THE RECORD OF SINGING VOL. 1 HMV 12 LPS VERY RARE

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THE RECORD OF SINGING  VOLUME 1    EMI/ HMV SET # RLS 724 (12 RECORD SET)

RARE IS A WORD COMMONLY TOSSED AROUND ON EBAY TO SELL A GREAT MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT RARE BUT THIS TRULY IS A RARE SET.  ISSUED IN 1977 BY EMI-REPORTED TO ONLY HAVE ISSUED  500 SUCH SETS, MOST OF THEM IN ENGLAND, AND OF THOSE, MOST  ENDED UP IN LIBRARIES OR IN THE HANDS OF COLLECTORS.  THIS SET HAS NEVER BEEN ISSUED ON CD, AND MOST LIKEY WILL NOT.  THIS VOLUME CHRONICLES THE EARLIEST OF DOCUMENTED SINGING ON RECORDS FROM 1899 WITH ELLEN BEACH YAW SINGING ARIAS OF AUBER, PAER, AND MEYERBEER TO 1916 WITH EMY DESTINN SINGING SMETENA AND LISZT.

THE SET IS BROKEN DOWN INTO VOCAL RANGES AND NATIONALITIES. INCLUDED IS MICHAEL SCOTT'S 256 PAGE BOOK, "THE RECORD OF SINGING", WHICH IN ITSELF IS SOUGHT AFTER.  THE CHAPTERS BELOW MATCH THE CHAPTERS ON THE LPS PRECISELY:

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Preface

Introduction

PART I The Old School

1. Patti, Albani and Sembrich

2. Melba and the Marchesi Pupils

3. Dramatic Sopranos

4. Three Contraltos

5. Tenors

6. Baritones and Basses

PART II The French Tradition

7. 'Le Beau Ideal'

8. Lyric Tenors

9. High Cs and Heroic Voices

10. The Successors of Faure

11. Principal Baritones

12. Plancon, de Reszke and the Basses

13. Dramatic Sopranos

14. Lyric Sopranos

15. Three Contraltos

PART III The Emergence of Verismo

16. 'La Gloria d'Italia'

17. Scotti, de Luca and Pini-Corsi

18. Verismo Triumphant

19. The Basso

20. Tradition and the Italian Tenor

21. Lyric Tenors

22. Dramatic Tenors

23. Caruso

24. Sopranos 'B. C.'

25. After Cavalleria

26. Four Dramatic Sopranos

27. Tetrazzini and some 'Coloraturas'

28. Italian Contraltos

PART IV Wagner and the German Style

29. The Instrumental Example

30. Lilli Lehmann

31. Sopranos of the Bayreuth School

32. Gadski and Destinn

33. Contraltos

34. Heldentenors

35. Baritones and Basses

PART V Singers of Imperial Russia

36. Sopranos and Contraltos

37. Tenors, Baritones and Basses

38. Chaliapin

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

THE RECORDS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION, ENCLOSED IN POLYVINYL SLEEVES, THE BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, AND THE BOX IS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH NO CRACKS OR TEARS TO IT. HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME MINOR WEAR AT THE CORNERS OF THIS LARGE BOX.   STILL A SET IN THIS CONDITION IS A RARE FIND

BECAUSE OF ITS WEIGHT, SHIPPING WILL BE BE DETERMINED BY THE ACTUAL WEIGHT AND SHIPPING LOCATION. INSURANCE WILL BE IN INCLUDED IN THE SHIPPING PRICE.  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.  THIS IS A ONE OWNER SET (MYSELF) PURCHASED NEW IN 1977 AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

I WILL SHIP WORLD-WIDE.

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