Polonaise (Mignon)

About this film

The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for June 2017: Blanche Arral (10 October 1864 - 3 March 1945) According "Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound" by Frank Hoffmann, the Belgian soprano Blanche Arral (born Clara Lardinois), recorded 48 titles on cylinder for Bettini between 1898 and 1899, and nine cylinders for Edison nine years later in 1908, as well as eight numbers for Victor in 1909. It is said that Edison was particlarly fond of her voice. First, this song was released as a wax Amberol cylinder and was a few years later re-issued on Blue Amberol (celluloid) cylinder.

Directors & creators

Blanche Arral

Subjects

cylinder record, blue amberol, edison, opera, soprano, belgian

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