Record collectors, archivists, and music historians will welcome the second volume of The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, bringing the history and comprehensive catalog of the Victor Talking Machine Company through the year 1907, when the Matrix Numbering system, inaugurated in April, 1903 had reached number 4999. This volume gives full details of all Victor recordings made during this period, including the early records of such artists as Caruso, Melba, Schumann-Heink, Farrar, Scotti, Homer, Sembrich, Calve, Gadski, Plancon, and many others. Also includes are all...
Record collectors, archivists, and music historians will welcome the second volume of The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, bri...
This memoir presents the reminiscences of Blanche Arral, the Belgian singer whose love for adventure led her to travel the world concertizing rather than singing in the major opera houses a choice that caused her to be soon forgotten. In her stories, recorded by translator Ira Glackens, she reveals
This memoir presents the reminiscences of Blanche Arral, the Belgian singer whose love for adventure led her to travel the world concertizing rather t...
From 1924 until his death in 1934, Herman Klein contributed a monthly essay, The Gramaphone and the Singer, to The Gramaphone magazine. His comments on early recordings that remain can get a glimpse of what singers such as Patti and Lind sounded like more than a century ago.
From 1924 until his death in 1934, Herman Klein contributed a monthly essay, The Gramaphone and the Singer, to The Gramaphone magazine. His comments o...