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Gaetano Donizetti ~ Lucia Sextette - 1914
Today is the birthday of Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti who was born on November 29, 1797. He wrote 70 operas and, with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century and an influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi.
In 1912, Ferdinand Himmelreich recorded a solo piano arrangement of the Sextette (Chi mi frena in tal momento) from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti for RCA Victor Records which is now housed in the Library of Congress (link below).
Ferdinand Himmelreich
date & photographer unknown
In 1914 Vessella's Italian Band with 41 musicians, recorded an instrumental version for brass orchestra of the Lucia Sextette also for RCA Victor Records (link below).
date & photographer unknown
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A - Lucia Sextette, composed by Donizetti*
Side 2:
B - Jewel Of The Madonna - Intermezzo (Intro. To Act 3), written by Wolf-Ferrari*
Companies, etc:
Record Company – Victor Talking Machine Co.
Notes:
$1.25 in U.S.A.
Concert Band
Side 1:
A - Lucia Sextette, composed by Donizetti*
Side 2:
B - Jewel Of The Madonna - Intermezzo (Intro. To Act 3), written by Wolf-Ferrari*
Companies, etc:
Record Company – Victor Talking Machine Co.
Notes:
$1.25 in U.S.A.
Concert Band
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Stamped): O 35356A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Stamped): E 35356B 3
Vessella's Italian Band – Lucia Sextette / Jewel Of The Madonna
Label: Victor – 35356
Format: Shellac, 12", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: Mar 1914
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Operetta
Label: Victor – 35356
Format: Shellac, 12", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: Mar 1914
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Operetta
Viewfinder links:
Net links:
DAHR ~
ProQuest ~ Vessella's Italian Band
temposenzatempo ~ Oreste Vessella's Italian Band
Audio links:
Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, Ghiaurov, Davies & Tourangeau ~ Lucia Sextette
Vessella's Italian Band ~ Lucia Sextette
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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