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Poetry of René Fauchois (from: Anthologie des poètes français contemporains dits par eux-mêmes)

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France
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Fauchois reads excerpts from two of his own verse plays: “Désespoir d’Achille” (from Mort de Patrocle) and “Jeunesse de Rossini” (from Rossini).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Pathé disc, No. X.9077–one of the set of 11 found in the original Anthologie... album. [Disc No. 12 is missing.] (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Fauchois, René

Poetry of Paul Fort (from: Anthologie des poètes français contemporains dits par eux-mêmes)

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France
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Fort reads four excerpts from his own L'anthologie des ballades françaises: "Philomèle", “La ronde autour du monde”, “La France” and “Le bonheur”.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Pathé disc, No. X.9081–one of the set of 11 found in the original Anthologie... album. [Disc No. 12 is missing.] (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Fort, Paul

Poetry of Franc-Nohain (from: Anthologie des poètes français contemporains dits par eux-mêmes)

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Franc-Nohain reads excerpts from his own Kiosque à musique: “Les chapeaux du 1er janvier”, “Le porc-épic” and “Une locomotive regarde une vache en passant”.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Pathé disc, No. X.9075–one of the set of 11 found in the original Anthologie... album. [Disc No. 12 is missing.] (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Franc-Nohain, Marie-Madeleine

Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard: 2me partie (Paris)

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France
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Native speaker (male) (identified as a “lecteur” in the French Department of the University of London) reads this passage (apparently as an exercise in the Sperlings Phonothek language-instruction series).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side A of the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Sperlings Phonothek disc, cat. no. 7610a. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Stéphan, M[onsieur] E.

Ah! Si l’amour prenait racine (paroles de Charles Fuster)

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France
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Professional actor recites this text. (Note: The identity of the Signoret named on the label is uncertain.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side A of a Pathé disc, No. X.93011 with the matrix no. 202980 CI. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) (Unreviewed) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
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Signoret, [?]

La dernière feuille (Méthode H. Pernot)

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France
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Member of the Institut Phonétique reads this text.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Université de Paris - Institut de Phonétique disc, No. X.9070B - Band 2 (matrix no. 1391). (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
Tovar, Mme. Bara de

P. Geraldy: Monologs from Toi et Moi

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Native speaker (male), "Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française”, recites four poems from the collection, Toi et moi.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Selmer disc, cat. no. SC32. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Escande, Maurice

Poetry of Paul Géraldy (from: Anthologie des poètes français contemporains dits par eux-mêmes)

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Géraldy reads two excerpts from his own work, Toi et moi: “Tristesse” and “Finale”.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Pathé disc, No. X.9073–one of the set of 11 found in the original Anthologie... album. [Disc No. 12 is missing.] (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Géraldy, Paul

Lorsque tu seras vieux... (R. Gérard)

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France
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Native speaker (male), “Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française”, recites the poem.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side A of the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Odéon disc, cat. no. 168.547. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Monteaux, Roger

Poetry of Rosemonde Gérard (from: Anthologie des poètes français contemporains dits par eux-mêmes)

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French
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France
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Gérard reads excerpts from two of her own verse collections: “Le dernier rendez-vous” (from Les pipeaux) and “Le secret mal gardé” (from L'arc-en-ciel).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Pathé disc, No. X.9080–one of the set of 11 found in the original Anthologie... album. [Disc No. 12 is missing.] (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Gérard, Rosemonde