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Two short French narratives: "Le convoîteux...", etc.

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Primary Languages: 
French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Native speaker (male) voices two short narratives (apparently as an exercise in the Sperlings Phonothek language-instruction series). Texts are drawn from a textbook, Grund-Neumann III u. Lesebuch f. d. Mittelstufe.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph record is Side B of the 10-inch, 78 rpm, monophonic lacquer Sperlings Phonothek disc, cat. no. 7617b. (Clarence E. Parmenter Collection) WAVE file is now converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
Bertaux, Pierre

Piaf at the Olympia

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Primary Languages: 
French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Piaf, in live performance, sings: “Roulez, tambours”, “Musique à tout va”, “Le diable de la Bastille”, “Le petit brouillard”, “Le droit d’aimer”, “Le billard électrique”, “Toi, tu l’entends pas”, “A quoi ça sert l’amour”, “Non, je ne regrette rien”, “La foule”, and “Milord".
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master was dubbed from the 33⅓ rpm phonograph record, Capitol T 10368, lent to the LLA; JJT, rec. eng., c. 1972.
Contributor: 
Piaf, Edith; and Théo Sarapo

A treasury of French Renaissance lyric

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Subject Languages: 
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Languages: 
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Thirty-two classic poems such as “Chant de mai et de vertu”, “France, mère des arts”, “Comme on voit sur la branche”, “Quand vous serez bien vieille”, “Il faut laisser maisons et vergers”, etc.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master is a dub made from phonograph record(s) in the old Lab in 1962 and wound off onto a hub by JJT on 7/8/74.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

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

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French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
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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French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
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

Max-Pol Fouchet raconte

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Primary Languages: 
French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Fouchet recalls events in his life.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master was dubbed from a 33⅓ rpm phonograph record, Barclay 88 005, lent to the LLA by Mr. Dunn; JJT, rec. eng., 2/25/72.
Contributor: 
Fouchet, Max-Pol

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

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French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
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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Primary Languages: 
French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
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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Subject Languages: 
French
Primary Languages: 
French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
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.
Contributor: 
Signoret, [?]

La dernière feuille (Méthode H. Pernot)

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French
Languages: 
French
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
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