Victor matrix D4RB-0523. Vive l'amour / Lauritz Melchior ; Strasfogel Orchestra

TitleSource
Vive l'amour (Primary title)Disc label
Folk song (Title descriptor)Disc label
Thrill of a romance [Motion picture] (Work title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
G. Stoll (arranger)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Lauritz Melchior (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Strasfogel Orchestra (Musical group)
Jacques Gasselin (instrumentalist : violin)
Ivor Karman (instrumentalist : violin)
Wm. Kroll (instrumentalist : violin)
M. Muscanto (instrumentalist : violin)
Samuel Rand (instrumentalist : violin)
Charles Jaffe (instrumentalist : violin)
Michael Gusikoff (instrumentalist : violin)
Samuel Carmell (instrumentalist : violin)
Louis Edlin (instrumentalist : violin)
Lillian Fuchs (instrumentalist : viola)
Leon Frengut (instrumentalist : viola)
H. Furmansky (instrumentalist : viola)
Rudolph Sims (instrumentalist : cello)Given name spelled "Rodulph" in Victor ledgers.
Sterling Hunkins (instrumentalist : cello)
Sam Suzowsky (instrumentalist : string bass)
G. B. Rudy (instrumentalist : flute)
Antero Querze (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Paul Ricci (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Russell Banzer (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Fred Dornbach (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Herman Shertzer (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Chauncey Morehouse (instrumentalist : traps)
A. Statter (instrumentalist : trumpet)
F. Farrar (instrumentalist : trumpet)
E. Weinstock (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Jack Satterfield (instrumentalist : trombone)
Chas. Butterfield (instrumentalist : trombone)
Wm. Trone (instrumentalist : trombone)
Laura Newell (instrumentalist : harp)
Carl Kress (instrumentalist : guitar)
Milton Kraus (instrumentalist : piano)
I. Strasfogel (director)
Susan Friel (vocalist)
Karyl Kingley (vocalist)
Charlotte Bieg (vocalist)
Helen Planner (vocalist)
Majorie Stomet (vocalist)
Les Clay (vocalist)
Ross Park (vocalist)
Alfred Knopf (vocalist)
Lionel Marcoux (vocalist)
William Van Woert (vocalist)
Morris Gedzelman (vocalist)
Clyde Sechler (vocalist)
Jack Paddock (vocalist)
John Panter (vocalist)
Richard Gilbert (session supervisor)
Additional Information
  • Description: Tenor vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra
  • Instrumentation: 9 violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, flute, 5 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, guitar, piano, string bass, harp, and traps
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: Disc label: "As sung in the MGM film 'Thrill of a romance.'"
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Union musicians used"; "Mr. Richard Gilbert, present."
Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 1 Not processed
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 1A Not processed
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 2 Destroy
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 2A Hold/destroy
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 3 Not processed
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 3A Not processed
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 4 Master Victor 10-1148 10-in.
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 4 Master Victor M-990 10-in. Album set
12/30/1944 New York, New York. Victor Studio 2 [155 E. 24th St.] 4A Hold

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix D4RB-0523. Vive l'amour / Lauritz Melchior ; Strasfogel Orchestra," accessed January 4, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300001846/D4RB-0523-Vive_lamour.

Victor matrix D4RB-0523. Vive l'amour / Lauritz Melchior ; Strasfogel Orchestra. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 4, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300001846/D4RB-0523-Vive_lamour.

"Victor matrix D4RB-0523. Vive l'amour / Lauritz Melchior ; Strasfogel Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 4 January 2026.

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