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





Viewfinder links:       
        
Vincenzo Bellini          
Gaetano Donizetti       
Gioachino Rossini       
Giuseppe Verdi        
Oreste Vessella        
        
Net links:       
        
DAHR ~   
        Ferdinand Himmelreich     
        Vessella's Italian Band       
ProQuest ~ Vessella's Italian Band        
temposenzatempo ~ Oreste Vessella's Italian Band             
       
Audio links:       
        
Library of Congress ~ Ferdinand Himmelreich Lucia sextette     
Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, Ghiaurov, Davies & Tourangeau ~ Lucia Sextette     
Vessella's Italian Band ~ Lucia Sextette       
       
        
        
        
        
        
        
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