[78-L] Pre-1910 German Grammophon Opera Sets A-F

[Michael Biel]

It's pre-1910, so hold off the jokes!

Mike ( living waaaaayyy in the past)  Biel

On 6/15/2011 2:15 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> Pardon the cross-postings, but I am looking for any collector or archive
> which might have any of the album sets which the German branch of
> Grammophon recorded and released between 1907 and 1909.  I briefly saw
> one of them, Set E Carmen, in a TV show and have a screen shot but would
> like better images.  It shows silver lettering and an illustration with
> Carmen's dress colored a vivid red.  I would like to be able to get
> photographs of the covers and album spines of these albums.  Here is the
> list from page 1252 of Alan Kelly's German HMV discography.
>
> Set A  Die Fladermaus  (Johan Strauss)
> Set B  Die lustige Witwe  (Franz Lehar)
> Set C  Ein Walzertraum  (Oscar Straus)
> Set D  Faust  (Charles Gounod)
> Set E  Carmen  (Georges Bizet)
> Set F  Der Zigeunerbaron  (Johan Strauss)
>
> I am likewise interested in any other illustrated album covers from this
> period and the teens.  I have info and images of the English HMV albums
> of Gilbert and Sullivan and Wagner from the late teens, but still need
> the images of the several other operettas they issued this way.
>
> Thanks for any help or leads you might be able send.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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