November 29, 2021

78 RPMs 10: Vessella's Italian Band & Gaetano Donizetti ~ Lucia Sextette

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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

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





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Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, Ghiaurov, Davies & Tourangeau ~ Lucia Sextette     
Vessella's Italian Band ~ Lucia Sextette       
       
        
        
        
        
        
        
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Oreste Vessella articles/mentions

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Gaetano Donizetti ~ Lucia Sextette     
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
      
Pittsburgh Daily Post
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Vincenzo Bellini articles/mentions

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Vessella's Italian Band ~ Lucia Sextette 
      
     
     
     
      
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Gaetano Donizetti articles/mentions

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Joan Sutherland ~ Donizetti Excerpts     
Vessella's Italian Band ~ Lucia Sextette  
      
     
      
     
     
     
      
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Al Jolson articles/mentions

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Al Jarreau ~ Breakin' Away & scat     
Peggy Lee ~ Is That All There Is?     
     
      
     

     
     
     
      
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John Gilbert Simonson articles/mentions

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mentions:       
Bernard E. Simonson, Jr. ~       
       
       
       
John Gilbert Simonson - 1962
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Del Shannon articles/mentions

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mentions:      
The Temperance Seven ~ A Christmas Baby  
      
     
     
     
     
      
Del Shannon  -  1961 
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November 26, 2021

1,000,000 Pageviews ~ 2021 - November

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On November 23, 2021, the Viewfinder hit a mllion Pageviews!        
        
        
        
        
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Styrous® ~ Saturday, November 27, 2021                 














November 23, 2021

The Simonsons ~ Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 23, 1961

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Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 23, 1961, sixty years ago today. This day of celebration was the most important holiday of the year for my mom, Christine. She would do it up big with all the fixin's: gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, biscuits, pies, cookies, etc, a bit high carb i guess. A few times Ben, my dad, and Chris invited service men with nowhere to go for the holiday to share our dinner. Mom died ten years ago this month on November 4, 2011, twenty days short of The Big Day, a bit of irony. This is a memory of my mom, my family and Thanksgiving.   
 
 









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Ben & Christine



   


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Christine & Ken





with Ken












John & Steve








Ken, John & Steve











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The Simonson Family ~ Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 23, 1961 



 
 
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Giving Thanks!
       
       
       
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November 22, 2021

Gallery at the Werkshack ~ radiant landscape exhibition

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Last weekend I got a chance to check out the exhibition radiant landscape, which features the photography of Francis Baker and Jan Watten, on view until December 4th at Gallery at the Werkshack and found much more than I had bargained for.         

 
 
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Exhibitions for the gallery are curated by figurative artist Christine Ferrouge but the gallery is only a part of what goes on at Werkshack. It houses several artist's work stations, as well as beautiful knitwear fashions by Myrrhia Resneck under the name, Myrrhia Fine Knitwear (images below).   
 
 

 
After Christine showed me around the facilities and explained what the venue was all about it was on to the radiant landscape exhibition.               




 
Francis Baker statement














 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photographer Jan Watten is the owner/operator of the Gray Loft Gallery in Jingletown which is currently showing the multi-photographer. multi-media exhibition, Yellow! (links below)       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 





There are also interesting accessories to go with the knitwear creations of Myrrhia, headgear, belts, waist cinches, etc.    

 

     
     
     
     
     
    
      
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Gray Loft Gallery         
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Francis Baker       
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Gray Loft Gallery        
Jan Watten            
        
        
        
        
It's a whole lotta fun to see the exhibition 
and the facilities at Werkshack!        
        
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Monday, November 22, 2021