The 2014-15 List Corrections

2014-2015 List Corrections & ADDENDA
Corrections are mostly for matters of substance. Extra dashes, incorrect commas, missing
parentheses, obvious spelling errors and so on aren’t included (although I indeed apologize
for them).
Page 29, Item 4432. FEODOR D. AVGUSTOV [b]. The same record is listed on page 37 under F. D.
AVGUSTOV with a slightly different grading and a lower minimum bid. I’d suggest the grading for the
first listing, “Bright label, cons. 2-3” and the lower of the two minimum bids, $40.00.
Page 31, Item 4117. ALDA, CARUSO, JOURNET. Minimum bid (not listed) should be $7.00.
Page 39 , Item 1245. GIUSEPPINA BALDASSARE-TEDESCHI [s]. Not Baldassarrre. Second title
should be ADRIANA [not ANDREA] LECOUVREUR
Page 41, Item 2530. MARIA BARRIENTOS [s]. Missing second side selection is LA TRAVIATA: Ah,
fors’ è lui (Verdi)
Page 48 , Item 4201. RAFAEL BEZARES [t]. Missing record number is 52184.
Page 49, Item 2049. JUSSI BJOERLING [t]. Composer should be HYE [not HYDE]-KNUDSEN.
Page 49, Item 2170/. JUSSI BJOERLING [t] as ERIC ODDE. HMV Number should be X.4134.
Page 55, Item 1359. HERMINE BOSETTI [s]. Singer on the reverse is MITZI FINK [s] (not Minnie
Nast).
Page 56, Item 1753. SOPHIE BRASLAU [c]. Victor catalogue number should be 64478 {not 64428).
Page 63 , Item 2423. ROSA CALIGARIS [s]. G&T catalogue number should be 053013 (not 053012).
Page 71 , Item 2953. FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]. Historic Masters (not Masers).
Page 72 , Item 3444. FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]. VINCENZO (not VICENZO) BELLEZZA.
Page 72 , Item 3738. FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]. CEDRIC (not CEDIC) SHARPE.
Page 77, Item 2682. FLORENCIO CONSTANINO [t], ALICE NIELSEN [s]. TRAVIATA: Un di
felice (Verdi). Matrix number should be C-6149-2 (not 6147-2).
Page 77. FRANCESCO CONTI [t]. “… while [not which] singing in Palermo …”
Page 78. FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b], List item number missing for the first Corradetti listing. It
is Item #9020.
Page 87 , Item 3133. PETER DAWSON [bs-b]. TO THE FORST [should be FOREST]
Page 87 , Item 3335. INES DE FRATE [s]. 12’ Blk. Pe [should be Pre]-Dog
Page 90, Item 9109. JEAN DELMAS [bs]. Item 9109. The word “Gold” appears twice in error
Page 91, Item 3890. VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES [s]. Should be “Dich, teure (not theure) Halle”.
Page 91, Item 1312. GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Duet partner should be AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s].
Page 93. JEAN DELVOYE [b]. Word “debut” is missing: “His Paris Opèra-Comique [debut] was in …”.
Also, a period (not a comma) after “French provinces.”
Page 104 , Item 3156. GERVASE ELWES [t]. Matrix number should be 75357.
Page 107, Item 1263. GERMAINE FERALDY [s]. First matrix number should be WL1980-1.
Page 117, Item 2527. MARIA GALVANY [s]. Her duet partner is FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t].
Page 142. Item 4264. MARCEL JOURNET [b].. LA REINE DE SABA: Sous les pieds. Victor 74277.
The singer is actually HERBERT WITHERSPOON, who is correctly identified on the label. I do not
know how he ended up among the Journet listings!
Page 177, Item 2438. LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t]. 10” Green acous. Nordisk Polyphon 3-82078/3-82084
(the second side number is omitted in the catalogue)
Page 191, Item 9024. GIUSEPPE PACINI [b]. Matrix number should be XPh 13.
Page 196, Item 2966. AURELIANO PERTILE [t]. Matrix number side two should be CD4773-IIT1.
Page 202, Item 1231. ROSA PONSELLE [s]. Minimum bid should be $8.00 (not $80.00).
Page 206, Item 1223. MARK RAPHAEL [b]. Unidentified composer is Roger Quilter.
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Page 216. Item 2376. ÉMILE-FRANTZ SARDET. “Air de la lettre” [not latter]
Page 226, Item 1246. LILLIAN BLAVELT [s]. Title on this side should be I VESPRI SICILIANI:
Bolero (Verdi)
Page 231`, Item 3707. DMITRI SMIRNOV [t]. Matrix number should be 2686c.
Page 251. Item 2240. MIGUEL VILLABELLA [t]. Composer should be Maïotte Almaby
Page 257. Item 9086. GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]. Missing catalogue number for side two is 92567.
Page 264, Item 4029. ALBERT COATES [conductor]. Matrix number side two should be Cc6425-2.
Page 265, Item 2904. COOLIDGE QUARTET. Composer of the TWO INDIAN SKETCHES is Charles
T. Griffes (not George Chadwick, who is the composer of the Quartet except on the final side).
Page 271. Item 3429. MAURICE JAUBERT [conductor]. Matrix number side on should be 2LA1861-1.
Page 272. Item 9117. JAN KUBELIK [violinist]. Catalogue number side one should be 39164.
Page 272, Item 4410. JAN KUBELIK [violinist]. Two items were assigned this number. Blue Opera
Disc 07976 [Ho666m]. ROMANCE (Mozart, arr. Kubelik). should correctly be #4411.
Page 274. Item 3411. PIETRO MASCAGNI [conductor]. Catalogue number should be 66585.
Page 277. Item 3495. SAXOPHONE QUARTET. PAUL ROMBY is listed twice. The missing artist is
GEORGES CHAUVET. The piece was dedicated to the four artists who perform it here.
Page 279. MORITZ (not MORIZ) ROSENTHAL.
Page 266. Item 4287. Dr. FREDERICK A. COOK [explorer]. Catalogue number should be 31755.
Page 292, Item. 3043. H.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES. Item should be listed as #3045. Also note in the
listing in referring to the previous listing, that number should be #3901.
Obvious spelling typos are not included.
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