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Lucie

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Primary Languages: 
French
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French
Locations: 
France
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Phonograph record is Side A of a Disque pour Gramophone disc, No. W 107. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
Lambert Fils, Albert

La confession d’un enfant du siècle (La maladie du siècle)

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France
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Native speaker (female) (from 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, No. 7609a. Note: the author’s name is given on the disc as “Alfred Musset”. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Coustenoble, [Mlle.] H.

L’étoile du soir: poésie d’Alfred de Musset [with musical accompaniment]

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French
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France
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Bremont recites the poem with orchestral accompaniment.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side B of the Disque pour Gramophone disc, Cat. No. G.C. 31355. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
Bremont, Monsieur [?]

Poetry of Pierre de Nolhac (from: Anthologie des poètes français contemporains dits par eux-mêmes)

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French
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France
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Nolhac reads excerpts from his Poêmes de France et d'Italie: “Sonnet pour Hélène”, “Béatrice” and “L’échafaud de Marie-Antoinette”; and from his Testament d'un latin: “Le potier de l’Acropole”.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Pathé disc, No. X.9078–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: 
Nolhac, Pierre de

Topaze: Selected scenes from Acts II-IV

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French
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France
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Three actors, called "créateurs des rôles", and several others recreate five scenes from the comedy (proclaimed "Le légendaire succès du Théâtre des Variétés" on the labels).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph records are the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Pathé discs, cat. nos. X.92.006, X.92.007 and X.92.008. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
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Lefaur, [?]; and an (unnamed) cast of children

Le jardin (E. Pailleron)

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France
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Native speaker (male),“Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française”, recites this work.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side B 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

Patrie: “Pauvre martyr obscur”

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French
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France
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D’Assy sings the aria, accompanied by an orchestra under the direction of Alfred Fock.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side A of the Disque pour Gramophone disc, Cat. No. 032109. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection)
Contributor: 
D’Assy, Pierre
Alfred Fock, orchestral conductor

Aqueros montagnos--Chanson béarnaise

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French
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French
Locations: 
France
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A baritone, accompanied by a piano player, sings this song in French (and in another language)?
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Victor disc, cat. no. 63120-B. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Descouzis, [?]

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

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French
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France
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Porché reads excerpts from two works: “La bataille de la Marne” (from L'arrêt sur la Marne) and “Le cinéma, le jazz et le dancing” (from Sonates).
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is a Pathé disc, No. X.9076–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: 
Porché, François

Deux poésies de Sully Prudhomme: “Le vase brisé” [and] “Le long du quai”

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French
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France
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Native speaker (male) interprets the two poems.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side A of the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Odéon disc, cat. no. 166.198. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Henry-Marx, M[onsieur]