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The dawn of recording : the Julius Block cylinders.

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The dawn of recording : the Julius Block cylinders.
Publication
[Swarthmore, Pa.] : Marston, [2008], ℗2008.

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  • Block, Julius, 1858-1934.
  • Taneev, Sergeĭ Ivanovich, 1856-1915
  • Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957
  • Esipova, Anna Nikolaevna, 1851-1914
  • Pabst, Pavel Avgustovich, 1854-1897
  • Arensky, Anton, 1861-1906
  • Droucker, Sandra, 1876-1944
  • Wilschaw, Vladimir Robertovich, 1868-1957
  • Juon, Paul, 1872-1940
  • Petri, Egon
  • Kreutzer, Leonid, 1884-1953
  • Conus, Leon
  • Koni︠u︡s, I︠U︡. (I︠U︡liĭ), 1869-1942
  • Hřímalý, J. (Jan), 1844-1915
  • Brandukov, Anatoliĭ Andreevich, 1856-1930
  • Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987
  • Liachowsky, Waldemar
  • Brown, Eddy, 1895-1974
  • Press, Joseph, 1881-1924
  • Press, Michael, 1871-1938
  • Nikita, Mlle, 1872-
  • Shchurovskīĭ, P. A., 1850-1908
  • Samusʹ, Vasiliĭ Maksimovich, 1849-1903
  • Borghi-Mamo, Adelaide, 1826-1901
  • Klimentova, Marii︠a︡ Nikolaevna, 1857-1946
  • Figner, Nikolaĭ, 1857-1918
  • Gutheil-Schoder, Marie, 1874-1935
  • Donskoĭ, Lavrentiĭ Dmitrievich, 1857 or 1858-1917
  • Dolinin, Evgeniĭ Ivanovich, 1873-1918
  • Leschetizkaya-Dolinina, Thérèse, 1873-1956
  • Lavrovskai︠a︡, E. A. (Elizaveta Andreevna), 1845-1919
  • Gerhardt, Elena, 1883-1961
  • Nikisch, Arthur, 1855-1922
  • Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • Rubinstein, Anton, 1829-1894.
Description
3 audio discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Alternative Title
Julius Block cylinders
Subjects
Note
  • Compact discs.
  • Program notes by John Maltese, John Anthony Maltese, Gregor Benko, and Ward Marston, biographical notes, facsims. from Block\u0027s autograph books (with translations), transcriptions of announcements and spoken word selections (the Russian and German in English translation) with bibliographical references (70 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded 1890-1927, principally at Julius Block\u0027s residences in Russia, Germany, and Switzerland.
Language (note)
  • Vocal selections sung in Russian, French, German, and Italian; announcements and spoken word selections in Russian, German, and English.
Contents
  • Fantasie in C minor, K. 396 / Mozart (Sergei Taneyev, piano) (2:44) -- Contredanse A : no. 3 from Le bal : op. 14 (1:22) ; Contredanse B : no. 3 from Le bal : op. 14 (1:28) / Anton Rubinstein. Magic fire music : from Die Walküre / Wagner-Brassin (3:17). Song without words : op. 38, no. 5 : Passion / Mendelssohn (2:15) (Josef Hofmann, piano) -- Gavotte in G, op. 81, no. 2 / Godard (Anna Essipova, piano) (2:19) -- Nocturne in E, op. 62, no. 2 / Chopin (3:46). Waltz in D-flat, op. 64, no. 1 : Minute / Chopin-Pabst (1:48). Carnaval : op. 9. Chopin (1:01) ; Estrella (0:34) / Schumann. Paraphrase on Sleeping beauty : op. 66 / Tchaikovsky-Pabst (3:23). Papillons / Pabst (2:13). Mazurka in D, op. 33, no. 2 [2 recordings (1:34, 2:59)] / Chopin-Pabst (Paul Pabst, piano) -- Improvisation in E-flat (2:54) ; Improvisation in A (2:31) ; Nocturne in D-flat : no. 3 from 24 morceaux charactéristiques : op. 36 (2:33) ; Intermezzo in F minor : no. 12 from 24 morceaux charactéristiques : op. 36 (0:53) ; Consolation : in D : no. 5 from 24 morceaux charactéristiques : op. 36 (2:17) ; Le ruisseau dans la forêt : in G : no. 15 from 24 morceaux charactéristiques : op. 36 (3:03) ; Ioniques : no. 3 from Essais sur les rythmes oubilés : op. 28 (1:36) ; Strophe Alcéene : no. 5 from Essais sur les rythmes oubilés : op. 28 (1:37) ; An der Quelle : in A, op. 46, no. 1 (3:08) ; Unidentified composition (3:30) / Arensky (Anton Arensky, piano) -- Etude in F-sharp : no. 13 from 24 morceaux charactéristiques : op. 36 / Arensky (2:42). Prelude in F-sharp minor, op. 28, no. 8 / Chopin (2:19) (Sandra Droucker, piano) -- En courant : in G-flat : no. 1 from 6 morceaux, op. 53 / Godard (1:49) (Vladimir Wilschaw, piano) -- Free improvisation (3:02) ; Unidentified composition (2:46) ; Unidentified composition (1:22) ; Unidentified composition (1:56) (Egon Petri, piano) -- Variation 4 from the second movement of Sonata for violin and piano, op. 7 / Juon (2:12) (Paul Juon, piano) -- Etude in F, op. 37 / Liadov (1:41). Mazurka in G minor, op. 67, no. 2 / Chopin (1:10). Humoresque in F : no. 3 from 6 Klavierstücke, op. 12 / Juon (2:29) (Leonid Kreutzer, piano) -- Tanzrhythmen : op. 41, no. 3 (Allegretto grazioso) (1:30) ; Tanzrhythmen : op. 41, no. 2 (Vivace molto) (1:15) / Juon (Leonid Kreutzer and Paul Juon, piano duet) -- Suite for piano four-hands / Leo Conus (Sergei Taneyev and Leo Conus, piano duet) (4:12) -- Suite no. 2 for two pianos, op. 23 : Silhouettes. No. 1, Le savant (2:12) ; No. 3, Polichinelle (3:18) ; No. 4, Le rêveur (3:27) / Arensky (Sergei Taneyev and Paul Pabst, pianos) -- Zigeunerweisen : op. 20, no. 1 / Sarasate (Jules Conus, violin; unidentified pianist) (1:06) -- Partita no. 3, in E, BWV 1006. Minuet 1 / Bach (Jules Conus, violin) (1:26) -- Nocturne in E-flat, op. 9, no. 2 / Chopin-Sarasate (Jules Conus, violin; Paul Juon, piano) (3:53) -- Piano trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 32 / Arensky (Anton Arensky, piano; Jan Hřímalý, violin; Anatoly Brandukov, violoncello) (11:36) -- Orientale : from Kaleidoscope : op. 50 [2 recordings (2:51, 2:57)] / Cui. Gavotte in G, from Idomeneo / Mozart-Auer (2:49). Etude, op. 55, no. 1 : Spinnlied / Popper-Auer (2:37). Schön Rosmarin / Kreisler (2:23) (Jascha Heifetz, violin; Waldemar Liachowsky, piano) -- Variations on a theme of Corelli / Tartini-Kreisler (2:58). Chasse in the style of Cartier (2:35) ; Andantino in the style of Martini (2:55) ; Liebesleid (3:10) / Kreisler. Minuet in F, from Symphony no. 96 / Haydn-Burmester (3:05). Minuet no. 2 in G, 167, WoO 10 / Beethoven-Burmester (3:04). Vogel als Prophet : from Waldscenen : op. 82 / Schumann-Auer (3:10). Berceuse, op. 28, no. 3 / Juon (2:58) (Eddy Brown, violin; Julius Block, piano) -- Passacaglia in G minor, from Harpsichord suite no. 7, HWV 432 / Handel-Halvorsen (Joseph Press, violoncello; Michael Press, violin) (2:58) -- Spiritual concert / Rachmaninoff (Choir of the Synodical School of Moscow; unidentified conductor) (1:38) --
  • Quando rapito : from Lucia di Lammermoor / Donizetti (2:57). Ernani, involami : from Ernani / Verdi (3:12). La zingara / composer unidentified (2:20). At the fountain / composer unidentified (2:290. Nocturne in E-flat, op. 9, no. 2, arranged for voice and piano / Chopin (3:02) (Mademoiselle Nikita (Louisa Margaret Nicholson), soprano; Pyotr Schurovsky, piano) -- I am in love, my maiden, my beauty / Dargomïzhsky (1:33). Longing : op. 27, no. 9 / Rubinstein (2:28). Don Juan\u0027s serenade : op. 38, no. 1 / Tchaikovsky (2:32) (Vasily Samus, tenor; unidentified pianist) -- Habanera from Carmen / Bizet (Adele Borghi, mezzo-soprano; unidentified pianist) (1:33) -- Pastorale / Bizet (2:40). Do not leave me! : no. 4 from 6 romances, op. 27 / Tchaikovsky (2:48). Unidentified composition (0:47). Widmung : no. 1 from Mythren : op. 25 / Schumann (2:06) (Maria Klimentova-Muromtzeva, soprano; Sergei Taneyev, piano) -- Ich liebe dich : op. 5, no. 3 / Grieg (1:25). Mai : no. 7 from Musical pictures : op. 15 / Cui (1:48). Legend : no. 5 from 16 songs for children : op. 54 / Tchaikovsky (3:25) (Eugenia Jurjevna Werdam, mezzo-soprano; unidentified pianist) -- I remember the evening / Cui (Nikolai Figner, tenor; unidentified pianist) (2:04) -- Sail / Rubinstein (2:12). And night, and love, and moon / Davydov (2:49). Longing : op. 27, no. 9 / Rubinstein (2:46) (Maria Ivanovna Gutheil, soprano; unidentified pianist) -- Berendey\u0027s cavatina : from The snow maiden / Rimsky-Korsakov (2:42). O pechal i toska : from Nero / Rubinstein (3:26) (Lavrentii Donskoi, tenor; unidentified pianist) -- In fernem Land : from Lohengrin / Wagner (Evgeny Dolinin, tenor; unidentified pianist) (3:40) -- Unidentified composition (1:32) ; Chanson de Florian (1:36) / Godard (Thérèse Leschetizkaya-Dolinina, soprano; unidentified pianist) -- Lullaby in a storm : no. 10 from 16 songs for children : op. 54 / Tchaikovsky (2:33). Unidentified composition (3:16) (Elizaveta Lavrovskaya, soprano; unidentified pianist) -- Blinde Kuh : no. 1 from (8) Lieder und Gesänge, op. 58 / Brahms (1:41). Wohin? : no. 2 from Die schöne Müllerin / Schubert (2:11) (Elena Gerhardt, mezzo-soprano; Arthur Nikisch, piano) -- Spoken word. Elena Gerhardt and Arthur Nikisch (1:34) ; Leo Tolstoy (4:13) ; Leo Tolstoy, with Countess Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya, Tatiana L\u0027vovna Tolstaya-Sukhotina, and Tatiana Mikhailovna Sukhotina-Albertini (2:37) ; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Anton Rubinstein, with Elizaveta Lavrovskaya, Vasily Ilyich Safonov, Alexandra Ivanovna Hubert, and Julius Block (1:10).
LCCN
638335301129
OCLC
  • ocn297170419
  • 297170419
  • SCSB-5492465
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries