[78-L] Henri Litolff's Robespierre Overture [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

The Toulon discs are early-ish electric; if you have mxx I might could find them in Copeland's dating guide....

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Mon, 2/14/11, Philip Carli <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu> wrote:

> From: Philip Carli <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Henri Litolff's Robespierre Overture
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 5:38 AM
> Pryor also recorded the overture
> acoustically in 1906-07 for Victor.  I'd love to hear
> the Sterno; those Kneller Hall recordings are wonderful.
> 
> It is "Henry"; Litolff was English and ended up on the
> Continent after having adventures worthy of a bodice-ripper
> novel.  Litolff Verlag in Germany was his publishing
> house that he founded, one of the major 19th-century
> worldwide publishers and a pioneer in cheap music editions.
> PC
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> On Behalf Of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 10:39 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Henri Litolff's Robespierre Overture
> 
> For some crazy reason, WERM omits Litolff entirely and
> jumps from Liszt to
> Locatelli in the first edition, even though the famous
> Scherzo was available in
> Irene Scharrer's recording and there were two old
> recordings of the Robespierre
> Overture in arrangements for band. The Boston Pops recorded
> the  overture but
> well after 1939 and it's in the 1951 WERM supplement.
> 
> The two band recordings, which may be old enough to have
> been around in 1939 (I
> can't tell from the catalog numbers), are as follows:
> 
> TOULON NAVY BAND: GRAMOPHONE (FRENCH HMV) L 781/2
> KNELLER HALL BAND: STERNO 9027 (this definitely is before
> 1939)
> 
> WERM gives the title as MAXIMILLIAN ROBESPIERRE, subtitled
> "Le Dernier Jour de
> la Terreur", but I'm pretty sure the Boston Pops disc on
> Victor calls it
> ROBESPIERRE. All (plus Scharrer and Lympany's recordings of
> the Scherzo) are in
> WERM 1951.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 2/13/2011 9:14 PM, Graham Newton wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello All...
> >
> > I am looking for information or a recording of Henry
> (Henri) Litolff's
> > Robespierre Overture that would have been available in
> December 1939.
> >
> > Note the spelling of Henry vs Henri.  He was born
> in the UK but moved to France
> >    at the age of 17.
> >
> > Litolff, Henry Charles (b 7th Aug 1818- d 5th Aug
> 1891), has an entry in the
> > Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music 1948
> 3rd edition, but
> > Robespierre Overture is not there.  He and it
> isn't in the 2nd ed. 1931 either.
> >    The work that was listed was Sherzo from
> Concerto Symphonique No. 4 Op.102
> > Piano&  Orch., with London Symphony Orch.
> conducted by Wood on Columbia 10"
> > C017043D.
> >
> > Eric Gilder's "Dictionary of Composers And Their
> Music" lists Litolff, Henry
> > Charles, but only says he composed four overtures and
> doesn't name them.
> >
> >
> > Any leads would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ... Graham Newton
> >
> 
> 
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