Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information needed

Discussions on Records, Recording, & Artists
Post Reply
User avatar
Victor A
Victor I
Posts: 196
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:45 pm
Personal Text: "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" - Graham Chapman

Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information needed

Post by Victor A »

Hi all,

I recently purchased this 12", single sided Victor disc, and I'd like some information on it.

First, I've read the USCB discography, and that has some information, like that it was recorded in Vienna in 1905, and it is a Gramophone Company matrix (153s). What I'd like to know is:

If the Gramophone Co. had offices in Vienna, or if this was recorded at his home or somewhere else

What the little crown means at the top (I would assume it means it was imported, but I'm not for certain)

How rare and valuable a copy of this record is.

Thank you!
SOUSA, The March King, says:

"Your 'VICTOR' and 'MONARCH' Records are all right."

User avatar
Victor A
Victor I
Posts: 196
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:45 pm
Personal Text: "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" - Graham Chapman

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Victor A »

1508522769836140150657.jpg
Pics

(I'm sorry about the quality on the photo, my camera wouldn't focus)
SOUSA, The March King, says:

"Your 'VICTOR' and 'MONARCH' Records are all right."

Menophanes
Victor II
Posts: 429
Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:52 am
Location: Redruth, Cornwall, U.K.

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Menophanes »

I can at least confirm that Gramophone & Typewriter did possess a studio in Vienna. For example, the original cast of Lehar's Die lustige Witwe (Mizzi Günther, Louis Treumann etc.) made a number of records there in June 1906.

Oliver Mundy.

User avatar
Victor A
Victor I
Posts: 196
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:45 pm
Personal Text: "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" - Graham Chapman

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Victor A »

Thank you, Oliver!
SOUSA, The March King, says:

"Your 'VICTOR' and 'MONARCH' Records are all right."

Joseph Clack
Victor Jr
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:13 pm
Personal Text: records galore

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Joseph Clack »

I have a one-sided 10-inch Victor disc from 1908-9 of Grunfeld playing his own composition, "Tarantella." If interested, I will post an audio. The crown in the run-off means the record was recorded in Europe. Is your 12 inch "Voices of Spring"?

User avatar
Victor A
Victor I
Posts: 196
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:45 pm
Personal Text: "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" - Graham Chapman

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Victor A »

Joseph Clack wrote:I have a one-sided 10-inch Victor disc from 1908-9 of Grunfeld playing his own composition, "Tarantella." If interested, I will post an audio. The crown in the run-off means the record was recorded in Europe. Is your 12 inch "Voices of Spring"?
Yep, it is! And please do post the audio for the Tarantella. Thank you for the information!
SOUSA, The March King, says:

"Your 'VICTOR' and 'MONARCH' Records are all right."

Joseph Clack
Victor Jr
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:13 pm
Personal Text: records galore

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Joseph Clack »

I'm having a hard time posting the audio here; will keep trying. the record is #5779, a Victor black label 10 inch from 1909. The record is not listed in DHR, or in any Grunfeld discography.

Joseph Clack
Victor Jr
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:13 pm
Personal Text: records galore

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Joseph Clack »

P1130228.AVI
(44.13 MiB) Downloaded 899 times
This record is very obscure, unlisted in Grunfeld's discography or in DHR.

Starkton
Victor IV
Posts: 1060
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:00 am

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Starkton »

Joseph Clack wrote:This record is very obscure, unlisted in Grunfeld's discography or in DHR.
There's nothing mysterious about this record. Etude à la tarentelle Op 47, mx. 6711b (6711j on the Victor issue), was recorded in Vienna in 1905 and published on both G&T 45538 in Germany and G&T 35547 in France.

Joseph Clack
Victor Jr
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Dec 26, 2017 2:13 pm
Personal Text: records galore

Re: Alfred Grünfeld's Only Disc Recording- information neede

Post by Joseph Clack »

Thanks. Duly noted, I stand corrected.

Post Reply