Victor matrix CS-89598. Gems from Blossom time / Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| 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 Composers | Notes |
| Heinrich Berté (composer) | |
| Franz Schubert (composer) | |
| Dorothy Donnelly (lyricist) | |
| Sigmund Romberg (arranger) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label; sheet music. | |
| Personnel | Notes Hide Additional Titles |
| Victor Light Opera Company (Vocal group) | |
| Nathaniel Shilkret (director) | |
| Milton Watson (vocalist : tenor vocal) | "Serenade." |
| Risë Stevens (vocalist : contralto) | "My Springtime, thou art." |
| Eli E. Oberstein (session supervisor) | |
| Nat Shilkret's Salon Symphony Orchestra (Musical group) | |
| Victor Light Opera Chorus (Vocal group) | "Keep it dark"; "Serenade"; "My springtime thou art"; "There is an old Vienna." |
- 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 |
|---|
| Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc. |
| Victor ledgers: "Romberg album"; "E. Oberstein, present." |
| Ledgers state that the chorus consists of five women and ten men. |
| 78-rpm issues of early 1944 and later derive from take [1]2R. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Format | Note 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 December 4, 2023, 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. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 4, 2023, 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, 2023. Web. 4 December 2023.
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