Thanks very much for explaining the honorific. Hugo Strötbaum weighs in definitively. It can't be Victoria Hazan...he supplied the following details. Thanks so much to all! Best, Joel matrix no.: 1545 r original issue: X-103169 (Disque pour Zonophone) CONSTANTINOPLE, -8/9-1906 Yeni Kürt havası - Karşıda Kürt evleri Victoria Hanım (fv) reissue: Vi 63965-A matrix no.:1547 r original issue: X-103170 (Disque pour Zonophone) CONSTANTINOPLE, -8/9-1906 Hicaz Şarkı - Eğil (de) dağlar eğil de üstünden aşam Victoria Hanım (fv) reissue: Vi 63965-B Recorded by Max Hampe -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Francesco Martinelli Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2019 8:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Victoria Hanoum (or Haroum), Sephardic Singer? Joel, Hanoum is not a name. It's a transliteration of "hanim" in turkish (dotless i) so it means merely Lady Victoria. I assumed it's her because of the popularity of Victoria Hazan in the shellac era. On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 12:43 AM Joel Bresler < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, Francesco, I think the server stripped out the images. Let's try > again. Here is version one of the label: > > https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgvlJ_nKN3E2pYZOtaGrkw2te8GP8g and > https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgvlJ_nKN3E2pYZNVFWiYYCFSRZV9w > > Here is version two of the label: > https://www.popsike.com/TURKISH-ARABIC-Victor-78-RPM-Yeni-Kurd-Havassi > -63965-V/182472946579.html Note the song title in Roman characters on > this one. > > I am quite familiar with Sra. Hazan's recordings on Metropolitan (5 > disks/10 songs in Ladino, 3 disks/6 songs in Turkish and 1 disk/2 > songs in > Greek) and on Kaliphon (3 disks/6 songs in Turkish) As far as I know, > she did not record for Victor. Is there any reason to think this is > her? Aside from the same first name and two letters of the last name? > ;-) > > For those who are interested in Sra. Hazan, I invite you to visit my site: > http://www.sephardicmusic.org/artists/Hazan,Victoria/Hazan,Victoria.ht > m > and for more on Metropolitan, see: > http://www.sephardicmusic.org/labels/Metropolitan/Metropolitan.htm > > Thanks for your consideration, > > Joel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List < > [log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Francesco Martinelli > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2019 8:45 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Victoria Hanoum (or Haroum), Sephardic Singer? > > The label did not come through. Was it Metropolitan 2004, Degirmenci > Kantosu (The Miller's SOng) that she recorded with Marko Melkon? > According to Turkish sources she was called Victoria Hazan and was a > Sefardi Jewish from Izmir. > F > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 5:23 AM Joel Bresler < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > > > > > > > Dear friends: > > > > > > > > Has anyone ever heard of a 78-era singer, Victoria Hanoum (or Haroum)? > > By one account Sephardic? Any information welcome. Labels attached > > and see > > also: > > > > > > > > > > > > Warm regards, > > > > > > > > Joel > > > > > > > > Joel Bresler, Publisher > > > > www.sephardicmusic.org > > > > 250 E. Emerson Road > > > > Lexington, MA 02420 > > > > United States > > > > > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > IN CASE OF VERIZON EMAIL PROBLEMS, PLEASE USE MY BACK-UP EMAIL: > > > > joelbresler-at-gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > inviato dal mio pulsatore a bassa cutena Francesco Martinelli Lungarno > Mediceo 10 > 56127 P I S A I T A L Y > +39 335 5617207 > -- inviato dal mio pulsatore a bassa cutena Francesco Martinelli Lungarno Mediceo 10 56127 P I S A I T A L Y +39 335 5617207