Early recordings of German male singers Vol. 4 – The 2-42000 series (of Gramophone catalogue numbers) - Irving S. Gilmore collection (24)

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Irving S. Gilmore collection – digitally prepared by Emilio (24) Early recordings of German male singers Vol. 4 – The 2-42000 series (of Gramophone catalogue numbers) - Irving S. Gilmore collection (24) --- PS. One female singer is in this volume… The Irving S. Gilmore Collection at the Yale University gives a tremendous amount (ca. 600 !) of 7 inch / 17 cm recordings from the early days of recording. It contains mainly Berliner records or early Gramophone &Typewriter records and can be found at https://yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/213 The seven inch format was the first to be used in the early days of recording since ca. 1896 (before that there were also 5 inch records in the USA). Berliner Records started with this format in Europe in 1899. 1902 the 10 inch format came up and soon afterwards the 12 inch format, which both succeeded soon the 7 inch records with about only 2 minutes recording time. 7 inch records were made until ca. 1906. Many of these records are very rare today, and some are sold, if they turn up, between 50 and 1000 Euro (or Dollar) for a piece. It is an opportunity that they are to be found in the internet, so that everyone can listen to them. Pl…

Directors & creators

Hermann WINKELMANN – Tenor, Franz NAVAL – Tenor, Leo SLEZAK – Tenor, Erik SCHMEDES – Tenor, Fritz SCHRÖDTER – Tenor, Leopold DEMUTH – Bariton, Alexander HAYDTER – Bass-Bariton, Carl NEBE – Bass, Richard MAYR – Bass, Wilhelm HESCH – Bass, Marie KNÜPFER-EGLI – Sopran

Subjects

Irving S. Gilmore Collection, Gramophone & Typewriter, early recordings before 1908, 2-42000s catalogue numbers

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