Post on 27-Dec-2016
Digging for Treasure: Zarzuelas Digging for Treasure: Zarzuelas and Other Gems in the Historical and Other Gems in the Historical Sound Recordings Collection at Sound Recordings Collection at
Yale UniversityYale University
Diane Napert, Catalog Librarian, Yale University
Historical Sound Recordings Historical Sound Recordings at Yaleat YaleComprised of historical recordings
of performers important in the fields of Western classical music, jazz, American musical theater, drama, literature, and history (including oratory). HSR was founded by Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Witten II in 1960/1961 with their collection of early vocal recordings
Mellon Grant – No. of Mellon Grant – No. of RecordingsRecordingsMellon awarded a grant of $789,000
starting in 2006 for cataloging of 78 rpm recordings
853,162 commercial recordings at Yale, Stanford and Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Over 320,000 78 rpm recordings – mostly uncataloged
Syracuse joined project March 2008
The numbersThe numbersThe project contributed over 24,000
records to OCLC through November 2009 (figure includes only 2008 for Syracuse, approx. 3,500, and some upgraded copy)
Volume figures would be higher due to multi-disc sets and multiple copies
Yale able to extend project a few months with money from Yale Class of ’45W and add several hundred more records
View of 78s housed in View of 78s housed in Mudd Library at YaleMudd Library at Yale
The bibliographic The bibliographic recordsrecordsAccess points were added for
composers, lyricists, arrangers, performing groups (but not each player within a named group), main performers, conductors, speakers
Attempts were made to connect arias to the correct opera and excerpted songs to the correct musicals (mostly successful)
The labelsThe labelsOver 360 labels worked onThe largest included Brunswick,
Capitol, Columbia, Decca, Edison, Gramophone and Victor
Yale LabelsYale Labels
ZarzuelaZarzuela“It’s been said that zarzuela means
to Spain what operetta means to Vienna, Offenbach to Paris, Gilbert and Sullivan to London, and the musical to Broadway. Well yes, it means all of that—and much more.” p. xi, The Zarzuela Companion, Christopher Webber
Foreward Plácido Domingo
Zarzuelas – other Zarzuelas – other elementselementsBroad range, from one-act farces to
three-act tragediesSpoken dialogue is employed in mostAlternates between spoken and sung
scenesSpanish lyric-dramatic genre Long history, including baroque
zarzuela, romantic zarzuela (early 1850s)
Federico Chueca, 1846-Federico Chueca, 1846-19081908La Gran Vía One act revista or revueThe Zarzuela Companion Webber
says written with Joaquín ValverdePremiered Madrid, Teatro Felipe, 2nd
July, 1886 Columbia C 536, approx. 1906Composer was still aliveIn Italian, very popular work,
translated
Federico Chueca, 1846-Federico Chueca, 1846-19081908Gran Vía. Vals del Caballero de
Gracia. Italian.
Luigi Baldassare, baritone with orchestra
Federico Chueca, 1846-Federico Chueca, 1846-19081908
Ruperto Chapí, 1851-Ruperto Chapí, 1851-19091909Las Hijas del Zebedeo – 2 act farce1889Recording Columbia 3901-M, approx.
1924 Selection Carceleras or Al Pensar en el
Dueño de mis Amores Prison lament, however in this case it is
described as a song of “amorous frustration”
Technically challenging, popular for Spanish divas
Ruperto Chapí, 1851-Ruperto Chapí, 1851-19091909Elvira de Hidalgo, 1892-1980,
sopranoTeacher of Maria CallasThis work recorded in LondonThis was the earliest instance of
this version I could find on OCLC – there were a couple of later recordings
Ruperto Chapí, 1851-Ruperto Chapí, 1851-19091909
Las Hijas del Zebedeo, Las Hijas del Zebedeo, Manuscript, Manuscript, Barcelona,1889Barcelona,1889
Elvira de Hidalgo, Elvira de Hidalgo, 1892-19801892-1980
Pedro Miguel Marqués, Pedro Miguel Marqués, 1843-19181843-1918El Anillo de Hierro, 18783 act melodrama set in NorwayColumbia, C 373, 1906 Ven RodolfoCarmen Fernández de Lara,
soprano with orchestraRecording made during
composer’s lifetime
Pedro Miguel Marqués, Pedro Miguel Marqués, 1843-19181843-1918
Joaquín Romualdo Joaquín Romualdo Gaztambide y Garbayo, Gaztambide y Garbayo, 1822-18701822-1870Una vieja, 1860
Comic opera set in MexicoColumbia, C 373, 1906CavatinaJuan Valls, tenor with piano
Tomás Barrera, 1870-Tomás Barrera, 1870-19381938Pupil of ChapíEmigrantes, 1905On a ship leaving SpainDisque Apollon 318, 190?Granadinas ariaIn French and arrangedComposer alive when recorded
Emigrantes. GranadinaEmigrantes. GranadinaHenri Weber, baritone, with pianoPopular work as translated into
French
Tomás Barrera, 1870-Tomás Barrera, 1870-19381938
Paquita Correa, Paquita Correa, sopranosoprano3 recordings of her from ca. 1906She was married to composer Rafael
Calleja GómezContacted by her great-
granddaughter for copies of recordings
She was unable to find them in SpainShe found them because they were
cataloged as part of the grant
Paquita CorreaPaquita CorreaChose one of the three we have“Brindis” from Angel Caido by
Apolinar Brull y Ayerra, 1845-1905
New websiteNew websitehttp://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ access
to a vast selection of music and spoken-word recordings “produced” in the U.S. between the years 1901 and 1925
Image of Yale web-siteImage of Yale web-site
Grant HSRGrant HSRCouncil on Library and Information
Resources (CLIR) for Song, Speech and Dance: Special Collections from the Recorded Sound Archives at Yale and Stanford Universities
18 months starting December 2009More archival work
ThanksThanksSpecial thanks to Richard
Warren, Curator, Historical Sound Recordings collection, Yale
Thanks also to Nicole Rodriguez, Library Services assistant, Historical Sound Recordings collection, Yale