RE: Pre-war European Recordings

[Jewish Music Institute <jewishmusic...>]

Do people on the list know of Michael Aylward in the UK who has done tremendous 
work
investigating Pre-war European Recordings of Jewish Music on microfilm of old 
record
catalogues held in the UK National Sound Archive. He has discovered an almost 
complete
set of catalogues in German, Polish, Yiddish, and Russian issued by the Vienna 
and St
Petersburg branches of the Gramophone and Zonophone companies for the period 
1903-1915.
He has approximately 200 catalogue pages listing recordings of Jewish Music - 
and this
is only a small part of the overall picture.  He has plans to research other 
archives
and has unearthed amazing possibilities.  (He is not Jewish but learned Yiddish 
and
Polish to aid his research)  On another front, he was sent a book by a friend 
in Poland,
called 'Rescued Music' by Professor Marian Fuks.  He is working on translating 
this book
into English from Polish and a publisher in the UK is interested in publishing 
it if
they could find an American co-publisher.  Does anyone on the list know 
Professor Fuks
or this book?  Could there be interest in the USA in co-publishing this book. 
It is of a
general nature, not a musicological discourse, and has several inaccuracies, 
(which
Michael is verifying) but contains some unique material on Jewish music in 
prewar
Europe. Would anyone like to know more about the work that Michael is doing?
Geraldine

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) 
shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of
Joel Bresler
Sent: 13 July 2000 14:02
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Cc: hows (at) loop(dot)com
Subject: Re: Fw: "Menorah Records" & "Collectors Guild"

I would very much appreciate contact information on Collectors Guild as well...

By the way, the Yair Elnadav "Ladino Songs" LP/Cassette was re-released by
Leisure Time Music in `93. Boynton Beach, FL. Perhaps they could be of some
assistance. Simon???

Also, the family of attorney (and Jewish music collector/producer) Benedict
Stambler would likely be able to provide some information, if they can be
located. Stambler's collection went to the LOC and NYPL upon his death, and
the LOC has some paperwork on it. Perhaps contact information could be
gleaned from the LOC, though it would be at least 30 years old now...

Good luck!!

Joel

At 04:29 PM 7/13/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Perhaps somebody in this group can help Mr. Sisko
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Howard Sisko" <hows (at) loop(dot)com>
>Newsgroups: alt.music.jewish
>Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 8:35 PM
>Subject: "Menorah Records" & "Collectors Guild"
>
>
> > "Menorah Records" and "Collectors Guild" (New York) went out of business
> > years ago. Does anyone know how I might pursue getting in touch with
> > either someone familiar with or who was associated with (directly or
> > indirectly) either of these record companies from the early 60's?



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