Hemingway's Listening:
A Partial Catalog
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Hemingway's Phonodisc Collection - 2
(classical 1)
Images c. 2000, Hilary K. Justice
Text c. 2002, Hilary K. Justice
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HORIZONTAL BIN BOTTOM RIGHT
Puccini - La Boheme
Tschaikowsky - Symphony No. [6] in B [Minor] [Note
1]
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor*
Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
Tschaikowsky - Symphony No. [4] in F Minor [Note
2]
Mozart - Concerto in [E] Flat Major (K. [ 365]) for
[2 Pianos]
[Note 3]*
Russian Liturgical Music ______ _______
Prokofieff - Peter and the Wolf
Mozart - ___________________*
Debussy Piano Music
Strawinski - Petrouchka*
Bach - Sonata No. (1? 3?) in E Major for Violin and
Piano
[Note 4]
A Symposium of Swing
Beethoven - Sonata No. (3? 5?) in A Major [Note
5]*
Brahms - Double Concerto in A Minor
Mozart - Serenade "Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik"
Rachmaninoff - (Song?) No. 2 for Piano [Note
6]*
Ravel - Bolero
_______ (album spine turned inward)
Borodin - ______________[A]
Wagner - ______________[B]
Brahms - ______________[C]
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major
Faure - Pellas et Melisande
Notes:
Note 1: Illegible symphony number reconstructed
as follows: Number could be 3, 5, 6, or 8. Tchaikovsky only wrote
6 symphonies. #3 is in the key of D major, #5 is in the key of e
minor, #6 is in the key of b minor. Conclusion: Symphony #6
in b minor, "Pathetique," Op. 74.
Note 2: Illegible symphony number reconstructed by key, f minor. Conclusion: Symphony #4.
Note
3: Illegible key, Koechel catalog number and instrumentation
reconstructed as follows: Number could be 365 or 385; K. 385 is
Symphony #35. K. 365 is the Concerto in E flat Major for Two
Pianos.
Note 4: The number of this sonata will be nearly impossible to
determine;
the piece is titled badly. When Bach composed, neither the sonata
form nor the piano had been invented. This piece is obviously a
duet, probably originally written for violin and harpsichord, but its
exact form and original instrumentation remain a mystery.
Note 5: By process of elimination, this is a Piano Sonata. Beethoven's Violin Sonatas #3 and 5 are in the keys of E flat and F Major, respectively. Beethoven's Piano Sonatas were renumbered during the 20th century; there are two in the key of A Major: No. 2, Op. 2, and No. 28, Op. 101 (with movements labeled: I. Etwas Lebhaft Und Mit Der Innigsten Empfindung, II. Lebhaft. Marschmassig, III. Langsam Und Sehnsuchtsvoll; Geschwind Doch Nicht Zu Sehr).
Note
6: Probably "Song Without Words"; possibly one of the
two liebesleider.
(Note:
[A] through [C] may be recoverable)
This
series (as yet unidentified - probably a
"masterworks"
series) was put out by RCA Victor (you can just make out the "His
Master's Voice" logo in this detail of the spine of the Petrouchka
box; full size photo on next page.)
The
original trademark, registered July 10, 1900 by Emile Berliner. (His
Berliner Gram-o-phone Company was purchased by the Victor Talking
Machine Company
[Camden,
NJ]; in 1928 it became RCA Victor, which was purchased
by
BMG Entertainment in 1987, which is now owned by
Betelsmann.)
