Early recordings of German female singers Vol. 3 (Senger-Bettaque and others) – The 43000 series (of Gramophone catalogue numbers) - Irving S. Gilmore collection (3)

Early recordings of German female singers Vol. 3 (Senger-Bettaque and others) – The 43000 series (of Gramophone catalogue numbers)  - Irving S. Gilmore collection (3)

The Irving S. Gilmore Collection at the Yale University gives a tremendous amount (ca. 600 !)  of 7 inch / 17 cm recordings from the early days of recording. It contains  mainly Berliner records or early Gramophone &Typewriter records and can be found at

[https://yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/213](https://yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/213)

The seven inch format was the first to be used in the early days of recording since ca. 1896 (before that there were also 5 inch records in the USA). Berliner Records started with this format in Europe in 1899. 1902 the 10 inch format came up and soon afterwards the 12 inch format, which both succeeded soon the 7 inch records with about only 2 minutes recording time. 7 inch records were made until ca. 1906. Many of these records are very rare today, and some are sold, if they turn up, between 50 and 1000 Euro (or Dollar) for a piece. It is an opportunity that they are to be found in the internet, so that everyone can listen to them.

Please note that the sound quality is sometimes not what we are used by later recordings, but remember that these recordings are among the first efforts to record voice and music correctly. Many of the recordings survived only in a few copies, and most of them show signs of being played often. In many cases it is unlikely to find a better copy.

I have recorded many of these old recordings from the website for my own pleasure.  As they are given „raw“ on the website, I have declicked  and decrackled them  (and also normalized the recording volume).  I share them here with you, so that you can listen to them in a pleasant way. More recordings from this important and valuable collection will be published by me here on archive.org from time to time. The recording dates are given according to CHARM. My informations are given as Follows: Gramophone / Berliner Catalogue number, artist, title, Matrix Number, Date of recording in brackets. Photos of each title are included in the download section. More easily you can flip through the pictures here:

[https://archive.org/details/pictures-irvinggilmore03](https://archive.org/details/pictures-irvinggilmore03)

Irving S. Gilmore collection – digitally prepared by Emilio (3)

This time:

Early recordings of German female singers Vol. 3 (Senger-Bettaque and others) – The 43000 series (of Gramophone catalogue numbers)  - Irving S. Gilmore collection (3)

43068 Katharina SENGER-BETTAQUE Über den Bergen wohnt das Glück [Kahn] - Mx. 691 B (1901)

43070 Katharina SENGER-BETTAQUE Es hat die Rose ich beklagt (Franz) Mx. 690 B (1901)

43071 Katharina SENGER-BETTAQUE Mädchens Wunsch (Chopin) Mx. 691 B (1901)

43072 Katharina SENGER-BETTAQUE Soldatenbraut (Schumann) Mx.692 (1901)

43082 Pelagie GREEF-ANDRIESSEN - Senta-Ballade (Fliegender Holländer) Mx. 751 B (1901)

43084 Pelagie GREEF-ANDRIESSEN Walkürenruf (Walküre) Mx. 753 B (1901)

43088 Martha LEFFLER-BURCKHARD Gelb rollt mir zu Füssen (Rubinstein) Mx. 788 B (VI.1901)

43392 Beatrix KERNIC - O süsse Lilie (Cavalleria) Mx. 2282 k (1905)- (Skip at 1'15)

44018 HENSEL-SCHWEITZER & GREEF-ANDRIESSEN Es gibt ein Glück (Lohengrin) Mx. 756 B (1901) [destroyed announcement, applause and studio talk after aria]

Note: Here are some very rare and highly sought after records, starting with Katharina Senger-Bettaque. She left only these four 7 inch-records and five sides on 10 inch Gramophone & Typewriter from 1905, which are still rarer than these from 1901.

Katharina SENGER-BETTAQUE – Sopran, Pelagie GREEF-ANDRIESSEN – Sopran, Martha LEFFLER-BURCKHARD – Sopran, Beatrix KERNIC – Sopran, Elsa HENSEL-SCHWEITZER – Sopran

Photo: Katharina Senger Bettaque "auf ihrem 24-pferdigen Rennwagen" (Newspaper 1906)