[78-L] fwd: Buddy Bolden cylinder found

[Kristjan Saag]

As we all know Jenny Lind visited New Orleans in 1851 for a series of 
concertperformances at the St Charles Theatre, and stayed in one of the 
newly erected Pontalba buildings(5 St Peter Street) near the river.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micaela_Almonester,_Baroness_de_Pontalba

Buddy Bolden wasn't born yet, but his grandfather worked as a porterfor 
the Baroness Pontalba at the time, and is reported to have met Jenny 
Lind and even heard her practising in her apartment. This made a deep 
impact on Mr Bolden,something he kept telling both his son and grandson 
about all his life. Around 1871 Buddy Bolden's father also became a 
regular visitor to the New Orleans opera houses.
See
http://books.google.se/books?id=3Mw4nQMvDWoC&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=%22jenny+lind%22+%22new+orleans%22+1851&source=bl&ots=GPhEnEcDtS&sig=gFNqLr_ILz87QnlHQ4P8O0kqSnA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ntNZUfyECOSE4gTiw4H4BQ&ved=0CGEQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22jenny%20lind%22%20%22new%20orleans%22%201851&f=false
for a drawing showing a Negro audience at the French Opera House in New 
Orleans in the late 19th century.

As an homage to the Swedish Nightingale, who brought music to the Bolden 
family, Buddy Bolden often played a Swedish Folk tune on his cornet, 
actually the same song Jenny Lindsang at St Charles': "The herdsman's 
song".
In opera-crazy New Orleans this was a given success.
See:
http://archive.org/stream/jennylindinameri017072mbp/jennylindinameri017072mbp_djvu.txt

Bolden's "lost recording" most certainly is a version of "The Herdsman's 
Song"- his deeply emotional interpretation having led some listeners to 
even think they heard Jenny Lind sing.
Kristjan


On 2013-04-01 17:38, Bud Black wrote:
> Actually, the vocal sounds a bit like Jenny Lind.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 1, 2013, at 10:24 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> No, the one they found was the instrumental version for German issue.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 4/1/2013 9:46 AM, L78rpm at aol.com wrote:
>>> Does it have a vocal chorus by Billy Murray?
>>>
>>> pc
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>>> In a message dated 4/1/2013 9:13:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> dlennick at sympatico.ca writes:
>>>
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