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MAGDA OLIVERO [s] 3181. 12” Orange Cetra BB 25049 [2-70329/2-70330-II]. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte

(Boïto) / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Poveri fiori (Cilèa). Orch. dir. A. La Rosa Parodi. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

BERNARDO OLSHANSKY [b]. Russia, 1885-Union City, NJ, 25 Jan. 1933. Olshansky left Russia around 1905 as a result of political persecution. He studied in New York City with Giacomo Ginsberg (name changed later to Giacomo Bourg) and subsequently with Louis Simions (?) and made his debut in Monza (Italy) in 1910 as Rigoletto. He appears to subsequently having sung in Torino, 1911, although there is some confusion here. A result of a recital in Boston upon his return (likely in 1910 but possibly 1911) was his being engaged by the Boston Opera for the 1911 season and being sent by a wealthy patroness to Paris for preliminary studies with André Caplet, the noted composer and a conductor with the Boston Opera. Olshansky appeared in Boston in about a dozen roles for two seasons (these including the Jailer in Tosca, Yakuside in Madama Butterfly and Valentin in Faust) and performed in a similar capacity with the Montreal Opera around the same time. After that experience, he seems to have left opera in favor of the recital stage and was heard in New York as a concert singer on a fairly regular basis, mainly at Aeolian and Town Halls. He also appeared successfully in various concert venues throughout the country. The last traced such program was at Town Hall, March 25, 1932. A Musical America reviewer reported, “Much of Mr. Olshansky’s singing was of decided beauty, especially in the medium register, and a cleverly-managed falsetto.” Olshansky’s death from pneumonia occurred just as he was to embark on a concert tour of Florida. He left both parents (who resided in NYC), his wife and a son.

1366. 10” Blk. Victor 69342. THE DEMON: Romance (Rubinstein) / KOLODNIKI [THE PRISONERS] (Tolstoi-Bleichmann). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1710. 10” Blk. Victor 72553. ÉLÉGIE (Glinka) / YE WHO HAVE YEARNED ALONE (Tschaikowsky) . Side one few minor (harmless) stains, 2. Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.

2152. 10” Blk. Victor 72989. WHEN THE KING WENT FORTH TO WAR (Koenemann) / AH, MY SWEET LITTLE DAUGHTER! (Glinka). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARIA OLSZEWSKA [c]. See also: SIGRID ONEGIN [c]

4285. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70649 [817at/818at]. SAPPHISCHE ODE / AUF DEM KIRCHHOFE (both Brahms). Piano acc. Few lt. rubs and mks., gen. 2. $15.00.

1367. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70710 [1891at/1892½at]. NEL COR PIÙ NON MI SENTO (Pasiello) / E LO MIO AMORE È ANDATO (Gordigiani). Piano acc. IMs. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

3083. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72777 [681av/ 752av]. ALCESTE: Ihr Götterwe’ger Nacht (Gluck) / ORPHEUS UND EURY-DIKE: Ach, ich habe sie verloren (Gluck). Lt. rubs, 2. $25.00.

3098. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72817 [741av/ 742av]. AN DIE HOFFNUNG (Beethoven). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3099. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72778 [753av/ 682av]. TRÄUME / SCHMERZEN (both Wagner). Lt. index mks, otherwise just about 1-2 (i.e. as new). $30.00.

AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s] 3428. 12” Red late VdelP DB 5350 [2BA1200-I/

2BA1341-I]. SUOR ANGELICA: Senza mamma (Puccini) / FEDORA: Vedi, io piango (Giordano). Side two with ALES-SANDRO ZILIANI [t]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3237. 12” Red VdelP DB 5382 [2BA4071-II/ 2BA4072-II. MESE MARIANO: Racconto di Carmela (Giordano). Two sides. With EMMA TEGANI [s], RITA MONTICONE [c]. Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

SIGRID ONEGIN [c] 2088. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15039 [9383/ 9385]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi

(Donizetti) / TROVATORE: Stride la vampa! (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

SIGRID ONEGIN

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1273. 10’ Red Orth. Vla 1556 [BLR5528-II/BLR5577-V-T]. SEHNSUCHT NACH DEM FRÜHLING / DAS VEILCHEN (both Mozart). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3370. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72752 [357as/749av]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Doni-zetti) / MARIA OLSZEWSKA [c]. IL TROVATORE: Die Hände in schweren Ketten (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3580. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72922 [797as/798as]. AMARILLI (Caccini) / PUR DICESTI (Lotti). Piano acc. A “must” for every vocal collection. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3768. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7146. LE PROPHÈTE: O Prêtres de Baal / LES HUGUENOTS: Nobles Seigneurs (both Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

DMITRI ONOFREI [t]. Rumania, 1897-Country Meadows, PA, 1991. After serving as an infantry officer in WW I, Onofrei studied voice in Italy and made his debut in Malta, 1921. He was next heard in Italy and then the United States, making his debut here in 1923 with touring San Carlo Opera Company as Rodolfo in La Boheme. He remained with the San Carlo Company for 17 years, often sharing the stage with his wife, Bianca Saroya, the company’s leading dramatic soprano. During that period he also appeared with the Chicago and Cincinnati Operas, and one performance at the Metropolitan in 1937 as Wagner’s Lohengrin. At the conclusion of their stage careers, the Onofreis taught voice in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco, and in the 1950s headed the opera department at the Cincinnati Conservatory.

3600. 12” Red elec. PW Fonotipia F5530 [XXJo1457/XXJo1458]. FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod) / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3922. 12” Red U.S. Odeon 3284 [XXJo2020/XXPh6191-2]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Ad-dio alla madre / MILAN SYMPHONY dir. ANGELO ALBERGONI. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Intermezzo (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

EDITH ORENS [ms]. Chicago, c. 1907 (Kutsch-Riemens gives 1900) - ? . She was a pupil of Mrs. Herman Devries in Chicago for five years (beginning when she was 15). Her debut was with the Chicago opera in 1925 (supposedly at the age of 18) as Hänsel. She subsequently appeared in Belgium, where she had considerable success at La Monnaie (Belgium) and in France as well. See: FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]

ALFRED O’SHEA [t]. Referred to as an Irish tenor but he was apparently born in Australia where he experienced considerable success. O’Shea also appeared in concert in Canada and the U.S. as well as on the radio. He took part in the first broadcast of Madama Butterfly in 1929 with Frances Alda, Merle Alcock and Pasquale Amato. Earlier he had been a member of Melba’s Farewell to Australia touring company. Those interested in seeing and hearing Mr. O’Shea at work will find him on a Pathé video on YouTube made in 1936.

1619. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2054-D [W149461-2/W149462-2]. VALE (Russell) / A SONG REMEMBERED (Coates). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JOHN O’SULLIVAN [t] 2073. 10” Dk. Blue PW elec. Odeon O-2602 [Be6923/Be6922]. TROVATORE: Ah si, ben

mio / TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). In Italian. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Scarce. Fine copy, very lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.

REGINA PACINI [s] 2346. 11” Fonotipia 39237/39233 [XPh299/XPh289]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui / TRA-

VIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.

2379. 11” Fonotipia 39781/39782 [XPh2050/XPh2063]. MI PATRIA (Alvarez) / VIDALITA (Vidal). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $15.00.

IMRE PALLÒ [b]. See also: MÁRIA BASILIDES

3916. 12” Plum PW Czech HMV AN 213 [Cw2100-I/C2101-III]. HÁRY JÁNOS: Toborzó / HÁRY JÁNOS: Piros alma; Felszántom a csárzár udvarát (Zoltan Kodály). Creator performances. Orch. dir. Nándor Rékaí. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3005. 12” Plum PW Czech HMV AN 214 [Cw2106-I/Cw2107-II]. AHOL ÉN ELMENYEK / KIT KÉNE ELVENNI?; APRÓ ALMA LEHULLOTT [SMALL APPLES] (all Kodály). Piano acc. Ottó Herz. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s] 2013. 10” Green PW Italian Columbia GQ 7190 [CB6093/CB6095]. MARISTELLA: Uno

strano senso arcano / MARISTELLA: Oh! la mia casa (Pietri). Rare. Side one particularly attractive. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

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3509. 12” Red PW Eng. Columbia D14698 [WBX229/WBX230]. GIULIANO: Duetto d’a-more (Zandonai). Two sides. With FRANCESCO MERLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CHARLES PANZÉRA [t] 1964. 10” Blk. elec. PW Disque Gram. P-839 [BS3736-II/BS3737-II]. LAMENTATION / LE

CHANT DU LABOUREUR (Milhaud). Both from Poèmes Juifs. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3606. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4971 [ 2LA-260-1/2LA-644-1]. LE TEMPS DES LILAS (Chausson) / LE SOIR (Gounod). Side one orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Side two piano acc. Mme. Panzéra-Baillot. IMs, few lighest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

ANTONIO PAOLI [t] 1808. 10” Red Dog. HMV 2-52814 [1306ah]. ANDREA CHENIER: Si fui soldato (Giordano).

Small lbl. stkr. One harmless, tiny LSS. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $15.00.

1629. 10” Red Dog Con. Gram. 54340 [10519b]. IL TROVATORE: Di geloso amor (Verdi). With CLARA JOANNA [s], FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Slightest lbl. fade, just about 1-2. $15.00.

3372. 12” White lbl. Vla 92011 [1230½c]. PAGLIACCI: Aitalo, signor! (Leoncavallo). GIU-SEPPINA HUGUET [s], GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t], FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3809. 12” Red vinyl Victor 92011 [1230½c]. Same as preceding item (#3372) but excellent vinyl pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3636. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 92011 [1230½c]. Same as preceding two listings (#3372 and #3809) but early pressing. Fine copy. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3443. 12” White lbl. Vla 92030 [1184c]. L’AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3808. 12” Red vinyl Victor 92051 [1187c]. WILLIAM TELL: Troncar suoi di (Rossini). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b], ARISTODIMO SILLICH [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3112. 12” Red Vla 89139 [1257c]. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). With MARIA PASSARI [ms]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GRACIELLA PARETO [s] 2062. 10” Red acous. Spanish Disco Gram. DA 775

[BS2241-1/BS2242-2]. CANÇO DE BRES-SOL; PENSANT AMB TU (both arr. Longás). Piano acc. Federico Longás. Only form of issue. One harmless LSS, cons. 2. $40.00.

3956. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Victor 76003 [1401½c]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non cre-dea mirarti (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3513. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Victor 76006 [1390½c]. LUCIA: Quando rapita in estasi (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3483. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 76007 [1369c]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Yet another beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3379. 12” Red Vla 92505 [2728f]. DON GIOVANNI: Là ci darem la mano (Mozart). With TITTA RUFFO [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

ELIZABETH PARKINA [s]. Kansas City, MO, 1882-Colorado Springs, CO, 1922. Parkina studied in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi on the advice of Nellie Melba, who heard her in 1896. Her debut was in 1902 at the Paris Opéra Comique as Lakmé. It was as Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme with Melba and Caruso that Parkina made her Covent Garden debut. She toured Australia in 1905 with great success. Sometime in the 1907-08 period she appears to have abandoned her career as a result of ill health. She resided in Europe until the beginning of the World War in 1914, returning then to Kansas City. Her death, a result of pulmonary tuberculosis, occurred in 1922 at a sana-torium in Colorado near the home of a brother. Her few, very attractive and rare London G&Ts are keenly sought by collectors.

1392. 10” Blk. London G&T 3588 [6292b]. I KNOW A LOVELY GARDEN (d’Hardelot). Piano acc. Very tiny flake outer raised rim (nowhere near groove and scarcely noticeable. Nice copy, 2 $60.00.

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LUIGI PASINATI [t]. 1890 - ? . A pupil of Antonio Cotogni, Pasinati likely made his debut in around 1915. He appeared in New Zealand in 1924 with the Musgrove Celebrity Vaudeville Stars, credited as being a “Famous Tenor” and sharing the stage with Danny D’Alma “and his wonderful dogs” and, as well, May and Keith in “vivacious varieties”. The next year he is more appropriately billed at the Philadelphia Academy of Music as Don José in a “revised adaptation” of Carmen (i.e. highlights without chorus) with Geraldine Farrar, Emma Noé and Joseph Royer conducted by Carlo Peroni. In 1926 he was back in Italy, where he appeared at the Teatro di Torino in a concert conducted by Vittorio Gui. The disc below appears to be his only recording.

1736. 10” Blk. Victor 78401. VOLO DI RONDINI (De Luca) / TRE PAROLE (Ceccori). Good tenor, in timbre somewhat akin to Gigli. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARIA PASSARI [ms]. See: ANTONIO PAOLI [t]

CONCETTO PATERNA [bs]. Catania, 1870-1940. His debut seems to have been around 1891, possibly in Lisbon at the Teatro San Carlos. He appeared mostly as a master of buffo roles, including Don Pasquale, Dr. Bartolo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Dr. Dulcamara (Elisir d’Amore), the Sacristan in Tosca and so on. His career included South and North America (including the Met, 1908-09), London’s Covent Garden and a number of Italian houses He retired from the stage in 1938.

4016. 11” Fonotipia 92769/92770 [XPh4446/XPh4447]. TUTTI IN MASCHERA: Aria di Don Gregorio (Carlo Pedrotti). Two sides. His only issued record. Cons. 2. $25.00.

ADELINA PATTI [s]. All Patti records below are from original parts (not dubbings).

3711. 12” Red Vla 95029 [539f]. HOME, SWEET HOME (Payne-Bishop). Excellent pressing, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $7.00.

3094. 12” White lbl. Vla 95037 [543f]. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod). Minor, harmless, lt. ULCs, otherwise superb copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3347. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. 544f. IL BACIO (Arditi). Unpublished. For some unknown reason, almost all special pressings of this matrix are dubs. This isn’t and, as such, is an extreme rarity. The original parts seem no longer to exist. Just about 1-2. $400.00.

3814. 12” Pink Hist. No. 2 HMV 03051 [537f]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Voi che sa-pete (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3815. 12” Pink Hist. No. 2 HMV 03055 [541f]. DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

TINO PATTIERA [t] 1620. 10” Dk. Blue PW Odeon O-4118 [Be9392/Be9393]. HEUT BIN ICH NOCH IM

HIMMELREICH / DEIN HERZ IS REINER ALS DIE STERNE (both Giuseppe Becce). Both from film Fra Diavolo. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. One small (should be harmless) PB side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3967. 12” Dr. Blue PW Parlophone P.9502 [2-21667/2-21668]. DER BETTELSTUDENT: Sol ich reden / DER BETTELSTUDENT: Auch, ich möcht etwas fragen dich (Millöcker). With MARGIT SUCHY [s]. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Harmless lt. mks., 2. $12.00.

PIERO PAULI [t] 2023. 10” PW Red Disco Gram. DA 1322 [OM1253-II/OM1254-II]. FAUST: Tardi si fa /

FAUST: Sempre amar! (Gounod). With PIA TASSINARI [s]. Orch. dir. Franco Ghione. Lightest superficial mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

GIANNA PEDERZINI [ms] 1917. 10” Blue Odeon B15150 [C15931/C15940]. ADIOS, PAMPA MIA (Canaro) / VEC-

CHIA COMPARSITA (Ala-Bertini). Tangos. Orch. dir. E. Pittaluga. Harmless super-ficial rub side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.

ADELINA PATTI

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1430. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0117 [51589/51590]. LILI MAR-LEEN (Schultze) / NINNA NANNA GRIGIOVERDE (Mari). Side one famous W.W. II song of Marlene Dietrich. Harmless rubs, 2. $12.00.

2101. 10” late Red VdelP DA 5385 [OBA3866/ OBA3867-II]. CARMEN: È l’amor uno strano augello (Bizet) / CREPUSCOLO TRISTE (Giordano). Fine pressing. Harmless tiny rim chip side one not to grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

1848. 10” Red VdelP DA 5386 [OBA3868/ OBA3869]. PASSIONE (Bovio-Valente) / SOGNO VESPERTINO [TRAUM DURCH DIE DĀMMERUNG] (Strauss). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Side one 1-2. Side two light (harmless) rubs, gen. 2. $12.00.

3419. 12” Red SS vinyl Victor SS 12480-A. CORE ‘NGRA-TO (Cardillo). Issued in South America only. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3525. 12” Red Argentine Scroll Victor 12480. CORE ‘NGRATO (Cardillo) / APRILE (Tosti). Orch. dir. Antonio Marranti. Small lbl. stkrs. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

3806. 12” late Plum VdelP S10258 [CF3608-II/ CF3610-II]. MIGNON: Non conosci il bel suol (Thomas) / DOPO! (Tosti). Orch. dir. Gino Nastrucci. Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

JAN PEERCE [t] 2164. 10” Blk. PW Royale 1850 [US1398/US1400]. HILLS (La Forge) / A DREAM (Bart-

lett). Piano acc. Rec. circa. 1939. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1998. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3802. THESE THINGS ARE KNOWN (Hardt) / A MOTHER AS LOVELY AS YOU (Connelly). With male quartet and orch. dir. Hugo Winterhalter. Uncommon late issue. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3225. 12” vinyl V-Disc 90 [VP-210/261]. AND RUSSIA IS HER NAME (Harburg-Jerome Kern) / KOSTELANETZ and HIS ORCHESTRA. MARCHE SLAVE (Tschaikowsky). 2. $20.00.

3760. 12” Red RCA Victor 18401. LA JUIVE: O dieu de nos pères [Passover Scene] (Halévy). Two sides. With DOROTHY SARNOFF [s]. Orch. and Chorus dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3716. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-1003. A SHEPHERD, A DREAMER (Rappaport) / A DU-DELE (arr. Low-Bass). Orch. dir. Warner Bass. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

MAFALDA PEREIRA [s] 3670. 12” Blk. Victor 68454 [607aj/610aj]. LUCIA: Verranno a te. With SALVATORE SAL-

VATI [t] / LUCIA: Maledizione (Donizetti). FRANCO DE GREGORIO [t], GIUSEPPE MAGGI [b], VINCENZO BETTONI [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LUCY PERELLI [ms] 1261. 10” Blk. elec. PW Disque Gram. P-859 [BS3680-II/BG852-I]. TRISTE EST LE

STEPPE / BERCEUSE (both Gretchaninoff). Side one piano acc. Side two with LUCIEN SCHWARTZ [violinist] and orch. dir. Joseph-Étienne Szyfer. 2. $12.00.

MARGHERITA PERRAS [s] 3250. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 10094 [OZA1376-2/OZA1377-2]. CANTATA No. 39:

Höchester, was ich habe / ST. JOHN PASSION: Ich folge Dir gleichfalls (both J.S. Bach). With Walter Meyer [organ], André Jaunet [flute]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3729. 12” Red Swiss (?) HMV DB 4473 [2RA1862-II/2RA1863-I]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini) / TRAVIATA: Follie … Sempre libera (Verdi). In German. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3727. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 4500 [2RA2464-1/2RA2467-1]. AIDA: Kommj, lasse Blumen winden / AIDA: O sag, warum suf’s Neue bist so so trübe, Aida (Verdi). With MARGARETE KLOSE [c]. Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Excellent pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $8.00.

GIANNA PEDERZINI

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AURELIANO PERTILE [t] 1937. 10” Mauve brown shellac acous. Pathé Actuelle 15143 [96904/86907]. LUCIA: Tu

che a Dio spiegasti l’ali (Donizetti) / MANON LESCAUT: Guardate, pazzo son (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1938. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D4997 [70805/70806]. TRAVIATA: Dei miei bollenti spiriti / TRAVIATA: Scena della borsa (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00

1768. 10” Red late VdelP DA 1162 [BF3538-II/BF3530-II]. MANON LESCAUT: Ah! Manon, mi tradisce (Puccini) / PAGLIACCI: O Colombina (Leoncavallo). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. Excellent pressing. $7.00.

1345. 10” Red late VdelP DA 1185 [BM1448-I/BF3707-II]. ANDREA CHENIER: Come un bel dì di Maggio (Giordano) / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La dolcissima effige (Cilèa). Few lightest rubs. Another excellent pressing. Cons. 2. $7.00.

3413. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5541 [XXPh5541/XXPh5542]. NERONE: Quest a un lido fatal / NERONE: Ecco la Dea si china (Boïto). Creator in the 1924 La Scala world premiere. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3277. 12” PW Disque Gramophone DB 1218 [CD4768-II-TI/CF2358-IV]. LOHENGRIN: Act III Love Duet (Wagner). Two sides. Side one with MARIA LUISA FANELLI [s]. Side two with INES ALFANI TELLINI [s]. Lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3686. 12” Blue late Italian Col. GQX 10665 [WBX1267/WBX1270]. AFRICAINE: O Para-diso (Meyerbeer) / MUSICA PROHIBITA (Gastaldon). Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ELISA PETRI [s]. See: FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]

NIKOLAI PETSCHKOVSKY [t]. Moscow, 1896-Leningrad, 1966. Beginning as a baritone in 1914, he switched to tenor and made a successful second debut in 1918. From then on he sang throughout Russia the leading roles in various Russian operas, as well as parts such as Manrico, Don Jose, Canio, Roméo and Otello. His greatest success was Hermann in Tschaikowsky’s Pique Dame. The opera House of Leningrad served as his artistic home. During World War II he was arrested and jailed for ten years by the Russian forces after he signed a contract with the German occupying forces to perform in the German-occupied Baltic states.

1429. 10” Red elec. MUS-Trust 583/585. RAPHAEL: Serenade (Arensky) / EROS (Grieg). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

ALFRED PICCAVER [t]

1582. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 62708 [GB3836/GB4293]. AT DAWNING (Cadman) / BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE (Coates). Side one orch. acc. Side two with piano. Small lbl.. stkr. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

1599. 10” Red Eng. Decca M.413 [GB4290-2/GB4293-1]. I WANT YOUR HEART (Wood) / BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE (Coates). Side one orch. acc., side two piano. Lbl. stkrs., cons. 2. $7.00.

GIUSEPPINA PICCOLETTI [s]. See: GENNARO DE TURA [t]

CAROLINA PIETRACEWSKA [c] 1249. 10” Red Gram. Concert 54411 [13203b]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Possa il sommo

(Saint-Saêns). With ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Few LGTs (i.e. harmless), cons. 2. $25.00.

LEA PILTTI [s] 1624. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 6425 [ORA3044-I/ORA3045-I]. ROSEN AUS DEM SÜDEN

(Johann Strauss). Two sides. Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs]. See: FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t], ERNESTO BADINI [b]

GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t]. See: ERNESTO BADINI [b], ANTONIO PAOLI [t]

EZIO PINZA [bs]. Mostly uncommon late (circa 1950-53) Pinza issues. See also: ROSA PONSELLE [s]

1325. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-41299-1. MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis und Osiris (Mozart). In German. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1275. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3256. SEPTEMBER SONG (Kurt Weill) / YESTERDAYS (Jerome Kern). Orch. dir. Johnny Green. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

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1447. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3391. ANDIAMO / LET ME LOOK AT YOU (both Harold Arlen). From film Mr. Imperium. With FRAN WARREN [singer]. Orch. dir. Johnny Green. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1276. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3395. I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Isham Jones) / EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS (Burton Lane). Orch. dir. Johnny Green. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1625. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3804. ÁNEMA E CORE (D’Esposito) / LUNA ROSSA (De Crescenzo). In English and Italian. Orch. dir. Peter King. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1469. 10” late Blk. New Orth. RCA Victor 20-6011. WELCOME HOME /LOVE IS A VERY LIGHT THING (Harold Rome). Both from Fanny. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3577. 12” White lbl. vinyl acous. HMV SS DB 956 [Ck1818-II]. REQUIEM: Confutatis (Verdi). Rare short-lived issue. Wonderful sound here. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3179. 12” White lbl. vinyl Orth. Vla mat. CVE-51979-2. REQUIEM: Confutatis (Verdi). This was never issued. It was scheduled for an AGSB issue but it never commercially appeared (although copies are known). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PAUL PLANÇON [bs]. See also: CHARLES GILIBERT [b]

1653. 10” Red Monarch 5017 [1923-G]. LE CAÏD: Air du Tambour-Major (Thomas). ’02 G&T matrix. Bright label. One grey groove, few LGTs, cons. 2. $60.00.

2214. 10” Red London G&T 2-2664 [1923-G] (II). LE CAÏD: Air du Tambour-Major (Thomas). Piano acc. Very clean. One PB, one grey groove, couple LGTs, 2. $60.00.

1239. 10” Red Victor 81033 [B-991]. STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini). Piano acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1852. 10” No label vinyl Victor 81037 [B-1050]. LE CHALET: Arrétons-nous ici … Vallons de l’Helvétie (Adam). Piano acc. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1961. 10” White lbl. Vla 81076 [B-2320]. SI TU VEUX, MIGNONNE (Massenet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1589. 10” White lbl. Vla 81086 [B-4346-1]. MAR-THA: Chi mi dirà (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1900. 10” Silver PW Vla IRCC 25. LE CHALET: Arrétons-nous ici … Vallons de l’Helvétie (Adam) / PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Couplets de Vulcain (Gounod). From orig. 1904/’05 Victor matrices. Fine copy. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1360. 10” Silver PW Victor IRCC 157. EMBARQUEZ-VOUS (Godard) / SI TU VEUX, MIGNONNE (Massenet). Piano acc. From orig. 1904/1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1785. 10” Gold PW Victor HRS 1021. LE SOUPIR (Bemberg) / DINORAH: Chant du Chasseur (Meyerbeer). Piano acc. From orig. 1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2144. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 32 [B-990/B-1050]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Allons! jeunes gens! (Gounod) / LE CHALET: Arrétons-nous ici … Vallons de l’Helvétie (Adam). Piano acc. From orig. 1904 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1789. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 45 [B-3024/B-4346]/ DAMNATION DE FAUST: Devant la maison (Berlioz) / MARTHA: Chi mi dirà (Flotow). From orig. 1906/1907 Victor matrices (orch. acc.). Just about 1-2. $10.00

3550. 12” White lbl. Vla 85023 [C-989-3]. LE NAC (Niedermeyer). One LGT, lt. NRs on lbl. One very lt. (harmless) surface NR, otherwise cons. 2. $10.00.

POL PLANÇON

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3775. 12” Red Victor 85042 [C-2201]. MAGIC FLUTE: Invocation (Mozart). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3230. 12” Red ’06 GP Victor 85082 [C-2321-1]. THE SEASONS: Air du Laboureur (Haydn). Piano acc. 2-3. $12.00.

3872. 12” Red Vla 85099 [C-3029]. NOËL [O HOLY NIGHT] (Adam). Superb copy. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3231. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 85100. FAUST: Sérénade Mephistopheles (Gounod). Couple LGTs, one LSS, cons. 2-3. $7.00.

3232. 12” Red ’07 GP Victor 85116. DON CARLOS: Elle ne m’aime pas (Verdi). Cons. 2-3. $8.00.

3551. 12” Red ’08 GP “A” plate Victor 85125. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Nonnes, qui reposez (Meyerbeer). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3024. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 81 [C-6111/C-6113]. L’Étoile du nord: O Jours heureux (Meyerbeer) / STABAT MATER: Pro Peccatis (Rossini). Side two never issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3120. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 94 [C-2323/C-6112]. LE LAZZARONE (Ferrari); LE FLIBUSTIER (Georges) /MIGNON: Del suo cor (Thomas). From orig. 1905/1907 Victor matrices. Few small, harmless lt. scuffs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.

3022. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 145 [C-2321/C-2336]. LES SAISONS: Air du Laboureur (Haydn) / LE COR (Flégier). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

DAVID POLERI [t]. Philadelphia, 1921-Hawaii, 1967. A student of Alberto Sciaretti, Poleri made his debut in Chicago, 1949, with the San Carlo Opera as Gounod’s Faust and 1951 with the NYC Opera as Alfredo in La Traviata. In 1954 he created the leading tenor role of Michele in Menotti’s The Saint of Bleeker Street in New York (in English) and the following year at La Scala (in Italian) and, in addition, appeared at Glyndbourne, Edinburgh, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and various other operatic festival sites. He evidently had quite a temper, as in singing in Carmen with Gloria Lane at the Chicago Lyric Opera, when he “stalked off the stage in the final act, snarling “Finish it yourself!” to the conductor (with whom he was said to have had a tiff). Miss Lane there-upon sang her part with the offstage cover singing Mr. Poleri’s from the wings. She ended up, instead of being murdered by Don Jose, by committing suicide, stabbing herself with her thumb as there was no knife handy. Mr. Poleri and his wife met their demise while sightseeing in Hawaii in a helicopter which crashed into a volcano.

2253. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-3856. ONE NIGHT OF LOVE (Schertzinger) / SOME DAY MY HEART WILL AWAKE (Ivor Novello). Orch. dir. Hugo Winterhalter. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

AFRO POLI [b] 1819. 10” Red VdeP 5384 [OBA3795/OBA3796]., FIOR DI CAMPO (Brogi) / MADONNA

FIORENTINA (Billi). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Scarce. Very tiny lbl. tear side one. Few harmless patinas both sides, otherwise cons. 2. $10.00.

SALVATORE POLLICINO [t] 1424. 10” Red elec. Fonotipia 168059 [Pho5936 /Pho5937 ]. LO ZAREVICH: Onde

turchine / LO ZAREVICH: O mio fior (Lehár). Both with GIUSEPPINA BALDAS-SARE-TEDESCHI [s] (as PINA TEDESCHI). Small lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $30.00.

LILY PONS [s] 1506. 10” Red “Z”-type shellac Scroll Victor 4304. I’M THE ECHO / I DREAM TOO MUCH

(both Dorothy Fields-Jerome Kern). From film I Dream Too Much. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ROSA PONSELLE [s] 1870. 10” SS White lbl. vinyl Orth. SS Vla 1456-B [BVE-38859-2]. THE NIGHTINGALE

AND THE ROSE (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3071. 12” TC Columbia 98058 [take 1]. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca (Rossini). Excellent (silent) laminated surface. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3875. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68000-D [98059-1/98062-2]. AFRICAINE: Figlio del sol (Meyerbeer) / BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3178. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68037-D [49586-3/98028-1]. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Mercè dilette amiche / ERNANI: Ernani involami (both Verdi). Tiny scr. first ¼” side one, few lighest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.

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3547. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68038-D [49558-6/49859-2]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vergine degli angeli / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi). Such a superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3919. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68038-D. Same as preceding listing (item #3547). Side one just about 1-2. Side two a few superficial rubs. Cons. 2. $18.00.

4272. 12” Blue Columbia 7062-M [49982-2/49988-2]. MARITANA: Scenes That Are Brightest (Wallace) / BLUE DANUBE WALTZ (Strauss). IMs. A few light ridges (non-sounding) side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3512. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9010-M [49734-1/49922-2]. AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With CHARLES HACKETT [t] / IL TROVATORE: Mira, di acerbe lagrime (Verdi). With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3847. 12” Blk. & White vinyl acous. RCA Victor mat. C-29446-2/C-29447-2. AIDA: Pur ti riveggo / AIDA: Là tra foreste vergini (Verdi). Both with GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Both sides unpublished except for VB 73 and (side one) IRCC 126. Lbl. side one signed by Ponselle “for Edith and Lloyd”. Lloyd was Lloyd Garrison (and Edith his wife), who was responsible for most of Ponselle’s private recordings in the 1949-1953 period. The reverse side is just signed “Rosa”. Few lightest (harmless) scuff-type scrs., cons. 2. $15.00.

3148. 12” Red Vla acous. 6440. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio / ERNANI: Ernani, involami (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3976. 12” White lbl. vinyl Orth. Vla 6605 [CVE-35464-1/CVE-35465-2]. LA VESTALE: Tu che invoco / LA VESTALE: O Nume tutelar (Spontini). Note that side two is an unpublished take (the issued take having been 1). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3673. 12” Red Scrol “Z” shellac Victor 8097. IL TROVATORE: Miserere. With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t] / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: La Vergine degli angeli (both Verdi). With EZIO PINZA [bs]. Both with Met Opera Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. A superb copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3863. 12” White Orth. vinyl Vla mats. CVE-49625-1 and CVE-49626-1. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Final trio (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t], EZIO PINZA [bs]. Two single-sided discs. The issued version, Victor 8105, used takes 2 on both sides. These are otherwise unpublished takes. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3592. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 8125. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). Two sides. Met Opera Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. A wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3214. 12” RCA Victor vinyl acous. Test Pressing mat. C-29451-2. AIDA: La fatal pietra (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Unpublished. Only issue was as ABHB 3 (see below). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3222. 12” RCA Victor vinyl acous. Test Pressing mat. C-29450-1. AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Unpublished. Only issue was as ABHB 3 (see below, item #3221). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3221. 12” Blue acous. HMV ABHB 3 [C-29451-2/C-29450-1]. AIDA: La fatal pietra / AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Unpublished acoustic versions. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

STELLA POWER [s] 3142. 12” Blk. acous. HMV D574 [Cc380-III/Cc381-II]. ROUT (Bliss). Two sides. British

Symphony Orchestra dir. Adrian C. Boult. Rare. One tiny PB, cons. 2. $35.00.

ROSA PONSELLE [right] visiting RENATA TEBALDI backstage at a Baltimore Opera performance

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MASCIA PREDIT [s] 3450. 12” Red HMV DB 21104 [2EA14310-1/2EA14329-1]. THE STAR / NIGHT (both

Moussorgsky, ed. Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Label side two signed by Predit. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

YVONNE PRINTEMPS [s] 3985. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl HMV DA 1539 [OEA-3935-II/OEA-3936-II]. O

MISTRESS MINE: When a Woman Smiles (Ellis) / O MISTRESS MINE: Goodbye, Lille Dream, Goodbye (Porter). With PIERRE FRESNAY [singer, actor]. Creator performances. Appealing and touching. As with all the vinyl pressings listed herein, you won’t find better pressings. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

PETER RAICEFF [t] 1272. 10” Red Decca G-20247 [88114/88115]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Lenski’s Aria (Tschai-

kowsky). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00

(ELEAZER) LEON RAINS [bs]. New York City, 1870-Los Angeles, 1943. Rains began his vocal career in 1883 as a boy soprano madrigalist with celebrated actor Laurence Barrett on Broadway in the play Francesca da Rimini. Vaudeville engagements followed. His serious vocal studies began in 1890 at the National Conservatory (NYC) with Oscar Saenger. After further training with Jacques Bouhy in Paris, 1896, he made his U.S. operatic debut the next year with the Damrosch-Ellis Opera Company. His European debut was with the Dresden Royal Opera in 1899 and he remained on the roster through 1912. During this period he also made guest appearances at Covent Garden, Bayreuth and the Metropolitan Opera. After leaving Dresden he returned to the U.S. and occasionally appeared in concerts and taught.

2061. 10” Blk. Angel G&T 3-42367/3-42450 [232r/3909h]. FREISCHÜTZ: Scene des Eremiten (v. Weber) / LOHENGRIN: Königsgebet (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1223. 10” Blk. Angel Gram. 4-42155/4-42156 [5060½r/5061r]. DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR: Als Büblein klein (Nicolai) / FIDELIO: Goldarie (Beethoven). Side one cons. 2. Side two few lt. rubs, 2. $30.00.

ROSA RAISA [s] 1727. 10” Blk. shellac Aeolian-Vocalion 30101 [5505]. EILI, EILI (trad. Hebrew/Yiddish).

Two takes of this were issued, the other 5504. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3813. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52013 [7163]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace, mio Dio (Verdi). One of two issued takes, the other 7164. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3036. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52031 [7142]. THE CRUCIFIX (Faure). With GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EDMOND RAMBAUD [t] 1508. 10” Red PW French Columbia RF 35 [WL2624/WL2625]. LE BEAU RÊVE / STAN-

CES (both Flégier). Orch. dir. Armand Bernard. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CARLOS RAMIREZ [b] 1470. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1090. RICA PULPA (Eliseo Granet) / PARA QUÉ RECORDAR

(Maria Grever). Orch. dir. Alfredo Cibelli. Side one a particularly spirited song and performance. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

AULIKKI RAUTAWAARA [s]. See: PETER ANDERS [t]

SYDNEY RAYNER [t] 3683. 12” Red Decca 29002 [GA4724-1C/GA4725-1C]. CARMEN: La Fleur que tu m’avais

jetée (Bizet) / ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi, soleil (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

LEON RAINS

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VIRGINIA REA [s] 1868. 10” Blk. acous. Brunswick 2705 [8117/8120]. THE SWALLOWS (Cowen) /

SERENADE (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2146. 10” Blk. acous. Brunswick 2717 [ ? ]. NAUGHTY MARIETTA: Italian Street Song / A KISS IN THE DARK (both Victor Herbert). Side one with chorus that included Marie Tiffany, Ralph Errolle, Theo Karle, etc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LÉON RECHTLEBEN [b]. Warsaw, 1879-New York City, 1942. A leading baritone with the Warsaw Opera circa 1915-1923, Rechtleben also appeared in Italy and Germany and had studied with Edouard de Reszke. He came to the U.S. through an invitation by impresario Sol Hurok to appear with the German Opera Company in 1923. This didn’t work out, interestingly, as it was traditional at the time for Wotan (the role for which he had been requested) to wear an eye patch over his left eye. Rechtleben had a damaged right eye and couldn’t have seen with patch over that eye, so he was replaced by Hermann Weil. He did subsequently sing with the San Carlo Opera, the Hippodrome, and various other smaller U.S. companies and in concerts (including Aeolian Hall). He made only this one record. Included with the record is a four-page sketch on his life and career provided for me about twenty-five years ago in letter form by his niece, Ellen Lebow.

2347. 11” Fonotipia 92977/92976 [XPh4898-2/XPh4899]. LOHENGRIN: Il cel per noi deve giudicar / BETTINO CAPPELLI [t]. LOHENGRIN: Mercè, mercè cigno gentil (Wagner). Fine surfaces. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few harmless spots, cons. 2. $20.00.

HEINRICH REHKEMPER [b] 3333. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66003 [1729as/1730as].

MENTRE TI LASCIO O FIGLIA (Mozart). This and the following rare and desirable acoustic issues. Two sides. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00.

3937. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66004 [1731½as/1732as]. PROMETHEUS (Hugo Wolf). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

ELISABETH REICHELT [s] 3286. 12” Green PW Polydor 57117 [1028½GE/1029½GE].

MAGIC FLUTE: O zittre nicht / MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart). Berlin Staatsopernorch. dir. Gerhard Steeger. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MAURICE RENAUD [b]. See also: MARCEL JOURNET

2070. 10” Blk. large Flush lbl. Paris G&T 32084 [719g]. HAMLET: Comme une pale fleur (Thomas). Beau-tiful 1901 original. Small LSS, just about 1-2. $50.00.

1749. 10” Red ’06 GP “B” plate Victor 91066 [5730o]. HAMLET: Comme une pâle fleur (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1755. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 131 [B-4395-3/5716o]. RONDEL DE L’ADIEU (De Lara) / CHARLES DAL-MORÈS [t]. LE PROPHÈTE: Roi du Ciel (Meyer-beer). From orig. 1905 G&T/1907 Victor matrices. Side two first and only edition. Label autographed by Dalmorès. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GIUSEPPE RESCHIGLIAN [t]. Padova, 1895-Amsterdam, 1949. The younger brother of baritone Vincenzo Reschiglian (Met Opera, 1909-1929), Giuseppe made his operatic debut in 1895. He performed an assortment of leading lyric tenor roles (in operas such as Elisir d’amore, La Traviata, Don Pasquale and La Sonnambula) in a number of Italian theaters. In 1916 he began a lengthy association with an Italian opera company in Amsterdam, in 1918 appearing there under Willem Mengelberg in the Verdi Requiem. In the U.S. he toured with the San Carlo Opera Company in the 1920s and then with the Philadelphia Opera Company. In 1938, he returned to the Netherlands where he remained as a singer and teacher until his death. His recordings seem to be limited to the item below and one acoustic record for Fonotipia from Mascagni’s Lodoletta.

1438. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 79474. A NINETA / LA NOTE DEL REDENTOR (Venetian Dialect Songs). Rec. 1 July 1927. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

MAURICE RENAUD as Hamlet

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VLADIMIR RESNIKOFF [b]. Russia, 1890-New York City, 1920. At the age of three, Resnikoff’s optic nerves were frozen as a result of trying to lower a fever with ice and and he was thereafter blind. His family emigrated to New Haven, CT, and Vladimir was enrolled in a school for the blind in New York City. There he studied the piano and singing. Caruso heard him and said his voice was “a miracle” and predicted for him a wonderful future. He subsequently studied with Francis Rogers and coached with Bruno Huhn. He developed a repertoire of folksongs of his native Russia in addition to some standard repertoire in several languages and gave a celebrated concert at New York’s Aeolian Hall in 1917, appearing thereafter at various venues. Comments in the press referred, in addition to his remarkable voice, to his “magnetic personality”, unique interpretive skill and his handsome appearance. He made only one record, one side recorded in 1917 (with piano) and the other (unaccompanied) in January, 1920, about two weeks prior his final performance: a recital at the Manhattan Opera House. A few days later he contracted pneumonia and died at the age of 30.

1640. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 72655. BOURLAK / SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMAN (Koenemann). Side one unaccompanied. Side two with piano. The only copy of this I’ve ever seen. There is some light dampness (?) damage which causes a slowly disappearing “swish” mainly side one. Side two was originally a trial recording and appears to have been dubbed from a pressing (S/8). Other than the defect noted, cons. 2. $15.00.

ELISABETH RETHBERG [s] 1238. 10” Blue PW Fr. Polydor 590003 [Bruns-

wick 15122]. MAGIC FLUTE: Ach, ich fühl’s/MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh vieni non tardar (both Mozart). Excellent press-ing, better than the original U.S. Bruns-wick issue. Tiny harmless indentation. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3632. 12” late Red VdelP DB 1455 [CVE-58610-1/ CVE-58611-1]. AIDA: Cielo, mio padre (Verdi) / AIDA: Su dunque (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Beautiful late pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

AURORA RETTORE [s]. See: SALVATORE BACCALONI [bs]

FANELY REVOIL [s] 3709. 12” Red Pathé PDT 81 [CPTX552-1/

CPTX553-1]. FRAGONARD: Air de la Guimard / FRAGONARD: Ariette de Marguerite (Gabriel Pierné). One minor rub side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

CORINNE RIDER-KELSEY [s] 3605. 12” Purple ’08 Pats. Victor 70022. LOVE WATCHES OVER ALL (Case). A very rare

Victor issue, apparently never listed in a catalogue, almost immediately deleted, and then replaced by a Lucy Isabelle Marsh recording of the same selection (70035). The disappearance of this disc and Mrs. Rider-Kelsey from the Victor fold are indeed mysterious. She was much more successful with Columbia, being one of their featured artists from 1915-1926. The label is bright but the disc has sounding greying the first ½”. Otherwise 2-3. $8.00.

3545. 12” Blk. acous. Columbia 5026-M [37323-7/49973-1]. MARY OF ARGYLE (Nel- son) / MY LOVELY CELIA (Monro). Three tiny harmless rim patinas side two, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.

GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. See also: ROSA RAISA [s] 1465. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 30167 [9035]. L’ALLEGRO: Come and Trip It (Händel).

In English. Never doubled. Few minor lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

MADO ROBIN [s] 1230. 10” VdeSM DA-4960 [OLA3882-I/OLA4200-I]. CHANSON PROVENÇAL (Dell’-

Acqua) / LA GITANE ET L’OISEAU (Benedict). Orch. dir. Georges Briez. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

ELISABETH RETHBERG

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1997. 10” French Decca 36.082 [P1508/P1509]. NOËL (Holmès) / PETITE ÉTOILE DE NOËL (Legrand). Orch. and Chorus dir. Jean Bastide. Scarce. Very small scr. cluster about ¼” side one may not sound, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

3687. 12” French VdsM DB 11194 [2LA5084-1ER/2LA5085-1ER]. MAGIC FLUTE: Ah! venge-moi! / MAGIC FLUTE: Ne tremble pas [Queen of the Night’s two arias] (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

WILLIAM ROBYN [t] 2115. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73744. DIE GOLDENE KALLE: Siesser Heim / LUCY FINKLE

[s]. DIE GOLDENE KALLE: Mutter’s Schlum Liedelach (J. M. Rumshinsky). In Yiddish. Mr. Robyn signed the label for me during an enjoyable visit to his apart-ment opposite Lincoln Center. We arrived on a Saturday morning en route to a Met matinee. He recounted to my wife and myself a portion of his life story, which ended only when we realized that it was about fifteen minutes before curtain time. Thanks to an extraordinary memory, his oral autobiography had only reached his early 20s by our departure time. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARCELLA ROESELER [s] 3000. 12” acous. Blk. Polydor 66013 [1007av/1008av]. HAT DICH DIE LIEBE / SCHLIES-

SE MIR DIE AUGEN BEIDE (Joseph Marx). Piano acc. Piano acc. Beautiful per-formances. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

JOSEPH ROGATCHEVSKY [t] 1206. 10” PW Blue Fr. Columbia LF 114 [WL3906-1/WL3907-1]. PIQUE DAME: Pitié, pitié

pour ma souffrance [Act I] / PIQUE DAME: Vivre amié (Tschaikowsky). In French. Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ARNON R. ROJANSKY [t]. Russia, 1902-Tel Aviv, 1964. Rojansky was raised in Palestine, studied voice in Germany, and returned to Palestine as a leading tenor with the Jewish Opera in Palestine from the late 1920s. He left opera in the later 1930s and at the beginning of W.W. II emigrated to New York. There he studied at the Brooklyn Law School where he received his law doctorate. He returned to Israel in 1952. Rojansky became a noted lawyer, judge and U.N. Aide.

1539. 9½” Phonycord elec. Orange highly flexible 533 [11558/11559]. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). In Hebrew. From 1930 Arti-phon matrices (see also Marian Anderson for another example). Cons. 2. $25.00.

MARGARET ROMAINE [s]. Salt Lake City, UT, 1892- ? . Active as a Broadway star in the ‘teens of the last century, Romaine was on the Metropolitan Opera roster from 1918-24, having made her debut as Musetta in La Boheme. Following her work at the Met she is said to have returned to musicals and concert performances. Her sister, Hazel Dawn, was a celebrated musical stage star.

2222. 10” Purple Victor 60135. MY SKYLARK LOVE (Denni). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ANNE ROSELLE [s] 3690. 12” Blk. & Red EE Polydor 66406 [448bg/

451bg]. PAGLIACCI: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo! (Leoncavallo) / AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3143. 12” Blk. Polydor 66743 [873½bm/882bm]. LA BOHÈME: Sono andati / LA BOHEME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Cons. 2. $15.00.

3425. 12” Blk. elec. Polydor 66744 [879½bm/ 880bm]. TURANDOT: In questa reggia (Puccini). Two sides. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

Cantor JOSEF ROSENBLATT [t] 2132. 10” Green Flags Columbia E-2699 [43641-1/43642-1]. SHOIFER SHEL MOSHI-

ACH (Goldfaden) / DIE NEVIAL (Perlmutter-Wohl). Piano acc. Excellent pressing, top condition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANNE ROSELLE

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2103. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 17400. YEKUM PURKON / WLIRUSHULAIM (both Rosen-blatt). Side one few lightest rubs, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $12.00.

1813. 10” Blue Victor 45242. UMIPNE CHATUENO [BECAUSE OF OUR SINS] (Ro-senblatt). Two sides. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2102. 10” Blue Victor 42425. SHOIFER SHEL MOSHIACH [THE TRUMPET OF THE MESSIAH] (A. Goldfaden) / SHLOF IN SISSER RUH [SLEEP IN SWEET REPOSE] (Golub-Rosenblatt). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4273. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4183. LO SACHMOD [THOU SHALL NOT DESIRE] (Rosenblatt). Two sides. With HENRY ROSENBLATT [b] (Josef’s son). With Machtenberg’s Male Chorus and piano. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3988. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55152. YISHTABACH [PRAISED BY THY NAME] / ADOSHEM MOLOCH GEUS (both Rosenblatt). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

VLADIMIR ROSING [t] 1314. 10” Blk. Angel Russian Amour 4-22617/4-22618 [Ak16845e/Ak16849e]. MAY

NIGHT: Levko’s Song (Rimsky-Korsakov) / AUTUMN (Tcherepnin). Piano acc. Nice copy of this rarity. Few minor lbl. scuffs. 2. $150.00.

HELGE ROSWAENGE [t] 3210. 12” White lbl. Electrola DB 5624 [2RA-4871-1/2RA-4872-2]. THE ENCHANTRESS:

Love Duet, Act III (Tschaikowsky). Two sides. With TIANA LEMNITZ [s]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE [t] 2272. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32872 [1997-F].

CARMEN: La fleur (Bizet). Piano acc. Inherent surface waviness (harmless), couple MGTs, 2. $60.00.

1497. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32921 [2142-F]. EN BRETAGNE (Prudhomme-Emile Nérini). Piano acc. One small PB (possible lt. sound), few harmless minor pressing depressions, otherwise very fine cons. 2. $75.00.

1329. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32983 [2184-F]. À LA NUIT (Gabriel Dupont). Excellent copy. Two very tiny scrs. Cons. 2. $75.00

3014. 12” Blk. elec. Polydor 566065 [1904BMP/ 1950½BMP]. PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE / NOËL PAÏEN (both Massenet). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

GABRIELLE ROUZARD [s] 3132. 12” Plum PW Disque Gram. L-979

[2PG1266-1/2PG1267-1]. SÉRÉNADE / AIMEZ, PENDANT LA VIE ENTIÈRE (both Liszt, orch. Coppola). Orch. dir. P. Coppola. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

TITTA RUFFO [b]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t], BENIAMINO GIGLI [t], GRACIELLA PARETO [s]

1863. 10” Pink Angel Pre-Dog Con. Gram. 2-52528 [9059b]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). Cons. 2. $7.00.

1648. 10” Pink Angel Pre-Dog Con. 2-52687 [9217e]. IL TROVATORE: Per me ora fatale (Verdi). With La Scala Chorus. Minor lbl. spots, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

1649. 10” Pink Dog Gram. Con. 2-52698 [9214e]. E LA MIA DAMA (Ferradini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1650. 10” Pink Angel Pre-Dog Con. 54360 [10906b]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With PERELLO DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1212. 10” Red Vr “A” plate 87222. FAUST: Serenade Mephistopheles (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1203. 10” Red Vla “A” plate 87352. MARTHA: Canzone del porter (Flotow). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE

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1703. 10” Red Vla 819. FAUST: Sere-nata Mephistopheles / FAUST: Rammenta i lieti di quando (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1751. 10” Red Vla 963. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Mephistopheles’ Serenade (Berlioz) / THE DEMON: Arioso (Rubinstein). Side two in Russian. Never issued in single face format. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1752. 10” Red Vla 995. MARECHI-ARE (Tosti) / SANTA LUCIA (Cottrau). Never issued in single face format. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1753. 10” Red Vla 1070. LAKMÉ: Lakmé, ton doux regard se voile (Delibes) / LE CREDO DU PAYSAN (Goublier). Never issued in single face format. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1750. 10” Red Vla 3033. RIGOLETTO: Veglia o donna / RIGOLETTO: Si vendetta (Verdi). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Side two wild doings! Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1765. 10” late ‘30s It. Disco Gram. DA 165 [4733h/9060b]. RIGOLETTO: Miei Signori / TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (both Verdi). Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1634. 10” late Red VdelP DA 353 [1911ah/1912ah]. TORNA A SURRIENTO (De Curtis) / MARIA, MARI (di Capua). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1657. 10” Red PW elec. Disco Grammofono DA 1049 [BVE-12658-2/BVE-12659-4]. SUONNO ‘E FANTASIA (Capolongo) / VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1976. 10” Red late VdelP DA 1049 [BVE-12658-2/BVE-12659-4]. Same as preceding listing [item #1657]. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1784. 10” White lbl. PW Victor HRS 2015. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna fatale / IL TROVATORE: Per me ora fatale (both Verdi). Side one 1915 Victor matrix/Side two 1908 Milano G&T matrix. Side one first edition. Label side two autographed by Ruffo. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1803. 10” Plum HMV AGSA 10 [B-14518/B-15892]. NABUCCO: Tremin gl’ insani / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Per me ora fatale (both Verdi). From orig. 1914/1915 Victor matrices. Side one only edition other than the previous HRS pressing (item #1785). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

4274. 10” Blk. vinyl acous. Vla mat. B-31694-1. CUBANITA (Schipa-Huarte). Unpub-lished. Dubbed copies are in circulation, but this is from the orig. matrix. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3799. 10” on 12” HMV elec. vinyl mat. OB 5461. VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi). Rec. 25 Nov. 1933. Unpublished except for Historic Masters HMA 51. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3462. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 88366. DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3183. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88391. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al Factotum (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3463. 12” Red Vla 88544. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00. 3482. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 92500 [1312½c]. HAMLET: Nega se puoi la luce

(Thomas). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3492. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 92504 [550i]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Le minaccie,

i fieri accenti (Verdi). With EMMANUELE ISCHIERDO [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3166. 12” Red Vla 6264. FALSTAFF: L’Onore! Ladri! / ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (both

Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3583. 12” PW Red (gold print) elec. Victor 7153. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Nemico della patria? (Giordano) / L’AFRICAINE: Adamastor, re dell’ acque (Meyerbeer). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

TITTA RUFFO balancing the books

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LUIGI RUMBO [t] 1795. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0215 [53400/53443]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) /

CESARE VALETTI [t]. GIANNI SCHICCHI: Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Puc-cini). Tiny lbl. tear side two. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

GIANNINA RUSS [s] 2345. 11” Maroon Parl.-Od. (Fonotipia) PO 108 (39354/39355) [XPh400A/XPh400B].

AIDA: Ritorna vincitor! / AIDA: I sacri nomi (Verdi). Great pressing, just about 1-2. $12.00.

2372. 11” Fonotipia 69079/69080 [XPh4941/XPh4942]. LOHENGRIN: Sola nei miei primi anni (Wagner). Two sides. IMs. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3219. 12” Fonotipia 74002/74003 [XXPh1981/XPh456]. AIDA: Rivedrai le foreste imbalsa-mante / AIDA: Su dunque (Verdi). Piano acc. With ANTONIO MAGINI-COLETTI [b]. Cons. 2. $20.00.

ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s] 3588. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88267 [1792c]. AIDA: Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate (Verdi).

With GIUSEPPE MAGGI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

BASIL RUYSDAEL [bs]. Jersey City, NJ, 1871-Hollywood, CA, 1960. The son of Prof. Charles F. Millspaugh of the University of Chicago, he took Ruysdael as a stage name (one wonders why this particular choice) upon beginning his singing career and in 1915 changed it to that legally. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1910 and remained there through 1918, where he sang 36 roles, including the King in Aida, Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Lindorf in The Tales of Hoffmann and varied group of other roles, mostly small and in German. He left for Germany after World War One and had success there, including some more substantial parts than he was assigned in New York. It was there that he made his only recordings as a singer. After returning to the U.S. in the later 1920s, his career followed a different path and he became a radio announcer and a film character actor, his first appearance on screen having been in the Marx Brothers The Coconuts (1929). His film and announcing work continued through the 1950s, his numerous films including, among others, Come to the Stable (1949) and Blackboard Jungle (1955). He also appeared in a number of TV programs emanating from Hollywood.

3468. 12” Blue acous. Vox *03272 [819A/835A]. MAGIC FLUTE: In diesen heil’gen Hallen / MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis und Osiris (Mozart). IMs. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. See also: LUISA VELA [s]

4275. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64179 [H151]. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3627. 12” Red Victor 74413 [02899½v]. LAS GOLONDRINAS: Serenata de Pierrot (Usan-dizaga-Sierra). Small PB (few clicks), lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

Cantor MOSES J. (YEHOSHUA) SAITZ [t]. The label credits him as Ober-Cantor of the Lemberg Temple.

2131. 10” Blk. Victor 73479. AKAVJO BEN MAHALALEL [AKAVJO, SON OF MAHALALEL] (Saitz?). Extraordinary technique and bright top to the voice. Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ALFREDO SALMAGGI [t]. Felice, Italy, 1886-Brooklyn, 1974. After mandolin and voice studies in Italy, Salmaggi emigrated to the U.S. and managed to secure work as an assistant conductor with the Boston Opera in 1909. Facts about his early years vary. One clipping gives his birth place as l’Aquila in 1886 or 1887 and that he was a pupil of Mascagni and Antonio Cotogni. Much of his activity seems to have been teaching singing and performing in the New York area until he began producing opera “for the people” at the Brooklyn Academy in 1915. In 1933, he founded the New York Hippodrome Opera Company. There, Salmaggi [described by Time Magazine as “a long haired, high strung Italian … who carries Caruso’s silver headed cane”) gave New York low price opera. The huge Hippodrome was often filled for his productions both on and off stage, such as Aida, which featured elephants, camels, and singers mostly on the way up or the way down. I remember playing the piano for a tenor auditioning for him in Brooklyn late in his career. Cav. Salmaggi wasn’t hard to miss with his flowing hair, white jacket and cane. A vision from another world!

3498. 10” (oversized) Columbia trial 32511-1. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Written in matrix around rim is Mr. Salmaggi’s name and address at the time (602 Pacific Street, Brooklyn) and “for Mr. Burns”. I would imagine this to be about 1912. There is a curving crack on the blank side (only) in about 2”. Surface side is rubbed, 4 (likely the result of an unsleeved life), but no apparent greying. $50.00.

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SALVATORE SALVATI [t] 1722. 9½” Blue-Green highly flexible Phonycord Nr. 141 [8255/8258]. WERTHER: Ah! non

mi ridestar (Massenet) / PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir l’ancora (Bizet). Beka matrices (1930). Cons. 2. $20.00.

MAFALDA SALVATINI [s]. See also: HERMANN JADLOWKER [t]

1598. 10” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon O-4109 [Be8911-2/Be8912-1]. FEDORA: O grandi occhi / FEDORA: Dio di giustizia (Giordano). In German. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00

(GIUSEPPE) MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. See also: EMMA CARELLI [s], MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s], GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]

2354. 11” Fonotipia 39001/39120 [XPh7/XPh187]. DON GIOVANNI: Deh! Vieni alla finestra (Mozart) / LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). Nice copy, few lt. rubs. 2. $15.00.

2296. 11” Fonotipia 39077/39197 [XPh10/XPh248]. ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei (Ver- di) / WILLIAM TELL: Resta immobile (Rossini). 2. $15.00.

2334. 11” Fonotipia 39201/39200 [XPh250/XPh267]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà del mio buon tempo (Leoncavallo) / ERNANI: Lo vedremo (Verdi). Side two with ORESTE LUPPI [b]. Side one creator performance (1900 world premiere). Side one few LGTs, 2-3. Side two very small ND, 2. $35.00

1744. 10” Red Milano G&T 52371 [1705-G]. GERMANIA: Racconto Atto I (Franchetti). Creator recording. Minor lbl. stain (over trademark). Inherent surface pressing defects (should mostly be silent), one tiny ND, otherwise gen. 2. $60.00.

1758. 10” Red Milano G&T 52374 [1706]. RIGO-LETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Couple small lbl. rubs near spindle hole. One PB and few small inherent pressing indentations cause lt. sounds.. Gen. 3. $50.00.

1759. 10” Red Milano G&T 52375 [1708-G]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Nice copy. Inherent harmless pressing depressions, otherwise 2-3. $60.00.

1595. 10” Red vinyl (Victor pressing) Gram. 7-52028 [Ho116ae]. JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Sono un demonio buono (Wolf-Ferrari). Pressed here by Victor but never issued in the U.S. Just about l-2. $15.00.

3432. 12” White lbl. red vinyl HMV 2-052074 [Ho205af]. L’AFRICAINE: Figlia di regi (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3073. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-054021 (77517) [5205f]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: All’ idea di quell metallo (Rossini). With JOHN McCORMACK [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LUIS ALBERTO SANCHEZ [t]. See: ANITA ATWATER

ADA SARI [s] 1916. 10” Blk. Czech HMV DR 288 [BW1874-I/BW1875-I]. ŻAL, Op. 10, No. 3 (Chopin) /

CUDNE OCZY (Witold Friemann). Piano acc. Otto Schulhof. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2262. 10” Plum PW Czech HMV AM 2833 [BW1878-I/BW1879-I]. ZAWÓD, Op. 1, No. 4 / PAMI ĘTAM CICHE, JASNE, ZŁOTE DNIE, Op. 1, No. 5 (both M. Karlowicz). Piano acc. Otto Schulhof. Lightest rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.

3082. 12” Blk. PW Czech HMV ES 459 [CW1893-II/CW1894-II]. AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU (Strauss) / VARIAZONI (Mozart). Orch. dir. Karl Alwin. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

3133. 12” Plum Czech HMV AN 678 [2L155-II/2L156-I]. FRÜHLINGSSTMMEN-WALZER (J. Strauss) / RIGOLETTO: Teurer Name (Verdi). Piano acc. Ch. Cerné. Small lbl. tear, one small harmless spot, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

G. MARIO SAMMARCO

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BIDÚ SAYÃO [s] 3118. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 15448.

COLOMBETTA (Buzzi-Peccia) / TRISTESEE (Chopin Étude Op. 10., No. 3, arr. Burle Marx). Piano acc. Milne Charnley. As mint, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

BIANCA SCACCIATI [s]. See: MARIANO STABILE [b]

AUGUSTO SCAMPINI [t] 3364. 12” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Mon.

052186 [1271c]. LA JUIVE: Rachele allor che Iddio (Halévy). Cons. 2. $50.00.

3911. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 052258 [1549c]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). Small lbl. stkr. One tiny discoloration spot, otherwise just about 1-2. $50.00.

FRITZI SCHEFF [s]. Vienna, 1874-New York, 1955. Trained as a vocalist at Frankfurt's Hoch Conservatory, Scheff made her operatic debut in Munich, 1899, as Flotow’s Martha. She subsequently appeared at the Met for three seasons beginning in 1900 in operas ranging from Mozart to Wagner. Paderewski, whose Manru was included in her Met repertoire, dubbed her “The Little Devil of Grand Opera”. Victor Herbert realized that she would be an ideal operetta star, and he enticed her from opera for his 1903 Babette. In 1905 she starred in Victor Herbert’s Mlle. Modiste, “an operetta on feminist themes”, and she appeared in it on and off for over twenty years. She was also successful in vaudeville. In addition to her musical and theatrical star qualitites, she was noted for her off-stage temperament, the role of “prima donna” being part of her personality.

1968. 10” Rockhill SS vinyl transcription NBC-TV, 10/5/52. MLLE. MODISTE: Kiss Me Again (Herbert). From a 1952 ASCAP Telecast hosted by Ed Sullivan. While Scheff never recorded this or anything else commercially, there’s a 1936 radio broadcast in circulation of her singing “Kiss Me Again” (in the key of G, a whole tone higher than she sings it here), in addition to one Mapleson cylinder recorded at the Met of a bit from Faust in 1901. By the time of this telecast, there’s little left of her voice other than fleeting memories, although she appeared a year or so later very shortly before her death singing the same thing on Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town, which is available on YouTube. Harmless superficial rubs. 2. $10.00.

THEODOR SCHEIDL [b]. See also: RICHARD SCHUBERT [t]

1919. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 23371 [2303½BH/2304BH]. ES MUSS EIN WUNDER-BARES SEIN / WIEDER MÖCHT’ ICH DIR BEGEGNEN (both Liszt). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ELIETTE SCHHENNEBERG [c] 3676. 12” Disque Grammophone W-1564 [2LA4038-1/2LA4039-1. LE CERCLE DES

HEURES (Gustave Samazeuilh). Two sides. Paris Conservatoire Orch. dir Pierre Münch. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

ELSA SCHERZ-MEISTER [s] 3667. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 10085 [OZA1257/OZA1258-2]. TROIS POÊMES DE

CLAUDEL: Sieste; Le Delphinium / Le rendez-vous (Honegger). Piano acc. Kurt Rothenbühler. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

AKSEL SCHIØTZ [t]. 1718. 10” Plum HMV X.8009 [OCS2994-IA/OCS2995-IA]. THE FOGGY, FOGGY DEW /

THE WATER IS WIDE (both arr. Benjamin Britten). Piano ac. Herm. D. Koppel. Excellent English diction. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3763. 12” HMV DB 5241 [2CS1674/2CS1675]. SERENADE (Lange-Müller) / SKJALDENS VISE [THE BARD’S SONG]: Saa rittert var mit jmerte [How bitter was my heart] (Carl Nielsen). Orch. dir. Johan Hye-Knudsen. Crayon mks. (former radio station copy). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3456. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. 2CS2452-II. EUGEN ONEGIN: Faint echo of my youth (Tschaikowsky). In Danish. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

BIDÚ SAYÃO

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3705. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. 2CD-2453-II. FAUST: Salut demeure (Gounod). In Danish. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

TITO SCHIPA [t]. 1330. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Pathé Actuelle 15111

[N.86562/N.86564]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente (Rossini). Two sides. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2063. 10” Brown Shellac acous. Pathé Actuelle 15146 [N.86557/N.86568]. TOSCA: O dolci mani / RIGO-LETTO: Questa o quella (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1764. 10” Red acous. Vla 828. MANON: Il sogno (Masse- net) / PAGLIACCI: Serenata d’Arlecchino (Leonca-vallo). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1435. 10” Red acous. Vla 965. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco ridente / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1977. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 1099. RIGO-LETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / O SOLE MIO! (di Capua). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1479. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1479. I SHALL RETURN (Cross-Schipa) / WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE (Blaufuss-Don-aldson). In English. Minor lbl. scr. side two, other-wise just about 1-2. $8.00.

2089. 10” Orth. Vla 1545 [BM1358-I/BM1359-II]. MANDULINATA A NAPULE / ‘A CANZONE D’E STELLE (both Tagliaferri). One tiny PB. Cons. 2. $7.00.

1609. 10” Red PW Czech HMV DA 1088 [BM1336-2/BM1346-2]. NINNA-NANNA (Benelli)/ FA LA NANA, BAMBIN (Sadero). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Small lbl. stkr. Excellent pressing of these beautiful performances. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1591. 10” Red late VdelP DA 1247 [BAVE-60888-2/BAVE-60890-2]. O SURDATO ‘NNAM-MURATO (Cannio-Califano) / NAPULE (Schipa-F. Frayser Hinton). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2297. 11” White lbl. elec. Victor test matrix BVE-39899-5. SERENATA MEDIOEVALE (Silvestri). The correct matrix number should be BVE-30082, as BVE-39899 (which is written under the label) is Tosti’s ‘A VUCCHELLA. Only the acoustic version of this [B-30082-3] was issued. This electric edition, 17 Oct. 1927, is unpublished. Only

known copy. It plays well despite some very lt. greying, but it has visual problems. An area of both sides of the rim (not into the grooves) is taped, but it is impossible to know why without pulling off the tape. There are a number of rubs and scuffs. It looks gen. 5 but plays very decently. $75.00.

3238. 12” acous. Vla 6365. MIGNON: Addio Mignon, fa core / MIGNON: Ah, non credevi tu (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3595. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6601. CANCIÓN ANDALUZA (Palacios) / AY-AY-AY (Perez-Freire). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3541. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6632. ALMA DE DIOS: Canción Húngara (Serrano) / LA PARTIDA (Alvarez). Small lbl. sticker. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3059. 12” late Red VdelP DB 1372 [CVE-42942-1/CVE-42943-2]. RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime / LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al placido (both Verdi). Excellent late pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3330. 12” late Red VdelP DB 1610 [CVE-38381/CVE-47431]. L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa) / PRECE (Schipa). Fine pressing, couple of harmless lt. mks. Cons. 2. $7.00.

3979. 12” White lbl. vinyl two SS HMVs DB 3067 [2BA1700/2BA1701]. AMICO FRITZ: Suzel, buon di [Cherry Duet] (Mascagni). With MAFALDA FAVERO [s]. Two discs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3589. 12” PW (silver print) Victor 18068 [2BA2814-I/CS-063341-5]. AVE MARIA No. 2 (Schipa) / LIEBESTRAUM (Liszt-Schipa). Side one orch. acc. Side two piano acc. Alberto Sciarretti. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

TITO SCHIPA

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Dr. EMIL SCHIPPER [b] 1538. 10” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 70702 [3543½ar/3544½ar]. TIEFLAND: Hüll’ in die

Mantille (d’Albert) / TANNHÄUSER: Als du in kühnem Sange (Wagner). Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3480. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72965 [1997½as/1998½as]. PALESTRINA: Erzählung des Borromeo (Hans Pfitzner). Two sides. While the role of Borromeo was created by Fritz Feinhals in the 1917 premiere, Emil Schipper alternated with him in subsequent performances. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $35.00.

HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b] 1495. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 62362 [1110ar/1111ar]. WALKÜRE: Wotans

Abschied / WALKÜRE: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar (Wagner). Side one few lightest mks., cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $10.00.

1349. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 62365 [14106r/14120r]. RUHE MEINE SEELE / ZUEIGNUNG (both Richard Strauss). Piano acc. by the composer. Lbl. stkr. side one. Side one few harmless rubs, lbl. stkr., cons. 2-3. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.

1512. 10” Blk. elec. PW Grammophon 62682 [1620BH/1622BH]. DAS HERZ AM RHEIN (Hill)/ LACRIMAE CHRISTI (Bohm). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $8.00

1761. 10” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 30007 [5727GR/6728GR ]. WINTERLIEBE, Op. 48, Nr. 5 / DER NACHTGANG, Op. 29, Nr. 3 (both Richard Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1332. 10” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 30012 [6162GR/6167GR]. ABENDHIMMEL; TRINKLIED (both Kuhn) / WANDERUNG ZUR NACHT (Mark Lothar). Piano acc. Sebastian Peschko. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1603. 10” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 60201 [3339½BM/3340BM]. MAHNUNG (Hans Her-mann) / LIEBESFEIER (Weingartner) Orch. dir. Alois Melichar. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1511. 10” Blue elec. PW Polydor 90195 [4637BR/148DB]. AUF FLÜGELN DES GESAN-GES / VENETIANISCHES GONDELLIED (both Mendelssohn). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $18.00.

3828. 12” Yellow Deut. Gram. 67188 [514½GS/517GS]. PAGLIACCI: Prolog (Leonca- vallo) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ja, nur du hast (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3832. 12” Yellow Deut. Gram. 68242 [2230GS/2231GS]. WINTERWEIHE / MORGEN (both R. Strauss). Orch. dir. Gerhard Steeger. 1943 recordings. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

JOSEF SCHMIDT [t] 1336. 10” Red PW Electrola EG 1835 [BLR 6082-II/BLR 6083-II]. IL TROVATORE: Deserta

sulla terra / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). In German. Quite spectacular! A few harmless mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

1967. 10” Red PW Odeon O-4713 [85242-2/85243-2]. TIRITOMBA / LISETTA (both May). With Chorus and Orch. Just about 1-2. $10.00

2293. 10” Dk. Blue PW Odeon O-25982 [133438-3/133439-4]. 1001 NACHT: Launisches Glück / ZIGEUNERBARON: Ja, das alles auf Her’ (both J. Strauss). Side one 2. Side two just about 1-2. $8.00.

2138. 10” Dk. Blue PW Odeon O-25986 [133737/133718]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2292. 10” Red PW German Parlophon B.48806 [133680/133681]. WARUM GEHST DU VORBEI AM MIR (Niederberger) / EINMAL GLAUBT’ ICH AN DEINE LIEBE (Lewin-nek). Includes original text sheet (Textzettel), which has a few tears. Orch. dir. Otto Dobrindt. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2026. 10” Purple Australian PW Parlophone A3983 [133767/133784]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Side one in Italian. Side two in German. Excellent surface material. Few minor mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2076. 10” Purple Australian PW Parlophone A6037 [CE6556-2/CE6557-2]. MY SONG GOES ‘ROUND THE WORLD / ONE LIFE, ONE LOVE (both Kennedy-May, from film My Song Goes ‘Round the World). In English. Excellent surface material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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2237. 10” Purple Australian PW Parlophone A6858 [85254-1/85255-1]. HEUT’ IST DER SCHÖNSTE TAG IN MEINEM LEBEN [TODAY IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE] (Neubach-May) / SIMPLICUS (Strauss, Neubach, arr. May). In German. Excellent surface material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2030. 10” PW Orange Swiss Elite 1636 [15437/16856]. CANZONETTA [SCHÖN SIND DIE STERNE (Niederberger) / DAS ZAUBERLIED (Meyer-Helmund). German Tele-funken matrices. Small lbl. stkrs. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3195. 12” HMV vinyl SS D.2019 [CLR5422-II]. TOSCA: Amaro sol per te (Puccini). With GÖTA LJÜNGBERG [s]. Wonderful pressing of this desirable and scarce disc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

KARL SCHMITT-WALTER [b] 3769. 12” Blue PW Telefunken E.3028 [024475/024476]. ADDIO! (Tosti) / AVE MARIA

(Bach-Gounod). Orch. dir. Walter Lutze. Side one in Italian. Side two in Latin. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.

RUDOLF SCHOCK [t] 1426. 10” Plum Swiss HMV JK 2668 [OEA13861-I/(EA13862-IA]. TURANDOT: Non pian-

gere Liù / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma (Puccini). Orch. dir. Walter Susskind. In Italian. Good surfaces. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2209. 10” Red Electrola DA 5416 [ORA6108-2/ORA6109-2]. LIEBESFEIER (Weingartner)/ CÄCILIE (R. Strauss). Piano acc. Adolf Stauch. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3659. 12” Plum Electrola EH 1429 [2RA7008-2/2RA7009-2]. EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG: Komm in die Gondel / GYPSY BARON: Als flotter Geist (both J. Strauss). Orch. dir. Wilhelm Schüchter. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3660. 12” Red Electrola DB 11522 [2RA6103-1/2RA6430-1]. MARTHA: Ach so fromm (Flotow) / AFRICAINE: Land so wunderbar (Meyerbeer). Orth. dir. Leopold Ludwig. Just about 1-2. $12.0.

LOTTE SCHÖNE [s] 2260. 10” PW Red Electrola EG 2166

[BD9343-II/BD9344-II]. EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG: Annina! Caramello! / EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG: Hör’ mich, Annina (J. Strauss, arr. Korngold). With MARCEL WITTRISCH [t]. Orch. dir. Clemens Schmalstich. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3196. 10” (on 12”) vinyl HMV SS DA 1238 [OD 260-II]. L’INVITO [BOLERO] (Rossini). Beautiful pressing of this delightful disc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3943. 12” White lbl. SS HMV EG 422 [CLR4547-I]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). In German. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3107. 12” PW Blk. Electrola EJ 429 [CLR4544-II/CLR4546-II TI]. FLEDERMAUS: Mein Herr, was denken sie von mir / G’SCHICHTEN AUS DEM WIENER WALD (Voth J. Strauss). Orch dir. Leo Blech. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3830. 12” PW Red Australian HMV DB 1546 [2D270-I/2D271-I]. DON PASQUALE: Pronta io son (Donizetti). Two sides. In Italian. With WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. Orch. dir. Erich Orthmann. Superb laminated pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3688. 12” White lbl. HMV (two SS shellac pressings) DB 1562 [CLR6358-II/CLR6359-II]. THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR: Nun eilt herbei! (Nicolai). Two discs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3942. 12” White lbl. HMV mat. 2D257-II. MAGIC FLUTE: Ach, ich fühls (Mozart). This matrix, conducted by Leo Blech, was issued on Electrola (EJ 262) and Czech (ES 457) pressings. The Victor issue 7112, used matrix CLR3794-2, conducted by Fritz Zweig. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LOTTE SCHÖNE

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FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b] 3040. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7269 [CLR5402-II/CLR5403-III]. FLYING DUTCHMAN: Dich frage

ich / FLYING DUTCHMAN: Die Frist ist um! (Wagner). Label side one signed in white ink by Schorr and dated 1932. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3958. 12” Red “Z” shellac Orth. Vla 7425. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Was duften doch der flieder / DIE MEISTERSINGER: Kein’ regel (Wagner) Orch. dir. Albert Coates. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

BETSY SCHOT [s]. A noted concert soprano, born in the Netherlands around 1850. She studied in Germany, where she frequently performed.

2327. 11” Dk. Blue Odeon 51194/51195 [Bx1520/Bx1521]. AVE VERUM (Mozart) / XER-XES: Largo (Händel). 2. $15.00.

FRITZ SCHRÖDTER [t]. See also: WILHELM HESCH [bs]

1880. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 53686 [800-Do-2x]. MUSICA PROHIBITA (Gastaldon). Piano acc. In Italian. Lt. lbl. rubs, few MGTs, gen. 2. $25.00.

RICHARD SCHUBERT [t]. Dessau, 1885-Ober-staufen, 1959. His debut was as a baritone at the Strasbourg Stadttheater. After further studies he was engaged the seasons of 1911-13 as a tenor at the Stadttheater in Nurenberg. Further leading tenor appearances included Wiesbaden, Hamburg, Zurich, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Chicago Opera and the Zurich Stadttheater. Schubert’s repertoire included principal tenor roles in various Wagnerian operas as well as Verdi’s Otello and in Goldmark’s Queen of Sheba, among many others.

3223. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65592 (044331/ 044332) [57av/58av]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: In dieser feierlichen Stunde (Verdi) / LA BOHEME: Ach Geliebte, nie kehrst du mir wieder (Puccini). Both sides with THEODOR SCHEIDL [b]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3934. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65611 [200av/ 201av]. MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen Herd / MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (Wag-ner). IMs. One MGT. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

ELISABETH SCHUMANN [s] 1353. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1606 [OB3060-I/OB3061-III]. DER VÖGEL IM WALD (Taubert,

arr. Karl Alwin) / WAS I’ HAB (Bavarian Folk Song). Orch. dir. Karl Alwin. Very scarce Victor issue. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1198. 10” Indian (Dum-Dum) HMV DA 1668 [OEA6681-I/OEA6700-II]. THE EARLY MORNING (Belloc-Peel); A SONG IN THE SHE-GALLANT (Eccles-arr. Bernard) / WHERE THE BEE SUCKS (Shakespeare-Arne). Piano acc. Leo Rosenek. Most uncommon. Good shellac. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.

1233. 10” Red Swiss HMV DA 6037 [BV612-III/Cc18665-II]. VOGELHÄNDLER: Wie main Ahnl zwanzig Jahr / DER OBERSTEIGER: Sei nicht bös (both Zeller). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3471. 12” White lbl. SS (shellac) HMV (DB 3599) [2EA 6679-1]. AN EINE AEOLSHARFE, Op. 19, No. 5 (Brahms). Never issued (i.e. unpublished). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3862. 12” PW Red HMV DB 3654 [2EA6356-I/2EA6361-III]. WIEGENLIED (Wagner) / OH! QUAND JE DORS (Liszt). In German/French. Orch. dir. Walter Goehr. Inner margin crayon marks (former radio station copy). Quiet pressing of this scarce and particularly appealing disc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3897. 12” Red Orth. “Z” shellac Victor 7707 [Cc12014-I/CW3110-II]. ALL MEIN GEDAN-KEN; HAT GESAGE, BLEIBT’S NICHT DABEI / SCHLECHTES WETTER; STÄND-CHEN (all R. Strauss). Piano acc. Karl Alwin. One small rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

RICHARD SCHUBERT

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ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c] 4276. 10” B&S Columbia 1380 [take 1]. SAMSON

ET DALILA: Mein Herz (Saint-Saëns). Excellent, bright copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $250.00.

1234. 10” Red GP ’08 Victor 87022 [first issued take of two]. IRISH LOVE SONG (Lang). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2294. 10” Red Pats. Victor 87094. A CHILD’S PRAYER (Harold). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

1408. 10” Red Victor 87239. SAPPHISCHE ODE (Brahms). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3755. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 85094 [C-2976-2]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mein Herz (Saint-Saëns). There are four issued versions of this aria, two on Victor 85094 and two on 88188. Take 1 was issued in 1906 and was remade and replaced by take 2 late in 1908. 85094 was deleted late in 1909 and was replaced by Victor 88190 [matrix C-2976-4, take 3 having been destroyed]. Take 5 replaced take 4 on 88190 in 1915. Two MGTs, cons. 2. $10.00.

3400. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 85113 [C-3807-2]. NUR WER DIE SEHNSUCHT KENNT (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3345. 12” White lbl. Vla 88092. RHEINGOLD: Wei-che, Wotan (Wagner). With HERBERT WITHERSPOON [bs]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3494. 12” Red Victor 88095. LE PROPHÈTE: Scène de la prison [Part II] (Meyerbeer). Such an amazing vocal display! A perfect copy, too. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3829. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 88108 [C-5041-2]. THE ROSARY (Nevin). The second of three issued 12” acoustical takes. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3421. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 88196 [C-8231-3]. LA CLEMENZA DI TITO: Parto, parto (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3639. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88188. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti). Text label on verso. Bright pressing, top copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3101. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88212. SAPHO: O ma lyre immortelle (Gounod). Few little scuffy scrs. (absolutely harmless), cons. 2. $8.00.

3356. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88337. SEI STILL (Raff). Just about 1-2. $8.00

3289. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88343. TRÄUME (Wagner). The only issue is supposed to be take two, but this has no number in the matrix, usually indicating take one. I notice that the first “3” in the impressed catalogue number (88343) has a weakly stamped bottom of the digit. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3623. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88400. BARBCHEN; SCHLAFLIEDCHEN (both Hermann). Probably her rarest Victor. Lbl. scrs., surface, few lightest mks. Bright pressing. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3770. 12” Red acous. PW (gold print) Victor 6273. ERLKÖNIG (Schubert) / LORELEI (Silcher). Excellent pressing, c. 1939. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3389. 12” Red acous. Vla 6278. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti) / I UND MEI BUA [YODEL SONG] (Millöcker). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3466. 12” Red PoW RCA Vr 6723 [CVE-36754-3/CVE-40011-1]. STILLE NACHT (Gruber) / WEIHNACHTEN (Humperdinck). This late issue uses different takes than that Pre-War issues (which were 36754-2/40011-2). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3304. 12” Red PW elec. (gold print) Victor 7107. DAS RHEINGOLD: Weiche, Wotan! / GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Höre mit sinn (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3816. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7584. THERE IS NO DEATH (O’Hara) / TAPS (Essenwein, arr. Pasternack). Exceptionally scarce. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

FRIEDA HEMPEL [left] and ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK

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JULIUS SCHÜTZENDORF [bs or bs/b]. 2244. One of the five Schützendorf brothers, the other four having had international singing

experience (Gustav, Leo, Guido and Alfons). I haven’t found any information on Julius’s career, but it is obvious from the disc below that he did have experience as a singer. This seems to be a professionally made two-sided recording (on some sort of plastic) by a company in Köln named Tonstudio hornig. The pianist is Artur Engel and both sides are stamped 9. Nov. 1935. Unfortunately the two selections aren’t named and I don’t recognize them. There’s a letter included with it (in English) from Julius’s nephew written to George Jellinek, who was given the record. He, in turn, presented it to me (with a penned note on the letter) There’s a small lbl. tear one side. I’d call it 2-3, but it plays perfectly cleanly. $50.00.

JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. See also: HERMANN JADLOWKER [t] 3078. 12” Multi-Color Parlophon P.336 [2-1677/2-1678]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: O casto

fior (Massenet) / HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (both Massenet). Side one in Italian, side two in French. Few lightest mks., one small ½” hair rim crk. side two, scarcely visible and totally harmless. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3898. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72533 (042500/052438) [1031m/1267m]. KOL NIDRE (Lewandowski) / CARO MIO BEN (Giordani). Highly recommended performances by this exceptionally fine baritone. Label states “Metropolitan-Oper, New York”, but he died before his debut could take place. Late ‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3559. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72669 (042530/042563) [1148m/1268m]. DANK SEI DIR, HERR (Händel) / ELIJAH: Es ist genug (Mendelssohn). IMs on lbl side one, other-wise just about 1-2. $25.00.

VERA SCHWARZ [s] 3412. 12” Grey acous. Polydor 85306 [1411s/1412s]. AIDA: Act III Aida-Amonasro Duet

(Verdi). Two sides. With MICHAEL BOHNEN [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF [s] 3505. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia LX 1079 [CAX-10219-1/CAX-10220-1]. LA TRAVIATA: È

strano … Ah, fors’ é lui / TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). In English. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

SALVATORE SCIARRETTI [t]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs]

EVELYN SCOTNEY [s] 3269. 12” Blue lbl. Aeolian-Vocalion 55002 [5942]. RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi). Few

lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3051. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70000 [8480/10881]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod) / BLUE DANUBE WALTZ (Strauss). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3064. 12” Blk. elec. HMV D.1119 [Cc8760-II/Cc8761-I]. DON GIOVANNI: Non mi dir / DON GIOVANNI: Mi tradi quell’alma ingrata (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3493. 12” Red elec. HMV D.1403 [Cc12166-I/Cc12167-I]. BLUE DANUBE WALTZ (Strauss) / VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (both J. Strauss). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. See also ENRICO CARUSO [t]

1662. 10” White lbl. vinyl Columbia 1206 [take 1]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). From orig. 1903 Columbia Grand Opera matrix. Just about 1-2. $150.00.

2228. 10” Red London G&T 2-2710 [2023-G]. INVANO (Tosti). Piano acc. The raised label is scuffed and scratched but the surface, except for inherent pressing indentations (silent), has no greying and is an excellent 2. $350.00.

2130. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 81043 [B-1092]. DON PASQUALE: Bella siccome un angelo (Donizetti). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1846. 10” Red GP ’04 Victor 81054 [B-2235]. OTELLO: Brindisi (Verdi). Piano acc. Lightest NR on lbl. Surface cons. 2. $8.00.

2056. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 73. DON PASQUALE: Bella siccome un angelo (Donizet- ti) / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). Piano acc. From orig. 1904/1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3511. 12” Red vinyl Vla 85016 [C-875-1]. DON GIOVANNI: Deh vieni alla finestra (Mo-zart); FALSTAFF: Quand’ero paggio (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3160. 12” Red DeLuxe 85030. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Piano acc. Catalogue number has been crossed out on the label and 88032 (the orchestral version) written over it. Otherwise very clean, cons. 2, except for a few LGTs. $15.00.

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3495. 12” Red vinyl Vla 85068 [C-2361-1]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Come paride vez-zoso (Donizetti). Piano acc., 1905 matrix. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3616. 12” White lbl. Vla 88028 [C-3174-2]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bel-lini). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3983. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88029 [C-3175-3]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leonca-vallo). First issued take (1906). Re-made 1909. Remarkably fine early pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3772. 12” Red Vla 88082. OTELLO: Brindisi (Verdi). Perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3773. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88194. DON GIOVANNI: Serenata (Mozart); FALSTAFF: Quand’ ero paggio (Verdi). Another likewise superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3971. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 190. DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (Verdi) / ELISIR D’AMORE: Come Paride (Donizetti). Piano acc. From orig. 1905 matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

META SEINEMEYER [s] 3290. 12” Brown PW elec. Polydor P.9116 [2-20258/2-20259]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO:

Son giunta’, grazie o Dio (Verdi). Two sides. Orch. dir. Dr. Frieder Weissmann. Just about 2. $8.00.

JOHANNES SEMBACH [t] 1514. 10” Orange (acous.) Col. E3096 [43935-1/43988-1]. FRÜHLINGSZEIT (Becker) /

WINTERLIED (Koss). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1513. 10” Orange Col. E3139 [43989-2/44620-2]. DER ASRA (Rubinstein) / DER LENZ (Hildach). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3610. 12” PW Blue elec. Schallplatten-Volksverband MD 9619/MD 9620. FIDELIO: Gott, welch Dunkel hier / FIDELIO: O namenlose Freude (Beethoven). Side two with LISELOTT AMMERMANN [s]. Orch. dir. Alfred Schmidt. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3647. 12” PW Blue elec. Schallplatten-Volksverband MD 9624/MD 9623. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Duett Santuzza-Turiddu. With ELISABETH RISTOW [s] / E. RIS-TOW [s]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). In German. Orch. dir. Alfred Schmidt. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GIORGIO SEMBRI [t] 3657. 12” Red VdSM DB-11187 [2LA-4980-1/2LA-4981-1]. L’ELSIR D’AMORE: Una fur-

tiva lagrima (Donizetti) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. In Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s] 1791. 10” Red Vla 81049 [B-1951]. DER NUSSBAUM (Schumann). Piano acc. Orig. 1904

matrix. Late ‘30s pressing. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1818. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 139 [B1950/B1951]. STÄNDCHEN (Strauss) / DER

NUSSBAUM (Schumann). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3611. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88019 [C-3156]. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss). 2. $6.00. 3612. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88102. MARTHA: Last Rose of Summer (Flotow). In English.

Cons. 2. $6.00. 3427. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88141. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio lusinghier (Rossini). As with

the majority of records in this catalogue, a gorgeous copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ANTONIO SCOTTI

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3147. 12” Red ’12 Pats. 88390. COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE (Scottish Air). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3306. 12” White lbl. Vla 89010. HAMLET: Doute de la lumière (Thomas). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3540. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89042. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste … Si, vendetta (Verdi). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

4277. 12” White lbl. test Victor mat. C-9557-2. TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS [VOCI DELLA FORESTA (Strauss). Rec. 13 Oct. 1910. Unissued test. Issued version was recorded two years later under a different matrix number. Sembrich’s own copy. 2-3. $600.00.

FELIX SENIUS [t]. Königsberg, 1868-1913. As a child, Senius moved to St. Petersburg, where his father was given a position as a bank director. Encouraged by his older brother, a well known operetta singer, Felix began vocal studies. While working in his father’s bank, he began to give charity concerts in St. Petersburg in 1895. He then relocated to Berlin, giving his first lieder concert in 1900 and also that year making his first oratorio appearance in Händel’s Messiah. Within five years he became one of Europe’s most successful concert and oratorio tenors, appearing in England, the Netherlands, Russia, Germany and Scandinavia in many choral festivals and as soloist in orchestral concerts under the direction of a host of the era’s major conductors. In 1913, a banquet was given in his honor in his native Königsberg. “Sadly, this well meaning gesture proved disastrous. After consuming a piece of tainted fish at the banquet, Senius contacted ptomaine poisoning and died a short time later.” His few and rare records were made in German for Anker around 1912. – Dead Tenors’ Society (Internet).

3994. 12” Anker 9451 [04666/04667]. ADELAIDE (Beethoven). Two sides. Piano acc. Bruno Weyersberg. Fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $50.00.

Rev. MENDEL SHAPIRO [t]. 2133. 10” Blk Victor 72474. VISHOMRYU [OBSERVE THE SABBATH] / VHOER EINEINU

[ENLIGHTEN OUR EYES]. Fine bright voice. Excellent melismatic technique, common with several of the remarkable cantors of the period. Organ acc. Isadore Freed. Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

CECIL SHERWOOD [t]. See: LIONELLO CECIL [t]

Cantor JOSEF SHLISKY [t]

3367. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 2003 [8176/8292]. TIKANTO SHABOS / Y’HI ROTZON (Trad. Hebrew Prayers). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

LEV M. SIBIRYAKOV [bs]

3217. 12” Russ. Gram. (Muzpred) 022319/022320 [2730c/2744½c]. JUDITH: Hush down, murmur (Serov) / MIKHAIL N. KARAKASH [bs]. QUEEN OF SPADES: I Love You (Tschaikowsky). Heavy raised-rim pressing. Cons. 2. $75.00.

EVA MARIA SIEFERT [s] 3692. 12” PW Plum Electrola EH 1305 [2RA4720-5/2RA4721-3]. DAUGHTER OF THE

REGIMENT: Tyrolienne / DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Heil dir, mein Vater-land (Donizetti). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARGARETHE SIEMS [s]

3750. 12” Girl & Phono. Parlophon P.573/P.340. RIGOLETTO: Arie der Gilda (Verdi) / ERNA DENERA [s]. LOHENGRIN: Euch Lüften (Wagner). Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $250.00.

3883. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 151 (043179/044183) [2303c/2304c]. DER ROSEN-KAVALIER: Kann mich auch an ein Mädel erinen / EVA VON DER OSTEN [s], MINNIE NAST [s]. DER ROSENKAVALIER: Ist ein Traum? (R. Strauss). All creator performances (1911) from orig. Berlin, 1911, matrices. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

FRANCESCO SIGNORINI [t] 2196. 10” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Concert 2-52669 [11235b]. IL TROVATORE: Ah! si,

ben mio (Verdi). Rare! One of his most effective discs. Cons. 2. $750.00.

3473. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 052230 [1493c]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). Reissued as Historic Masters HMB 30, therefore the ridiculously low minimum bid. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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LUIGI SIMONETTA [t] 1270. 10” White lbl. vinyl HMV DA 421 [20433b/20454b]. QUANDO TI VIDI / NEBBIE

(both Wolf-Ferrari). Side one issued on Hist. Masters but not side two. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

Cantor GERSON SIROTA [t] 2048. 10” Blk. Warsaw G&T 11566 [413z-Ao-2(5). ZADIK KATOMOR JIFROCH (Hebraic

Prayer). With choir. Harmless inherent indentations. Fine copy, 2-3. $15.00.

1416. 10” Red Victor 61074 [412z-Ao-2(5)]. VEHOSOR SCHOTAN (Hebraic Prayer). With Choir. 1902 matrix. Small lbl. stkr. Surface as mint. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1486. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 61103 [1690L]. MI SCHEOSSO NISSIM [HE WHO PER-FORMED MIRACLES] (Hebraic Prayer). With Choir. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1418. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64229 [1235ab]. VESEOREI OLECHO (Hebraic Prayer). With Warsaw Synagogue Choir. Cons. 2. $15.00.

3072. 12” Green Columbia E8001 (2-75502/2-75503) [141p/142p]. JHI ROZEJN SCHETSCHADEICH ELENU / KOL NIDRE (Trad. Hebraic). With Choir. German (Polish) Favorite matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3933. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 57032-F [WAX3648-1/WX3650-1]. SHOMOH VATISMACH ZION / RETZEI (Hebraic Prayers). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LEO SLEZAK [t] 2050. 10” Flush 1901 Wien G&T 42410 [213x-E-2z]. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (Wag-

ner). Piano acc. Remarkably fine copy, including label. Cons. 2. $40.00. 2240. 10” Blk. G&T 2-42647/43744 [857z/727r]. TRAUMLIED / HERMINE KITTEL [c].

AN MEIN WIEN (both Alfred Grünfeld). Side one 1903 master, probably accom-panied by the composer. Very fine copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $20.00.

1636. 10” Blk. Dog Concert Gram. 3-42265/3-42298 [6848b/6849b]. VERSCHWIEGENE LIEBE (Wolf) / STÄNDCHEN (Strauss). Piano acc. Short, minor NR on lbl. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

2157. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 3-42346/3-42419 [6840b/6837b]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Auftrittslied des Assad / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Magische Töne (Goldmark). One tiny PB side two. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1237. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 3-42714/3-42715 [10050u/10047u]. MANON: Flieh o flieh / MANON: Traum (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1847. 10” Blk. Wien Dog G&T 4-42034/4-42038 [11802u/11803u]. LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale / LE PROPHÈTE: Triumphgesang (Meyerbeer). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2282. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 3-44006/3-44007 [14621u/14622u]. ALESSANDRO STRADELLA: Trinklied (Flotow) / DIE STUMME VON PORTICI: Der Feinde Macht (Auber). With RICHARD MAYR [bs]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2280. 10” Green Schall. Gram. 13956 [11129u/11800u]. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Fanget an / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Du Ew’ger, der mein Aug’ gelichtet (Goldmark). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1236. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-44270 [11816u]. LA BOHEME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). In German. With SELMA KURZ [s]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3946. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl HMV 4-42242 [14612u]. AM MEER (Schubert). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2016. 10” Green acous. Schall. Gram. 20135 [14609u/15839u]. GANZ LEISE (Hans Som-mer) / IM KAHNE (Grieg). Piano acc. Excellent copy, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

1305. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 99 [690r/14585u]. DIE WEISSE DAME: Komm’ o holde Dame (Boieldieu) / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Magische Töne (Goldmark). Label autographed by Slezak. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1903. 10” Yellow elec. Deut. Gram. 26506 [1520bk/1540bk]. DER LENZ (Hildach) / STÄNDCHEN (Brahms). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1262. 10” Dk. Blue elec. PW Odeon O-11565 [Be9660/Be9661]. GASPARONE: Das waren Zeiten (Steffan-Millöcker) / BLAUBART: Legende de Blaubart (Offenbach). Orch. dir. Ernst Hauke. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3437. 12” Red vinyl HMV (pressed by RCA) 042255 [01514v]. LE PROPHÈTE: In eines Domes wunderbau (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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DMITRI SMIRNOV [t]. While a few of records below have minimum bids that I’ve adjusted downward a bit because of fairly recent Historical Masters issue, I should add that a number of collectors prefer the sound as produced via the earlier shellac special pressings.

3348. 10” (on 12”) vinyl 4-22399 [17232u]. SHE WAS THINE (Gretchaninoff). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3778. 10” (on 12”) vinyl 4-33670 [17972b]. ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3717. 10” (on 12”) vinyl 4-22770 [17973b]. COOL SUMMER EVENING (Amanya). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3782. 10” (on 12”) vinyl 4-22822 [17970½b]. I LONG TO BE WITH YOU (Gretchaninov). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1567. 10” White lbl. HMV 2-52853 [17826b]. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

1660. 10” PW Red Czech acous. HMV DA 569 [Bb3336-II/Bb3337-II]. PIQUE DAME: What Is Our Life? / PIQUE DAME: Forgive Me, Bright Celestial Vision (Tschaikowsky). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2248. 10” Red PW elec. Disque Gram. DA 752 [Bb6596-II/Bb6597-I]. BERCEUSE (Gret-chaninov) / LILACS (Rachmaninoff). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3891. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl elec. HMV SS DA 752 [Bb6597-I]. LILACS (Rachmaninoff). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3351. 12” White lbl. HMV 022160 [2060c]. FAUST: Salut, demeure (Gounod). In Russian. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3732. 12” White lbl. HMV 022190 [2057c]. WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3325. 12” White lbl. HMV 022214 [2471c]. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land (Wagner). In Russian. Tiny absolutely harmless ½” rim patina (not broken through on grooved side), otherwise as new. Reissued as Historic Masters HMB 104. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3630. 12” White lbl. blk. HMV 022241 [2546c]. TRANQUILITY (Kashevarov). Reissued on Historic Masters HMB 145. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3481. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV 022241 [2546c]. Same as previous listing (item #3630) but pressed on vinyl. Reissued on Historic Masters HMB 145 (as above). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3849. 12” White lbl. HMV 022271 [2543c]. PRINCE IGOR: Daylight is fading away (Borodin). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3629. 12” White lbl. HMV 022272 [2544c]. PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE (Massenet). Reissued on Historic Masters HMB 205. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3842. 12” White lbl. HMV 022299 [2686c]. EUGEN ONEGIN: In Your House (Tschai-kowsky). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3091. 12” White lbl. HMV 022306 [2680½c]. DUBROVSKY: Give me oblivion (Napravnik). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3850. 12” White lbl. HMV 022312 [2689c]. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Reissued on Historic Masters HMB 7. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3326. 12” White lbl. HMV 022329 [2855c]. EUGEN ONEGIN: I Love You, Olga (Tschai-kowsky). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

DMITRI SMIRNOV as Dmitri in Boris Godounov

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3628. 12” White lbl. HMV 022338 [2857c]. HUGUENOTS: Bianca al par (Meyerbeer). Historic Masters issued an unpublished version (2681v) on HMB 145 but I don’t believe that this has been reissued. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3929. 12” White lbl. HMV 022357 [2854c]. RUSALKA: Unwillingly to these sad shores (Dargomyzhsky). Reissued on Historic Masters HMB 178. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3504. 12” Red vinyl HMV (Victor pressing) 2-022025 [Cc3212-2]. PRINCE IGOR: Daylight Slowly Fades (Borodin). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3368. 12” White lbl. HMV 052296 [140af]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3324. 12” White lbl. HMV 052372 [02450v]. TOSCA: E lucean le stelle (Puccini). In Italian. Reissued on Historic Masters HMB 178. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3851. 12” White lbl. HMV 052373 [02451½v]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). In Italian. Reissued on Historic Masters HMB 178. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3681. 12” White lbl. HMV (two SS discs) DB 765 [CPT260-I/CPT261-II]. BORIS GODOU-NOV: Pimen-Grigori Duet (Moussorgsky). With C. E. KAIDANOFF [bs]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

3963. 12” White HMV VB 38 [428s/2058]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah, lève-toi, soleil (Gounod) / MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto). Side one in Russian. Side two in Italian. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3655. 12” Blue elec. PW Parlophone E17048 [2-21608-1/2-21611-3]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Lenski’s Air (Tschaikowsky) / EH UCHJEM [VOLGA BOATMAN’S SONG] (Dud-kewitsch). Side one orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Side two piano acc. G. Dudke-witsch. Exceptionally rare, as is the item below. Just about 1-2. $200.00.

3917. 12” Brown elec. German Parlophon P.53401 [2-21608/2-21611-1]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Lenski’s Air (Tschaikowsky) / EH UCHJEM [VOLGA BOATMAN’S SONG] (Dudkewitsch). Side one orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Side two piano acc. D. Dudkewitsch. Note that side two uses take 1 while in the preceding listing take 3 is used. Small lbl. stkrs. Excellent copy. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $200.00.

LEONID SOBINOV [t]. See also D. A. BOGEM-SKY [comedian] in Personality Section

3706. 12” White lbl. HMV 022137 [1979c]. LOHEN-GRIN: Mein lieber Schwan (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3645. 12” White lbl. HMV 022198 [2214c]. MIGNON: Elle ne croyait pas (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3794. 12” Blue HMV ABHB 7 [1988½c/2216c) [022162/022199]. MAY NIGHT: Sleep, my beauty (Rimsky-Korsakov) / SNYEGOÚ-ROTCHKA: The joyous day departs (both Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

FRANCISCA SOLARI [s]. Genoa, 1880-Civitanova, 1969. Just as I’m typing this entry, the June, 2016 issue of The Record Collector (Vo1. 61, No.2) has arrived with a fascinating study on this artist as well as a discography. The soprano below, I discovered, is a totally different and unrelated personality (I originally listed them here together). This is just another reminder as to how important this magazine is to all of us who collect vocal 78s (or CD reissues of singers of the period). If you don’t subscribe, it’s a “must”.

4013. 11” Fonotipia 92969/92968 [XPh4865/XPh ]. ISABEAU: Venne una vecchierella alla mia corte / ISABEAU: Ave Maria (Mascagni). With ROSA GARAVAGLIA [s]. The label for side two lists as the singers as ERMYNGARDE and ERMYNTRUDE. These are the characters in the opera who sing this “Ave Maria”. Michael Hen-stock’s Fonotipia Recordings book confirms the identity of the actual artists from the recording log. Two very small lbl.stkrs. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

LEONID SOBINOV

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SARA FIDELIA SOLARI [s]. Livorno, 1884- ? . One source states that Sara was Francisca’s sister, but this is (again, see the Record Collector article mentioned regarding Francisca) not the case. See: FRANCO DI GREGORIO [t]

WALTER SOOMER [bs] 3707. 12” Red Vox *3040 [79A/80A]. LACRIMAE CHRISTI (A. Winterberger) / VAGA-

BUNDENLIED (J. Einödshöfer). Piano acc. Side one couple small rubs and harmless PB, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $25.00.

CRISTINA SORO (BARRIGA DE BALTRA) [s]. Concepción, Chile, 1886 - Santiago, Chile, 1967. Soro began vocal studies with Italian teachers who had settled in Chile. She made her debut at the age of 15 at the Santiago Teatro Municipal, singing compositions of her brother, Enrique Soro Barriga. It was Barriga who accompanied Soro in her first group of Red Seal Victor records (originally trial recordings), these made in Santiago (another souce indicates Havana, Cuba) in 1917 on portable equipment by a Victor talent scout then visiting Central and South America. This was a year after she had graduated with highest honors from the Santiago Conservatory of Music, receiving a degree of Professor of Music. On the success of these trials (which included the disc below), Victor wanted her to come to Camden to record with orchestra, but she had entered a course of study at the Verdi Conservatory in Milano and wasn’t available until 1922, when she made her second and final group of records. A concert tour of Mexico with pianist/composer Manuel Ponce followed this. Apparetly Soro didn’t appear in opera, her career having been as a recitalist and teacher. She was active in the latter capacity in 1949 when she was interviewed for Hobbies Magazine by William R. Moran (and from which article this information is taken).

3079. 12” Red Vla 74585. LA WALLY: Ebben? ne andrò lontana (Catalani). Piano acc. Enrique Soro Barriga, who makes a strange harmony change in both “A” sections of this A-B-A form aria. Only copy of this virtually unknown record I’ve ever seen and the only form of issue. This was originally made as a trial recording. Cons. 2. $25.00.

UMBERTO SORRENTINO [t] 1588. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 63325. VIENI AMOR MIO (Leoncavallo) / MALIA (Tosti).

Lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

INA SOUEZ [s]

3903. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl SS HMV DB 2925 [2EA-4017]. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

GABRIEL SOULACROIX [b] 1572. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 3-32027 [2883-F]. LE PRESSOIR (Faure). Piano acc. One press.

bump sounds about an 8th of an inch, otherwise just about 1-2. $25.00.

2331. 11” Brown Odéon 33394/33430 [33394-3/33431-3]. IL BARBIERE DE SIVIGLIA: Air de Figaro (Rossini) / LA FAVORITE: Pour tant d’Amour (Donizetti). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $25.00.

2302. 11” Brown Odéon 33425/33440 [33425-3/33440-3]. LES DRAGONS DE VILLARS: Grand Air (Maillart) / MARTHA: Chanson de Porter (Flotow). 1904, piano acc. Small scrabble within first inch side one, possibly very lt. sound, otherwise very clean copy, cons. 2. $25.00.

2315. 11” Brown Odéon 33426/33444 [33426-3/33444-3]. LES DRAGONS DE VILLARS: Chanson à Boire / LE MAÎTRE DE CHAPELLLE: Air (both Maillart). Lt. rubbing, but nothing that will cause reproduction problems. 3. $25.00.

HINA SPANI [s] 1979. 10” Red Vla 4196 [BM1598-II/BM1599-II]. COPLAS DE CURRO DULCE (Obradors) /

MONTAÑESA (Nin). Orch. dir. Gino Nastrucci. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3485. 12” White lbl. SS blk. vinyl HMV mat. CF1626-II. OTELLO: Piangea cantando (Verdi). Unpublished except for Historic Masters HMB 138. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JANET SPENCER [ms] 3149. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. Victor 74231. GAE TO SLEEP (Fisher). Text label on verso.

Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3528. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. Victor 74290. ELIJAH: O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

MARIANO STABILE [b] 3679. 12” Blk. Italian Columbia DQX 16503 [WBX212/WBX220]. ANDREA CHENIER: Un

di m’era di gioia / BIANCA SCACCIATI [s]. ANDREA CHENIER: La mamma morta (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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ELEANOR STEBER [s] 1678. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1071. RAPUNZEL (Sacco) / BY A LONELY FOREST PATH-

WAY (Griffes). Piano acc. James Quillian. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1458. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1248. STARS IN MY EYES (Fields-Fritz Kreisler) / THE

TOUCH OF YOUR HAND (Harbach-Kern). Orch. dir. Jay Blackton. Beautifully sung. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1557. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1473. VIENNA IN THE SPRINGTIME / ROSES IN WINTER-TIME (Alec Templeton). Acc. by the composer. Further attractive performances by Steber. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3831. 12” Red RCA Victor 12-0690 [2EA12298-2/2EA12299-2]. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) / CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

JOHN STEEL [t] 1711. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18844. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE (Seitz) /

I’LL FORGET YOU (Ernest R. Ball). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

RISË STEVENS [ms] 1738. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3297. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME, Op 55, No. 4

(Dvořák) / ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (Welsh Carol). Orch. dir. Milton Katims. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ROSINA STORCHIO [s] 1959. 10” Red G&T 53331 [Con388]. SIBERIA:

No! Se un pensier torturo (Giordano). Piano acc. Raffaele Delli Ponti (rehearsal pianist for the opera’s 1903 La Scala premiere). His name is misspelled as Delle Ponti on the labels. Creator performance. Lbl. tear about the size of a nickel. Few inherent surface ridges (harmless), gen. 3. $200.00.

2999. 12” Red G&T 054027 [Con750]. SIBERIA: E qui con te il mio destino (Giordano). Piano acc. Mo. Delli Ponti. Creator performance. Bright label, no greying but some sort of lt. surface staining (heat? pressure?) which causes lt. swishing last half of record. Still, it would be hard to find a better copy (let alone any other copy). I’d call is just about 2 without the described problem. $600.00.

4019. 11” Fonotipia 92861/92775 [XPh4514/ XPh4503]. LA BOHÈME: Mimì Pinson (Leoncavallo) / LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Al bel desin (Donizetti). Side two with IDA RAPPINI [ms]. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

2359. 11” Red Odeon Fono. HRS 1018 (39402/39445) [XPh1502/XPh1513]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’anima (Donizetti) / EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Side two (only) reiss. on Historic Masters. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. See also: DOMENICO VIGLIONE BORGHESE [b]. 2383. 11” Fonotipia 69155/69156 [XPh4995/XPh4998]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla

vita / DON CARLO: Per me giunto (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2382. 11” Fonotipia 69157/69158 [XPh4997/XPh5003]. TOSCA: Hai più forte sapor /

TOSCA: Già, mi docono venal (Puccini). Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2338. 11” Fonotipia 92456/92457 [XPh3775/XPh3767]. FAUST: Dio possente / FAUST: Morte di Valentino (Gounod). Few lightest rubs. Excellent pressing, cons. 2. $15.00.

2350. 11” Fonotipia 92621/92622 [XPh3825/XPh3826]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu / IL TROVATORE: Il balen (both Verdi). Excellent surfaces, just about 1-2. $15.00.

1592. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4007-M [A1865/A1866]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà / ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola Zingara (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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1608. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4019-M [77088-4/77089-2]. ERNANI: O de’ verd’ anni miei / RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2290. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4028-M [A1922/A1926]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Canzone della puce / DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su queste rose (Berlioz). Few harmless rim patinas. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1797. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X333 [A1922/A1926]. Same as item above but British pressing. Likewise same high quality shellac as the U.S. issue. Small lbl. skr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1796. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X334 [A1897/A1899]. FAVORITA: A tanto amor / FAVORITA: Vien Leonora (Donizetti). Small lbl. stkr. side two. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1888. 10” Blue PW elec. Eng. Columbia D15259 [WB2532-3/WB2377-1]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita / FRANCESCO MERLI [t], GINO VANELLI [b]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ora (both Verdi). Very lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

3067. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9012-M [49758-3/49971-2]. LA PALOMA (Yradier) / IDEALE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3422. 12” SS TC Columbia 49658. CARMEN: Canzone del Toreador (Bizet). The label is for the commercial issue of A5777 [30244] which is the same selection by Campanari. This, however, is by Stracciari, without chorus, and was issued only in the U.K. as 7355 (ss: 7250). Gen. 2. $10.00.

3626. 12” White lbl. Columbia 49937 [take 1]. LA BOHÈME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). Unpublished. Only known copy. Rec. 25 Feb. 1921. With CHARLES HACKETT [s]. Gen. 3. $250.00.

SUSAN STRONG [s] 3253. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 159 [2004f/RR]. DIE JUNGE NONNE, Op. 43, No. 1

(Schubert) / HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Side one pressed from orig. 1907 London matrix. Label signed by Strong. Side two 1939 RR from 1908 recording. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELISA STÜNZNER [s] 1354. 10” Blue PW Polydor 90012 [497bf/498bf]. STÄNDCHEN (Brahms) / SCHLAFE,

HOLDER, Süßer Knabe (Schubert). Piano acc. Johann Heidenreich. Lt. rubs, narrow lbl. crease side two, otherwise 2. $10.00.

ELISE SUDDABY [s] 2001. 10” Blk. acous. HMV E.354 [Bb4053-IV/Bb4882-I]. HARK THE ECHOING AIR /

DIDO AND AENEAS: When I am laid in earth (both Purcell). Piano acc. Mme. Adami. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

YMA SUMAC [s]. Peru, 1922 (or 1923)-Los Angeles, CA, 2008. Exotic soprano, noted for her extraordinary vocal range.

2075. 10” Purple Capitol 2079 [9496/9497]. WIMOWEH (Trad., arr. Campbell) / BABALU (Margareta Lecuona, arr. Vivanco). Orch. dir. Moises Vivanco. Cons. 2. $10.00.

CONCHITA SUPERVIA [ms]. Some rare Supervia issues which appeared for a short time just in Spain.

1826. 10” Brown PW Odeon 184.198 [KI-3514-2/SO.6604]. GITANA (Longás) / COPLAS DE AMORES (Julio Gomez). Only form of issue both sides. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

An unlikely duo: comedienne MARIE DRESSLER and baritone RICCARDO STRACCIARI

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1892. 10” Brown PW Odeon 184.229 [So6935/So6936]. CANCÓ DE MARIA (de Grignon) / ELS CANTS DELS OCELLS (Nin). Only form of issue both sides. Piano acc. Alejandro Vilata. Lt. superficial rubs, 2. $35.00.

1320. 10” Brown PW Odeon 184.276 [KI-4921-1/KI-4928-1]. PORQUE ME BESÓ (Godes-Alcazar) / FLOR Y LUZ (Vila-Puche). Scarce. Only form of issue side one. Side one lt. superficial rubs, 2. Side two just about 1-2. $20.00.

1873. 10” Brown PW Odeon 184.329 [So7715/So7716]. CANCIÓN GALLEGA (Nin) / CANTIGA (Rodrigo). Piano acc. Pedro Vallribera. Only form of issue both sides. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

1966. 10” White Spanish test Odeon 184.289 [So7722/So7723]. RUBORES [PASODO-BLE] (Marquina) / SUSPIROS DE ESPAÑA (Alvarez Alonzo). Band acc. Only form of issue both sides. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3004. 12” Blue PW Ultraphon EP 1024 [P-80127-Z/P-82128-Z]. COUPLETS DE LA CIGARETTE (Lehár) / TANGO LUNARES ET LOS OJOS NEGREOS NEGITOS (Spanish songs incorporated into Lehár’s Frasquita). Side one orch. acc. Side two with Amalio Cuenca [guitar]. Another “must” for the Supervia fan. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

ENA SURINACH [s]. See: BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]

ALEXANDER SVED [b] 1899. 10” Green Polydor 47094 [6994½GR/7000½GR]. AGNUS DEI (Bizet) / ICH MACH’

ALLES ALS LIEBE FÜR DICH (Fenyes). From film Schwester Maria. Scarce. Cons. 2. $15.00.

GLADYS SWARTHOUT [ms] 2090. 10” PW Red (Gold Print) Victor 4318. CLOUDS / SPENDTHRIFT (both Ernest

Charles). Uncommon. Piano acc. Lester Hodges. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3977. 12” White lbl. test mat. 073203-1A. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux (Gounod). Marked “OK”. An unpublished take? I can’t find what was used for Victor 11-8280. Small LSS (absolutely harmless), few lighest scuffs. Cons. 2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t] 1542. 10” Plum acous. Italian Columbia D5364 [B626/B641]. LA BOHEME: Che gelida

manina (Puccini) / MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (both Puccini). Some superficial rubs, cons. 2-3. $12.00.

CARLO TAGLIABUE [b]. See: ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t]

FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI [t] 1431. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0294 [3938-1/3939-1]. O PAESE D’O SOLE (Bovio) / SCALINA-

TELLA (Cioffi). Orch. dir. Renato Cellini. Few harmless mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3658. 12” Orange Cetra BB 25276 [2-71371/2 71368]. NOTTE A SANTA LUCIA [CANZONE BEGUINE] (Fragna-Bonagura). From film “Cadetti dei Guascogna”. / MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto). Side two with PIA TASSINARI [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3765. 12” vinyl V Disc 768. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) / ALAN HOVHANESS dir. NY PHILHARMONIC MEMBERS. PRAYER FOR ST. GREGORY (Hovhaness). Trumpet soloist: James Smith. Side one (from 1947 Telephone

Hour broadcast) is preceded with a spoken introduction by Tagliavini. Side two is from a live performance. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ANNETTE TALIFERT [s] 3163. 12” PW Red Eng. Columbia RFX 11 [WLBX22/

WLBX23]. SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’HIVER (de Auguste de Boeck) / KAATJE: Chanson de Kaatje (Buffin). Théâtre de la Monnaie Orch. dir. Maurice Bastin. Few lighest mks., cons. 2. $25.00.

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AMELIA TALEXIS [s] 2323. 11” Brown Odeon 60562/60458 [XP3715/XP3673]. AIDA: Adieu Séjour (Verdi).

With AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t] / PARIS OPÉRA CHORUS. FAUST: Choral des Epées (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

MARION TALLEY [s] 3774. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6736. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti / LA SONNAM-

BULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t] 2274. 10” Red Milano G&T 52676 (I) [3008-R]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano).

Bright label, excellent first issue copy. 2. $30.00.

2287. 10” Red Milano G&T 52677 [3011-R] (I). LE PROPHÉTE: Re del cielo (Meyerbeer). Harmless inherent pressing indentations, lightest rubs, cons. 2. $30.00.

1854. 10” Red Milano G&T 52679 (CO-II) [3014-R]. LE PROPHÈTE: Sopra Berta (Meyer-beer). Bright label and first rate copy. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

1713. 10” Red Milano G&T 52681 (CO-II) [3019-R]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei (Saint-Saëns). Pressing No. 721. Bright label, excellent copy. 2. $30.00.

1853. 10” Red Milano G&T 52682 (I) [3020]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). Press-ing No. 0129. Harmless lt. rubs. And like-wise harmless inherent pressing indenta-tions. Lt. lbl. rubbing. 2-3. $25.00.

1712. 10” Red Milano G&T 52684 (I) [3027-w2]. HÉRODIADE: Quand nos jours (Massenet). Pressing No. 412. Fine first issue pressing, 2. $30.00.

2060. 10” Red Milano G&T 52684 (II) [3027-w2]. Same as preceding listing. Pressing No. 829. Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $30.00.

1386 10” Red Milano G&T 52684 (CO-III) [3027]. Same as preceding listing (item #1712) but later pressing. IMs, small stkr. mostly removed. Surface a clean 2. $25.00.

1714. 10” Red “A” plate Monarch 95003 [3004-w2]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi). Small PB, another excellent copy, bright label, cons. 2. $20.00.

1913. 10” Red “E” plate Monarch 95008 [3019-R]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei v’arrestate (Saint-Saëns). Pressing No. 624. 2. $18.00.

1912. 10” Red “B” plate Monarch 95009 [3020-R]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). Lt. superficial rubs. Certainly a decent copy. 3. $12.00.

1911. 10” Red “C” plate Monarch 95010 [3021-R]. WILLIAM TELL: Corriam, corriam (Rossini). This version was not doubled nor issued any other way (except possibly on very early G&T issues). The matrix used in Europe was 3026. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $20.00.

4278. 10” White label Vla 95011 [3027-w2]. HÉRODIADE: Quand nos jours (Massenet). IMs. Harmless sealed ½” hair crk., otherwise first rate surface, just about 1-2. $6.00.

1859. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 172 [3016ft/820z]. HÉRODIADE: Adieu donc, vains objets (Massenet) / LEO SLEZAK [t]. WILLIAM TELL: O Mathilde (Rossini). Both from orig. 1903 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1842. 10” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DR 105 [3028-ft/3004ft]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre ad-dio / IL TROVATORE: Deserta sulla terra (both Verdi). Side two includes a spoken comment by Tamagno, dedicating the recording to the memory of his father. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

PIA TASSINARI [s]. See: PIERO PAULI [t], FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI [t]

A faded portrait of GIUSEPPE VERDI (left) and FRANCESCO TAMAGNO

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RICHARD TAUBER [t]. See also: GITTA ALPAR [s]

1672. 10” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia G-4052-M [Be8377/Be8378]. MATTINATA (Leon-cavallo) / SERENADE (Toselli). In German. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2068. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4537 [Ve2099-3/Ve2100-1]. GIUDITTA: Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht / GIUDITTA: Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss (Lehár). With JARMILA NOVOTNA [s]. Creator performances. Orch. dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2081. 10” Brown Odeon O-4827 [Be9594/Be9595-2]. GEH NICHT SO TREULOS VOR-ÜBER (Eduard Künneke) / DIE LORE AM TORE (Volksweise). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2054. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4968 [Be8942-2/Be8943-2]. ROT IS DEIN MUND / ES WAR EINMAL EIN FRÜHLINGSTRAUM (both Tauber). Orch. dir. Frieder Weiss-mann. From film Das lockende Ziel. Some harmless lt. rubs, cons. 2-3. $10.00.

1807. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4984 [Be9613-2/Be9619-2]. KEINE FRAU KANN SCHÖNER SEIN ALS DU (Klupsch) / DU WARST MIR EIN ROMAN (Kaper). Side two from Tauber film, Die grosse Attraktion. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2024. 10” Dk. Blue Parlophone DP 8 [133588-2/133649-2]. LA DANZA (Rossini) / L’ARIA-TELLA [NEAPOLITAN SONG] (Biscardi). In Italian. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1546. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20200 [Qu527-3/Qu528-3]. BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE (Coates) / BECAUSE (d’Hardelot). In English. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1698. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20231 [CE6236-1/CE6237-2]. I LOVE THE MOON (Rubens) / A BROWN BIRD SINGING (Barrie-Wood). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1965. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20487 [CE10500-3/CE10513-2]. BEGIN THE BEGUINE (Cole Porter) / INDIAN SUMMER (Victor Herbert). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1437. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20521 [CE11066-1/CE11067-1]. FASCINATION (Morley-Marchetti) / SOMEWHERE OVER THE HILL (May-DeRance). Orch. dir. Henry Geehl. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1724. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20535 [CE11311-3/CE11312-1]. LONG AGO (AND FAR AWAY (Gershwin-Kern) [from film Cover Girl ] /LOVE, HERE IS MY HEART (Silésu). Orch. dir. Henry Geehl. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1697. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20556 [CE11974-1/CE11975-2]. OKLAHOMA: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Hammerstein-Rodgers) / ANNIE GET YOUR GUN: They Say That Falling In Love Is Wonderful (Berlin). Orch. dir. George Melachrino. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3151. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8030 (Rxx76209/Rxx76210) [XXB6546/XXB6559]. HEIMLICHE LIEBE / DER FRÜHLING (both Grieg). Side one piano acc., side two orch. Fine surface material. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3527. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8030 (Rxx76209/Rxx76210). Same as preceding listing, item #3551 (also fine surface material) except a few light superficial mks. Both should, of course, play equally well. Cons. 2. $18.00.

3609. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8163 [Rxx80389/Rxx80388]. PAGANINI: Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküßt / PAGANINI: Einmal möcht’ ich was Närrisches tun (Lehár). Side two with CARLOTTA VANCONTI [s]. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3152. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8225 [XXB6860/XXB6861]. AIDA: Duett Amneris und Rhadames, 4. Akt (Verdi). Two sides. With SABINE KALTER [c]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

CURT TAUCHER [t] 3497. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 72774 [748as/749as]. LOHENGRIN: Schwanenlied /

MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (both Wagner). IMs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

RENATA TEBALDI [s] 3012. 12” Yellow Eng. Decca X.326 [SAR473-1/SAR474-II]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi).

Two sides. Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Label side one autographed by Tebaldi. Lbl. stkr. side two over trademark area. Otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

MARION TELVA [ms] 3338. Orange Special Greeting Record 21184/21185. CHALLENGE / JULIET’S FARE-

WELL (Both texts and arrangements from music of Tschaikowsky by Geraldine Farrar). Accompanied by GERALDINE FARRAR. Lt. rubs (absolutely harmless), 2-3. $25.00.

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LUISA TETRAZZINI [s]. These Tetrazzini discs all appear as new despite most being pressed over a hundred years ago. While her records were big sellers, copies as clean as these aren’t easy to come by.

3246. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 92069 [3101f]. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non credea mirarti (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3113. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88291. CARNIVAL OF VENICE (Benedict). Part I. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3884. 12” Red Pats. “B” plate Vla 88292. CARNIVAL OF VENICE (Benedict). Part II. Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3737. 12” Red Victor 88292. Same as preceding item (#3884). Slightly later (c. 1914) pressing. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3114. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88302 [2524f]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3109. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88307. AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Gorgeous copy, looks fresh from the press. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3490. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88311. SWISS ECHO SONG (Eckert). Text lbl. on verso. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3243. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 88313. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini). Descriptive label on verso. A spectacular “must” for every collector. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3084. 12” Red Vla 88313. Same as preceding item (#3243). Slightly later pressing. A

particularly bright copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3615. 12” Red Victor 88420. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3244. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88426. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi). Text label on verso. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3115. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88428. BONNIE SWEET BESSIE (Gilbert). In English. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3116. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 88502. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio! (Verdi). Gleaming copy. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3245. 12” Red Victor 88503. CARMEN: Micaela’s Air (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3224. 12” Red Victor 88504. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Mercè, diletti amiche (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3297. 12” White lbl. HMV vinyl 2-053033 [4577f]. VESPRI SICILIANI: Mercè, diletti amiche (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3327. 12” White lbl. HMV vinyl 2-053035 [4576f]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’anima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3918. 12” White lbl. HMV vinyl 2-053059 [Ac5164f]. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3893. 12” White lbl. HMV vinyl 2-053062 [5169f]. LA TRAVIATA: Sempre libera (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3216. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-053053 (76142) [Ai5181f]. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). Recorded 14 Jul. 1911, while the Victor version was made 17 March of the same year. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3475. 12” White lbl. blk. vinyl HMV Ho552c. FAUST: Aria dei gioielli (Gounod). Unpublished except for Historic Masters HMB 23. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3964. 12” White lbl. blk. shellac HMV mat. Ho552c. Same as preceding listing but earlier shellac special pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3965. 12” White lbl. blk. shellac HMV mat. Ho554c. ANGEL’S SERENADE (Braga). Unpublished except for Historic Masters HMB 111. Excellent copy. Few tiny mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3085. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 116 [519af/Ac293Ho]. LA TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi) / I PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). Label signed by Tetrazzini. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

MAGGIE TEYTE [s] 1269. 10” White lbl. HMV vinyl mat. OEA 9877-1/OEA 9662-1. L’ABSENCE / LA LUNE

BLANCHE LUIT DANS LE BOIS (both Fauré). Piano acc. Side one iss. only as one side of Historic Masters HMA 76. Side two unpublished. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

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GEORGES THILL [t] 1232. 10” Red Fr. Col. RF.77 [CL5325-I/CL5328-I]. AIMER, BOIRE ET CHANTER (J.

Strauss) / GIUDITTA: O ma belle étoile (Lehár). Orch. dir. Marcel Carivan/Eugéne Bigot. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3790. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia LF 336 [CLX1735-2/ CLX1747-1]. SADKO: Chant Hindou (Rimsky-Korsakov) / ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Side two (in French) with CLAUDE PASCAL [boy soprano], HENRI B. ETCHEVERRY [bs]. Orch. dir Eugène Bigot. Crayon mks. inner margin (radio station copy). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3646. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia LFX 507 [CLX1959-1/CLX2016-1]. QUELLA FIAMMA CHE M’ACCENDE (Marcello) / AMARILLI (Caccini). Piano acc. In Italian. Maurice Faure. Radio station crayon mks. inner margin. U.S. radio station record files were usually shelved in areas removed from dampness exposure, so the pressings are free from humidity pops and ticks. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3838. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50287-D [WLX1291/WLX1296]. SAPHO: Ah! qu’il est loin, mon pays (Massenet) / ALCESTE: Bannis la crainte et les alarms (Gluck). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

JOHN CHARLES THOMAS [b] 2065. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 60025 [6551/7734]. OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS

(Philleo) / TOMMY LAD (Margetson). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1794. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 60068 [13201/13871]. DARLING NELLIE GRAY (Han-

by) / FORTUNE TELLER: Gypsy Love Song (Herbert). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1448. 10” Purple elec. Brunswick 10273. SMILIN’ THROUGH (Penn) / MOTHER O’ MINE

(Tours). IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 1398. 10” PW White lbl. vinyl Victor mat. PBS-072032-1]. I PASSED BY YOUR WINDOW

(May Brahe). Piano acc. Rec. 13 Jan. 1942. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2180. 10” PW (gold print) Victor 1639. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet) / HAMLET: O vin, dissipe la tristesse (A. Thomas). Orch. dir. Nathaniel Finston. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2187. 10” late Red RCA Victor 10-1119. CHRISTMAS CANDLE (Elinor Remick Warren) / CURLEY LOCKS (Earl Benham). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1459. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1167. THE ARMY AIR CORPS (Crawford) / RODGER YOUNG (Frank Loesser). Orch. and chorus dir. Victor Young. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1471. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1177. OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN’ / KANSAS CITY (Rodgers-Hammerstein). Both from Oklahoma. Orch. dir. Victor Young. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3970. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50071. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi) / HÉRODI-ADE: Vision fugitive (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MOSTYN THOMAS [b]. Blaina, Wales, 1896 - San Francisco, CA, 1984. Originally Thomas James Thomas, Mostyn worked in the coal mines as a youth. His voice was discovered at the Ammanford Eisteddfod, and the Blaina community raised money to send him to Italy for musical studies. His debut was as Tonio in Pagliacci at the San Carlo, Naples, in 1929. In addition he was successful at Covent Garden and the Milan Teatro dal Verme, but he chose to move to the U.S. Here he toured with the (U.S.) San Carlo Opera for many seasons and appeared with a number of other companies as well, such as the Steel Pier Opera in Atlantic City, NJ. He married a millionairess widow and they resided in Hollywood for a period next door to actress Jane Russell. His career continued into the 1950s, and it was consistently marked with excellent reviews for both his singing and acting. His few records, made early in his career, are scarce.

3519. 12” PW Blk. elec. English Columbia DX 213 [WAX5900/WAX5901]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. In English. Few lightest rubs, sales restriction sticker. Cons. 2. $20.00.

THOMAS L. THOMAS [b] 1577. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1157. IS IT THE GIRL OR IS IT THE GOWN? / FRAHNGEE-

PAHNGEE (both Cole Porter, from the Musical Revue Seven Lively Arts). Orch. dir. Maximillian Pilzer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

KERSTIN THORBORG [ms] 1669. 10” PW Purple Australian Parlophone A6568 [Sto3515/Sto3517]. GIB MIR DEIN

HERZE (Melartin) / MATTINATA (Tosti). Side one German, side two Italian. Cons. 2. $12.00.

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LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b] 1400. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. BS-045764-2. A STAR WAS HIS CANDLE

(Hoare-del Riego). Piano acc. Rec. 15 Dec. 1939. Unpublished. RCA Victor advertising message with spoken introduction by Tibbett. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3157. 12” Red PoW RCA Vr 6587 [takes 2/2]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. Side one take used only on post-War issues. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3261. 12” Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7959. MERRY MOUNT: ‘Tis an Earth Defiled (Hanson) / EMPEROR JONES: Standin’ in de Need of Prayer (Louis Gruenberg). Both creator performances. Includes brochure originally issued with original release of the record. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3141. 12” White lbl. Victor Special Record mats. CS-74704-2/CS-74705-2. A KINGDOM BY THE SEA (Somervell) / SHOW BOAT: Ol’ Man River (Kern). Piano acc. Stewart Wille. Private issue gifted by Tibbett to friends. Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $50.00.

3797. 12” SS center start vinyl Blue label “Limited Pressing of 36 Private Recordings For My Friends of Which This is No. 1”. 518-2. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). Orch. and Chorus. dir. Alfred Newman. Signed by Tibbett. Vinyl pressing by Columbia, circa. 1935. Etched information in inside matrix area include “Metropolitan”. Likely a take recorded for that 1935 film starring Tibbett. Just about 1-2 except for about ½” or less of slightly discolored grooves near start and end. These were likely caused by an overweight reproducer at some point, although there are only a few slight sounds as a result near the end. $35.00.

3798. 12” SS center start vinyl Blue label “Limited Pressing of 36 Private Recordings For My Friends of Which This is No. 1”. 1378-20. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini). Orch. dir. Alfred Newman. Signed by Tibbett. Vinyl pressing by Columbia, circa. 1935. Etched information in inside matrix area include “Metro-politan”. Likely a take recorded for that 1935 film starring Tibbett. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

KARLA TICHÁ [s] 3056. 12” PW Plum Czech HMV AN 532 [CW3342-I/

CW3343-I]. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Tho- mas) / CARMEN: Je dis que rien m’epouvante (Bi-zet). Both in Czech. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

CHARLOTTE TIRARD [s] 1587. 10” PW Green Polydor 524.028 [3994BKP/ 3995BKP].

ARIOSO (Delibes) / LE COLIBRI (Chausson). Acc. Quintette Ibos. Superficial rubs, cons 2-3. $12.00.

ARMAND TOKATYAN [t]. Bulgaria, 1894 (other dates include 1892 and 1896)-Pasadena, CA, 1960. Although Armenian, Tokatyan’s parents fled to Bulgaria during a period of political unrest and then to Egypt, where Armand performed in café concerts and operetta. He was redirected to Paris by his father to learn a profitable trade, which turned out to be tailoring. This was during World War I. Following that period he began serious vocal studies in Milano with Nino Cairone and made his operatic debut in 1921 at Modena as des Grieux in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. He then emigrated to America and tried a career as a concert singer in San Francisco. “Nobody came,” recalled Tokatyan. “They didn’t know me or anything about me. I had no friends. I didn’t know English. Why should they come?” He was, luckily, advised by conductor Giuseppe Bamboschek, who knew him from Modena, to contact baritone/impresario Antonio Scotti, who accepted him for his touring opera company. Shortly after he appeared as Cavaradossi with Scotti as Scarpia and Mabel Garrison, a lyric-coloratura as an unlikely Tosca. When the Scotti Company disbanded in 1922, Scotti introduced him to the Met’s General Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza, who promptly hired him. He became a leading tenor there upon his debut and remained until 1946. He was also an important figure with other U.S. companies, including Chicago and San Francisco. In 1923 he wed New Yorker Marie Antoinette Abbey. By 1944, they were headliners in the New York Daily News as a result of marital discord. Tokatyan stated that “on many occasions [she] has criticized my singing and has stated that I ‘stink’ whenever I sing, and that if only I would listen to her I would become the greatest tenor in the world.” Following his departure from the Met in 1946 and presumably from Mrs. Tokatyan, the tenor moved to California, where he spent the remainder of his life teaching.

3431. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7318. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia) / L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $12.00

ARMAND TOKATYAN

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GAETANO TOMMASINI [t]. Due to the last minute illness of tenor Morgan Kingston, Tom-masini was pressed into service for his Met debut, May 6, 1921, as Rhadames, sharing honors with Maria Escobar, who was also a replacement for the scheduled Aida, Frances Peralta. According to the press, “the performance was delayed more than half an hour in starting, but as the big audience was late in arriving, this caused no considerable annoyance. … Mr. Tomassini [sic] strode woodenly through his part and his voice was not one to move his hearers to rapture, but they applauded him wholeheartedly in recognition of his painstaking and gallant effort to measure up to his surroundings.” See also: MATTIA BATTISTINI [b]

3307. 12” Green Columbia E5241 [59712-2/59713-3]. ‘OJ SOLE, ‘OJ LUNA, ‘OJ MARE (Di Salvo) / BARCAROLA D’AMMORE (Nicolo). Excellent laminated surface material. ½” rim patina side two (could tick lightly) and possible ULC (label crease) same side. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $8.00.

RICHARD TUCKER [t] 1364. 10” Orange PoW Columbia 8270-F [co44002-1B/co44003-1A]. TZENA, TZENA,

TZENA [HORA] (arr. Sholom Secunda) / SHIR HACHEIRUT [SONG OF LIBERA-TION] (Secunda). Orch. dir. S. Secunda. Few lt. superficial rubs, 2. $10.00.

3866. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 72399-D [xco37926/xco37927]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Met. Orch. dir. Emil Cooper. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

EVA TURNER [s] 1358. 10” PW Blue Eng. Col. D1563 [WB1088/WB1089]. BECAUSE / SOMETIMES IN MY

DREAMS (both d’Hardelot). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2289. 10” PW Blue Eng. Col. D1619 [WB1927/WB1928]. TURANDOT: In questa reggia (Puccini). Two sides. Recorded in Italy. Quickly deleted and replaced by British recording below. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2097. 10” Late Blue Eng. Col. D1631 [WA-7636-2/WA-7637-3]. TURANDOT: In questa reggia (Puccini). Two sides. Recorded in Central Hall, Westminster. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2004. 10” Blue Eng. Col. LB 11 [CA13721-1/CA13722-2]. I LOVE THEE (Grieg) / HOMING (del Riego). Piano acc. Side two also with organ. Cons. 2. $8.00.

UMBERTO URBANO [b] 3591. 12” Red acous. Polydor 73007 [927az/930½az]. NERONE: Laggiu tra i giunchi di

Genèsareth / NERONE: Addio di Fanuel (Boïto). IMs. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3234. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72944 [662az/916½az]. LUCIA: Cruda, funesta smania (Donizetti) / GIOCONDA: Pescatore affonda l’esca (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3587. 12” PW Dk. Blue elec. Parlophon P.9416 [2-21444/2-21445]. GIOCONDA: Recit. and Monologo (Ponchielli) / ANDREA CHENIER: Nemico della patria (Giordano). In Italian. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Side one superficial rubs, gen. 2. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.

JACQUES URLUS [t]. See also: MELANIE KURT [s]

3408. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 042263/042264 [483s/484s]. LE PROPHÈTE: Triumph-gesang / LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

GIL VALERIANO [t]. El Vergel, Alicante,1896 - New York, 1942. Valeriano emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 17 and, according to two different sources, studied originally with Giulio Crimi and/or Ferruccio Corradetti. However in an advertisement, Frank La Forge claimed that Valeriano “had done his entire voice work, coaching and programme building” with him. Valeriano also worked with La Forge as a teaching assistant. He made his operatic debut at the Manhattan Opera House in 1922 in Arrieta’s Marina. He subsequently appeared mainly in concerts until singing two seasons (1932-34) with the Paris Opéra Comique, which purportedly included Manon, Lakmé, Werther, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Les Contes d’Hoffmann. He is, however, not listed in the Wolff history of that house which covers the period of 1900-1950. Also, he is credited as having sung with the NY Hippodrome Opera in 1936. He also toured in concert in Germany, London, Paris and his native Spain, as well as throughout the U.S. He appeared in recital at Carnegie and Town Halls, the latter for the last time on Feb. 26, 1940, where he was applauded for his “obvious musicianship” and his “interpretive ability”. Valeriano made two private recordings for Victor in October, 1925.

1605. 10” White lbl. Victor Special Record Mat. BVE-33561-1. PRINCESITA (Padilla). Piano acc. Alice Vaiden [Williams]. A soloist and accompanist, Vaiden was born in Warrenton, NC, 1895 and died in Bordentown, NJ, 1946 in a bus crash. Lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $40.00.

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CESARE VALETTI [t] 1795. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0215 [53443/53400].

GIANNI SCHICCHI: Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Puccini) / LUIGI ROMBO [t]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Tiny lbl. tear side one. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

NINON VALLIN [s] 3127. 12” Plum PW Parl.-Odeon R20106

[XXP6963-II/XXP6964-II]. PEER GYNT: Solveig’s Song (Grieg) / SADKO: Chant Hindou (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Side two with Raoul Barthalay [vln]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

ERNEST VAN DYCK [t] 2325. 11” White Columbia IRCC 6 [XPh535/

XPh539]. ICH GROLLE NICHT (Schu-mann) / DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME (both Schumann). Rare IRCC issue from 1905 French Fonotipia matrices. Side two only was also reissued on Historic Masters HMB 1409. Just about 1-2. $75.00.

ELISABETH VAN ENDERT [s]. See also: MARCEL WITTRISCH [t]

1643. 10” Green acous. Polydor 13987 [18481L/18482L]. IN STILLER NACHT / WIE KUMM’ ICH DANN DE POOS EREN? (both Brahms). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t]. See also: RICCARDO MARTIN [t]

3213. 12” White lbl. Vla 74004 [C-3016-2]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

HARRINGTON VAN HOESEN [b]. Columbus, OH, 1899 - ? . 3215. 12” White lbl. SS Victor Special Record CVE-49151-2. YO PASO LA VIDA (arr. La

Forge); TO A MESSENGER (La Forge). Piano acc. Frank La Forge. Tiny lbl. stkr. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.

(JEAN-EMILE DIOGÈNE) VANNI-MARCOUX [b] 3980. 12” (on 12”) SS vinyl HMV DA 902 [BTR3141-I]. PÉLLEAS ET MÉLISANDE: Une

grande innocence (Debussy). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3981. 10” (on 12”) SS vinyl HMV DA 934 [BTR3142-I]. DON QUICHOTTE: Quand

apparaissent les étoiles (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3982. 10” (on 12”) SS vinyl HMV DA 936 [BTR3198-I]. DON QUICHOTTE: Je suis le

chevalier (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2151. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 990 [BT4096-II/BT4097-II]. ROMANCE ORIENTALE

(Glazounoff) / SOUPIR (Piero Coppola). Excellent later ‘30s lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3978. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV DB 4822 [2W595-II]. CLÉOPÂTRE: J’ai pu frapper le miserable (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3810. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4823 [2W612-II/2W613-II]. DON CARLOS: Elle ne m’aime pas (Verdi). Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. IMs. Scarce original issue. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANTON VAN ROOY [bs] 2230. 10” Red London G&T 2-2715 [1947-G]. TANNHÄUSER: Der Sängerkrieg (Wagner).

Piano acc. Unusually fine copy, few lightest lbl. rubs, surface cons. 2. $250.00.

EMMA VECLA [s] 2388. 11” Fonotipia 92154/92155[XPh3124-2/XPh3127]. LA FIGLIA DEL TAMBORO

MAGGIORE: Un reggimento accogliere dovrei / LA FIGLIA DEL TAMBORO MAG-GIORE: A pollaio addurra vi saprè (Offenbach). Side two with chorus and Corra-detti (Fercor) who has signed the matrix but doesn’t appear on the label. Nice copy, cons. 2. $15.00.

NINON VALLIN

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2386. 11” Fonotipia 92293/92192 [XPh3093/XPh3332-2]. HANS, IL SUONATORE DI FLAUTO: Couplets di Bettina / VECLA [s], ELISA MARCHINI [ms], ROMEO BOSCACCI [t], ZOFERDAL [t]. HANS, IL SUONATORE DI FLAUTO: Terzetto e Rondò (Ganne). Cons. 2. $15.00.

LUISA VELA [s] 3570. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 71052 [28z]. EL JURAMENTO: Duo del piano (Gaztambide).

With EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ELVINO VENTURA [t] 1843. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52731 [144-R]. PAGLIACCI: Sperai tanto il delirio [last half of

“No, Pagliacco non son”] (Leoncavallo). Piano acc. Cottone. Bright, perfect label. Surface has two marks appearing to be scrapes (silent when checked here), but I suspect that they may be matrix (or stamper) defects. I haven’t seen another copy for comparison. It is otherwise quite clean, few LGTs, gen. 2-3. $35.00.

1844. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52739 [189-R]. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’anima (Verdi). Piano acc. Cottone. Few LGTs, 3. $35.00.

ALICE VERLET [s] 3555. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 2-053004 [3141f]. LA DANZA (Rossini). In Neapolitan.

Piano acc. Hamilton Harty. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

CÉSAR VEZZANI [t] 1369. 10” Plum acous. Disque Gram. U.73 [BT828-II/BT829-I]. SIGURD: Prince du Rhin /

SIGURD: Oui, Sigurd est vainqueur (Reyer). 2. $25.00.

2227. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram P.614 [BT661-II/BT1247-II]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez ô mes frères / SAMSON ET DALILA: Israël romps ta chaîne (Saint-Saëns). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2170. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.634 [BT1266-II/BT1286-I]. LA NAVARRAISE: O bien-aimée pourquoi n’est-tu pas là (Massenet) / GISMONDA: Oui vous étiez l’enjeu splendide (Février). Few lt. mks, cons. 2. $40.00.

1827. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.660 [BT851-II/BT1248-I]. LA JUIVE: Dieu que ma voix tremblante (Halévy) / OTELLO: Tout m’abondonne (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $30.00.

FRANCESCO VIGNAS (VIÑAS) [t] 2348. 11” Fonotipia 39131/39136 [XPh182/XPh161]. LORENZA: Ecco, mia giovinezza

(Mascheroni) / AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Rubbed but no apparent greying. Side one just about 3. Side two couple small LSSs, cons. 4. $25.00.

2373. 11” Plum PW Parl.-Odeon (Fonotipia) PO 110 (39134/39136) [XPh170/XPh161]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t] 1487. 10” PW Green elec. Pathé X.90013 [250180/250181]. L’ILLUSTRE FREGONA:

Mélancolique tombe le soir / L’ILLUSTRE FREGONA: Peut-être le soir (Raoul Laparra). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1475. 10” PW Dark Blue elec. Pathé PA 974 [CPT 2779-1/CPT 2780-1]. SOLEIL (Blot-Luciann) / HEURE INTIME (Griseul-Godfroy Andolfi). Orch. dir. Godfroy Andolfi. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JO VAN IJZER VINCENT [s] 3757. 12” Blk. Eng. Columbia D17180 [FX138-1/FX141-1]. AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN

DONAU / WIENER BLUT (both J. Strauss). Piano acc. Maurice Van Ijzer. Few superficial rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.

PRIMO VITTI [t]. Leading tenor of the Sistine Chapel Choir when this 1902 recording was made.

1756. 10” Flush Red Roma G&T 54763 [1754 n.b.]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par di udir ancor (Bizet). Piano acc. Some greying clears up to a degree after first inch or so but still is noticeable on various forward spots. Looks quite clean, say 3 (except for greying) but sounds gen. 5-6. Stylus experimentation may help. $12.00.

LOUISE VOIGT [s] 3848. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68473. FREISCHÜTZ: Leise, leise (v. Weber) / TANNHÄUSER:

Dich, theure Halle (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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FRANZ VÖLKER [t] 2009. 10” Green PW Polydor 23958 [2630BH/

2632BH]. SEEROSE (Eulenburg) / MURMELNDES LÜFTCHEN (Jensen). Piano acc. Waldemar v. Vultée. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ISMAELE VOLTOLINI [t] 2205. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D4966

[70698/70699]. IL TROVATORE: De-serto sulla terra / IL TROVATORE: Ah! che la morte ognora (Verdi). Lt. rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

ROBERT WEEDE [b] 1857. 10” Blue PoW Columbia 17293-D

[co29700-1/co29701-1]. SHOW BOAT: Ol’ Man River (Hammerstein-Kern) / CITY CALLED HEAVEN (Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson). Piano acc. Pablo Miquel. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

CAROLINA WHITE [s]. See also: JOSÉ MARDONES [bs]

3241. 12” Gold Columbia SS HRS 1012 [30870-2]. ROBERT IL DIAVOLO: Roberto, tu che adoro (Meyerbeer). Excellent ‘30s shellac. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

CLARENCE WHITEHILL [b] 3208. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6732. LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG (Molloy) / BOHEMIAN GIRL:

The Heart Bow’d Down (Balfe). The least common of his very few electrics. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LUISE WILLER [c]. 1888-1970. A noted German operatic contralto, Willer made her debut in 1910 as Annius in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito. Home for most of her career was in Münich”s Bavarian State Opera, and there she created principal contralto roles in such operas as Korngold’s Violanta (1916), Pfitzner’s Palestrina (1917) and the same composer’s Das Herz (1931). Guest appearances elsewhere included Bayreuth (Brängene in Tristan und Isolde) and Covent Garden, where she sang the same role, as well as Erda in Siegfried and Fricka in both Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, sharing these parts with Maria Olszewska. She also appeared as a singer in in a 1936 dramatic German film, Schlussakkord. Willer’s career continued into at least the mid-1940s. As a teacher, her pupils early on included soprano Anni Frind and some years later contralto Sieglinde Wagner.

1224. 10” Blk. elec. Grammophon 62772 [7140½GR/7141GR]. SCHADE, DAß DIE LIEBE EIN MÄRCHEN IST / EINE MELODIE (both Carl Bergner). Piano acc. by the composer. Archive lbl. stkr. side one. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

EVAN WILLIAMS [t] 1297. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64078. A DREAM (Bartlett). Either the 1st or 2nd (of 3)

issued version. I think the 2nd. Few lt. mks. Cons. 2. $6.00. 2224. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64109 [take 1]. ABSENT (Glenn-Metcalf). 1st take, iss.

1910. Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2225. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64109 [take 4]. ABSENT (Glenn-Metcalf). 4th take,

replacing above item in 1913. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2120. 10” Red Victor 64180. JEAN (Stanton-Burleigh). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3349. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 74089. LOVE ABIDING (Jordan). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 3426. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74126. MESSIAH: Thy Rebuke … Behold and See (Händel).

Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3097. 12” Red “B” plate GP ’08 Victor 74127. PRODIGAL SON: How Many Hired Servants

(Sullivan). I think (but am not sure) that this is the first of two issued takes, the second almost immediately replacing the first. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3926. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74141. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). In English. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3714. 12” Red Victor “A” plate 74419. THE DEATH OF NELSON (Braham). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ISMAELE VOLTOLINI

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3557. 12” Purple Dog HMV 02365 [z5415f]. BEAUTY’S EYES (Tosti). Piano acc. and violin obb. Never on Victor. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EBBA WILTON [s] 3735. 12” Blk. acous. HMV M.97 [CT1364-I/CT1365-II]. DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT:

Il faut partir / DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Chacun le sait (Donizetti). In Danish. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

FRITZ WINDGASSEN [b] 1294. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62497 [2100ax/2101ax]. HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG /

TRAUM DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

HERMANN WINKELMANN [t] 1980. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 149. TANNHAUSER: Lied an die Venus / DIE MEISTER-

SINGER: Preislied (both Wagner). RR from 1906 Vienna G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EBBA WILTON [s] 3518. 12” Blk. PW elec. HMV M.104 [CwR576-I/CwR577-I]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una

voce poco fa (Rossini). Two sides. In Danish. Few MGTs and lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

JOSEF WINOGRADOV [b]. Vilna, 1866-Israel, 1936. Born in Russia, Winogradov appeared at Covent Garden in 1890 as Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, also featuring Melba, as well as Jean and Edouard de Reszke. He was with the Russian Imperial Opera (the Bolshoi) around 1901, alternating with Tartakov. In 1912 a Yiddish Opera House was opened in London and Winogradoff came over from St. Petersburg as the company’s leading baritone, appearing in an opera by Alman (King Ahaz) and also Verdi’s Rigoletto (sung in Yiddish). 1920 marked his American debut in concert at the New York Hippodrome under the sponsorship of Sol Hurok. Musical America described Wingradov’s voice as “fresh, full, resonant, manly and even throughout its long range – one of the best baritone voices newly heard here in a long time. His production is excellent and there is freedom and flexibility in his singing. He is an artist – though, with his peculiar appearance [not further explained], into just what niche in American musical life he will fit is difficult to say.” He toured for the next few years and eventually settled in Brooklyn, where he served as a Cantor. In 1934 he moved to Israel.

1190. 10” Brown Russian Odeon 12834 [Ro869/Ro1062]. MELECH OCHUS: Majim hamorerim / MELECH OCHUS: Haschiwenu (Allmann). Side two with S. ARKAD-JEWA [s]. Piano acc. Tiny lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $75.00.

HERBERT WITHERSPOON [bs] 3501. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74279. HOSANNA (Granier). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3759. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74328. DER WANDERER (Schubert). Lbl. scr. Just about

1-2. $7.00. 3491. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74348. DER

LINDENBAUM, Op. 89, No. 5 (Schubert). Piano acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3565. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 74505. JUDAS MACCABAEUS: Arm, Arm, Ye Brave! (Händel). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

MARCEL WITTRISCH [t]. See also: LOTTE SCHÖNE [s]

1915. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 1108 [BLR4595-I/BLR4596-I]. TOSCA: Love Duet, Act I (Puccini). Two sides. With ELISABETH VAN ENDERT [s]. In Ger-man. Cons. 2. $15.00.

ELLEN BEACH YAW [s] 3315. 12” Vertical Rex 1054. ANNIE LAURIE

(Scott) / AGNES KIMBALL [s]. ELIJAH: Hear Ye, Israel (Mendelssohn). Rubs, couple MGTs, gen. 3. $40.00.

3535. 12” Vertical Rex 1055 [419/423]. MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas) / THE SKYLARK (Yaw). Cons. 2. $125.00.

ELLEN BEACH YAW

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

3861. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 74091 [C-4829-1]. IL RE PASTORE: L’Amerò, sarò costante (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3507. 12” White lbl. Victor mat. C-4827-2. PEARL DU BRÉSIL: Charmant oiseau (David). Unpublished except for AGSB 66. Late ‘30s, RCA Vr. Bk. Great pressing. Couple tiny absolutely harmless LSSs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

3931. 12” Gold PW HRS Victor HRS 1026. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Donizetti) / LE BONHEUR EST CHOSE LÉGÈRE (Saint-Saens). From orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Both sides unpublished, first editions. Label signed by Yaw. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

MARIA ZAMBONI [s]. See: BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]

RENATO ZANELLI [b] 1704. 10” Red Vla 66055. SOGNO (Tosti). VrBk. One harmless tiny PB. Just about 1-2.

$7.00.

EVGENIYA I. ZBRUYEVA [c] 3880. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 023066/023091 [2050c/2431c]. PRINCE IGOR: Cavatina

of Konchakovna / FROM THE SHORES OF THY FAR DISTANT LAND (both Boro-din). Reissued as one side each of Historic Masters HMB 74 and HMB 70. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. See also: ROSINA STORCHIO [s] in duet from Siberia

1690. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52711 [3139-R]. DANNAZIONE DI FAUST: Addio notte soave (Berlioz). 1903 recording. Small (just over an inch) internal crk. on blank side, visible as a slight indentation on the grooved side but harmless. Otherwise clean surface, just about 2. $40.00.

1302. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-38 [19693-1/19851-1]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Si-ciliana (Mascagni) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Zenatello jumps a beat into the second phrase but harpist quickly adjusts. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2318. 11” Fonotipia 39768/39767 [XPh1879/ XPh1878]. LA FIGLIA DI JORIO: Rinver-disca per noi / LA FIGLIA DI JORIO: Ce c’è egli, Aligi? (Franchetti). Side two with EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b]. Creators in 1906 La Scala World Premiere. Piano acc. Side one 2. Side two few LGTs, one tiny ND, 2-3. $25.00.

2387. 11” Fonotipia 35995/35996 [XPh2399/ XPh2454]. PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo) / VIENI … ! (Denza). Great copy. Excellent shellac. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2362. 11” Fonotipia 92608/92175 [XPh4049/ XPh3163]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio / MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. OTEL-LO: Era la notte (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2303. 11” Fonotipia 92751/92752 [XPh4407/ XPh4408]. GERMANIA: No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi / GERMANIA: Studenti, udite (Franchetti). Just about 1-2. $150.00.

2300. 11” Fonotipia 92813/92814 [XPh4687/ XPh4688]. LA TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara /LA TRAVIATA: Gran Dio, morir sì giovane (Verdi). With LINDA CANNETTI [s]. NS last inch side two. If it sounds at all it would be very light. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2326. 11” Fonotipia 92815/92816 [XPh4548/XPh4549]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Voglia-temi bene (Puccini). Two sides. With LINDA CANNETTI [s]. Zenatello was the creator of Lieut. Pinkerton in the 1904 world premiere. Few marks, 2. $15.00.

2333. 11” Fonotipia 92825/92826 [XPh4699/XPh4700]. TOSCA: Amaro sol per te / TOSCA: Trionfal di nuova speme (Puccini). With ESTER MAZZOLENI [s]. Couple minor rubs, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIOVANNI ZENATELLO

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs

3008. 12” Brazilian Columbia S5073 [30896-1/30920-1]. AIDA: Misero appien / AIDA: Già i Sacerdoti adunansi (Verdi). With MARIA GAY [c]. Just about 1-2 $15.00.

3124. 12” Dk. Blue Eng. Columbia A5370 [30892/30895]. IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti / IL TROVATORE: Perigliarti ancor languente (Verdi). Both sides with MARIA GAY [c]. Superb laminated surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3869. 12” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla 6961 [CVE-49807-2/CVE-49817-1]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle [with unidentified bass] (Puccini) / CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet). Two SS pressings. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3675. 12” NBC SS Acetate Reference Recording. Off-the-air interview (in Italian) with Zenatello. Undated, but I would guess the later 1940s or early ‘50s. Some talk, mostly by the unspecified interviewer. Zenatello sings unaccompanied a bit of an unidentified selection and then, with piano, “Niun mi tema” from OTELLO (through the high “A”, until the modulation to e minor). His voice was still in remarkable condition. Cons. 2. $15.00.

NICOLA ZEROLA [t] 1667. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64170. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2.

$10.00.

1375. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64207. L’ALBA NASCENTE [MATTINATA] (Attilio Parelli). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

ALESSANDRO ZILIANI [t]. See: AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]

GUGLIELMO [VILÉM] ZITEK [bs]. Prague, 1890-Prague, 1956. He studied first in Prague and then Italy, making his debut at the National Theatre in Prague in 1911. His career there lasted well into the 1940s. Remembered as “one of the most significant Czech singers”, he also was heard at la Scala through the recommendation of Toscanini, and appeared at the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Paris Opéra and in St. Petersburg. Despite his wide ranging success, he made only six records for Parlophon in 1927. - Ashot Arakelyan.

3590. 12” Dk. Blue elec. Parlophon P.9672 [2-20377/2-20379]. LA JUIVE: Se pressi ognor (Halévy) / MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito (Boïto). Small lbl. stkr. side one. Cons. 2. $15.00.

78 rpm DISCO BELLINIANO 1960. 10” PW Plum Disco Gram. HN 736 [OBA308-I/OBA309-II]. Three parallel-grooved

selections on each side, the selection heard depending by chance on which groove the stylus tracks. Side One: PIERO PAULI [t]. NORMA: Meco all’altar; GINA ALLULLI OLIVIERI [s]. NORMA: Qual cor tradisti; PERCY COSTA [bs]. LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso / Side Two: A. CASTIGLIONE [s]. SONNAMBULA: Ah, non credea mirarti; FERNANDO BORGHETTI [t]. PURITANI: A te o cara; CARLO TAGLIABUE [b], PERCY COSTA [bs]. PURITANI: Suoni la tromba. La Scala Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

78 rpm “FROM OPERA AND OPERETTA” 3136. 12” Plum Australian PW HMV EB 101 [2RA872-II/2RA873-I]. Various excerpts with

MILIZA KORJUS [s], HELENE JUNKURTH [s], ANNI FRIND [s], MARCEL WITTRISCH [s], WALTER LUDWIG [t], WILHELM STRIENZ [bs], MARGARETA PERRAS [s], MARGARETE KLOSE [c], GERHARD HUSCH [b]. Orch. and organ dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

78 rpm CHORAL DON LORENZO PEROSI dir. CHOIR in SISTINE CHAPEL, ROME 1701. 10” Red Vla 61123 [2193h]. EXULTATE JUSTI (Viadana). VrBk. Just about 1-2.

$10.00.

CAPPELLA SISTINA, ROMA 1732. 10” Red Monarch 91040 [1760]. INTONOUIT DE COELO (Meluzzi). 1902 matrix. A

remarkably fine copy, cons. 2. $25.00.

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78 rpm CHORAL / INSTRUMENTAL

CAPPELLA SISTINA, ROMA dir. BARON KANZLER 4022. 10” White lbl. Vla 61124 [2225h]. LA CRUDA MIA NEMICA (Palestrina). IMs. Just

about 1-2. $15.00.

JUNGER MÄNNERCHOR von PHILADELPHIA dir. LEOPOLD SYRÉ

3039. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor V-56023. DAS RINGLEIN SPRANG ENZWEI (Eugen Klee) / DAS IS DER TAG DES HERRN (Conradin Kreutzer). Unaccompanied male choir. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

Sir EDWARD ELGAR dir. ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY and ROYAL ALBERT HALL ORCH.

3767. 12” Blk. elec. HMV D.1243 [CR1203-1D/CR1210-1B]. THE DREAM OF GERON-TIUS: Go, In the Name of Angels and Archangels. With HERBERT HEYNER [b] / THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS: Come Back, O Lord! (Elgar). With MARGARET BALFOUR [c]. Recorded during live Albert Hall performance, Feb. 26, 1927. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

VICTOR MALE CHORUS 2109. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 19550. STUDENT PRINCE: Serenade / STUDENT PRINCE:

Drinking Song (Romberg). Richard Crooks is the principal solo tenor, followed by Lewis James and Franklyn Baur. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

78 rpm INSTRUMENTAL SIMON BARER [pianist] 1656. 10” Red “Z” type shellac Scroll Victor 1721 [OEA549-II/OEA550-I]. ÉTUDE IN D#,

Op. 8, No. 12 / ÉTUDE IN C# MINOR, Op. 2, No. 1 (both Scriabin). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

HAROLD BAUER [pianist] 2051. 10” Red acous. Vla 1058. MOTLEY and FLOURISH (18th Cent., arr. Bauer) / BAR-

BERINI’S MINUET (arr. Bauer). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

EMMA BOYNET [pianist]. 1891-1954. Boynet was a student of Isidor Philipp at the Paris Conservatory where she was awarded the Medaille de Premier Prix. She remained closely associated with Philipp until his death. While identified mainly with France, she lived in New York City for a period around 1940.

1950. 10” Red “Z” type shellac Scroll Victor 4279. PASTELS: Feux follets [No. 3] / NOC-TURNE, Op. 90 (both Isidor Philipp). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EDDY BROWN [violinist] 2119. 10” Silver Flags Columbia 20031-D [80280-6/80281-2]. LA GITANA (Kreisler) /

GAVOTTE (Bach-Kreisler). Piano acc. Josef Bonime. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ROSARIO BOURDIN [conductor] dir. VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

3839. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 36035. COLONIAL SONG / OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (both Percy Grainger, arr. Schmid). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

FERRUCCIO BUSONI [pianist] 3335. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia L1432 [75059/76703]. ÉTUDE IN G FLAT, Op. 10,

No. 5 / NOCTURNE IN F SHARP (both Chopin). Just about 1-2. $60.00.

3969. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia L1445 [76699/76709]. PRÉLUDE, No. 1; FUGUE IN G MAJOR (both Bach) / ÉTUDE IN E MINOR, Op. 25, No. 5 (Chopin). Couple lightest (absolutely harmless) scrs. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $60.00.

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO [pianist, composer] 3449. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 16449. CIPRESSI [REMEMBERING THE CYPRESSES

OF USIGLIANO DI SARI, 1920] (Castelnuovo-Tedesco). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

PABLO CASALS [cellist] 3695. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 1067 [CVE-31977-7/CVE-31978-7]. TOCCATA IN G-DUR:

Adagio (Bach) / GOYESCAS: Intermezzo (Granados). Piano acc. Nicolai Mednikoff. Few minor mks., cons. 2. $7.00.