[78-L] Piano duo plays "Merry Widow" -- dates?

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The request was on 88s on 78s list. The only BR disc I have is on 
Paramount. So I got curious about what else he had recorded.

joe salerno

David Lennick wrote:
> Some time in the second half of 1940, in New York. There was a request for information about any recordings by Beryl Rubinstein recently, either on this list or 88sOn78s. I knew there were a couple of Columbia discs but couldn't find them in the Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia or any of my Columbia catalogs until I found them in the 1942 edition.
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>> From: bryan at claxtonola.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:19:08 -0400
>> Subject: [78-L] Piano duo plays "Merry Widow" -- dates?
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>> I have in front of me a fantastic 12-inch Columbia (blue label) of 
>> pianists Beryl Rubinstein and Arthur Loesser playing an Arabesque on 
>> tunes from Lehar's "Merry Widow." The disc is Columbia 71209-D 
>> (matrices XCO 28994-1 and XCO 28995-1). I've tried looking it up in 
>> several discographies I own with no luck and have spent a while 
>> scouring the internet but I can't find a reference to it anywhere. 
>> It's a brilliant performance and I'm very interested in knowing when 
>> and where it was recorded. Can anyone help?
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>> Thanks in advance!
>> Bryan W.
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