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Herman Klein and the gramophone : being a series of essays on the Bel canto (1923), the Gramophone and the Singer (1924-1934), and reviews of new classical vocal recordings (1925-1934), and other writings from the Gramophone / by Herman Klein ; edited and with a biographical sketch by William R. Moran.

Author/creator Klein, Hermann, 1856-1934
Other author/creatorMoran, William R.
Format Book and Print
Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, ©1990.
Description618 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Herman Klein and the gramophone by William R Moran. -- The bel canto with particular reference to singing Mozart. -- The gramophone and the singer June 1924 -- The recording of una voce July 1924 -- Two famous Verdi arias August 1924 -- The prologue to Pagliacci September 1924 -- Celeste Aida and more prologue October 1924 -- Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix November 1924 -- Maria Jeritza and others December 1924 -- Mozart in Excelsis deh vieni January 1925 -- Messiah and Elijah February 1925 -- The jubilee of Carmen I March 1925 -- The jubilee of Carmen II April 1925 -- Madam Butterfly April 1925 -- The royal opera season June 1925 -- Opera at covent garden July 1925 -- Record singers at covent garden August 1925 -- The treasure of Meyerbeer I September 1925 -- The treasure of Meyerbeer II October 1925 -- The treasure of Meyerbeer III November 1925 -- The supremacy of Mozart I December 1925 -- Some operatic records of 1925 January 1926 -- The supremacy of Mozart II February 1926 -- Gems from half forgotten operas I March 1926 -- Gems from half forgotten operas II April 1926 -- Covent garden opera and gems from half forgotten operas III -- Opera at covent garden the Weber centenary June 1926 -- The opera season the Handel festival July 1926 -- Why international opera August 1926 -- Some Columbia celebrities I September 1926 -- Some Columbia celebrities II October 1926 -- A plea for light opera November 1926 -- The year's best operatic records December 1926 -- The singing of lieder I January 1927 -- The singing of lieder II February 1927 -- The singing of lieder III March 1927 -- The singing of lieder IV April 1927 -- The singing of lieder V May 1927 -- German opera at covent garden June 1927 -- The royal opera season July 1927 -- Problems and prospects of opera August 1927 -- Modern English songs I September 1927 -- Modern English songs II October 1927 -- Modern English songs III November 1927 -- Recent musical literature December 1927 -- Modern English songs IV January 1928 -- The new HMV operatic records I February 1928 -- The new HMV operatic records II March 1928 -- The new HMV operatic records III April 1928 -- The new Columbia operatic records I May 1928 -- The new Columbia operatic records II June 1928 -- Opera at covent garden July 1928 -- The operatic situation August 1928 -- About new musical books September 1928 -- Schubert centenary records October 1928 -- Impressions of the leeds festival November 1928 -- Columbia complete opera albums Mattia Battistini December 1928 -- Covent garden and some records January 1929 -- A Carmen album and other topics February 1929 -- Opera prospects voice and verse March 1929 -- A new prose translation Traviata, Parsifal and Gotterdammerung albums April 1929 -- A Norma revival Aida albums the opera May 1929 -- The royal opera season June 1929 -- The art of Rosa Ponselle hail to the radio critic July 1929 -- Judith covent garden and provincial opera August 1929 -- The gramophone in fiction September 1929 -- La Boheme and henschel albums October 1929 -- Some radio experiences and some advice November 1929 -- Columbia album of Madama Butterfly December 1929 -- A parlophone celebration 1904-1929 January 1930 -- A festival of old opera revivals February 1930 -- The Columbia Tosca album Destinn Sammarco and Kirkby Lunn March 1930 -- The improving operatic outlook a suggestion April 1930 -- Elijah crucifixion and Siegfried albums May 1930 -- Opera its advocates and its enemies June 1930 -- Old friends at the covent garden July 1930 -- The story of my phone vocal adventure I August 1930 -- The story of my phone vocal adventure II September 1930 -- Some effects of operatic pessimism October 1930 -- The apotheosis of Carl Rosa November 1930 -- The distortions of over amplification December 1930 -- New Mikado and patience recordings the opera crisis January 1931 -- When old arias should not be cut February 1931 -- How to imitate good records March 1931 -- Precious voices out of the past April 1931 -- The turn of the operatic wheel May 1931 -- The German season June 1931 -- The Italian season La Forze del Destino and other operas July 1931 -- The Lilli Lehmann records August 1931 -- A seven years' retrospect September 1931 -- The English opera season its lesson November 1931 -- Sims Reeves prince of English tenors December 1931 -- Ruddigore in retrospect January 1932 -- Keeping out the foreign musician February 1932 -- Cowen and Elgar March 1932 -- New advocates for Meyerbeer April 1932 -- The gramophone as a vocal instructor May 1932 -- German opera at covent garden June 1932 -- The Genii of broadcasting house July 1932 -- GBS and music in the nineties August 1932 -- How GBS criticized famous singers September 1932 -- Past and present records compared I October 1932 -- Past and present records compared II November 1932 -- Past and present records compared III December 1932 -- A Rossini revival January 1933 -- The outlook for opera in England February 1933 -- The singing of Brahms March 1933 -- Columbia album of Massenet's Manon April 1933 -- The singer and the microphone May 1933 -- Gramophone stars at covent garden June 1933 -- The royal opera finale July 1933 -- Supreme value of the personal touch August 1933 -- The penalties of exaggeration September 1933 -- The English metropolitan opera October 1933 -- Vocal recording then and now December 1933 -- The right to be a teacher of singing February 1934 -- The voice the record and the radio March 1934 -- Analytical notes and first reviews. -- Operatic and song recordings reviewed by Herman Klein. -- Reviews published in 1925 -- Reviews published in 1926 -- Reviews published in 1927 -- Frauenliebe und leben Emmy Bettendorf -- Reviews published in 1928 -- Die Winterreise 12 songs Richard Tauber -- HMV operatic supplement -- Tristan and Isolda act III (HMV) -- New stracciari recordings -- Rigoletto complete HMV recording -- Christian science hymns -- New Jewish vocal records -- Reviews published in 1929 -- New opera albums Rhinegold Siegfried Pelleas -- Stainer's Crucifixion -- Reviews published in 1930 -- Abridged operas der Freischutz die Fledermaus -- New Jewish records -- HMV Pagliacci album -- McCormack in a fox film song o my heart -- The HMV album of Tosca -- The HMV pinafore album -- The HMV album of Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Italian -- New Columbia Jewish records -- The HMV Cavalleria Rusticana album -- Reviews published in 1931 -- Tannhauser from Bayreuth -- Abridged version of Faust on Polydor -- Columbia Trovatore album -- The HMV Trovatore album -- HMV Faust albums -- The HMV connoisseur catalogue -- Abridged Maritana on Columbia -- The HMV Traviata album -- Reviews published in 1932 -- The first Decca-Polydor list -- New HMV Connoisseur issues -- More new connoisseur issues concluded -- The HMV connoisseur catalogue third issue -- Otello Carmen and Siegfried albums -- Reviews published in 1933 -- Columbia Falstaff album -- HMV Don Pasquale album -- HMV Pelleas et Melisande -- Columbia abridged operas Trovatore Carmen -- Columbia abrdiged operas Aida and Madama Butterfly -- Additions to the HMV connoisseur catalogue -- Columbia abridged opera albums Rigoletto and Tosca -- Reviews published in 1934 -- HMV Rosenkavalier album -- Miscellaneous articles by Herman Klein. -- Gramophone celebrities XV Emilio Eduardo de Gogorza July 1926 -- Music in the Baltic states December 1926 -- Selections from the correspondence section of the gramophone -- Herman Klein Patti and her gramophone records March 1930 -- Landon Ronald replied May 1930 -- Letters from Lilli Lehmann re her recordings September 1931 -- Comments by D Shawe Taylor, WH Seltsam N Marschall Setpember 1931 -- William H Seltsam the international record collector's club March 1932 -- Ruddigore with comments by Geoffrey Toye and Herman Klein February 1932 -- Book reviews 1925-1933 -- Bibliographical note -- Obituary -- Indexes. -- Indexes of extended works -- Index of record reviews -- General index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Other title Gramophone (London, England)
LCCN 89036903
ISBN0931340187

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