Guide to the Jascha Heifetz Collection ARS-0046

10" Sound Discs

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Instantaneous Recordings

Box 2: Decca/Gramophone/Odeon/Instantaneous

Physical Description: Instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Achron, Isidor, 1892-1948

Dinicu, Grigoraș

Nazarro, Cliff, 1904-1961

Box 2, Disc 1

New Year's Eve

Physical Description: 10" 78 rpm instantaneous sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in pencil on label on one side: New Year's Eve, Jascha's house

Audiodisc: recorded on both sides; only one side is labeled

Box 2, Disc 2

Trials

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: Trials

Presto, U.S.A.: recorded on one side only

Box 2, Disc 3

Re-take of Sibelius slow movement

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: Re-take of Sibelius slow movement - other [side] almost blanc

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Concerto, violin, orchestra, op. 47, D minor. Adagio di molto

Presto U.S.A.: recorded on both sides

Box 2, Disc 4

Experiment at 630

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: Experiment at 630 [Park?] - nothing much

Presto U.S.A.: recorded on both sides

Box 2, Disc 5

Recorded via radio

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label: Recorded via radio from [??] Air on G string played by Heifetz

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Suites, orchestra, BWV 1068, D major. Air; arr.

Real Art Recording Co.: recorded on both sides

Box 2, Disc 6

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato.

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: Dub - speed 78 - Hora stacato, Dinicu & his orchestra

Soundcraft: recorded on one side only

Box 2, Disc 7

Padilla, José, 1889-1960. Bien amada. Valencia.

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title in typescript on label: Valencia

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Studio & Artists: 37 [number handwritten in pencil on label]

Box 2, Disc 8

Lane, Burton, 1912-1997. I'll remember.

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Cliff Nazarro

United Research Laboratories: Dub on one side only

Box 2, Disc 9

Jascha Heifetz: Ford Hour. [May 1939?]

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Burleigh, Cecil, 1885-1980. Small concert pieces. Moto perpetuo

All information in red typescript on plain white label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Box 2, Disc 10

Somebody else's recording

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Somebody else's recording

Recorded on both sides

Box 2, Disc 11

Potpourri of Somebody else's recording

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Potpourri of Somebody else's recording ('cello, voice & guitare)

Recorded on both sides

Box 2, Disc 12

Piano trials by. J.H.

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Piano trials by J. H. [i.e. Jascha Heifetz]

Box 2, Disc 13

Habanera**

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 2, Disc 14

Levee dance

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Levee dance - M - Jascha Heifetz

No. stamped on label: 72444

Recorded on one side only

Box 2, Disc 17

Tempo de blue

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Test Pressings

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Box 2: Decca/Gramophone/His Master's Voice

Box 2, Disc 15

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. It ain't necessarily so; arr. [no year given] December 17

Physical Description: 1 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 2, Disc 16

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Bess, you is my woman; arr.

Physical Description: 1 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 2, Disc 17

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Selections; arr.

Physical Description: 1 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 2, Disc 18

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Preludes, piano (1926). No. 1; arr. 1946 January 21

Physical Description: 10" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label: Preludes, pt. 1

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Decca: 73177B

Box 2, Disc 19

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Preludes, piano (1926). No. 2; arr. 1946 January 25

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label: Preludes, part 2

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Decca: 73178A1

Box 2, Disc 20

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Preludes, piano (1926). No. 3; arr. [no year given] December 17

Physical Description: 1 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 2, Disc 21

Aguirre, Julián, 1868-1924. Huella. 1946 January 18

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: Huella - Jascha Heifetz

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Decca: 73183A1

Box 2, Disc 22

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981. Hexapoda. Gut-Bucket Gus -- Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981. Hexapoda. Jane shakes her hair. 1946 January 18

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: Hexapoda I & II, Jascha Heifetz

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Decca: 73196B

Box 2, Disc 23

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arr. 1946 January 21

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: The swan - Jascha Heifetz

Decca: 73207C

Box 2, Disc 24

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arr. 1946 April 10

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 2, Disc 26

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Englische Suiten. Nr. 3 Gavotte, no. 1; arr. -- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Englische Suiten. Nr. 3. Gavotte, no. 2; arr.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Bach-Heifetz, Gavotte and musette [from English suite no. 3, arr. by Heifetz]

Gramophone: OB.6041-1

Box 2, Disc 27

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Enfant prodigue. Prélude; arr. 1934 February 24

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Arranged for violin and piano

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified pianist

Gramophone: OB.6055-1.[square]

Box 2, Disc 28

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Capricieuse. 1934 February 21

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified pianist

Gramophone: OB.6059-2.[square]

Box 2, Disc 29

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 20.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: OB.6104-2[square]

Box 2, Disc 30

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 13.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: OB.6105-2[square]

Box 2, Disc 31

Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970. Tallahassee suite. Bygone memories -- Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970. Tallahassee suite. After sundown.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; E. Bay, piano

Gramophone: DA.1567 ; OEA.4853-1[square], OEA.4854-1[square] (matrix)

Box 2, Disc 32

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato. 1937 April 9

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: Hora staccato / Dinicu-Heifetz

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: OEA.4894-1[square]

Box 3: Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Achron, Isidor, 1892-1948

Benoist, André, 1879-1953

Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964

Box 3, Disc 67

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Ruinen von Athen. Marcia alla turca. 1917 December 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Turkish march ; handwritten on sleeve: Beethoven

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: B21074 4

Box 3, Disc 68

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Méditation. 1917 December 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Meditation ; handwritten on sleeve: Glazounoff

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: B21269 2 [matrix number listed incorrectly as 21260 on original inventory]

Box 3, Disc 69

Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925. Guitarre; arr. 1918 October 3

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

General Physical Description note: Disc is missing a small chip; recording area is not affected.

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Guitarre ; handwritten on sleeve: Moszkowsky

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: B22270 2

Box 3, Disc 70

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Siciliano et rigaudon, violin, piano. 1918 October 3

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Sicilienne and Rigaudon ; handwritten on sleeve: Francoeus

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: B22271 2

Box 3, Disc 71

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 23. Zapateado. 1918 October 4

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Zapateado ; handwritten on sleeve: Sarasate

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: B22273 1 ; 66097 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 72

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 20. 1918 October 4

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Caprice XX ; handwritten on sleeve: Paganini

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: B22274 2

Box 3, Disc 73

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Minuet, violin, piano, D major. 1918 October 4

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Minuet ; handwritten on sleeve: Porpora - Kreisler?

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: B22275 2

Box 3, Disc 74

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Myrthen. Widmung. 1919 October 13

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Dedication ; handwritten on sleeve: Schumann

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B23403 2

Box 3, Disc 75

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Ecole moderne. Alla saltarella. 1919 October 13

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Saltarella ; handwritten on sleeve: Wieniawski (old)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B23404 2

Box 3, Disc 76

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Ecole moderne. Alla saltarella. 1924 December 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Caprice ; handwritten on sleeve: Wieniawski Saltarella (new)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: B23404 5

Box 3, Disc 77

D'Ambrosio, A. (Alfredo), 1871-1914. Serenade, violin, piano, op. 4. 1919 October 13

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Serenade ; handwritten on sleeve: D'ambrosio

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B23405 1

Box 3, Disc 78

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Souvenir d'un lieu cher. Scherzo. 1919 October 13

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Scherzo ; handwritten on label: Tschaikovsky

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B23406 2

Box 3, Disc 79

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Slovanské tance, op. 46. No. 2; arr. 1919 October 14

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Slavonic Dances ; handwritten on sleeve: Dvorak

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B23411 2

Box 3, Disc 80

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Raĭmonda. Grand adagio. 1922 October 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Grand Adagio ; handwritten on sleeve: Glazounoff

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B27033 2

Box 3, Disc 81

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew pieces. Hebrew lullaby; arr. 1922 October 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Hebrew Lullaby ; handwritten on sleeve: Achron

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B27034 1

Box 3, Disc 82

Granados, Enrique, 1867-1916. Danzas españolas [unspecified]. 1922 October 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Spanish Dance ; handwritten on sleeve: Granados

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B27035 1

Box 3, Disc 83

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Quartets, strings, H. III, 63, D major. Vivace; arr. 1922 October 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Vivace ; handwritten on sleeve: Haydn

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: B27037 1

Box 3, Disc 84

Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918. Nocturne, violin, piano. 1924 September 25

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Nocturne ; handwritten on sleeve: Boulanger

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: B30929 3

Box 3, Disc 85

Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764. [unspecified] Tambourin. 1924 September 25

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Tambourin ; handwritten on sleeve: Rameau

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: B30932 3

Box 3, Disc 86

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Stimmungen, op. 32, no. 1. 1924 September 24

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Stimmung ; handwritten on sleeve: Achron

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: B30936 1 ; 312 ; 10 ; 1048A (additional numbers stamped in disc)

Box 3, Disc 87

Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970. Gentle maiden -- Boulanger, Lili, 1893-1918. Cortège, violin, piano. 1924 December 18

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Gentle Maiden etc. ; handwritten on sleeve: Gentle Maiden, Cortege, Scott, Boulanger

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: B31379 2

Box 3, Disc 88

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. [unspecified] Siciliana. 1924 December 18

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Sicilienne ; handwritten on label: Bach Sicilienne

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: B31381 3

Box 3, Disc 89

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. [unspecified] Sarabande. [1917?]

Physical Description: 10" vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on white label in ink: Heifetz Sarabande Bach ; handwritten on label in pencil: BS-81350-4 [17?]/10/15 [Mohr?]

Handwritten in ink on reverse of label: 10-19-48 R E.[P.?]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 81350 4 (stamped in disc)

Box 3, Disc 90

Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930. Millions d'Arlequin. Valse bluette; arr. 1928 May 8

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Valse Bluette ; handwritten on sleeve: Drigo

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; [Isadore Achron?], piano

Victor: BVE 21068 5

Box 3, Disc 91

Padilla, José, 1889-1960. Bien amada. Valencia.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 3, Disc 92

Ponce, Manuel M. (Manuel María), 1882-1948. Estrellita. 1928 May 8

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Etched into disc: Estrellita ; handwritten on sleeve: Ponce

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [Isadore Achron?], piano

Victor: BVE 43945 4

Box 3, Disc 94

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 13; arr. 1920 September 16

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in pencil on label: Caprice XIII ; handwritten on sleeve: Paganini

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: 670A 2 ; 2 U670A 3 (additional numbers stamped in disc)

Box 3, Disc 95

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Capricieuse. 1917 November 9

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in pencil on label: Capricieuse ; handwritten on sleeve: Elgar

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: A 672A 2

Box 3, Disc 96

Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930. Millions d'Arlequin. Valse bluette; arr. 1917 November 9

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in pencil on label: Valse Bluette ; handwritten on sleeve: Drigo (old)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: W 673A 2

Box 3, Disc 97

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 1. 1920 September 16

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in pencil on label: Hung. Dance # 1 ; handwritten on sleeve: Brahms

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: U 675A 2

Box 3, Disc 102

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Divertimenti, K. 334, D major. Menuetto (3rd movement); arr. 1919 October 28

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in pencil on label: Menuet Mozart

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: 997A 1

Box 3, Disc 105

Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938. Impressions. Valse. 1920 September 17

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in pencil on label: Valse Godovsky

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: 1048B 2

Box 4: Victor/RCA Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Achron, Isidor, 1892-1948

Bay, Emanuel

Benoist, André, 1879-1953

Sandor, Arpad

Box 4, Disc 115

Ponce, Manuel M. (Manuel María), 1882-1948. Estrellita; arr. 1928 May 8 ; 1946 September 25

Physical Description: 10" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: Estrellita ; handwritten on reverse: 3B 9-25-46 E.G.

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

RCA Victor: 1332A (handwritten on label and stamped in disc)

Recorded May 8, 1928

Box 4, Disc 116

Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930. Millions d'Arlequin. Valse bluette; arr. 1928 May 8 ; 1946 September 25

Physical Description: 10" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in blue ink: Valse Bluette ; handwritten on reverse: E.G. 9-25-46

Etched into disc: BE 21068 May 8/28 Valse Bluette Heifetz

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

RCA Victor: 1332B-5 (handwritten on label and stamped in disc) ; 21068 (stamped in disc)

Recorded May 8, 1928

Box 4, Disc 121

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968. Songs from Shakespeare's plays. Arise; arr. -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazka o t︠s︡are Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ. 1934 ; 1946 September 26

Physical Description: 10" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in blue ink: Sea murmurs - Bumble-bee ; handwritten on reverse: E.G. 9-26-46

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano

RCA Victor: 1645A-2 (handwritten on label and stamped in disc)

Recorded 1934

Box 4, Disc 122

Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938. Triakontameron. Alt Wien; arr. 1934 ; 1946 September 26

Physical Description: 10" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in blue ink: Alt-Wien [Old Vienna] ; handwritten on reverse: E.G. 9-26-46

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano

RCA Victor: 1645B-2 (handwritten on label and stamped in disc)

Recorded 1934

Box 4, Disc 129

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato; arr. [193-?] ; 1946 September 26

Physical Description: 10" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in blue ink: Hora Staccato ; handwritten on reverse: E.G. 9-26-46

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: 1864A-1 ; OEA 4894-1[square]

Recorded in Europe [193-?]

Box 4, Disc 130

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Holzapfel und Schlehwein. [193-?] ; 1946 September 26

Physical Description: 10" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in blue ink: [illegible] Korngold ; handwritten on reverse: E.G. 9-26-46

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sander, piano

RCA Victor: 1864B-2 ; OB 6054-2[square]

Recorded in Europe [193-?]

Box 4, Disc 155

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Ruinen von Athen. Du hast in deines Ärmels Falten; arr. 1917 November 9

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on disc in pencil: Chorus of dervishes ; handwritten on sleeve: Beethoven Auer

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: 64759-1-10 (etched on disc)

Box 4, Disc 159

Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938. Triakontameron. Alt Wien.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on white label in black ink: Alt Wien 81353-1 New York Jascha Heifetz ; handwritten on sleeve: Godowsky

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor [logo stamped into reverse of disc]: 81353-1

Commercially Released Recordings

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Box 2: Edison/His Master's Voice/(Disque pour) Gramophone/Miscellaneous Labels

Physical Description: 78 rpm discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arden, Victor, 1893-1962

Bonnie Blue-Eyes

Corrêa, Ruth Valladares

Efendi, Kanuni Artaki

Effendi, Zournadji Emin

Magyary Imre Cigányzenekara

Miranda, Aurora

Odeon-Orchester

Ohman, Phil, 1896-1954

Orchestre symphonique du Gramophone

Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro

Ottetto Brasil

Sandor, Arpad

Popular instrumental music--England

Tangos

Waltzes

Operas--Excerpts

Box 2, Disc 25

Varsovienne. [1925?]

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Varsovienne: for violin solo, violin duet, viola solo, 'cello solo and string quartet

Edison Record: 9883R, 9884L ; 9883-A-2-4, 9884-E-1-B (matrix)

Special record for Mr. Henry Ford

Box 2, Disc 33

Bihari, János, 1764-1827. Mikor a penze elfogyott -- Csermák, Antal György, 1774?-1822. Disz palotás.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Magyary Imre Cigányzenekara

His Master's Voice: Am 3120 ; BE2655-1[triangle], BE2656-1[triangle] (matrix) ; 70-1564-G, 70-1565-G (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 34

Soultanigiah Taxim -- Hidjaz Charki, Adali

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Language of Materials note: Title and performer information in Arabic script and also romanized.

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Kanoni Artaki Effendi [i.e. Kanuni Artaki Efendi] [side A], Réhbéri Musiki Héyéti [side B]

His Master's Voice: AX. 496 ; BF1413-1[triangle], BF1328-1[triangle] (matrix) ; 7-219352, 7-210591 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 35

Rast Taxim -- Kadifé Charkissi.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Language of Materials note: Title and performer information in Arabic script and also romanized.

Scope and Contents note

Rast Taxim : instrumental solo Performed by Zournadji Emin Effendi

Kadifé Charkissi : male song Performed by Mahmoud Bey

His Master's Voice: AX. 503 ; BF1293-1[triangle], BF1291-2[triangle] (matrix) ; 7-219361, 18-212395 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 36

Hanoum, Nezihé.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Language of Materials note: Title and performer information in Arabic script and also romanized.

Scope and Contents note

Hidjaz charki -- Mestané nigiahen -- Ouchak charki -- Mey necheh verir

Performed by Nezihé Hanoum, vocalist

His Master's Voice: A.X. 749 ; BF1913-1[triangle], BF1914-1[triangle] (matrix) ; 7-213877, 7-213878 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 37

Delfino, Enrique, 1895-1967. Cup of sorrow -- Densmore, John H. (John Hopkins), 1880-1943. Cigarette.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by International Novelty Orchestra

His Master's Voice: B1796 ; A27838, A28058 (matrix) ; 3-742 10, 3-743 9 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 38

Canaro, Francisco, 1888-1964. Sentimento gaucho -- Donato, Edgardo. Julián.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Varaldi Tango Band

His Master's Voice: B 2135 ; Bb6872-2[triangle], Bb6854-1[triangle] (matrix) ; 4-226 3, 4-226 5 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 39

Hamilton, Ord. Bow bells. You're blasé -- Sullivan, Henry, b. 1893. Bow bells. Break down and weep -- Intro: Mona Lisa.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by William Walker and Peggy Cochrane, piano duet

His Master's Voice: B 4065 ; OB2548-2, OB2549-2 (matrix) ; 30-7939, 30-7940 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 40

Swanstrom, Arthur, 1888-1940. Sons o' guns. Why? -- Swanstrom, Arthur, 1888-1940. Sons o' guns. It's you I love.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Victor Arden, Phil Ohman and their Orchestra (with vocal refrain)

His Master's Voice: B 5837 ; A57537-5[triangle], A57538-1[triangle] (matrix) ; 40-1288, 40-1289 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 41

Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Nina Rosa. Nina Rosa -- Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Nina Rosa. My first love, my last love.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Victor Arden, Phil Ohman and their Orchestra (with vocal refrain)

His Master's Voice: B 6034 ; A58126-1[triangle], A58127-2[triangle] (matrix) ; 40-1601, 40-1639 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 42

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesfreud; arr.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title on disc: Love's joy - recorded version arr. by Rachmaninoff Additional title information: "first record," "second record"

Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff

His Master's Voice: D.A. 786 ; A34154-3[triangle], A34155-2[triangle] (matrix) ; 5821, 5822 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 43

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Sonatas, violin, continuo, op. 2. No. 2; arr.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano

His Master's Voice: D.A.1370 ; OB6050-2[square], OB6051-1[square] (matrix) ; 30-11741, 30-11847 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 44

Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974. Saudades do Brasil. Sumaré -- Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 20; arr.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano

His Master's Voice: D.A.1375 ; OB6053-3[square], OB6104-2[square] (matrix) ; 30-11742, 30-11854 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 45

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968. Alt Wien. Alt Wien; arr. -- Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925. Guitarre; arr.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano

His Master's Voice: D.A.1377 ; OB6044-2[square], OB6045-5[square] (matrix) ; 30-11740, 30-11353 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 46

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Holzapfel und Schlehwein -- Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Capricieuse.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano

His Master's Voice: D.A.1378 ; OB6059-2[square], OB6059-2[square] (matrix nos.) ; 30-11743, 30-11846 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 47

Borel-Clerc, Charles. Tango rouge -- Sterling. Mi noche triste. 1919 November 29 ; 1919 December 13

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by L'Orchestre Tzigane de Monte-Carlo

Recorded December 13 [side A], and November 29 [side B], 1919

Disque pour Gramophone: K 702 ; 20931u, 20974u (matrix) ; 230971, 230972 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 48

Battle. Metropole : tango argentin -- Sarrut. Sympathy : valse boston. 1919 November 10 ; 1919 December 1

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by L'Orchestre Symphon. du Gramophone

Disque pour Gramophone: K 749 ; 20877u, 20940u (matrix) ; 230996, 230995 (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded November 10 [side A], and December 1 [side B], 1919

Box 2, Disc 49

Maldereu [i.e.] Malderen, E. V. Tango du rêve -- Kortlander, Max, 1890-1961. Tell me. 1920 November 12

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by l'Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophone

Disque pour Gramophone: K 817 ; s21768u, s21769u (matrix) ; 2-230554, 2-230555 (additional matrix nos.) ; 4-32439 [additional matrix on side A crossed out on disc]

Box 2, Disc 50

Grassi ; Herpin [i.e. Harpin]. Rocking and pitching : la roula tanguette -- Hauchard, Maurice. Rêve Argentin. 1921 January 19

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by l'Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophone

Disque pour Gramophone: K 993 ; s21871u, s21870u (matrix) ; 2-230648, 2-230649 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 2, Disc 51

Padula, José L., 1893-1945. 9 de Julio -- Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Gigot. 1921 April 25 ; 1921 May 6

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by L'Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophone

Disque pour Gramophone: K 1131 ; s22143u, s22101u (matrix) ; 2-230664, 2-230679 (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded May 6, 1921 [side A], and April 25, 1921 [side B]

Box 2, Disc 52

Toranzo, Udelino. Jueves; arr. -- Yvain, Maurice, 1891-1965. Lys noir. 1921 June 11 ; 1921 June 18

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by L'Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophone

Disque pour Gramophone: K 1182 ; s22256u, s22241u (matrix) ; 2-230675, 2-230676 (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded June 11 [side A], and June 18 [side B], 1921

Box 2, Disc 53

Haines, Will E., d. 1958. Walter, Walter -- Davies, Harry Parr, 1914-1955. Trek song.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Sung by Gracie Fields

Liberty Music Shop: L-331 ; 76751A, 76752A (matrix)

Box 2, Disc 54

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Bachianas brasileiras, no. 5. Aria.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Ruth Valdares Correa, vocal soloist ; Ottetto Brasil ; Villa-Lobos, conductor

Fabrica Odeon: 104, 105 (matrix) ; 96, 97 (additional matrix nos.)

"Specially recorded for New York World's Fair 1939 and the Golden Gate International Exposition"

Box 2, Disc 55

Canaro, Francisco, 1888-1964. Donde hay un mango? -- Discépolo, Enrique Santos, 1901-1951. Tres esperanzas.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica

Odeon Disco Nacional: 4858 A/B ; 7459-1, 7446 (matrix)

Box 2, Disc 56

Barbosa, Orestes, 1893-1966. Sem voce -- Valente, Assis, 1908-1958. Quando eu queria voce.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Aurora Miranda, vocalist ; Orchestra Odeon ; Simon Beuntman, conductor

Odeon: 11111 a/b ; 4792, 4762 (matrix)

Box 2, Disc 57

Atcher, Bob. You love me or you don't : (make up your mind) -- Carter, A. P. (Alvin Pleasant), 1891-1960. I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes, vocal duet with string accompaniment [side A] ; Bob Atcher, vocal solo with orchestra [side B]

Okeh: 05134 ; WC2738A, WC2745A (matrix)

Box 2, Disc 58

Pokarekare : the ripple -- Hine e hine : slumber song. 1927

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Ana Hato, vocalist ; unidentified pianist

Parlophone: R 3354 ; A-111-2, A-118-2 (matrix)

Box 2, Disc 59

Hoki, hoki tonumai ; Poatarau Maori : love songs -- Tahi-Nei taru kino : love song ; Kutia haka : war cry. 1927

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Ana Hato, vocalist ; unidentified chorus

Parlophone: R 3355 ; A-109-3, A-113-2 (matrix)

Box 3: Parlophone/Pathé/Victor/Victrola/Miscellaneous Labels

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957

Hato, Ana, 1907-1953

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962

Lamson, Carl

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943

Richardson, Albert, ca. 1906-

Ruffo, Titta, 1877-1953

Schipa, Tito, 1889-1965

Waretini, Deane, d. 1967

Box 3, Disc 60

Te Arawa : duet -- Matangi : love ditty.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Ana Hato and Deane Waretini [side A], Ana Hato and chorus [side B]

Signatures of Ana Hato and Deane Waretini etched in disc on side A

Parlophone: R 3356 ; A.112, A.115

Box 3, Disc 61

Hill, Alfred, 1869-1960. Waiata poi -- Te Taniwha : the dragon ; Haka : war cry.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Ana Hato with piano accompaniment [side A], Ana Hato and chorus [side B]

Signature of Ana Hato etched in disc on side A

Parlophone: R 3357 ; A.110, A.117

Box 3, Disc 62

Pibroch Donald Dhu ; Bob o' Fettercairn ; Deil among the tailors -- Tulloch Macarrick ; Braes o' Tullymet ; Auld wife. 1916?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Pipe Major Forsyth, bagpipe solo

Pathé: 8383 ; 78943, 78944 ; 60510 (G.R etched in disc beneath number), 61542 . R.A (additional numbers)

Box 3, Disc 63

Hundred pipers ; Miss Drummond of Perth ; Sleepy Maggie -- 25th. farewell to Merut ; Tulloch Gorm ; Reel of Tulloch. 1916?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Pipe Major Forsyth, bagpipe solo

Pathé: 8431 ; 78945, 78946 ; 60247 G.R, 60708 (+, etched in disc) R.A (additional numbers)

Box 3, Disc 64

Buttercup Joe : traditional -- Old sow : traditional. 1928?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Albert Richardson, bass, with piano [side A], Albert Richardson, bass, unaccompanied [side B]

Regal Zonophone: T5178 ; X-5-42454, X-5-42455 ; Bb129731[triangle], Bb129741[triangle] (additional numbers etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 65

[Japanese recording]

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Tōa-Record (Toa Phone Co., Ltd.): 321, 322 [all other information in Japanese]

Box 3, Disc 66

[Japanese recording]

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Tōa-Record (Toa Phone Co., Ltd.): 325, 326 [all other information in Japanese]

Box 3, Disc 93

Mario, E. A., 1884-1961. Santa Lucia luntana (Santa Lucia, I long for you) -- Toselli, Enrico, 1883-1926. Serenade, violin, piano, op. 6; arr. 1921 April 29 ; 1922 September 25

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title from label: Serenade (Rimpianto)

Performed by Beniamino Gigli, tenor with violin, flute, mandolin and guitar, Neopolitan [side A]; tenor with orchestra, in Italian [side B]

Victrola: 645 ; H 645A 6 1, B 645B 1 1 (stamped on disc)

Box 3, Disc 98

Barrera, Tomás, 1870-1938. Emigrantes. Granadinas -- Padilla, José, 1889-1960. Princesita. 1922 February 3 ; 1922 March 9

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Granadinas (Farewell, my Granada) (from the Spanish operetta "Emigrantes") -- Princesita (Little princess)

Performed by Tito Schipa, tenor with orchestra, in Spanish

Victrola: 827 ; 827A 5, 827B 10 (etched in disc)

Recorded March 9, 1922 [side A], February 3, 1922 [side B]

Box 3, Disc 99

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci. O Colombina -- Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Manon. En fermant les yeux je vois. 1922 February 3 ; 1922 May 3

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Pagliacci-Serenata D'Arlecchino (Harlequin's Serenade) (Act 2) -- Manon-Il Sogno (The Dream) (Act 2)

Performed by Tito Schipa, tenor with orchestra, in Italian

Victrola: 828 ; 828A 4, 828B 17 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 100

Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970. Cherry ripe -- Kramer, A. Walter (Arthur Walter), 1890-1969. Entr'acte. 1922 April 25 ; 1923 March 30

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin solo, piano accompaniment by Carl Lamson

Victrola: 966 ; 966A 4, 966B [2] (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 101

Santa Lucia (folk song) -- Tosti, F. Paolo (Francesco Paolo), 1846-1916. Marechiare. 1923 November 27

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

(When the moon rises over Marechiare)

Performed in Italian and in Neapolitan by Titta Ruffo, baritone ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: 995 ; 995A 2, 995B 2 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 103

Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo, 1854-1943. Lolita -- Lerdo de Tejada, Miguel, 1869-1941. Perjura. 1922 October 13 ; 1923 November 27

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Lolita (Serenade) -- Perjura (Fickle maiden!)

Performed by Titta Ruffo, baritone ; unidentified orchestra ; in Italian [side A], in Spanish [side B]

Victrola: 1019 ; 1019A 2, 1019B 1 (etched in disc)

Recorded November 27, 1923 [side A], October 13, 1922 [side B]

Box 3, Disc 104

Sánchez de Fuentes, Eduardo, 1874-1944. Rosalinda -- Esparza Oteo, Alfonso. Mi viejo amor (My old love) 1924 May 14

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed in Spanish by Tito Schipa, tenor ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: 1030 ; 1030A 2, 1030B 3 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 106

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Tote Stadt. Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen; arr. -- Bass, George. Chansonette. 1924 March 28 ; 1924 April 15

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Pierrot's dance song (from "The Dead City") [side A]

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Carl Lamson, piano accompaniment

Victrola: 1062 ; 1062A 1, 1062B 7 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 107

Silvestri, Giuseppe, 1841-1921. Sérénade d'autrefois -- Barthelemy, Richard. Pesca d'ammore. 1924 May 14 ; 1924 September 18

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Serenata medioevale (Serenade of olden times) -- Pesca d'ammore (Love's angling)

Performed in Italian, and in Neapolitan by Tito Schipa, tenor ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: 1063 ; 1063A 3, 1063B 11 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 108

Ėĭ ukhnem; arr. -- Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Symphonies, no. 9, op. 95, E minor. Largo; arr. 1925 August 27 ; 1925 August 28

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Song of the Volga boatmen : paraphrase : introducing "A Russian folk melody" -- Negro spiritual melody : adapted by Fritz Kreisler from the "Largo" of Dvořák's "New World symphony"

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Carl Lamson, piano: violin with piano [side A], violin solo [side B]

Victrola: 1122 ; 1122A 3, 1122B 14 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 109

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesfreud [Part 1] -- [Part 2] 1925 December 29

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Liebesfreud-Part 1 (Love's joy) (Old Vienna waltz) -- Liebesfreud-Part 2 (Love's joy) (Old Vienna waltz)

Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano solo

Victrola: 1142 ; 1142A 3, 1142B 3 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 110

Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Rose-Marie. Indian love call -- Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Student prince. Deep in my heart, dear. 1926

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin solo ; Carl Lamson, piano

Victrola: 1151 ; 1151A 7, 1151B 6 (etched in disc)

Box 3, Disc 111

Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Rose-Marie. Indian love call -- Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Student prince. Deep in my heart, dear. 1926

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Carl Lamson, piano

Victor: 1151 ; 1151A, 1151B

Box 3, Disc 112

Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Frasquita. Hab' ein blaues Himmelbett; arr. -- Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Kreisler serenade. 1926?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Carl Lamson, piano

Victrola: 1158 ; 1158A 10, 1158B 4

Box 4: RCA Victor/Victor/Victrola

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Achron, Isidor, 1892-1948

Babin, Victor, 1908-1972

Barone, Clement

Bay, Emanuel

Benoist, André, 1879-1953

Boston Pops Orchestra

Bright, Sol K.

Carlisle, Aileen

Caro, Julio de, 1899-1980

Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921

City Slickers

Clément, Edmond, 1867-1928

Cuatro Huasos (Musical group)

De Luca, Giuseppe, 1876-1950

Duchin, Eddy, 1909-1951

Fiedler, Arthur, 1894-1979

Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882-1963

Gluck, Alma, 1884-1938

Grayson, Carl

Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924

Hollywaiians (Musical group)

Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989

Ingle, Red

Jones, Spike, 1911-1965

Katz, Mickey

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962

Lamson, Carl

Lhévinne, Josef, 1874-1944

Lhevinne, Rosina, 1880-1976

Miranda, Carmen, 1909-1955

New Friends of Rhythm

Philadelphia Orchestra

Porter, Del

Raucheisen, Michael, 1889-1984

Reis, Mário

Sandor, Arpad

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

Victor Symphony Orchestra

Vronsky, Vitya

Piano music

Piano music (Pianos (2))

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Box 4, Disc 113

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Stikhotvorenii︠a︡. Margaritki; arr. -- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Morceaux, piano, op. 10. Humoresque; arr. 1926 April 8

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Albumblatt-Marguerite (Album leaf) -- Humoresque

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Carl Lamson, piano

Victrola: 1170 ; 1170A-4, 1170B-6

Recorded April 8, 1926 [side B]

Box 4, Disc 114

Nevin, Ethelbert, 1862-1901. Rosary; arr. -- Nevin, Ethelbert, 1862-1901. Mighty lak' a rose; arr. 1928 February 7

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Carl Lamson, piano

Victor: 1320 ; 1320A-6, 1320B-2 ; 15937 (additional number stamped in side A)

Box 4, Disc 117

Ponce, Manuel M. (Manuel María), 1882-1948. Estrellita; arr. -- Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930. Millions d'Arlequin. Valse bluette; arr. 1928 May 8

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Estrellita -- Valse bluette (Air de ballet) (arr. Leopold Auer)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: 1332 ; 1332A-4, 1332B-5 ; 43945, 21068

Box 4, Disc 118

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Children's corner. Serenade for the doll -- Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757. Sonatas, harpsichord, K. 20, E major; arr. 1928 March 26, 1928 April 2

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Sérénade à la poupée (Serenade for the doll) (no. 3 from "The children's corner") -- Capriccio

Performed by Vladimir Horowitz, piano

Victrola: 1353 ; 1353A-1, 1353B-3

Box 4, Disc 119

Brandl, Johann, 1835-1913. Liebe Augustin. Du alter Stefansturm; arr. -- Heuberger, Richard, 1850-1914. Opernball. Im chambre séparée; arr. 1930?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Old refrain (Viennese popular song) -- Opera ball : Midnight bells

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Michael Raucheisen, piano

Victor: 1465 ; 1465A-3, 1465B-3 ; BLR 6061-3[triangle], BLR 6066-3[triangle]

Recorded in Europe

Box 4, Disc 120

Di Capua, Eduardo, 1864-1917. O sole mio -- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto. Donna è mobile. 1933

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

General Physical Description note: Disc is missing a small chip; beginning of recording on side B may be affected

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Enrico Caruso, tenor ; Victor Symphony Orchestra

Victor: 1616 ; 1616A-1, 1616B-1

Box 4, Disc 123

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968. Songs from Shakespeare's plays. Arise; arr. -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazka o t︠s︡are Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ -- Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938. Triakontameron. Alt Wien; arr. 1934

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

1. Sea murmurs 2. Bumble bee -- Alt Wien (Old Vienna)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano

Victor: 1645 ; 1645A-2, 1645B-2

Box 4, Disc 124

Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich, 1855-1914. Russkie narodnye pesni, orchestra. Selections. 1934 March 17

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Eight Russian folk dances (Liadow) : (side A:) No. 5-Legend of the birds -- No. 6-Cradle song -- (side B:) No. 7-Round dance -- No. 8-Village dance song

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: 1681 ; 1681A-1, 1681B-1

Box 4, Disc 125

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Enfant prodigue. Prélude; arr. -- Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925. Guitarre; arr. 1935

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

L'enfant prodigue : prelude (Debussy) -- Guitarre (Moszkowski, Op. 45, No. 2-arr. Sarasate)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano (recorded in Europe)

Victor: 1694 ; 1694A-2, 1694B-5 ; OB 6055-2[square], OB 6045-5[square]

Box 4, Disc 126

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 20; arr. -- Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 13; arr. 1934

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Caprice, Op. 1, No. 20 (Paganini-Kreisler) -- Caprice, Op. 1, No. 13 (Paganini-Kreisler)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano (recorded in Europe)

Victor: 1697 ; 1697A-2, 1697B-2 ; OB 6104-2[square], OB 6105[square]2

Box 4, Disc 127

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Nocturnes, orchestra. Fêtes; arr. 1935 June 11

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Fêtes-part 1 (Festivals) (Debussy-Ravel) -- Fêtes-part 2 (Festivals)

Performed by Josef & Rosina Lhevinne, piano duo

Victor: 1741 ; 1741A, 1741B

Box 4, Disc 128

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Sonatas, violin, continuo, op. 2. No. 2; arr. 1934 February 21

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Suite in A Major-part 1 : Preludio and capriccio (Vivaldi-arr. Busch) -- Suite in A Major-concluded : Corrente -- recitativo -- giga

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Arpad Sandor, piano (recorded in Europe)

Victor: 1810 ; 1810A-2, 1810B-1 ; OB 6050-2[square], OB 6051-1[square]

Box 4, Disc 131

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato; arr. -- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Holzapfel und Schlehwein. 193-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano [side A], Arpad Sander, piano [side B] (recorded in Europe)

Victor: 1864 ; 1864A-1, 1864B-2 ; OEA 4894-1[square], OB 6054-2[square]

Box 4, Disc 132

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazka o t︠s︡are Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ; arr. -- Babin, Victor, 1908-1972. Etudes, pianos (2) no. 1. 1937 March 9

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

General Physical Description note: Disc is missing a small chip on side B that affects beginning of recording

Scope and Contents note

Flight of the bumblebee (from opera "The fairy tale of Tsar Saltan") (Act 3) (Rimsky-Korsakow - Babin) -- Etude No. 1 (Babin)

Performed by Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, piano duo

Victor: 4377 ; 4377A-1, 4377B-3

Box 4, Disc 133

McBride, Robert, 1911-2007. Fugato on a well-known theme -- Mosolov, A. (Aleksandr), 1900-1973. Stalʹ. Zavod. 1938

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

[side B:] Soviet iron foundry (A. Mossolow)

Performed by Boston "Pops" Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler, conductor

Victor: 4378, 4378A-1, 4378B-1

Box 4, Disc 134

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato; arr. -- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Romansy, op. 6. Net, tolʹko tot, kto znal; arr. 1938 June 27, 1938 June 28

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Hora staccato (arr. Heifetz, orchestrated by Adolf Schmidt) -- None but the lonely heart (Tschaikowsky, Op. 6, orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet)

Performed by Boston "Pops" Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler, conductor

Victor: 4413 ; 4413A-2, 4413B-1

Box 4, Disc 135

Brown, Nacio Herb, 1896-1964. After sundown -- Matos Rodríguez, Gerardo Hernán, 1897-1948. Cumparsita. 1933?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

A la caida del sol : rumba fox trot (After sundown) de la pelicula "Canta Corazon" [title of film in U.S.: "Going Hollywood"] (Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown) Duchin y su Orq. con Estribillo -- La cumparsita : tango

Performed by Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra with Chorus [side A] ; Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra [side B]

Victor: 24461 ; 24461A-1, 24461B-1

Box 4, Disc 136

Bright, Sol K. Oi-oi-e : Samoan sweetheart -- Bright, Sol K. Papio : Little bamboo bungalow. 1934?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Sol K. Bright and his Hollywaiians, with vocal trio [side A] ; vocal by Sol K. Bright with trio [side B]

Victor: 24687 ; 24687A-2, 24687B-2

Box 4, Disc 137

Droschky drag : fox trot : (after Tschaikowsky's "Andante cantabile") -- Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892. When Johnny comes marching home : fox trot. 1939?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by New Friends of Rhythm

Victor: 26229 ; 26229A-1, 26229B

Box 4, Disc 138

Capriciousness no. 24 : fox trot : (after Paganini 24th violin caprice) -- Barbers' hitch : fox trot : (after "The marriage of Figaro overture" of Mozart) 1939?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by New Friends of Rhythm

Victor: 26256 ; 26256A-1, 26256B-1

Box 4, Disc 139

Bach bay blues : fox trot : (after Bach's organ fugue in G minor) -- Fable in sable : fox trot : (after Tschaikowsky's violin concerto) 1939?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by New Friends of Rhythm

Victor: 26315 ; 26315A-1, 26315B-1

Box 4, Disc 140

Shoot the Schubert to me Hubert : fox trot : (after the ballet music from "Rosamunde" by Franz Schubert) -- Goulash : fox trot : (after Brahms' Hungarian dance, no. 5) 1939?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by New Friends of Rhythm

Victor: 26425 ; 26425A-2, 26425B

Box 4, Disc 141

Foster chile : fox trot : (after Stephen Foster's "Old Black Joe") -- Shulman, Alan. High voltage : swing novelty. 1939?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by New Friends of Rhythm

Victor: 26503 ; 26503A-1, 26503B-1

Box 4, Disc 142

Shulman, Alan. Heavy traffic on Canal Street : fox trot : (based on Paganini's melody "Carnival of Venice") -- Shulman, Alan. Mood in question : fox trot. 1940?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by New Friends of Rhythm

Victor: 26647 ; 26647A-1, 26647B-2

Box 4, Disc 143

Cuzqueñita : yaraví -- Andinos : huaino. 193-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Cuarteto de Cámara Incaica

Victor: 30049 ; 30049A-2, 30049B-2

Box 4, Disc 144

Lejos de ti : triste -- Munanacuy : cachaspari. 193-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Trio de Quenas y Arpa

Victor: 30335 ; 30335A-2, 30335B-2

Box 4, Disc 145

Carvalho, Joubert de, 1900-1977. De papo p'ro á : cateretê -- Carvalho, Joubert de, 1900-1977. Zingara : canção. 193-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Gastão Formenti com Orchestra Typica [side A], com Orchestra [side B]

Victor: 33469 ; 33469A, 33469B

Box 4, Disc 146

Carvalho, Joubert de, 1900-1977. Que bom que estava : marcha : (da opereta "Mariuza") -- Carvalho, Joubert de, 1900-1977. Bom dia, meu amor! : fox canção : (da opereta "Mariuza") 193-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Diabos do Céo, canto: Carmen Miranda [side A] ; Orchestra Victor Brasileira, canto: Carmen Miranda [side B]

Victor: 33694 ; 33694A-1, 33694B-1 ; 65810-1, 65814 (additional numbers etched in disc)

Box 4, Disc 147

Babo, Lamartine, 1904-1963. Ridi...palhaço... : marcha -- Babo, Lamartine, 1904-1963. O sol nasceu p'ra todos : samba. 193-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Diabos do Céo, canto: Mário Reis

Victor: 33738 ; 33738A-1, 33738B-1 ; 65879-1, 65880-1 (additional numbers etched in disc)

Box 4, Disc 148

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Shchelkunchik. Suite. Selections. 1918 May 22, 1918 May 24

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Casse noisette (Nutcracker ballet) suite : 1. Danse Chinoise ; 2. Danse des mirlitons [side A] -- Danse Arabe [side B]

Performed by Victor Herbert's Orchestra, concert orchestra directed by Victor Herbert

Victor: 45053 ; 45053A-5, 45053B-4

Box 4, Disc 149

Clavelito : kaluyo -- Chongallapana : yaraví. 193-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Felipe Rivera y su Orquesta Típica Boliviana

Victor: 47683 ; 47683A-2, 47683B-1

Box 4, Disc 150

Bernales, Jorge. Arriba y abajo : cueca -- Bernales, Jorge. Porque tengo penas : tonada. 19--?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by los Cuatro Huasos con Marta Ubilla y guitarra [side A], los Cuatro Huasos [side B]

Victor: 47891 ; 47891A, 47891B

Box 4, Disc 151

Serrano, L.M. Cerro Santa Lucia : cueca -- Bernales, Jorge. Voy a remontar los montes : tonada. 19--?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by los Cuatro Huasos

Victor: 47916 ; 47916A-1, 47916B

Box 4, Disc 152

Giménez, Esteban. A Lampa me voy : cueca -- Giménez, Esteban. Yo se que queris : tonada. 19--?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by los Cuatro Huasos

Victor: 47917 ; 47917A-2, 47917B-2

Box 4, Disc 153

Godard, Benjamin, 1849-1895. Jocelyn. Berceuse. 1911 December 18

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Jocelyn - Berceuse : lullaby

Performed by Edmond Clément, tenor with orchestra, in French

Victrola: 64233-2-1

Box 4, Disc 154

Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), Sir, 1786-1855. Comedy of errors. Lo! here the gentle lark. 1912 June 10

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Alma Gluck, soprano with orchestra, in English, flute obbligato by Clement Barone

Victrola: 64267-2

Box 4, Disc 156

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 20; arr. 1918 October 4

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Caprice (Paganini) (arranged by Fritz Kreisler) (No. 20 from "Twenty-four caprices")

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, pianoforte

Victrola: 64833-2-10

Box 4, Disc 157

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 23. Zapateado. 1918 October 4

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Zapateado (Spanish dance) (The cobbler) (Sarasate, Op. 23, No. 6)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victrola: 66097-1-6

Box 4, Disc 158

Rodriguez, L. Pato...cua, cua! : tango -- Maffia, Pedro, 1899-1967. Sentencia : tango. 192-?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Julio de Caro y su Orquesta Típica

Victor: 79753 ; 79753A-2-1, 79753B-1-1

Box 4, Disc 160

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto. Piangi, piangi, fanciulla. 1918 June 11

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Rigoletto--Piangi fanciulla (Weep, my child) (Act 2)

Performed by Amelita Galli-Curci and Giuseppe de Luca, duet with orchestra, in Italian

Victrola: 87567-2-10

Box 4, Disc 161

Rose, David, 1910-1990. Holiday for strings : fox trot -- Porter, Del. Drip, drip, drip : (Sloppy lagoon) : fox trot. 1945

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Spike Jones and his City Slickers, [side B:] vocal refrain by Del (Water-on-the-brain) Porter

Victor: 20-1733 ; 20-1733A, 20-1733B

Box 4, Disc 162

Lincke, Paul, 1866-1946. Lysistrata. Glühwürmchen-Idyll; arr. -- Leleiōhoku, William Pitt, 1854-1877. Kaua i ka huahua'i; arr. 1946?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Glow-worm (Lilla Cayley Robinson - Paul Lincke) (arranged by Spike Jones) -- Hawaiian war chant (Ta-hu-wa-hu-wai) (Ralph Freed - Johnny Noble - Leleiohaku)

Performed by Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Red Ingle and Aileen Carlisle with Chorus [side A], Spike Jones and his Wacky Wakakians with Chorus [side B]

RCA Victor: 20-1893 ; 20-1893A, 20-1893B

Box 4, Disc 163

Jones, Spike, 1911-1965. I dream of Brownie with the light blue jeans -- Jones, Spike, 1911-1965. Jones polka. 1946?

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Spike Jones and his City Slickers, vocal refrain by Carl Grayson and Barefooted Pennsylvanians [side A], Spike Jones and his City Slickers, vocal refrain by Mickey Katz [side B]

RCA Victor: 20-1894 ; 20-1894A, 20-1894B

Box 5: Victor/Capital/Columbia/Serbian 1920-1950

Physical Description: 13 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Auer, Leopold, 1845-1930

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968

City Slickers

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Jones, Spike, 1911-1965

Moran and Mack

Philadelphia Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

Comedy sketches

Humorous music

Musicals--Excerpts, Arranged

Orchestral music

Popular music

Violin and piano music

Box 5, Disc 164

Spike Jones and his City Slickers

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986. Star spangled rhythm. That old black magic -- Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Liebesträume, piano. Nr. 3; arr.

Performed by Spike Jones and his City Slickers

RCA Victor: 20-1895-A/B (matrix)

Box 5, Disc 165

Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. 1937 December 12

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Nocturnes, orchestra. Fêtes

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski

Victor: M 630-3 ; 2034-A/B (matrix)

Box 5, Disc 166

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 1; arr. 1920 June 7

Physical Description: 1 single-sided 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Leopold Auer, violin

Victor Special Record [no visible number]

General note

Handwritten in blue ink on label: "To dear Jascha Heifetz, L. Auer" Handwritten in black ink on label: "New York June 7th 1920 - To my musical children, L. Auer"

Box 5, Disc 167

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazka o s︡are Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ arr. -- Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968. Songs from Shakespeare's plays. Arise; arr.

Physical Description: 1 single-sided 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on plain white label: Sea murmurs - Bumblebee - Heifetz

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Box 5, Disc 168

Red Ingle and The Natural Seven. [194-?]

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

McMichael, Ted, 1908-2001. Oh! Nick-o-deemo Performed by Red Ingle and The Natural Seven

Serutan Yob: a song for backward boys and girls, under 40: based on Nature boy by Eden Ahbez Performed by The Unnatural Seven

Capital: 15210 ; 2772-4D1, 3420-2D1 (matrix)

Box 5, Disc 169

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Tip-toes. Sweet and low-down; arr. -- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Tip-toes. Looking for a boy; arr. [193-?]

Physical Description: 10" shellac 80 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by George Gershwin, piano

Columbia (England): 4065 ; A 3553, A 3555 (matrix) ; 23299, 23310 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 5, Disc 170

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato -- Hungarian potpourri, arr. Dinicu.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Dinicu and his orchestra

Columbia (England): 5684 ; WA 7335, WA 7336 (matrix) ; 32785, 32783

Box 5, Disc 171

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Oh, Kay! Someone to watch over me; arr. -- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Oh, Kay! Maybe; arr. [193-?]

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

George Gershwin, piano

Columbia: 812-D ; W142925, W142932 (matrix) ; 3-C-2, 1-B-2 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 5, Disc 172-173

Two Black Crows.

Physical Description: 2 10" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note

Disc 172 is cracked.

Scope and Contents note

Two black crows, comedy sketch, performed by Moran and Mack

Disc 172 contains parts 1-2 ; Disc 173 contains parts 3-4

Box 5, Disc 174

Galiazzo. Don Fabricio, tango argentino -- Jurmann, Walter, 1903-1971. Old Spanish tango.

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Geraldo's Gaucho Tango Orchestra

Columbia: CB 334 ; W A 11851, W A11852 (matrix) ; 62970, 62971 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 5, Disc 175

Za tvoje crne oci -- Mescina divna SJA.

Physical Description: 1 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 5, Disc 909

[Untitled disc]

Physical Description: 10" plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Recordio disc with handwritten date and playback speed.

12" Sound Discs

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Instantaneous Recordings

Physical Description: 78 and 33 rpm sound discs

Box 19: Advance/Audiodisc/Universal

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Kurtz, Efrem, 1900-1995

Popular instrumental music--United States--1951-1960

Box 19, Disc 802

[Unidentified broken disc: Advance Record Products]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 19, Disc 803

[Unidentified broken disc: Advance Record Products]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1. Due to its very fragile nature, it has been placed at the top of the box with a special support

Box 19, Disc 804

[Unidentified disc: Audiodisc 0221, #1, #2]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In pencil on sleeve: XXIII 9

Box 19, Disc 805

[Unidentified disc: Audiodisc 0221, #3, #4]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In pencil on sleeve: XXIII 10 (last)

Box 19, Disc 806

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. American in Paris.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous sound disc

Scope and Contents note

All information handwritten in blue ink on label.

In attached envelope: additional label with title information in typescript, composer and conductor names handwritten.

Performed by General Motors Symphony ; [Arturo] Toscanini, conductor

Universal Recording Co. Inc.

Box 19, Disc 807

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Larry Adler, harmonica

Box 19, Disc 808a, 808b, 808c

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 35, D major.

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information in typescript on disc labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; The Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York ; Efrem Kurtz, conductor

Recorded at Carnegie Hall on March 30, 1947, 3:00-4:30 p.m.

Carnegie Hall Recording Co.

Box 19, Disc 809

Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987. So much in love -- Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987. When you make love to me.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in green ink on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified pianist

Decca

Existence and Location of Copies note

Digitally reformatted copy held in the Archive of Recorded Sound: ars_0014_0001

Box 19, Disc 810

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Prelude [unidentified] for unaccompanied violin]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin

Library of Congress: LCM 1377A (label) ; LCM 1377-HA (engraved on disc)

Box 19, Disc 811

Horn blows at midnite: overture.

Physical Description: 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

No composer or performer credits given

Presto: D1890

Box 19, Disc 812

[Unidentified]

Physical Description: 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Disc recorded on both sides, but no content information provided on labels

Box 19, Disc 813

Scherzo for violin and orchestra by Leo [?] 1943, July 28

Physical Description: 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Information handwritten in blue ink or pencil on label. Composer's last name not clearly written

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin [probably] ; unidentified orchestra

Recorded July 28, 1943

Box 19, Disc 814-817

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Concertos, violins (2), string orchestra, BWV 1043, D minor.

Physical Description: 4 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in black ink on small, plain white labels on discs.

[Performed by Jascha Heifetz]

Box 19, Disc 818-821

Telephone Hour. 1945 July 16

Physical Description: 4 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and date information in typescript on labels

Separated Materials note

Labels have detached from discs and have been placed in envelopes which accompany the discs

Box 19, Disc 822

Children's concert.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information and names of participants handwritten in black ink on small, plain white label

Box 19, Disc 823

Telephone Hour "Souvenir" 1953 February 2

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and date information in typescript on label; performer's name handwritten in pencil

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: CT#227

Box 19, Disc 824

Telephone Hour "Waves at play" 1952 October 13

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and date information in typescript on label

Additional comments handwritten in blue ink on label: After announcement a bit of "Kreutzer" Oct. 13, 52 Hollywood

Handwritten in blue ink at top of label: For fun

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: #286

Box 19, Disc 825-828

Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892. Symphonie espagnole. 1948 June 21

Physical Description: 4 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Telephone Hour, June 21, 1948 Disc 825: "Late" -- Disc 826 contains same material as Disc 825 but is marked "Early" -- Disc 827: "Late" -- Disc 828 contains same material as Disc 827 but is marked "Early"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: #355

Box 19, Disc 829

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice. 1948 June 21

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and date information in typescript on label Additional title information: Telephone Hour (Late)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: #365 EXCERPT

Box 20: National Broadcasting Co.

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra.

Box 20, Disc 830-832

Bell Telephone Hour. 1949 June 27

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908. Songs, op. 47. Sea -- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 64, E minor -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Snegurochka. Pli︠a︡ska skomorokhov -- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Preludes, piano, book 1. Fille aux cheveux de lin; arr. -- Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato

Information in typescript and handwritten in ink on labels

Titles on labels: "The Sea" McDowell -- "Concerto in E Minor" Mendelssohn -- "Dance of the Tumblers" Snow Maiden -- "Girl with the Flaxen Hair" -- Hora Staccato

Performed by the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra [sides 1 and 4] ; Jascha Heifetz, violin [sides 2, 3, 5 and 6]

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: CT#1259 [sides 1-3, 5 and 6] ; XT#1259 [side 4]

Box 20, Disc 833-834

Bell Telephone Hour. 1949 August 1

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925. Guitarre; arr. -- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Sérénade mélancolique -- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Gesänge, op. 34. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; arr.

Information in typescript on labels

Titles on labels: Guitarre -- Serenade Melonchalique -- On Wings of Song

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: CT#1375

Box 20, Disc 835-836

Jascha Heifetz from Rome. 1944 July 9

Physical Description: 2 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: 3613, 3614, 3615

Box 20, Disc 837-838

[Bell] Telephone Hour. 1946 November 11

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita [unspecified] -- Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Zigeunerweisen

Information in typescript and handwritten on labels and one sleeve

Titles on labels and sleeve: Partita [handwritten on sleeve:] Bach - Prelude, Gavotte & Fugue (?) -- Gypsy Airs

[Performed by Jascha Heifetz]

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: #14587

Box 20, Disc 839-840

[Bell Telephone Hour] 1947 March 3

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Bruch, Max, 1838-1920. Schottische Fantasie -- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Serenade, string orchestra, op. 48, C major. Valse -- Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Jeanie with the light brown hair; arr.

Information in typescript on labels

Titles on labels: "Scottish Fantasy" (Bruch) -- "Valse" from Serenade for Strings (Tschaikowsky) -- "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Bell Telephone Orchestra

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: #15782 EXCERPT

Box 20, Disc 841-842

[Bell] Telephone Hour (REPEAT SHOW) 1947 March 3

Physical Description: 2 single-sided 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Bruch, Max, 1838-1920. Schottische Fantasie

Information in typescript on labels

Titles on labels: "Scottish Fantasy" (Bruch) 1st movement -- "Scottish Fantasy" (Bruch) 2nd movement

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: #15808 EXCERPT

Box 20, Disc 843a-843b

[Bell] Telephone Hour. 1944 December 4

Physical Description: 2 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Concerto, violin, orchestra, op. 47, D minor

Information in typescript on label

Title on label: Sibelius Concerto Part Two [NB: Disc is missing]

[Performed by Jascha Heifetz]

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: 19704 [NB: Disc is missing], 19705

Box 20, Disc 844-845

[Bell] Telephone Hour. 1944 December 4

Physical Description: 2 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Crowther, John. Gweedore Brae -- Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Capricieuse -- Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 13

Information in typescript on labels

Titles on label: Gweedore Brae -- La Capriciense (Parts 1 [disc 844] and 2 [disc 845]) -- Caprice #13

[Performed by Jascha Heifetz]

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: EXCERPT 19706, 19707 [disc 844] ; 19708 [disc 845]

Box 20, Disc 846-847

[Bell Telephone Hour] 1948 February 16

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Romances, violin, orchestra, op. 50, F major -- Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 23. Zapateado -- Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 22. Romanza andaluza

Information in typescript on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Bell Telephone Orchestra

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: #21675 EXCERPT

Box 20, Disc 848-849

Bell Telephone Hour. 1943 July 5

Physical Description: 2 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody -- Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Concertos [unspecified]

Information in typescript on labels

In attached envelope: portion of label, detached from disc

Performed by Jacha Heifitz [Jascha Heifetz]

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: EXCERPT 872396, 872397 [disc 848] ; 872398 [disc 849]

Box 20, Disc 850-853

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Concertos, violin, orchestra, K. 218, D major. Andante cantabile [discs 850-851] -- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum; arr. [disc 852] -- [Title from disc:] "Nana" [disc 853] 1944 August 21

Physical Description: 4 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on detached labels and handwritten on discs

In attached envelopes: labels, detached from disc (envelope with disc 852 contains label with typescript and handwritten information as follows: R-366 Aug. 21, 1944 Horace Heidt (7:30-8:00P) Part 1, Part 2, Speed 33)

Titles on labels/discs: Concerto #4 in D Major, second movement -- "Figaro" from Barber of Seville -- "Nana"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: R-3530

Box 20, Disc 854

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum; arr. 1944 August 21

Physical Description: Single-sided 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on detached labels and handwritten on disc

In attached envelope: labels, detached from disc (one label with typescript and handwritten information as follows: R-4035 Aug. 21, 1944 Phillip Morris Rehearsal Part 1 [Speed] 33)

Titles on label/disc: "Figaro" from Barber of Seville Telephone Hr

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: R-4035[?]

Box 20, Disc 855-857

United Jewish Appeal Program [in six parts] 1941 May 7 ; 1941 May 26

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript and stamped on labels

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: 30469, 30470, 30471, 30472, 30473, 30474

May 7, 1941 in typescript on label ; May 26, 1941 stamped on label

Box 20, Disc 858-859

Command Performance [in four parts] 1942 July 14

Physical Description: 2 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on labels

In attached envelope: label, detached from disc 859

Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) variety show featuring Edward Arnold, Paul Douglas, Ethel Waters, Richard Haydn, Jascha Heifetz, Jack Benny, Reginald Beane, Laura Vaughns, Ella Lashley, Emanuel Bey, and Constantin Bakaleinikoff conducting the RKO Studio Orchestra

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: [no numbers assigned]

Box 20, Disc 860-864

Soldiers in Greasepaint [in ten parts] 1943 November 25

Physical Description: 5 12" glass-based instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on labels

In attached envelopes: labels, detached from discs

United Service Organizations (USO) Thanksgiving special, hosted by Jack Benny and Bob Hope, with Al Jolson, Fredric March, Brigadier General Joseph Byron, Rear Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, Jascha Heifetz, Martha Raye, Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Pat O'Brien, Judith Anderson, Jackie Heller, Mitzi Mayfair, Merle Oberon, Jerry Colonna, Andy Devine, Jim Burke, Jinx Falkenburg, Faye McKenzie, Anna Lee, John Garfield, Frances Langford, and the Thomas Peluso Orchestra

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: R-3530

Box 21: Various Recording Sources

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barbirolli, John, Sir, 1899-1970

Bay, Emanuel

Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra

Benoist, André, 1879-1953

Cantelli, Guido

Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973

Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962

Falkenstein, George

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962

Kreisler, Hugo

Kroll, William, 1901-1980

Lamson, Carl

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

McCormack, John, 1884-1945

New York Philharmonic

O'Brien, Vincent, 1870-1948

Primrose, William, 1904-1982

Sandor, Arpad

Thibaud, Jacques, 1880-1953

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

Voorhees, Donald

Box 21, Disc 865-867

[Bell] Telephone Hour. 1948 April 19

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 77, D major -- Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Canciones populares españolas. Jota

Information in typescript on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [sides 1-4: Bell Telephone] Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: EXCERPT [sides of discs 865 and 866 numbered 1-4; disc 867 is single-sided and unnumbered]

Box 21, Disc 868-870

Bell Telephone Hour. 1950 May 1 ; 1950 May 8

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on labels

[Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Bell Telephone Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor]

National Broadcasting Co. Inc.: [discs numbered on both sides Part 1 through Part 6]

From label: May 1st, 1950 9:00 - 9:30 P.M. Net ; Dubbed 5/8/50

Box 21, Disc 871-874

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Trios, piano, strings, no. 1, op. 49, D minor.

Physical Description: 4 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information handwritten in ink on labels

Performed by Alfred Cortot, piano ; Jacques Thibaud, violin ; Pablo Casals, violoncello

Sound Services Inc.: [discs numbered on both sides I through VIII]

Box 21, Disc 875-877

Carnegie Hall.

Physical Description: 3 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information handwritten on discs

Title handwritten on discs 876 and 877: Part - 1

Soundcraft: [no numbers assigned]

Box 21, Disc 878

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968. Alt Wien. Alt Wien; arr. -- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Concertos, violins (2), string orchestra, BWV 1043, D minor.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in ink: Piano part of Alt Wien - Castelnuovo ; Bach Double concerto last mov. 2nd violin

Handwritten on sleeve: Bay

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

Box 21, Disc 879

[Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

All information from collection inventory: Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

[T900]

Disc missing from the collection

Box 21, Disc 880

[Unspecified music of Debussy]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

All information from collection inventory: Debussy [unspecified]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

[T943]

Disc missing from the collection

Box 21, Disc 881-884

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Tragische Ouvertüre -- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 77, D major.

Physical Description: 4 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information etched in discs: Brahms Overture Toscanini ; Brahms Concerto Heifetz Toscanini

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Box 21, Disc 885-890

Symphony [unspecified]

Physical Description: 6 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Information etched in discs as follows:

Disc 885: H - T, second movement, third movement

Disc 886: H - T, second movement, third movement

Disc 887: symphony

Disc 888: symphony

Disc 889: symphony

Disc 890: symphony

Box 21, Disc 891

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Nocturnes, orchestra. Fêtes -- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Nocturnes, orchestra. Nuages.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in ink: Debussy Fetes Toscanini [one side] ; Debussy Nuages Toscanini [reverse side]

Performed by unidentified orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Box 21, Disc 892

Excerpts [unidentified]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in ink: Excerpts - of Radio - [Broadcasts?] - Bach, etc. samples

Box 21, Disc 893

B-cast [broadcast] programs [unidentified]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten on label in ink: B-cast programs Philharmonia orchestra etc. [one side] ; Bach solos Radio B-cast of part of Carmen etc. [reverse side]

Etched in one side of disc: Bach

Box 21, Disc 894a-894b

Singing and conversation.

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Etched in disc 894a: Elsa's singing [one side] ; [Jascha] Heifetz conversation [reverse side]

Handwritten on sleeve of disc 894b: Poly-waly doodle (off radio?)

Box 21, Disc 900

Jascha Heifetz.

Physical Description: 12" 33 rpm vinyl sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information from labels: [side A:] Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Introduction et rondo capriccioso -- Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Havanaise -- [untitled] ; [side B:] Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Zigeunerweisen -- Halvorsen, Johan, 1864-1935. Passacaglia, violin, viola, G minor -- Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Tzigane -- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Gartenszene -- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Holzapfel und Schlehwein

Handwritten in pencil on disc jacket [in separate sleeve]: April 30, 70 270 N. Beverly Dr. -- $6.30

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra (Sir John Barbirolli, conductor) ; London Symphony Orchestra (Sir John Barbirolli, conductor) ; William Kroll, banjo/fiddle ; Emanuel Bay, piano ; William Primrose, viola ; Arpad Sandor, piano

MJA: MJA 5003-A1, MJA 5003-B1 [matrix]; K-2095, K-2094 [additional nos. etched in disc]

Box 21, Disc 901-902

Fritz Kreisler.

Physical Description: 2 12" instantaneous 33 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

[side one:] Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 62. Nr. 1; arr. -- Krakauer, Alexander, 1866-1894. Du guater Himmelvater -- Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesleid -- Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930. Millions d'Arlequin. Sérénade; arr. -- Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951. Melody, violin, piano -- Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924. Orange blossoms. Kiss in the dark -- [side two:] Poldini, Ede, 1869-1957. Marionettes. Poupée valsante -- Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970. Cherry ripe; arr. -- Kramer, A. Walter (Arthur Walter), 1890-1969. Entr'acte -- Brandl, Johann, 1835-1913. Liebe Augustin. Du alter Stefansturm; arr. -- Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Zigeunermelodien. Als die alte Mutter; arr. -- [side three:] Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Arlésienne. Suite. Adagietto -- Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Polichinelle -- White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960. Bandanna sketches. Chant -- Koschat, Thomas, 1845-1914. Kärntner Volksweisen. Verlassen bin i; arr. -- Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Aucassin and Nicolette -- Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Apple blossoms. I'm in love; arr. -- Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Toy soldiers march -- [side four:] Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Schön Rosmarin -- Logan, Frederic Knight, 1871-1928. Pale moon -- Heuberger, Richard, 1850-1914. Opernball. Im chambre séparée -- Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Caprice viennois -- Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Sonatina, violin, piano, op. 100, G major. Larghetto; arr. -- Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945. Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo; arr.

In typescript on yellow labels: Fritz Kreisler Side one ; Side two ; Side three ; Side four

Handwritten on yellow labels in blue ink: [side one:] Song without words - [illegible name] (George Falkenstein at piano) -- Paradise (Viennese folk song) Krakauer-Kreisler -- Liebeslied (Hugo Kreisler) Kreisler-Fritz at piano -- Serenade (H Kreisler - cello) Drigo Fritz at piano -- Melody - General Dawes - Lamson at piano -- A kiss in the dark - Herbert (Lamson) [followed by additional writing crossed out] -- [side two:] Waltzing doll - Poldini - Kreisler -- Cherry ripe - Scott -- Entre'acte - Walter Kramer -- The old refrain - Kreisler -- Songs my mother taught me - Dvorak-Kreisler (Lamson at piano) -- [side three:] Lamsen on piano [written vertically on one side of label on sides three and four] Adagietto (from "L'Arlesienne") - Bizet -- Polichinelle Serenade - Kreisler -- Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen - White -- Forsaken - Koschat - Winternitz -- Aucassin & Nicolette - Kreisler -- I'm in Love (from "Apple Blossoms") Hugo Kreisler arr. by Fritz -- Toy Soldiers March - Kreisler -- [side four:] Schon Rosmarin - Kreisler (Falkenstein - piano) -- Pale Moon - Logan - Kreisler -- Midnight Bells - Heuberger - Kreisler -- Caprice Viennois - Kreisler (Falkenstein) -- Indian Lament - Dvorak-Kreisler (O'Brien - piano) -- Ave Maria - Mascagni (O'Brien - piano) (McCormack with Kreisler) Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin/piano ; George Falkenstein, piano ; Hugo Kreisler, violoncello ; Carl Lamson, piano ; Vincent O'Brien, piano ; John McCormack, tenor

Capitol Records: [no numbers assigned to discs]

Box 21, Disc 903

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 64, E minor. 1954 March 14

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 33 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on labels

Side 1: 1st movement ; side 2: 2nd and 3rd movements

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; New York Philharmonic ; Guido Cantelli, conductor

Carnegie Hall Recording Co.: [no number assigned to disc]

Disc labeled: Station WCBS-FM March 14 1954

Box 21, Disc 904

Jascha Heifetz/Fritz Kreisler.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 33 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

[Heifetz side:] Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 9. No. 2; arr. -- Goldmark, Carl, 1830-1915. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 1, op. 28, A minor. Andante -- [Kreisler side:] Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 17 -- Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970. Pieces, piano, op. 47. Lotus land

Information in typescript and printed on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin, and André Benoist, piano ; Fritz Kreisler, violin, and Arpad Sandor, piano

[Heifetz side, in typescript:] 74616 & 74764 Victor ; [Kreisler side:] 6706-A RCA Victor

Printed on label: recorded by KFAC, "The Music Station," Los Angeles

Box 21, Disc 905

Command Performance.

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 33 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Information handwritten on disc, as follows: PGM 22 PT 2 COMMAND PERFORMANCE SIDE [one side labeled Side 2 ; reverse side has no number]

National Hollywood Silver Seal: [no number assigned to disc]

Box 21, Disc 906

[Bell] Telephone Hour Exc. 1954 January 25 ; 1954 January 28

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 33 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript on disc

Titles on labels: Concerto No. 5 in A Minor -- "Melody" & Polonaise in D Major

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

National Broadcasting Company Inc. (NBC Orthacoustic): CT 98

From label: January 28, 1954 Dubb

Box 21, Disc 907

[Bell] Telephone Hour. 1953 October 12 ; 1953 October 18

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 33 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Information in typescript and handwritten in pencil on disc

Side one: Muy mal! Microphone? [handwritten]

National Broadcasting Company Inc. (NBC Orthacoustic): CT 1303

From label: 10-18-53 [dub date?]

Box 21, Disc 908

Strauss [unspecified]

Physical Description: 12" instantaneous 33 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Information handwritten in blue ink on label, as follows: XI Jenkins singing - also other side This is Strauss

Presto Recording Company

Test Pressings

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Box 6: Gramophone

Physical Description: 78 rpm discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barbirolli, John, Sir, 1899-1970

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sandor, Arpad

Box 6, Disc 197

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, 1778-1837. Rondos, piano, op. 11, E♭ major; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information in typescript on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2B.6043-1[square]

Box 6, Disc 198

Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas, 1676-1749. Cantates françoises, livre 2. Léandre et Héro. Ritournelle. 1934 February 21

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: 21-2-34 Largo on G string (Clerambault/arr. Dandelot)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2B.6052-2.[square]

Box 6, Disc 199

Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. Suite española, no. 1. Sevilla; arr. 1934 February 21

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: 21-2-34. Sevilla. (Albeniz-Heifetz) violin solo with piano

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified pianist

Gramophone: 2B.6056-2.[square]

Box 6, Disc 200-201

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Caprices, violin, M.S. 25. No. 24; arr. 1934 February 21

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: 21-2-34. Caprice no. 24 part 1, part 2 (Paganini-Auer) violin solo with piano

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; [Arpad Sandor], piano

Gramophone: 2B.6057-2.[square], 2B.6058-2.[square]

Box 6, Disc 202-204

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Chaconne. 1934 February 23

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on labels: 23-2-34. Chaconne [Parts 1-3] (Bach)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2B.6064-1.[square], 2B.6065-1[square], 2B.6066-1[square]

Box 6, Disc 205

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Scherzo-tarantelle. 1934 February 23

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: 23-2-34. Scherzo Tarantelle. (Wieniewski)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified pianist

Gramophone: 2B.6067-2.[square]

Box 6, Disc 206

Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960. Ruralia hungarica, violin, piano. Andante rubato, alla zingaresca.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32, No. 2, Gypsy Andante (Dohnanyi)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; [unidentified pianist?]

Gramophone: 2B.6102-3[square], DA.2220 [in typescript on label]

Box 6, Disc 207-214

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Concertos, violin, orchestra, K. 219, A major. 1934 February 23

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on labels: 23-2-34. Violin concerto in A Major [Parts 1-8] (Mozart) Violin solo with orchestra

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified orchestra

Gramophone: 2B.6801-2[square], 2B.6802-1[square], 2B.6803-1[square], 2B.6804-1[square], 2B.6805-2[square], 2B.6806-1[square], 2B.6807-1[square], 2B.6808-2[square]

Box 6, Disc 215-220

Vieuxtemps, Henri, 1820-1881. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 4, op. 31, D minor. 1935 March 14

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on labels: 14-3-35. Concerto in D Minor. Op. 31 [Parts 1-6] (Vieuxtemps)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; [unidentified orchestra]

Gramophone: 2EA.1444-1[square], 2EA.1445-1[square], 2EA.1446-1[square], 2EA.1447-1[square], 2EA.1448-2[square], 2EA.1449-2[square]

Box 6, Disc 221-222

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Introduction et rondo capriccioso. 1935 March 18

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on labels: 18-3-35. Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso [Parts 1-2] (Saint-Saens)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; [John Barbirolli, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA.1450-2[square], 2EA.1451-2[square]

Box 7: Gramophone

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barbirolli, John, Sir, 1899-1970

Bay, Emanuel

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982

Sargent, Malcolm, Sir, 1895-1967

Box 7, Disc 223-227

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 2, op. 22, D minor. 1935 March 18

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone: 2EA.1452-2.[square], 2EA.1453-1.[square], 2EA.1454-2.[square], 2EA.1455-1.[square], 2EA1456-1.[square] (matrix nos. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 228

Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937. Król Roger. Pieśń Roksany. 1935 December 4

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: Chant de Roxane

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2580-1.[square] (matrix no. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 229

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Vida breve. Danza, no. 1; arr. 1935 December 11

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

In typescript on label: Danse espagnol "La vida breve" (de Falla-Kreisler)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2581-3.[square] (matrix no. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 230

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Canciones populares españolas. Nana -- Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962. Histoires. Petit âne blanc. 1935 December 4

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2582-2.[square] (matrix no. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 231

Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. Iberia. Puerto; arr. 1935 December 4

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2583-1.[square] (matrix no. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 232-236

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. 1935 December 6

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2584-2.[square], 2EA.2585-2.[square], 2EA.2586-1.[square], 2EA.2586-3.[square], 2EA.2591-2.[square] (matrix nos. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 237-239

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Chaconne. 1935 December 6

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2592-1.[square], 2EA.2593-1.[square], 2EA.2594-1.[square] (matrix nos. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 240-244

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 3. 1935 December 6

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2595-1.[square], 2EA.2596-1.[square], 2EA.2597-1.[square], 2EA.2598-1.[square], 2EA.2599-3.[square] (matrix nos. in typescript on label)

Box 7, Disc 245

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 1. Adagio. 1935 December 11

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.2600-2.[square]

This disc contains movements 1 only of Sonata no. 1. See Discs 254-256 for movements 2, 3, and 4

Box 7, Disc 246-253

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Concerto, violin, orchestra, op. 47, D minor. 1935 December 14

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor

Gramophone: 2EA-2818-2[square], 2EA-2819-1[square], 2EA-2820-1[square], 2EA-2821-2[square], 2EA-2822-3[square], 2EA-2823-3a[square], 2EA-2824-3[square], 2EA-2825-2A[square]

Box 7, Disc 254-256

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 1. Selections. 1935 December 11

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.3001-1.[square], 2EA.3002-2.[square], 2EA.3003-2.[square]

These discs contain movements 2, 3, and 4 of Sonata no. 1. See Disc 245 for movement 1

Box 7, Disc 257-258

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Havanaise. 1937 April 9

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin [with the London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA-4744-1a[square], 2EA-4745-1a[square]

Box 7, Disc 259-260

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Zigeunerweisen; arr. 1937 April 9

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin [with the London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA-4746-2[square], 2EA-4747-2a[square]

Box 7, Disc 261-262

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 62. No. 1. 1937 February 13-1937 February 14

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Arthur [sic] Rubinstein, piano

Gramophone: 2EA.4823-1[square], 2EA.4824-3[square]

Box 7, Disc 263

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 48. No. 1. 1937 February 14

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Arthur [sic] Rubinstein, piano

Gramophone: 2EA.4828-1[square]

Box 7, Disc 264

Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970. Tallahassee suite. Negro air and dance -- Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Mouvements perpétuels [unspecified excerpt].

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed byJascha Heifetz, violin ; E. Bay, piano

Gramophone: 2EA.4855-3[square], DB.3213 (Side A) ; 2EA.4893-2[square], DB.3213 (Side B)

Box 7, Disc 265

Bazzini, Antonio, 1818-1897. Ronde des lutins. 1937 April 9

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Gramophone: 2EA.4895-1[square]

Box 7, Disc 266-269

Vieuxtemps, Henri, 1820-1881. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 5, op. 37, A minor. 1947 November 8

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Gramophone: 2EA 12513-1, 2EA 12514-2, 2EA 12515-1, 2EA 12516-2

Box 8: Gramophone

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Beecham, Thomas, Sir, 1879-1961

London Symphony Orchestra

Moiseiwitsch, Benno, 1890-1963

Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sargent, Malcolm, Sir, 1895-1967

Susskind, Walter, 1913-1980

Walton, William, 1902-1983

Box 8, Disc 270-275

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Concertos, violin, orchestra, K. 218, D major. 1947 November 10

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor

Gramophone: 2EA 12521-1, 2EA 12522-2, 2EA 12523-2, 2EA 12524-2, 2EA 12525-2, 2EA 12526-1

Box 8, Disc 276-285

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 61, B minor. 1949 June 7, 1949 June 6, 1949 September 13

Physical Description: 10 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Symphony Orchestra; [Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA 13929-2, 2EA 13930-2, 2EA 13931-2, 2EA 13932-1, 2EA 13933-1, 2EA 13934-2, 2EA 13935-4, 2EA 13936-1, 2EA 13937-1, 2EA 13938-2

Recorded primarily on June 7, 1949 but some portions recorded on June 6 and September 13, 1949

Box 8, Disc 286-291

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 64, E minor. 1949 June 8-1949 July 12

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; [Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA 13947-2, 2EA 13948-1, 2EA 13949-2, 2EA 13950-1, 2EA 13851-4A, 2EA 13952-1

Recorded on June 8, 10 and July 12, 1949

Box 8, Disc 292-299

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 9, op. 47, A major. 1949 June 13

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano

Gramophone: 2EA 13982-2, 2EA 13983-2, 2EA 13984-1, 2EA 13985-1, 2EA 13986-1, 2EA 13987-1, 2EA 13988-1 2EA 13989-1

Box 8, Disc 300-301

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Romances, violin, orchestra, op. 40, G major. 1950 June 21

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone: 2EA 14825-1, 2EA 14826-2

Box 8, Disc 302-303

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Romances, violin, orchestra, op. 50, F major. 1950 June 21

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; [Walter Susskind, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA 14827-2, 2EA 14828-2

Box 8, Disc 304-309

Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892. Symphonie espagnole. 1950 June 2

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; Philarmonia Orchestra ; [Walter Susskind, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA 14833-1, 2EA 14834-[?], 2EA 14835-2, 2EA 14836-2, 2EA 14837-1, 2EA 14838-1

Box 8, Disc 310-315

Walton, William, 1902-1983. Concertos, violin, orchestra. 1950 June 26-27

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; [William Walton, conductor]

Gramophone: 2EA 14847-1, 2EA 14848-2, 2EA 14849-1, 2EA 14850-1A, 2EA 14851-1, 2EA 14852-2

Box 9: His Master's Voice/RCA Victor/Gramophone

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Box 9, Disc 334-337

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Sonatas, violin, piano, op. 18, E♭ major. Selections.

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in black ink on plain white labels: Strauss sonata, 2 mvmt. pt 1 [disc 334] -- Strauss 2nd movement part 2 [disc 335] -- Strauss sonata 3d move. pt 1 [disc 336] -- Strauss sonata 3 m pt 2 [disc 337]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 78970-1, 78971-1, 78972-2, 78973-1

Box 9, Disc 338

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Tzigane [excerpt]

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in black ink on plain white label: Tzigane, pt 1, Camden

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 78975-1

Box 9, Disc 339

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Stimmungsbilder. An einsamer Quelle.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on plain white label

RCA Victor: 81354-2

Box 9, Disc 340

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, 1778-1837. Rondos, piano, op. 11, E♭ major; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on plain white label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 81355-3

Box 9, Disc 341-343

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Sonatinas, violin, piano, D. 408, G minor.

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black and blue ink on plain white label

RCA Victor: 81356, 81357-3A, 81358-2

Box 9, Disc 353

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Scherzo.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: "With exception of one place the record is good"

Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff

RCA Victor: 87283-5

Box 9, Disc 354

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Schwanengesang (Song cycle). Ständchen; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink or pencil on plain white label: No. 2 Schubert-Serenade-Stokowski-Phila. Symphony Orch.

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

RCA Victor: 92861-1

Box 10: RCA Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Box 10, Disc 355-359

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 3, op. 12, no. 3, E♭ major.

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 98694-2, 98695-2, 98696-2, 98697-1, 98698-2

Box 10, Disc 360-366

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 7, op. 30, no. 2, C minor.

Physical Description: 7 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 98699-2, 99500-2, 99501-1, 99502-2, 99503-2, 99504-1

Box 10, Disc 367-371

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 8, op. 30, no. 3, G major.

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black or blue ink or pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99508-1, 99509-2, 99510-2, 99511-2, 99512-2

Box 10, Disc 372-376

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 2, op. 100, A major.

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99513-2, 99514-1, 99515-1, 99516-1, 99517-1

Box 10, Disc 377-380

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Sonatas, violin, piano, K. 378, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil or black ink on plain labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99523-2, 99524-2, 99525-1, 99526-2

Box 10, Disc 381-386

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 3, op. 45, C minor.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99527-1, 99528-2, 99529-1, 99530-2, 99531-2, 99532-1

Box 10, Disc 387-391

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 2, op. 13, G major.

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil or black ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99554-1, 99555-2, 99556-2, 99557-2, 99558-2

Box 10, Disc 392-393

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Sonatas, violin, piano, K. 454, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99559-1, 99560-1 [1st movement only; remaining discs for 2nd-3rd movements located in Box 11]

Box 11: RCA Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm shellac sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Box 11, Disc 394-397

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Sonatas, violin, piano, K. 454, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil or black ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99561-2, 99562-2, 99563-2, 99564-2 [2nd-3rd movements only; 1st movement is on discs 392-393 in Box 10]

Box 11, Disc 398-403

Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 1, op. 13, A major.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil or black ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99565-1, 99566-2, 99567-2, 99568-2, 99569-1, 99570-1

Box 11, Disc 404-409

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 1, op. 78, G major.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 99580-3, 99581-2, 99582-2, 99583-2, 99584-2, 99585-2

Box 11, Disc 410-415

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 2, op. 63, G minor.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 014400-2, 014401-2, 014402-1, 014403-2, 014404-2, 014405-2

Box 11, Disc 416-424

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 77, D major.

Physical Description: 9 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil with additional markings in blue pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 014406-1, 014415-1, 014417-1, 014418-1, 014419-1, 014420-1, 014421-1, 014422-1, 014423-1

Box 11, Disc 425-426

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartets, strings, no. 16, op. 135, F major. Lento assai e cantante tranquillo. 1938 March 8

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink with additional markings in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra

RCA Victor: 021312-1, 021313-1

Box 11, Disc 427-429

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Symphonies, no. 4, op. 98, E minor. 1938 November 30 ; 1939 November 8

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on plain white labels

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

RCA Victor: 028855-1, 028856-2, 028856-2a

Recorded November 30, 1938, and November 8, 1939

Box 12: RCA Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Feuermann, Emanuel, 1902-1942

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951

Primrose, William, 1904-1982

Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982

Box 12, Disc 430-435

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Symphonies, no. 4, op. 98, E minor.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

RCA Victor: 028858-1, 028859-1, 028860-1, 028861-2, 028862-1, 028863-2

Box 12, Disc 436

Cities Service Program Excerpt

Physical Description: 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title in typescript on plain white label

Handwritten in black ink on label: For Jascha Heifetz with sincere admiration - Good morning, Mr. Kreutzer - Frank & Jack

RCA Victor: 032688-1

Box 12, Disc 437-446

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 77, D major.

Physical Description: 9 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue pencil with additional comments in pencil, on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; Boston Symphony Orchestra ; [Serge Koussevitzky, conductor]

RCA Victor: 035425-2, 035426-3, 035427-2, 035428-1, 035428-2, 035429-2, 035430-3, 035431-2, 035432-1

Separated Materials note

Disc 437 is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 12, Disc 447-452

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Peti︠a︡ i volk.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue pencil, with additional comments in pencil or red pencil, on plain white labels

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra

RCA Victor: 035433-3, 035434-3, 035435-3, 035436-2, 035437-2, 035438-2

Box 12, Disc 453-460

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, violin, violoncello, orchestra, op. 102, A minor.

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in black ink or red pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 045645-1, 045646-4R, 045647-2R, 045648-2, 045649-2, 045650-2, 045651-2, 045652-3

Box 12, Disc 461-462

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Divertimenti, K. 563, E♭ major [1 movement only]

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil, and additional information in pencil or blue ink, on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; William Primrose, viola ; [Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello]

RCA Victor: 061571-1, 061572-1

Box 12, Disc 463-468

Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960. Serenade, string trio, op. 10, C major.

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; William Primrose, viola ; Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello

RCA Victor: 061590-3R, 061591-3R, 061592-2R, 061593-2R, 061594-1

Separated Materials note

Disc 468 is broken and has been placed in Box 1 ; a fragment that has broken from the disc is in a separate envelope, housed within a 10" sleeve and placed near the top of the box

Box 12, Disc 469-476

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Divertimenti, K. 563, E♭ major.

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil and blue ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; William Primrose, viola ; Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello

RCA Victor: 061605-3R, 061606-2R, 061607-2, 061608-1, 061609-2, 061610-2, 061611-2, 061612-2

Box 12, Disc 477-480

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Trios, piano, strings, D. 898, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Artur Rubinstein, piano ; Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello

RCA Victor: 061622-2, 061623-3, 061624-4R, 061625-3

These four discs contain movements 1 and 2 only; the remainder of the work is on discs in Box 13

Box 13: RCA Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Feuermann, Emanuel, 1902-1942

Goossens, Eugene, 1893-1962

Musical Art Quartet

Primrose, William, 1904-1982

Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982

Sanromá, Jesús María

Box 13, Disc 481-484

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Trios, piano, strings, D. 898, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Artur Rubinstein, piano ; Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello

RCA Victor: 061626-2R, 061627-4, 061628-4, 061629-5

These four discs contain movements 3 and 4 only; the beginning of the work is on discs in Box 12

Box 13, Disc 485-494

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Trios, piano, strings, op. 97, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 10 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil and ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Artur Rubinstein, piano ; Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello

RCA Victor: 061634-1, 061635-1, 061636-2, 061637-3, 061638-1, 061639-3, 061640-2, 061641-3, 061642-2, 061643-3

Box 13, Disc 495-502

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Trios, piano, strings, D. 898, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Artur Rubinstein, piano ; Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello

RCA Victor: 061644-2R, 061645-1, 061646-2, 061647-2, 061648-4, 061649-2, 061650-3, 061651-3

Box 13, Disc 503-514

Walton, William, 1902-1983. Concertos, violin, orchestra.

Physical Description: 12 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil and ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ; [Eugene Goossens, conductor]

RCA Victor: 062500-[2?], 062500-2A, 062501-1, 062501-1A, 062502-3, 062502-3A, 062503-2A, 062503-2R [broken disc], 062504-1, 062504-2A, 062505-1A, 062505-3[A?]

Separated Materials note

Disc 510 is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 13, Disc 515-522

Chausson, Ernest, 1855-1899. Concert.

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer information, and additional comments handwritten in pencil and ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Jesús María Sanromá, piano ; Musical Art Quartet

RCA Victor: 065377-1A, 065378-1A, 065379-2A, 065380-2, 065381-1A, 065384-1, 065387-2A, 065391-1

Box 13, Disc 523-524

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Suites, harpsichord, HWV 432, G minor. Passacaille; arr.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in ink on plain white labels; title listed as "Passacaglia (Handel - Halvorsen)"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; William Primrose, viola

RCA Victor: 065639-2, 065640-4

Box 13, Disc 525-529

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Duets, violin, viola, K. 424, B♭ major.

Physical Description: 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in ink on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; William Primrose, viola

RCA Victor: 065641-4A, 065642-3, 065643-3A, 065644-1A, 065645-1A

Box 13, Disc 530-535

Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960. Romantic fantasy.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

General Physical Description note: Disc 531 has a chip missing that may affect beginning of recording

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels as "Benjamin Concerto"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; William Primrose, viola ; [unidentified orchestra]

RCA Victor: 072474-2, 072474-3, 072475-2, 072476-2, 072477-2, 072478-2

Box 14: RCA Victor/Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Achron, Isidor, 1892-1948

Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra

Benoist, André, 1879-1953

Chotzinoff, Samuel, 1889-1964

Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Pasternack , Josef, 1881-1940

RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

Voorhees, Donald

Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967

Box 14, Disc 536-538

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Chaconne.

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and additional information handwritten in ink and pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin

RCA Victor: 072596-2, 072597-1, 072598-2

Box 14, Disc 539

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody. 1917 December 19

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [unidentified orchestra] ; Josef Pasternack, conductor

Victor: C-21268-1

Box 14, Disc 540

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 21. Malagueña. 1917 December 19

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Spanische Tänze ; written on sleeve: Spanish Dance Malagueña

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: C-21270-3

Box 14, Disc 541

Bazzini, Antonio, 1818-1897. Ronde des lutins. 1917 December 19

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: La Ronde ; written on sleeve: Danse [Dance] of Goblins

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: C-21271-2

Box 14, Disc 542

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 2, op. 22, D minor. Romance; arr. 1918 October 3

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Romance ; written on label and sleeve: Wieniawsky

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: C-22266-1

Box 14, Disc 543

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Moto perpetuo; arr. 1918 October 3

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: C-22267-2 ; 74581 (etched in disc)

Box 14, Disc 544

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Introduction et tarantelle, violin, piano, op. 43. 1918 October 3

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: C-22268-1

Box 14, Disc 545

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 9. No. 2; arr. 1918 October 4

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: C-22269-4

Box 14, Disc 546

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Gesänge, op. 34. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; arr. 1918 October 4

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc and written on sleeve: On Wings of Song

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victor: C-22272-2 ; 74583

Box 14, Disc 547

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Zigeunerweisen. 1919 October 13

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Gypsy Airs no. 2

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: C-23407-[1]

Box 14, Disc 548

Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892. Symphonie espagnole. Andante. 1919 October 14

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [unidentified orchestra] ; Josef Pasternack, conductor

Victor: C-23408-2

Box 14, Disc 549

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Serenade, string orchestra, op. 48, C major. Valse. 1919 October 14

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [unidentified orchestra] ; Josef Pasternack, conductor

Victor: C-23409-3

Box 14, Disc 550

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Zigeunerweisen. 1919 October 14

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Gypsy Airs no. 1

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: C-23410-2

Box 14, Disc 551

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Slovanské tance, op. 72. No. 2; arr. 1919 October 14

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Slavonic Dance no. 2

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: C-23412-2

Box 14, Disc 552

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Evgeniĭ Onegin. Kuda, vy udalilisʹ. 1922 October 19

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Air de Lensky

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Samuel Chotzinoff, piano

Victor: C-27036-2

Box 14, Disc 553

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 21. Habanera. 1924 December 18

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: C-27046-3

Box 14, Disc 554

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew pieces. Hebrew dance. 1924 September 24

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: C-30931-2 ; 6491A

Box 14, Disc 555

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 3, op. 45, C minor. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza. 1924 December 18

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc ; title written on label and sleeve in pencil

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: C-31380-2

Box 14, Disc 556

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Havanaise. 1924 December 19

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: C-31382-3

Box 14, Disc 557

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Carmen fantaisie. 1924 December 19

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Carmen ; written on sleeve: Sarasate

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: C-31383-2

Box 14, Disc 558

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Gesänge, op. 34. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; arr. 1928 May 8

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: Auf Flugeln ; written on sleeve: On Wings of Song

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: CVE-22272-4

Box 14, Disc 559

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody; arr. 1926 December 31

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [Isidor Achron, piano]

Victor: CVE-27034-2

Box 14, Disc 560

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 3, op. 45, C minor. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza. 1928 May 8

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: CVE-31380-4

Box 14, Disc 561

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Plus que lente; arr. 1925 December 29

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Title etched in disc: La plus que lente ; composer written on label and sleeve

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [Isidor Achron, piano]

Victor: CVE-34070-4 ; 6564A-4 (stamped in disc)

Box 14, Disc 562

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 3. Menuett, no. 1; arr. -- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 3. Menuett, no. 2; arr. -- Couperin, François, 1668-1733. Pièces de clavecin, 3e livre. No 17. Petits moulins à vent; arr. 1925 December 29

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Titles etched in disc: Minuetto nos. 1 & 2, Les petits moulins

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [Isidor Achron, piano?]

Victor: CVE-34072-3 ; 6564B-3 (stamped in disc)

Box 14, Disc 563

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Canciones populares españolas. Jota; arr. -- Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Lyriske stykker, op. 71. Småtrold; arr. 1928 May 8

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles, performer, and additional information etched into disc. Titles etched in disc: Jota, Puck

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [Isidor Achron, piano]

Victor: CVE-43960-2

Box 14, Disc 564

Drake, Milton, 1912-2006 ; Hoffman, Al, 1902-1960 ; Livingston, Jerry, 1909-1987. Mairzy doats; arr. [194-?]

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information in typescript on label. From label: "For the private collection of: Jascha Heifetz [name handwritten in ink] ; Compliments of N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc."

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Bell Telephone [Hour] Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor

RCA Victor: AND4-MC-5356-1 (stamped in disc)

Box 14, Disc 565-570

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 64, E minor. 1944 April 9

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

RCA Victor: A D4-RC-137-1A [matrix etched in disc], A D4-RC-138-1A, D4-RC-139 [printed on label], A D4-RC-140-1A, A D4-RC-141-1A, A D4-RC-142-1A

From broadcast April 9, 1944

Box 14, Disc 571-573

Chausson, Ernest, 1855-1899. Poème, violin, orchestra. 1946 January 23, 1946 January 31

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Separated Materials note

Disc 573 is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information handwritten on label in pencil and ink. Disc 571: 1-31-46 [handwritten in ink on reverse label] ; disc 572: Jan 24 1946 [stamped on front label], 1-23-46 [handwritten in ink on reverse label]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [San Francisco Symphony Orchestra?]

RCA Victor: D5-RC-1152-1A, D5-RC-1153-2, D5-RC-1154-2 [broken disc]

Box 14, Disc 574-581

Gruenberg, Louis, 1884-1964. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 47. [1945-1946?]

Physical Description: 8 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Matrix numbers and additional information handwritten in pencil on disc labels. Disc 574: Gruenberg Concerto I [handwritten in ink] ; disc 576: 1-22-46 [handwritten in ink on reverse label] ; disc 577: Gruenberg Concerto IV [handwritten in ink] ; disc 578: 2-7-46 [handwritten in ink on reverse label] ; disc 579: Mar 7 1946 [stamped on front label], 3-5-46 [handwritten in ink on reverse label] ; disc 580: 2-15-46 [handwritten in ink on reverse label] ; disc 581: Mar 7 1946 [stamped on front label], 3-5-46 [handwritten in ink on reverse label]

Discs 574 and 577 are red vinyl; discs 575, 576, and 578-581 are shellac

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; [San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ; Pierre Monteux, conductor?]

RCA Victor: D-5-RC-1155-1AR, D5-RC-1156-1, D5-RC-1157-2, D-5-RC-1158-1AR, D5-RC-1159-2A, D5-RC-1160-2, D5-RC-1161-2A, D5-RC-1162-2

Box 14, Disc 582-585

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Concertos, violins (2), string orchestra, BWV 1043, D minor. [1946 October 14, 1946 October 19]

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title, performer, and additional information handwritten in pencil and ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin [Heifetz plays both solo parts]; RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra ; [Franz Waxman, conductor]

RCA Victor: D6-RC-5630-1, D6-RC-5631-2, D6-RC-5632-1, D6-RC-5633-1A

[Recorded October 14 and 19, 1946]

Box 15: RCA Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bay, Emanuel

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Steinberg, William, 1899-1978

Box 15, Disc 586

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 72, no. 1, E minor; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: D6-RC-5640-3

Box 15, Disc 587

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 22. Romanza andaluza.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D6-RC-5644-2

Box 15, Disc 588

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Sonatas, piano, D. 850, D major. Rondo; arr.

Physical Description: 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on label. Also handwritten on label: "Schubert -- Friedberg"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: D6-RC-5645-1A

Box 15, Disc 589

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Plus que lente.

Physical Description: 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: D6-RC-5646-2A

Box 15, Disc 590

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D6-RC5647-2A

Box 15, Disc 591

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Ellens Gesang, D. 839; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D6RC-5648-2A

Box 15, Disc 592-597

Bruch, Max, 1838-1920. Schottische Fantasie.

Physical Description: 6 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue or black ink on labels. Also on labels: "Not passed"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; RCA Orchestra ; [conductor's name illegible] ; Laura Newell, harp

RCA Victor: D6-RC-6267-2, D6-RC-6268-1, D6-RC-6269-1A, D6-RC-6270-1, D6-RC-6271-1A, D6-RC-6272-1

Box 15, Disc 598-599

Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967. Carmen fantasy.

Physical Description: 2 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in black ink on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D6-RC-6273-2, D6-RC-6274-3

Box 15, Disc 600-606

Bruch, Max, 1838-1920. Schottische Fantasie.

Physical Description: 7 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in red or blue ink on labels. Also handwritten on labels: "Approved"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra ; William Steinberg, conductor

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6939-2A, D7-RC-6940-2a, D7-RC-6941-1, D7-RC-6942-1a, D7-RC-6943-2, D7-RC-6944-2, D7-RC-6966-2

Box 15, Disc 607

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Sonatas, violin, piano, K. 296, C major. Andante sostenuto.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6967-1A

Box 15, Disc 608

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Sonatas, violin, piano, K. 296, C major. Allegro.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6968-2A

Box 15, Disc 609-614

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 1, op. 12, no. 1, D major.

Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl and 5 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6969-2, D7-RC-6970-2, D7-RC-6971-1, D7-RC-6972-2A, D7-RC-6973-1, D7-RC-6974-2

Box 15, Disc 615-616

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 2, op. 12, no. 2, A major. Andante più tosto allegretto -- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 2, op. 12, no. 2, A major. Allegro piacevole.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D&-RC-6975-2, D7-RC-6976-1A

Box 15, Disc 617

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Divertimenti, K. 334, D major. Menuetto (3rd movement); arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6972-2

Box 15, Disc 618-621

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 5, op. 24, F major.

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6978-2, D7-RC-6979-1a, D7-RC-6980-1, D7-RC-6981-1A

Box 15, Disc 622

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Sonatina, piano. Mouvt. de menuet; arr. -- Tansman, Alexandre, 1897-1986. Pièces faciles, violin, piano. Mouvement perpétuel.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6982-1

Box 15, Disc 623

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Gartenszene.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on label: Garden scene. Performer information also in blue ink

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6983-1A

Box 15, Disc 624

Kroll, William, 1901-1980. Banjo and fiddle.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6984-2

Box 15, Disc 625

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 34. Vocalise; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D7-RC-6985-2A

Box 15, Disc 626

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Gesänge, op. 34. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges.

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on label: On wings of song

Performer information also handwritten on label in blue ink. Additional information handwritten on label on verso of disc

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: D9-RC-1087-1A

Box 15, Disc 627-628

Chaconne von Vitali.

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil (Disc 627) or blue ink (Disc 628) on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified organist

RCA Victor: EORC 313-1B, EORC-314-2B

Box 15, Disc 629-634

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 7, op. 30, no. 2, C minor.

Physical Description: 6 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: EO-RC-321-1E, EO-RC-322-1D, EO-RC-323-1G, EO-RC-324-1E, EO-RC-325-1D, EO-RC-326-1I

Box 15, Disc 635

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Sonatas, violin, piano [movement 1]

Physical Description: 12" 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: EO-RC-327-1D

This disc contains movement 1 only; movements 2-3 are on the first two discs in Box 16

Box 16: Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Orchestral music

Piano music

Box 16, Disc 636-637

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Sonatas, violin, piano [excerpts]

Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in blue ink on labels

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: EO-RC-328-2F A1, EO-RC-329-1F A1

Discs contain movements 2-3 only; movement 1 is on Disc 635 in Box 15

Box 16, Disc 641

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Ellens Gesang, D. 839; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Also handwritten on label: "First record made"

Victor: 6152-A

Box 16, Disc 642

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Sérénade mélancolique.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6155-B

Box 16, Disc 643

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 64, E minor. Allegro molto vivace.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6157-A

Box 16, Disc 644

Goldmark, Carl, 1830-1915. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 1, op. 28, A minor. Andante.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6157-B

Box 16, Disc 645

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 35, D major. Canzonetta. 1920 November 17

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6158-A

Recorded November 17, 1920

Box 16, Disc 646

Juon, Paul, 1872-1940. Stücke, violin, piano, op. 28. Berceuse -- Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Raĭmonda. Bolʹshoĭ valʹs; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6158-B

Box 16, Disc 647

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Scherzo-tarantelle.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6159-B

Box 16, Disc 648

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Serenades, K. 250, D major. Rondeau; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6161-A

Box 16, Disc 649

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 27. No. 2; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6161-B

Box 16, Disc 652

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Slovanské tance, op. 72. No. 2; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6376-B

Box 16, Disc 656

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 21. Habanera.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in pencil on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victor: 6491-B

Box 16, Disc 660

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Plus que lente; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 6622-A

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 661

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Preludes, piano, book 1. Fille aux cheveux de lin; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 6622-B

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 666

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Ellens Gesang, D. 839; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on label: Ave Maria

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victrola: 6691-A

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 667

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Sonatas, piano, D. 850, D major. Rondo; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

Victrola: 6691-B

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 669

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 6695-A

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 670

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 23. Zapateado. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 6695-B

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 677

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Gesänge, op. 34. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 6848-A

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 678

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Canciones populares españolas. Jota; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" red vinyl 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on label

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: 6848-B

Box 17: Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

Box 17, Disc 709-712

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor. [193-?]

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on plain white labels

Performed by Arturo Toscanini ; unidentified orchestra

[Victor:] 7815-A, 7815-B (issue number); A 75698-3, A 75699-1 (matrix) [disc 709] ; 7816-A, 7816-B ; B 75700-1, A 76201-1 [disc 710] ; 7817[-A], 7817[-B] ; B 76202-4, A 76203-1 [disc 711] ; 7818-A, 7818-B ; A 76217-1, A 76218-1 [disc 712]

Box 19: RCA Victor/Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Box 19, Disc 786-788

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Sonatas, violin, piano, op. 18, E♭ major.

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information handwritten in black ink on plain white labels

Discs contain movement one only, which has been divided into three parts

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin

RCA Victor: [no visible matrix no.]

Box 19, Disc 789

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Tzigane. Selections.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in black ink on plain white label: Tzigane pt. 2

Performed by Jascha Heifetz

RCA Victor: [no visible matrix no.]

Box 19, Disc 790

Toscanini rehearsal.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in black ink on plain white label

Performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

RCA Victor: [no visible matrix no.]

Note on sleeve: "in same set as Schubert Trio (61644-51 and Victor M 57-8)

Box 19, Disc 792

[Missing disc]

Physical Description: 1 78 rpm sound disc

Box 19, Disc 793

Ponce, Manuel M. (Manuel María), 1882-1948. Estrellita.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Estrellita #521

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified pianist

Victor: D4 WAX No. 51 Prod. G.N.P.

Box 19, Disc 794

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Polonaise brillante, no. 1.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in black ink on plain white label: Polonaise #528

Title engraved on disc: Polonaise de concert

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified orchestra

RCA Victor: 528 Wax no. 24 Prod. G.N.P.

Box 19, Disc 795

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 35, D major. Canzonetta.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Andante cantabile (with orchestra) #533

Title engraved on disc: Andonte cantavile [sic]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified orchestra

RCA Victor: 533 Wax no. 29 Prod. G.N.P.

Box 19, Disc 796

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 35, D major. Canzonetta; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Andante cantabile #537 (Quartett) Title engraved on disc: Andonte cantavile [sic]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified quartet

RCA Victor: 537 D2 Wax no. 49 Prod. G.N.P.

Box 19, Disc 797

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 77, D major; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink and pencil on plain white label: Brahms #540 78 R.P.M.

Title engraved on disc: Brahms concerto

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified pianist

RCA Victor: 540 Wax no. 36 Prod. G.N.P.

Box 19, Disc 798

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 64, E minor. Andante.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink and pencil on plain white label: Mendelssohn # 547

Title engraved on disc: 'A' minor concerto [sic]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified orchestra

RCA Victor: 547 Wxa no. 44 Prod. G.N.P.

Box 19, Disc 799

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Introduction et rondo capriccioso.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Rondo capriccioso #525-550

Engraved on disc: Rondo capriccioso, dubbed from Tks. 525-550

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified orchestra

RCA Victor: Prod. G.N.P. Wax #73

Box 19, Disc 800

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 3. Preludio; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink on plain white label: Prelude- Bach #656

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified pianist

RCA Victor: 656 Wax no. 65 Prod. G.N.P.

Box 19, Disc 801

Dinicu, Grigoraș. Hora staccato.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten in blue ink and pencil on plain white label: Hora staccato #659

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; unidentified pianist

RCA Victor: 659 Wax no. 68 Prod. G.N.P.

Commercially Released Recordings

Physical Description: 78 and 33 rpm sound discs

Box 6: Brunswick/Columbia/Decca

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Charles, Wolseley, 1889-1962

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Concertgebouworkest.

Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles. Orchestre

Defauw , Désiré, 1885-1960

Holloway, Stanley

Kaufman , Harry, 1894-1961

Kaye, Milton

Kostelanetz , Andre, 1901-1980

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Mengelberg, Willem, 1871-1951

New York Philharmonic.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Staatskapelle Berlin

Stock, Frederick, 1872-1942

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949

Szigeti, Joseph, 1892-1973

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

Wallenstein, Alfred

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962

Box 6, Disc 176

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Scherzo -- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Notturno. 1926 February 4

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Midsummer night's dream : Scherzo -- Midsummer night's dream : Nocturne

Performed by New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Toscanini, flute solo by John Amans [side A], French horn solo by Bruno Jaenicke [side B]

Brunswick: 50074 ; 50074A, 50074B

Box 6, Disc 177-178

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche. 1929

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks, Op. 28, parts 1-4

Performed by the State Opera Orchestra, Berlin; conducted by the composer Richard Strauss

Brunswick: 90044 ; 779½Bi, 780½Bi (matrix) ; 90045 ; 781Bi, 782Bi (matrix)

Recorded in Europe

Box 6, Disc 179-180

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Don Juan. 1927

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Don Juan : tone poem for orchestra, in four parts

Performed by Bruno Walter & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Columbia: 67386-D ; AX1603, AX1604 (matrix) ; 67387-D ; AX1605, AX1606 (matrix)

Imported recording

Box 6, Disc 181-182

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche. [1930?]

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks, instrumental imported recording in four parts

Performed by Société des concerts du Conservatoire Royal Brussels under direction of Désiré Defauw

Columbia: 67478-D ; LX134, LX135 (matrix) ; 67479-D ; LX136, LX 137 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 183-184

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Akademische Festouvertüre -- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 68, C minor. Poco allegretto e grazioso. [1930?]

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Brahms : Academic festival overture, Op. 80, imported recording in three parts -- Brahms : Symphony No. 1 in C Minor : Third movement : Un poco allegretto, imported recording

Performed by Willem Mengelberg and Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Columbia: 67893-D ; AX5596, AX5597 (matrix) ; 67894-D ; AX5598, AX5608

Box 6, Disc 185

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Selections; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Highlights from Porgy and Bess : Summertime ; I'm on my way -- I got plenty o' nuttin' ; Bess, you is my woman now

Performed by Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra

Columbia 7362-M ; XCO 25916, XCO 25917 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 186

Lion and Albert -- Three ha'pence a foot. 1931

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Lion and Albert (Marriott Edgar) -- Three ha'pence a foot (Edgar)

Humorous monologue performed by Stanley Holloway, Wolseley Charles at the piano

Columbia: DX 353 ; CAX 6343, CAX 6344 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 187

Sam's medal -- Many happy returns. [1933?]

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Sam's medal (Mabel Constanduros and Michael Hogan) -- Many happy returns (Archibald De Bear)

Humorous monologue performed by Stanley Holloway, Wolseley Charles at the piano

Columbia: DX 474 ; CAX 6863, CAX 6864 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 188

With her head tucked underneath her arm -- Beefeater. [1934?]

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

With her head tucked underneath her arm (R.P. Weston and Bert Lee) -- Beefeater (Weston and Lee)

Humorous monologue performed by Stanley Holloway, Wolseley Charles at the piano

Columbia: DX 603 ; CAX 7265, CAX 7266 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 189

Albert comes back -- Marksman Sam. [1934?]

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Albert comes back (Marriott Edgar) -- Marksman Sam (Edgar & Holloway)

Humorous monologue performed by Stanley Holloway, Wolseley Charles at the piano

Columbia: DX 650 ; CAX 7354, CAX 7355 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 190-191

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 1. [193-?]

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Sonate no. 1 en sol mineur (discs made in France)

Performed by Joseph Szigeti, violin solo

Columbia: LFX 225 ; AX 5958, AX 5959 (matrix) ; LFX 226 ; AX 5960, AX 5961 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 192-193

Enesco, Georges, 1881-1955. Rhapsodies roumaines. No 1 -- Reznicek, E. N. von (Emil Nikolaus), 1860-1945. Donna Diana. Ouverture. [194-?]

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Roumanian rhapsody no. 1 : beginning ; continuation ; conclusion -- Donna Diana overture

Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Frederick Stock, conductor

Columbia: 11607-D ; XCO 30816, XCO 30819 (matrix) ; MX 203-1, MX 203-4 ; 11608-D ; XCO 30817, XCO 30818 (matrix) ; MX 203-2, MX 203-3

Box 6, Disc 194

Addinsell, Richard, 1904-1977. Dangerous moonlight. Warsaw concerto. [1944 August 9]

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles under direction of Alfred Wallenstein; Harry Kaufman, pianist

Decca: 29150 ; 29150A, 29150B ; L3497, L3498 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 195

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum; arr. -- Gweedore Brae; arr. 1944 October 17, 1944 October 18

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Arranged by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco [side A], John Crowther [side B]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin solo with piano accompaniment by Milton Kaye

Decca: 29153 ; 29153A, 29153B ; 72445, 72454 (matrix)

Box 6, Disc 196

Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Freischütz. Ouverture. 1946 July 13

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

Decca: K. 1589 ; AR 10470-1, AR 10471-1 (matrix)

Box 8: Disco Monarca Grammofon

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barbirolli, John, Sir, 1899-1970

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

Box 8, Disc 316

Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936. Antiche arie e danze per liuto, no. 1. Gagliarda.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information on label: Gagliarda : vecchia danza / Galilei, Vincenzo, d. 1591.

Performed by Nuova Orchestra della Scala ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Disco Monarca Grammofono: S 3-0600 ; A24739 (matrix); 74672, 3-0600 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 9: His Masters Voice/Gramophone/Odeon

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barbirolli, John, Sir, 1899-1970

Bay, Emanuel

Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982

Sandor, Arpad

Tauber, Richard, 1891-1948

Box 9, Disc 317-319

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 82, A minor -- Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Méditation.

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor

His Master's Voice: D.B.2196 ; 2B6853-2[square], 2B6854-1[square] (matrix) ; 32-4474, 32-4475 (additional matrix nos.) -- D.B. 2197 ; 2B6855-1[square], 2B6856-1[square] (matrix) ; 32-4476, 32-4477 (additional matrix nos.) -- D.B. 2198 ; 2B6857-1[square], 2B6103-2[square] (matrix) ; 32-4478, 32-4480 (additional matrix nos.)

Box 9, Disc 320-321

Cavalcade of famous artistes : 1910-1935.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Repertoire unspecified on disc.

Performers: Paderewski, McCormack, Casals, Melba, Kreisler [Side 1]; Rachmaninoff, Tetrazzini, Pachmann, Caruso [Side 2]; Menuhin, Galli-Curci, Chaliapine, Cortot, Gigli [Side 3]; Backhaus, Schumann, Horowitz, Melchior, Elgar [Side 4]

Jubilee Record 1910-1935 (Gramophone): D.B.2454 ; 2EA.271-8[square], 2EA.272-7[square](matrix)-- D.B. 2455 ; 2EA277-4[square], 2EA278-5[square]

Box 9, Disc 322-323

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 35, D major.

Physical Description: 4 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor

His Master's VOice: D.B.3159 ; 2EA4709-1A[square], 2EA4710-2[square] (matrix) -- D.B.3160 ; 2EA4711-2A[square], 2EA4712-1A[square] (matrix) -- D.B.3161 ; 2EA4713-1A[square], 2EA4714-1[square] (matrix) -- D.B.3162 ; 2EA4715-1A[square], 2EA4716-1[square] (matrix)

Box 9, Disc 326-328

Franck, César, 1822-1890. Sonatas, violin, piano, A major.

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Arthur [sic] Rubinstein, piano ; Jascha Heifetz, violin

His Master's Voice: D.B.3206 ; 2EA4883-1[square], 2EA4884-1[square] (matrix) -- D.B.3207 ; 2EA4885-1[square], 2EA4886-1[square] (matrix) -- D.B.3208 ; 2EA4887-1[square], 2EA4888-1[square] (matrix)

Box 9, Disc 329

Bazzini, Antonio, 1818-1897. Ronde des lutins -- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Stimmungsbilder. An einsamer Quelle.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano [side A] ; Arpad Sandor, piano [side B]

His Master's Voice: D.B.3214 ; 2EA4895-1[square], 2B6042-3[square]

Box 9, Disc 330

Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Polonaise brillante, no. 1; arr. -- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Impromptus, piano, D. 899. No. 3; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano [side A] ; Arpad Sandor, piano [side B]

His Master's Voice: D.B.3215 ; 2EA4856-2[square], 2A78974[diamond]

Box 9, Disc 331

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Ägyptische Helena. Selections.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: Act 1, Helen's awakening [side A], Act 2, Funeral march [side B]

Performed by Grand Symphony Orchestra ; Fritz Busch, conductor

Odeon: 5163 ; XXB8185-2, XXB8187

Box 9, Disc 332

Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Friederike. Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn -- Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Friederike. O Mädchen, mein Mädchen.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Richard Tauber, tenor ; unidentified orchestra

Odeon: 85201 ; XXB 8110-3 ; XXB 8111-3 (matrix)

Box 9, Disc 333

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Quartets, strings, D. 804, A minor.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is badly cracked and has been moved to Box 1.

Scope and Contents note

Performer unspecified

Telefunken: EH 5823 ; 021621, 021622 (matrix)

Box 16: Victrola/Victor

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Clément, Edmond, 1867-1928

Echániz, José, 1905-1969

Elman, Mischa, 1891-1967

Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957

Gluck, Alma, 1884-1938

Morini, Erica

Philadelphia Orchestra

Ruffo, Titta, 1877-1953

Schipa, Tito, 1889-1965

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

Werrenrath, Reinald, 1883-1953

Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with orchestra

Operas--Excerpts, Arranged

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Songs (High voice) with piano

Box 16, Disc 638

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Manon. En fermant les yeux je vois -- Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892. Roi d'Ys. Aubade.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: Le rêve (The dream) Act 2 [side A] -- Le roi d'Ys-Vainement, ma bien aimée (The king of Ye-In vain, my beloved) [side B]

Performed by Edmond Clement ; Frank La Forge, piano

Victrola: F 6062A-1, K 6062B-2 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 639

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs. Méditation -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Zolotoĭ petushok. Otvetʹ mne.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on Side B label: Hymn to the sun (from Le coq d'or-The golden cockerel)

Performed by Mischa Elman, violin ; Josef Bonime, piano

Victrola: W 6100A-3-2, F 6100B-1-1 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 640

Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911. Carry me back to old Virginny -- Foster Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Old Black Joe.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title on Side A: Plantation melody

Performed by Alma Gluck, soprano ; unidentified male chorus and orchestra

Victrola: 4P 6141A-1-1, 4C 6141B-6-9 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 650

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Waltzes, piano, op. 18, E♭ major -- Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesleid; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title on Side B: Love's sorrow (Old Vienna waltz)

Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Victrola: H 6259A-1-2, B 6259B-5-1 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 651

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci. Prologo.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on labels: Si può! -- A word ; Un nido di memorie -- A song of tender memories

Performed by Titta Ruffo, baritone ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: E 6268A-1-2, F 6268B-1 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 653

Pérez Freire, Osmán, 1880-1930. Ay, ay, ay -- Palacios, Cristóbal. A Granada.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional titles on label: Canción andaluza ; To Granada

Performed by Tito Schipa, tenor ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: V 6423A, L 6423B-1-1 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 654

Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Carmen fantaisie -- Zarzycki, Aleksander, 1834-1895. Mazurkas, violin, orchestra, op. 26, G major; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title and performer information handwritten in pencil on label.

Performed by Erika Morini, violin ; Emanuel Balaban, piano

Victrola: J 6445A-3-7, A 6445B (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 655

Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883. Martha. Ach! so fromm, ach! so traut -- Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930. Millions d'Arlequin. Sérénade.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional titles on labels: Like a dream [side A] ; Love's nocturne (Notturno d'amor) [side B]

Performed by Beniamino Gigli, tenor ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: J 6446A-1-4, O 6446B-4-4 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 657

Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich, 1859-1935. Kavkazskie ėskizy. V aule -- Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887. Kni︠a︡zʹ Igorʹ. Polovet︠s︡kai︠a︡ pli︠a︡ska. Selections. 1925 April 29 ; 1925 May 15

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional titles on labels: In the village (Dans l'aoule): no. 2 of Caucasian sketches [side A] ; Prince Igor-Polovetzki dance [side B]

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: 2 0 6514A-2-2, 2 M 6514B-2-3 (matrix)

Recorded May 15, 1925 [side A]; April 29, 1925 [side B]

Box 16, Disc 658

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Liebesträume, voice, piano. O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst. Italian -- Schipa, Tito, 1889-1965. Ave Maria.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional titles on labels: Dream of love [side A] ; Ave Maria (Hail, Mary) [side B]

Performed by Tito Schipa, tenor ; Echániz, José, piano [side A] ; unidentified orchestra [side B]

Victrola: C 6543A-13, B 6543B-5-1 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 659

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. An der schönen, blauen Donau -- Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional titles on labels: Blue Danube waltz (Danubio azul-vals) [side A] ; Tales from the Vienna Woods waltz (Cuentos del Bosque de Viena vals) [side B]

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: 8U 6584A-6-6, 9C 6584B-3 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 662

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Plus que lente; arr. -- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Preludes, piano, book 1. Fille aux cheveux de lin -- Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Stemninger. Scherzo-impromptu.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional titles on labels: Waltz [side A] ; The maiden with flaxen hair [side B]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victrola: O 6622A-6, N 6622B-3 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 663-664

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Rienzi. Ouvertüre -- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Brünnhildes Schlussgesang. Grane, mein Ross! 1926 November 18 ; 1927 January 6

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on side B: Götterdämmerung-Closing scene (Twilight of the Gods)

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: Y 6624A-1, R2 6624B-2 (matrix) ; C2 6625A-2, L 6625B-2 (matrix)

Recorded November 18, 1926, and January 6, 1927.

Box 16, Disc 665

Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950. Danny Deever -- Speaks, Oley, 1874-1948. On the road to Mandalay.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Reinald Werrenrath, baritone ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: 2M 6638A-11-2, E 6638B-5-1 (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 668a-668b

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Ellens Gesang, D. 839; arr. -- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Sonatas, piano, D. 850, D major. Rondo; arr. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on Side A of each disc: Ave Maria

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victrola: 3D 6691A, K 6691B (matrix nos.) [Disc 668a] ; D3 6691A, O 6691B (matrix nos.) [Disc 668b]

Box 16, Disc 671

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody; arr. -- Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 23. Zapateado.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on side B label: The cobbler (Spanish dance), op. 23, no. 6

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano.

Victor: 2F 6695A, S 6695B (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 672

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. 1927 March 10

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Afternoon of a faun

Performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: I2 6696A, 2L 6696B (matrix)

Box 16, Disc 673a-673b

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Proshchaĭ, moĭ syn! umirai︠u︡.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: Farewell of Boris (Farewell, my son, I am dying) (Act 4) [side A] -- Death of Boris (Hark! 'tis the passing bell) (Act 4) [side B]

Performed by Feodor Chaliapin, bass ; unidentified orchestra

Victor: C 6724A, 2 6724B ; CR375-1[triangle], Cc10938-3[triangle] (matrix nos.) [copy a] -- 6724A, 6724B ; CR375-1[triangle], Cc10938-3[triangle] (matrix nos.) [copy b]

Recorded in Europe

Box 16, Disc 674-676

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit︠s︡a. 1927 October 12

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: The firebird (L'oiseau de feu)

Performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: B 6773A, A 6773B (matrix) [Disc 674] ; A 6774A, B 6774B (matrix) [Disc 675] ; A 6775A, A 6775B (matrix) [Disc 676]

Box 16, Disc 679

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Gesänge, op. 34. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges; arr. -- Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946. Canciones populares españolas. Jota ; Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Lyriske stykker, op. 71. Småtrold. 1946 September 27

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: On wings of a song (Auf Flügeln des Gesanges) [side A] -- Jota ; Puck [side B]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Isidor Achron, piano

Victor: K 6848A, B 6848B (matrix)

Recorded September 27, 1946

Box 16, Disc 680

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Wiener Blut (Waltz) -- Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Frühlingsstimmen. 1928 December 18 ; 1928 December 20

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional titles on labels: Wiener Blut-Walzer (Vienna blood-waltz) [side A] -- Voices of spring-Waltz [side B]

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

Victrola: O 6903A, K 6903B (matrix)

Recorded December 20, 1928 [side A], and December 18, 1928 [side B]

Box 16, Disc 681-682

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Capriccio italien.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Additional title on labels: Italian caprice, op. 45

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: B 6949A-1, C 6949B-2 (matrix) ; B2 6950A-3, C6950B-2 (matrix)

Box 17: RCA Victor/Victor/Victrola

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Amans, John

Balsam , Artur, 1906-1994

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921

Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973

Coates, Albert, 1882-1953

Continental Symphony Orchestra

Coppola, Piero

Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962

Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951

Lange, Hans, 1884-1960

London Symphony Orchestra

Mengelberg, Willem, 1871-1951

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

Moiseiwitsch, Benno, 1890-1963

New York Philharmonic

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982

Philadelphia Orchestra

Shilkret, Nathaniel, 1889-1982

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

Thibaud, Jacques, 1880-1953

Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

Victor Symphony Orchestra

Box 17, Disc 683

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. Atto 1o. Preludio -- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. Atto 3o. Preludio. 1929 March 18 ; 1929 March 29

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Traviata: Prelude to Act 1 -- Traviata: Prelude to Act 3

Performed by the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victrola: L 6994A-3, F 6994B-3 (matrix)

Recorded March 18 and 29, 1929

Box 17, Disc 684-685

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Svetlyĭ prazdnik. 1929 January 26

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Overture: Parts 1-4 ("Grande Pâque Russe") (Russian Festival of High Easter) Op. 36

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: 7018 A-1, 7018 B-3A (matrix, disc 684) ; 7019A-2A, 7019B-1 (matrix, disc 685)

Box 17, Disc 686a-686b

Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935. Apprenti sorcier. 1929 March 18

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on labels: L'apprenti sorcier: Parts 1-2 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (After a ballad by Goethe)

Performed by the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victor: x7021A-3, 12-7021B-2 (matrix, disc 686a) ; Victrola: L 7021A-3-2, P 7021B-2 (matrix, disc 686b)

Box 17, Disc 687a-687b

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Symphonies, H. I, 101, D major. Vivace -- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Scherzo. 1929 March 29 ; 1929 March 30

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: Symphony No. 4, in D Major ("The Clock") Part 7-4th Movement-Finale-Vivace -- Midsummer Night's Dream-Scherzo (After Act 1)

Performed by the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victor: 7080-A, 7080B [both discs] ; 48945-3, 48948-3 (matrix) [disc 687a] ; w 48945-3, w 48948-3-1 (matrix) [disc 687b]

Box 17, Disc 688

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Symphonies, K. 385, D major. Presto -- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orphée et Eurydice. Ballet des ombres heureuses. 1930?

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: Symphony in D Major (K. No. 385) 4th Movement-Finale-Presto -- Orfeo ed Euridice-Dance of the spirits (Act 2)

Performed by the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor ; John Amans, flute solo [side B]

Victor: 7138A, 7138B ; 48952-3-2, 48956-6c-3 (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 689-690

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Daphnis et Chloé. Suite, no. 2. 1928 December 20

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

Victor: 7143A-2, 7143B-5 (matrix) ; D 7144A-5, S 7144B-3 (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 691

Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. Iberia. Fête-Dieu à Séville. 1928 September 27

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Holiday in Seville

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: B 7158A-2A, B 7158B-1A-1

Box 17, Disc 692-693

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 25, D major -- Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Li︠u︡bovʹ k trem apelʹsinam. Suite. Skert︠s︡o -- Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Li︠u︡bovʹ k trem apelʹsinam. Suite. Marsh. 1929 April 22

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on labels: Classical Symphony, in D Major (Prokofieff) [disc 692, both sides, and disc 693, side A] -- Love for three oranges-Scherzo and march (Prokofieff) [disc 693, side B]

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

Victrola: H 7196A-1R, J 7196B-4-1 (matrix) ; F 7197A-4, H 7197B-1 (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 694

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Sinfonia. 1929 November 21

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Barber of Seville-Overture-Parts 1 and 2

Performed by the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victrola: o 7255A-2-2, 1 7255B-3 (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 695-696

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Salome. Salomes Tanz -- Eichheim, Henry, 1870-1942. Oriental impressions. [title from label:] Japanese nocturne. 1929 April 30 ; 1929 May 1

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on labels: Salome's dance-Parts 1-3

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: A 7259A-2, B 7259B-2 (matrix) ; D 7260A-2, B 7260B-3 (matrix)

Recorded May 1, 1929 [Strauss], and April 30, 1929 [Eichheim]

Box 17, Disc 697

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Egmont. Ouverture. 1930 January 14

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Egmont overture-Parts 1 and 2 (Beethoven, Op. 84)

Performed by the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York ; Willem Mengelberg, conductor

Victor: B2 7291A-1, Y 7291B-1 (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 698

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Finlandia. 1930 April 28

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Finlandia-Parts 1 and 2 (Tone poem) (Sibelius, Op. 26, no. 7)

NB: Recording of complete tone poem, op. 26; not only op. 26, no. 7.

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: H 7412A-1, 4[backwards]E 7412B-2A (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 699-700

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Valse -- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Dances, piano; arr. 1930 October 30

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Danse (Claude Debussy) (Orchestrated by Ravel)

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

Victrola: B 7413A-3, A 7413B-2 (matrix) ; B 7414A-2, A 7414B-2 (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 701-702

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. 1812 année. 1930 April 29

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on labels: 1812 Overture-Parts 1-4 (Tschaikowsky, Op. 49)

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: 7499A-2A, 7499B-2A (matrix) ; B 7500A 3-23A, B 2 7500B-3A (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 703

Bach, Johann Christoph, 1642-1703. Aus der Tiefe rufe ich; arr. 1930 March 15

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Choral prelude "Aus der Tiefe rufe ich" (Out of the deep I call to Thee) ([J.S.] Bach)

NB: Attributed to both J. C. Bach and C.P.E. Bach.

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victrola: B[?] 7553A-3A, C 7553B-3 (matrix)

Box 17, Disc 704-705

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Kinderscenen. 1930 April 14

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on labels: Scenes of childhood [Nos. 1-13]

Performed by Benno Moiséivitch, piano

Victor: D 7705A-2-1, D 7705B-8-1 ; Cc 16233 5[triangle], Cc 16234 8[triangle] (additional matrix nos., disc 704) ; J 7706A-5-1, C 7706B-2-1 ; Cc 16235-5[triangle], Cc 16236-6[triangle] (additional matrix nos., disc 705)

Recorded in Europe

Box 17, Disc 706

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba -- Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883. Martha. Ach! so fromm, ach! so traut. Italian. 1932 August 15

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Marta-M’apparì [side B]

Performed by Enrico Caruso, tenor ; Victor Symphony Orchestra ; Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor

RCA Victor: J 7720A-1, I 7720B-1 (matrix)

Originally recorded March 17, 1907 [side A] and April 15, 1917 [side B] with Josef Pasternack conducting; re-recording from original dubbed with electrically recorded orchestra August 15, 1932, with Nathaniel Shilkret conducting

Box 17, Disc 707

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Celeste Aïda -- Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Pêcheurs de perles. Je crois entendre encore. 1932 December 3

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Enrico Caruso, tenor ; Victor Symphony Orchestra ; Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor

RCA Victor: B 7770A-1, A 7770B-1 (matrix)

Originally recorded December 27, 1911 [side A] and December 7, 1916 [side B] with Josef Pasternack conducting; re-recording from original dubbed with electrically recorded orchestra December 3, 1932, with Nathaniel Shilkret conducting

Box 17, Disc 708

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Tzigane. 1932 May 23

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Arthur [Artur] Balsam, piano

Victrola: A 7810A-2, A 7810B-2-1 ; 2L316-2[triangle], 2L319-2[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 17, Disc 713

Gruenberg, Louis, 1884-1964. Emperor Jones. Standin' in de need of prayer -- Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981. Merry Mount. 'Tis an Earth defiled. 1934

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Lawrence Tibbett, baritone ; unidentified orchestra ; Wilfred Pelletier, conductor

Victrola: B 7959A-2A, C 7959B-1

Box 17, Disc 714

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Ave Maria (Vocal version); arr. -- Braga, Gaetano, 1829-1907. Serenata; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 17, Disc 715-716

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Sonatas, violin, piano -- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Preludes, piano, book 1. Minstrels. 1929

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Alfred Cortot, piano ; Jacques Thibaud, violin

Victrola: B 8183A-2A, B 8183B-2 ; Cc16962 IIA[triangle] 3, CC16963 II[triangle] (matrix nos., disc 715) ; C8184A-2, A8184B-2 ; Cc16964 II[triangle], CC 16965 II[triangle] (matrix nos., disc 716)

Recorded in Europe

Box 17, Disc 717-718

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Rapsodie espagnole. 1934 March 17

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: B 8282A, C 8282B (matrix, disc 717) ; B 8283A, B 8283B (matrix, disc 718)

Recorded March 17, 1934

Box 17, Disc 719

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Avant de quitter ces lieux -- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. O du mein holder Abendstern. 1934 April 20

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Avant de quitter ces lieux (Even bravest heart) (Act 2) -- O du mein holder Abendstern (Evening star) (Act 3)

Performed by Lawrence Tibbett, baritone (in French [side A] and German [side B]) ; unidentified orchestra

Victor: 8452A-1, U 8452B

Recorded April 20, 1934

Box 17, Disc 720

Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich, 1855-1914. Russkie narodnye pesni, orchestra. Selections. 1934 March 17

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Eight Russian folk dances : No. 1-Religious chant -- No. 2-Christmas carol-Kolyada Maleda -- No. 3-Plaintive melody -- No. 4-Humorous song-The buzzing and biting of the gnat (Liadow)

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: F 8491A-1, G 8491B-1

Recorded March 17, 1934

Box 17, Disc 721

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod. 1935 October 9

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Tristan und Isolde-Isoldes liebestod (Isolde' love-death) (Act 3)

Performed by Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; unidentified orchestra ; Hans Lange, conductor

Victor: [upside down V] 8859A 1, [portion of upside down V] 8859B 1

Recorded October 9, 1935

Box 17, Disc 722-723

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Don Juan. 1927?

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Don Juan (Tone-poem after Nicholas Lenau)

Performed by Symphony Orchestra [unidentified] ; Alfred Coates, conductor

Victrola: E 9114A-1, D 9114B-2 ; CR 770-I[triangle], CR 771-II[triangle] (matrix nos., disc 722) ; G 9115A-2, A 9115B-2 ; CR 772-II[triangle], CR 773-II[triangle] (matrix nos., disc 723)

Recorded in London, October 15, 1926

Box 17, Disc 724-725

Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936. Fontane di Roma. 1927 January 4

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: The fountains of Rome : The fountain of Valle Giulia at dawn -- The Triton fountain in the morning -- The fountain of Trevi at mid-day -- The Villa Medici fountain at sunset

Performed by London Symphony Orchestra ; Albert Coates, conductor

Victrola: G 9126A-1, I 9126B-2 ; CR894-I[triangle], CR895-IA[triangle] (matrix nos., disc 724) ; J 9127A, G 9127B-1 ; CR896-II[triangle], CR897-IIA[triangle] (matrix nos., disc 725)

Recorded in London, January 4, 1927

Box 17, Disc 726

Honegger, Arthur, 1892-1955. Pacific 231. [1928?]

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by the Continental Symphony Orchestra ; Piero Coppola, conductor

Victor: 9276-A, 9276-B ; D2 45723-1, C 45724-1 (matrix) ; CTR-3389-I[triangle], CTR-3390-I[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe, November 16, 1927

Box 17, Disc 727

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Variationen über ein Thema von Haydn.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Variations on a theme by Haydn, op. 56a

NB: Disc contains Variations 1-3; Variation 4 through the Finale is on Discs 728-729 in Box 18

Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra ; Pablo Casals, conductor

Victrola: I 9287A-2-2, D 9287B-1-2 (matrix), CR1612-II[triangle], CR1613-IA[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18: RCA Victor/Victor/Victrola

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Babin, Victor, 1908-1972

Bampton, Rose

Barbirolli, John, Sir, 1899-1970

Bay, Emanuel

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bellezza, Vincenzo

Benoist, André, 1879-1953

Boston Pops Orchestra

Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951

Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973

Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938

Coates, Albert, 1882-1953

Collingwood, Lawrance

Feuermann, Emanuel, 1902-1942

Fiedler, Arthur, 1894-1979

Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957

Goehr, Walter

Goossens, Eugene, 1893-1962

Iturbi, Jose, 1895-1980

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

New Symphony Orchestra of London

New York Philharmonic

Newton, Ivor

Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985

Pelletier, Wilfrid, 1896-1982

Philadelphia Orchestra

Primrose, William, 1904-1982

Royal Opera House (London, England)

Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982

Rupp, Franz, 1901-1992

Sharpe, Cedric

Steimann, M

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987

Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957

Victor Mixed Chorus

Victor Symphony Orchestra

Voorhees, Donald

Vronsky, Vitya

Walton, William, 1902-1983

Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967

Box 18, Disc 728-729

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Variationen über ein Thema von Haydn.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information on label: Variations on a theme by Haydn, op. 56a

NB: Discs contains Variation 4 through the Finale; Variations 1-3 are on Disc 727 in Box 17.

Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra ; Pablo Casals, conductor

Victrola: E 9288A-1-1, G 9288B-1-1 (matrix), CR1614-1[triangle], CR1615-1A[triangle] (additional matrix nos.) ; 9289A-1-1, A 9289B-1 (matrix), CR1616-1A[triangle], CR1617-1A (additional matrix nos.)

Box 18, Disc 730

Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887. Kni︠a︡zʹ Igorʹ. Polovet︠s︡kai︠a︡ pli︠a︡ska. Selections.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Prince Igor-ballet music

Performed by Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra ; Albert Coates, conductor

Victrola: F 9474A-1-1, D 9474B-1 (matrix) ; CR1554-1[triangle], CR1555-1A[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 731-732

Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953. Tintagel -- Bax, Arnold, 1883-1953. Mediterranean; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by New Symphony Orchestra ; Eugene Goossens, conductor

Victrola: A 9787A-2, B 9787B-1A-1 (matrix), CR2017-2[triangle], CR2018-1A[triangle] (additional matrix nos.) ; B 9788A-A1, A 9788B-2 (matrix), CR2019-1A, CR2025-2[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 733-734

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Saga -- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Kuolema. Valse triste.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by [unidentified] Symphony Orchestra ; Eugene Goossens, conductor

Victrola: A 9925A-1A, A 9925B-2A-1 (matrix), Cc18794-1A[triangle], Cc18795-2A[triangle] ; B 9926A-2A, A 9926B-1 (matrix), Cc18796-2[triangle],Cc18799-1[triangle]

Box 18, Disc 735

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Uzh kak na nebe solnt︠s︡u krasnomu slava, slava!

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by [unidentified] Symphony Orchestra with chorus ; Albert Coates, conductor

Victor: N 11485A-3, J 11485B-1 (matrix), Cc7064-3[triangle], Cc7066-1[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 736-737

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Lebedinoe ozero. Selections.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Title information on label: The swan lake-ballet suite

Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra ; John Barbirolli, conductor

Victor: 2A 11666A-1-1, 2D 11666B-1 (matrix), 2B3545-1[square], 2B3546-1[square] (additional matrix nos.) ; 11667A XA1-1-3-2, 11667B XA1D-2 (matrix), 2B3548-1[square], 2B3547-2[square] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 738-739

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on label: Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks, op. 28

Performed by the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra ; Fritz Busch, conductor

Victor: 11724A D-2, 11724B 2-1 (matrix), 2B6811-2[square], 2B6812-1[square] (additional matrix nos.) ; C 11725A-1-2, W 11725B-2 (matrix), 2B6813-1[square], 2B6814-2A[square] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 740

Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886. Gioconda. Danza delle ore.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Dance of the hours, Act 3, La gioconda

Performed by the Boston "Pops" Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler, conductor

Victor: 11833A-1, 11833B-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 741

Walton, William, 1902-1983. Façade (Suite no. 1)

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on disc: Façade-suite

Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra ; William Walton, conductor

Victor: B 12034A-1A, C 12034B-2A (matrix), 2EA2907-1A[square], 2EA2908-2A[square] (additional matrix nos.)

Box 18, Disc 742

Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974. Scaramouche.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, piano duo

Victor: C 12726A-2, C 12726B-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 743

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Rosenkavalier (Opera). Ohne mich; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Rosenkavalier-waltz

Performed by Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, piano duo

Victor: A 13150A-1, B 13150B-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 744

Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924. Duettino concertante nach Mozart.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, piano duo

Victor: C 13500A-3, C 13500B-2 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 745

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Italiana in Algeri. Sinfonia.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Italians in Algeria-Overture

Performed by Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victor: C 14151A-1, C 14161B-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 746

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Danse macabre (Symphonic poem)

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on label: Dance of death (Symphonic poem), op. 40

Performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: 1416214162A-1, A 14162B-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 747

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Chasy s kurantami -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Monolog Borisa.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: I am suffocating (Clock scene), Act 2 -- I have attained the highest power (Monologue of Boris), Act 2

Performed by Feodor Chaliapin, bass ; unidentified orchestra ; M. Steimann, conductor

Victor: 14517A D-2, 14517B KA2-3 (matrix), 2B578-2[triangle], 2B577-3[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 748

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Chasy s kurantami -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Monolog Borisa.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: I am suffocating (Clock scene), Act 2 -- I have attained the highest power (Monologue of Boris), Act 2

Performed by Feodor Chaliapin, bass ; unidentified orchestra ; M. Steimann, conductor

Victor: B 14517A-2, F 14517B (matrix), 2B578-2[triangle], 2B577-3[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 749

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Pièces de genre. Mélodie; arr. -- Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Aleko. Kavatina Aleko.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on label: Song of mourning [side A] -- The moon is high in the sky (from the opera Aleko) [side B]

Performed by Feodor Chaliapin, basso ; Ivor Newton, piano; Cedric Sharpe, violoncello [side A] ; unidentified orchestra ; Lawrance Collingwood, conductor [side B]

Victor: 14902A-1-1, 14902B-1 (matrix), 2B885-1[triangle]Cc18156-1[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 750

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147. Jesus bleibet meine Freude; arr. -- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 3. Preludio; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on labels: Chorale-prelude-Jesu, joy of man's desiring [side A] -- Prelude in E major (from Third partita for solo violin) [side B]

Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Victor: C 14973A-2, C 14973B-2 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 751

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Proshchaĭ, moĭ syn! umirai︠u︡. 1928 July 4

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information on labels: Boris Godounow-Prayer of Boris (Act 4) [side A] -- Boris Godounow-Death of Boris (Act 4) [side B]

Performed by Feodor Chaliapin ; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Vincenzo Bellezza, conductor

Victor: D 15177A-1, C 15177B-1 (matrix), CR2142-1[triangle], CR2143-1[triangle] (additional matrix nos.)

"Recorded during actual performance at Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London, on July 4, 1928"

Box 18, Disc 752

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Ouverture.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Magic flute-overture

Performed by the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victor: A 15190A-1-1, 15190B-1-1 (matrix), 2EA6654-1[square], 2EA6655-1[square] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 753

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Quartets, strings, no. 1, op. 11, D major. Andante cantabile; arr. -- Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Humoresques, piano, op. 101. No. 7; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Fritz Kreisler, violin ; Franz Rupp, piano

Victor: 15217A 1-A-1, X2 15217B-1 (matrix), 2EA6095-1[square], 2EA6100-1[square] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 754

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. An der schönen, blauen Donau; arr. -- Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information on labels: Blue Danube waltz, op. 314 -- Tales from the Vienna woods, op. 325

Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: X 15425A-1, A2 15425B-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 755

Bazzini, Antonio, 1818-1897. Ronde des lutins -- Wieniawski, Henri, 1835-1880. Polonaise brillante, no. 1; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on labels: Dance of the goblins, op. 25 [side A] -- Polonaise brillante in D major, op. 4 [side B]

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

Victor: B 15813A-1, A 15813B-2-1 (matrix) ; 2EA4895-1[square], 2EA4856-2[square] (matrix)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 756

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Ouverture zur Oper Leonore, no. 1.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information on label: Leonore overture no. 1 in C major, op. 138

Performed by the B. B. C. Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victor: A 15945A-2, A 15945B-2 (matrix), 2EA7969-2[square], 2EA7970-2[square] (additional matrix nos.)

Recorded in Europe

Box 18, Disc 757

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Introduction et polonaise brillante.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Emanuel Feuermann, violoncello ; Franz Rupp, piano

Victor: A 17610A C-5, 17610B-4 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 758

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Prélude à l'après -midi d'un faune.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Additional title on labels: Prelude to the afternoon of a faun

Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: 17700A KBC A1A-1A, 17700B-1A-3A3 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 759

McDonald, Harl, 1899-1955. Legend of the Arkansas traveler -- Nováček, Ottokar, 1866-1900. Perpetuum mobile, violin, orchestra.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor

Victor: 18069A-1, 18069B-1A (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 760

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Celeste Aïda -- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. O patria mia.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on labels: Recitative and aria: Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida) [side A] -- Recitative and aria: O patria mia (My native land) [side B]

Performed by Beniamino Gigli, tenor ; Walter Goehr, conductor [side A] ; Rose Bampton, soprano ; Wilfred Pelletier, conductor [side B] ; Victor Symphony Orchestra

Victor: C 18221A-1, I 18221B-1 (matrix), 2EA5255-1[square] (additional matrix no. on Side A)

Box 18, Disc 761

Songs of the past.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

[side A] Good-bye Dolly Gray ; After the ball ; Sweet Marie ; Where did you get that hat ; Say au revoir but not good-bye ; Daisy Bell ; A hot time in the old town. [side B] The sunshine of Paradise Alley ; Two little girls in blue ; She was bred in old Kentucky ; Comrades ; The picture that is turned toward the wall ; Little Annie Rooney ; Johnny get your gun

Performed by the Victor Mixed Chorus ; unidentified orchestra and conductor

Victor: C 35825A-6. C 35825B-17 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 762

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's address before the Press Club at Washington D.C., June 11, 1927 -- Col. Lindbergh's souvenir record, concluded.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, speaker

Victor: D 35834A-1, D 35834B-2 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 763

Songs of Ireland -- Songs of Scotland.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

[side A: Ireland] The harp that once thro' Tara's halls ; The last rose of summer ; Love's young dream ; The wearing of the green ; Killarney ; Come back to Erin -- [side B: Scotland] Scots wha' hae' ; Blue bells of Scotland ; Loch Lomond ; Coming thro' the rye ; Here's health to Bonnie Scotland ; Annie Laurie ; The Campbells are coming ; Will ye no come back again ; Auld lang syne

Performed by Victor Mixed Chorus ; unidentified orchestra ; unidentified conductor

Victor: 35878A-5-1, K 35878-5-2 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 764

Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981. Star dust -- Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987. Blue moonlight.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra ; vocal refrain by The Kingsmen and John Hauser [side A]; Dana Suesse, piano [side B]

Victor: D 36159A-2, A 36159B

Box 18, Disc 765

Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Caprice viennois.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Separated Materials note

Disc is broken and has been placed in Box 1

Box 18, Disc 766

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz ; unidentified orchestra

Victrola: 8X 74568-3-8 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 767

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Gesänge, op. 34. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; André Benoist, piano

Victrola: 108 74583-2-7 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 768

Halvorsen, Johan, 1864-1935. Passacaglia, violin, viola, G minor.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; William Primrose, viola

Victor: A 11-8151A-2A-1, C 11-8151B-4 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 769

Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. Navarra; arr. -- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Stücke, piano, op. 118. Ballade.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Artur Rubinstein, piano

Victor: 11-8622A-1B2A, 11-8622B-1B1F (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 770

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Polonaises, piano, op. 53, A♭ major.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on label: Polonaise in A-flat, op. 53, no. 6

Performed by José Iturbi, piano

Victor: R 11-8848A-2A-2, Q 11-8848B-6A

Box 18, Disc 771

Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967. Carmen fantasy.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title information on label: "Based on themes from Bizet's opera, "Carmen"

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; RCA Victor Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor

RCA Victor: 11-9422A 4 1E, 11-9422B 1E (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 772

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Ellens Gesang, D. 839; arr. -- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Plus que lente.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: 11-9571A 1E 1, 11-9571B 1E 2 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 773

Achron, Joseph, 1886-1943. Hebrew melody -- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Sonatas, piano, D. 850, D major. Rondo; arr.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: 11-9572A 1E-1, 11-9572B 1E-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 774

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 72, no. 1, E minor; arr. -- Sarasate, Pablo de, 1844-1908. Danzas españolas, op. 22. Romanza andaluza.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: 11-9573A 1E-1, 11-9573B 1E-1 (matrix)

Box 18, Disc 775

Kroll, William, 1901-1980. Banjo and fiddle -- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Gartenszene.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title information on Side B: Garden scene (from incidental music to Much ado about nothing)

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: 12-0430A 1E [star], 12-0430B [star] (matrix)

Box 19: RCA Victor/Victor/World's Greatest Music

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs

Box 19, Disc 776

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 34. Vocalise; arr. -- Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Sonatina, piano. Mouvt. de menuet -- Tansman, Alexandre, 1897-1986. Pièces, violin, piano. Mouvement perpétuel.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: 12-0765A 1E 3 (matrix), 12-0765B 1E 2 (matrix)

Box 19, Disc 777

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.

Physical Description: 12" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Additional title on disc: Prelude to the afternoon of a faun

Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

RCA Victor: 18-0042A 1 (matrix), 18-0042B 1 (matrix)

Box 19, Disc 778

Kroll, William, 1901-1980. Banjo and fiddle -- Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Musik zu Shakespeare's Viel Lärmen um nichts. Gartenszene.

Physical Description: 12" red plastic 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Title on Side B: Garden scene from Incidental music to Much ado about nothing

Performed by Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Emanuel Bay, piano

RCA Victor: 18-0168A 1E (matrix), 18-0168B 1E (matrix)

Box 19, Disc 779

Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936. Antiche arie e danze per liuto, no. 3. Arie di corte.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by The Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York ; John Barbirolli, conductor

RCA Victor: B 018872 1 (matrix), C 018873 1 (matrix) ; CS 018872, CS 018873 (on labels)

Box 19, Disc 780

Toscanini recording.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

[Victor: M 57 (issue no.)]

Disc is missing from the collection.

Box 19, Disc 781

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 9. No. 3 -- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 15. No. 1.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Artur Rubinstein

Recorded in Europe

Victor: 14962A 1, 14962B 2 (matrix nos.) ; 2EA4827-1[square], 2EA4826-2[square]

Box 19, Disc 782

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartets, strings, no. 16, op. 135, F major. Vivace; arr. -- Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Moto perpetuo.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Victor: 15547A 2 (matrix), A 15547B 2 (matrix) ; M 590-1, M 590-2 (additional nos. on labels)

Box 19, Disc 783

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Waltzes, piano, op. 70. No. 3 -- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Waltzes, piano, B. 56, E minor.

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Alexander Brailowsky, piano

Victor: 18389A 2 3 (matrix), 18389B 2A2 1 (matrix)

Box 19, Disc 784a-784b

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Fidelio (1806). Ouverture -- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Geschöpfe des Prometheus. Ouverture.

Physical Description: 2 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor

Disc 784a: Victor: 11-9005A 1 (matrix), 11-9005B 1 (matrix) Disc 784b: Victor: 11-9006A 1 (matrix), 11-9006B 1 (matrix) Set no. on labels: SP 2

Box 19, Disc 785

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Souvenir d'un lieu cher. Mélodie. 1920

Physical Description: 12" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Performed by Leopold Auer, violin.

Label bears two inscriptions signed by Auer: "To dear Jascha Heifetz" and "New York, June 7th 1920 To my musical children L. Auer"

Privately issued disc.

Victor Special Record: [matrix no. not visible]

Box 19, Disc 791a,b,c

World's greatest music 1938

Physical Description: 3 12" shellac 78 rpm sound discs

Scope and Contents note

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Symphonies, D. 759, B minor

Unidentified performers

World's Greatest Music: SR-1A-2, SR-1B-1, SR-2A-1, SR-2B-1A, SR-3A-1, SR-3B-1 (matrix)

Box 21: Library of Congress

Physical Description: 33 rpm vinyl sound discs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Barker, Horton, b. 1889

Begley, Justis

Claunch, Earnest, 1893-1958

Halpert, Herbert

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948

Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)

Seeger, Pete, 1919-

Smoke, Herb, 1901-

Steele, Pete, b. 1891

Strong, Luther

Sturz, Elizabeth Lyttleton

Ward, Wade

Box 21, Disc 895

Recordings from the Archive of American Folk Song. 1937 ; 1939

Physical Description: 12" 33 rpm vinyl sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: [side A:] Fiddle Tunes: The last of Callahan -- The ways of the world -- Glory in the meeting-house ; [side B:] Grub Springs -- The eighth of January -- Sally Goodin -- Cindy

Performed by Luther Strong at Dalesburg, KY, 1937 [side A] ; W.E. Claunch, with guitar, at Guntown, MS, 1939 [side B]

Library of Congress Division of Music Recording Laboratory: AAFS 9 A, AAFS 9 B ; LCSA-67, LC-24-2179 [matrix, stamped in disc] ; B258, B259 [additional nos. etched in disc]

Field recordings made by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax [side A] ; Herbert Halpert [side B]

Box 21, Disc 896

Recordings from the Archive of American Folk Song. 1938 -- 1941

Physical Description: 12" 33 rpm vinyl sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: [side A:] Five-string banjo tunes: Old Joe Clark -- Chilly winds -- Cripple Creek -- Coal Creek march ; [side B:] John Henry -- The train

Performed by Wade Ward ; Herbert Smoke ; Pete Steele ; Wallace Swann and his Cherokee String Band ; Chub Parham

Library of Congress Division of Music Recording Laboratory: AAFS 10 A, AAFS 10 B ; LCSA-59, LCSA-64 [matrix, stamped in disc] ; B260, B261 [additional nos. etched in disc]

Field recordings made by Peter Seeger, Alan Lomax, and Elizabeth Lomax in North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia

Box 21, Disc 897

Recordings from the Archive of American Folk Song. 1937

Physical Description: 12" 33 rpm vinyl sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: [side A:] The golden willow tree (part 1) -- [side B:] The golden willow tree (part 2) -- The rambling boy

Performed by Justus Begley, vocalist/banjo

Library of Congress Division of Music Recording Laboratory: AAFS 31 A, AAFS 31 B ; WD3-MC-3537-1, WD3-MC-3538-1 [matrix, stamped in disc] ; LCM 539, LCM 540 [additional nos. etched in disc]

Field recordings made by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax in Hazard, Kentucky

Box 21, Disc 898

Recordings from the Archive of American Folk Song. 1939

Physical Description: 12" 33 rpm vinyl sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: [side A:] The two sisters -- [side B:] Lord Thomas and fair Ellender

Performed by Horton Barker, vocalist

Library of Congress Division of Music Recording Laboratory: AAFS 33 A, AAFS 33 B ; WD3-MC-3542-1, WD3-MC-3541-1 [matrix, stamped in disc] ; LCM 544, LCM 543 [additional nos. etched in disc]

Field recordings made by Herbert Halpert in Chilhowie, Virginia

Box 21, Disc 899

Recordings from the Archive of American Folk Song. 1942

Physical Description: 12" 33 rpm vinyl sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Titles on labels: [side A:] Holy Babe-Part 1 -- [side B:] Holy Babe-Part 2

Performed by Kelley Pace and group, vocalists

Library of Congress Division of Music Recording Laboratory: AAFS 49 A, AAFS 49 B ; WD3-MC-3560-1, WD3-MC-3561-2 [matrix, stamped in disc] ; LCM 562, LCM 563 [additional nos. etched in disc]

Field recordings made by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax at Cumins State Farm in Gould, Arkansas

Damaged or Broken Discs

Physical Description: 78 rpm sound discs and disc fragments

Box 1: Miscellaneous Labels and Record Pieces

Physical Description: 10" shellac 78 rpm sound disc

Box 1, Envelope 1

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 35, D major [miscellaneous label only] 1943 November 1

Physical Description: 1 record label from an instantaneous sound disc

Scope and Contents note

National Broadcasting Co. record label for glass-based instantaneous disc

Title information in typescript: Bell Telephone Hour: Violin concerto in D major, Tchaikowsky

Jascha Heifetz, Part 3

No. stamped on label: 891230

Box 1, Envelope 2

Mescina divna SJA.

Physical Description: 1 fragment from a broken sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Serbian Rec. Co.: QB-8913-1-D8

Box 1, Envelope 3

Tempo de blue (I 012)

Physical Description: 1 fragment from a broken sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Decca: 73175 A (matrix)

Box 1, Envelope 4

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Carnaval des animaux. Cygne; arr. 1946 April 10

Physical Description: 1 fragment from a broken sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Decca: W73207A (matrix)

Box 1, Envelope 5

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Preludes, piano (1926). No. 3; arr.

Physical Description: 1 fragment from a broken sound disc

Scope and Contents note

Decca: W 73179 A (matrix)

Box 1, Envelope 6

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 77, D major.