[78-L] Raquel Meller. Query.

[Fitzpatrick Vincent]

There's a Robert Benchley essay, purporting to be a program from a concert
by Raquel Meller--"such antics!"  There is also a Roger Wolfe Kahn recording
of a "Raquel Meller Medley," from 1926--which, I believe, is when the
Benchley piece was written, both appearing when Meller did a tour of the
U.S.  There was nothing on the intertubes about her a few years ago, but I'd
bet there is now.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Spats <spats47 at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I bought a few interesting 78s yesterday, including a 1902 Red G&T of
> the Papal choir that included Moreschi, and a lovely 1905, Berlin
> recorded G&T of Florencio Constantino, one of my favourite
> 'under-rated' tenors.
>
> However, I also bought an early version of one of my favourite
> popular Spanish songs, the one that's featured all through Chaplin's
> City lights. The song is  La Violetera by Padilla.
>
> The singer on this 1926 French recording is a Spanish singer called
> Raquel Meller. Not a classical singer, I'd say. Nice, though. Does
> anyone here know anything of her?
>
> Earl Okin.
>