1957. A well known concert singer in the 1900-1930 period, he studied in the U.S. and specialized in song literature from folk music (both American and international) through lieder. He was hired by Columbia in 1919 to record a group of American songs, advertised as “probably the most authentic collection of genuine American folk songs ever collected". His singing, however, is very much rooted in the concert style of the time, including prominent rolled “r”s, and his recordings were soon supplanted by those of more authentic folk singers. The record below uses both English and Indian texts, side one with orchestra and side two with oboe and tom-tom, the final selection unaccompanied. 3367. 10” Blue acous. Columbia A3083 [90049- /90052-]. HIAWATHA’S DEPARTURE; MY BARK CANOE (Ojibway (WALTER) BENTLEY BALL Indian Songs) / TRIBAL PRAYER (Omaha Indian Song); LOVE CALL (Iroquois Indian Song). Small lbl. stkr. one side. Just about 1-2. $12.00. SAMUEL BARBER [b/composer] 2689. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Victor 8998. DOVER BEACH (Barber). Two sides. With Curtis String Quartet. Just about 1-2. $35.00. ELVIRA BARBIERI [s]. See: [b] INEZ BARBOUR (Mrs. Henry Hadley) [s]. 1792. 10” Argentine Orth. Victor White lbl. Personal Record (no numbers). THE TIME OF PARTING (Tagore-Henry Hadley). Piano acc. by Henry Hadley. Probably recorded around 1926. Seems to be the only electrical recording by either Mr. or Mrs. Hadley. Other than being an important American composer and conductor (and founder of Tanglewood), Henry Hadley was the first American conductor to direct in Buenos Aires (multiple concerts including Beethoven’s 9th). This was about the time this recording was made. I’d never seen or heard of this disc before this turned up. Unfortunately it is in about 6 condition, heavily rubbed, one tiny (harmless) edge crk., and quite noisy although filtering and stylus experimentation may help. Soiled label somewhat cleaned up in photo. $20.00. - 29 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs JOHN BARCLAY [b]. Surrey, England, 1892- ? . The son of a military man, Barclay served in the British Army for five years after graduating from Pembroke College in Cambridge. He then studied voice with from 1919-21 and made a “pronounced success” at the Cannes Opera in 1921. He was then engaged by the Opera, where it was announced that he would be creating “the role of Ulysses in Reynaldo Hahn’s opera Nausicaa, having been chosen … by the composer”. Presumably this occurred. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1922 and remained here from then on, active as a concert and recital singer. He also appeared in Vitaphone films, where he was billed as “the tallest in the world”. One of these productions was of Barclay singing (parts of?) various arias, imitating noted singers including Chaliapin. Part of the act was a “quick change routine”. He was also a radio artist with the CBS network in the 1930s and WGN in Chicago (as a “radio commentator” and singer) into at least the mid-1940s. 1430. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 5184 [9874/9877]. DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES (Jonson)/ JOHN BARCLAY LOCH LOMOND (Old Scottish Air). Just about 1-2. $7.00. [s]. See also: [t] 1288. 11” Fonotipia 39012/39084-2 [XPh31/XPh394]. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss) / [t]. I PURITANI: A te, o cara (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1256. 11” Fonotipia 39825/39826 [XPh1653/XPh2172]. LUCIA: Sulla tomba (Donizetti). With [t] / LA SCALA CHORUS. MEISTERSINGER: Coro d’introduzione (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2877. 12” Purple Eng. Columbia 7337 [49113-1? /49171-2?]. THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER [QUI SOLA, VERGIN ROSA] (Flotow) / VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). Note that take numbers in the 7300 series are usually not visible. Excellent laminated mid-‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00 2878. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68053-D [49386-5/49763-1]. LE COQ D’OR: Salut à toi, soleil (Rimsky-Korsakov) / : Ah! non giunge (Bellini). Take 2 was also apparently issued for side one (according to the Rust-Brooks Columbia Master Book, Vol. IV. A few superficial rubs. Fine “Flags” surface material. 2. $10.00. 3286. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 71002-D [49616-2/49766-1]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi) / LUCIA: Verrano a te sull’ aure (Donizetti). With CHARLES HACKETT [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3191. 12” Blue Columbia 8908-M [49372-2/49598-1]. : Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi) / MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3190. 12” Blue Columbia 7036-M [49803-2/49171-2]. THEME AND VARIATIONS (Proch) / VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). Three short patinas (about ½” each) start of side one, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00. 2879. 12” Blue (blue shellac) Columbia 5130-M [49793-2/49794-1]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa … Io sono docile (Rossini). Two sides. Tiny lbl. tear. Just about 1-2. $10.00. (EDWIN) MICHAEL BARTLETT [t]. Oxford, MA, 1901-Webster, MA, 1978. Born to a well-to-do family, Edwin was named after his father. As his career progressed, Edwin changed his name to Michael (his middle name, Alonzo, being a more unlikely choice). He was a graduate of Princeton in 1924 with a business degree. While there he studied voice with tenor John Barnes Wells. After graduation he prepared further in Italy with baritone until Campanari’s death in 1927. He then made his Italian operatic debut in Gorizio as Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia. Upon returning to the U.S. Bartlett made two private recordings for Victor. He again visited Italy for additional study, this time with Alfredo Martino, and performed with a touring Italian opera company. Following his return to the U.S., he was active in Hollywood, appearing in films with Grace Moore and Marian Talley, among others, as well as with the Chicago Opera and Cincinnati Zoo Opera. Bartlett was also frequently heard on various radio programs and made two published (but scarce) discs (in England) for Columbia in 1937. Experiencing vocal difficulties later in his career, he retired in 1953. He then studied with , learning the roles of Otello, Tristan and Rhadames (which sounds to me rather a brave leap for a light lyric tenor experiencing vocal distress). He resumed his opera and concert career in 1963 and actually gave two performances as Otello in Syracuse, NY, in 1966 with baritone Richard Torigi and soprano Sylvia Khatchadourian. Most of his later work was in musicals, and he was in the original Broadway pro-

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs duction of Sondheim’s Follies in 1971 in the role of Roscoe, an aging tenor. This was likely Bartlett’s last visit to the stage. He made two private recordings for Victor in 1927, both listed below. 1601. 10” White lbl. elec. Victor Special Record mat. BVE-39176-2. HOMING (del Riego). Piano acc. . Label signed “Most sincerely, Mike”. Patch of dampness roughness causes diminishing light sound for about 1½”, otherwise gen. 2. $30.00. 3116. 12” White lbl. elec. Victor Special Record mat. CVE-39175-2. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Label signed “To Dee, Most sincerely, Mike”. Taped (silent) hair crk., otherwise 2-3. $30.00. VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [s]. See also: BERNARDO DE MURO [t] 2944. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 053291/ 053292 [02350v/02349v]. ISABEAU: Mio padre … e Re! / ISABEAU: Questo mio bianco manto (Mascagni). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00. MARIA BASILIDES [c] 3225. 12” PW Plum Czech HMV AN 209 MICHAEL BARTLETT and MARIAN TALLEY from 1936 film Follow Your Heart [CW5056-I/CW5057-II]. HÁROM ÁRVA (Kodály). Two sides. With BÉLA BAR- TÓK [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $40.00. [b] 3437. 12” PW Gold Edison elec. 47002 [N-476-A/N-477-A]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leonca- vallo). Two sides. One press. bump middle side two may sound about ¼”. One scarcely noticeable hair crk. side two (not through to side one) absolutely harmless, just into grooves. Otherwise cons. 2. $25.00 3332. 12” Blue PW Columbia Master Works 68602-D [CBX1432-1/CBX1437-1]. L’ARLE- SIANA: Racconto del Pastore (Cilèa) / IL FIGLIUOL PRODIGO: Raccogli e calma (Ponchielli). Couple lightest rubs, still just about 1-2. $12.00. FRANCESCO BATTAGLIA [t]. 2195. 12” Red acous. Schall. Grammophon 72964 [2153as/2154as]. GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: O tu che in seno agli angeli (Verdi). Lbl. stkr. side one. Superficial rubs, side one 2-3, side two gen. 3. $35.00. JANE BATHORI [ms]. 1568. 10” PW Blue Fr. Columbia D.13097 [WL1414-2/WL1556-1]. CLAIR DE LUNE (Fauré) / LIED (Chabrier). Self-accompanied. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1552. 10” PW Blue Eng. Col. LF 53 [WL2137/WL2138]. SIX CHANSONS FRANÇAISES (Germaine Tailleferre). Two sides. Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 1693. 10” Green (U.S.) Viva-Tonal Columbia 34492-F [WL2111-3/WL2112-3]. ÇA FAIT PEUR AUX OISEAUX (Bernard) / LA TOUR SAINT-JACQUES (Darcier). Self- accompanied. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00. MATTIA BATTISTINI [b]. 1381. 10” White lbl. Vla 91058 [439z-Ao2z]. DON GIOVANNI: Fin’ che dal vino (Mozart). 1902 G&T master. He repeats the air after being enthusiastially applauded by a small studio audience. Cons. 2. $25.00. 1849. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52668 [444z]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Fine early copy, gen. 2. $25.00. 1424. 10” Orange G&T 52672 [449z]. FAUST: Aria Valentino (Gounod). IMs. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $25.00. 1777. 10” Orange Dog Concert Gram. 2-52849 [17571b]. LA FAVORITA: Dei nemici tuoi (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2548. 12” Orange Dog Gram. Monarch 052147 [888c]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su queste rose (Berlioz). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2557. 12” Orange Dog Gram. Monarch 052320 [289ai]. IDEALE (Tosti). Piano acc. . Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2551. 12" Orange Dog Gram. Monarch 052322 [291ai]. MIA SPOSA SA- RÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2659. 12” Red (raised rim) HMV 052323 [292ai]. LA SERENATA (Tosti). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $10.00. 2608. 12” Red SR HMV 052325 [295aj]. NON M’AMA PIÙ (Tosti). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2945. 12” White lbl. HMV 052360 [217af]. : Ambo nati in questa valle (Doni- zetti). Various label markings. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3490. 12” White lbl. HMV 052357 [214af]. AFRICAINE: Figli di Re- gi (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. MATTIA BATTISTINI as Rigoletto $10.00. 3171. 12” White lbl. HMV 054455 [2820c]. FAUST: Morte di Valentino [Part 2] (Gounod). With ELVIRA BARBIERI [s] and Chorus. Excellent heavy pressing. Couple lt. mks. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3698. 12” Blk. vinyl Vla 92008 [880c]. ERNANI: Vieni meco (Verdi). With EMILIA CORSI [s]. Cons. 2. $8.00. 2247. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88232 [877c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2242. 12” late Yellow Deut. Gram. 85061 [877c/886c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Excellent late pressing. Fine shellac. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2486. 12” heavy Red Disque Gram. DB 208 [236af/292ai]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza) / SERENATA (Tosti). Piano acc. Fine pressing. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 3646. 12” Red HMV DB 211 [219af/235af]. QUO VADIS: O febea pur essa (Nuoguès) / : Epitalamio (Rubinstein). Side two piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3723. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 214 [229af/268aj]. DELIZIA (Beethoven) / LE SOIR (Gounod). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3237. 12” Red Hist. DB 215 [278ai/224af]. THAÏS: D’acqua aspergimi (Massenet). With JANNI [s] / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Un buon servo del Visconte (Doni- zetti). With MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2725. 12” Red HMV DB 731 [Ck-1428-II/Ck1429-I]. PARIDE ED ELENA: O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck) / SI VOUS L’AVIEZ COMPRIS (Denza). Couple lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00. 2712. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 736 [Ck1423-I/Ck1427-II]. LA FAVORITA: A tanto amor! (Donizetti) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non più andrai (Mozart). Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. ANDRÉ BAUGÉ [b]. See: EDMÉE FAVART [s] GINO BECHI [b]. See also: GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI [t] 1953. 10” Wartime Red VdP DA 5380 [OBA3964/OBA3965]. MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli) / ITALIA D’OGGI (Bechi-Riccioni). Scarce, short lived issue. Light superficial rubs. 2. $15.00. 1657. 10” late Red VdP DA 5434 [OBA5272-II/OBA5273-II]. SOLI, SOLI NELLA NOTTE / LA STADA DEL BOSCO (both Bixio). From film Fuga a due voci. Exceptionally fine very late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1870. 10” late Red VdP DA 11334 [OBA7558-2/OBA7559-2]. RIGOLETTO: Ah, veglia, o donna / RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). With LYANA GRANI [s]. Orch. dir Argeo Quadri. Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. - 32 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs FRIEDEL BECKMANN [s]. See: HELGE ROSWAENGE [t] [s] 3096. 12” Red Milano G&T 053019 [577-R]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Piano acc. Excellent copy. One very small press. flaw (possible few lt. ticks), few LGTs. Exceptionally fine 2. $350.00. XENIA BELMAS [s]. 2373. 12” Red PW Ultraphone FP 110 [30433- 1/30434]. COQ D’OR: Hymne au soleil / SADKO: Chant Hindou (Rimsky-Korsa- kov). Side one in French, side two in Russian (although the label states “en Russe” for both sides). Unlike other com- panies, Ultraphon(e)’s indication of their take one is just the matrix number. A second take would be the matrix number followed by “-1” and so on. Just about 1-2. $35.00. PAUL BENDER [bs]. 2354. 12” Plum elec. Electrola EH 827 [2D1551- 2/2D1552-2]. EDWARD / ERLKÖNG (both Loewe). Piano acc. Michael Rau- GEMMA BELLINCIONI cheisen. Just about 1-2. $15.00. SAVERIO BENIGNO [t]. He also made a trial recording for Victor around the same time (1917). Aside from that I’ve found no information on him. 3370. 10” Vertical (needle) Lyric 6144. BARCAROLA (Neopolitan Folk Song) / LA PALOMA (Yradier). Cons. 2. $10.00. EDITH BENJAMIN [s]. She seems to have originally been from the San Francisco area, although advertising credits her as having been “a lyric soprano of the Royal English Opera company”. She toured in the U.S. early in the 1920s with violinist Carol (Carrie) Goebel Weston, a pupil of Leopold Auer. In addition to joint recitals, they performed with pianist Percy Grainger. Weston also appeared as an assisting artist to Giovanni Martinelli on a recital tour. Benjamin and Weston made at least one personal recording for Columbia around 1922 (listed below). 3366. 10” Grey Columbia Personal Record 91305. BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA (Lieurance). With CAROL GOEBEL WESTON [violinist]. Piano acc. Sam Lamber- son. Good surface material. Cons. 2. $20.00. AMADEO BERDINI [t]. Sant’ Elpidio a Mare, 1919-Milano, 1964. Befriended by Gigli, Berdini (born of a poor family) was provided through Gigli the opportunity to study in Rome and then Milano. He won a major competition in 1947 which led to his official debut as Rodolfo in La Bòheme in 1948. He was subsequently heard often on RAI and in various Italian theaters. His repertoire was extremely varied, including of Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, Massenet, Dallapiccola, Nino Rota and a number of other contemporary Italian composers. In 1951 he was John Claggart in the Rome Opera Italian premiere of Britten’s Billy Budd. Berdini’s death was at the untimely age of 43. 1557. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0227 [54271/54273]. : Nel verde Maggio (Catalani) / MARISTELLA: Io conosco un giardino (Pietri). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 2201. 12” Red Cetra 20513 [2-71345/2-71356]. SALVATOR ROSA: Mia piccirilla / LO SCHIAVO: Quando nascesti tu (Gomes). Lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00. ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t]. 2207. 11½” Pink acous. Fonografia Nazionale G2059/G2060, G2061/G2062. CAVALLE- RIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui Santuzza … Ad essi, non perdono (Mascagni). Four sides. With [b], VALERIA MANNA [s], ELVIRA CASAZZA [ms]. “Marco di Edizione” attached stamps signed by Bergamaschi and Manna. One small PB. Gen. 2-3. $80.00. 3319. 11½” Pink acous. Fonografia Nazionale G2035/G2036. CARMEN: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato / APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. CARMEN: Canzone del Torero (Bizet). “Marco di Edizione” attached stamp signed by Bergamaschi Gen. 2-3. $50.00. LAMBERTO BERGAMINI [t]. See: [s] [s]. 1485. 10” PW Red Grammophon 10169 [5883½bd/5884bd]. FLEDERMAUS: Mein Herr Marquis / FLEDERMAUS: Spiel’ ich die Unschuld (J. Strauss). Orch. dir Walter Schütze. Just about 1-2. $8.00. - 33 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2188. 12” Late Red Electrola DB 11594 [2RA7608-1/2RA7609-1]. LA BOHÈME: Mi chia- meno Mimì / LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). Side two with RUDOLF SCHOCK [t]. In German. Orch. dir. Wilhelm Schüchter. Just about 1-2. $12.00. JOEL BERGLUND [b]. 1539. 10” Plum Swedish HMV X.6008 [OSB686-2/OSB687-1]. SEÑORITA: Sympathy / SEÑORITA: Giannina Mia (R. Friml). Side two with HJÖRDIS SCHYMBERG [s]. Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1459. 10” Plum Swedish HMV X.6405 [OSB1110-1S/OSB1111-1S]. DU GAMLA, DU FRIA (trad. Swedish) / SVERIGE (Stenhammar). Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $8.00. PIERRE BERNAC [b]. 1872. 10” Red PW Victor 2011 [OLA2453-3/OLA2454-1]. LE JARDIN MOUILLÉ / COEUR EN PÉRIL (both Albert Roussel). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC. Attractive songs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2293. 12” Red Disque Gramophone W1586, W1587 [2LA4096-1/2LA4095-1; 2LA4098-1/ 2LA4097-2]. LA LYRE ET LES AMOUR (). Four sides. Conducted by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00. BARRON BERTHALD [t]. Berthald (sometimes Berthold) was referred to by the press as American by birth. He was hired by the Damrosch Opera on the spot to be their leading tenor in 1895 after rescuing them in a performance of Lohengrin when the scheduled tenor became ill at the last moment. The following season he created the leading tenor role in the Boston world stage premiere of Damrosch’s opera The Scarlet Letter, sharing the stage honors with soprano Johanna Gadski. He also sang at the Met in a company organized by Henry W. Savage during the autumn of 1900. Subsequently, he seems to have been active with various touring companies in the U.S., England (notably with the Carl Rosa Opera) and in , as well as having been on the roster of the Mainz Opera in Germany. His roles seem to be primarily Wagnerian, such as Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Siegmund. Berthold was appointed as the Director of Baltimore’s Peabody Institute Opera Department in 1918. 2364. 12” Blue Note Columbia A5382. DIE WALKÜRE: Introduction and Winterstüme / LOHENGRIN: Mein lieber Schwan (Wagner). His only commercially issued disc. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00. MIREILLE BERTHON [s] 1981. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4801 [OG82-II/ BS3693-II]. : Sur la mer calmée (Puccini) / SAPHO: Ce que j’appelle beau (Massenet). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. EMMY (HECKMANN-) BETTENDORF [s]. See also: [b] 1618. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 62367 [506at/ 507at]. : Sieh’, meiner hellen Tränen Flut / IL TROVATORE: Befreit, o welche Seligkeit (Verdi). With THEODOR SCHEIDL [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2654. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1926 [2-7715-II/2- 8017]. DIE TOTEN AUGEN: Lied der Psyche / DIE TOTEN AUGEN: O wär ich noch das un- wissende (d’Albert). Orch. dir. Frieder Weiss- mann. Wonderful copy. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2903. 12” Blk. PW elec. Eng. Parlophone E.11045 [2- 21637/2-21658-4]. SPRICHT NICHT VON EWIGER LIEBE (Granichstaedten) / LOVE WALTZ (Heymann). Both in German. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. LÉON BEYLE [t]. See also: MARCEL JOURNET [bs] 1868. 10” Blue Victor 45026 [6106o/6009h]. WILLIAM LÉON BEYLE TELL: Aside héréditaire / GEORGES RÉGIS [t]. : Accours dans ma nacelle (Rossini). Desirable doubling by two major French . Cons. 2. $8.00. 2361. 12” Disque pour Gram. 032276/033157 [02642v/02580v]. ROMA: Soir admirabi- le / LILY DUPRE [s]. ROMA: Le Soleil se couchait (Massenet). Rare recordings from a virtually forgotten 1912 Massenet five-act opera. Couple LGTs, otherwise cons. 2. $20.00. - 34 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs THOMAS BEYNON [t]. Wales, 1872 – Scranton, PA, 1927. Beynon emigrated to Scranton as a youth and was known there from the age of thirteen on (originally “Master Tommy Beynon”) as Scranton’s premier tenor, “ever freely singing for every charitable cause, and for the city’s need[s] in music”. In late 1899 through 1906 he accepted an engagement for church vocal work in and studied there as well, returning to Scranton in 1906 (“with open arms”) where he resided until his death. Mrs. Beynon died in 1914 and he raised their four sons. The year of Mrs. Beynon’s death also marked the tenor’s appointment as Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans’ Court for Lackawana County. His continuing vocal work included “the choir loft, concert[s], eisteddfod, cantata, [and] oratorio”. – Various newspaper clippings. 3302. 10” Green Zon-o-phone 218 [4921]. : How so Fair (Flotow). 3. $7.00. SIDNEY P. BIDEN [b]. 1871- ? . Apparently born in Missouri and raised in Chicago, Biden was first noted in the press for concert work in the late 1890s. He participated in various U.S. music festivals and then became established as a lieder singer, centered in Berlin well into the 1920s. Musical America magazine referred to him as “a concert singer of great prominence in Europe”. His appearances there included as soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic. While in the U.S. he was featured in concerts of the New York Oratorio Society and Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society. He was an uncle of American playwright, screenwriter, and film director Preston Sturges. Biden was living and 69 when the 1940 U.S. census was taken. The private disc below, pressed by Columbia in the late 1920s and accompanied by two noted pianists, appears to be his only recording. 3670. Adams Broadcasting Service (Recorded and Pressed by Columbia later ‘20s), mat. W230514-1/W230526-1. GESANG WEYLAS; ANAKREONS GRAB (both ) / DIE MAINACHT (Brahms). Side one acc. Celius Dougherty. Side two acc. A. Walter Kramer. Plays as new. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $20.00. DAVID BISPHAM [b]. 3450. 12” TC Columbia 30021 [take 1]. HARK! HARK! THE LARK! (Schubert). Piano acc. Early issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3633. 12” TC Columbia A5019 [30026-2 (M-648-2/30126-2]. THE PIRATE’S SONG (Henry Gilbert) / LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]. THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Stephen C. Foster … sic!). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2576. 12” PW Blue Shellac Columbia IRCC 59 [30019-1/30099-1]. DER ERLKÖNIG (Schubert) / VITTORIO ARIMONDI [bs]. FAUST: Mephistopheles’ Serenade (Gounod). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GÖSTA BJÖRLING [t]. 3678. 12” PW Telefunken E3221 [025960/ 026233]. LIPS: Arie des Hernn [Akt I] / ORCHESTRA dir PETER KREU- DER: LIPS: Intermezzo (Peter Kreu- der). Just about 1-2. $12.00. JUSSI BJÖRLING [t]. All “X” series HMVs in Swedish. 1839. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3885 [OT529-I/ OT530-I]. LAND OF SMILES: Du ar min Hela Värld/ LAND OF SMILES: Av Appelblömmor jag (Lehár). Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1468. 10” Plum PW HMV X.4204 [OPA191-II/ OPA192-II]. SÄG, ATT DU EVIGT HÅLLER MIG KÄR (Sylvain) / VAR DET EN DRÖM (Armand). Side one from film Två man om en änka. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00 1479. 10” Plum HMV X.4720 [OSB403-II/ OSB404-I]. ACH VÄRMELAND, DU SKÖNA / ALLT UNDER HIMMELENS FÄSTE (composers?). Orch. dir. Nils JUSSI BJÖRLING Grevillius. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1591. 10” Plum Swedish HMV X.7077 [OSB2409-1/OSB2410-1]. BÖN I OFREDSTID / BISP THOMAS FRIHETSSÅNG (both Nordqvist). Orch. dir. Sune Waldimir. Scarce. Superficial rubs (non-sounding, as rubs usually are). 3. $7.00. 1451. 10” late Red RCA Vr 4372 [OSB441-II/ ? ]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Ver- di) / TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. Very late beveled edge pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. - 35 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1812. 10” late Purple RCA Vr 26-1099 [E2BX5777-1S/E2BX5778-1S]. BACHANAL (Ny- cander) / I DAG (Berko). Tiny lbl. scr. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00. RAMÓN BLANCHART [b] 2778. 12” Cream Disco Doble Notes Columbia S5075 [30738-1/30737-1]. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste al tempio / RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta (Verdi). With ALICE NIELSEN [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ELSA BLAND [s]. 1814. 10” Blk Dog Gram. Con. 2-44050/2-44033 [694r/695r]. HUGUENOTS: Nimm von mir Lib um Liebe (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. ROBERT BLASS [bs] 3419. 12” White lbl. Vla 85011 [C580]. DICHTER- LIEBE, Op. 48: In wunderschönen Monat Mai; Ich grolle nicht (Schumann). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2476. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 115 [C-580/C- 584]. DICHTERLIEBE, Op. 48: In wunder- schönen Monet Mai; Ich grolle nicht (Schu- mann) / : Du sieh’st, das ist nich so (Wagner). Piano acc. 1903 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00. JULES BLEDSOE [b] 2358. 12” Blk. PW Eng. Decca K.631 [GA3668-1DJ/ GD3670-3CJ]. DEAR OLD SOUTH-LAND (Layton) / : Ol’ Man River (Kern). Just about 1-2. $15.00. MAX BLOCH [t]. 1942. 10” Blue acous. Banner 2055 [41377-2/ 41598-1]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). One minor rub, cons. 2. $10.00. ELSA BLAND RUDOLF BOCKELMANN [b] 2922. 12” Plum PW Electrola EH 608 [CDR8964-II/CLR5446-I]. MEISTERSINGER: An- sprache des Hans Sachs (Wagner) / ODINS MEERESRITT (Loewe). Side one with Berlin Staatsoper Orch. dir. Clemens Schmalstich. Side two piano acc. Schmal- stich. Fine copy, few minor rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00. MICHAEL BOHNEN [bs-b]. See also: HERMANN JADLOWKER [t] 1778. 10” Pink Dog Schall. Gram. 3-44139 [19039L]. FAUST: Duo Act I, O gib junges Blut (Gounod). With ROBERT HUTT [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3128. 12” Blk. Schall. Grammophon 65169 (042450/042451) [1347s/1348s]. PARSIFAL: Titurel, der fromme Held (Wagner). Two sides. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2169. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon O-6804 [XXB7495/XXB7497]. CARMEN: Lied des Esca- millo (Bizet) / FAUST: Rondo von goldenen Kalb (Gounod). Orch. dir. Georg Szell. Fine pressing, lt. rubs. 2. $10.00. IRENA BOHUSS [s]. 1878-Warsaw, 1926. She was known as Irene Bohus[s] or de Bohus[s] until marrying theatrical manager Ludwig Heller in 1902, when she became de Bohus[s]-Hellerova. In 1895 she graduated from the Conservatory in and in the same year she made her debut on the stage of the Municipal Theatre in Lviv as Siebel in Gounod’s Faust. She was enthusiastically received in Warsaw and Prague and then in , , Rome, , Lisbon and London’s Covent Garden. She was also successful in operetta and in her last years in straight dramatic roles. Her death in 1926 appears to have been from suicide. Her varied repertoire included the principal soprano parts in Pagliacci, Eugen Onegin, Manon, , Hansel und Gretel (Hansel) and Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème, among others. Her rare records are much in demand among collectors. 1404. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 65321 [5630r/5631r]. GDYBYM SIE ZMIEMIL W WSTEGI ZLOCIATE [composer?] / MÓW DO MNIE JESCZCE [ROMANCE] (Rutkowski). Note that both labels give the title presented on the first side. The second side title above comes from Alan Kelly’s matrix file listings. Interesting, her name on the first side of this record is given as IRENA BOHUSS and on the second IRENA BOHUS-HELLE- ROVA. Bright labels. Superficial rubs but no apparent greying. 3-4. $25.00. - 36 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs LUIGI BOLIS [t]. See: [s] (ANNA) MAUD FENLON BOLLMAN [s]. Iowa, 1866 – Los Angeles, CA, 1958. Where and with whom she studied hasn’t been found. She married in 1888 but there’s little information as to her singing prior to 1900 excepting for one mention in 1894, where she was referred to as “Elgin’s [Ill.] Sweetest Singer”. From 1901 through the mid-1930s she appears in various press accounts, a good portion in the ‘teens, when she is credited mainly for concert appearances in the Chicago area. Her extended vocal range was frequently mentioned (including, in particular, the Mozart aria below) in press commentary. The vanity record below was likely made around 1915, when she also made a trial record for Victor. She likely moved to Los Angeles in 1919 as most of her press clippings from then on relate to her teaching and appearances there. In 1924 she is mentioned as “known to thousands for her delightful [radio] programs”. Press reference to her singing continued on occasion for another decade, although her work during this latter period seemed to be mostly as a teacher. 3373. 10” Blue lbl. SS Private Issue #1526. MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart). Piano acc. 2-3. $15.00. RAOUL SPOLETI BONANNO [b]. Palermo, 1882-Ohio, 1944. He studied at the Milano Conservatory and privately with teachers including Jean de Reszke. In Europe he sang in opera, two houses given in biographical sketches having been the Rome San Carlo and the Paris Opéra- Comique, although he isn’t listed in source books for those companies. After emigrating to the U.S., he appeared as a concert singer and as a soloist with orchestras and is listed as having given five North American, one South American and two European tours. In addition to teaching, he held various musical positions, such as Director of the Ohio Academy of Teachers of Singing. 1800. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73403. T’AMO ANCORA (Tosti) / SEI BELLA, SEI SPLENDI- DA (Bellitti). Label signed, inscribed and dated in white ink by Bonanno. Minor rubs, couple small LSSs, 2-3. $20.00. ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]. See also: MARIA BARRIENTOS [s] 1192. 11” SS Fonotipia (late Odeon press.) 39128 [XPh196]. CARO MIO BEN (Giordano). Cons. 2. $10.00. 1281. 11” SS U.S. Fonotipia 92098 [XPh2733]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1292. 11” SS U.S. Fonotipia 92099 [XPh2734]. RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2438. 12” Blue Columbia 8923-M [36656-1/36657-1]. FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Doni- zetti) /AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $10.00. FRANCESCO MARIA BONINI [b] 1239. 11” Brown Odeon 59053/59059 [XPh144?/ XPh1947]. ROLANDO DI BERLINO: Dio che non vede (Leoncavallo) / DON SEBASTI- ANO: O Lisbona (Donizetti). Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $35.00. CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s] 1929. 10” Red vinyl Victor (of HMV) 53372 [2144L]. : In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Piano acc. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 1396. 10” Red Australian HMV 53481 [9063b]. : Ah! bello a mi ritorna (Bellini). Excellent Australian pressing apparently from the 1950s. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3137. 12” Red Angel Pre-Dog Mon. Gram. 053231 [1951c]. : I sacri nomi (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2147. 12” White lbl. HMV 2-053136 [3197c]. LOR- ELEY: Lascia per or (Catalani). With LUIGI BOLIS [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3697. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 92000 [538c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo divulsa (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2996. 12” White lbl. Vla 92001 [535½c]. L’AFRICAINE: Già l’odio m’abbandona (Meyerbeer). Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., one lbl. mk. Cons. 2. $12.00. CELESTINA BONINSEGNA 3210. 12” Red vinyl Vla 92025 [216m]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00. - 37 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3654. 12” Red vinyl Vla 92034 [854c]. RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). With LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2740. 12” Red Vla 88239 [1952c]. AÏDA: O cieli azzurri (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2779. 12” Red Vla 6404 [216m/793c]. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini) / FORZA DEL DES- STINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi). Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2609. 12” Silver PW Vla IRCC 15 [213m/215m]. FAUST: Tardi si fa (Gounod). With FER- NANDO DE LUCIA [t] / AÏDA: Fuggiam gli ardori [Act III] (Verdi). With GIOVANNI VALLS [t]. 1904 G&T matrices. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2949. 12” Red HMV SR 2-054075 [3205c]. ANDREA CHENIER Vicino a te [Duetto finale, Atto IV] (Giordano). With LUIGI BOLIS [t]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. DOMENICO VIGLIONE BORGHESE [b]. Mondovi, 1877-Milano, 1957. A pupil at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro and of , Viglione Borghese made his debut in Lodi, 1899, as the Herald in Lohengrin. In 1901 he left for America, becoming a dock worker in San Francisco. Caruso heard him and recommended him to Scognamillo’s touring troupe in Western America (which featured Tetrazzini). He was hired for the 1904-05 season. From that point his career steadily moved ahead. Returning to Italy in 1907, he made a second debut as Amonasro in and was subsequently a featured baritone at the Teatro Costanzi, then La Scala. He was in the Italian premiere of Wolf Ferrari’s I Gioielli della Madonna, 1913, remaining active on stage as a leading baritone until he retired in 1940. He then taught in Milano. His scarce, desirable and few records were acoustically recorded for Fonotipia and Polydor. See also: MARIO GILION [t]. 1236. 11” Fonotipia 92647/92648 [XPh4218/XPh4223]. ANDREA CHENIER: Compla- cente al colloqui / ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì m’era di gioia (Giordano). Few small, light bumps should be harmless. Cons. 2. $20.00. -3154. 11” Fonotipia 92649/92650 [XPh4220/XPh4222-2]. : Anima santa (Pucci- ni) / LA GIOCONDA: O Monumento! (Ponchielli). Small PB side two. Gen. 2. $15.00. -3244. 11” Fonotipia 92649/92623 [XPh4220/XPh3849]. LE VILLI: Anima santa (Puccini)/ [b]. : In bracio alle dovizie (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00. [t]. See: [b] LUCREZIA BORI [s] 3060. 12” Red Vr 88398 [take 2]. PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2634. 12” Red Vla 88475 [take 11]. LE BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). VrBk. 1922 remake, thought not not have been issued single-faced. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2159. 12” Red acous. Vla 8004. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io son / DON PASQUALE: Vado corro (Donizetti). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Top copy, ideal performances. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2449. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 58 [C-27714/C-29286]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Gounod). With [t] / CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère (Bizet). With MIGUEL FLETA [t]. Both sides unpublished late acoustics. Side one only edition. Side two appeared earlier on a limited HRS issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00. OLIMPIA BORONAT [s]. 1986. 10” White lbl. HMV 53350 [1774L]. ZABAVA: Air (Ivanov). 1904 Russian G&T matrix. Piano acc. Only reissue is one side of Historic Masters HMA 65. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2939. 12” White lbl. (shellac) HMV 053282 [1505c]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce (Bellini). Only reissue was one side of Historic Masters HMB 20. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2578. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 56 [1506½c/1517c]. DON PASQUALE: So anch’ io la virtù magica (Donizetti) / HUGUENOTS: A questa voce sola (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $25.00. ROMEO BOSCACCI [t]. Rome, 1875-Milano, 1945. His debut was likely at Rome’s Teatro Costanzi, 1905, as Lesley in Mascagni’s , conducted by the composer. In 1913 and 1914 he again appeared at the Costanzi in small roles, one such the Notary in Don Pasquale. Sometime during or after World War I he came to the U.S. and became a leading tenor with the San Carlo (touring) Opera in roles such as Otello, Pinkerton and Faust. In later years Boscacci returned to Italy, taking up his original occupation as a jeweler and watchmaker. 1964. 10” Green Columbia acous. E7155 [87193-1]. ER BACIO (composer?) / PRIMA- VERA (Luigi Luzzi). Cons. 2. $10.00. - 38 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs HERMINE BOSETTI [s]. Vienna, 1875-Munich, 1936. Bosetti was a leading coloratura with the Munich Opera from 1901 until her retirement in 1924. In addition, she was also a guest at Covent Garden several times as well as in other important houses. In 1913 she created Zerbinetta (in ’s ) for Berlin Feb. 17th, in Strauss’s revised version and then for London on May 27th in the original form. Following her stage retirement, she became head of the vocal department of the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfort. 1316. 11” Brown Odeon 99502/99518 [XB4836/ XB4863]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERA- GLIO: Ach, ich liebte (Mozart) / FRIEDA HEMPEL [s]. DAUGHTER OF THE REGI- MENT: Heil dir, mein Vaterland (Donizetti). Cons. 2. $20.00. 1263. 11” Brown Odeon 99653/99654 [XB5141/ XB5142]. LA TRAVIATA: Saget der Jungfrau / LA TRAVIATA: Ich sterbe (Verdi). Both with HERMANN WEIL [b]. Cons. 2. $15.00. 3397. 12” Blue Odeon AA53001/AA53002 [XXB5848/XXB5849]. ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: Recitativ und Arie der Zerbinetta (Strauss). Two sides. IMs. Very tiny lbl. tear. A few random rubs, otherwise a beautifully glassy pressing. Cons. 2. $50.00. HERMINE BOSETTI GEMMA BOSINI [s]. See: BENIAMINO GIGLI [t] BERNHARD BÖTEL [t]. 1883-1953. Bötel was a German operatic tenor and actor who had an active career in Germany and Austria during the first half of the 20th century. He began his voice training with Mathieu Lorent in Hamburg, and later continued his studies with Ernst Grenzebach in Berlin. He made his professional stage debut in 1905 at Theater Aachen as Lancelot in Edmond Audran's La poupée. From 1906 until 1910, he was on the roster of the Berlin Komische Oper where he was lauded for his portrayal of the title role in Offenbach's . From 1909 to 1911, he sang in several at the Theater an der Wien, most notably creating the role of Armand Brissard in the world premiere of Lehár's Der Graf von Luxemburg in November 1909. From 1912 to 1914, he was committed to the Raimund Theater in Vienna, and in 1914–1915 he was a member of the Halle . He spent the next two decades performing roles from the tenor buffo repertoire at the Berlin . In 1917, he created the lead tenor role of Hans in the premier of Jugend by Ignatz Waghalter at the Deutsche Opernhaus in Berlin. He also appeared at the from 1928 to 1931 and frequently as a leading tenor in operettas in Berlin opposite soprano Fritzi Massary. He retired from the stage in 1935. 2951. 12” Blue acous. Odeon AA57717/AA57718 [XXBo7152/XXBo7153]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Es war einmal am Hofe von Eisenack (Offenbach) / DEI WEISSE DAME: Komm, o hold Dame (Boildieu). Superficial scr. and IMs side two, otherwise 2. $20.00. LUCA BOTTA [t] 3668. 12” White Gramophone test pressing mat. 489aj. TOSCA: Qual occhio al mondo [Act I duet] (Puccini). With IRENE SOLLOHUB [s]. Unpublished test pressing. It plays well (no blasting or greying, soundwise I’d grade it 3-4), but the surface looks quite terrible (superficial rubs, scuffs, scrs.). Damage would seem to come from no sleeve protection throughout its 100 plus years of life rather than via playing. Visually 6. $35.00. INA BOURSKAYA [ms]. Russia, 1886 or 1888 - Chicago, 1954. Having some experience singing in Russia in the later ‘teens a century ago, Bourskaya emigrated to the U.S. following the Russian Revolution. She made a debut at the Chicago Opera in 1922 as Amneris in Aida. The following year she began a fifteen year career at the , beginning as Carmen and totaling 423 performances in a variety of roles. An excellent memorial to Bourskaya by Charles Mintzer, including career information and a number of pictures, can be found on the website “Opera Nostalgia”. 2437. 12” SS Vitaphone (33.3 rpm) VI-1024-1. AIDA: L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia … Già i sacerdoti (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. VrBk. Center-start. No blasting, but somewhat “edgy”. Thoroughly listenable. 4. $75.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs VINA BOVY [s] 3473. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-5004 [2LA-823-1/2LA-911-1]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui / LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). In French. Orch. dir Henri Busser. Small lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $12.00. ALEXANDER BRAGIN [b]. St. Petersburg, 1861 - Kiev, 1955. He first studied singing privately with Mikhail Medvedev, then from 1896 to 1901 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Gabel and Tartakov. In 1900, he made his debut at the National Opera House of as Valentine in Gounod’s Faust. From 1905 to 1908 he was a soloist of the , St. Petersburg, and during the 1908-1909 season he appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. The period of 1909 to 1911 Bragin again performed at the Mariinsky. From 1911 to 1915 he sang in operetta at St. Petersburg. During the 1922-1923 season Bragin appeared in Berlin (when the recording below was made) and from 1924 to 1928 in various German opera houses. He devoted himself to teaching from 1930 on. -Ashot Arakelyan, “Forgotten Opera Singers” (Internet). 2167. 12” acous. Blk. Polydor 65619 [688as/690as]. : Trinklied (Thomas) / PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Very rare. Fine copy, some MGTs (very slight edginess in spots), 2. $35.00. KARIN BRANZELL [c] 2748. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65631 [816as/817as]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Höre mit Sinn / GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: So sitzt er (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3412. 12” Blk. elec. Grammophon 66689 [520bm/525bm]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Sieh’ mein Herz / SAMSON ET DALILA: O Liebe meinem Haß (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $15.00. SOPHIE BRASLAU [c] 1347. 10” Red Victor 64539. BIRDS IN THE NIGHT (). Never doubled by Victor. Just about 1-2. $7.00. CARL BRAUN [bs] 2421. 12” Orange Columbia E5154 [59455-2/ 59456-3]. MAGIC FLUTE: In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Mozart) / DAS HERZ AM RHEIN (Hill). Good pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00. 3255. 12” Brown Bayreuth Odeon 76197/ 76198 [XXB5530/XXB5532]. MAGIC FLUTE: In diesen heil’gen Hallen / LA JUIVE: Wenn ew’ger Hass (Halèvy). Couple lightest mks., still just about 1-2. $15.00. RICHARD BREITENFELD [b] 3132. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 042433/ SOPHIE BRASLAU 042434 [1270½s/1271s]. PARSIFAL: Totenfeier für Titurel und Gebet des Amfortis (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GIOVANNI BREVIARIO [t] 2874. 12” Orange Cetra 20298 [2-70021/2-70024]. OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi) / PAGLIACCI: Recitar … Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Orch. dir. La Rosa Parodi. Fine copy, few most minor rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00. SUZANNE BROHLY [c]. See also: [t] 1822. 10” Blk. Dog Disque Gram. 33862/34293 [17213u/16946u]. : Chanson Espagnole / DON QUICHOTTE: Sérénade (Massenet). Side two with PAUL PAYAN [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1433. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.442 [BE315-I/BE323-I]. STANCES (Flégier) / L’AN- NEAU D’ARGENT (Chaminade). Nice copy. Very lt. rubbing, 2. $12.00. 2496. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W.451 [CE239-II/03394v-II]. GRISÉLIDIS: Il partit au printemps (Massenet) / CINQ MARS: Nuit resplendissante (Gounod). Tiny lbl. stkrs. 2. $10.00. 3320. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W.463 [CE230-I/CE312-I]. SIGURD: J’avais vu (Reyer) / FAUST: Il était un roi de Thulé (Gounod). IMs. Cons. 2. $12.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs EUGENIA BRONSKAYA [s] 2693. 12” Blk. Columbia 5036-M [30427-1/30428-1]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa … Io sono docile (Rossini). Two sides. In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2911. 12” Blk. Angel Amour Russian Gramophone 023133/023124 [284ar/2893c]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui / LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). In Russian. One lt. superficial scr. Cons. 2. $60.00. YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. See: LUCY PERELLI [s], CÉSAR VEZZANI [t] ANNE BROWN [s]. Baltimore, MD, 1912-Oslo, Norway, 2009. Her studies were at Morgan College. As she was African-American, the Peabody Institute in Baltimore rejected her, despite her remarkable talent, but she was welcomed at Juilliard. While studying there, she was heard by George Gershwin, which led to her being selected by the composer as Bess for the 1935 premiere of his Porgy and Bess. She subsequently appeared in other Broadway productions and from 1942 to 1948 toured Europe. Her opportunites in Europe were greater than here. In 1948 she became a Norwegian citizen and married Thorleif Schjelderop, a 1948 medalist in the Winter Olympics. Problems with asthma cut short her career in 1955, and she subsequently taught in Norway. In 1998 she received the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America from the Peabody Institute, perhaps in part to atone for it not having accepted her as a student decades earlier. 1626. 10” Cream elec. Danish Tono I.28022 [3165B/3166B]. ADVENTURES OF ISABEL (Ogdon Nash-Otto Mortensen) / STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING (Robert Frost-Mortensen). Piano acc. Kjell Olsson. Both in English. Tiny lbl. stkrs. one tiny rub. Just about 1-2. $15.00. [b]. See: [s] AURORA BUADES [ms] 2806. 12” Maroon Eng. Columbia CQX 16449 [WBX787/WBX788]. LA FAVORITA: Duetto Atto I (Donizetti). Two sides. With ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3626. 12” Maroon Eng. Columbia CQX 16457 [WBX786/WBX790]. LA FAVORITA: Vien … Ah! Vieni (Donizetti) / ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo è mar (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $12.00. Mrs. H. M. BUCKMAN [s]. 3275. 10” (oversized) orig. white lbl. Victor test mat. B-11236. ON THE BANKS OF THE LOXA- HATCHIE (A. L. Pennock). Piano acc. The Lox- ahatchie is a river in Florida. The composer ap- parently lived in Lansdowne, PA and in Florida and was a noted flower and crop grower. He celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary in 1917 and was 90 at the time, if this is indeed the same A. L. Pennock. As to Mrs. H. M. Buckman, I could find no information, other than that she made test records for Victor of three of Mr. Pennock’s songs in 1911. Likely she was an amateur singer from the Philadelphia area. Do any readers have more information? 2. $15.00. HANS BUFF-GIESSEN [t]. Giessen, 1862 – Dresden, 1907. He first prepared for a career in law, likely influenced by his father, who was a counsel at the Supreme Court in Leipzig. He then studied voice in Dresden under Gustav Sharve and made his debut in 1888 at the Court Theater. He subsequently was a member of the opera com- panies in Wiesbaden, and Dresden, the latter from 1899 to 1903 and then as a guest until his death. His repertoire was large and varied, tending toward lyric roles such as Almaviva, Tamino and Elvino in La Sonnambula, but also including such weightier parts as Rhadames, Manrico and Arnoldo in Rossini’s William Tell. His tragic death was by self- inflicted gunshot. He left only six rare records made for G&T from 1905 to 1907. -3156. 10” Blk. SS Dresden G&T 3-42324 [185r]. DIE HANS BUFF-GIESSEN WEISSE DAME: Komm, o holde Dame (Boil- dieu). Few LSSs, couple LGTs, 3-4. $100.00. - 41 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs DMITRI I. BUKHTOYAROV [bs/b]. 1866-Petrograd, 1918. He was born in Novocher- kassk (according to one source) to a locksmith father. Entering the St. Petersburg Conservatory as a pupil of the noted voice teacher Stanislav I. Gabel, he made his debut in 1896 as Gremin in Eugen Onegin. In 1897 he began an association with the Mariinsky Theater which lasted until the year of his death (of tuberculosis). His repertoire included major and some baritone Russian roles, as well as parts in, for example, La Boheme and Gounod’s Faust. Bukhtoyarov also appeared as a guest at the Bolshoi and in other major Russian houses. 1462. 10” Blk. St. Petersburg G&T 22085 [327z]. LIFE FOR THE TSAR: They Guess the Truth (Glinka). Minor harmless inherent pressing indentations (silent), 2. $60.00. 1748. 10” Green Russ. Zonophone X-2-62551/X-2-62552 [2938L/2940L]. HUGUENOTS: Piff! Paff! (Meyerbeer) / LIFE FOR THE TSAR: They Guess the Truth (Glinka). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $80.00. ROBERT BURG [bs/b]. Prague, 1890 – near Dresden, 1946. A leading bass-baritone in Dresden from 1916 to 1944. Also a prominent participant at Bayreuth and a guest in several houses, Burg created a number of roles in local and world premieres. 2956. 12” Blue Odeon AA79044/AA57775 [XXB6413/XXB6590]. TIEFLAND: Hüll in die Mantille (d’Albert) / DIE STUMME VON PORTICI: Seht, seht auf wilden Meereswo- gen (Auber). IMs. Couple lightest rubs side two, just about 1-2. $15.00. MARGA (MARGARETHE) BURCHARDT [s]. Berlin, 1880-Near Stuttgart, 1947. Her debut was in Rostock, 1902. She then appeared 1904-07 at the Schwerin Hoftheater, in 1905 creating there the title role in Die vernarte Prinzess by Oscar von Chelius. She then appeared in Hannover, followed by nine seasons (1911-1920) where she created Naiade in the world premiere Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, 1912. She appeared as a guest at Dresden, Berlin, Covent Garden, and a number of other prominent houses in a wide variety of principal roles in such varied works as Aïda and . 3695. 12” Blk. Schwerin G&T 043060 [4i]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Ballade der Senta (Wag- ner). Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $100.00. [c] 1911. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X300 [29901/29903]. THE FAIRY PIPERS (Brewer) / MY TREASURE (Trevalsa). Side one with celeste. Side two with piano. Side one a delightfully light-voiced approach. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2599. 12” Purple SS Eng. Columbia 7156 [75929]. LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY (Elgar). Small lbl. stkr. One harmless minor mk. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2562. 12” Purple SS Eng. Columbia 7232 [76610]. DREAM FACES (Hutchison). With Band and Chorus dir. Andrew Harris. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2563. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7304 [6541/74277]. HUSHEEN (Needham) / GENEVIEVE (Cooper-Tucker). Side one piano acc. Side two orch. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2542. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7307 [6607/6768]. : O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) / O DIVINE RE- DEEMER (Gounod). Orch. dir. Sir Henry J. Wood. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2587. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7309 CLARA BUTT [6773/6774]. THE DREAM OF GERON- TIUS: We now have passed the gate. With MAURICE D’OISLY [t] / : Softly and gently (Elgar). Orch. and chorus dir. Sir Henry J. Wood. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2543. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7316 [6557/75165]. : O don fatale (Donizetti) / IN QUESTA TOMBA OSCURA (Beethoven). Small lbl. stkr. side one. Just about 1-2. $15.00. - 42 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3285. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7317 [6606/AX 98]. LA FAVORITA: O mio Fer- nando / LUCREZIA BORGIA: Il segreto per essere felice (both Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2755. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7321 [74252/76960]. YONDER (Teschemacher- Herbert Oliver) / THERE’S A LAND (Allitsen). Excellent pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00. 2431. 12” Blue HMV 03057 [3458f]. THE PROMISE OF LIFE (Cowan). Stkr. top half of label. Cons. 2. $12.00. 2539. 12” Blue HMV 03151 [3482f]. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Stkr. top half label. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2203. 12” Blue HMV 03156 [3510f]. THE LITTLE SILVER RING (Chaminade). 1909 recording. Never doubled. Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00. 2488. 12” Blue HMV 03224 [4559f]. WILL HE COME? (Sullivan). With piano and organ. Particularly scarce. Only form of issue. Tiny lbl. stain. Few minor rubs and one lightest sup. scr. 2. $15.00. 2619. 12” Blue HMV 03305 [ac6389f]. WOMEN OF INVER (Loughborough). Piano acc. Harold Craxton. Lt. rubbing and crk. spindle hole area side two (both harmless). 2. $12.00. 2857. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 03305 [ac6389]. Same as previous listing but as new. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2204. 12” Blue HMV 2-033009 [3519f]. AMA NESCIRI (Scott); EN PRIÈRE (Fauré). Piano acc. A particular rarity. Never doubled. Stkr. top half label. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3405. 12” PW Purple elec. Columbia PX 2 [WAX5638/WAX5639]. GOD SAVE THE KING (Traditional) / LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY (Elgar). With Male Chorus. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2595. 12” PW Purple elec. Columbia PX 3 [WAX5670/WAX5671]. YONDER (Tesche- macher-Oliver) / HUSHEEN (Fahy-Needham). With organ (side one) and piano (both sides). Just about 1-2. $8.00. ERI(C)K (OLE) BYE [b]. 3361. 12” Green acous. Columbia E5227 [59646-1/59676-2]. AN DER WESER (Pressel) / DAS ZAUBERLIED (Meyer-Helmund). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2251. 12” Green acous. Columbia E5230 [59645-2/59675-1]. TANNHÄUSER: O du mein holder Abendstern / TANNHÄUSER: Blick ich umher (Wagner). Excellent surface material, lt. superficial rubs, 2. $15.00. 2377. 12” Blk. Victor 68599. I GRÖNA PALMERS SKUD [THE PALMS] (Faure) / DEN HELIGA STADEN [THE HOLY CITY] (Adams). ULCs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. ROSA CALIGARIS (-MARTI) [s]. She was apparently a highly regarded soprano, although details as to her life and career are most elusive. In 1882, she received mention in Musical World as having “particularly distinguished herself” with an Italian company in . Twenty years later she appeared at La Scala in Il Trovatore with a cast including Elisa Bruno, Giuliano Biel, Antonio Magini-Coletti and, in his Scala debut, bass Giovanni Gravino. One reviewer of this performance described Caligaris as “a soprano of large proportions whose voice in the high range is admirably [suitable for] … Leonora”. She appeared in Cremona in 1903. What became of her after 1905 seems not to be known. Her few rare records were for G&T (1903) and Pathé (1905). -3145. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053012 [567-R]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Ver- di). Very clean label. Quite clean looking surface, except for light greying areas, mostly at start, midpoint, and near end. There’s a light “swish” and a couple of light shatters midpoint and also near end. An acceptable (I would think) copy of this early rarity. 4. $50.00. -3144. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 053013 [568-R]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi). Clean label and bright looking. Some LGTs, 2-3. $75.00. [s] 3665. 12” Parl.-Odeon R.30043 [2-71298/2-71299]. I PURITANI: O rendetemi la speme; Qui la voce / I PURITANI: Vien, diletto (Bellini). Orch. dir. Arturo Stabile. Just about 1-2. $30.00. HÉLÈNE CALS [s]. 1746. 10” Red PW Odeon A164.203 [Da1462/Da1463]. LA TRAVIATA: E strano … Ah, fors’ è lui / TRAVIATA: Folie … folie! … Sempre libera (Verdi). In Italian. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Lt. NR on lbl. side one. Few harmless lt. rubs, 2. $25.00. - 43 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs EMMA CALVÉ [ms] 1494. 10” Red G&T 3281 [2058-R]. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Harmless inherent pressing indentations. Bright label. Excellent cond., cons. 2. $60.00. 2254. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88123 [C-6018]. MA LISETTE (Old French Song); AU PRINTEMPS (Gounod). Piano acc. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2753. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 88123 [C-6018]. Same as previous listing but early shellac issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2667. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88134 [C-6021]. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini). Piano acc. Lightest (superficial) scr., other- wise as new. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3232. 12” Pink Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Monarch 033055 [C-6021]. Same as previous listing but an early European pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. EMMA CALVÉ 2781. 12” Red Victor 88572 (C-17808-2). THREE LITTLE SONGS FOR VERY LITTLE CHILDREN: Frère Jacques; Au clair de la lune; Une poule (Folk Songs). In French. Piano acc. Romualdo Sapio (soprano Clémentine de Vere’s husband). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2186. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla mat. C-6022. LA CALASERA (Yradier). Piano acc. Originally issued only in Europe. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2604. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 124 [C-6022/C-6021]. LA CALASERA [CHANSON ESPAGNOLE] (Yradier) / PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. LÉON CAMPAGNOLA [t] 1712. 10” Blk. Disque Gram. P.535 [BL141-II/BL181-I]. UNE FEMME (Lazzari) / FILLE DE SOLEIL (Bonincontro). Piano acc. (and a couple of other instruments added to side one). Scarce. Impassioned, fiery performances. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $20.00. 2564. 12” Violet Dog Mon. Gram. 032209/032240 [02135v/02220v]. ROMÉO ET JULI- ETTE: Ah, lève-toi soleil! / FAUST: Salut, demeure (both Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2794. 12” Blue Victor 55085 [02150v/02151v]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: O Nuit divine [Act II duet] (Gounod). Two sides. With BERTHE CÉSAR [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. GIUSEPPE CAMPANARI [b] 3416. 12” Red DeLuxe 85001 [C-431]. : Eri tu (Verdi). Piano acc. Excellent copy, few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00. 2550. 12” Red DeLuxe 85002 [C-432-2]. A TE (Buzzi-Peccia). Piano acc. Fine copy, bright label, few MGTs, 2. $20.00. 2244. 12” Red vinyl Vla 85073 [C-2480]. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). The best pressing of this you’ll find. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3417. 12” White Vla 85079 [C-2488]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Orch. acc. RCA Vr Bk. Just about 1-2. $15.00. GIUSEPPE CAMPORA [t] 2231. 12” German Decca K23143 [SAR-525-1/SAR-526-1]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love Duet (Puccini). Two sides. With ROSETTA NOLL [s]. Suisse Romande Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LINDA CANNETTI [s] 2809. 12” SS Fonotipia 74163 [XXPh4319]. L’AFRICAINE: Addio, terra native (Meyerbeer). Odeon back. IMs. One PB (will likely sound for a few grooves), lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00. MARIA CAPPIELLO [ms]. See: ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s] - 44 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs GIORGINA CAPRILE [s]. 3445. 12” Red Dog Mon. Gram. 054470 [742aj]. FALSTAFF: Bocca baciata (Verdi). With GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]. Small indentation (possibly lightest sound), otherwise fine cons. 2. $12.00. [s]. 1534. 10” Dk. Blue Italian Col. DQ 1877 [WB7525/WB7526]. CANTO DEL CUORE / IL MONDO GIRA INTORNO ALL’AMORE (Bertini-Franz Lehàr). From film Cio Cio. Scarce, late Capsir and charming performances. Cons. 2. $20.00. [s] 2891. 12” Blk. G&T 053029 [Con650w]. LA BOHEME: Addio senza rancor (Puccini). Very effective performance, particularly the pianissimo penultimate F. Plays very cleanly with 1.5 mil stylus (as is the case with most “Con” matrix recordings). Few LGTs, 3-4. $200.00. 2371. 12” Red G&T 054028 [Con703]. TOSCA: Già mi dicon venal (Puccini). With [b]. Carelli’s name omitted from the label. A truly involved perfor- mance. Much more theatricality and earthiness than one would encounter on stage these days (for better or for worse, depending upon your viewpoint!). A really amazingly beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $250.00. ENRICO CARUSO [t]. 1917. 10” Red Milano G&T 52419 [2880]. III. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: No, più nobile (Cilea). 1902 creator record, accompanied by the composer. Inherent cutting problems and a swish (which will considerably disappear with a narrow stylus, about 1.5 mil). Very nice looking copy, cons. 2. $150.00. 1820. 10” Red ‘30s. Victrola 501. ‘O SOLE MIO (di Capua) / ‘A VUCCHELLA (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 1860. 10” Red Victrola 514. YOUR EYES HAVE TOLD ME WHAT I DID NOT KNOW (Geoffrey O’Hara) / TRUSTING EYES (Gartner). Mr. O’Hara told me that Victor paid him only $25 for the recording rights to this song. However, he continued, having Caruso record it was of inestimable value. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2331. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88004 [C-3104]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Doni- zetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2256. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88049 [C-4162]. IDEALE (Tosti). This is an excellent pressing from the original matrix (not the S/8 dubbing). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3009. 12” Red Victor 88106. DON SEBASTIANO: In terra solo (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2780. 12” Red Vla 88345. LO SCHIAVO: L’Importuna insisteza … Quando nacesti tu (Gomez). Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2259. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88355 [C-11590]. LA DANZA (Rossini). Another superb pressing, as are all these red vinyls. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3278. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88355. [C-11590]. Same as preceding listing but early shellac pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2252. 12” Red Vr 88378. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2257. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88439 [C-13107-2]. FENESTE CHE LUCIVE (att. Bel- lini). Lt. scr. which should be harmless, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. 2760. 12” Red Victor 88559. SANCTA MARIA (Faure). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2348. 12” Red vinyl plain white lbl. Victor 88581 [C-18821-1]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Voi ma misère (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2330. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88589 [C-19485-2]. NERO: Ah, mon sort (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $8.00. - 45 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2185. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88625 [C-24461-2]. LA JUIVE: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (Halévy). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2757. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 89051. AÏDA: Aïda a me togliesti (Verdi). With [c]. A couple faintest rubs, just about 1-2. $8.00. 3667. 12” Red Vla 6012. LA BOHÈME: Testa adorata / LA BOHÈME: Io non ho che una povera stanzetta (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3288. 12” Red Vla 6027. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Forza la soglia attinse … Ma se m’è forza perderti (Verdi) / LO SCHIAVO: Quando nascesti tu (Gomes). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2367. 12” Red Vla 6029. CANTIQUE DE NOËL (Adam) / SANCTA MARIA (Faure). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2444. 12” Red Vla 8005. : Invano, Alvaro! … Le minaccie I ENRICO CARUSO fieri accenti (Verdi). Two sides. With PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2717. 12” Red “Z” shellac Victor 8007. AVE MARIA (Kahn) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). With MISCHA ELMAN [violinist]. Piano acc. Percy B. Kahn. The best pressing of this I’ve ever seen. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3454. 12” late VdsM DB 123. : O souverain! (Massenet) / LA JUIVE: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (Halèvy). Bright glassy surfaces. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2423. 12” late Red VdP DB 137. LO SCHIAVO: Oh! fortuna insistenza … Quando nascesti tu (Gomes) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Forza la soglia attinse … Ma se m’è forza perderti (Verdi). Top late pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3308. 12” late Red VdP DB 140. TRISTE RITORNO (Barthèlemy) / FENESTA CA LUCIVE [att. Bellini). Another top late pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2355. 12” Green Schall. Gram. 85043 (2-032012/2-032008) [C-14201-2/C-12681-2]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure) / HOSANNA (Granier). Note that Victor issued only take 3 (of side one) in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2575. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 61 [C-12751-1/868i]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With GERALDINE FARRAR [s] / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir an- cora (Bizet). From orig. Camden, 1911/Milan, 1904 matrices. Side one first edition. Label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2239. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla mat. C-5008-2. DON SEBASTIANO: In terra solo (Donizetti). Unpublished other than on the Victor Heritage Series, this pressing is unbuffed and produces better sound. Just about 1-2. $60.00. GLORIA CARUSO [s]. New York City, 1919 - Jacksonville, FL, 1999. Enrico Caruso’s daughter. Although the great tenor died when his daughter was 1½ years old, her life was occupied in answering questions about him. As a child, an obvious thought was that Gloria might develop into being a singer. Tenor John McCormack even gave her some voice lessons. She was more attracted to visual art, a talent her father and mother also both exhibited. Her solitary private recording, below, was made when she was eight years old. 1828. 10” SS White lbl. elec. Victor Special Record mat. BVE-41560-2. THE HOLY CHILD (Easthope Martin). Piano acc. Edwin Schneider. Superb copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $50.00. AGOSTINO CASAVECCHI [t]. See: VITTORIO WEINBERG [b] ELVIRA CASAZZA [ms]. See: ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t] [s] 1865. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2341-D [W150597-5/W150598-6]. MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn) / THE LASS WITH THE DELICATE AIR (Arne). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Very lt. rubs, 2. $7.00. - 46 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1418. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2480-D [W150566-3/W150567-1]. BENDEMEER’S STREAM (Moore-Gatty) / WOULD GOD I WERE THE TENDER APPLE BLOSSOM (arr. Fisher). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about 1-2. $8.00. EDOARDO CASTELLANO [t]. Castellano, “of La Scala”, reported a musical journal, “is now on the ocean (1906), coming to New York to seek his fortune. Mr. Castellano decided suddenly to come, having heard of Mr. Caruso’s success, and the big opportunities.” One of these opportunities was in performing as co-artist in the touring Bessie Abott Concert Company in 1907. 3404. 12” TC Columbia 30064 [M-46-3]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Never doubled. Cons. 2. $20.00. 3449. 12” TC Columbia 30085 [M-48?-3]. LA BOHÈME: Mimì una civetta (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $20.00. ELDA CAVALIERI [s]. See also: [s] 2332. 12” Red vinyl Vla 74056 [C-3627-1]. LA BOHÈME: Si, mi chiamano Mimi (Puccini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $40.00. HERBERT CAVE [t] -3155. 10” Blk. SS HMV 4-2829. YOUNG ENGLAND: The Steersman’s Song (Clutsam). With Daly’s Theater Orch. dir. Arthur Wood. One small, faint hair crk., harmless. Gen. 2. $7.00. GUY (GUILLAUME) CAZENAVE [t]. Bayonne, , 1883-Algiers, 1937. Of Basque background, Cazenave made his debut at the Paris Opéra in 1912 as Rhadames in Aïda. He also appeared there as Samson and sang the principal tenor roles in Henry VII, Ascanio and Hérodiade. Much of his career was spent in the French cities such as Marseille, Bordeaux, Nice and Lyon in operas already mentioned as well as such parts as Canio, Siegmund and Cavaradossi. In 1928 he made guest appearances at the Paris Opéra-Comique about the time the recording below was made. Depending upon sources, he then taught and settled in Paris or Algers. He is reported to have been murdered in Algers, but details haven’t been found (by yours truly). - Internet, “Dead Tenors Society” 1979. 10” elec. Green French Gram. K-5260 [BTR3112-I/BTR3113-I]. JUANA-LURREN PIAN / URZO-CHURIA (Basque Songs, harm. L. Bossières). Just about 1-2. $15.00. LEONE CAZURAN [t] 1684. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52163 [2348L]. : Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet). Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. 2. $75.00. [s]. See: CHARLES FRIANT [t] BERTHE CÉSAR [s]. See: LÉON CAMPAGNOLA [t] DANILO CESTARI [t]. Cestari, an excellent lyric tenor who exhibited a bright and exciting timbre with telling acuti, enjoyed an excellent career on the Mediterranean circuit, Germany, Holland and and in virtually all the major and regional houses of Italy in the period of and around the 1950s. He also appeared at the Verona Arena, where in Aida he shared the role of Radames with and Richard Tucker. Cestari later became a noted teacher. – The Record Collector [CD] notes-Alan Bilgora] 3094. 12” Red late Cetra PE 212 [F109/F110]. LO SCHIAVO: Quando nacesti tu (Gomes) / GIULIETTA E ROMEO: Deh! Sorge o luce in ciel (Zandonai). Orch. dir. Alfredo Simonetto. Just about 1-2. $50.00. ROSALIA CHALIA [s] 2007. 7” “Etched” Zonophone T9400 [-4]. MARTHA: Last Rose of Summer (Flotow). Piano acc. Quaint English and odd phrasing in spots, but quite lovely. 2-3. $150.00. 2003. 7” “Etched” Zonophone T9455 [-1]. CADIZ: Calaseras (Valverde). Piano acc. Few LGTs but a very decent copy. 3-4. $150.00. 1501. 10” Blk. Monarch 3431. FAUST: Jewel Song (Gounod). Piano acc. Superb copy. Cons. 2. $200.00. 1520. 10” Blk. Vr 63678. CORRALERAS SEVILLANAS (arr. Isidoro Hernàndez) / SOLE- DADAS (Alvarez). Just about 1-2. $250.00. FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs] 1669. 10” Flush Red Moskau G&T 22821 [573x-N3-2z]. ARISE RED SUN (Folk Song). Piano acc. Very fine copy, harmless orig. pressing depressions, 2-3. $650.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1442. 10” Flush Red Moskau G&T 22824 [623x]. DISENCHANTMENT (Tschai- kowsky). Piano acc. IMs. Fine copy, just minor edginess in a few spots. Harmless orig. pressing depressions. 2-3. $650.00. 1666. 10” Pink Amour Russ. Gram. 4-22583 [y16741e]. THE NIGHTINGALE (Tschai- kowsky). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1667. 10” Pink Amour Russ. Gram. 4-22724 [5928ae]. THE PRISONER (Rubinstein). Piano acc. Some LGTs, gen. 3. $25.00. 1668. 10” White label (shellac) Gram. mat. 5302ae. A SWAN (Grieg). Piano acc. Unpublished except for Historic Masters HM 127. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1553. 10” Red vinyl White Lbl. Vla mat. B-29247-2. LA BOHÈME: Vecchia zi- marra (Puccini). Unpublished except as HMV AGSA 11. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3135. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022096 (76012) [290m]. SONG OF THE FLEA (Mou- sorgsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00. FEODOR CHALIAPIN 2775. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022183 (76433) [2009c]. FAUST: Invocation (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3635. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022213 (76440) [2454½c]. MASHENKA [THEY WON’T LET MASHA WALK BY THE BROOK] (Unaccompanied Russian Folk Song) [title as given on this label: THEY DON’T ORDRE MASHA, TO GO THE RIVULET]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3328. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022252 (76446) [2548c]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Pimen’s Tale (Moussorgsky). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3217. 12” Green Schall. Grammophon 85106 (022095/022097) [289m/291m]. FAUST: Sérénade / FAUST: Rondo vom gold’nen Kalb (Gounod). In Russian. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2750. 12” Pink raised rim HMV 052355 [615m]. MEFISTOFELE: Scherzo strumentale ed Ave Signor (Boïto). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3214. 12” Blue Opera Disc 052388 (76224) [2693c]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Vieni, la mia vendetta (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2605. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 622 [2014c/2539c]. THE TEMPEST RAGES (Sokolov) / NOT A LITTLE AUTUMN RAIN (Russian Folk Song). Side one piano acc. Side two with male chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2277. 12” Red acous. Vla 6512. LE COR (Flégier) / DOUBT (Glinka). Side one in French, with orch. Side two in Russian, with MARJORIE HAYWARD [vln] and piano. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2234. 12” Red PW Victor 6693. DON QUICHOTTE: Final Scene (Massenet). Two sides. With OLIVE KLINE [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3640. 12” Red PW elec. Disque Gram. DB 899 [Cc7067-II/Cc7075-I]. FAUST: Church Scene (Gounod). Two sides. With [s]. Orch. dir. . One small mk. Otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. 3231. 12” late Red VdP DB 942 [CR388-I/CR390-IA]. MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito / ME- FISTOFELE: Ridda e fuga infernale (Boïto). Recorded live during 1926 Covent Garden performance, dir. Vincenzo Bellezza. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2537. 12” late Red VdsM DB 1104 [Cc11705-II/Cc11710-II]. SADKO: Song of the Viking Guest (Rimsky-Korsakow) / PRINCE IGOR: How Goes It Prince? (Borodin). Orch. dir. Lawrance Collingwood/Albert Coates. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2628. 12” PW Czech HMV DB 1181 [CR2130-I/CR2131-IA]. BORIS GODOUNOV: I have attained the highest power (Moussorgsky). Two sides. Dir. Vincenzo Bellezza. From live 1928 Covent Garden performance. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2723. 12” Red Electrola DB 1511 [Cc18157-I/2G113-II]. SONGS AND DANCES OF DEATH: Trepak (Moussorgsky) / THE POWER OF EVIL: Merry Shrovetide (Serov). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MARIO CHAMLEE [t] 1930. [as ARCHER CHAMLEE]. 10” Green Bruns- wick 10000 [2578]. FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl). Cons. 2. $7.00. 1392. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10227. FRA DIA- VOLO: On Yonder Rock Reclining (Auber) / BOHEMIAN GIRL: Then You’ll Remember Me (Balfe). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3350. 12” Green Brunswick 30018 [11600]. CAR- MEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $10.00. JOSÉ CHAQUÉS [t] 2544. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 68360. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / EL MILAGRO DE LA VIRGEN: Flo- res Purisimas (Chapí). 2. $15.00. MARIE CHARBONNEL [ms] 3676. 12” Blk. Disque Gram. SR W.425 [03317v/ 03318v]. WERTHER: Oui, c’est moi, je reviens [Act 3 Duet]. Two sides. With RENE LAPELLETRIE [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. FERNANDA CHIESA [s]. See: RICCARDO STRAC- CIARI [b] ANNIE CHRISTIANSEN [s] 2261. 12” acous. Vox *02120 [1321A/1322A]. DIE NACHTIGALL (Alabieff-Orgeni) / DER VOGEL IM WALDE (Taubert). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00. [bs] 2894. 12” Late Red VdP DB 21424 [2EA15445-2/ 2EA15446-2]. ERNANI Che mai vegg’io! … Infelice / ERNANI: L’Offeso onor … Infin, che un brando vindice (Verdi). Orch. dir. Anatole MARIE CHARBONNEL Fistoulari. Just about 1-2. $8.00. ROMANO CIAROFF-CIARINI (GUROVICH) [t]. Russia, 1878-Odessa, 1964. Studying in St. Petersburg, he made his debut in 1905 in a student performance. He subsequently appeared in various Russian opera houses. Around 1912, the international aspect of his career began, centered mainly in Italy as well as Spain. In the later 1920s, he was situated in Paris with a Russian opera company directed by Maria Kousnetzoff, and he taught there for at least several years. He may have returned to Russia prior to World War II and is known to have made a concert appearance in Leningrad as late as 1946. He recorded exclusively for Fonotipia. These records are scarce and usually turn up with very low pressing numbers (as in the example below).-Internet sources, mainly Forgotten Opera Singers (Ashot Arakelyan) and La Voce Antica (Roberto Marcocci). 1249. 11” Fonotipia 69103/69104 [XPh4959/XPh4960]. I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA: Offerta del candelabro / I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA: Madonna del dolor (Wolf- Ferrari). IMs. Lt. minor mks, 2. $60.00. GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]. See: GIORGINA CAPRILE [s] FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. See also: GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], [t] 1937. 10” Blk. Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Concert 54387/50579 [11204b/11215b]. CHATTER- TON: Charley! Holder! With GIUSEPPE QUINZI-TAPERGI [b] / RUGGIERO LEON- CAVALLO dir. ORCH. CHATTERTON: Preludio (Leoncavallo). Very rare. Just about 1-2. $400.00. 2158. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 68275 [1200c/631c]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / LINA MILERI [c], RENZO MINOLFI [b]. FAVORITA: Quando le soglie (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00. PAOLO CIVIL [t] 2915. 12” Dk. Blue Cetra 20277 [2-70414/2-70418]. : Amor ti vieta (Giordano) / CARMEN: Romanza del fiore (Bizet). Orch. dir. A. Simonetto. Just about 1-2. $12.00. - 49 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2352. 12” late Orange Cetra PE 147 [2-70708/2-70707]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti) / : M’hai salvato (Catalani). Side two with MARIA VINCIGUERRA [s]. Orch. dir. Ugo Tansini. Just about 1-2. $12.00. [s] 2560. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66792 [1305bm/1308bm]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod) / LAKMÉ: Pourquoi dans les grands bois (Delibes). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2559. 12” Blk. PW Polydor 66794 [1299bm/1304½bm]. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod) / MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $12.00. ESPERANZA CLASENTI [s]. Havana, 1882-Milano, 1935. Her family moved to Spain, and as a youth she studied piano at the Madrid Conservatory, graduating in 1896. She subsequently studied voice with Anthony Posini and then in Milan with Melchiorre Vidale. Her operatic debut was as Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at the Spalato Teatro Comunale, 1900. Roles for which she was noted included Mimì, Gilda, Violetta, Juliette and Lucia, among a number of others. Her career continued into the 1920s in a number of Italian opera houses as well as in Spain and South America. Her only recordings were for Fonotipia in 1906. 1290. 11” Fonotipia 39499/39500 [XPh1681/XPh1554]. HUGUENOTS: Lieto suol / HUGUENOTS: La tenera parola (Meyerbeer). Pencil marks on grooved areas. Side one two small scr. clusters (possible lt. ticks), otherwise 2-3. Side two 2. $20.00. EDMOND CLÉMENT [t] 3457. 12” Red Vla 6062. LE ROI D’YS: Vainement, ma bien aimée (Lalo) / MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet). Superb late ‘30s pressing, “Z”-type shellac. Just about 1-2. $7.00. LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. See: CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s] VIRGINIA COLOMBATI [s]. Pergola, 1863-1956. The first question is as to Colombati’s birth year and debut date and location. One source, a U.S. interview with her in 1922, states the Rome Costanzi as Amina in La Sonnambula. This would have been in 1894, according to the house annals, and she stated she was 17 at the time. However she had already sung at the Met in New York in December of 1893. Other debuts cited here and there include Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in 1891, and in 1886 at the Politeama in David’s Lalla Roukh. She likely appeared in these locations, and as well at the Met (season of 1893-94), Covent Garden, and the Teatro dal Verme as well as many local houses. In 1906 she moved to the U.S. and performed in New Orleans (1906-08) and several other locations before settling in El Paso, TX, with her husband, conductor José Acuna (they wed in 1908). By that time she was singing mezzo roles instead of coloratura parts. Around 1920 she accepted a post in New York as head of the NY College of Music vocal department, evidently having moved there earlier. To continue studies with her. so did her Texas pupil, Josephine Lucchese, who had, by 1922, gained a celebrity status of her own with touring opera companies of the period. 1240. 11” Brown Odeon 37387/37386 [Xm733/Xm719]. NELLA NOTTE D’APRILE (Tos- ti) / ARTURO SCARAMELLA [t]. SERENATA (Mascagni). Small lbl. stkrs. both sides. Looks as though it has been unsleeved for most of its life. Side one appears 4 but it plays quite cleanly except for lightest “swish”. Side two few scrs. which, despite their looks, sound only in a few spots. It likewise plays well aside from a very light “swish” and a few LGTs and clicks. 4-5. $15.00. 1773. 10” Green Zonophone 40096 [6239/A428]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Cari luoghi / ELVINO VENTURA [t]. LUCIA: Fra poco (both Donizetti). Piano acc. U.S. recordings, I believe. Just about 1-2. $25.00. EUGENE CONLEY [t] 2967. 12” Red London T.5156 [AR.13651-3/AR.13693-1]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti) / LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Orch. dir. Royalton Kisch. Radio station crayon markings inner margin (timing, filing number), otherwise 1-2. $8.00. 2392. 12” Melotone (unnumbered). : Every Valley / MESSIAH: Comfort Ye My People (Händel). Piano acc. James Quillian. Rec. 7-11-1940. A few ndle. scrs. should be harmless, minor rubs, 2-3. $10.00. FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t] 2710. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74066. LUCIA: Tu che a Dio (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2709. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74174. MANON: Ah, dispar vision (Massenet). Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3249. 12” Cream SA Disco Doble Columbia S5020 [30421/30430]. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo / MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi, dai prati (Boïto). Small lbl. stkr. Excellent flush pressing, good shellac. Just about 1-2. $10.00. - 50 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs PETER CORNELIUS [t]. Labjerggaard, Den- mark 1865 - , 1934. He made his professional opera debut at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1892 as baritone in the role of Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen. He was a member of that theatre until his retirement from the stage in 1922. In 1899, he began performing tenor roles (the Steersman in The Flying Dutchman having been the first) while still performing many roles from the baritone repertoire. After 1902 he was heard frequently in the leading Wagnerian heldentenor parts like Lohengrin, Parsifal, , Siegmund, Walther, Tannhäuser and Tristan. Cornelius appeared as a guest artist with major opera houses throughout Europe, including Covent Garden and Bayreuth. – Wikipedia, etc. 2993. 12” SS Dog Gram. Mon. 02169 [2489f]. SIEGFRIED: The Sword Song (Wagner). In English. Just about 1-2. $15.00. MARIUS CORPAIT [t] 3109. 12” Brown Odéon 73520/73521 [XXP4577/XXP4647]. LA BOHEME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / CARLO ALBANI [t]. : Prelude PETER CORNELIUS and Siciliana (Mascagni). Both in French. Cons. 2. $15.00. FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. See: AÏDA GONZAGA [s], PIERO SCHIAVAZZI [t] -3153. 11” Fonotipia 39555/39885 [XPh1705/XPh2217]. AVE MARIA (Cherubini) / PANIS ANGELICUS (Franck). One small scr., couple tiny PBs, 2. $12.00. IRIS ADAMI CORRADETTI [s]. Milano, 1903-Padova, 1998. Daughter of baritone Fer- ruccio Corradetti and soprano Bice Adami, Iris made her debut at the Milano Teatro dal Verme, 1926, in Vittadini’s Amina Allegra. Her active career at La Scala, the Rome Opera and other important Italian houses focused on the music of composers. She created a number of roles and was among the most notable singing actresses of the first half of the last century. Her only commercial recordings were four sides for Cetra in 1940. She later taught, her pupils having included Katia Ricciaarelli and Margherita Roberti, among many others. 3050. 12” Blk. Cetra 20265 [2-70406/2-70407]. LODOLETTA: Flammen perdonami (Mas- cagni) / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $50.00. EMILA CORSI [s]. See: MATTIA BATTISTINI [b] MARIO CORTADA [t] 2808. 12” Blk. Victor 68520 [s03020v/s03021½v]. MARINA: Terceto (Arrieta). Two sides. With MARIA DARNIS [s], INOCENCIO NAVARRO [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ANTONIO CORTIS [t] 3216. 12” Purple acous. Parlophon P.1580 [2-6478/2-6484]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi) / ANDREA CHENIER: Io non ho amato ancor (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 2618. 12” Purple acous. Parlophon P.1606 [2-6505/2-6496]. SAMSON ET DALILA: S’apre per te il mio core (Saint-Saëns). With RHEA TONIOLO [ms] / ENRICO DE FRAN- CESCHI [b]. : O casto fior (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 3390. 12” Purple acous. Parlophon P.1609 [2-6498/2-6503]. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi).With ENRICO DE FRANCESCHI [b] / ENRICO DE FRANCESCHI [b]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $50.00. 2730. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Parlophone E.10179 [2-6502/2-6499]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With ZITA FUMAGALLI-RIVA [s] / ZITA FUMAGALLI- RIVA [s]. LA BOHÈME: Donde lieta usci (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 3054. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7401 [CF3453-II/CF3473-II]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida manina (Puccini) / FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs KATE COVE [s] -3164. 7” London Berliner 3227 [2406-D-15]. CRADLE SONG [YOU AND I] (composer?). Pressing dimples (mostly silent), few LGTs, one small scr. Otherwise clean 2-3. $25.00 1478. 10” Flush London G&T 3259 [1073-PV-5h-5y?]. LITTLE BIRDS SO SWEETLY SINGING (Allen). With piano and flute. Lovely voice. Exceptional copy, couple LGTs, one groove jump at very beginning of introduction, otherwise cons. 2. $20.00. MICHAEL COZETTE [b]. See: VANNI-MARCOUX [b] ARMAND CRABBÉ [b] 1554. 10” Blk. acous. Vr 63408. AIME-MOI! (Bemberg) / L’ANGÉLUS DE LA MER (Gou- blier). Piano acc. side one. Very early Crabbé, Dec. 1908. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 1499. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4142. LES NOCES D’OR: Oui! Elle fut gaie la fête / LES NOCES D’OR: Ne pleure pas (Auguste Maurage). First class “Z” type shellac. Small pieces of dried scotch tape affixed to upper portion of lbl. side one (where apparently a label existed at one time). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1784. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4144. ALLÁ SOBRE LA NIEVE [CANCIÓN MONTAÑESA] (Gu- stave Doret) / NA COIETA [CANÇÃO MAXIXE] (Sobrinho). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1966. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4145 [Bb13921-II/Bb13922-I]. LA CHINA [CANCIÓN] (Maurage) / TANGUIHO BRASILEIRO (Tupynambá). Just about 1-2. $15.00. GIULIO CRIMI [t]. See: MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c] RICHARD CROOKS [t] 1904. 10” Blue acous. Vr 45422. LOVE IS MINE (Gartner) / FOR YOU ALONE (Geehl). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1455. 10” Red Scroll Vr 1343. THE SONG OF SONGS (Moya) / NAUGHTY MARIETTA: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Herbert). “Z” type shellac. Few barely noticeable rubs, cons. 2. $6.00. 3120. 12” Red Australian HMV DB 1951 [CS- 75596/CS-75710]. NIRVANA (Adams) / HOW LOVELY ARE THY DWELLINGS (Liddle). Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2290. 12” Red late RCA Victor 11-8490. PANIS ANGELICUS (Franck) / ÉLÉGIE (Masse- net). Orch. dir. Charles O’Connell. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3642. 12” Blk. PW Electrola EJ 133 [CVE-37305- 3/CVE-37306-3]. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied / LOHENGRIN: Gralserzählung [In fernem Land] (both Wagner). Not the same as the Victor issue. These takes date from Dec. 8, 1926 while the Victor edition (7105) uses takes 5, from March 1, 1928. Just about 1-2. $10.00. ALICE CUCINI ALICE CUCINI [ms] 1683. 10” Blue Zonophone X-1586. LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli). Nice copy, gen. 2-3. $250.00. 3122. 12” Red Milano G&T 053079 [600c]. MIGNON: Non conosci il bel suol (Thomas). Couple MGTs, cons. 2. $40.00. HUGHES CUENOD [t] 1858. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7551. O LORD, WHAT A MORNIN’ / RIDE ON MO- SES; SINGIN’ WID A SWORD IN MA HAN’ (Negro Spirituals). Piano acc. In En- glish. Amazingly accent-free idiomatic diction. Rare and desirable. Just about 1-2. $30.00. JULIA (MERTEN-) CULP [c] 1273. 11” Blue Odeon X52878/X52879 [XB2182/XB2179]. DER ASRA (Loewe) / ES BLINKT DER TAU (Rubinstein). Fine copy, cons. 2. $25.00. - 52 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1853. 10” White lbl. Vla 64676. NUIT D’ÉTOILES (Debussy). Piano acc. Coenrad V. Bos. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1854. 10” White lbl. Japanese Polydor 35061 [17179½L/17180L]. HEIMWEH (Wolf) / AVE MARIA (Schubert). Piano acc. Coenrad V. Bos). Excellent pressing from orig. 1914 Berlin Gram. matrices. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3441. 12” Blue Scala Ideal 4010 [5039/5040]. FREUDVOLL UND LEIDVOLL (Beethoven) / ES BLINKT DER TAU (Rubinstein). Piano acc. Excellent copy, few very minor mks. Cons. 2. $25.00. 3082. 12” Red Victor “A” plate 74429. FAITHFU’ JOHNIE (Beethoven). Just about 1-2. $7.00. EGIDIO CUNEGO [t]. See: MARIA SANTOLEVA [s] ROYAL DADMUN [b] -3159. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45387. ROUNDED UP IN GLORY [A COWBOY SPIRITUAL] (Fox) / A ROUNDUP LULLABY (Gertrude Ross). Just about 1-2. $8.00. ROBERTO D’ALESSIO [t]. See: AURORA BUADES [ms] GILDA DALLA RIZZA [s] 3625. 12” Red PW elec. Fonotipia N.6597 [XXPh6315/XXPh6314]. MANON: Addio nostro picciol desco / MANON: Lettura della lettera (Massenet). Side two with GIOVANNI MANURITTA [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. [s] 2326. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 1015 [CVE- 36742-4/ CVE-36743-2]. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Donizetti). Two sides. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2461. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 1316 [CM1000-IV/CM1027-II]. PEARL FISHERS: Sicomme un dì / PEARL FISHERS: Brahma, gran Dio (Bizet). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno/Gino Nas- trucci. Superb late ‘30s glassy sur- faces. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3903. 12” Red late Italian VdP DB 1317 [CM1004-II/CM1015-I]. LA SONNAM- BULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini)/ FALSTAFF: Sul fil d’un soffio etesio (Verdi). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2909. 12” Red HMV DB 1318 [CM1009-III/ CM1022-I]. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas)/ LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Crayon radio sta- tion mks. Good pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. TOTI DAL MONTE 2639. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7485 [CM1022-I/ CM1020-II]. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas) / NINNA-NANNA (Bianchini). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $10.00. CHARLES DALMORÈS [t] 1401. 10” White lbl. blk. vinyl Vla 87119 [B-12543-1]. BONJOUR SUZON! (Devries). Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. The composer of this song, Herman Devries, is often erroneously given in references to this specific recording as Leo Delibes. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3086. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 85115. FAUST: Vision Céleste [Act I] (Gounod). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. Lightest NR on lbl. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2179. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 85123 [C-4394]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si ben mio (Verdi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c] 1909. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 60029 [7030/7345]. HOMING (del Riego) / EL RELICARIO (Padilla). Appealing, recom- mended performances. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3685. 12” Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion A-0163 [7359]. IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi) / EXPLANATORY TALK. With GIULIO CRIMI [t]. Side one just about 1-2. Minor rubs side two, cons. 2. $8.00. 3689. 12” Brown shellac U.S. Aeolian-Vocalion 52011 [7359]. Same as preceding listing (item #3685) but U.S. pressing (and no explanatory talk). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3300. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70010 [7372/ ? ]. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur (Saint-Saëns). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00. VASILI P. DAMAYEV [t]. See also: ELENA KATULSKAYA [s]. 2963. 12” Red Russ. Amour Angel Gram. 022142 [1920c]. : Sleep, my beauty (Rimsky-Korsakov). 2-3. VASILI P.DAMAYEV $40.00. 2942. 12” Red Russ. Monarch Angel Gram. 022194 [2178c]. SADKO: Ho, faithful friends (Rimsky-Korsakov). Lt. superficial marks, 2-3. $40.00. GIACOMO DAMMACCO (DAMACCO, also DAMMACO) [t]. Bari, 1883-Milano, 1966. He began as a comprimario in Bari (1903) but in 1905 made his official debut at the opera house of Acqui Terme as the Duke in Rigoletto, singing from then on principal lyric roles. He was heard in a number of Italian theaters, including the Teatro dal Verme in Milano. Other performances took place in Central and South America, the U.S. (Metropolitan Opera, 1915-16), Russia and Switzerland. While heard in four roles while at the Met (Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Rodolfo, Alfredo and Almaviva), and assured of future performances, he cancelled his U.S. contracts in 1916 to return to Italy during the First World War. Dammacco’s career continued into the 1930s. His wife, mezzo-soprano Laura del Lungo, appears to have died sometime during that decade. World War II resulted in his home being bombed, and his last years were spent at the Verdi Casa di Riposo. His very few records are indeed scarce. Two Edison trial cylinders (on the Marston CD set Edison Trials) are recommended for two excerpts from Mignon, “the work that was closest to his heart” [Quote from Internet, Centro Studi Baresi]. 1247. 11” Phonodisc Mondial 378. DON PASQUALE: Com’ è gentil / ELVIRA TETRAZZINI [s], GIUSEPPE ACERBI [t]. DON PASQUALE: Tornami a dir (Donizetti). Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $20.00. HENRI DANGES [b]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs] CARLO DANI [t] 1238. 11” Fonotipia 92980/92981 [XPh4882-2/XPh4887-2]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow) / : Oh qual soave vision (Meyerbeer). A few PBs, mostly silent but a couple will cause light sound. Otherwise 2. $20.00. [b] 2926. 12” White lbl. SS acous. Brunswick test mat. X5354. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Rec. circa April, 1921. Unpublished. Only known copy. 2. $100.00. 1507. 10” Undated Acetate W.E. Lee & Sons, NYC. GUAROLA LA LUNA (?) / UNIDENTI- FIED COMIC ENSEMBLE. LA FAMIGLIA DEL GOBBOU (Comedic patter song). These are transfers from undated sources. Piano acc. and sound would indicate some sort of home recordings, likely early 1940s. Side one is a small vocal ensemble with possibly a boy soprano. Danise sings only one phrase near the end (it is definitely Danise). The other side is a comic vocal ensemble. 2. $10.00. - 54 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs PAUL DARAUX [b]. Toulouse, 1864-Paris, 1907. He originally studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, then singing at the Toulouse Conservatoire. In 1885 he moved to Paris, studying at the Conservatoire National and becoming a pupil of Archaimbaud and Achard. His career as a concert singer began in 1888 when he first appeared with the Paris Concerts Lamoureux, then with the Concerts Colonne, in, among other works, Goethe’s Faust by R. Schumann, Gluck’s Alceste and Rebecca of César Franck, as well as the Bach B Minor Mass, Fauré’s , and in Job of Henri Rabaud. His successful concert career included a number of the concert halls in France, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. His operatic work was restricted to concert performances such as in 1902 at the Festival Lyrique in Paris, where he appeared as King Marke in (together with Félia Litvinne and Charles Dalmorès under Alfred Cortot). Later he taught at the Paris Conservatoire and was appointed the officer of the Académie Française. - from the Internet, “Forgotten Opera Singers” -3165. 7” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32037 [1517-F-1]. LES CERISES (Pierre Dupont). Piano acc. 2. $40.00. -3166. 7” Blk. Paris G&T 2-37040 [1520-F]. LES MYRTLES SONT FLÉTRIES (Faure). Piano acc. PAUL DARAUX Harmless lt. scr. just in inner land and lbl. Some LGTs, gen. 3. $25.00. 1765. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32719 [1521-F-1-1]. LES ENFANTS (Massenet). Piano acc. Inherent pressing depressions, otherwise very fine cons. 2. $40.00. SELMA D’ARCO [s] 3291. 12” acous. Eng. Vocalion A-0264 [04359/04360]. LES FILLES DE CADIX (Delibes)/ A SPIRIT FLOWER (Campbell Tipton). Piano acc. Percy B. Kahn. Lightest mks., one TN, cons. 2. $10.00. ANDRÉ D’ARKOR [t] 1704. 10” PW Blk. Eng. Columbia DF 315 [WLB186/WLB160]. SI VOUS L’AVIEZ COM- PRIS (Denza) / JOCELYN: Berceuse (Godard). Couple lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00. MARIA DARNIS [s]. See: MARIO CORTADA [t] ALEXANDR D. DAVIDOV [b]. 1850-1911. I’ve seen photos of this artist, but I haven’t any information on his career. I doubt that he was related to the leading tenor, below, with the same first and last names. 1912. [as A. S. EKMAKOV]. 10” Green St. Petersburg Zonophone X-62634/X-62635 [4983L/4985L]. DEMON: Do not grieve, my child (Rubinstein) / CARMEN: Torea- dor Song (Bizet). Top copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $35.00. ALEXANDR M. DAVIDOV [t]. 1872-1944. 2001. 7” Green Russ. Zonophone 62396/62399 [2101k/2783k]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / CRADLE SONG (Gretchaninov). Piano acc. An astonishing fine copy, just about 1-2. $75.00. 1795. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Con. Gram. 4-22173/4-22317 [14879b/2496ac]. OH, IF THERE BEYOND THE SKY (Rodzyanko) / VACLAV BRZEZINSKI [b]. A WISH (Rubinstein). Both piano acc. Cons. 2. $75.00. [t] 2541. 12” Purple Eng. Columbia 7351 [75947/75966]. DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES (Old English) / I’LL SING THEE SONGS OF ARABY (Clay). Excellent lami- nated pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00. TUDOR DAVIES [t] 2929. 12” Blk. acous. SR HMV D.839 [Cc3946-II/Cc4149-II]. : In native worth (Haydn) / ACIS AND GALATEA: Love sounds the alarm (Händel). Cons. 2. $12.00. ELLABELLE DAVIS [s] 3355. 12” Red Phillips A50502G. BERCEUSE CREOLE (Henri Sauget) / CHÈRE NUIT (Bachelet). Piano acc. Kjell Olsson. Some harmless lt. mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs SUSAN HAWLEY DAVIS []. ? - Fairfield, CT, 1947. A noted contralto, particularly in the Connecticut area, Mrs. Davis was heard frequently as a recitalist, active from at least 1906. She was also known as a teacher, having studios in Bridgeport and New York’s Carnegie Hall. As far as I know this is her only recording. 2864. 12” SS Red Cross Record 1 [Col. Mat. 16480-1]. LES HUGUENOTS: Lieti Signor (Meyerbeer). Piano acc. Recorded and pressed by Columbia. Sold by the Phillips Telegraph and Electric Novelty Company Bridgeport, CT. Circa. 1916. Just about 1-2. $25.00. PETER DAWSON [bs/b]. See also: ROBERT RADFORD [bs] 1897. 10” Plum HMV B.9913 [OEA-14566-1/OEA-14567-1]. THE CRY OF THE WILD GOOSE (Terry Gilkyson) / THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (Gillespie-Smith). Unexpected repertoire! Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1992. 10” Plum Australian HMV EA 4009 [OAA329/OAA332]. PRAYER FOR THE SAFETY OF ROAD USERS (Trinsh-Mack) / AUSTRALIA (Mackella-Holland). Another Dawson curiosity. With ABC Sydney Singers and Orch. dir. Henri Kripps. Fine lam. pressing. Few tiny mks., cons. 2. $10.00. HEDWIG (VON) DEBICKA [s] 3725. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66140 [2161as/2162as]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah! fors’ è lui / LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). In Italian. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $25.00. ENRICO DE FRANCESCHI [b]. See also: ANTONIO CORTIS [t] 2422. 12” Blk. PW elec. Fonit 35056 [2019-2/2020-2]. NERONE: Vivete in pace (Boïto) / TANNHÄUSER: Oh! tu bell’ astro (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00. INES DE FRATE [s] 1715. 10” Milano G&T 53554/50568 [10939b/11005b]. : Anch’io dischiuso (Verdi) / CARLO SABAJNO dir. ORCH. NORMA: Sinfonia parte 2º (Bellini). Extraordinarily clean copy, just about 1-2. $250.00. EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. See also: [s], [s] 3065. 7” [as ED. FRANK- LIN]. Etched Univer- sal (early Zonophone) 7007. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Noisy patch during announcement (and possible stuck groove there as well). Clears up immediately upon start of music and from there on is gen. 3-4 (some LGTs, mi- nor harmless pressi- ng dimples). $30.00. 2002. 7” [as E. FRANKLIN]. EMILIO DE GOGORZA in a relaxation mode Climax/Columbia 43. THE CLANG OF THE FORGE (Rodney). Label photo turned out brighter than it actually is. Few LGTs, one press. depression (causes lt. sound), few small clicks, otherwise gen. 3. $25.00. 1982. 10” [as Sig. E. FRANCISCO]. Blk. 1901 Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3051. MARTHA: Canzone del Porter (Flotow). Announced by De Gogorza. Piano acc. Minor edginess but an amazing looking cons. 2. $35.00. 1694. 10” [as M. FERNAND]. Blk. 1902 Victor Monarch 1401. A COLUMBINE (compo- ser?). Announced. Piano acc. Few LSSs. Scuffy. Note that label appears brighter in illustration that it actually is. MGTs. 3-4. $25.00. 1698. 10” [as Sig. FRANCISCO]. Blk. GP ’05 Victor 2906 [B-1474]. TUS MIRADAS (Vitteris dell’Oro). Piano acc. Lt. rubbing, gen. 2-3. $25.00. 1545. 10” [as CARLOS FRANCISCO] Blk. ’12 Pats. Vr 4074 [B-1105]. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1754. 10” [as Señor FRANCISCO]. Blk. GP ’08 Victor 4643. SERENATA (Schubert). One small lt. rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00. - 56 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1337. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vr 64038 [B-1734-3?]. FOR ALL ETERNITY (Mascheroni). This early 1904 take never doubled. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1365. 10” Red Vr 64480. NOCHE SERENA (Mexican Folk Song). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1340. 10” Red Vla 64722. THOU ART NEAR ME MARGARITA (Meyer-Helmund). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1339. 10” Red Vla 574. LA CHANSON DE : Sérénade (Offenbach) / LINA (Symiane). Side two take 5, rec. 7 Apr. 1924, replacing the original 1909 version. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2981. 12” White lbl. Victor mat. C-6765. BENVENUTO CELLINI: De l’art, splendeur immortelle (Diaz). Never issued except for IRCC and AGSB. Superb late ‘30s pressing, RCA Vr bk. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3072. 12” Red GP ’06 Victor 74077 [C-4588-2 or 3]. DRINK TO ME ONLY WITH THINE EYES (Old English). Take not visible in matrix. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $8.00. 2184. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 74124 [C-6114-2]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). This 1908 recording appears to have been replaced the next year (1909) by Victor 88175 [C-6885-4]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2805. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74359. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2629. 12” Red Victor 74360. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez). Piano acc. Henri Giles. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3649. 12” Red acous. Vla 6535. DE CAPTAINE OF DE MARGUERITE / LEETLE BATEESE (William Henry Drummond-Geoffrey O’ Hara). Piano acc. Helen Winslow. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2687. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 113 [C-7066/C-6233]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo / IL TROVATORE: Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (both Verdi). Side two with EMMA EAMES [s]. Label side one signed by de Gogorza. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. FRANCO DE GREGORIO [t]. 1821. 10” Blk. Victor 65900 [2700ah/13126b]. SERAFINA (Valverde) / DIVERSI ARTISTI, MILANO. UNA NOTTE SULLA LAGUNA. Side two features various people, apparently in gon- dolas, speaking and singing. Near the end, one can hear Caruso’s record of Mattinata from the distance (at 69.5 rpm or the recording was being FRANCO DE GREGORIO played too fast). Quite a curio! Just about 1-2. $20.00. [s]. Valderrobres, Spain, 1891 or 1892-Milan, 1980. Despite lack of family encouragement, de Hidalgo took exceptional interest in singing as a child and was heard by baritone when she was thirteen. Scotti offered her father to launch her as a child prodigy, but he would have none of it, not permitting her voice lessons until a year later at fourteen. She reported that lessons (with Melchiorre Vidal, who also taught Barrientos, Pareto, Storchio, Valero and Vignas) lasted a year, “every day, all day - mornings and afternoons! Consequently, I was ready [for my debut] after one year”. This took place as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Naples Teatro San Carlo in 1908. She had success in Europe and she was hired for the Met in 1910. Her debut was again as Rosina (supposedly she had only two roles at that time), and she also appeared as Amina in La Sonnambula shortly after at the Met’s New Theater. She was not particularly admired by some of her New York colleagues at the time, perhaps because of her extreme youth. Geraldine Farrar, however “championed her at every opportunity”. On one occasion another singer approached Farrar in a Met corridor and asked her sarcastically, “Don’t you think, really, that there is a big difference between de Hidalgo and Sembrich?” Farrar promptly replied, “Something like forty years, I guess!” De Hidalgo’s career continued until the early 1930s when she began teaching. Her most notable pupil was Maria Callas, who began studies with her at the age of fourteen, the same age de Hidalgo had been when she began lessons. 1296. 11” Fonotipia 92302/92303 [XPh3548/XPh3549]. DON PASQUALE: Quel guardo il cavalier … So anch’io la virtù magica (Donizetti). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1315. 11” Fonotipia 62348/62349 [XPh3528/XPh3524]. LA PERLA DE TRIANA [Canción Andaluza] (Yradier) / MALAGUEÑA (Lorenzo Pagans). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $25.00. - 57 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3638. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 8940-M [AX373-1/AX376-2]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi) / EL RUISEÑOR [THE NIGHTINGALE] (Alabieff). Side one silent patina from rim into grooves about ½”. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00. SOFIA DEL CAMPO [s] 1412. 10” Red PW Chilean Victor 4050. EL BARBERO DE SEVILLA: Polonesa (Gimenez- Nieto) / LA TRANQUERA (Perez-Frière). Side one just about 1-2. Side two a bit of label damage by sticker having been removed. One rub and a couple LSS. Great surfaces. Cons. 2. $12.00. 1551. 10” Blk. PW French Disque Gram. P-862 [BVE-43703-3/BVE-43704-2]. AYER EN LA Tristeza (F. Parades) / EL PAÑO MORUNO (de Falla). Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2884. 12” Red Argentine Orth. Vla 9394. IL GUARANY: Ballata (Gomes) / LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Small lbl. stain side one, cons. 2. $12.00. A. DELCROIX [t] 2004. 7” Green Disque Zonophone 1153 [12265]. LE BEAU RÊVE (Flégier). Piano acc. 2-3. $25.00. JEANNE MARIÉ DE L’ISLE [c]. Paris, 1872-Paris, 1926. Jeanne studied with Maurice Jacquet and made her debut in 1896 at Versailles. Soon after she began a career at the Paris Opéra- Comique, singing for her debut Malika in Delibes Lakmé with American soprano Marie van Zandt. Some of the inspiration of her becoming a singer was in being a descendent of a musical family. Her aunt had created Bizet’s Carmen and her great-uncle was Tonio in the first performance of Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment. At the Paris Opéra-Comique, Jeanne participated in several premieres and sang a number of roles, including Mignon, Santuzza, la Mère in Louise, Carmen and Charlotte in Werther. After leaving the Opéra-Comique, she became a voice teacher in Paris. 1313. 11” Odéon 33244/33245 [3/6]. VOUS ËTES SI JOLIE (Delmet) / FEUILLET D’AMOUR (Thomé). Announced by Marié de l’Isle. I think that the early French Odéon matrix series gave first takes the number 3 and second takes the number 6. At least so it would seem from those I’ve noticed over the years. There don’t seem to be any 1s, 2s or 4s and 5s. Strange! Cons. 3-4. $12.00. NESTORE DELLA TORRE (NÉSTOR DE LA TORRE COMMINGES) [b]. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 1875 – Madrid, 1933. He studied at the Madrid Royal Conservatory and made his operatic debut in Madrid, 1894, with Alice Cucini in Donizetti’s La Favorita. He subsequently sang leading roles in Italy, South America, Russia, the in Barcelona and Milan’s La Scala. Among the several premieres in which he participated were of Mascheroni’s Lorenza and Smareglia’s Oceana (both in 1903). In 1908 he retired at the peak of his career as a result of unspecified family problems. For the remainder of his life he taught and occasionally appeared in concerts. His few, scarce, recordings date from 1908. 2534. 12” Red Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 052226 [1551c]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $40.00. 3115. 12” Red Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 052243 [1550c]. LOHENGRIN: Accusa di Telra- mondo (Wagner). Excellent copy. Small NESTORE DELLA TORRE group of rubs, cons. 2. $40.00. LAURA DEL LUNGO [ms] 1231. 11” Fonotipia 92656/92881 [XPh4401/XPh4788]. NATALE [TRE ANGELI M’APPARVERO] (Holmès) / ELISA PETRI [s]. CARILLION DE NOËL (Giordano). Rare. Small (½”) scr. start side one, superficial mks., 3. $20.00. MARIO DEL MONACO [t] 1862. 10” late Red VdelP DA 11332 [OBA7566-1/OBA7654-2]. LA BOHÈME: Testa ado- rata (Leoncavallo) / MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Orch. dir. Argeo Quadri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs GINO DEL SIGNORE [t] 3276. 12” Blk. PW It. Parlophon [Cetra] P.56096 [2-84609-2/2-84626-3]. MARCELLA: Epidsodio e Romanza di Giorgio / EIAR ORCH. IL RE: Intermezzo (both Gior- dano). Both sides dir. by the composer. Lt. mks., one tiny scr. side one. Gen. 2. $20.00. GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. See also: LICIA ALBANESE [s], LUCREZIA BORI [s], GERALDINE FARRAR [s], AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s] 1999. 10” Red Milano G&T 52420 [2881-w2]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Monologo di Michonnet (Francesco Cilèa). Creator record, accompanied by the composer. One small nick (very few ticks), few MGTs, inherent (harmless) pressing ripples. Lt. rubbing. 3-4. Still certainly a recommended playing copy. $100.00. 1285. 11” Fonotipia 39168/39169 [XPh211/ XPh228]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Che fai tu qui (Berlioz) / OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). IMs. Small PB side one. Cons. 2. $15.00 1310. 11” Fonotipia 39935/39936-2 [XPh2308/ XPh2302-2]. LA FAVORITA: Vien, Leonora (Donizetti) / PIQUE DAME: Se all’ egual dì vaghi augelli [Canzone di Tomski] (Tschaikowsky). Side one small ND, 2-3. Side two 2. $15.00. 1275. 11” Fonotipia 39937/39938 [XPh2303/ XPh2335]. PASTORALE [NU ZAMPUG- NARO] (de Leva) / DOLCE MADONNA (G. De Luca). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1293. 11” Fonotipia 39977/39978 [XPh2379/ XPh2327]. GERMANIA: Ferito, pri- gionier! (Franchetti) / MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). Pencil writing on grooves. 2-3. $15.00. 1307. 11” Fonotipia 62010/62011 [XPh2385/ XPh2387]. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io GIUSEPPE DE LUCA son / DON PASQUALE: Convien far la semplicette (Donizetti). With AÏDA GONZAGA [s]. Key (“fa”) written on grooves in pencil side one. Gen. 2. $15.00. 1291. 11” Brown Odeon 59085/59086 (Fono.39949/39950) [XPh2297/XPh2328]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod) / LA GIOCONDA: O monumento (Ponchielli). Piano acc. Very minor lbl. stain side two, otherwise first rate, just about 1-2. $20.00. 2291. 12” Red Victor 74506. ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (Verdi). Appears as mint, as is the case of most Victor records listed herein. Just about 1-2. $6.00. [t]. See also: CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s] 1791. 10” White lbl. Vla 91020 [2870-w2]. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). Coin sized lbl. stkr. Excellent pressing. Inherent orig. pressing depressions (harmless). Cons. 2. $20.00. 1779. 10” Red Milano G&T 2-52473 [7340b]. LOHENGRIN: S’ei torna alfin (Wagner). Piano acc. Carlo Sabaino (or Sabajno … spelled either way). Lt. lbl. damage near center, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. 1454. 10” Red Vla 66006 [13337b]. CARMELA MIA (Cannio). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1194. 11” Fonotipia 92701/92702 [XPh4488/XPh4465]. ‘O SOLE MIO (di Capua) / LUNA NOVA (Costa). Few small mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 2497. 12” Red Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 052250 [1442c]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). For some odd reason this 1908 recording was quickly deleted and replaced by the previously deleted 1904 version, 052078 [214m]. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 3175. 12” Red Angel Pre-Dog Gram. 054082 [621c]. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso un cor fedel (Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3696. 12” Red vinyl White lbl. Vla 88361 [620c]. LA TRAVIATA: Parigi, o cara! (Verdi). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1283. 11” Phonotype C.2135/C.2136. CAR- MEN: Ah! mi parla di lei / CARMEN: Mia madre vedo ancor (Bizet). With MARIA DEL PIANO [s]. Small PB. Cons. 2-3. $50.00. 2788. 12” Phonotype M.1747/M.1755. CAR- MEN: Il fior (Bizet) / WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet). Minor pressing bumps first ½” side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $40.00. 3648. 12” Phonotype M.1751/N.1759. MEFI- STOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto) / FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Side one just about 1-2. Side two a few likely inherent and tiny pressing depressions, cons. 2. $40.00. 3660. 12” Phonotye M.1764/M.1810. I PURI- TANI: A te, o cara / I PURITANI: Vieni fra questa braccia (Bellini). Side two with ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $40.00. 2606. 12” Phonotype M.1765/M.1775. CAVAL- LERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana / CAVAL- LERIA RUSTICANA: Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. FERNANDO DE LUCIA $40.00. 3213. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 92052 [1172c]. CARMEN: Mia madre vedo ancor (Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2457. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 104 [1171c/1444c]. LOHENGRIN: Mio salvatore! (Wag- ner). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] / LA SONNAMBULA: Son gelosa (Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. JOSÉ TORRES DE LUNA [b] 1284. 11” Odeon 59030/59031 [XPh2815/XPh2811]. HUGUENOTS: Signor, difesa e scudo / LA JUIVE: Voi, che del Dio vivente (Halévy). Orig. issued as Fonotipia 92056/92057. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. VERA DE LUZE [s]. 1879- ? . Born in Russia, de Luze studied in Warsaw, where she made her operatic debut in 1900. She was likewise successful in Italy (usually as Vera De Luza) in both lyric and coloratura parts and was well-received in Russia at the Zimin Opera, where she created for Moscow, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. It appears that the remainder of her life was spent in Russia. In 1934, de Luze was on the faculty of a conservatory in Moscow. 1385. 10” Muzpred 18028 (Zonophone X-63953/X-63954) [2704r/2705r]. MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart) / AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Piano acc. First issued as blk. G&Ts 2-23123/2-23124. Late ‘teens pressing. Harmless superficial rubs, 2-3. $75.00. BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MONTALANT [s]. 1380. 10” Pre-Dog Angel Disque Gram. 33652/33653 [3117h/3118h]. LA PROCESSION (Franck). Two sides. Cons. 2. $15.00. BERNARDO DE MURO [t]. See also: MARIA ROGGERO [s]. 2736. 12” Red acous. Vla 6421. AÏDA: Fuggiam gli ardori. With INES VIGANÒ [s] / AIDA: Si, fuggiam da queste mura (Verdi). With IRMA VIGANÒ [s], ANNA GRAMEGNA [ms], ARISTIDE BARACCHI [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2170. 12” Red acous. Vla 6553. IRIS: Or dammi il braccio tuo / IL PICCOLO MARAT: Va nella tua stanzetta (both Mascagni). Side two with IRMA VIGANÒ [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3089. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type shellac Victor 6891. TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi) / CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet). The only “Z” type shellac issue of this I’ve ever seen. Great pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00. - 60 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3645. 12” late Red VdP DB 556 [02352v/02354v]. ISABEAU: Dormivi? / ISABEAU: I tuoi occhi! (Mascagni). With VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b]. Brünn, Moravia, 1861- Czernowitz, 1910. He studied at the Vienna Conservatoire and was engaged for opera first in Halle, then Leipzig, Hamburg, and finally the Vienna Opera. In addition he was an active artist at the Bayreuth and Munich festivals. He died of a “stroke of apoplexy” while resting backstage after having sung Loewe’s Die Lauer in a concert. 1798. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 42639 [835g-Go-2z]. MINNELIED (Brahms). Piano acc. Lt. lbl. fade. 3. $20.00. 1509. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 2-42291/2-42292 [15095u/15146u]. TANNHÄUSER: Der hohe Liebe / LOHENGRIN: Telramunds Klage (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2399. 12” Blk. Wien G&T 042030 [19hp]. DIE DREI PINTOS: Ariette (von Weber-Mahler). Piano acc. A particular rarity and a superb copy. Couple harmless PBs, few MGTs, cons. 2. $75.00. ERNA DENERA [s]. See: MARGARETHE SIEMS [s] LEOPOLD DEMUTH as William Tell MARCELLE DENYA [s] 1566. 10” PW Red French Columbia RF 38 [WL13396/WL2704]. RETOUR DE VÊPRES (Henri Busser) / SÉRÉNADE (R. Strauss). Side one acc. by the composer. Side two acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LOLA ARTÔT DE PADILLA [s]. See also: HERMANN JADLOWKER [t] 3176. 12” Blue acous. Vox *04026 [624A/626A]. LA TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara / LA TRAVIATA: Un di felice eterea (Verdi). In Italian. With BJÓRN TALÉN [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. BERNICE (JAMES) DE PASQUALI [s]. Hull, MA, 1873-Omaha, NB, 1925. Her primary vocal studies were in New York with Oscar Saenger. In 1900 she wed tenor Salvatore Mangione de Pasquali, who first was a stage colleague and then became her manager and coach. They appeared in Italy, she making her debut there in 1900 as Gilda in Rigoletto (another source indicates it was Marguerite in Faust). Subsequently she had considerable success in Italy as she did in the U.S. and Central America. At the Metropolitan Opera, she was on the roster from 1909 through 1914. There she sang twelve principal lyric and coloratura roles including Lucia, Micaëla, Nedda, Rosina, and Violetta. She also toured in concert and vaudeville. A press announcement on January 3, 1925, stated that DePasquali had been chosen to create the title role in Refice’s MARCELLE DENYA opera Cecila at the Costanzi Theater in Rome “next spring”. Death unfortunately intervened just three months later on April 4th when she passed on from pneumonia in Omaha, Nebraska, while touring with the Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit. Her husband had died suddenly two years earlier. 1652. 10” B&S Columbia 25939 [take 2]. ANGEL’S SERENADE (Braga). With unidentified violin obbligato and piano. Lt. scr. (should be silent), gen. 2. $12.00. 1672. 10” Flush Blk. G&T 54010 [2027g-nb]. RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). With SALVATORE DE PASQUALI [t]. Piano acc. This has a hair crk. taped at rim and visible to label, but not broken through and not sounding (when checked here). Few LGTs, gen. 3. $10.00. EDOUARD DE RESZKE [bs] 3282. 10” Blue Columbia A617 [1221-2/1223-1]. ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi) / SÉRÉNADE DE DON JUAN (Tschaikowsky). Two of de Reszke’s three only recorded sides, 1903. Side two announced by de Reszke. Side one has some MGTs (i.e. sounding, mostly a result of the singer being too close to the horn). Side two a few MGTs. Otherwise the disc appears to be cons. 2. $200.00. - 61 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs JEAN DE RESZKE [t]. 1513. 10” Gold PW IRCC 110. L’AFRICAINE: O Paradis [conclusion] (Meyerbeer) / SIEG- FRIED: Forge Scene [excerpt] (Wagner). Transferred about 85 rpm. From Mapleson cylinders recorded during 1901 Met performances. Probably the best extant samplings of his voice. Just about 1-2. $25.00. FÉLY DEREYNE [s]. Marseille, 1883- ? . Born Vinay-Marie Fély-Dereyne, she studied with Biasini and made her debut as Gounod’s Mireille in Marseille, next appearing in Nizza, Lisbon, Nice, and so on. She subsequently toured in the U.S. with the San Carlo Opera and appeared at the Met (1907-08) as well as Covent Garden. She had great success with the Boston Opera and in South America in . There were appearances again in Nizza, 1916, and possibly New Orleans in 1918, but what subsequently became of her appears not to be known. Despite her international success, her only issued record is the disc below. 1905. 10” TC Columbia A1234 [19852-1/19853-1]. MANON: Je marche sur tous les Chemins (Massenet) / BOHEME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini). Side two in Italian. Good surfaces (post-raised rings). Cons. 2. $15.00. ARTHUR DESCAMPS [t] FÉLY DEREYNE 1871. 10” early elec. Blk. Polydor F2117 [129bk/ ? bk]. CHANSON DE L’ADIEU / IDEALE (both Tosti). Lt. mks. Side one cons. 2, side two 2. $10.00. 1512. 10” early elec. Blk. Polydor F2119 [125bk/128bk]. SADKO: Chanson Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov) / POUR UN BAISER (Tosti). Couple MGTs side two, gen. 2. Side one cons. 2. $10.00. DOLORES DE SILVERA [c] 3323. 12” Red PW Eng. Columbia D14254 [WLX996/WLX997]. CINQ POÈMES: (1) La Moricaude; (2) La Grève; (3) La Manège / (4) Le Jardin; (5) La Sagesse (Pierre-Octave Ferroud). Two sides. Orch dir. Joseph-Eugène Szyfer. Just about 1-2. $20.00. EMMY DESTINN [s]. 1304. 11” Red Odeon X.52707/X.52708 [XB3613/XB3612]. ROBERT THE DEVIL: Romanze der Alice (Meyerbeer). Two sides. Excellent early ‘30s pressing. Few tiny ARTHUR DESCAMPS mks., cons. 2. $20.00. 1890. 10" White lbl. vinyl Victrola 87249 [B-17463-4]. SÉRÉNADE (Gounod). Unpub- lished on Victor. Supposedly it was issued on SS HMV 7-33016, but I’ve never seen or heard of an extant copy. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3446. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. 043133/043134 [272as/274as]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich teure Halle (Wagner) / PIQUE DAME: Es geht auf Mitternacht (Tschaikowsky). Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $20.00. 2862. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-053053 [5134f]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Never doubled. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3463. 12” Blk. Opera Disc 2-053054 [5147f]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi) Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2441. 12” Yellow raised rim HMV 2-054020 [5143f]. LA GIOCONDA: L’amo come il fulgor del creato! (Ponchielli). With LOUISE KIRKBY LUNN [c]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3266. 12” Yellow PW Cat. No. 2 HMV DK 123 [5203f/Ho201ai]. MIRA LA BIANCA LUNA (Rossini). With LOUISE KIRKBY LUNN [c]. / LOUISE KIRKBY LUNN [c], JOHN MC CORMACK [t]. JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: T’eri un giorno ammalato (Wolf- Ferrari). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2579. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 51 [0826v/0827v]. CARMEN: Dance Scene [Act II] / CAR- MEN: Final Scene (Bizet). Both with KARL JORN [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00. GENNARO DE TURA [t] 1810. 10” Red Milano G&T 2-52603 [10625b]. JERY E BETLEY: O solo mio Tesoro (Enrico Romani). Very fine copy, couple lightest mks. Cons. 2. $50.00. - 62 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MAFALDA DE VOLTRI [s]. See: HIPÓLITO LAZARO [t] DAVID DEVRIÈS [t] 2793. 12” PW Red Odéon 123.548 [XXP6659-2/ XXP6671-2] CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet) / LA DAME BLANCHE: Rêverie de George Brown (Boieldieu). Side two an especially admired performance. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 2232. 12” PW Red Odéon 123.558 [XXP6673-2/ XXP6675-2]. LES ROSES D’ISPAHAN (Fauré) / L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE (Duparc). Orch. dir. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 2181. 12” PW Red Odéon 123.729 [XXP7154/XXP7155]. PAGANINI: Jai toujours cru qu’un baiser (Lehár) / PEARL FISHERS: Romance de Nadir (Bizet). Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2886. 12” Blue PW Parlophone R.20069 [XXP6659-2/ XXP6671-2]. LA DAME BLANCHE: Rêverie de George Brown (Boieldieu) / FAUST: Salut, demeure (Gounod). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $30.00. RAFAELO DIAZ [t]. San Antonio, TX, 1884 – New York City, 1943. Originally trained as a pianist, Diaz studied voice at the Berlin Stern Conservatory and then in Italy with Sabatini. His debut was in a small role in Massenet’s Thaïs with the Boston Opera, 1911. His primary operatic work was with the Metropolitan Opera, where he appeared from 1918 to 1934, making his debut this time in the principal tenor role in Thaïs, Nicias, with Geraldine Farrar in the title part. He was also a popular concert singer and frequently appeared in society musicales. Diaz signed a “several years” contract with Columbia in 1925, although only four sides resulted. The disc below, from DAVID DEVRIÈS around 1921, is his only other known recording -3158. 10” Red acous. E. Morris Music Pub. 2150/2151. THE WANDERING JEW / Cantor JOSEPH MANN [b]. THE WANDERING JEW. Side one in English. Side two “in Jewish” (Yiddish). Apparently issued to publicize the song, although the com- poser’s name isn’t provided. Piano acc. Rubbed (probably unsleeved for years) but plays well. 4. $20.00. [bs]. See also: ENZO LELIVA [t] 1294. 11” Fonotipia 39540/39541 [XPh1642/XPh1646]. GDYBYŚ ZAŹADALA [SI TU LE VOULAIS] (Tosti) / O MATKO MOJA [ABOUT MY MOTHER] (Moniuszko). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1246. 11” U.S. Fonotipia 92025 [XPh3177]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: No, nessun salvar ti può (v.Weber). Fine pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. MARIE DIETRICH [s]. See also KARL JÖRN [t], FRANZ NAVAL [t] GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO [t] [first disc below as NINO FLORIO] 1409. 10” Plum HMV JOM.42 [OBA5815/OBA5817]. IL VALTZER DEL QUARTO DI LU- NA / MARIA CRISTINA [RUMBA] (both Bixio). Early di Stefano (1946). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1727. 10” late Red VdP DA-11355 [OBA8701/OBA8705]. LA STRADA DEL CUORE / PIÚ BELLA DEL SOLE (both Carenzio). From film Canto per me. Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Minor rubbing. 2. $10.00. 3228. 12” late Red RCA Vr 12-1018 [2EA-12616-1/2EA-12620-2]. LA TRAVIATA: Lungi da lei … De’ miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3476. 12” Red Electrola DB 21518 [E1-RC-3181-3/E1-RC-3182-5]. LA BOHÉME: Che gelida manina / LA BOHÉME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). Side two with [b]. Orch. dir. Renato Cellini. Just about 1-2. $10.00. DORA DOMAR [s]. See: GIUSEPPE SALA [t]; SANDRO BENELLI [in 78 Choral section] 2683. 12” Red Vla 89143 [1967c]. LA BOHÈME: Mimì, io son! (Puccini). With ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Small lbl. stkr. Nice copy. Cons. 2. $15.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]: See also: FELICE HÜNI-MIHACSEK [s], LOTTE SCHÖNE [s] 1808. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor V-6191 [OD-786-2/OD-815-1]. ES FÜHRT KEIN ANDERER WEG ZUR SELIGKEIT. With Lewis Ruth Orchester / MAREK WEBER und sein ORCHSTER. WIR TANZEN EIN UND SEHEN AUS (Heymann). Both from Ufa-Tonfilm Liebe ist Liebe. Just about 1-2. $10.00. JESSIE WOOLWORTH DONAHUE [s]. 1886-1971. Daughter of F. W. Woolworth, the billionaire owner of the Woolworth store chain, Jessie was a friend of socialite Elsa Maxwell, as was Frances Alda. For a period in the 1930s, Donahue studied voice with Alda when the private recording below was made. In her autobiography, Alda states, “Jessie Donahue, one of the heiresses to the enormous Woolworth fortune, is a pupil of mine. If Jessie Donahue were not enormously rich, if she had to make her way in the world, she could achieve tremendous success as a singer. Not only has she one of the loveliest soprano voices I ever heard – very high and sweet and clear, but the quality in her singing and the gift for interpretation which are natural to her are what many singers have to study to attain.” Umm … this is Mme. Alda’s opinion … not mine. Donahue’s colorful life and equally splashy family included her cousin, Barbara Hutton and her son, James Paul “Jimmy” Donahue, a lover of Wallis Simpson (wife of King Edward VIII/The Duke of Windsor) for several years in the early 1950s. We shall conclude at this point as our interest here is in Mrs. Donahue, the soprano, and not her seamy and steamy relatives. 1521. 10” White lbl. SS Private Use RCA Vr mat. BS-03465-2. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Piano acc. by FRANCES ALDA. Unidentified violinist. RCA Vr Bk. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00. SOFIA I. DRUZYAKINA [s]. See: VASILI P. DAMAYEV [t] GASTON DUBOIS [t]. See: AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t] MARIA DUCHÊNE [c]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t] 2999. 12” White lbl. Vla 88237 [C-8746-2]. CARMEN: Nous avons en tête une affaire (Bizet). With GABRIELLE LEJEUNE [ms], SUSANNE DUMESNIL [s], GASTON GASTON DU BOIS LEROUX [t], CHARLES GILIBERT [b]. This seems to be take 2, although only one take is listed for it in discographical sources. There is no catalogue number in the matrix which would be a strong indication of a different take. Just about 1-2. $25.00. PAUL DUFAULT [t] 1926. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 78918. VIATIQUE (Chaminade) / LE NOËL DES MATELOTS (Trémisot-Silvestre). Just about 1-2. $10.00. GEORGES DURAND [bs/b]. Active at the Paris Opéra-Comique the beginning of the last century, Durand sang smaller and larger roles, among the latter Sulpice (La Fille du Régiment), Lothario (Mignon) and Nilakhanta (Lakmé). 1218. 11” Red APGA 2265/2266 [A478/A479]. AUBADE (E. Diaz) / LA TOUSSAINT (Lacome). Piano acc. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $20.00. MARGARETE DÜREN [s]. 1904 – 1988, Cologne. Noted German opera singer and following W.W. II an esteemed coach and vocal pedagogue. She remained associated with the Cologne Opera as a respected performance critic and instructor until her death. 1537. 10” Plum HMV EG 7278 [ORA5249-I/ORA5250-2]. VETTER AUS DINGSDA: Stran- lenger Mond / DU GIBT NUR EINER LIEBE (both Edouard Künneke). Just about 1-2. $12.00. ILONA DURIGO [c] 3230. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LZX 3 [WZX152/WZX153]. AN DIE LEYER / LIED DER MIGNON (both Schubert). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00. CLAIRE DUX [s]. 1616. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 24062 [1120ar/19024L]. LA BOHÈME: Walzer der Musette (Puccini) / IL TROVATORE: Befreit, o weiche Seligkelt (Verdi). Side two with JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 3452. 12” Red acous. Schallplatte Gram. 72889 (043291/043304) [1090m/1264m]. FREISCHÜTZ: Gebet der Agathe (v.Weber) / THE MIKADO: Die Sonne lacht (Sullivan). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 3448. 12” Red acous. Schallplatte Gram. 72901 [284av/286av]. DER SPIELMANN (Hil- dach) / AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU (Strauss). Small lbl. stkr., few lightest rubs. Excellent pressing. Cons. 2. $20.00. IGNACY DYGAS [t] 3369. 10” Blk. Victor 67151 (both S/8). PÓJDŹ SKARBIE MÓJ [SPEAK TO ME STILL] (Leoncavallo) / MÓW DO MNIE JESZCZE [GO MY TREASURE] (rom. Rutkows- kiego). I have no idea what the Leoncavallo piece with its Mattinata like intro- duction might be. Piano acc. 2-3. $20.00. EMMA EAMES [s]. 1724. 10” Gold PW IRCC 179. TOSCA: Torture Scene, Act 2 (Puccini). Two sides. With [t], ANTONIO SCOTTI [b], BERNARD BÉGUÉ [b]. Recorded by Lionel Mapleson on wax cylinders during Jan. 3, 1903 Met performance. Quite thrilling despite the dim sonics. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2462. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 85054 [88007] (C-2318). AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod). With piano and violin (artists unidentified). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2194. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88008 [C-6203]. SPRING (Henschel); THE YEARS AT THE SPRING (Amy Beach). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3688. 12” Red ’06 GP Victor 88012 [C-2421-2]. STAR SPANGLED BANNER (Key); DIXIE (Emmett). Piano acc. 2. $12.00. 2161. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88135 [C-6202]. SI TU LE VEUX (Koechlin); CHERUBIN: Aubade (Massenet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2162. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88344 [C-11301-1]. DOPO (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2663. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88344 [C-11301-1]. DOPO (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2649. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88367. GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE (Schubert). Rare origin- nal. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2553. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 20 [C-3170-2/C-6967]. DON GIOVANNI: Là ci darem la mano / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Crudel perchè finora (both Mozart). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. One harmless tiny mark. Side one first of two issued versions. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2640. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 32 [C-2401/C-3386]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) / CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet). Label side one signed by Eames. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2668. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 43 [C-4032/C-11301-1]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / DOPO (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3331. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 44 [C-6625-2/C-6626-1]. LAKMÉ: Sous le dôme épais de jasmin (Delibes) / LOHENGRIN: Du, Armste (Wagner). Both with LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. FLORENCE EASTON [s] 1796. 10” Blk. ‘30s “Full Range” Brunswick 15193 [E28412-B/E28413-A]. ROSE-MARIE: Indian Love Call (Hammerstein-Friml) / MLLE. MODISTE: Kiss Me Again (Herbert). Excellent pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 2572. 12” Maroon on White PW IRCC 212 [QC-2003/QC-2004]. ICH SCHEBE; DU MEI- NES HERZENS KRÖNELEIN (both R. Strauss) / IN DEM SCHATTEN MEINER LOCKEN; AUCH KLEINE DINGE (Wolf). Piano acc. Lester Hodges. Recorded from Juilliard Concert, July 13, 1939. Just about 1-2. $20.00. NINO EDERLE [t] 2782. 12” Dk. Blue PW Parlophon P.56001 [2-84031/2-84032]. MANON: Il Sogno / MA- NON: Ah, dispar vision (Massenet). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2. $12.00. IRENE EISINGER [s] 2827. 12” PW Plum HMV C.2906 [2EA1046-I/2EA4750-I]. AQUARELLEN WALTZ / ANNEN POLKA (both Strauss). In English. Few lightest rubs, and very minor lbl stain side one (where a label was likely removed). Cons. 2. $15.00. FRANZ EGÉNIEFF [b]. See: HERMANN JADLOWKER [t] - 65 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MARIA EKEBLAD [s]. Stockholm, 1875 (?) - ? . She studied in Hannover and Berlin, making her debut in Würzberg, 1901, as Elsa in Lohengrin. She subsequently appeared in several German and Viennese opera houses, including the Berlin and Vienna Hofopers, Weimar, Hannover, and so on, in roles including Agathe, Marguerite, Mignon and Micaëla. From 1911-13 she studied further in Berlin with Alfredo Cairati and Lilli Lehmann and returned to the stage in 1913 as a concert singer. She remained active in Scandinavia and Germany for at least ten years as a recitalist. 2178. 12” acous. Anker E-9191[04262/04263]. FRÜH- LINGSTRAUM / AUF DEM WASSER ZU SING- EN (both Schubert). Piano acc. 2-3. $35.00. ELISE ELIZZA [s] 3196. 12” Blk. Wien G&T 043010 [58Hp]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Arie der Sulamith (Goldmark). Piano acc. and Hofoper Female Chorus. Few LGTs, gen. 3. $75.00. [t] 3345. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7365 [75423/ 6851]. ON WENLOCK EDGE: No. 6: Clun. With London Str. Qt. / THE ROADSIDE FIRE (both Vaughan Williams). Piano acc. Lbl. stkr. top half label side one. Excellent lam. pressing. Just ELISE ELIZZA about 1-2. $12.00. 3346. 12” Blue PoW (?) Eng. Columbia L.1101 [6846/6847]. FILL A GLASS WITH GOL- DEN WINE (Quilter) / IN SUMMERTIME ON BREDON (Graham Peel). Piano acc. Slightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00. MARIA ALEKSANDROVNA EMSKAYA [s] 1767. 10” Blk. St. Petersburg Favorite 1-76067/1-76068 [6537-o/6538-o]. EUGEN ONE- GIN: Tatyana’s Letter Scene / EUGEN ONEGIN: Final Scene (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Gen. 2. $35.00. ARTHUR ENDRÈZE [b] 2238. 12” Red PW Pathé X.90079 [250.315/250.316]. GUERCOEUR: Le calmer entre dans mon coeur / GUERCOEUR: Où suis-je, quel murmure me charme (Albert Magnard). Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2591. 12” Red PW Odéon 123.726 [XXP7143-2/XXP7215-2]. NOCTURNE / LA PROCES- SION (both Franck). Orch. dir. Henri Defosse. Particularly highly recommended performances. Just about 1-2. $15.00. KARL ERB [t]. See: MARIA IVOGÜN [s] NANCY EVANS [c] 3269. 12” Blue PW Eng. Decca K.566 [TA.3083-1/TA.3084-1]. REST, SWEET NYMPHS; SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA (both Peter Warlock) / DO NOT GO, MY LOVE (Hage- man). Piano acc. Hubert S. Foss. Fine artist, highly recommended. Just about 1-2. $10.00. GUERRINA FABBRI [c] 3027. 12” Red Milano G&T 053007 [Con552-R]. ITALIANA IN ALGERI: Rondò (Rossini). Very bright label. One greyed groove, some LGTs. One PG, unbroken and unlikely to cause any problem. Reproduction is fine with 1.5 mil stylus (needed for clear repro- duction of all 1903 “Con” matrices). Gen. 3-4. $350.00. ISIDORO FAGOAGA [s] 2603. 12” PW Green Italian Columbia GQX 10269 [WBX504-2/WBX513]. DIE WALKÜRE: Un brand il padre promiso / TANNHÄUSER: Racconto, Atto III (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00. MARIA LUISA FANELLI [s] 2494. 12” Late Red VdP DB 1508 [CM1582-II/CM2519-ITI]. BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2735. 12” PW (laminated) Disco Grammofono DB 1748 [2M210-IIT1/2F387-II]. LA FOR- ZA DEL DESTINO: Madre, pietosa Vergine (Verdi) / BENVENUTO FRANCI [b], GIANNA PEDERZINI [ms]. LA FAVORITA: In questo suolo (Donizetti). Side one couple of rubs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $10.00. GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t]. The oversized, unpublished pressings below, which originally came from Miss Farrar’s collection, are unique tests. 1799. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 33457 [2251h]. AIME-MOI (Bemberg). Few LGTs, otherwise excellent 2. $75.00. 1574. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 53345 [2174h]. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). In Italian. Piano acc. Remarkable copy. Just about 1-2. $75.00. 1681. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 53363 [2250h]. MATTINATA (Tosti). Piano acc. Few ndle. nicks, mostly in intro. One spot (about ¼”) causes sound. Few MGTs, one LSS. Otherwise looks 2-3. $25.00. 1961. 10” White lbl. HMV Advance Copy 53430 [3801h]. CARO MIO BEN (Giordani). Top surface, just about 1-2. $12.00. 1987. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gramophone 54311/ 2-44133 [4720h/4705h]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (Verdi). With KARL JORN [t] /MARIE DIETRICH [s], KARL JÖRN [t]. TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi). Side one in Italian. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1350. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 87005 [B-4258-2]. COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE (Old Scottish Air). Bright pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $6.00. 1970. 10” White RCA Victor vinyl 87029 [B-8273-4]. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (Foster). Pressed by RCA in the later 1950s. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $40.00. 1354. 10” Red Vla 87350. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME, Op. 55, No. 4 (Dvořák). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $6.00. 1355. 10” Blue Opera Disc 7-43001 [B-12740-1]. GERALDINE FARRAR WONNEVOLLER MAI, O KOMM HERBEI (Gluck [or Chadwick], arr. Sieber, although this label credits just “André”). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1376. 10” White lbl. Victor matrix B-23586-2. ZAZÀ: Il bacio (Leoncavallo). With GIU- SEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Unpublished take. Take 1 was issued as Vla 87568. Superficial rubs, 3-4. $75.00. 1208. 11” White lbl. Victor matrix B-23590-3. APPLE BLOSSOMS: Star of Love (Kreisler). Unpublished take. Note that these “11” Victors of Farrar are all oversized tests of 10” matrices. Take 2 was issued as Vla 87308. 2-3. $75.00. 1200. 11” White lbl. Victor matrix B-26034-3. LA SERENATA (Tosti). Harp acc. Francis Lapitino. Rec. 27 July 1922. Unpublished take. Only form of issue was Take 7 (rec. 1923) as Victor 953. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $75.00. 1206. 11” White lbl. Victor matrix B-26695-2. CHANSON DU PRINTEMPS (J. F. Rogers). Francis Lapitino (harp). In French. Unpublished test. Farrar has written on the label, “Frogs!” 3. $100.00. 1207. 11” White lbl. Victor matrix B-26868-2. 8 Sept. 1922. AIME-MOI (Bemberg). With orch. Rec. 8 Sept. 1922. Unpublished test. 3. $100.00. 1974. 10” White lbl. Victor mat. B-26869-1. J’AI TANT DE CHOSES A VOUS DIRE (Gabriella Ferrari). 8 Sept. 1922. Unpublished except for IRCC 79. RCA Vr Bk. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1202. 11” Victor matrix B-27731-2. STÄNDCHEN [SERENADE] (R. Strauss). Piano acc. Claude Gonvierre. In English. Rec. 2 Apr. 1923. Unpublished test. An electrical take of this from 1927 was issued by IRCC. A couple MGTs, 3. $100.00. 1971. 10” White lbl. vinyl RCA Victor B-27731-2. Same as preceding listing (item #1202) but late ‘50s RCA pressing. Just about 1-2. $100.00. - 67 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 1204. 11” Victor (no matrix number assigned). HERE BEAUTY DWELLS (Rachmaninoff). Piano acc. Rec. 2 Apr. 1923. Unpublished test. 2-3. $150.00. 1216. 11” Victor (no matrix number assigned). A DREAM (Grieg). Piano acc. Rec. 3 Apr. 1923. Unpublished test. 2-3. $150.00. 1212. 11” Victor elec. matrix BVE-37351-1. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non so più cosa son (Mozart). Unpublished (except as a dub on IRCC). Farrar has written in pencil on the grooves, “Hollow in quality. Veiled.” 3. $100.00. 1213. 11” Victor elec. matrix BVE-37356-2. HUMORESQUE [CHRISTINA’S LAMENT] (Farrar-Dvorak). Orch. acc. Unpublished test. Take 1 was issued on IRCC. 2-3. $75.00. 1201. 11” Victor matrix BVE-38145-1. PUR DICESTI (Lotti). Piano acc. Claude Gonvierre. Rec. 8 Mar. 1927. Unpublished test. A 12” version (CVE-37348-1) was issued by IRCC. Superficial rubs, MGTs. 3-4. $100.00. 1203. 11” Victor matrix BVE-38146-1. DROWSY POPPIES (Gilmour). Piano acc. Claude Gonvierre. Rec. 8 Mar. 1927. Unpublished test. Five takes were made. None issued. Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $100.00. 1205. 11” Victor matrix BVE-38147-1. HAME TO THE HIGHLANDS (Gilmour). Piano acc. Claude Gonvierre. Rec. 8 Mar. 1927. Unpublished test. Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $100.00. 2265. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88053 [C-4257]. TANNHÄUSER: Elisabeths Gebet (Wagner). This is the first take, 1907, replaced in 1910 by take 2. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2262. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88125 [C-6063]. NYMPHES ET SYLVAINS (Bemberg). Only form of issue (other than IRCC). Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2508. 12” White lbl. Vla 88126 [C-6064-1]. DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Mozart). Just about 1-2. 10.00. 2279. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88145. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart). Cons. 2. $10.00. 2955. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88193. BONNIE SWEET BESSIE (Gilbert). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3081. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88238. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (Foster). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 2752. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88356. LE DONNE CURIOSE: Tutta per te (Wolf- Ferrari). Scarce original. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2490. 12” Red Victor 88569. THE HOLY CITY (Adams). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2643. 12” PW Silver Orth. elec. Vla IRCC 40 [CVE-37349/CVE-37348]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Dove sono (Mozart) / PUR DICESTI (Lotti). Piano acc. Claude Gonvierre. First editions. Label side one signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $35.00. 2577. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 58 [C-6652-1/C-16021-4]. CARMEN: Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante / CARMEN: Au quartier pour l’appel (Bizet). Side two with GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. This side is a first edition, scheduled for release as 88532 but it never appeared. Side one lbl. signed by Farrar. Side two signed by Martinelli. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 2419. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 68 [C-6064-1/C-6655-1]. DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti o bel Masetto / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sapete (both Mozart). Side one label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2477. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 114 [C-9855/C-11608-2]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod) / LE DONNE CURIOSE: Tutta per te, mio bene (Wolf-Ferrari). Side one unpublished … first edition. Side two label signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2479. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 195. MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn) / LOVE’S LIKE A SUMMER ROSE (Chadwick). From orig. 1911/1912 Victor matri- ces. Lbl. side one signed by Farrar. Just about 1-2. $15.00. MAFALDA FAVERO [s]. See also: [t] 2342. 12” late Red VdP DB 2894 [2BA1381-1/2BA-1382-2]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love Duet (Puccini). Two sides. With ALESSANDRO ZILIANI [t]. Orch. dir. Giuseppe Antonicelli. Just about 1-2. $8.00. FRITZ FEINHALS [b] 2341. 12” Brown Odeon 76005/76006 [XXB3403/XXB3405]. LOHENGRIN: Dank König, Dir / TANNHÄUSER: Als du im kühnen Sange (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00. - 68 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs JEANNE FERENCZY [ms] 1939. 10” GP ’08 “A” plate Victor 3854. KÉK NEFELEJTS [BLUE FORGET-ME-NOTS] (Serly). Very attractive voice. There was a Ferenczy Opera Company active in the New York area late 1890s-early 1900s, but there seems to be no specific reference as to who “Ferenczy” might have been. Cons. 2. $15.00. BERNARD FERGUSON [b]. Neillsville, WI, 1885 - ? . Ferguson first studied music in Minneapolis under Herbert Dale and Rhys Herbert and in 1911 continued vocal studies in New York with Gwilym Miles. He made his debut a year later with the Majestic Opera Company in a dramatic production of Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Subsequently he was engaged by The Henry W. Savage Company for the role of the Prince in The Prince Of Pilsen (Luders), touring the U.S. with the production. He appeared in many major choral festivals in both oratorio and operatic roles (in concert) and also performed with major Symphony Orchestras, including Minneapolis, Boston and Chicago. In staged operetta, he was a leading baritone at the St. Louis Municipal Theater in 1920. The press mentioned the same year that “The General Phonograph Corporation secured [Ferguson] for a long term of years to make Okeh records.” This resulted in eight issued sides between 1921 and 1924, preceding by two unpublished tests for Victor. He appears to have settled in St. Louis as a vocal teacher. 1713. 10” Red Okeh 4434 [S-7235-C/S-7361-C]. ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY (Oley Speaks) / CHARLES E. GALAGHER [bs]. ROBIN HOOD: Armorer’s Song (DeKoven). Galagher was a recognized concert, oratorio and operatic bass, who had performed in opera with the Aborn, Whitney, Tivoli and Savage Opera Companies. Just about 1-2. $10.00. ARTURO [t] 2429. 12” elec. Disco Fono Roma FR 0008/FR 0020. DAFNI: Racconto / ORCH. dir. A. PAOLETTI. LARGO PER ARCHI (both Giuseppe Mulè). Dafni received its premiere in Italy in 1928. Ferrara appeared in this opera in 1932 at the Teatro San Carlo. Both sides are announced! Rubbed (but no reproduction problems). 3-4. $15.00. GUY FERRANT [t] 1582. 10” SS elec. Opera Corner mat. Part. 181. L’ENAMOURÉE (Reynaldo Hahn). With un- identified pianist. Some sort of 1932 special recording. Very minor rub, cons. 2. $25.00. 1679. 10” Blk. PW French Columbia DF 2435 [CL6355-1/CL6457-1]. LA CARMÉLITE: Sommes-nous pas trop heureux / JE ME METZ EN VOSTRE MERCY (both Hahn). Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $20.00 NICOLAI FIGNER

NIKOLAI FIGNER [t]. Nikiforovka, near Kazan 1857 - Kiev, Ukraine, 1918. Figner joined the Russian Navy as a midshipman and rose to the rank of lieutenant, retiring in 1881 to study voice with Vassily Samus, I. P. Pryanishnikov and Camillo Everardi at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. According to Antonio Cotogni, Figner then travelled to Italy, where he studied with E. De Roxas and F. Lamperti. He made his debut (1882) in Gounod's Filemone e Bauci in Napoli. In 1884 and 1886 he gained some stage experience in South America with Claudio Rossi's company. On 4 November 1886, in , he sang the principal tenor role in the world premiere of the revised version of 's Edmea; this was also the occasion of 's first appearance as a conductor in Italy after his initial triumph in South America. Figner made many successful appearances throughout Europe with his future wife, Medea Mei, before returning to St. Petersburg and the Imperial Opera, where both had enviable careers. However, they divorced in 1904. From 1882 to 1887 he had appeared at 46 theatres in 38 operas. He was the leading tenor at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg from 1887 to 1907. Here he performed the leading tenor roles in the world premieres of Tchaikovsky's operas Queen of Spades and . In both cases Tchaikovsky added additional arias at the tenor's request. He lost most of his possessions during the Russian Revolution and died shortly thereafter. Tchaikovsky dedicated to Nikolai Figner Six Romances, Op. 73 (1893). He was also a friend of , who highly regarded him as his Otello. - Ashot Arakelyan’s “Forgotten Opera Singers” (Internet) 1980. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-2-62482/X-2-62952 [6978r/14882b]. WHY? [POURQUOI?] / ALEXANDR M. DAVIDOV [t]. I OPENED THE WINDOW (both Tschaikowsky). An astoundingly fine copy, just about 1-2. $350.00.

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs MIZZI FINK [s] 1407. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 63855 [13509½u/ 13510u]. O DU FRÖLICHE (Christmas Hymn) / STILLE NACHT (Gruber). Just about 1-2. $12.00 DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU [b] 3683. 12” Plum Electrola EH 1465 [2RA-7718-1/ 2RA-7719-1]. ZAR UND ZIMMERMANN: Ein spielt ich mit Szepter / DER WILD-SCHÜTZ: Wie freundlich strahlt (both Lortzing). Berlin Phil. dir. Wilhelm Schüchter. Just about 1-2. $8.00. MIGUEL FLETA [t]. 1559. 10” PW acous. Disque Gram. DA 599 [BS- 1249-I/BS-1250-II]. LA FEMATERA; LA VIRGEN [Jotas] (composers not specified) / LA DOLORES: Jota (Bréton). With guitar and mandore. Glassy later ‘30s pressing. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00. MIZZI FINK 1891. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1259 [BJ605-I/BJ617-II]. MARINA: Salida de Jorge (Arrieta). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1519. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1627 [OJ545-I/581-II]. LA VILLANA: Tus ojos me miraron (Vi- ves) / LA CANCIÓN DE PIERROT (Yust). The only copy of this I’ve ever seen. Hair internal (harmless) crk. (about ½”) near end of side two. Taped lbl. stkr. side one. Otherwise 2. $15.00. 2622. 12” Red “Z” shellac Orth. Vla 6640 [CS2446-I/CS2447-I]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti) / MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). Superb copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2581. 12” Red “Z” shellac Orth. Vla 6913 [CJ1234-IIT1/CJ1235-IIT1]. MARINA: Terceto (Arrieta). Two sides. With MATILDE REVENGA [s], EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Only “Z” pressing of this I’ve ever come across. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2657. 12” Red PW acous. Czech HMV DB 850 [CS1874-I/CS1875-II]. LOS GAVILANES: Flor roja (Guerriero) / DOÑA FRANCIS- QUITA: Mujer fatal (Fernandez Shaw-Vives). Lt. mks., 2. $10.00. 2789. 12” Red PW Spanish Disco Grammófono DB 1026 [CJ619-II/CJ620-I]. MARINA: Dúo / MARINA: Brindis (Arrieta). Both with EMI- LIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2746. 12” Red PW Spanish Disco Grammófono DB 1518 [2N540-II/2N527-I]. LIBERTAD (Esteban-Anglada) / SADKO: Song of the Indian Merchant (Rimsky-Korsakov). In Spanish. Very scarce. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00. 3098. 12” Red PW Spanish Disco Grammófono DB WŁADYSŁAW FLORJAŃSKI 1518 [2N540-II/2N527-I]. Same as previous item (#2646) but lbl. stkr. top half lbl. side one and just about 1-2. $20.00. WŁADYSŁAW FLORJAŃSKI [t] 1736. 10” Flush blk. Warschau G&T 72402 [499x-N3L-2z]. PRSTENEK (PIOSNKA CZES- KA) (Vymetali). Piano acc. Remarkably clean 1901 recording. Label appears brighter in the photograph section than it actually is. Surface is a very fine 2. $250.00. - 70 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs TINO FOLGAR [t] 2821. 12” Red Orth. Vla 9692 [CJ2624-I/CJ2628-I]. LOS DE ARAGÓN: Aquita que corre al mar / LOS DE ARAGÓN: Los de Aragón (Serrano). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3079. 12” Red Orth. Vla 9694 [CJ2364-III/CJ2365-II]. ALMA DE DIOS: Canto Húngara (Serrano) / GI- GANES Y CABEZUDOS: Coro di Repartriados (Ca- bellero). Just about 1-2. $15.00. CESARE FORMICHI [b] 2388. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Col. 7156-M [WAX3043-2/ WAX3044-2]. TOSCA: Ella verrà (Puccini) / RIGO- LETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00. RODOLFO ANGELINI FORNARI [b]. Rome, 1866- ? A noted baritone, having appeared at Covent Garden, La Scala, the Madrid Teatro Reale, the Rome Costanzi and in North and South America. He was the creator of Rodolfo, a baritone role in the 1897 premiere of Leoncavallo’s La Bohème. Fornari appears to have first visited the U.S. in 1910 and having sung with the Boston Opera, as well as in numerous local concerts. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1925 and resided for a period in Somerville, MA. 1771. 10” Red SS British Nicole 15643. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Tiny LSS, 2-3. $50.00. TINO FOLGAR 1772. 10” Blk. vertical Phono-Cut 5023 [420/422]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / MARIA, MARI (di Capua). 2. $25.00. RITA FORNIA [ms] 2193. 12” Red vinyl Vr 74211 [C-9738]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Chanson de Stephano (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2507. 12” White lbl. Vla 74227. DIE SPIELMANN, Op. 15, No. 1 (Hildach). With Howard Rattay [vln. obb.]. Only form of issue. Cons. 2. $12.00. 3010. 12” Red ’12 Victor 74227. Same as the previous listing but early pressing. Cons. 2. $12.00. JOHN FORSELL [b] 1363. 10” Blk. acous. Vr 69599 [774ah/11585b]. I DRÖMMEN DU ÄR MIG NÄRA (Sjö- gren) / DEN NALKANDE STORMEN (Geijer). Piano acc. Couple minor rubs side one, cons. 2. $12.00. GRETE FORST [s] 1510. 10” Green Disque pour Gram. 33805/33806 [15051b/15141b]. NYMPHES ET SYL- VAINS (Bemberg) / LES NOCES DE JEANETTE: Air du rossignol (Massé). Side two flute obbligato by Jacques von Lier. Both in French. Cons. 2. $20.00. BERTHA FÖRSTER-LAUTERER [s]. See: LEO SLEZAK [t] HELENA FORTI [s] 3053. 12” Blue Odeon AA53042/AA79115 [XXB6467/XXB6159-2]. : In seiner Blüte / CARL BRAUN [bs]. DIE WALKÜRE: Nich straf ich diech erst (both Wagner). IMs. Excellent copy. Couple TMs and one harmless small PB. Cons. 2. $20.00. BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. See also: MARIA LUISA FANELLI [s] 1833. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D5109 [B-257/B-282]. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza / IL TROVATORE: Il balen (both Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00. 2582. 12” late Red VdP DB 5390 [CM994-II/CM1283-I]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi) / WILLIAM TELL: Resta immobile (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $10.00. HEDWIG FRANCILLO-KAUFFMANN [s]. See also: JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b] 3426. 12” Anker E.9921 [07402/07404]. DER ZWEIKAMPF: Entr’Act und Arie (Herold). Two sides. With JOAN MANÉN [violinist]. Side one just about 1-2. Side two one lt. press. bump (should be harmless), few harmless spots, 2. $20.00. 2592. 12” Girl & Gram. Parlophon P.1929/P.1928. DON PASQUALE: Cavatine (Donizetti)/ DER KARNEVAL VON VENEDIG (Massé). Few lightest rubs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00. - 71 -

VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2938. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Parlophon P.9099 [2-20203/2-20204]. DER VOGEL IM WALD (Taubert-Heumann) / NACHTIGALL (Alabieff). Slightest lbl. stain (small area). Just about 1-2. $40.00. PAUL FRANZ [t] 1562. 10” PW Blue French elec. Columbia LF 23 [WL2024/WL2220]. LA FILLE DE ROLAND: Chanson des epées (Henri Rabaud) / MEISTERSINGER: Chant de Concours de Walther (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1861. 10” PW Blk. elec. French Columbia DF 255 [WL2520/WL2529]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure) / HOSANNA (Granier). Orch. dir. Eugene Bigot. Just about 1-2. 10.00. 3658. 12” HMV Red SR 032227 [02198v]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Salut! tombeau sombre (Gounod). Fine heavy raised-rim pressing. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 3415. 12” Art-Label Pathé X.7238 [N250.097/N250.098]. PARSIFAL: Hagards, mes yeux voient! / PARSIFAL: Une arme seule est sure! (Wagner). Orch. dir. François Ruhl- mann. Just about 1-2. $20.00. [s] 3637. 12” TC Columbia 30708 [take 1]. STILLE NACHT (Gruber). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2519. 12” PW Silver Blue Shellac Columbia IRCC 12 [30635-2/30645-1]. TANN- HÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle / LOHEN- GRIN: Elsas Traum (both Wagner). La- bel side one signed by Fremstad. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3260. 12” Blue Eng. Col. A5282 [30644-1/ 30646-1?]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Pucci- ni) / CARMEN: Seguidilla (Bizet). Beautiful glassy (laminated, mid-‘20s) pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00. CHARLES FRIANT [t]. 3659. 12” Blk. acous. SR French Disque Gram. W.413 [03470v/03471v]. WERTHER: Non, non c’est impossible [Mort de Wer- ther] (Massenet). Two sides. With SU- ZANNE BROHLY [ms]. SR superimposed lbl. (loose). IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2372. 12” Red PW Odéon 123.556 [XXP6691-2/ XXP6692-2]. WERTHER: Il faut nous séparer (Massenet). Two sides. With GERMAINE CERNAY [s]. Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $15.00. ANNI FRIND [s] OLIVE FREMSTAD (in 1922) 1811. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 6293 [ORA-2789- I/ORA-2790-II]. MONIKA: Heimatlied / MONIKA: War’s auch nu rein Traum (Hermecke-Nico Dostal). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $12.00. GEORGETTE FROZIER-MARROT [c] 1718. 10” Green EE Pathé X.679 [N20274/N20275]. IL TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Amour viens aider ma faiblesse (Saint-Saëns). Both in French. Just about 1-2. $25.00. JOVITA FUENTES [s]. Capiz, Philippines, 1895-1978. The first internationally successfully Philippine opera singer, Fuentes studied first in Manila with Salvina Fornari. Early on, Fuentes taught voice but then went to Italy for further training. She made her operatic debut there early in 1925 as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. In addition to Liù in Turandot, Mascagni’s Iris and Mimì in La Boheme, she was specially recommended by Richard Strauss for performances of his in 1932. In addition to Italy and Germany, she was heard with success in Holland, England, France and in the U.S. with the San Carlo Opera. Fuentes was less than five feet tall but she had a large and resonant voice. After her final recital in Manila, 1945, she devoted her remaining years to teaching and was a major force in fostering musical growth in the Philippines. 1624. 10” Brown. Elec. PW Parlophon B.16410 [34943/34945]. SARONG BANQUI (Isag Gabi) / A GITNANG PARANG (Mallare). 2. $15.00.

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