[78-L] 1903 recording of Bukke aria listed on CHARM

[Kristjan Saag]

Good luck, Christopher!
Don't forget to tell us when you've found the record.
Kristjan

On 2019-01-28 17:59, Christopher Peters wrote:
> Thanks Kristjan - and with regard to your latter point I heartily 100% 
> agree. I apologize if I was clumsy in my wording, what Inmeant was 
> what is (theoretical) passport would have said. And thank you for your 
> information about what the numbers mean - I never knew this. I hope 
> this will help to find a copy of the recording... Best regards, 
> Christopher Sent from my iPhone
>> On 28 Jan 2019, at 15:43, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid> 
>> wrote: Hi, Christopher, Its a Gramophone Company recording, and the 
>> catalogue number, 22068 tells you it's sung in Russian. The 0 is for 
>> 30 cm disc, the first 2 is for "sung in Russian", the second 2 is for 
>> "sung by male singer" - the rest is irrelevant, in this case. But 
>> where you could locate it...no idea. Kristjan P S: the fact that 
>> Latvia was a part of Russia, doesn't mean that its population was 
>> Russian. Even if you studied and worked in Russia you remained what 
>> you were, ethnically. My grandfather was Estonian, worked in Russia, 
>> but remained Estonian. Buke also remained Latvian.
>>> On 2019-01-28 13:54, Christopher Peters wrote: Can anyone on this 
>>> list give me any advice on possible locations of a 1903 recording 
>>> which is listed on the CHARM database: It’s a 1903 recording of an 
>>> aria from the opera “Fate” (or “Sud’ba in Russian”) sung by Alexandr 
>>> Matveev. The opera is by the composer Evgeny Bukke (1877-1920). The 
>>> listing says that it’s sung in Polish, though I think this is 
>>> probably a mistake as Bukke and Matveev (and the opera) are all 
>>> Russian! (Well, Bukke was Latvian, but Latvia was part of the 
>>> Russian empire at the time, and he was part of the Moscow/St 
>>> Petersburg music scene - in Latvian his name is Eižens Buke.) This 
>>> is the link and contents:- 
>>> http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/discography/search/search_advanced?operatorSel_0=and&parameterSel_0=composer&parameterKey_0=compo_004039&parameterKeyTxt_0=Bukke 
>>> Composer: Bukke, Work: Ariya iz operi “Sudba” Bukke, na polskom 
>>> yazike[Fate: Aria, sung in Polish], Performer: A M MATVEEV, Date: 
>>> -03 Catalogue: Kelly Performer: A M MATVEEV Venue: Moscow CatNum: 
>>> 022068 Num: 129Hp Date: -03 Title: Ariya iz operi “Sudba” Composer: 
>>> Bukke Title: , na polskom yazike Trans: [Fate: Aria, sung in Polish] 
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