Victor matrix CS-89598. Gems from Blossom time / Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company

TitleSource
Gems from Blossom time (Primary title)Disc label
Part 1 (Title part)Disc label
Keep it dark ; Serenade ; My springtime, thou art ; There is an old Vienna (Medley contents)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Franz Schubert (composer)
Sigmund Romberg (arranger)
Dorothy Donnelly (lyricist)
Heinrich Berté (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label; sheet music.
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Victor Light Opera Company (Vocal group)
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)
Victor Light Opera Chorus (Vocal group)"Keep it dark"; "Serenade"; "My springtime thou art"; "There is an old Vienna."
Eli E. Oberstein (session supervisor)
Nat Shilkret's Salon Symphony Orchestra (Musical group)
Milton Watson (vocalist : tenor vocal)"Serenade."
Risë Stevens (vocalist : mezzo-soprano)"My Springtime, thou art." Role listed in Victor ledgers as contralto.
  • Description: Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 12-in.
  • Title Note: A 1922 theater program indicates that music was adapted by Sigmund Romberg from melodies of Franz Schubert and Heinrich Berté.
Notes
78-rpm issues of early 1944 and later derive from take [1]2R.
Ledgers state that the chorus consists of five women and ten men.
Victor ledgers: "Romberg album"; "E. Oberstein, present."
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Master/destroy Victor 11792 12-in.
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Master/destroy Victor 11797 12-in.
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Master/destroy Victor 12951 12-in.
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 1A Not processed
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 [1]2R Master Dub made 2/1/1944 at Victor's New York Studio 1. BHC: "Mechanically altered to conform with present eccentric groove and feed-in."
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 [1]2R Master RCA Camden CAE-230 45-rpm BHC: Source of 45-rpm disc track.
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 [1]2R Master RCA Camden CAL-239 LP BHC: Source of LP disc track.
4/24/1935 New York, New York. Studio 2 [1]2AR Destroy Dub made 2/1/1944 at Victor's New York Studio 1. BHC: "Mechanically altered to conform with present eccentric groove and feed-in." BHC: "Not fit. Ticks - distorted"; "Reject 3/21/[19]44."

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix CS-89598. Gems from Blossom time / Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200019876/CS-89598-Gems_from_Blossom_time.

Victor matrix CS-89598. Gems from Blossom time / Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200019876/CS-89598-Gems_from_Blossom_time.

"Victor matrix CS-89598. Gems from Blossom time / Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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