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https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/nyregion/rescued-kurt-weill-recording-is-sweet-vindication-for-accidental-discoverer.html
On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 at 18:15, Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> No. WERM listed plenty of minor performers. Clough and Cuming certainly
> weren't infallible but they tried hard nonetheless. The question of the
> spelling of the first name ought not to perplex anyone familiar with the
> recording process at the time, when the artist's name might be self-suplied
> but also might come from the manager or the A&R person at the session.
> Mistakes were common and often not corrected. Whether the Schubert songs
> seemed likelier to do better in the German market than the domestic could
> also have influenced the choice.
>
> DDR
>
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 4:51 PM Railroads On Parade <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Also, your contention concerning publicity for a dead Rudolf Steiner
> should
> > consider the addition to this discs in the WERM where not every singer
> was
> > entered, only those with notoriety, no?
> >
> > On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 at 16:41, Railroads On Parade <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > What you have added here is phenomenal. Absolutely impressive. Please
> > > clarify. Is your contention Pathe made a mistake in spelling? A
> French
> > > record company using a German spelling of a common name? Does this
> mean
> > > the disc was not pressed in France? Why would a German spelling be
> > chosen
> > > over a French one of that name? And on 2 separate discs such a
> mistake?
> > > Something is not right.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 at 16:00, Jolyon S Hudson <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sure, you can find him noted in the large advert at the foot of the
> page
> > >> for 'Une Grande Fete Syndicale Franco-Espagnole'
> > >>
> > >> https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46984136
> > >>
> > >> I'm sure the Pathé Supplements that the records was first advertised
> in
> > >> might have some biog but I don't have these handy - There is nothing
> > else I
> > >> can find - although I admit I haven't looked too hard due to a spot of
> > >> gardening, hoovering [vacuuming] and general weekend stuff.
> > >>
> > >> Jols
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
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