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AULIKKI RAUTAWAARA [s] 1580. 12” Blue Telefunken E1795

[020549/020550]. PEER GYNT: Solvejgs Wiegenlied/ PEER GYNT: Solvejgs Lied (Grieg). Orch. dir. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. Few rubs, 2. $8.00.

ANTENORE REALI [b] 1824. 12” Green Cetra 25130 [2-70930/2-70968].

ARLESIANA: Come due tizzi ardenti (Cilèa)/ ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Orch. dir. Arturo Basile. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

GEORGES RÉGIS [t] 2946. 10” Blue Pats. Victor 45025 [14122u/6013h].

ILLUSION- SÉRÉNADE (Barbirolli)/ PARAIS À TA FENÊTRE-SÉRÉNADE (Gregh). IMs. Minor rubs, 2-3. $10.00.

HEINRICH REHKEMPER [b]. Schwerte, 1894- Munich, 1949. After working for a period as a machinist, Rehkemper studied singing in Hagen, Düsseldorf and finally Munich. His debut was in Colberg, 1919, and then he sang as a leading baritone at Stuttgart. From 1925 he was with the Munich Staatsoper where he achieved great popularity and musical success. He was equally at home on the concert stage and was considered as one of the great lieder interpreters of his era. During World War II, in addition to singing, Rehkemper taught at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

2694. 10” PW Green elec. Polydor 23148 [1689BH/1690½BH]. NICHT MEHR ZU DIR ZU GEHEN, Op. 32, No. 2/DIE BOTSCHAFT, Op. 47, No. 1 (both Brahms). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2395. 10” PW Green elec. Polydor 23150 [1686BH/1687BH]. ZUR JOHANNISNACHT, Op. 60, No. 5 (Grieg)/IM KAHNE (Grieg). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HANS REINMAR [b] 3700. 10” PW Dk. Blue Odeon O-6599 [XXB7779/7782]. AFRICAINE: Dir, o Königin

(Meyerbeer)/OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Few lt. rubs, 2. $12.00.

ALBERT REISS [t] 3157. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74235. SIEGFRIED: Zwangevolle Plage! (Wagner). Early “B”

plate. Text label pressed on verso. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MAURICE RENAUD [b] 3681. 10” Large Red Lbl. Flush Disque Gram. Paris G&T 32076 [711g]. FAVORITA: Léo-

nore viens (Donizetti). Beautiful bright 1901 label. Record is in superb condition excepting some greying first inch. Very clear thereafter excepting just a few LGTs. Cons. 2 except for mentioned greying. $90.00.

2783. 10” Large Red Lbl. Flush Disque Gram. Paris G&T 32077 [712g]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Voici des roses (Berlioz). Beautiful copy. Cons. 2. $125.00.

3682. 10” Red Paris G&T 2-2702 [2113 FG]. TANNHÄUSER: Romance de l’étoile (Wagner). This is the side that should have appeared on the Monarch issue below (item #2107). Minor lbl. stain in center hole area. Few inherent surface depressions (three of which will cause some sound), otherwise very clean 2. $60.00.

3664. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-2713 [2112 n.b.]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Sérénade (Berlioz). Bright copy & clean lbl. Inherent surface depressions, few MGTs, gen. 2. $75.00.

2107. 10” Red Monarch 5036 [2114 n.b.]. TANNHÄUSER: Romance de l’Étoile (Wagner). This is mislabeled as all Monarch pressings turn out to be de Lara’s RONDEL DE L’ADIEU. Bright label. Some LGTs but surface otherwise a clean 2-3. $50.00.

2172. 10” White lbl. Victrola 91068 [5731o]. WILLIAM TELL: Sois immobile (Rossini). Minor lbl. tear, surface just about 1-2. $12.00.

HEINRICH REHKEMPER

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2974. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 91072 [5780o]. LE SOIR (Gounod). As new. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3405. 12” Blk. Dog Disque Gram. W117 (032093/032099) [865i/873i]. TANNHÄUSER: Romance de l’étoile (Wagner)/WILLIAM TELL: Sois immobile (Rossini). Excellent heavy (raised rim) pressing. One TB, few lighest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3406. 12” Red Hist. HMV D857 [871i/ 872i]. FAVORITA: Léonore viens (Donizetti)/HAMLET: Comme un pâle fleur (Thomas). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3392. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 38. LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir (Massenet)/ HÉRO-DIADE: Vision fugitive (Masse-net). From orig. 1906 Paris G&T masters. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CARL RENNER [b]. 1886-Vienna, 1929. For a number of seasons a baritone of the Cologne Opera, Renner created there the role of Fritz in one of two simultaneous premiere performances of Korngold’s Die tote Stadt in 1920, this conducted by Otto Klemperer. The other was in Hamburg. In 1923 Renner sang with the Vienna State Opera and 1925-26 at Salzburg as the Count in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. His repertoire was varied and he was also noted for his lieder and oratorio performances. Renner’s few records were made for Vox while he was with the Vienna Opera.

3822. 12” Blue acous. Vox *3097 [301A/302A]. FAUST: Valentins Gebet (Gounod)/ QUEEN OF SHEBA: Blick’ empor zu jenen Räumen (Goldmark). Some lbl. damage and mks. but surface cons. 2. $15.00.

EMILIO RENZI [t]. Faenza i. d. Romagna, 1908-1990. A noted tenor with a “light lyrical and incisive timbre that not only is attractive but also projects well” [Alan Bilgora], Renzi was at home in lighter musical fare (which he often sang as ALDO VISCONTI) as well as opera. One of his recorded portrayals was Flavio in the complete late 1930s Norma with Gina Cigna and Ebe Stignani.

2372. 10” Red Cetra AA 494 [52308/52309]. SERENATA (Umberto Giordano)/LINA DE FERRARI [s]. I FIORI PRIGIONIERI (Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli). Orch. dir. Arturo Basile. Rare. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.

GIUSEPPE RESCHIGLIAN [t]. Padova, 1875-Amsterdam, 1949. Giuseppe was the younger brother of Vincenzo Reschiglian, a baritone who had a lengthy career at the Met. Giuseppe’s debut was in the title role in Marchetti’s Ruy Blas at Pordemone, 1895, continuing to be heard in various provincial Italian houses into 1905. He appears to have then temporarily ended his career, resuming it again in 1913 as Almaviva in Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia. He included several theaters in the Netherlands in his schedule from 1915-1918. The U.S. was a base for a number of his performances in the 1920s, including the Chicago Civic Opera and the Phila- delphia Grand Opera (where late in 1925 he was the leading tenor in Faust and Rigoletto). In 1930, Reschiglian appeared in recital in New York’s Town Hall, an unnamed reviewer in Musical America stating that the tenor was “adept in bel canto. His animated interpretations and ringing high notes won much admiration”. He was also with the Cincinnati Opera that year in Mascagni’s Iris and in Carmen, singing secondary roles in both pieces. The only recordings traced by him are the item below and four later sides for Fonotipia-Odeon (two released in the U.S. on Okeh). 9286. 11” Fonotipia 69369/69368 [XPh5264/5263]. LODOLETTA: Ah! ritrovarla nella sua

capanna (Mascagni)/MARGHERITA MIGLIACCI [s]. GIANNI SCHICCHI: O mio babbino caro (Puccini). Rare item. Few rubs, gen. 2. $25.00.

ELISABETH RETHBERG [s] 3177. 12” acous. Gold English Brunswick 50065. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte/MADAMA BUTTER-

FLY: Un bel di (both Puccini). Minor lbl. wear near center. Cons. 2. $8.00.

MAURICE RENAUD

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1633. 12” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia G-9050-M [XXB8486/8487]. CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet)/MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini). In German. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Looks fresh off the press. Just about 1-2. $15.00

3709. 12” Red Orth. “Z” surface Victrola 8194. ATTILA: Te sol quest’ anima/I LOMBARDI: Qual voluttà (both Verdi). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t] and EZIO PINZA [bs]. Gorgeous pressing. One small mark side two. Otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

1745. 12” Red Scroll “Z” surface Victor 8195 [takes 2/2]. MEISTERSINGER: Sieh’ Ev’chen (Wagner). Two sides. With FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AURELIE RÉVY [s]. Kaposvár, Hungary, 1879-Toronto, 1957. Révy studied singing in Budapest, where she made her debut in 1897. Further studies took place in London, and she then appeared there with the Carl Rosa Opera and at Covent Garden. She was later a guest at La Scala and she was heard throughout Europe as (among other roles) Marguerite in Faust, Nedda, Elisabeth in Tannhauser, Carmen and Aida, the last two somewhat surprising considering her voice on records. She was also successful in operetta roles.

9283. 11” Brown Odeon 34665/34851 [Bx1586/ Bx1182]. NACHTIGALLENLIED (Wilhelm Ganz)/ADELHEID RUBENS [s]. HAB’ ICH NUR DEINE LIEBE (von Suppe). Effective birdie doings side one, excellent trills, couple of attractive pianissimi and so on. Lt. lbl. fade side two, small IMs side one. Surface side two cons. 2, side one lt. rubs, 3. $40.00.

THEODORE RITCH [t]. Odessa, 1894-En route to Poland, 1943. Born Rabinowitz, he first appeared outside of Russia (which he left during the Revolution) as “Reich” and then “Ritch”. He was engaged by the Chicago Opera in 1921 and also appeared at Monte Carlo and the Paris Opéra. Ritch joined with Maria Kuznetsova in forming the Opera Russe in Paris, 1927, which continued through 1939. Ritch died in a Nazi transport train en route to a Polish concentration camp in 1943.

2843. 10” PW Blue Eng. Col. D1590 [WA5508/WA5523]. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini)/MANON: Le rêve (Massenet). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

PAUL ROBESON [bs] 2203. 10” Blk. PW (gold print) Victor 19824. LI’L GAL (Dunbar-Johnson)/WATER BOY

(Robinson). Piano acc. Lawrence Brown. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2560. 10” Blk. EE Victor 20013. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD (arr.

Brown)/ON MA JOURNEY (arr. Edward Boatner). Piano acc. Lawrence Brown. Just about 1-2 (i.e. as new). $8.00.

WILLIAM ROBYN [t]. (pronounced ROE-byne) Eastern Latvia, 1894-Englewood, NJ, 1996. I had the great treat of meeting the 96 year old Mr. Robyn in his apartment near Lincoln Center when he signed the records below. By departure time (my wife and I had to leave for a performance) he had spoken for about three hours and had only gotten up to about age twenty in his incredibly recalled and fascinating life story. He gave a successful recital at Carnegie Hall in 1920 accompanied by Frank La Forge. Said one reviewer: Beside Frank La Forge, his most valuable accompanist, the tenor looked like a midget, yet nevertheless he displayed enough strength and quality in his voice to surprise and thoroughly delight the good sized audience that had gathered to hear him. … His enunciation and diction were good and he has a pleasing stage presence; his voice has a wide range, and especially his overtones are a joy to listen to. Robyn also appeared with the NY Symphony under Walter Damrosch, but his small stature (barely 5 feet, shades of Joseph Schmidt) prevented him from an operatic career. He mentioned that on the other hand it seemed not to be a problem for those over average size, alluding to Pavarotti, who we were to see that afternoon. Much of Mr. Robyn’s stage work was in vaudeville and as a soloist in various movie “palaces” in the 1920s. Readers are referred to a fascinating interview of Mr. Robyn by Tim Brooks in the ARSC Journal and now available on the Internet: www.timbrooks.net/PDFs/robin1.pdf.

AURELIE RÉVY

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2819. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73489. DER REBITZIN’S TOCHTER: Hamavdil/DER REBIT-ZIN’S TOCHTER: Gott, far vos shtrufst du deine kinder? (J. Rumshinsky). Label signed by Mr. Robyn. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

2820. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73656. KLIGE FRAUEN: Liebe Gesang/SCHTARKER WIE LIEBE: Liebes Schmerzen (both J. Rumshinsky). Side one with LUCY FINKLE [s]. Miss Finkle, a fine soprano, was a pupil of Cesar Sturiani and had a successful career in the ‘20s, mostly on the Yiddish musical theater stage. Label signed by Mr. Robyn. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

JOSEPH ROGATCHEWSKY [t] 1922. 10” PW Blk. Fr. Columbia D6280 [WL545-2/

546]. BERCEUSE (Gretchaninov)/ BER-CEUSE (Liadov). Piano acc. Elie Cohen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2600. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2410-D [WL950-1/969-1]. WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet)/PEARL FISHERS: De mon amie (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2910. 10” Blue PW Fr. Col. LF 138 [CL4854-2/ 4855-2]. SI TU LE VEUX (Koechlin)/ SOUPIR (Duparc). Piano acc. Joseph Benvenuti. Harmless lbl. stain side one. Some superficial rubs, 2-3. $8.00.

3596. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52060-X [WLX-89/90]. LE ROI D’YS: Aubade (De-libes)/PEARL FISHERS: Je crois entendre encore (Bizet). I’d say that the tenor’s “Voilà!” following side one indicates that he felt this to be an exceptional bit of singing … as it is. Few lighest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

1536. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52061-X [WLX92/102]. LOHENGRIN: Les adieux au cygnet/LOHENGRIN: Récit du Graal (Wagner). One harmless patina last inch side two, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

ELISE ROGER [s]. Mme. Roger was described in Le Figaro and Le Ménestrel as a “society singer” (a trained artist who, as a result of social standing, did not appear commercially on the stage). In 1902, she created in the Paris salons of Mme. Vlasto an act by Bemberg on a libretto by Stéphan Bordèles, Blessure d’amour with Horace Britt conducting musicians of the Opéra- Comique orchestra. This was repeated in several European locations. She appeared at the Trocadero in 1903, singing at a matinee in aid of children with tuberculosis. Here Hollman also appeared with her, as he had in 1901 at the church of Saint-Vincent de-Paul in Paris for Whit- sunday mass and later that year at the Gallery Club in London. Records of her to this point were not known. –Information through the much appreciated courtesy of Luc Bourrousse.

2176. 10” White Test Sample G&T matrix 3710-F. CHANSON D’AMOUR (Josef Hollman). Cello obbligato by the composer. Unpublished. Few lightest superficial scrs., 3. $75.00.

Cantor JOSEPH ROSENBLATT [t] 1800. 12” Red Scroll Victor 9072. RIBONO SHEI OLOM [LORD OF THE WORLD] (Rosen-

blatt). Two sides. “Z” type shellac. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

VLADIMIR ROSING [t] 2718. 10” Blk. Angel Con. Gram. 4-22386/4-22387 [16561b/16560b]. WERTHER: Pour-

quoi me réveiller (Massenet)/TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Piano acc. Side one in Russian, side two in Italian. No apparent greying. ULCs (harmless) side one. Hair (silent) internal crk. side two, Rubs, 3-4. $20.00.

3597. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 70021 [8364/8382]. FAUST: Salut demeure (Gounod)/ CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). Few minor rubs, 2. $12.00.

3857. 12” Pink English Aeolian Vocalion A-0122 [01989]. THE EAGLE (Arensky). Piano acc. Frank St. Leger. 2. $15.00.

3856. 12” Pink English Aeolian Vocalion A-0128 [01938]. AUTUMN LEAVES (Tcherepnin). Piano acc. Frank St. Leger. 2. $15.00.

JOSEPH ROGATCHEWSKY

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MARCELLA ROSSELER [s] 3827. 12” Blue elec. Vox *02204E [821AA/824-2 AA]. ANDREA CHENIER: La mamma

morta (Giordano)/CARMEN: Draußen am Wall von Sevilla (Bizet). Side one in Italian, side two in German. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ARCANGELO ROSSI [bs]. Ferentino, 1857-Milano, 1907. A very amusing (at least I find him so) buffo who made his Met debut in La Boheme, 1903, as both Benoit and Alcindoro. His other roles during his Met tenure included Don Pasquale, Dr. Dulcamara, Masetto and the Sacristan in Tosca. He had been in San Francisco touring with the Metropolitan Opera during the disastrous earthquake of 1906 and it left him in a state of increasing “emotional distress”. On Feb. 16, 1907, he participated in a Met Don Pasquale which turned out to be one of the strangest presentations in that company’s history. The first scene of act one was completely omitted. Rossi appeared in the second act but sang it entirely seated in a chair. It was announced that he was indisposed and that the remainder of the opera would be sung without a Don Pasquale. The act turned out to be tenor Andreas Dippel singing Ernesto’s Serenata, “Com’ è gentil”, and then soprano Marcella Sembrich concluded the opera by rendering Arditi’s completely unrelated waltz, Parla. Shortly after, Rossi or the management cancelled the rest of his season. He returned to Italy and in June of 1907 committed suicide “in a moment of desperation”. –Information from Jim McPherson’s article in The Record Collector, Vol. 46, No. 1. 1936. 10” Blk. Notes Columbia A535 (M-125-1/M-266-1)[3116-1/3160-1]. BARBIERE DI

SIVIGLIA: Aria Bartolo/GINA CIAPARELLI [s]. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (both Rossini). Piano acc. Beautiful copy, just about 1-2. $25.00.

ADALGISA ROSSI-MURINO [s]. Active in Italy in the early 1900s, Rossi-Murino appeared in various Italian theaters singing principal soprano roles in such operas as Gioconda, Norma, Trovatore and Forza del Destino.

3141. 12” Blue ’12 Pats. Victor 55017 [108ai/128ai]. LA GIOCONDA: Vo’ farmi più gaia/ LA GIO-CONDA: Figlia che reggi il tremolo pié (Pon-chielli). Both sides with ERNESTO BADINI [b]. Side two also with EUGENIA LOPEZ-NUNES [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

HELGE ROSWAENGE [t] 2525. 10” PW Plum HMV EG 6165 [ORA.2462-I/

2463-I]. BALKANLIEBE: Heimatlied/ BALKANLIEBE: Barcarole (Rudolf Kattnigg). Creator recording (Leipzig, 1937). Includes handwritten period sheet with texts for both sides. One minor rub, cons. 2. $15.00.

3391. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66767 [1210bm/1211bm]. AIDA: La fatal pietra/AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). In German. With FELICE HÜNI-MIHACSEK [s]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

3523. 12” PoW Yellow Deutsche Gram. 15099 [490½gs/491¾gs]. DIE GROSSE SÜN-DERIN: Immerzu singt dein Herz. With TIA-NA LEMNITZ [s]/DIE GROSSE SÜNDERIN: Das Lied von Leben (Eduard Künneke]. Conducted by the composer. Attractive, melodic selections, particularly the duet. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1708. 12” Red PoW Polydor 57411 [490½gs/491¾gs]. Same as preceding listing (item #3523). Lbl. tear side one. Fine surface material. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1696. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 4445 [2RA1105-II/1104-I]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: O sa, wenn ich fahr’ auf/RIGOLETTO: Liebe is seligkeit (both Verdi). Side two with MILIZA KORJUS [s]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1854. 12” Plum PoW Electrola DB 4475 [2RA1976-II/1977-II]. TOSCA: Mit deinen Augen [Act I Duet]. With MARGHERITA PERRAS [s] / PERRAS [s]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Excellent surface material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ADALGISA ROSSI-MURINO

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ANNELIESE ROTHENBERGER [s]. Mannheim, 1926-2010. An internationally known singer, Rothenberger made her debut in 1943, first singing lighter soubrette parts, eventually becoming in Der Rosenkavalier “the best Sophie in the world”, according to Lotte Lehmann. In the 1970s she began taking on heavier repertoire, which some feel negatively affected her voice. About the same period she became a popular TV host in Germany. I remember standing next to her at Carnegie Hall in the early 1960s as she enthusiastically cheered Elizabeth Schwarzkopf following a recital there.

1997. 10” Red PoW Polydor 48862 [4181-2 SS/4182-2 SS]. HERR KAISER [Walzerlied] (Jarno)/HAB’ EIN HERZ FREI UND [Lied und Foxtrot] (Gilbert). From film operetta Die Försterchristl. 1952 recording. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LÉON ROTHIER [bs] 2562. 10” Orange acous. Columbia E3558 [58545-2/58546-1]. LA BANNIÈRE ÉTOILÉE

[STAR-SPANGLED BANNER] (Arnold)/AMERICA [MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE]. In French. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARCO ROTHMULLER [b] 1755. 12” Plum PoW HMV C.3738 [2EA12512-1/12530-1]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani

(Verdi)/FRANCA SACCHI [s]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). In Italian. Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE [t]. 1875-1950. Originally a blacksmith, Rousselière made his operatic debut (1900) at the Paris Opéra in the role of Samson. His world premieres included Saint-Saëns's Les Barbares and L'Ancêtre, Mascagni's Amica, Fauré's Pénélope, and Charpentier's Julien. Rousselière's Metropolitan Opera debut as Roméo in 1906 was barely noticed by the critics, who devoted their reviews to the introduction of the American soprano, Geraldine Farrar, who was Rousselière's Juliette that evening. As Roméo he was considered "a manly and engaging figure." His voice was described as "a powerful and vibrant tenor." 2033. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32818 [1802-F-1].

MIREILLE: Anges du Paradis (Gounod). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $75.00.

2990. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 3-32842 [1813-F-1]. LA JUIVE: Dieu m’éclaire (Halévy). Excel-lent copy, cons. 2. $75.00.

2928. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 3-32847 [1818-F-1-1]. STANCES (Flégier). Excellent copy, cons. 2. $75.00.

3117. 10” Blk. elec. French Polydor 561022 [ ? BXP/ ? BXP]. NUIT DEVANT LA MER (Nerini)/LYDIA (Fauré). Cons. 2. $20.00.

3699. 12” Blk. elec. French Polydor 566043 [1867BMP/1868½BMP]. WALKÜRE: Chant du Printemps/SIEGFRIED: Mur-mures de la Forêt (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

TITTA RUFFO [b] 2158. 10” Pink Gram. Con. 2-52621 [10987b]. HAMLET: Spettro Santo (Thomas). Small

lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2668. 10” Blue Opera Disc 74572 (2-52686) [9228e]. CHATTERTON: Tu sola a me rimani

(Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2047. 10” Blk. Opera Disc 74572 (2-52686) [9228e]. Same as previous item (#2668).

Earlier pasteover label. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2046. 10” Blue Opera Disc 74574 (7-52036) [B-12622]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita

(Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2712. 10” Red VdP DA 165 [4733h/9060b]. RIGOLETTO: Miei signori/TRAVIATA: Di

Provenza (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2265. 10” Red ’12 Pats. 87112. DON GIOVANNI: Deh vieni alla finestra (Mozart). Just

about 1-2. $8.00.

CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE as Sigurd

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2264. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 87114. ZAZÀ: Buo-na Zazà (Leoncavallo). Beau-tiful first edition. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2269. 10” Red Victrola 87125. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

2268. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 87137. THAÏS: Aimé fan-ciullo ancora (Massenet). Another gleaming first edition. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2129. 10” Red Victrola 87140 [1912ah]. MARIA MARI! (de Capua). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2220. 10” Red Victrola 87154 [10987b]. HAMLET: Spettro Santo (Thomas). Lbl. stkr. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2760. 10” RCA Victor Reference Recording (vinyl) 87157 [10900½b]. TROVATORE: Di geloso amor (Verdi). With FOSCA TITTA [s], EMA-NUELE ISCHIERDO [t]. Fosca Titta was Titta Ruffo’s sister. The family name was originally Titta, but Ruffo (originally Ruffo Titta) reversed his names. Excellent press-ing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2267. 10” Red Victor 87177. EL GUITARRICO (Perez-Soriano). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2136. 10” Red Victor 87194. NABUCCO: Tremin gl’insani (Verdi). Few very lt. rubs, one

lightest small (barely noticeable) superficial scr., 2. $7.00. 1980. 10” Red Victor 87194. NABUCCO: Tremin gl’ insani del mio furore (Verdi). Just

about 1-2. $10.00. 2151. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 87195. OH CHE M’IMPORTA? (Ettore Titta Ruffo). Composer

is Titta Ruffo’s brother. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2128. 10” White Victrola 87195. Same as previous listing (item #2151) but later ‘30s

pressing, RCA Vr bk. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2219. 10” Red Victor 87222. FAUST: Serenata Mephistofele (Gounod). In Italian. Just

about 1-2. $7.00. 2152. 10” Red “A” plate Victor 87223. AFRICAINE: All’ erta, Marinar! (Meyerbeer).

Unaccompanied. Tiny lbl. scr., otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00. 2503. 10” Red Victor 87238. E SUONAN LE CAMPANE (Ettore Titta Ruffo). Early “B” plate.

Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2800. 10” Red Victrola 87564 [10906b]. I PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). With

ANDREA PERELLO DE SEGUROLA [bs]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 1966. 10” Red Victrola 823. VISIONE VENEZIANA (Brogi)/SUONN’ E FANTASIA (Capo-

longo). Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2502. 10” Red Victrola 932. TOSCA: Cantabile di Scarpia (Puccini)/DON GIOVANNI: Fin

ch’ han al vino (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3310. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88395 [464al]. DAI CANTI D’AMORE (Ettore Titta). Cons.

2. $6.00. 3308. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88396 [459al]. GIOCONDA: O monumento! (Ponchielli).

Just about 1-2. $6.00.

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3346. 12” Red Victrola 88396 [459al]. Same as preceding listing (item #3308). Later pressing. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3447. 12” Red Victor 88486. CRISTOFORO COLOMBO: Aman lassù le stelle (Franchetti). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

3435. 12” Red Victor 88527. I DUE GRANATIERI [TWO GRENADIERS] (Schumann). Nice bright copy, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.

1601. 12” Red Victrola 92038 [1318f]. DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3211. 12” Red Victrola 92042 [1329f]. HAMLET: Monologo (Thomas). One TN, just about 1-2. $6.00.

3210. 12” Red Victrola 92065 [2736f]. CARMEN: Canzone del Toreador (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3208. 12” Red Victrola 92500 [1312½c]. HAMLET: Nega se puoi la luce (Thomas). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3207. 12” Red Victrola 92501 [1328½c]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son (Rossini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3206. 12” Red Victrola 92502 [545i]. RIGOLETTO Piangi fanciulla (Verdi). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

3174. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 92504 [550i]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Le minaccie (Verdi). With EMANUELE ISCHIERDO [t]. Cons. 2. $8.00.

3545. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 91 [z6933f/C-14270]. FAVORITA: Vien, Leonora (Doni-zetti)/DINORAH: Sei vendicata (Meyerbeer). From orig. 1912 Gram./1914 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GIANNINA RUSS [s] 2306. 11” Fonotipia 39299/37149 [XPh368/

Mx366]. FAUST: All’ erta (Gounod). With ALESSANDRO BONCI [t], ORESTE LUPPI [bs]/SCALA CHORUS. FREISCHÜTZ: Vittoria (v.Weber). Cons. 2. Side two minor lbl. stain. $15.00.

2333. 11” Maroon Parl.-Odeon PO 108 [XPh400-1/ 400-2]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor!/AIDA: I sa-cri nomi (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2335. 11” Maroon Parl.-Odeon PO 108 [XPh400-1/ 400-2]. Same as previous listing (#2333). Small lt. scr. side two, minor rubs, 2. $10.00.

ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s] 1672. 12” Red Victrola 88261 [1863c]. AIDA: Ahi-

mé! Di Guerra fremere (Verdi). With BIAN-CA LAVIN DE CASAS [c], EGIDIO CUNE-GO [t]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3786. 12” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. 054254 [1790c]. AIDA: Tra le foreste vergine (Verdi). With CARLO BARRERA [t]. Rare. Never on Victor. Few LGTs, very minor lbl. fade. 2-3. $25.00.

ERNA SACK [s] 2997. 10” Blk. & Silver Bruns. Full-Range 53126 [6754GR/6736¾GR]. DU BIST GLÜCK

VON DEM MAN NUR TRÄUMT/EIN BLUMENSTRAUSS AUS NIZZA (both Buday-Hilm). Both from film Blumen aus Nizza. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

1860. 12” Blue Telefunken E1755 [020335/020396-1]. DON PASQUALE: Auch ich versteh’ die feine Kunst (Donizetti)/RIGOLETTO: Teurer Name (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Barcelona, 1876-1949. Early in his career he was active in South America and from the start specialized in zarzuelas and operettas. He premiered at least 100 zarzuelas. In 1914 Sagi-Barba wed soprano Luisa Vela with whom he had sung frequently and would continue to appear on stage until his retirement in 1932. Sagi-Barba appeared in opera, singing a variety of Italian roles, usually in Spanish.

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2721. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45271. GRANADA/ALBORADA (Alvarez). Spanish Gram. matrices. Uncommon. Nice copy. 2. $12.00.

2680. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45448. LA DOGARESA: Tarantela (Millán)/ LOS CALABRESES: Dúo de Rosina y Beppe (Castillo y Luna). Side two with Srta. LEONIS [s]. Side one just about 1-2. Side two a few LGTs, gen. 2-3. $8.00.

2409. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74161 [37z]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). In Spanish. Cons. 2. $20.00.

MATHILDE SAIMAN [s] 3816. 12” Red late acous. French Col.

D14203 [LX13/8]. GISMONDA: La paix du cloître (Henri Février)/ MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Sur la mer calmée (Puccini). Side one 2-3. Side two some MGTS and rubs, 3-4. $15.00.

HENRI SAINT-CRICQ [t] 3120. 10” PW Pathé X.93035 [N250186/

N250187]. ADIEU/SÉRÉNADE (both Schubert). Cons. 2. $7.00.

SALVATORE SALVATI [t] 3698. 12” Pink Tri-Ergon elec. TE10018

[2724/2725]. BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini)/ TROVA-TORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Gen. 2. $15.00.

MAFALDA SALVATINI [s] 2263. 10” PW Odeon O-11595 [Be8945/

8946]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte/ MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (both Puccini). In German. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARIO SAMMARCO [b] 2714. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52782 [Con294]. MOSÈ: Già l’ignea colonna (Perosi). Creator

performance. Very nice copy. Small inherent pressing defect, one harmless bump. 2. $250.00.

2847. 10” White lbl. HMV 7-32003 [ho117ae]. CHANSON DE L’ADIEU (Tosti). In French. Piano and violin acc. Rare. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

9299. 11” Fonotipia 39296/39330 [XPh332/353]. DON GIOVANNI: Eh, via buffone/DON GIOVANNI: O statua gentillissima (Mozart). Both with ORESTE LUPPI [bs]. IMs. Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

3353. 12” Red Pats. (early “B” plate) Victrola 88260. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Cons. 2. $15.00.

3290. 12” White lbl. Victor (plain label) 88260 [3752f]. Same as preceding listing (item #3353). Excellent late ‘30s pressing. RCA Vr Bk. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $12.00.

WILLIAM J. SAMUELL [b]. Swansea, 1885-1916. A student of Frederick King, Samuell made his debut as Dapertutto in Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) under Thomas Beecham in that conductor’s first performance at the Royal Opera House in London. One review mentioned that Samuell “possessed a gorgeous high baritone that he used with exceptional skill, more than usual in such a youthful artist." He became very popular in England and worked primarily in concert with the major British orchestras and conductors but died in 1916 during a typhoid epidemic. His few HMV records are scarce. � For an additional item, see NORA D’ARGEL.

3790. 12” Blk. Dog HMV 02614 [Ho1221ac]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Mirror Song (Offenbach). In English. Orch. dir. Percy Pitt. 2-3. $30.00.

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LUIS ALBERTO SANCHEZ [t] 2121. 10” Blue VT Columbia 2066-M [W145385-3/145386-2]. COLONIAL SONG [A SONG

OF AUSTRALIA] (Percy Grainger). Two sides. With ANITA ATWATER [s] and PERCY GRAINGER [conductor]. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

CHARLES SANTLEY [b] 3967. 10” Blk. London G&T 2-2862 [3860b]. SIMON THE CELLARER (Hatton). Bright lbl.

Nice copy. 2-3. $25.00.

PEPITA SANZ [s]. The earliest performance of Sanz, who was Spanish, was in Italy, 1903. at the Teatro Guillaume in Brescia as Annina in La Sonnambula and then the Milano Teatro Lirico as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Her last traced season on the opera stage was in Spain at the Madrid Teatro Real as Rosina. However a 1927 mention of a recital she gave in Paris describes her as “la primera soprano del Teatro Real de Madrid”, the inference being that she was still singing there at the time. She apparently made only six recorded sides for Odeon around 1907. 2378. 11” Brown Odeon 37607/37608 [Xm1111/1112]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una

voce poco fa/IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Io sono docile (Rossini). Orch. dir. Salvatore Cottone. Very fine copy, cons. 2. $20.00.

CELESTINO SAROBE [b]. Orio, Spain, 1892-Zarauz, 1952. Originally Celestino Aguirresarobe Zatarain, Sarobe began a career in architecture, changing to medical studies. In the meantime he studied voice, first with Ignacio Tabuyo and in Rome with Mattia Battistini. Sarobe made his debut at the Liceo as the King in Verdi’s La Favorita, 1919, following this with a tour of Spain and Portugal. Among his successes in Italy was in Boïto’s Nerone, 1925, where he appeared in Galeffi’s role with the otherwise original cast. He also sang at La Scala, the Paris Opéra, the Teatro Reale, and many other of Europe’s major houses. He was also successful in recitals and chamber music repertoire. 2359. 10” Green acous. Columbia 2340-X [K41/46]. YRO DAMACHO (Canto Vasco)/

CANTARI EUSKAKLUNA (Iparraguirre). Rare. Just about 1-2. $25.00. 3245. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 66897 [783Bi/784Bi]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani/ RIGO-

LETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

BIANCA SAROYA-ONOFREI [s]. Germantown, PA, 1893-San Francisco, 1981. Saroya was born Alma Weisshaar of German-Amer- ican parents. She changed her name early on and would not divulge her original name throughout her life. She claimed to have been discovered by Leopold Stokowski, another famous artist with a somewhat enigmatic background. Saroya claimed she was 16 at the time she appeared under Stokowski’s direction with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She must have chopped a few years off her birth year as Maestro Stokow- ski hadn’t begun work with the Philadelphia Orchestra until October, 1912. At any rate Saroya studied for an operatic career, but her first big success seems to have been in operetta in 1916 on Broadway with John Charles Thomas in a revival of deKoven’s The Highwayman. The reviewer described her voice as “a pure soprano, clear as crystal”. She appeared through most of the subsequent years of her performing career with various touring opera troupes, notably the San Carlo Opera, often in the company of tenor Dimitri Onofrei, whom she married in 1923. That same year she sang leading roles with the San Francisco Opera in their inaugural season. While much of her repertoire was of standard parts, one particular exception was the creation of the title character in the American premiere of Eugene Goossens’ Judith with the Philadelphia Grand Opera in 1929. A Time Magazine reviewer depicted her as “satisfactorily bloodthirsty” in the gruesome role. Saroya and Onofrei performed in Europe and South America in the 1920s as well. Following their retirements, both artists taught at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and then privately in San Francisco. 3789. 12” Brown elec. Spanish Odeon 121.062 [XXJo2006/2007]. FAUST: Aria dei Gioielli

(Gounod). Two sides. Orch. dir. Mo. Albergoni. Exceedingly rare. Plays cleanly. Few LGTs, 3. $60.00.

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BIDÚ SAYÃO [s] 2731. 10” Brazilian Victor 1917. ES-

TRELLITA (Ponce)/PARA NINAR (Barroso). Piano acc. Very rare issue available in South America only. Two small pressing bumps may cause lightest sounds, otherwise 1-2. $20.00.

BIANCA SCACCIATI [s] 3984. 10” PW Red Eng. Columbia

D12576 [WB1781/1782]. LA WALLY: Ebben, ne andró lontano (Catalani)/GIOCONDA: Suicidio! (Ponchielli). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

ÉMILE SCAREMBERG [t] 2311. 11” French Fono. 56044/56045

[XPh751/752]. RIGOLETTO: Ballade (Verdi)/ FAUST: Cavatine (Gounod). Few small lbl. tears around outside margins. IMs. Some MGTs side one, surface gen. 2-3. $40.00.

THEODOR SCHEIDL [b] 3969. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62408

[2008ar/2009ar]. TROVATORE: Ihres Augen (Verdi)/ NACHTLAGER IN GRANADA: Ein Schütz bin ich (Kreutzer). Side one lt. rubs, 2. Side two just about 1-2. $30.00.

3770. 12” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gramophone 66098 [485az/486az]. NACHTLAGER VON GRANADA: Die Nacht ist schön (Kreutzer). With JUAN MANEN [violinist], uncredited on the label. Few minor mks. side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $50.00.

ELIETTE SCHENNEBERG [c] 3536. 12” PoW French Columbia LFX 690 [CLX2448-1/2449-1]. TROIS PSAUMES (Arthur

Honegger). Two sides. Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELSA SCHERZ-MEISTER [s] 3300. 12” PoW Red Swiss HMV DB 10085 [OZA-1257/1258-2]. TROIS POÈMES DE

CLAUDEL (Honegger). Two sides. Piano acc. Kurt Rothenbühler. Excellent copy. Three minor mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3301. 12” PoW Red Swiss HMV DB 10086 [OZA-1259/1260]. SALUSTE DU BARTAS [Five Songs] (Honegger). Two sides. Piano acc. Kurt Rothenbühler. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

AKSEL SCHIØTZ [t] 2188. 10” Red Scandinavian HMV X.6694 [OCS-1923-1/1926-1]. TREES (Rasbach)/

NIGHT AND DAY (Cole Porter). In English (which is remarkably natural). Few lightest rubs side two, cons. 2. $12.00.

1758. 12” Red HMV DB 5241 [2CS1674/1675]. RENAISSANCE: Serenade (Lange-Müller)/ MODEREN: Skjaldens vise (Carl Nielsen). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

TITO SCHIPA [t] 2227. 10” Pink Italian Pathé Actuelle 15129 [N.80846/N.86561]. CAVALLERIA RUSTI-

CANA: Siciliana (Mascagni)/L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa). Good surface material. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2055. 10” PW Red acous. Electrola DA 366 [2901ah/2902ah]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu rapita/RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime (Verdi). Cons. 2. $8.00.

3105. 10” Red acous. Victrola 925. Same as previous listing (#2055). Cons. 2. $8.00. 2134. 10” Red acous. Victrola 827. GRANADINAS (Barrera)/PRINCESITA (Padilla). Few lt.

rubs, 2. $6.00.

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2254. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1099. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi)/O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2061. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1236. PISCATORE ‘E PUSILLECO (Tagliaferri)/GUAPPARIA (Fal-vo). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2728. 10” PW (silver print) Victor 1317. ‘A VUCCHELLA (Tosti)/ NINA (Pergolesi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2274. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1347. ANGELA MIA (Rapée-Pollack)/ FEMMENA ‘NGANNATORA (Cutillo-Schipa). One super-ficial mark side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00.

2130. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1451. THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE (Ray)/NAUGHTY MAR-IETTA: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Herbert). In Spanish. Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

3081. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1751. A LA LUZ DE LA LUNA (Michalena)/LOS RUMBEROS (Schipa). Both with EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2729. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2062 [OBA-2911-II/2912-I]. LE VIOLETTE/SON TUTTA DUOLO (both Scarlatti). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2648. 10” Red PW Disco Gram. DA 1297 [OM884-I/886-I]. ESPERANZA [TANGO] (Schipa-Mancini)/SERENATA ALLA LUNA (Mancini). Side one with “Tango Orchestra” conducted by Carlo Sabajno. Side two with banjo and guitar. Side one in Spanish. Side two in Italian. Very scarce. Excellent late ‘30s lam. pressing. Few lightest rubs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2647. 10” Red PW Disco Gram. DA 1300 [BA6088I-ATI/OM883-I]. TINIEBLAS [TANGO] (Vardaro)/ CAROVANA NELLA NOTTE [MINNIE] (Renato Bellini). Very scarce. Side one in Spanish. Side two in Italian. Excellent late ‘30s lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2705. 10” PW Red Electrola DA 4432 [OBA1563-1/2458-2]. VIVERE/WO IST MEIN KLEINES MÄDEL? [TORNA PICCINA] (both Bixio). In German. As new, i.e. just about 1-2. $40.00.

2622. 10” Red Late VDP DA 5358 [OBA.2741-I/2742-II]. MALIA/L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA (both Tosti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2911. 10” Red Late VDP DA 11320 [OBA7343/7347]. ME SO’ MBRACATO ‘E SOLE/ ANE-MA E CORE (both T. Manlio). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3185. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 6570 [takes 2/2]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti)/MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1735. 12” Red PoW VdP DB 5351 [2BA2482-II/2814-I]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet)/AVE MARIA, from film Terra di Fuoco (Schipa). Few harmless small PBs, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

EMIL SCHIPPER [b] 3342. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72966 [839az/1993½az]. LOHENGRIN: O König, trugbetörte

Fürsten/LOHENGRIN: Dank, König, dir (Wagner). Small lbl. stkr. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

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3213. 12” PW Blk. Electrola EJ 490 [CA64-II/65-II]. IPHIGENIE IN AULIS: O Artemis!/ IPHIGENIE IN AULIS: O du, die ich so innig liebe (Gluck). Orch. dir. Karl Alwin. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b] 2971. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70660 [14124r/1470ar]. VERSCHWIEGENE LIEBE/DER

RATTENFÄNGER (both Wolf). Piano acc. Side one so beautifully sung! Imported, top portion of label covered. IMs. Surface as new. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

2913. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 62654 [1668bk/1669bk]. ZUEIGNUNG/ICH LIEBE DICH (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2577. 10” Gold Brunswick 85003 [1617½BH/1618BH]. ES ZOGEN ZWEI RUST’GE GESELLEN (Schumann)/AM RHEIN (Humperdinck). Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3866. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72780 [479as/740as]. AFRICAINE: Figlia dei Re/AFRI-CAINE: Averla tanto amata (Meyerbeer). In German. Minor superficial rubs, 2. $15.00.

1816. 12” Yellow PoW Deut. Grammophon 66762 [700½GS/701GS]. TROVATORE: Ihres Auges himmlisch Strahlen (Verdi)/TRAVIATA: Hat dein heimatliches Land (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $7.00.

JOSEPH SCHMIDT [t] 3515. 12” Red PW French Ultraphone FP 199 [15300/15301-1]. BARTERED BRIDE:

Weiss ich doch eine, die hat Dukaten (Smetana). Two sides. With MICHAEL BOHNEN [b]. Few lt. rubs side one, 2. Side two cons. 2. $15.00.

1668. 12” Blue PW Telefunken E855 [016492/016496]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti)/MAGIC FLUTE: Dies Bildnis (Mozart). Side one in Italian. Cons. 2. $20.00.

THERESE BEHR SCHNABEL [c] 2599. 10” Maroon Japanese Victor

NF-4206 [OB4514-III/4522-I]. LIEBESTREU, Op. 3, No. 1/NICHT MEHR ZU DIR ZU GEHEN, Op. 32, No. 2 (both Brahms). With ARTHUR SCHNABEL [pianist]. Lt. superficial rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.

LOTTE SCHÖNE [s] 3184. 12” PW Red Calcutta HMV DB 1127

[Cc10964-II/CwR1341-I]. RIGO-LETTO: E il sol dell’anima. With JOSEPH HISLOP [t]/RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (Verdi). With HER-BERT JANSSEN [b]. Orch dir. side one Piero Coppola, side two by Fritz Zweig. 2. $10.00.

3299. 12” PW Blk HMV EJ 262 [CLR3794-II/3795-II]. MAGIC FLUTE: Ach, ich fühl’s/ COSI FAN TUTTE: Schön als Mädchen (both Mozart). Berlin Staatsoper Orch. dir. Fritz Zweig. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

RUDOLF SCHOCK [t] 1724. 12” Red Electrola DB 11543

[2RA-6900-2/6901-2]. CARMEN: Blumen-Arie (Bizet)/CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Abschied von der Mutter (Mascagni). Orch. dir. Artur Rother. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b] 3973. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62392 [39ax/40ax]. DON GIOVANNI: Horch auf des Klang

der Zither (Mozart)/FIDELIO: Ha! Welch ein Augenblick (Beethoven). Cons. 2. $35.00.

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3320. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 1564 [2B536-II/537-II]. THE SEASONS: Schön eilet froh der Ackersmann (Haydn)/ELIJAH: Herr Gott Abrahams (Mendelssohn). Orch. dir. John Barbirolli. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3538. 12” PW Red Czech HMV ES 761 [CR2495-I/2B543-IIIA]. MEISTERSINGER: Aha! Da Streicht die lene schon/MEISTERSINGER: Quintet (Wagner). Side two with ELISABETH SCHUMANN [s], GLADYS PARR [ms], LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t], BEN WILLIAMS [t]. Side one dir. Albert Coates. Side two dir. John Barbirolli. Nice Czech pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1670. 12” PW Orth. “Z” Shellac Red Victrola 7319 [CLR5397-II/5398-I]. MEISTERSINGER: Wahn! Wahn! (Wagner). Two sides. Berlin St. Op. Orch. dir Leo Blech. Small lbl. stkrs., just about 1-2. $15.00.

FRITZ SCHRÖDTER [t] 2956. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 52686 [800x-Do-2z].

MUSICA PROHIBITA (Gastaldon). In Italian. One harmless small LSS, few MGTs, otherwise just about 2. $20.00.

RICHARD SCHUBERT [t] 3842. 12” Grey acous. Polyphon 140095 [59ap/

60ap]. FREISCHÜTZ: Durch die Wálder/ FREISCHÜTZ: Jetzt ist wohl (von Weber). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

3823. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Grammophon 65592 [179av/180av]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: Erzählung des Assad (Gold-mark). Two sides. Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $12.00.

ELISABETH SCHUMANN [s] 2633. 10” Red HMV DA 1395 [OWX764-II/765-

II]. SPHÄRENKLÄGE (J. Strauss)/AUF FLÜGELN DES GESÄNGES (Mendels-sohn). Orch. dir. Leo Rosenek. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2825. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1764 [OB5474-II/5476-I]. LORELEY, Op. 53, No. 2; STÄNDCHEN, Op. 36, No. 2 (both Schumann)/AN DIE NACHTIGALL, Op. 98, No. 1; LIEBHABER IN ALLEN GESTAL-TEN (both Schubert). Piano acc. George Reeves. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3755. 12” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gram. 65580 [274as/275as]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln/ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Welche Wonne (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $75.00.

3753. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65654 [269as/270as]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Neue Freuden, neue Schmerzen/MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr, die ihr Triebe (Mozart). Side one small LSS, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $75.00.

3754. 12” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 65655 [271as/276as]. DON GIOVANNI: Wenn du fein fromm bist/DON GIOVANNI: Schmäle, tobe, lieber junge (Mozart). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $75.00.

3728. 12” White HMV Advance (Test) Copy Mat. Cc8380-V [DB-1011]. IL RE PASTORE: L’amerò sarò costante (Mozart). Very lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

3743. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 14076 [2B4472-II/4473-I]. TRAUM DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG; ICH SCHWEBE (both Strauss)/MONDNACHT (Schumann). Piano acc. Karl Alwin. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c] 2530. 10” Red Victrola 830. FRÜHLINGSZEIT (Becker)/SPINNERLIEDCHEN (Reimann).

Side one orch. acc. Side two piano acc. Katharina Hoffmann. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2108. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1540. LENZ (Hildach)/DIE FORELLE (Schubert). Piano acc. Katherine Hoffmann. An exceptional rarity, available for only a few months. Few lt. rubs. Good surface material. Cons. 2. $75.00.

FRITZ SCHRÖDTER

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2011. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1198. BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA (Lieu-rance)/TREES (Kilmer-Rasbach). Tiny lbl. stkr., just about 1-2. $8.00.

1509. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 88139. I UND MEI BUA [YODEL SONG] (Millöcker). A famous example of Schumann-Heink’s yodeling, capped with an enthusiastically shouted “Ya-hoo!”. Scarce, particularly relatively clean. One LGT, few rubs, 3. $15.00.

1602. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 88451. THE KERRY DANCE (Molloy). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3183. 12” Red PW (gold print) acous. Victor 6273. ERLKÖNIG (Schubert)/LORELEI (Silcher). Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Couple LGTs side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

3339. 12” Red PW (gold print) elec. Victor 7177. LEGGERO INVISIBLE (Arditi)/DER ERLKÖNIG (Schubert). Piano acc. Katherine Hoffmann. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1595. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7584. TAPS (Esenwein, arr. Pasternack)/THERE IS NO DEATH (O’Hara). Very rare. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3573. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7584. Same as preceding listing (item #1595). IMs. Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $35.00.

JOSEF SCHWARZ [b] 2940. 10” Green Angel Pre-Dog Gram. Con.

V*22549/22552 [9967u/9970u]. PAGLIACCI: Prolog (Leoncavallo)/AFR-ICAINE: Dir, o Königin (Meyerbeer). Scarce, early Schwarz. Side two one LGT, one TB, otherwise cons. 2. $25.00.

3955. 10” Red Schall. Grammophon 70590 (4-42631) [19094L]. XERXES: Largo (Händel). With HEINRICH GRÜNFELD [cellist]. Piano acc. Bruno Seidler- $10.00.

3341. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 72530 [954m/1023m]. TALES OF HOFF-MANN: Spiegel-Arie (Offenbach)/ TRAVIATA: Hat dein heimatliches Land (Verdi). Side one just about 1-2. Side two small NS (could tick about ½”) and one small lbl. stkr., cons. 2. $15.00.

3340. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72674 [1404s/ 1405s]. TANNHÄUSER: Blick’ ich umher/ TANNHÄUSER: Lied an den Abendstern (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $20.00.

ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF [s] 1858. 12” Blue PoW English Col. LX 1370 [CAX

10945-2/10947-2]. MADAMA BUTTER-FLY: Un bel di (Puccini)/TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). Orch. dir. Alceo Galliera. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1713. 12” Blue PoW English Col. LX 1410 [CAX 10946-2A/10948-1]. FIDELIO: Ach, wär ich schön (Beethoven)/CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet). Side two in French. Orch. dir. Alceo Galliera. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1841. 12” Blue PoW English Col. LX 1423 [CAX 10982-2 /10983-1]. THE ROSE; WHEN ROSES FADE/IN VORÜBERGEHEN; ELFENLIEDCHEN (Nicolas Medtner). Accompanied by the composer. Side one in English, side two in German. Unusually quiet surfaces (crayon markings in inner margin areas … radio station copy). Couple light mks. side two, cons. 2. Side one just about 1-2. $25.00.

1842. 12” Blue PoW English Col. LX 1424 [CAX 10984-2/10985-2]. MEERESSTILLE; GLÜCKLICHE FAHRT/DIE QUELLE; SELBSBETRUG (all Nicolas Medtner). Accompanied by the composer. Unusually quiet surfaces (crayon markings in inner margin areas … radio station copy). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

Mr. and Mrs. JOSEF SCHWARZ

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EVELYN SCOTNEY [s] Near Melbourne, 1886-London, 1967. Scotney studied originally in Australia and was recommended by Melba to her teacher, Mathilde Marchesi, with whom Scotney worked in Paris, 1910. This was followed by a period of study with Tosti in England. She then appeared with the Boston Opera as Lucia in 1912, singing several principal coloratura roles. She married Boston bass Howard White and toured with him in concert for several seasons, both in America and Australia. Following White’s untimely death during the 1918 flu epidemic, Scotney returned to opera, making her debut at the Met in 1919 where she remained two seasons. Her career continued for a number of years, primarily in recital.

2811. 10” Red shellac Vocalion 60004 [10531/10695]. THE ROBIN’S SONG (Perkins)/SI MES VERS AVAIENT DES AILES (Hahn). Side one orch. acc. Side two with J. Dell’Acquila [harpist]. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3868. 12” Red shella Vocalion 52016 [7154]. RIGOLETTO: Piangi fanciulla (Verdi). With GIACOMO RIMINI [b]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ANTONIO SCOTTI [b] 2788. 10” Red London G&T 2-2706 [2019]. MESSALINE: O nuit d’Amour (de Lara). In

French. Beautiful, among his most sought after discs. 2. $400.00. 2787. 10” Red London G&T 2-2711 [2024b]. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). Couple

minor lbl scrs. Surface an exceptionally clean 2. $350.00.

3080. 10” Red ’06 GP Victor 81022 [B-878]. FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Piano acc. 1903 recording. Nice copy. Very lt. mks., 2. $20.00.

1964. 10” White lbl. Victrola 81042 [B-1091]. AIDA: Sortita Amonasro (Verdi). Piano acc. 1904 recording. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

2127. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 81063. LA MANDO-LINATA (Paladilhe). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2662. 10” CRS 4. SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini)/ AIDA: Sortita d’Amonasro (Verdi). From 1905 Edison cylinders. Good transfers. Superficial rubs, 2-3. $7.00.

3725. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 85044 [C-2233]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3229. 12” White lbl. Victrola 88032 [take 2, 1909]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Piano acc. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SARA SCUDERI [s]. Catania, 1906-Milano, 1987. Scuderi made her debut in 1925 at the Novara Teatro Coccia as Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello. In 1926 she became a leading member of the Italian Opera in Holland where, in 1927, she created for Holland the role of Fiora in Monte- mezzi’s Amore dei Tre Re. Her La Scala debut was in 1932 and through 1945 she was a popular figure on Italy’s operatic stages. Her London debut was in 1948 as Tosca. In 1984, Scuderi starred in the film, Tosca’s Kiss, documenting life at Verdi’s Casa di Riposo, where she resided at the time.

2537. 10” Red Vd: DA 5449 [OBA-5855-II/5856-II]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide/TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (both Puccini). Minor lbl. damage side one, cons. 2. $12.00.

LEILA BEN SEDIRA [s] 2246. 10” elec. Salabert 3403 [SS 1545/1790]. MANON LESCAUT: L’éclat de rire (Auber)/

O MON BEL INCONNU: O mon bel inconnu (Guitry-Hahn). Gen. 2. $12.00. 3977. 10” elec. PW Eng. Parlophone R1223 [W138058/138059]. MIREILLE: Trahir

Vincent/MIREILLE: No, jamais, jamais (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

SOFIE SEDLMAIR [s] 3159. 12” Blk. Wien G&T 044039 [55 Hp]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: O sink hernieder

(Wagner). With ERIK SCHMEDES [t]. 1903 recording, piano acc. Few LGTs, 3-4. $200.00.

ANTONIO SCOTTI

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IRMGARD SEEFRIED [s] 1752. 12” Blue PoW Eng. Col. LX 1145 [CAX10061-1/CHAX380-1]. MAGIC FLUTE: Ach,

ich fühl’s/MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh vieni, non tardar (both Mozart). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

JOHANNES SEMBACH [t] 1629. 12” TC Columbia A5835 [48726-1/48731-1]. WALKÜRE: Liebeslied/LOHENGRIN:

In fernem Land (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s] 2836. 10” B&S Columbia Grand Opera 1364 [take 2]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi).

Announced. Some LGTs but otherwise a clean 2-3 copy. $275.00. 2782. 10” B&S Columbia Grand Opera 1366 [take 1]. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi).

Announced. Very fine copy. One harmless indentation near rim, a few LGTs, 2. $325.00.

1845. 12” Red ’04 DeLuxe 85035. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui … Sempre libera (Verdi). 1904 piano acc. version. Superb copy, cons. 2. $40.00.

1778. 12” Red GP ‘08 Victor 88018 [1st issued take]. TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui … Sempre libera (Verdi). Lt. NR on lbl. Surface very clean, cons. 2. $12.00.

1576. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88018 [1st issued take]. Same as preceding listing. Superficial rubs, otherwise good surface. Gen. 2-3. $10.00.

1813. 12” Red Victor 88020. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3280. 12” Red ‘30s Victrola 88022 [2nd issued take]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). 1908 remake. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1512. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88027. SONNAMBULA: Ah, non giunge (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1866. 12” Red Victrola 88104. NORMA: Casta diva (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1506. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88105. PURITANI: Qui la voce … Vien, diletto (Bellini).

Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MARCELLA SEMBRICH with lorgnette and veil

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1568. 12” Red ’08 GP Victor 88107 [first iss. take, I believe]. THE MERRY WIDOW: Waltz (Lehár). In Italian. Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

1523. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88142. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1843. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88388. TALES FROM THE VIENNA FOREST (J. Strauss, trans. F. LaForge). Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3279. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victrola 88389. WALTZ DREAM: Non sai mia bella (O. Straus, trans. F. LaForge). Nice bright copy, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $25.00.

3315. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88390. COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE (Scottish Air). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3867. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 89042. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste (through “Si, ven-detta”). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3311. 12” White lbl. Victrola 89042. Same as previous listing (item #3867). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Cons. 2. $18.00.

TILKIN SERVAIS [b] or Ernest Tilkin-Servais. (Brussels, 1888-Brussels, 1961). An important figure on stage in Holland, England. He originally studied as a violinist, but made his debut as a concert singer in 1910. His operatic career began around 1914 and he was heard through Europe, including London at Covent Garden, in a variety of principal roles. After retiring from the stage (apparently in the late 1930s) he became a teacher. 3844. 12” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. W598 [CT818-II/819-II]. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste

(Verdi)/RIGOLETTO: Si, vendetta! (Verdi). In French. Both with YVONNE BROTHIER [b]. Cons. 2. $15.00.

SONIA SHARNOVA [c]. 1896-Chicago, 1988. Her early studies included a period with Jean de Reszke in Nice in the early 1920s. Shar- nova first came to musical prominence as a member of the German Grand Opera Company in 1929. In 1931 she made her debut with the Chicago Opera where she remained an active figure until 1942. At this point she began teaching, but she didn’t entirely give up work on stage. Her last appearance was at the Ravinia Festival (Chicago) in 1954 in Gounod’s Faust. Her repertoire included roles such as Frika and Amneris, as well as smaller parts. One of her pupils described her as “a tall, handsome, statuesque woman with a countenance and bearing that meant business”. She appears not to have recorded commercially.

3829. 12” White Private RCA Victor CS 070468/070469. THEY ALSO SERVE (H. I. Philips-Hazel Felman). With pianists Jorgensen and Rudolf. Two sides. Vocal setting of a WW II story about a serviceman’s widow. Private issue “distributed by Arger Agency, Chicago.” Superficial rubs, 2-3. $25.00.

MARGARET SHERIDAN [s] 2101. 10” Red Irish HMV IR 308 [BR1451-II/1452-II]. BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE

ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS/COME BACK TO ERIN (Irish Airs, both arr. Byng). With MARJORIE HAYWARD [violin] and orch. Few lt. rubs. 2. $8.00.

2981. 10” Red Irish HMV IR 316 [OEL332-I/338-TII]. O BREATHE NOT HIS NAME (Moore, arr. Larchet)/GALWAY BAY (Colahan, arr. Larchet). Side two a famous, touching performance. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

NIKOLAI A. SHEVELEV [b] 3296. 12” Blk. Russian Angel Monarch Gram. 022278/022281 [2620c/2636½c].

TREACHERY: Aria of Otar-Bek (Ippolitov-Ivanov)/EVGENI VITTING [t]. HALKA: The Wind Wails in the Hills (Moniuszko). Side one creator performance, 1909. Few minor LGTs start side one, otherwise nice 2-3. $30.00.

SONIA SHARNOVA as Amneris

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Cantor JOSEF SHLISKY [t] 3618. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 2001 [ ? / ? ]. PEARL FISHERS: Romanza (Bizet)/LA

JUIVE: Rachel Aria (Halévy). In Yiddish. Cons. 2. $15.00. 1688. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 2001. Same as preceding listing (item #3618). IMs side

two. Cons. 2. $15.00.

LEV M. SIBIRYAKOV [bs]. 1869-1938. 2765. 10” Blk. St. Petersburg G&T 3-22504 [4810L]. LEAVE

ME, DO NOT LOOK (Davidov). Piano acc. One LGT, cons. 2. $40.00.

2777. 10” Blue Muz-Trust 17033 (3-22820/3-22835) [7773L/7919L]. SADKO: Song of the Viking Guest (Rimsky-Korsakov)/MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito (Boïto). Couple LGTs, gen. 2. $40.00.

2775. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Amour Gram. 4-22842/4-22843 [18760b/18864b]. LA MARSEILLAISE (de Lisle)/AT THE MONASTERY GATE (Napravnik). Side one few MGTs, 3. Side two 2-3. $35.00.

2715. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Amour Gram. 4-22848/4-22849 [18825b/18826b]. JUDITH: Holofernes’s War Song/ JUDITH: Holofernes’s Aria (Serov). Excellent playing copy of this exciting rarity. Missing from Bennett’s HMV Russian Catalogue. Side one harmless ULC, superficial rubs (no apparent greying), 3-4. Side two cons. 3-4. $50.00.

1958. 10” Plum HMV EK 52 [16516b/16517b]. DEMON: Accursed world/DEMON: I am he whom you called (Rubinstein). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1957. 10” Plum HMV EK 53 [16706b/16682½b]. NOT THE AUTUMN DRIZZLE (Russian Folk Song)/THE SAI-LORS (Vilbois). Side two with EUGEN VITTING [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MARGARETE SIEMS [s] 3364. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 043179/044186

[2309c/2302c]. ROSENKAVALIER: Monolog der Marschallin/ROSENKAVALIER: Hab’ mir’s gelobt (Strauss). Side two with EVA PLASCHKE VON DER OSTEN [s], MINNIE NAST [s]. Creators’ recording. Nice copy. Superficial rubs, side two cons. 2-3, side one 2. $35.00.

MARTIAL SINGHER [b] 2841. 10” Red Florilege 102 [2.337/2.309]. CHANSON DE LABOUR/RENÉE MAHÉ [ms].

CHANSON DE LA LAINE. Composers not named. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 3949. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4841 [OPG-567-1/568-2]. PARSIFAL: Lementations

d’Amfortas (Wagner). Two sides. In French. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3001. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4865, DA-4866 [OLA-168-2/169-1, 170-1/171-1]. DON QUICHOTTE À DULCINÉE (Ravel). Three Sides/RONSARD À SON ÂME (Ravel). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. IMs. Lt. scr. side two should be superficial. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2190. 10” Green Microphone Columbia 4213-M, 4214-M [WL-3740/3741, 3742/3751]. CHANTS POPULAIRES HÉBRAÏQUES (Darius Milhaud). Four sides. Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

Cantor GERSHON SIROTA [t]. 1874?-Warsaw, 1943. Sirota began his Cantorial career in Odessa, 1895 and became known throughout Poland and Russia for his remarkable vocal skills. While remaining a Cantor throughout his life, Sirota toured the world as a recitalist, incorporating into his programs the occasional non-liturgical songs and operatic arias. His voice was considered by many the equal of Caruso's. Sirota's first discs were made in Warsaw, 1902, and he continued making recordings into the 1930s. Other than a slight darkening of the voice, the phenomenal top notes, flexibility and dramatic intensity remained throughout his career. He and his entire family died in the Warsaw ghetto in 1943. According to one source he was, in his last year, reduced to going from door to door, singing prayers in hopeful exchange for bread for his family. All the Sirota records below are in remarkably fine condition.

LEV SIBIRYAKOV as Mefistofeles

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2505. 10” Red Pats. Victor 61082. SCHLOSCH ESREI MIDOISCH. With Choir. 1902 G&T matrix. Lightest NR on lbl., surface just about 1-2. $15.00.

2690. 10” Red GP ’08 Victor 61100 [1682L]. HIMOZE LOPU [BE THOU FOUND BY US]. With Choir. Cons. 2. $15.00.

2504. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 61102 [1681z]. JAALE [LET OUR PRAYER ASCEND]. With Choir. 1903 G&T matrix. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2686. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 61104 [419z-Ao-2z]. WËSEERAW OLECHO [MAY OUR PRAYERS BE SWEET TO THEE]. Solo, unaccompanied. Few lightest lbl. stains, surface just about 1-2. $20.00.

2688. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 61105 [410z-A1-2(5)]. MIMKOIMOI HU JIFEN [FROM HIS PLACE MAY HE RETURN TO US]. With Choir. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2623. 10” Red Victor 64384 [1223ab]. W’NEMOR LOI HIBIT OWOJA (Hebrew Prayer). Small lbl. stkr. Early “B” plate. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3240. 12” Blk. acous. Eng. Columbia E5126 [59435/59436]. EL MOLEI RACHIMIM/KOL NIDRE (trad. Hebraic). Excellent mid-‘20s lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LEO SLEZAK [t]. Moravia, 1873-Austria, 1946. A pupil of baritone Adolf Robinson, Slezak made his debut in Brno, 1896. In 1901 his greatest successes began when he made his debut at the Vienna Hofoper, for which he was selected by Mahler. He subsequently appeared at Covent Garden and the Met, his principal roles having been Otello, Manrico, Siegfried, Tannhäu- ser, Lohengrin and Walther. His 6’ 4” frame commanded almost as much attention on stage as did his remarkable voice. In later years, Slezak was heard more frequently as a concert singer and acted in character film roles in the 1930s. Slezak’s sense of humor could erupt at the most inappropriate times, such as happened during a performance of Aida at the Met. Following a particularly dramatic moment, Slezak turned to the choristers assembled behind him and made a grotesque face, the absurdity of it causing considerable laughter among chorus and colleagues which, of course, the audience could not appreciate or understand. Neither could the management, who fined the tenor a stiff amount for this incident. Slezak still found it funny enough to have himself photographed in Rhadames attire, documenting what caused the hilarity in ancient Egypt that evening. [Repeated from an earlier catalogue by several requests.] 2703. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 2-42501 [979½x]. HUGUENOTS: Ihr Wangenpaar (Meyerbeer).

Few minor superficial rubs. Very nice copy. 2. $35.00.

2955. 10” Blk. Dog Con. Gram. 2-44419/2-44420 [13045u/13049u]. WILLIAM TELL: O Seligkeit (Rossini). With GRETE FORST [s] / FORST [s], ARTHUR PREUSS [t]. MARTHA: Diese Hand (Flotow). Tiny, barely noticeable edge flake side two far from grooves. Cons. 2. $20.00.

2824. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 3-44068/3-44069 [15127u/15229u]. QUEEN OF SHEBA: O süsser Traum. With ELISE ELIZZA [s] / QUEEN OF SHEBA: Der Ewige segne euch (Goldmark). With ELIZZA [s], GERHARD STEHMANN [b], RICHARD MAYR [bs]. One slight LGT on side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

LEO SLEZAK: The Serious Artist … and the Comic

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1910. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 61202 [10858u]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.

2713. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 61204 [11156u]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ach geh auf, moch erbleichen! (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1971. 10” White Victrola 64116 [10050u]. MANON: Flieh’ o Flieh’ (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1907. 10” White & Red PW Victor HRS 2005 [ 689r/11801u]. LA JUIVE: Recha als Gott (Halévy)/LE PROPHÈTE: Triumphgesang (Meyerbeer). From orig. 1906-08 G&T matrices. Label side two autographed by Slezak. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

2093. 10” Gold PW Victor HRS 1034. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Hier sol lich/MAGIC FLUTE: Bildnis-Arie (both Mozart). Orig. 1907/08 Vienna matrices. Label side one autographed by Slezak. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

2095. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 172 [820z/3016ft]. WILLIAM TELL: O Mathilde (Rossini)/ FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t]. HÉRODIADE: Adieu donc, vains objects (Massenet). From orig. 1903 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $30.00.

3098. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 62423 [2413ar/2435ar]. DER NUSSBAUM (Schu-mann)/ TROCKNE BLUMEN (Schubert). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Lt. rubbing, 3 or better. $10.00.

2371. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62425 [2416ar/2419ar]. VERSCHWIEGENE LIEBE (Wolf)/ MÄDCHEN WACH’ AUF! (Hermann Kopf). Piano acc. IMS. Superficial rubs, side one, 3. Side two 2. $10.00.

3109. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 21680 [1299bd/1300bd]. DIE POST/DER MUSEN-SOHN (both Schubert). Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

3097. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 21691 [1514bk/1516bk]. WOHIN?/DER JÜNGLING AN DER QUELLE (both Schubert). Piano acc. Lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. $12.00.

3096. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 21848 [1636bk/1537bk]. ICH TRAGE MEINE MINNE/ ZUEIGNUNG (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3095. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 23097 [595BT/598BT]. MORGEN, Op. 23, No 4/ STÄNDCHEN, Op. 17, No. 1 (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

2891. 10” Red PW elec. Gram. 47187 [7429½GR/7432GR]. GENOVEVA, ICH KÖNNTE WEINEN (Stolz)/MAN NEHME ZWEI HERZEN (Niederberger). Scarce. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

3307. 12” Brown Odeon 88076/88077 [XXB ? / ? ]. AIDA: Holde Aida/OTELLO: Niun mi tema (both Verdi). Very fine copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

3283. 12” Purple U.S. Odeon 52002 [XXB.5679-2]. TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). In German. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3463. 12” Blk. acous. Schallplatte Gram. 65775 [1242as/1244as]. MONDNACHT (Schu-mann)/FELDEINSAMKEIT (Brahms). Piano acc. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

DMITRI SMIRNOV [t] 1963. 10” White lbl. HMV 4-22398 [17231u]. SWEET-

LY SANG THE NIGHTINGALE (Glière). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

1960. 10” White lbl. HMV 4-22770 [17973b]. COOL SUMMER EVENING (Amanya). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

2697. 10” White lbl. HMV 4-52854 [17817½b]. IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $60.00.

2631. 10” Green Schall. Grammophon 80027 (4-22400/4-22397) [16867b/16866b]. BEI MEINEN FENSTER [BY MY WINDOW] (Rachmaninoff)/GIB’ MIR DIESE NACHT [GIVE ME THIS NIGHT] (Bagrinowski). Some LGTs side two, otherwise 2-3. $30.00.

2980. 10” Green Schall. Gram. 80066 [17823b /17824b]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni)/MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Both in Italian. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

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2551. 10” Red acous. Victrola 912. MARIA, MARI (Di Capua)/WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet). Excellent pressing from 1921 British HMV matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3239. 12” Red acous. HMV DB 753 [Cc4720-I/Cc3335-I]. FAIR AT SOROTSCHINTSKI: Pourquoi mon trise coeur/BORIS GODOUNOV: Oh, Tsarevich, I implore thee (both Moussorgsky). Side two with MARIA DAVIDOVA [s]. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

3242. 12” Pink Russian Amour Angel Gram. 022241 [2546c]. TRANQUILLITY (Kasheva-rov). Piano acc. Very fine copy, 2. $40.00.

3241. 12” Pink Russian Amour Angel Gram. 022338 [2857c]. HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer). Very small, insignificant edge stain far from grooves, otherwise cons. 2. $40.00.

1646. 12” White HMV VB 38 (022133/052293) [428s/2058c]. ROMÉO ET JULIET: Cavatina (Gounod)/MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto). Side one in Russian, side two in Italian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

LEONID SOBINOV [t] 2717. 10” Red Moskau G&T 2-22657 [1993L].

WERTHER: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet). Piano acc. Nice copy. Few MGTs, 2-3. $250.00.

1657. 12” Blue HMV ABHB 7 (022162/022199) [1988c/2216½c]. MAY NIGHT: Sleep, my beauty/SNEGOUROTCHKA: The joyous day departs (both Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

GABRIEL SOULACROIX [b]. Villeneuve- sur-Lot, 1853-Paris, 1905. Soulacroix made his debut in Brussels, 1878. In 1885 he joined the Paris Opéra-Comique, where he remained until his death, also maintaining a similar relationship with the Monte Carlo Opera from 1887. He also appeared at Covent Garden in such roles as Beckmesser, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Escamillo and Alfio. His Paris parts included Ford in the French premiere of Verdi’s Falstaff (1894) and the Prior in the 1902 world premiere of Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre- Dame.

2930. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 3-32030 [2831-F]. LA ROSILLA (Yradier). With castanets and piano. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $25.00.

2479. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 3-32035 [2837-F]. BONJOUR SUZON (Faure). Piano acc. Nice copy, cons. 2-3. $25.00.

9357. 11” Brown Odeon 33423/36165 [33423-3/XP-1717]. LA VÉRITABLE MANOLA (Bourgeois)/AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE (Lully). Side two with JEANNE LECLERC [s]. Side one cons. 2. Side two small scr. near end, otherwise cons. 2. $25.00.

HINA SPANI [s] 2920. 10” Blk. PW Disco Grammofono AV 23 [BM1574-II/BM1575-III]. QUEL RUSCEL-

LETTO (Paradies)/SE TU M’AMI (Pergolesi). Excellent laminated later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3108. 10” Blk. PW Czech HMV ER 320 [BM995-III/BM997-II]. AMARILLI (Caccini)/SE FLORINDO E FEDELE (Scarlatti). Scr. last ¾” side two could tick lightly, otherwise gen. 2. $12.00.

3446. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7206 [CF1625-II/1627-I]. FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gounod)/LA WALLY: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Catalani). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1831. 12” Red late VdP DB 1163 [CF1625-II/1627-I]. Same as preceding listing but superb late VdP surface material. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3474. 12” Red late VdP DB 1503 [CM854-I/CF1629-II]. MANON: Addio, picciol desco (Massenet)/TROVATORE: D ‘amor sull’ali rosee (Verdi). Orch. dir. C. Sabajno. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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MARGARET SPEAKS [s]. Born in Columbus, OH, Speaks was a concert and radio singer and a featured artist on “The Voice of Firestone” beginning in 1934. She was a niece of composer Oley Speaks.

2960. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 4524. A HOUSE LOVE MADE FOR YOU AND ME (Eric Coates)/SERENADE (Paul Nordoff); SOUNDS (Gustav Klemm). Piano acc. Alderson Mowbray. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2028. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 4524. Same as preceding item (#2960). Few lt. rubs. 2. $7.00.

MARIANO STABILE [b] 1707. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5555

[XXPh5394/5436-2]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi)/ LUCIA: Cruda funesta smania (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

MARIA STADER [s] 1502. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 10111

[OZA1444-2/1447-2]. EXULTATE JUBILATE: Alleluia!/IL RE PASTORE: L’amerò sarò costante (both Mozart). IMs and small edge flake side two not to grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

FRANK C. STANLEY [bs] 3592. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats Victor 35009. STAR SPANGLED BANNER (Key) / HARRY MC

DONOUGH [t]. COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF THE OCEAN (Shaw). Excellent, bright copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $7.00.

ELEANOR STEELE [s] and H. HALL CLOVIS [t]. A husband and wife duet team active in the U.S. and Europe, Steele and Clovis commissioned a number of works for their programs by, among others, Milhaud, Harry T. Burleigh, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Clovis (Omaha, 1900-San Francisco, 1970?) studied with Anna Schoen-Rene at Juilliard, having won a scholarship for advanced instruction in 1925. He wed Eleanor Steele around 1929 during a period when both were singing with the Little Theatre Opera Company. Steele was likely about ten years older than Clovis. She was the daughter of Charles Steele, an extremely wealthy partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. and was a noted society belle. In 1910, she wed Count Jean de la Greze, an Attaché of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They divorced in 1920. Sometime along the line she must have studied voice, as one article mentioned that she had “appeared in opera” in France as Ellen Maurey. Nothing could be found of her musically until her debut with the Little Theater Opera Company, NYC, in 1930. Colleagues in the company included a just beginning Risë Stevens, tenor William Hain and baritone (and later theatrical producer) Arnold Spector. With the death of her mother in 1932 and her father in 1939, Mrs. Clovis became very wealthy, although no doubt the family fortune had supported their career since it began, which, as a duet team, ran from 1932 to 1941. In 1934, they purchased a 244 acre estate in Greenwich, CT. They were divorced in 1942 and he made his way to California, where he lived with Charles Lee in the former Summerland home of Leopold Stokowski. The former Mrs. Clovis, always interested in rural America, became Mrs. Emmet Reese. She and her new husband moved to Idaho to breed cattle, thus ending her career in music. She and her first husband made a small group of (now rare) 1939 French Polydor recordings.

2906. 10” Fr. Polydor 561.138 [4944HPP/5023HPP]. SO WÄHR DIE SONNE SCHEINT, Op. 37, No. 12/DER LIEBESGARTEN (Schumann). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2907. 10” Blk. Fr. Polydor 561.140 [4930½HPP/5027½HPP]. LITTLE DAVID; JOSHUA FIT DE BATTLE OB JERICHO/SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (all arr. H. T. Burleigh). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HARALD STEEN [t] 3069. 10” Opera Disc 282552/282553 [3404ab/3407ab]. FRA DIAVOLO: Paa Bjerget dybt

i Skoven (Auber)/BRUDER STRAUBINGER: Kysses er ingen Synd (Eysler). In Norwegian. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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HORACE STEVENS [bs-b] 3785. 12” Red acous. Eng. Aeolian Vocalion K-

05147 [03473/03477]. THOU’RT PASSING HENCE (Sullivan)/THE WINDMILL (Nelson). Cons. 2. $15.00.

EBE STIGNANI [ms] 1584. 12” Red/Brown Cetra 25045 [2-70032/ 2-

70036]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Ane-lante d’amore (Saint-Saëns)/LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Romanza di Pierotto (Donizetti). Orch. dir. Ugo Tansini. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ROSINA STORCHIO [s] 2317. 11” Red ‘30s Odeon HRS 1018

[XPh1502/1513]. LINDA DI CHA-MOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti)/EUGENIO GIRALDONI [b]. OTELLO: Era la notte (Verdi). Fine pressing from orig. 1906 Fonotipia matrices. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.

9323. 11” Fonotipia 92861/92775 [XPh ? /4517]. LA BOHÊME: Mimì Pinson (Leoncavallo)/LINDA DI CHAMOU-NIX: Al bel destin (Donizetti). Side two with IDA RAPPINI [ms]. Just about 1-2. $60.00.

RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b] 2078. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X334 [A1897/A1899]. FAVORITA: Vien Leonora

(Donizetti)/FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti). Minor lbl. stain side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

2111. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4007-M [A1865/A1866]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà/ZAZÀ: Zàza, piccola Zingara (Leoncavallo). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

2605. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4008-M [A1863-1/A-1889-1]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior (Thomas)/DAMNATION DE FAUST: Serenade (Berlioz). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

2080. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4028-M [A1922/A1926]. DAMNATION DE FAUST: Canzone della pulce/DAMNATION DE FAUST: Su questi rose (Berlioz). One tiny rim patina side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.

2938. 10” Purple acous. Columbia 4032-M [A1900/A1924]. NABUCCO: Chi me toglie/ NABUCCO: Dio di Giuda (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2079. 10” Blk. elec. PW Eng. Col. DB 264 [WB2527/WB2529];. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo)/ O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

9352. 11” SS U.S. Fonotipia 72102 [XPh ? ]. TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3826. 11” SS U.S. Fonotipia 72103 [XPh ? ]. TOSCA: Già, mi dicon venal (Puccini). Small lbl. stkr., IMs. One rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.

2331. 11” SS Fonotipia 92623 [XPh3849]. I VESPRI SICILIANI: In braccio alle dovizie (Verdi). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3766. 12” Gold acous. Flags Lbl. Columbia 68046-D [49215-3/49221-2]. TRAVIATA: Di Provenza/BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (both Verdi). Small lbl. stkr. side one. IMs side two. Fine surfaces, cons. 2. $15.00.

1826. 12” Gold acous. Flags Lbl. Columbia 68049-D [49180-2/49214-4]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo)/FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3718. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 9015-M [49517-1/49590-2]. THERE’S A LONG, LONG TRAIL (Elliott)/THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE (Ray). In English. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

1729. 12” Purple acous. U.S. Odeon 5043 [XXPh5001/5081]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini)/PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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1694. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5517 [XXPh5000/ 5002]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani/DON CAR-LOS: O Carlo ascolta (both Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3305. 12” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia 7355 [49180/ 49658]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo)/ CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). Side one orch. dir. Giorgio Polacco. Side two, without chorus, issued only in Europe. U.S issued version was 49968 with chorus. Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3304. 12” Blue PW elec. Eng. Columbia D18061 [WBX459/460-2]. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). With NICOLA FUSATI [t]/DON GIOVANNI: La ci darem (Mozart). With AURORA RETTORE [s]. Scarce. Small lbl. stkr. Minor superficial rubs. 2. $15.00.

ELSA STRALIA [s] 3840. 12” Purple acous. Columbia 7335 [74099/74100 ]. BOHÊME: O soave fanciulla/

MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love Duet (both Puccini). Both in English, with FRANK MULLINGS [t]. Orch. dir. Hamilton Harty. Minor superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.

SUSAN STRONG [s] 3259. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 159 [2004f/RR]. DIE JUNGE NONNE (Schubert)/

HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Side one piano acc. from orig. London G&T matrix. Side two RR (1908 London recording). Label side one autographed by Mme. Strong. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ELSIE SUDDABY [s]. Leeds, 1893-Radlett, Herts., 1980. Suddaby studied voice with Sir Edward Bairstow and made her concert debut in London, 1917. She soon became a celebrated concert and oratorio artist, appearing throughout the U.K. and in the Netherlands. Her career continued into the 1950s.

2977. 10” Blk. SR acous. HMV E.354 [Bb4053-IV/4882-I]. HARK THE ECHOING AIR/ DIDO AND AENEAS: When I am laid in earth (both Purcell). Piano acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2979. 10” Blk. PW elec. HMV E.413 [Bb7726-III/7727-I]. NYMPHES AND SHEPHERDS (Purcell)/MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn). Piano acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2187. 10” Red PW elec. HMV E.413. Same as preceding item (#2979) but slightly later Red Label pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2103. 10” Plum elec. HMV B.3212 [Bb14653-IV/16914-II]. BY THY BANKS, GENTLE STOUR (Boyce, arr. Lehmann)/THE LASS WITH THE DELICATE AIR (Arne). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $10.00.

MARIE SUNDELIUS [s] 3026. 10” Green (later ‘20s) Columbia E-2836 [43713-1/43814-1]. BLAND FJÄLLEN (Von

Heland)/HVAD JAG HAR LOFVAT DET SKALL (Swedish Folk Song). Excellent laminated surface material, cons. 2. $12.00.

CONCHITA SUPERVIA [ms] 2612. 10” PW Red Spanish Odeon 185.018 [So6046/6058]. DE LA SERRANIA (Machado)/ ¡PAJARICO TRIGUERO! (Alonso-Ardavín). Just about 1-2. $20.00. 1931. 10” PoW Parlophone-Odeon PO 51 [KI-4928-2/KI-4400-2]. FLOR Y LUZ (Vila)/AVE

MARIA (Bach-Gounod). Side one issued otherwise only on rare Spanish issue. Side two first edition. Royalties for this record were paid to the Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital (where Supervia died). Just about 1-2. $10.00.

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3035. 10” PW Australian Parlophone AR147, AR148, AR149 [SO.6060/6061, 6062/6063, 6064/6065]. SEVEN POPULAR SPANISH SONGS (de Falla). Six sides. With FRANK MARSHALL [pianist]. Discography lists take 2 for SO6063, but this is take 1 (i.e. no take number given). Good surface material. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1586. 12” Maroon PoW Parlophone-Odeon R20127 [XXP7098-1/7099-2]. CARMEN: Seguidil-la/CARMEN: Les Tringles des sistres tin-taient (Bizet). Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1583. 12” Maroon PoW Parlophone-Odeon PXO 1017 [XXPh7100-2/7101-2]. CARMEN: Card Scene (Bizet). Two sides. Orch. dir. Gustave Cloëz. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1566. 12” Maroon PoW Parlophone-Odeon PXO 1018 [XXPh6042/6043]. LA CENEREN-TOLA: Aria and Rondo Finale (Rossini). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

GLADYS SWARTHOUT [ms] 1565. 12” Late RCA Victor 12-3042. ÉLÉGIE

(Massenet)/LES CYGNES (Hahn). With Gibner King, pianist. Side one also with LEONARD ROSE [cellist]. Very scarce. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t] 1762. 12” Blk. ’08 Pats. “A” plate Victor 58390

[1266c]. JANA: Gaddù alla triste casa (Virgilio). With CARMEN MELIS [s]. Orch. dir. by the composer. Superficial rubs but little needle wear. 3-4. $60.00.

MARION TALLEY [s] 2578. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1156. THE WREN [LA CAPINERA] (Benedict)/WHEN I WAS

SEVENTEEN (Lilljebjörn). Side one with Clement Barone [flute]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t] 2789. 10” Monarch 95009 [3020-R]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto asil (Rossini). Bright label,

early “B” plate (pressing #313). Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $40.00. 2880. 10” Monarch 95010 [3021-R]. WILLIAM TELL: Corriam (Rossini). Bright lbl., early

“C” plate (pressing #688). Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $40.00. 3122. 10” Late Red VDP DR 102 [3008FT/3012FT]. ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì all’azzurro

spazio (Giordano)/TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Excellent pressing from orig. ’03 matrices. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

NINA TARASOVA [ms]. A celebrated interpreter of Russian folksongs and ballads, Tarasova, “the sensational little singer”, was an extraordinarily popular artist, particularly in the New York area. She was referred to as the “Yvette Guilbert of Russia” and would perform in costume. Her career ran from 1919 (Carnegie Hall) to 1946 (same venue). She wed Stuart Voss, whom she met while she was touring in Siberia and while he was on a U.S. Government mission. The couple had “some narrow escapes from death due to the unsettled conditions resulting from the Russian revolution”, but reached the American shore safely. They were divorced in 1942. In addition to concert performances and later night club work, Tarasova appeared in films. 2871. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 77609. THERE WERE ONCE HAPPY DAYS/THE BIRCH IN

THE MEADOW (Russian Folk Songs). Piano acc. Lazar Weiner. Weiner was a noted composer of Yiddish art songs and liturgical music. His son, Yehudi Wyner and daughter-in-law, Susan Davenny Wyner are also noted musicians. Very minor lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.

PIA TASSINARI [s] 1742. 12” Blue Cetra 25235 [2-71153/2-71154]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete

(Mascagni)/ADRIANA LECOUVEREUR: Io son l’umile ancella (Cilèa). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

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RICHARD TAUBER [t] 2773. 10” Brown PW Odeon O-4519 [Be9579/9580-

2]. DER KUHREIGEN: Zu Strassburg/ DER KUHREIGEN: Lug’ Dursel, lug’ (Kienzl). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2772. 10” Brown PW Odeon O-4521 [Be10202/ 10203-2]. FRÜHLINGSSTÜRME: Frühlings

in der Mandschurei/FRÜHLINGSSTÜRME: Traum varsunken (Jaromir Weinberger). With MARY LOSSOFF [s]. Orch. dir. Manfried Gurlitt. Few lt. mks., 2. $12.00.

2619. 10” Brown PW Odeon O-4949 [Be8597-2/ 8598-2]. LAND OF SMILES: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz/LAND OF SMILES: Immer nur lächeln (Lehár). Orch. dir. by the composer. Lt. superficial mks., 2-3. $7.00.

2753. 10” Brown PW Odeon O-4994 [Be9570-4/ 9571]. DIE BLUME VON HAWAI: Will dir die Welt zu Füssen legen/DIE BLUME VON HAWAI: Kann nicht küssen ohne Liebe! (Paul Abraham). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $12.00.

2842. 10” Blk. U.S. Odeon 10521 [Be7168-2/ 7170-2]. MARY (Kascher)/EHE AUF ZEIT: Rosen und Frau’n (Grothe). Excellent Columbia pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2615. 10” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia G-4069-M [Be9422-2/9423-1]. LA PALOMA (Yradier)/TORNA A SURRIENTO (de Curtis). In German. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2533. 10” PoW Parlophone Odeon 20556 [CE11700-1/11701-1]. ALLERSEELEN/ICH TRAGE MEINE MINNE (both R. Strauss). Piano acc. Percy Kahn. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2897. 10” Red Decca P-G-20255 [Be5796/5861-2]. DER LENZ, Op. 19, No. 5/IN MEINER HEIMAT, Op. 20, No. 2) (both Eugen Hildach). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

3733. 12” Brown acous. Odeon Rxx80748/80749 [XXB6646/6446]. BARTERED BRIDE: Es muß gelingen/BARTERED BRIDE: Nun in Lust und Leide (Smetana). Side two with ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]. Fine surface material. Tiny harmless rim scr. or patina side one, otherwise cons. 2. $15.00.

1625. 12” Gold acous. Odeon O-9019 [XXB6860/6867]. AIDA: Duett Amneris und Rhadames, 4. Akt (Verdi). Two sides. With SABINE KALTER [c]. Excellent later ‘20s pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.

2429. 12” Vinyl pressings of center-start Bell Lab Matrix SPL-386 and SPL-387 (both single-side) cut vertically at 33 1/3 rpm. Direct recording of portion of CBS broadcast from 1931 (excellent radio sound for the era). On the first disc Tauber sings A DREAM (Greig) with orchestra directed by Fritz Reiner. Reiner then conducts the Scherzo from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tauber and Reiner then chat. Tauber concludes singing Tosti’s Pour un baiser (in French, with piano), but the side ends prior to the conclusion of the piece. The second record begins with the conclusion of Pour un baiser (overlapped), followed by Tauber singing Always (Berlin) with piano in German. Reiner concludes his conducting offerings with the Fandango Asturiana (Rimsky-Korsa-kov). Ending is an ad for long distance telephoning. Not sure what sized stylus would best work with these. 0.7 (LP) seems to clear up most problems.. Condition is just about 1-2. $50.00.

MARGARETE TESCHEMACHER [s] 1759. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 4675 [2RA3911-2/3912-2]. ARABELLA: Aber der richtige/

ARABELLA: Das was sehr gut (R. Strauss). Side one with IRMA BEILKE [s]. Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

LUISA TETRAZZINI [s] 3433. 12” Red Victor 88292. CARNIVAL OF VENICE, Part 2 (Benedict). Excellent bright

pressing, few lightest rubs. What vocal brilliance! Cons. 2 $7.00. 3516. 12” Red Pats. Victrola 88301. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini).

Just about 1-2. $7.00.

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3378. 12” Red Victrola 88304. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Saper vorreste (Verdi). Another spectacular per-formance! Just about 1-2. $7.00.

3201. 12” Red Victor 88349. THE SWALLOWS (Bing-ham-Cowen). In English. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3385. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88420. TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). Text lbl. on verso. One lightest mk., just about 1-2. $8.00.

3388. 12” Silver PW Victrola IRCC 27. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor! (Verdi)/LAKMÉ: Candida Durga (De-libes). Label side one autographed by Tetrazzini. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3386. 12” Gold PW Victor HRS 1015. HIJAS DEL ZEBE-DEO: Carceleras (Chapì)/HUGUENOTS: O vago suol (Meyerbeer). From orig. 1911 Victor/1912 HMV matrices. Small rim chip side two not quite to grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

GEORGES THILL [t] 2243. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LF 76 [WL2832/

2833]. ARMIDE: Plus j’observe ces lieux (Glück). Two sides. Cons. 2. $8.00.

2191. 10” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 4218-M [CL5895/5896]. NOEL, Op. 48/EN PRIÈRE (both Fauré). Piano acc. Maurice Fauré. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

2894. 10” Blue French PW Col. LF 124 [CL3484-2/3485-2]. FRASQUITA: Des yeus très doux/ FRASQUITA: Ne t’aurais-je qu’une fois (Lehàr). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

2642. 10” Blue French Col. LF 250 [CL8381/8383]. LE TILLEUL (Schubert)/LE FONTAINE DE CARAQUET (Letorey). Late Thill recording, 1947. Piano acc. Henry Defosse. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1537. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50294-D [WLX639/768]. PARSIFAL: Une arme seule et sure/LOHENGRIN: Duet, Act 3, Elsa-Lohengrin (both Wagner). Side two with MARISE BEAUJON [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1539. 12” Blue (silver print) late PoW French Col. LFX 39. LOHENGRIN: Récit du Graal (Wagner)/ALCESTE: Air d’Admète (Gluck). Excellent very late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1784. 12” Blue (silver print) late PoW French Col. LFX 110. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi)/ WILLIAM TELL: Asile héréditaire (Rossini). Excellent very late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1801. 12” Blue (silver print) late PoW French Col. LFX 111 [WLX-1439-1/1443-1]. HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer)/LA JUIVE: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (Halèvy). Excellent very late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

3616. 12” Blue PoW Eng. Col. LFX 507 [CLX-1959-1/2016-1]. QUELLA FIAMMA CHE M’ACCENDE (Marcello)/AMARILLI (Caccini). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. One of Thill’s only three records in Italian. Fine copy, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

JOHN CHARLES THOMAS [b] 3953. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 30162 [10133]. PASSING BY (Edward Purcell). Just

about 1-2. $10.00. 2667. 10” Purple acous. Bruns. 10208. LITTLE MOTHER OF MINE (Burleigh)/DADDY

(Behrend). Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2510. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1544. MAH LINDY LOU (Strickland)/GWINE TO

HEBB’N (Jacques Wolfe). Piano acc. Lester Hodges. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2597. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1940. I HEARD A FOREST PRAYING (De Rose)/

CHILDREN OF MEN (Russell). Piano acc. Carroll Hollister. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1850. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 17639. ANDREA CHENIER: Nemico della patria

(Giordano)/OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). Orch. dir. Frank Tours. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

LUISA TETRAZZINI, a bit overdressed for the task, picking oranges in California.

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KERSTIN THORBORG [c] 2890. 10” Dk. Blue PW Odeon O-11935 [Be10381/10382]. CARMEN: Kartenszene/CAR-

MEN: Habanera (Bizet). ULC (harmless) just to grooves. One minor rub. Cons. 2. $8.00

2628. 10” Red PoW RCA Victor 2148. DIE ALLMACHT, Op. 79, No. 2 (Schubert). Two sides. With Leo Rosenek [pianist]. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1709. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 18079. KENNST DU DAS LAND? (Goethe-Wolf). Two sides. Piano acc. Leo Rosenek. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

EDNA THORNTON [c] 3130. 12” Blk. elec. HMV D.1088 [Cc7992-II/Cc6656-IX]. AN OLD GARDEN (Temple)/

MAD BESS (Purcell). Piano acc. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.

LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b] 2259. 10” Red PW (gold print)

Victor 1706. IN A PERSIAN GARDEN: Myself When Young (Lehmann)/NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $6.00.

1527. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shel-lac Victor 6587 [takes 3/2]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1855. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shel-lac Victor 7353 [takes 4/3]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini)/ BALLO IN MASCHE-RA: Eri tu (Verdi). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1849. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 7486 [3/4]. DE GLORY ROAD (Jacques Wolfe)/ EDWARD (Loewe). Piano acc. Stewart Wille. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1832. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 8124 [takes 2/5]. TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini)/ CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). With Met Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Not a rarity but a mint copy. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

1890. 12” White Victor Orth. Test matrix CVE-34930-4. FALSTAFF: E sogno? (Verdi). Baritone Vicente Ballaster had been scheduled as Ford for a special (1925) revival of Falstaff for Scotti in the title role, but illness prevented Ballester from taking the part. Tibbett, then in his second Met season singing small roles, was assigned to take Ballester’s place. After singing “E sogno?” (Ford’s Monologue) opening night, Tibbett retired to his dressing room but had to return to the stage to acknowledge the tremendous audience response. He was front page news the next day and his career was made. Tibbett recorded five takes of “E sogno” (Ford’s monologue) for Victor in 1926 but none was ever issued. The matrices were destroyed, although the metal for this take must have remained in the vault until the early 1930s as it is here pressed on a plastic material used by Victor for its pioneering 1931-32 LPs. The surface has some rubs and looks about 3 but it plays beautifully. It is one of two known copies of this recording. The other is an untrimmed shellac test of take 5, which quite amazingly I also once owned, but to my ears take 5 isn’t quite as successful as this performance. No other copies of any takes of this extraordinarily important record are known to exist. 3. $500.00.

2421. 12” Blk. vinyl (heavy plastic) Victor matrix. CS-74705-2. SHOW BOAT: Ol’ Man River (Kern). Piano acc. Stewart Wille. Recorded 16 Dec. 1932 originally as a “per-sonal record” and never commercially issued. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $100.00.

CHARLOTTE TIRARD [s] 3971. 10” Red elec. Odeon 188.704 [KI-2941-3/2942-2]. FAUST: Scène de l’Église (Gou-

nod). With ETIENNE BILLOT [b]. Orch. dir. H. Defosse. Lbl. stkrs. One tiny LSS, cons. 2. $12.00.

An early pre-mustachioed portrait of LAWRENCE TIBBETT

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ARMAND TOKATYAN [t] 3906. 12” Red Orth Victrola 7183. ANDREA

CHENIER: Improvviso (Giordano)/FAN-CIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini). Side one IMs, lt. rubs, 2-3. Side two cons. 2. $7.00.

3907. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7183. Same as previous listing (item #3906). Three small rubs, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.

3621. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7318. LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia)/L’ULTIMA CANZONE (Tosti). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

LUCIENNE TRAGIN [s]. Belgian soprano who

appeared at la Monnaie and in Paris at the Opèra- Comique, at the latter in 1931 singing Lakmé and Rosina. She was also an admired concert soprano who was on occasion accompanied on stage and recording by Francis Poulenc.

3115. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LF 66 [WLB 112/110]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce/I PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). In French. Orch. dir. Maurice Bastin. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

HELEN TRAUBEL [s] 1532. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 17480.

RUHE, MEINE SEELE, Op. 27, No. 1 (Strauss)/WIEGENLIED, Op. 105, No. 2 (Schubert). Piano acc. Coenraad V. Bos. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

3601. 12” Red late RCA VICTOR 12-3229. A REAL PIANO PLAYER (Durante)/THE SONG’S GOTTA COME FROM THE HEART (Kahn-Styne). With JIMMY DURANTE [comedian]. Quite the combo! Just about 1-2. $15.00.

WILLY TUBIANA [bs] 3121. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-847 [BS3413-II/BV266-II]. LA TRUITE, Op. 32

(Schubert)/PAYSAGE (Hahn). Piano acc. Small lbl. stkrs. Fine later ‘30s pressing. 2. $8.00.

EVA TURNER [s] 3950. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D1563 [WB1088/1089]. BECAUSE/SOMETIMES IN

MY DREAMS [both d’Hardelot). Couple MGTs, cons. 2. $12.00.

UMBERTO URBANO [b]. Livorno, 1885-1969. Not much is known of Urbano’s early years or his training. The first traced performances are 1907. His idol was Battistini, and much of that singer’s sense of style and phrasing seems to have been acquired by Urbano. He had a “matinee idol” appearance and was heard in a number of major European theaters and concert halls. He sang with “rare elegance and class”, and one writer indicated the “sheer pleasure of his tone”. Urbano’s records, particularly the rare acoustic Polydor/Schallplatte Grammophon issues, are today in considerable demand among collectors. 2114. 10” Red elec. PW Parlophon B.12081 [37492/37534]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza)/

SERENADE ESPAGNOLE (Ronald). Orch. dir. Otto Dobrindt. A few LGTs (mostly side one), 2. $15.00.

3149. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72944 [662as/916½as]. LUCIA: Cruda funesta smania (Donizetti)/GIOCONDA: Pescatore affonde (Ponchielli). Excellent copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $50.00.

3784. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72945 [651az/660az]. HAMLET: Brindisi (Thomas)/ MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Vedro mentrio sospiro (Mozart). IMs lbl. side one. Surfaces just about 1-2. $50.00.

3793. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72948 [666az/657az]. DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (Verdi)/OTELLO: Era la notte (both Verdi). Lbl. stkr. side one. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

3306. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72971 [2774as/2779as]. IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi)/ DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su queste rose (Berlioz). Harmless superficial scuffs, 3. $25.00.

ARMAND TOKATYAN

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3247. 12” Red acous. Polydor 73005 [929½az/924az]. HAMLET: Arioso (Thomas)/DON GIOVANNI: Fin ch’han dal vino (Mozart). Few superficial rubs, cons. 2-3. $30.00.

3168. 12” Red acous. Schall. Gram. 73008 [922az/923az]. LA GONDOLA NERA (Rotoli)/ PECCHÈ? (Pennino). Some LGTs, otherwise clean 2. $35.00.

JACQUES URLUS [t] 2481. 12” Blk. Schall. Gram.

042338/042339 [598m/ 2325c]. TIEFLAND: Wolf-serzählung (d’Albert)/MA-GIC FLUTE: Bildnis-Arie (Mozart). Excellent copy. Cons. 2. $75.00.

3748. 12” Blk. Schall. Gram. 65238 (044180/044181) [2138c/2137c]. AIDA: Todesduett (Verdi). Two sides. With MELANIE KURT [s]. Couple LGTs, cons. 2. $25.00.

2480. 12” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gram. H22004/H22005 [1322as/1324as]. TROVA- TORE: Ah si ben mio (Ver- di)/CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). In Dutch. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $75.00. 2410. 12” elec. Parlophone-Odeon PXO 104 [XXB.7046-3/ 7098-2]. LE CID: O souverain

(Massenet)/ LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land (Wagner). Side one in French, side two in German. His only electric recording. Some lt. superficial rubs, 2. $20.00.

VIORICA URSULEAC [s] 3046. 10” Blk. PW Polydor 62712 [5579BD/5580¾BD]. ARABELLA: Wenn’s einen gibt für

mich. With MARGIT BOKOR [s]/ARABELLA: So wie sie sind (Strauss). With ALFRED JERGER [b]. Orch. dir. Clemens Krauß. Creators’ recording (all members of the original cast, 1 July 1933). As new. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1868. 12” Yellow PoW Deut. Gram. 68125 [2351GE/2352¾GE]. CAPRICCIO: Ihre Liebe schlögl mir eingegen [Schluss-Szene] (R. Strauss). Two sides. Creator, 1942 premiere. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

ALBERT VAGUET [t]. 1865-1943. Celebrated tenor of the Paris Opéra from 1890 to 1903. A fascinating article in a 1913 issue of Musical America tells of Vaguet, whose voice was affected by problems created during a tonsillectomy, thereby causing his retirement. Said Vaguet, “I still have the voice that won me fame and fortune, fresh, full, liquid. [Tenor Victor] Capoul weeps when he hears it. But to sing through a short scene means untold torture for me! That Paris surgeon laid the nerves bare in my vocal cords, or something like that. [It would have been better had he] … cut them out entirely. I cannot say that there is no bitterness left in my heart. There is. And when I heard Caruso two years ago at the Opéra I had to leave the proscenium box because tears were streaming down my cheeks. I had to clutch at the railing to stifle the sobs that were welling up in my breast, and even those sobs gave me physical pain that burned and tore me! It is folly, but I [still have] hope. There are times when the cords seem less terribly sensitive. Last week, at [baritone Pedro] Gailhard’s, I went through almost an act of Thaïs.” In addition to Vaguet, the opera world lost his wife, Alba Chrétien-Vaguet, a celebrated soprano, who also retired in 1903 to remain at his side. Apparently Vaguet’s work for Pathé, which continued until 1927, was possible because of the short duration of time involved in making each recording. This and teaching appear to have been his main means of support.

2761. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.3361 [N201235/N201236]. QUAND L’OISEAU CHANTE (Tagliafico)/À TRIANON (Remy). Two of his only four electrically recorded sides. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

GIUSEPPE VALDENGO [t] 3696. 12” Red Cetra PI 98 [2.70438/2.70439]. LA MIA CANZONE/SOGNO (both Tosti).

Orch. dir. Tito Petralia. Just about 1-2. 15.00.

JACQUES URLUS

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FERNANDO VALERO [t]. Seville, 1854-St. Peters- burg, 1914. While his date of birth is disputed (some sources indicating 1852), he studied with Julián Gayarre’s teacher, Melchiorre Vidal and later with the younger Manuel Garcia. His debut was at the Teatro Real in Madrid, 1878, where he gave the first performance in Spain of Nadir in Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, also having given the Italian premiere. He appeared at La Scala, his debut there as Gou- nod’s Faust in 1883, as well as in Berlin, St. Petersburg, London, and North America. In 1890 he appeared as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana in Florence, shortly after the world premiere (which had featured Roberto Stagno as Turiddu). So successful was Valero in this part that he was also called upon to give the first performances in Milan and at the Metropolitan Opera, among other sites. Illness forced Valero to retire from the stage in 1902

2786. 10” Red London G&T 52718 [3925-R]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). Requires a narrow stylus (around 1.5 mil), as with many 1902-’03 G&Ts. Minor lbl. rubs (see photo in label section), some MGTs, gen. 3. $1500.00.

JEAN VALETTE [b] 3783. 12” SS Pathé White Label Test Pressing X90020

[150195]. AFRICAINE: Ballade de Nelusko (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

NINON VALLIN [s] 2003. 10” Red PW Fr. Odeon 188.573 [KI-1609-2/KI-

1749]. L’AMOUR SORCIER: Danse du Jeu d’Amour (de Falla)/JOTA (Raoul Laparra). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2755. 10” Red PW Fr. Odeon 188.580 [KI-1620-2/KI-1621-2]. SIETE CANCIONES: Segue-dille Murcienne/SIETE CANCIONES: Jota (de Falla). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1932. 10” Red PW Fr. Odeon 188.595 [KI-1752/KI-1753]. ARIETTES OUBLIEÉS: Aqua-relles; Green/FÊTES GALANTES: Mandoline (both Debussy). Piano acc. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $12.00.

1924. 10” Blk. Pathé X.93.110 [203785MCl/203787]. REDIS-MOI TOUJOURS (Lau-weryns)/ TU DEMANDES POURQUOI! (Louis Beydts). Orch. dir. G. Andolfi. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2723. 10” PW Parlophone-Odeon RO.20065 [KI-1609-2/1620-2]. L’AMOUR SOURCIER: Dance du Jeu d’Amour/SIETE CANCIONES: Sequedille Murcienne (both de Falla). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2210. 10” PoW Green Microphone Columbia P-4219-M [CPT-1264-1/1265-3]. PERUVIAN INDIAN MELODIES (harm. d’Harcourt). Group one. Two sides. With René LeRoy [flute] and Marie-Claire Jamet [harpist]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

2211. 10” PoW Green Microphone Columbia P-4220-M [CPT-1266-3/1267-1]. PERUVIAN INDIAN MELODIES [harm. d’Harcourt). Group two. Two sides. With René LeRoy [flute] and Marie-Claire Jamet [harpist]. Cons. 2. $6.00.

1662. 12” Red PoW French Odeon 123.530 [XXP6632-2/6633-2]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)/HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet). Orch. dir. Cloëz. Cons. 2. $7.00.

1544. 12” Red PW French Odéon 123.684 [XXP6963-2/6965-2]. SADKO: Chanson Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov)/LE NIL (Leroux). Both side with M. Barthalay [violinist] and Mme. d’Aleman [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1678. 12” Red PoW French Odeon 171.026 [XXP6474-2/6516]. CARMEN: Les Tringles des Sistres (Bizet)/SNEGOUROTCHKA: Chanson de Lehl, No. 3 (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

URSULA VAN DIEMEN [s] 2609. 10” PW Plum HMV EG 813 [BL3843-II/3845-II]. WALDEINSAMKEIT (Reger)/ ES

MUSS EIN WUNDERBARES SEIN (Liszt). Piano acc. Arpad Sandor. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

1807. 12” Red Scroll “Z” material Victor 11884 [CLR4209-IIA/4211-II]. LAUDATE DOMI-NUM (Mozart)/AVE MARIA (Mendelssohn). With Berlin Philharmonic Choir dir. Siegfried Ochs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

FERNANDO VALERO

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ERNEST VAN DYCK [t] 2482. 11” French Fonotipia 39099/39100

[XPh534/535]. DIE POST (Schubert)/ICH GROLLE NICHT (Schumann). Side one 2-3. Side two some LGTs, 3-4. $500.00.

3452. 11” White Columbia Fonotipia IRCC 6 [XPh535/539]. ICH GROLLE NICHT/DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME (both Schumann). From orig. 1905 Fonotipia matrices, much better surfaces than those of the ultra-rare original. Only 50 copies issued by IRCC (never re-pressed). Probably the rarest of IRCC issues. IMs. Just about 1-2. $100.00.

ARTHUR VAN EWEYK [b] 3703. 12” Blk. Pats. Victor 68327. DIE BEIDEN

GRENADIERE, Op. 40, No. 1 (Schumann)/ DAS ERKENNEN, Op. 65, No. 2 (Loewe). Piano acc. Charles Albert Baker. One TB, lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.

ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t] 3714. 12” Red GP ’06 Victor 74005 [C-2798-3].

MARTHA: Solo, profugo (Flotow). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. Very small in-ternal scr. (three or four lt. ticks), 2. $8.00.

1570. 12” Red ’08 Pats Victor 74034 [C-3027-2]. LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land (Wagner). Fine pressing, bright copy. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

JEAN ÉMILE VANNI-MARCOUX [bs-b]. Turin, 1877-Paris, 1962. His debut was as Sparafucile in Turin, 1894, at the age of 17. He continued singing until at least the age of 78 (1955), when an LP recording of Delmet songs was made for French Pathé. While his roles were mostly bass, such as Boris Godounov and Méphistophèles, he also successfully ventured into the baritone repertoire, singing Scarpia and Raphael (in Wolf-Ferrari’s I gioielli della Madonna), to cite two. In some operas he is remembered for parts in both ranges, such as Colline and Marcello in La Boheme and Arkel and Golaud in Pélleas et Mélisande. He was also the creator of several roles, including Guido Colonna in Février’s Monna Vanna (1909) and Massenet’s Don Quichotte in Paris, 1910 (although Chaliapin had been the actual creator in Monte Carlo earlier that year). In addition to his success in London, France and Italy, Vanni-Marcoux was a popular member of the Boston Opera, where he made his debut in 1912 as Golaud, Boston critic Philip Hale writing, “It was one of the most striking interpretations that I have seen on stage for the last thirty years”. His name was originally Giovanni Emilio Diogenio Marcoux and changed, upon securing French citizenship, to Jean Émile Diogène Marcoux. For professional use he used a familiar abbreviation of Giovanni and his family name, usually (but not consistently) hyphenated.- Readers are referred to the superb article on the singer accompanying the Marston CD Vanni-Marcoux set from which this information has been taken. 2976. 10” Red acous. Disque Gram. DA 677 [BL50-II/51-II]. PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE:

Ah! tout va bien/PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Une grande innocence (Debussy). IMs. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

1968. 10” PW Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 990 [BT4097-II/4096-II]. SOUPIR (Piero Coppola)/ ROMANCE ORIENTALE (Glazounoff). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Few lt. rubs, 2. $20.00.

2874. 10” PW Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 1159 [BG819-1/820-1]. LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME: Légende de la Sauge (Massenet). Two sides. Excellent laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1919. 10” PW Red elec. Disque Gram. DA 4813 [OW-1580-1/1581-1]. UN DOUX BAISER, LISETTE/MES BELLES AMOURETTES (both arr. Weckerlin). Piano acc. Lucien Petitjean. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2275. 10” White HMV VA 50 [BTR3189-II/3190-II]. BOHÊME: Vecchia zimarra (Puccini)/ DON GIOVANNI: Ah, viens à ta fenêtre (Mozart). Side one Italian, side two French. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $6.00.

2634. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7078 [OPG-1068-I/1069-I]. FANFRELUCHES; PETIT CHAGRIN/CHANSON LIBERTINE; FERMONS NOS RIDEAUX (all Delmet). Piano acc. Federico Longas. Few minor rubs side two, cons. 2. $12.00.

ERNEST VAN DYCK

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2937. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7148 [OPG-1251-I/1252-I]. LES TEMPS DES CERISES (Renard)/CHANSON DES HEURES (Privas). Piano acc. Lucien Petitjean. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.

2989. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7372 [OLA136-I/137-I]. LES LOUPS/MA LOLA (both Yvain). Both from film Sans famille. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

MIKHAIL IVANOVICH VAVICH [bs]. 1881-1931. Russian bass known for his work in operettas and singing romances. Vavich recorded for the Gramophone Company in Russia 1908-12. He left Russia following the Revolution and toured Europe and the U.S. Here he made a small group of records for Victor, 1922-25, his name transliterated on these labels as Mikel J. Wavitch. He was also a successful film actor in Hollywood, first appearing with Norma Talmadge in Graustark (1925).

2854. 10” Victor 78416. COACHMAN! SPEED TO THE RIVER BANK [TO THE HUNT]/ SPARKLING AMBER WINE (Russian Gypsy Songs). Very spirited performances. Minor rubs, 2-3. $12.00.

ALICE VERLET [s] 2030. 10” French Dog Con. Gram. 3-33678/34707

[5378h/6193u]. HUGUENOTS: Au beau pays (Meyerbeer)/PAUL PAYAN [bs], ARMAND NARÇON [bs], DELMONT, BOUSSAGOL [b]. AFRICAINE: Choeur des Evëques (Meyerbeer). Cons. 2. $10.00.

9319. 11” APGA 1064/1065. LES HUGUENOTS: Grand Air de la Reine (Meyerbeer)/ CONCERT À LA COUR: Air (Auber). Cons. 2. $35.00.

CÉSAR VEZZANI [t] 3387. 12” Purple acous. Disque Gram. Y.82 [CT278-II/827-I]. WILLIAM TELL: Asile

heréditaire (Rossini)/JUIVE: Rachel quand du Seigneur (Halévy). Couple MGTs side two, 2. $35.00.

1691. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4907 [2PG307-2/309-1]. HÉRODIADE: Duo du 1er Acte/HÉRODIADE: Duo de la Prison, 4e Acte (Massenet). With JEANNE GUYLA [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

3526. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4970 [2PG-310-2/2LA-140-1]. LOUISE: Depuis longtemps que j’habitais cette chamber (Charpentier). With JEANNE GUYLA [s] / JEANNE GUYLA [s]. GRISÉLIDIS: Il partit au printemps (Massenet). Side one just about 1-2. Side two couple MGTs, IMs, cons. 2. $20.00.

GINA CIAPARELLI VIAFORA [s] 2483. 12” Blk. Vinyl Victor mat. C-6196-2. LA BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini).

Unpublished, recorded May 15, 1908. Master was damaged which causes a “swish” about �s through (possibly improveable with some stylus experimentation), otherwise as new. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2872. 10” Red GP ’07 Victor 64094. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Harmless rubs. 2. $8.00.

JEAN VIEUILLE [b] 2094. 10” Brown elec. PW Fr. Parlophone 28.518 [95408-1/106102-2]. PAYSAGE (Hahn)/

LES BERCEAUX (Fauré). Piano acc. Jack Météhen. Small lbl. stkr. 2. $8.00.

FRANCESCO VIGNAS [t] 9305. 11” SS Fonotipia 39135 [XPh181]. STORNELLO (Amadei). Pressing No. 5. Cons. 2.

$125.00.

2484. 11” Fonotipia 69089/69090 [XPh4905-3/XPh4908]. PARSIFAL: Si, questa voce tal gli suonò/PARSIFAL: Si! Salvo e assolto (Wagner). Superficial scr. side two. Gen. 2-3. $50.00.

MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t] 2666. 10” Green PW Pathé PG 29 [CPT-1081-1/1221-1]. LA FAVORITE: Ange si pur

(Donizetti)/MIGNON: Adieu, Mignon (Thomas). Few lt. rubs, 2. $7.00. 2830. 10” Blk. Pathé PA 820 [CPT2462-1/2463-1]. DE TOUTE MA TENDRESSE

(Chagrin)/MON AMOUR (Ackermans). Orch. dir. G. Andolfi. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

MIKHAIL I. VAVICH

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RUTH VINCENT [s] 3292. 12” B&S Columbia Test, matrix 6017-1. PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau

(David). Standard B&S label (in this case with no title/artist information written or printed). 1907 British Columbia matrix. Cons. 2. $10.00.

1575. 12” TC Columbia A5077 [6017-1/6018-1X]. PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David)/LO! HERE THE GENTLE LARK (Bishop). Side two with Flute obb. by Albert Fransella. Nice copy, cons. 2. $10.00.

GENEVIÈVE VIX [s]. Le Havre,1879- Paris, 1939. Born of Dutch parents (her family name was Brouwer), Vix studied at the Nantes Conservatoire and then as a pupil of Lhérie at the Paris Conservatoire, where she won first prize for opera in 1904. Her debut was at the Paris Opéra in the premiere of Daria by Georges Marty, followed by appear- ances in the more familiar roles of Marguerite and Juliette. Her Opéra-Comique debut was in 1906 as Louise, and in 1911 she created there Conception in Ravel’s L’Heure Espag- nole. She had success in Brussels, Bordeaux, Monte Carlo, the Teatro Colón and with the Chicago Opera, among other houses. Her repertoire was varied, including Salomé and Mélisande, as well as operetta roles.

2643. 10” Green elec. Pathé X.669 [N.201787/N.201788]. GRANDU-CHESSE DE GEROLSTEIN: Voici le sabre/LA BELLE HÉLÈNE: Dis-moi Venus (both Offenbach). One of her only two electric recordings, I believe (the other on Ultraphone). Just about 1-2. $25.00.

FRITZ VOGELSTROM [t] 2485. 11” Blue Odeon X.51069/X.52596

[XB5617-2/XB5460]. LA JUIVE: Passahfeir und Gebet des Eléazar (Halévy)/KARL ERB [T] IPHINEGIE AUF TAURIS: Arie des Pylades (Gluck). IMs, surfaces as new. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3843. 12” Blk. Homokord 8052 [50539/ 50540]. FREISCHÜTZ: Durch die Wälder (von Weber). Two sides. Nice bright copy. One TB, cons. 2. $15.00.

LOUISE B. VOIGT [s]. Apparently from New York, Louise Voigt had a series of “concert triumphs" in Berlin and had been offered “a most advantageous” contract from the Berlin Royal Opera, as well as by Conried for the Metropolitan. She chose not to accept these offers because of the death of her husband, after which she retired for a period. In resuming her career, primarily in the Midwest U.S., it was as an oratorio soloist and as a guest with the large German Sängerfests. At one such event it was noted that her voice carried “to absolute perfection… over a chorus of 5000 in fortissimo”(!). In 1913, she was guest soloist at a special fund raising concert at the Armory on 25th St. and Lexington Avenue in New York where “twelve to fourteen thousand people” heard her sing “Dich theure Halle” with Victor Herbert conducting an orchestra comprised of 150 principal players from the NY Philharmonic, NY Symphony, Metropolitan Opera and the Victor Herbert Orchestra. “Mme. Voigt’s voice easily filled the immense auditorium,” noted a reviewer, “and she was warmly applauded”. Her only recordings are two sides for Victor. [Quotes from period newspaper/magazine articles.] 3574. 12” Blk. Victor 68473. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle (Wagner)/FREISCHÜTZ:

Leise, leise, fromme Weise (von Weber). IMs. Couple very tiny scrs. side two, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.

EVA PLASCHKE VON DER OSTEN [s] 3383. 12” Blk. Dog Mon. Gram. 044183/044184 [2304c/2305½c]. ROSENKAVALIER: Eist

ein Traum/ROSENKAVALIER: Mit ihren Augen (Strauss). With MINNIE NAST [s]. Creators in Dresden World Premiere, 1911. One small scr. side two, otherwise really perfect early heavy pressing. Just about 1-2. $35.00.

GENEVIÈVE VIX

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ÅKE WALLGREN [b]. Resteröd, Sweden, 1873-Stockholm, 1939. Wallgren’s debut was in 1898 as Tonio in Pagliacci. Subsequently he was a member of the Stockholm Royal Opera from 1900-1934, occasionally singing as a baritone but primarily bass. Parts in his repertoire of over eighty roles included King Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Colline (La Boheme), Boris (Boris Godounov) and Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger) and Germont (La Traviata). From Richard T. Soper’s invaluable book, Nordic Voices. 3082. 10” Blk. Notes Columbia E388 [41362-1/41363-1]. NÄR STERNEHAVET BLÄNKER

[WHEN THE SEA OF STARS IS SHINING] (A. Körling)/TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi). Piano acc. In Swedish. Side one just about 1-2. Side two minor NR on lbl., few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.

RAOUL (spelled REAUL on the label) WALTER [t]. Vienna, 1865–Munich, 1917. Dr. Walter was originally a law student, where he received his Doctorate. He studied with his father, the famed 19th century tenor Gustav Walter, and made his debut in operetta in 1888. He then became successful in opera and appeared in a number of German and Austrian houses in roles ranging from Manrico to Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte. His few G&Ts are very scarce. 2869. 10” Blk. Munich 3-42855/3-42856 [3194r/3193r]. MIGNON: Romanze d. Wilhelm

Meister (Thomas)/COSI FAN TUTTE: Arie des Ferrando (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $75.00.

ERIKA WEDEKIND [s] 3678. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 53464/43713 [197r/

198r]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi)/BAR-BIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Arie der Rosina (Rossini). Side one in Italian, side two in German. Side one some greying and one LSS, 4. Side two some LGTs, 3-4. $50.00.

EMMERICH WEILL [bs]. Vienna, 1901-1976. Beginning his career in 1925, he experienced great success in Frankfurt, 1926, as Daland in The Flying Dutchman. He changed his name around 1933 to Albert Emmerich, using this for the remainder of his career, which continued into the 1950s. Weill appeared at most of the major German opera centers, including Bayreuth (1935-42), as well as in Zürich (1937, in the premiere of Alban Berg’s Lulu) and at La Scala. I believe the item below is his only 78.

3396. 12” PW Blue Polydor 95248 [1554BM/1560BM]. MAGIC FLUTE: O Isis und Osiris/MAGIC FLUTE: In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Mozart). Orch. dir. Manfred Gurlitt. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

LJUBA WELITSCH [s] 2972. 10” PoW Eng. Blue Columbia LB 124 [co42325/co42326]. DON GIOVANNI: Don

Ottavio! Son morta!/DON GIOVANNI: Or sai, chi l’onore (Mozart). Side one with ALESSIO DE PAOLIS [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

REINALD WERRENRATH [b] 3042. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 5861. LET US HAVE PEACE (Groff-Ball). Scarce. Just about

1-2. $10.00. 2817. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 17179. ALLERSEELEN (Strauss)/ZUR RUH’, ZUR RUH’!

(Wolf). In German. Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.

2546. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1595. HOMING (del Riego)/LAST NIGHT (Kjerulf). One of a small group of Victor records (including McCormack’s TICK-TICK-TOCK) issued in 1930 and almost immediately discontinued. Just about 1-2. $40.00.

3717. 12” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 31740. THE TWO GRENADIERS (Schumann). His first Victor solo recording (1909) under his own name. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

CAROLINA WHITE [s] 2115. 10” TC Columbia A1591 [39341-2/39342-1]. A BIRTHDAY (Woodman)/I HEAR A

THRUSH AT EVE (Cadman). IMs. Cons. 2. $12.00. 3422. 12” Crème Notes Disco Doble Columbia S5036 [30870-2/30560-1]. ROBERT LE

DIABLE: Tu che adoro/JOSÉ MARDONES [bs]. ROBERT LE DIABLE: Scene e evocatione (Meyerbeer). Side one cons. 2. Side two cons. 2-3. $10.00.

ERIKA WEDEKIND

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CLARENCE WHITEHILL [b] 2293. 10” Red ’12 Pats. “A” Plate Victor 64279. BEDOUIN LOVE SONG (Pinsuti). Few

lightest mks., cons. 2. $7.00. 3354. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74364 [take 4]. THAÏS: Voilà donc la terrible cite

(Massenet). This take issued only in U.S. Bright copy, cons. 2. $15.00.

WALTER WIDDOP [t] 3321. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 1566 [Cc20228-I/Cc20227-II]]. ACIS AND GALATHEA: Love in

Her Eyes Sits Playing/ACIS AND GALATHEA: Love Sounds the Alarm (Händel, arr. Mozart). Orch. dir. Lawrance Collingwood. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

HELENE WILDBRUNN [s] 3345. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 38008 [1101as/1103as]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE:

Liebestod/SIEGFRIED: Ewig war ich (both Wagner). One LSS, cons. 2. $25.00. 1540. 12” Red Schall. Grammophon 72713 (043312/043335) [778as/1104as].

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni)/TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $100.00.

EVAN WILLIAMS [t] 2770. 10” Blk. GP ’08 Victor 5551. MARITANA: Let Me Like a Soldier Fall (Wallace). This is

issued under a nom-du-disque, WILLIAM T. EVANS. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2292. 10” Red Pats. Victor 64078 [take 4]. A DREAM (Bartlett). The second of three issued

takes. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2973. 10” Red Victrola 64650. ELIJAH: Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth

(Mendelssohn). VrBk. IMs. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2524. 10” Red acous. Victrola 870. YN LACH TI GUMRI [ADIEU TO DEAR CAMBRIA]/Y

DERYN PUR [THE DOVE] (Old Welsh songs). In Welsh. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

HAROLD WILLIAMS [b] 1626. 12” Blk. acous. English Columbia 949 [AX108/109]. SONGS OF THE FLEET: Sailing

at Dawn/The Song of the Sou’wester (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford). With Male Quartet and London Symphony conducted by the composer. Couple harmless patinas, one small lbl. stain, cons. 2. $15.00.

EBBA WILTON [s]. 1896-1951. From the evidence of her fourteen records (all made early in her career), Ebba Wilton was the greatest soprano ever to emerge from Denmark. She had a fully developed coloratura facility, demonstrated, in particular, on her recordings of arias from La Fille du Régiment and Die Zauberflöte, but it is the ravishing sweetness of her tone that makes all her records so enjoyable. Her career, mostly in Demark, was from 1924 through 1949. – Prof. Stanley Henig (from Historic Masters notes).

2453. 12” Blk. acous. HMV M.97 [CT1364-I/1365-II]. DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Il faut partir/DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT: Chacun le sait (Donizetti). In Danish. Most minor lbl. crayon mks. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

FRITZ WINDGASSEN [b] 3933. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62498 [2099ak/2104ak]. ÜBER NACHT/HEIMWEH (both

Hugo Wolf). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.

MAREK WINDHEIM [t] Warsaw, 1895-New York City, 1960. Windheim gave up a career in business to study singing and acting in Vienna, where he made his acting debut in 1914 and singing debut in Teplitz, 1915, also appearing in Prague. He came to the U.S. in the earlier 1920s and was rejected by Ziegfeld as being “too small” (he was barely five feet). He was more successful in a Metropolitan Opera audition and sang there mostly in secondary parts from 1928 to 1936, his particular success having been Mime in Siegfried. A second career then commenced in Hollywood through 1946, where he played character parts, usually “excitable personalities, such as headwaiters and hotel clerks, often sporting a fake French accent”, in 27 films including Ninotchka (1939.) Madame Curie (1943) and The Razor’s Edge (1946).

2618. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 18290-F [W109667-3/109668-1]. ANGELA MIA (Pollack)/PRZEPIL OJCIEC, PRZEPIL JA [FATHER DRANK, I DRANK] (Polish Folksong). Cons. 2. $15.00.

HERMANN WINKELMANN [t]. 1848-1912. 2116. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 149. MEISTERSINGER: Preislied/TANNHÄUSER: Lied an

die Venus (both Wagner). RR from 1906 Viennese G&Ts. Winkelmann, particularly associated with the Wagner repertoire, created the role of Parsifal at Bayreuth, 1882. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

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JOSEPH WINOGRADOFF [b] 3166. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68570. A CHAZ’N’S DEBUT IN A KLEIN SHTEDELE/DER

CHUSID, DER MISNAGID, UND DER ARISTOCRAT (both arr. Winogradoff-Nathan-iel Shilkret). Great record! Small NS first ½” side two, lt. rubs, gen. 2. $8.00.

HERBERT WITHERSPOON [bs] 2109. 10” Red Victor 64533. ROSE-

MARIE (Weatherly-Molloy). Un-common. Only form of issue. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.

2204. 10” Red Victor 64534. OFF TO PHILADELPHIA (Old Irish Air). Again, only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1516. 12” Red ’08 Pats “A” plate Victor 74145. MEISTERSINGER: Was düftet doch der Flieder (Wagner). Never doubled. Witherspoon sang several Wagner roles at the Met during the seasons of 1908-16, including King Marke, Fasolt, Gurnemanz, Titurel, and Pogner, among others. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1517. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74144. PARSIFAL Char-Freitags Zauber (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.

3431. 12” Red Victrola 74513. SCIPIO: Hear Me! Ye Winds and Waves! (Händel). And yet again, only form of issue. Short catalogue life. Very minor lbl. stain, 2. $8.00.

MARCEL WITTRISCH [t] 2637. 10” Red Electrola DA-4407 [OD-1362-2/1361-2]. TRAVIATA: De’ miei bollenti

(Verdi)/TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). Side two with MARGARETE KLOSE [c]. Looks new, as should most “just about 1-2” listings. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2754. 10” Brown HMV EG 6146 [ORA-2394-II/2395-I]. MONDNACHT IN VENEDIG (Curci)/HÖR MEIN LIED, VIOLETTA (Luckesch). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Side two based on a theme from Verdi’s La Traviata. Just about 1-2. $10.00.

1797. 12” Plum PW Electrola EH 734 [2D747-1/748-1]. HUGUENOTS: Valentin-Raoul Duet, Act II (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With MARGARETE TESCHEMACHER [s]. Orch. dir. Erich Orthmann. Excellent copy of this great rarity and gorgeous performance. Deleted very shortly after issue, a result of Meyerbeer being Jewish. HMV issued a dubbed version of this some twenty years after its original issue. Cons. 2. $50.00.

1510. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 4538 [2RA2895-II/2896-I]. BARTERED BRIDE: Mit der Mutter sank zu grabe (Smetana). Two sides. With MARGARETE TESCHEMACHER [s]. One harmless rub line, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.

3710. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 11826 [2D1336-II/1337-II]. FIDELIO: Mir ist so wunder-bar (Beethoven). Two sides. With ERNA BERGER [s], HENRIETTE GOTTLIEB [s], WILLY DOM-GRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. Orch. dir. Fritz Zweig. Wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

OTTO WOLF [t] 2925. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62440 [1450ax/1451ax].

GESANG WEYLAS/FUSSREISE (both Hugo Wolf). Piano acc. IMs. Top portion of label covered for import purposes. Surface as new. Just about 1-2. $25.00.

OTTO WOLF as Siegfried

HERBERT WITHERSPOON

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ERNST WOLFF [baritone/pianist]. Baden-Baden, Germany, 1905-New York,1992. Wolff emigrated to Canada in 1933 and then was brought to the U.S. in 1935 by Kurt Weill and Max Reinhardt as assistant musical director of Weill’s Eternal Road (1935). In Germany he had worked with Hindemith and was Director of the Opera School at Hoch’s Conservatory as well as director of the Frankfort-am-Main Opera, 1928-33. In the later 1930s and 1940s he was particularly active in the New York area as a pianist, accompanist, and master class conductor. During the same period, Ernst Victor Wolff (1886-1961), a German born pianist and harpsi- chordist, also began his American performance and recording career in the later 1930s. I mention this only as they are occasionally confused or erroneously considered the same person.

2189. 10” PW Blue Col. Master Works 4210-M [co 22061-2/22062-2]. DER ABSCHIED; DER KUSS (Beethoven)/DIE RECHTE STIMMUNG; WECHSEL; GLÜCK (Telemann). Self-accompanied. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2829. 10” PW Blue Col. Master Works 4132-M [co18893-1/18894-2]. SCH’MA ISRAEL; HASHKIVENU/V’SCHOMRU (Traditional Hebraic Prayers, arr. Wolff). Self-accompanied. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

ELLEN BEACH YAW [s]. Boston, NY, 1869-Covina, CA, 1947. Yaw began her career as a dramatic soprano, but her high notes were discovered and she then converted to a lyric-coloratura. In England, she created the leading role at the Savoy Theater in London, 1899, in Sir Arthur Sullivan’s The Rose of Persia. Further studies with Mathilde Marchesi in Paris did much to develop her trill and technical security. She then made her de- but in Rome, 1905, as Lucia under the name Elena Elvanna. Her sole Metropolitan Opera appearance in 1908 was also as Lucia during a period when the Met was attempting to find coloratura competition for the Manhattan Opera’s Luisa Tetrazzini. Reviewers seemed more taken by Yaw’s slender figure than her voice, one mentioning that she appeared as a “spilled saucer of milk” when she, in Lucia’s white garments, collapsed on stage after the “Mad Scene”. This is something that the competing full bodied Tetrazzini could not duplicate, but neither could Yaw, with her “wispy” high notes, emulate the Italian diva’s solid upper tones and technique. In an interview, Yaw claimed that she had been offered a three year contract by the Metropolitan but, expecting an engagement at the Vienna Hofoper, “was compelled to decline it.” Her career in concert, however, was lengthy, and her recording activity, begun for Berliner in 1899, included a recording for Co-Art as late as 1947. She was married to a cowboy-turned-Boston University Law School graduate in 1907 and settled in Covena, CA, where a number of sites were named in honor of “Lark Ellen”, including the “Lark Ellen Newsboys Home”, the “Lark Ellen Bowl”. “Lark Ellen Grammar School”, “Via Elena”, and the “Lark Ellen Fountain of the Birds”, as well as her own residence, the “Lark Ellen Ranch”. I wonder if any of these still exist?

2400. 12” Mauve AGSB 202. LE MARIAGE DE JEANNETTE: Le chante du Rossignol (Massé)/LE TIMBRE D’ARGENT: Le Bonheur est chose légère (Saint-Saëns). From orig. 1907 Victor matrices. Side two issued otherwise only on very limited HRS edition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

NATALIA ERMOLENKO YUZHINA [s]. Kiev, 1881-Paris, 1937. Having studied in Kiev and St. Petersburg, with Paul Vidal in Paris and in Italy as well, Ermolenko made her debut in Kiev as Lisa in Tschaikowsky’s Pique Dame. She quickly became a leading soprano in Russia, appearing at the Bolshoi, in St. Peterburg, as well as abroad at La Scala and in Paris. In 1906 she married tenor David Yuzhin and from there on took his name professionally. She was the first to sing Elektra (Strauss) in Russia. In the 1920s, Yuzhina emigrated to Paris and was associated there with Russian opera performances that included her colleagues Chaliapin and Smirnov. Hers was truly one of the grand soprano voices of the period. Her vast, diverse repertoire encompassed Violetta in La Traviata through Sieglinde in Die Walküre.

2658. 10” Blue Mus-Trust 18049 (2-23417/3-22814) [8662L/7765L]. DUBROVSKY: Masha’s Arioso, “Joyous Silence”/ALEXANDR M. DAVIDOV [t]. DUBROVSKY: O give me oblivion (Napravnik). Couple MGTs side one, 2-3. Side two small PB, gen. 2. $35.00.

ELLEN BEACH YAW

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2958. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Gram. Con. 2-24024/2-24027 [7190L/7196L]. HUGUENOTS: Act IV Duet (Meyerbeer)/MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto). Both with DAVID YUZHIN [t]. A few greyed grooves, otherwise clean 2-3. $35.00.

RENATO ZANELLI [b, later t]. All records below as a baritone except the final item. 2799. 10” Red Victrola 64922.

LA WALLY: T’amo ben io! (Catalani). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2581. 10” Red Victrola 64923. O PRIMAVERA (P. A. Tirindelli). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

2139. 10” Red Victrola 66055. SOGNO (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.

1984. 10” Red Victrola 877. LA WALLY: T’amo ben io! (Catalani)/O PRIMA-VERA (Tirindelli). Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2588. 10” Red Victrola 881. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

3494. 12” Red Victrola 74622. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Cons. 2. $8.00. 1848. 12” Red Victrola 74747. AVE MARIA (Luigi Luzzi). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1857. 12” Red Orth. “Z” type Victor 7020 [CM971-II/972-I]. OTELLO: Dio! mi

potevi/OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). First “Z” type shellac pressing I’ve found of this. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

ERMA ZÁRSKA [s]. Zárska, a Bohem- ian soprano, appeared at the Met the season of 1915-1916. A note of advance publicity indicated that she was 24 and that she had already appeared at the major houses in Prague, Berlin and Vienna. Her New York roles were listed as Aida, Tosca and Elsa. Her debut, Elsa in Lohengrin, wasn’t a success, the result, as explained in the NY Times, of “a severe cold”, and her voice having “dwindled to slight proportions” by the end of the opera. Other journals were far less charitable. After a respite of several weeks, Zárska returned to the stage as Santuzza, a role she successfully repeated twice more before returning to Europe. Early in 1915, she made what appear to be her only recordings, a few sides for Columbia.

2110. 10” Green acous. Columbia E3356 [43856-1/43857-1]. HUBICKA: Ukolébavka (Smetana)/RUSAL-KA: Song to the Moon (Dvorák). Side one cons. 2. Side two three small rubs, otherwise cons. 2 as well. $10.00.

EVGENIYA I. ZBRUYEVA [c]. 1868-1936. 2656. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Con. Gram. 2-23687/2-23688 [16700b/16738b]. SNOW

MAIDEN: Said the cloud to the thunder (Rimsky-Korsakov)/AVE VERUM (Mozart). Small scr. side two, gen. 2. $30.00.

RENATO ZANELLI and a drawing of himself. "That's me?!"

ERMA ZÁRSKA

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A. ZELINSKAYA [s] 3088. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 4066. THE MERMAID: Olga’s Song (Dargomyzsky)/SNOW

MAIDEN: Clouds Plotted With Thunder (Rimsky-Korsakov). Cons. 2. $10.00.

GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t] 9333. 11” Fonotipia 392432/392442

[XPh1611/1617]. ANDREA CHEN-IER: Improvviso (Giordano)/ PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Brilliant voice in ideal repertoire. Cons. 2. $30.00.

9355. 11” Fonotipia 62012/62013 [XPh2414/2415]. GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo/ GIOCONDA: O grido di quest’ anima (Ponchielli). Both sides with PASQUALE AMATO [b]. Piano acc. Scarce, particularly in top condition. Just about 1-2. $50.00.

9301. 11” Fonotipia 92206/92207 [XPh3392/3385]. TRAVIATA: De’ miei bollenti spiriti/ TRAVIATA: Questa donna conoscete (Verdi). Wonderful copy. One tiny harmless mk., just about 1-2. $40.00.

2312. 11” Fonotipia 92309/92310 [XPh ? / ? ]. AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi)/OTELLO: Venga la morte! (both Verdi). With ESTER MAZZO-LENI [s]. Side one pieces torn from label (although most of print area is intact), 2-3. Side two slight mar-ginal lbl. tears, 2. $15.00.

2308. 11” SS Fonotipia 92608 [XPh4049]. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre addio (Verdi). Cons. 2. $12.00.

2332. 11” SS Fonotipia 92780 [XPh4698]. TOSCA: O dolci mani (Puccini). With ESTER MAZZOLENI [s], who has signed matrix but has not been given label credit. Just about 1-2. $12.00.

2330. 11” Fonotipia 92805/92806 [XPh4694/ ? ]. LA GIOCONDA: Dai carcere m’hai tratto/GIOCONDA: Ebben, corri al tuo voto (Ponchielli). Both with ESTER MAZZOLENI [s]. Couple MGTs, 2. $15.00.

2319. 11” Fonotipia 92817/92818 [XPh ? / ? ]. BOHÊME: Sono andati/BOHÊME: Tornò al nido (Puccini). Both with LINDA CANNETTI [s]. Small lbl. stkr. One tiny LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.

3937. 11” Fonotipia 92827/92828 [XPh ? / ? ]. AIDA: Già i sacerdoti adunansi/ AIDA: Misero appien mi festi (Verdi). With ELISA BRUNO [ms]. One small harmless PB. Cons. 2. $20.00.

2318. 11” Fonotipia 92841/92842 [XPh4071-2/ ? ]. TROVATORE: Tace la notte … deserta sulla terra (Verdi). With PASQUALE AMATO [b]/CANZONETTA [STAR VICINO] (Salvator Rosa). Side two piano acc. Scarce. Stamped orig. dealer info. on lbl. Side one 3-4. Side two 3. $25.00.

2321. 11” Fonotipia 92851/92852 [XPh ? / ? ]. FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ch’ ella mi creda/FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Sono Ramerez (Puccini). One TB, very lt. rubs, 2. $35.00.

3314. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 7314. CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). Two sides. With MARIA GAY [c]. In Italian. Scarce original. Such a passionate performance! Small lbl. stkr. Excellent copy with minor rub, cons. 2. $15.00.

NICOLA ZEROLA [t] 2125. 10” Blue Victor 45219. L’ALBA NASCENTE (Parelli)/OTELLO: Ora e per sempre

addio (Verdi). One MGT, 2. $15.00. 2096. 10” Green PW Victor HRS 2006. SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei, v’arrestate (Saint-

Saëns)/RICCARDO MARTIN [t]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Amore o grillo (Puccini). From orig. 1910 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

GIOVANNI ZENATELLO as Edgardo in Lucia

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78 rpm Vocal Album Sets MINIMUM BID AS STATED PER ITEM.

RECORD SIZE INDICATED

1498. JOHN MC CORMACK MEMORIAL. I’m delighted to be able to offer this year another copy of this deluxe 10” record mauve label AGS Set pressed by HMV and

produced by Addison Foster in the early 1950s, AGSA 46-63. Three six-record deluxe padded albums (gold print on green) in a hardboard slipcase with notes. A number of the sides were otherwise unissued and are available here as the first and only 78 rpm editions. Despite mention to the contrary in the superb Worth-Cartwright discography, it is my understanding through papers I once saw in the late Addison Foster's home that while 150 copies of each of the records were pressed, only 100 boxed sets were issued. The remaining fifty single items of each issue were sold as single copies after Foster's death. Case, albums and records are as new, 1-2. $500.00.

1499. FLORENCE EASTON [s] SONG RECITAL. IRCC 211, 212 [both 12”] and 213 [10”]. In original album which Florence Easton autographed. An extremely rare

limited edition of, I believe, fifty. Recorded 1939 at the Juilliard School. Piano acc. Lester Hodges. Music of Strauss, Brahms, Wolf, Schumann and Sullivan. Sides range from just about 1-2 to cons. 2 (few lightest rubs). $150.00.

1500. NINA KOSHETZ [s]. ELEVEN RACHMANINOFF SONGS. 12” PW Schirmer (pressed by Columbia) Set 16. Four records. With Celius Dougherty (pianist). Just about 1-2. $80.00.

1492. MARIAN ANDERSON [c]. FRAUENLIEBE UND LEBEN, Op. 42 (Schumann).

RCA Victor Set DM-1458 [12-3040 and 12-3041]. Four sides. With Franz Rupp [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.

1490. RICHARD CROOKS [t]. “SCHUBERT SONGS”. RCA Victor Set M-1067 [12-

9251 through 12-9253]. Six sides. Excerpts from DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN, Op. 25. With FRANK LA FORGE (pianist). The complete opus was recorded in the 1930s but these are the only discs to have been issued (in 1946). From just about 1-2 to cons. 2. $20.00.

1491. MARIA KURENKO [s]. “TSCHAIKOWSKY RECITAL”. PW Gold Victor Set M-678 [10” 2093-2094 and 12” 16817-16818]. Eight sides. With Sergei Tarnowsky [pianist]. From just about 1-2 to cons. 2. $20.00.

NINA KOSHETZ FLORENCE EASTON

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78 rpm CHORAL RECORDINGS METROPOLITAN OPERA CHORUS dir. GIULIO SETTI 3221. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9334. GIOCONDA: Marinaresca/GIOCONDA: Feste! Pane!

(Ponchielli). With Met. Op. Orchestra. Just about 1-2. $7.00.

ESCOLANIA (BOYS CHOIR) DEL MONASTERIO DE MONTSERRAT [300 voices]/CAPILLA DEL MONASTERIO DE MONTSERRAT. Both dir. P. ANSELMO FERRER 3720. 12” PW Green elec. Spanish Disco Gramófono AF 164 [CJ3464-I/CS2642-I].

VIROLAI (J. Verdaguer y J. Rodoreda)/SALVE MONTSERRATINA (A. Nicolau). With organ. Recorded in the Montserrat Monasterio Basilica. Cons. 2. $10.00.

CAPILLA DEL MONASTERIO DE MONTSERRAT. dir. P. ANSELMO FERRER 3722. 12” PW Blk. elec. Spanish Disco Gramófono AB 600 [CJ3476-2/3477-II]. SALVE

SOLEMNE (Pérez Moya). Two sides. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.

LYRIC QUARTET 3152. 12” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 35209. THE ROSE MAIDEN: Bridal Chorus (Cowen)/THE

MILLER’S WOOING [A CHORAL BALLAD] (Faning). Scarce. Cons. 2. $7.00.

ORFEÓ CATALÁ DE BARCELONA dir. LLUIS MILLET 3437. 12” Red HMV DA 21075 [CJ1850-I/CJ1851-I]. LA MORT DE L’ESCOLÁ [DEATH OF

A NOVICE] (Nicolau). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.

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