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Melba famously insisted on her own distinct signature color schemes for her luxury recordings starting in July 1904, with the 12-inch premium tier initially featuring a signature mauve/lavender label priced at one guinea.
Victor Charged the equivalent of USD 5
Nellie Melba – Caro Nome
Label:
Victor \"Melba\" Record – 95018
Format:
Shellac, 12\", 78 RPM, Single Sided
Matrix D 22-1 – RIGOLETTO: Caro nome (Verdi)
March 1904 London, England. Great Cumberland Place
orig issue Mauve Victor \"Melba\" Record w gold signature 12\" 78 rpm record and angel back
Condition: Excellent close to pristine faint scuffs, plays E very quiet light matrix hiss
A GREAT COPY.
One of Melba’s closest friends was the elegant and wealthy Parisian composer Herman Bemberg (1859-1931). His opera Elaine was given through her influence both at Covent Garden (1892) and at the Metropolitan Opera (1894/5), Melba in the name part. She regularly sang his delightful songs (often accompanied by the composer) – and enjoyed his clowning and practical jokes. At an evening party in London, Melba was singing Nymphes et Sylvains with Bemberg at the piano when, just before the final cadenza, he accidentally modulated into the wrong key. Without turning a hair, Melba followed him, improvised a few bars leading back, and they finished together, no one having noticed. “Herman, you fool…are you drunk?” she enquired. “Her personal touches abound,” wrote PG Hurst of this recording, “and no other singer I can recall could express with her voice such lightness and gaiety.” Later, she recorded Bemberg’s Chant Vénitien, Les anges pleurent, Chant Hindou, Sur le lac and an aria from Elaine.
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The Grade (Excellent to Poor, I don\'t give Mint) refers to the WEAR of the record. Any other defects are stated separately
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