Re: Bertha Kalich & Recordings of the Yiddish Theater

[Joshua Horowitz <horowitz...>]

I think the main difference between pre-and post-1925 recordings are
that 
the former are mechanical and the latter were recorded with microphones. 
But I don't believe that that made any different in how the actual 
performances were fixed, in other words, they still cut a master in real 
time, so each take would still have a different matrix number. (Even
though 
not all the takes would find their way into the actual recordings.) Or
at 
the least a different take number. The use of magnetic tape in the
industry 
of course came much later. Or am I missing something here???

No discrepency there at all, Joel. I was showing that if the piece was
recorded again later with mikes, it would get a new matrix number. In
the above case, the matrix number was the same 8 years later, with the
comment *acous.* indicating that it was the 1925 recording, though the
release date was 1933.

I'll add to Joel's really thorough compilation with
some addresses of a few archives which subscribe to the Rigler-Deutsch
Index (RDI) to help you further to find the recordings, Robert. Note
that the RDI has a code which tells you which archive has the disc which
is catalogued. The code, found below in the catalogues which Joel
enclosed, begins with RDIX. Here is one example from Joel's sources:

Record ID: RDIXDC8900060027-R 

The DC in that code means that the record is stored at the DC address,
meaning the

Recorded Sound Reference Center
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and 
Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
Washingto D.C. 20540
(202) 707-7833 

You may be able to figure it out by the spellings of the addresses
below, or maybe Joel has the code listings. Here are some addresses.  Be
well, Josh

Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
Braun Music Center Stanford University
Stanford, Ca. 94305
(415) 723-9312

Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive
222 Waverly Ave.
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13210
(315) 443-3477

Recorded Sound Reference Center
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and 
Recorded Sound Division
Library of Congress
Washingto D.C. 20540
(202) 707-7833

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives
of Recorded Sound
New York Public Library
Performing Arts Research Center
111 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York 10030
(212) 870-1661
 
Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings
Box 1603A Yale Station
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticit 06520
(203) 432-1795

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