Victor matrix C-4338. Air des bijoux / Nellie Melba ; Victor Orchestra

TitleSource
Air des bijoux (Primary title)Disc label
Jewel song (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Faust (Work title)Disc label
Faust. Je ris de me voir si belle (Uniform title)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Charles Gounod (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Nellie Melba (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Victor Orchestra (Musical group)
Additional Information
  • Description: Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: French
  • Master Size: 12-in.
Notes
EDVR vol. 2 notes: Take 2—playing time 3'04" @ 77.43 rpm; no safety groove; handwritten "Take 2" at 9 o'clock position. Take 4—playing time 2'56" @ 76.00 rpm; faint double-knock starting signal; safety groove.
Source(s): Allan Sutton blog (take place); Rigler-Deutsch Index; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
3/27/1907 New York, New York 1 Unknown
3/27/1907 New York, New York 2 Master Victor 88066 12-in.
3/27/1907 New York, New York 2 Master Gramophone 033029 12-in.
3/27/1907 New York, New York 2 Master RCA Victor VRL5-0365 LP Remastered in 1983
8/22/1910 Camden, New Jersey 3 Destroy
8/22/1910 Camden, New Jersey 4 Master Victor 88066 12-in.
8/22/1910 Camden, New Jersey 4 Master Victor 6215 12-in.

Audio of this recording from the Library of Congress

8/22/1910 Camden, New Jersey 4 Master Gramophone 2-033022 12-in.
8/22/1910 Camden, New Jersey 4 Master Gramophone DB-361 12-in. Incorrectly listed as DB-346 in EDVR vol. II.
8/22/1910 Camden, New Jersey 4 Master RCA Victor VRL5-0365 LP Remastered in 1983

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix C-4338. Air des bijoux / Nellie Melba ; Victor Orchestra," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200006053/C-4338-Air_des_bijoux.

Victor matrix C-4338. Air des bijoux / Nellie Melba ; Victor Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200006053/C-4338-Air_des_bijoux.

"Victor matrix C-4338. Air des bijoux / Nellie Melba ; Victor Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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