Hemingway's Listening:
A Partial Catalog
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Hemingway's Phonodisc Collection - 3
(mostly classical; lots of Bach)
Images c. 2000, Hilary K. Justice
Text c. 2002, Hilary K. Justice
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me.
My
impression is that these vertical bins tended to be Ernest's,
while
the horizontal ones tended to be Mary's. I also get the impression
that since the discs in the vertical bins showed the most variety
(although the middle bin is clearly from various published classical
sets) most of these were
chosen
individually, thus deliberately.
This
page spatially reconstructs the vertical bins on the right side, with
the top bin at the top of the page.
Facing
the music collection in the living room, these are the records that
a tall, right-handed person will reach for most easily, especially the
middle and bottom bins, where the album covers show the most signs of
wear.
VERTICAL BIN TOP
(Door to the right goes to the bedroom /
study.)
Several single albums on the left - no
spine
titles.
Quintet of the Hot Club of France - HJ6
Art Tatum Piano Solos
Louis Armstrong - HJ7
Glenn Miller
Six Songs for Democracy
A Song Recital by Roland Hayes Set M-393
Calypsos Sung by Wilmoth Houdini - Decca
(Carmen?) Miranda in Night in Rio*
Carols of the English
Yuletide
VERTICAL BIN MIDDLE
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Vladimir Horowitz Program*
De Falla - Nights in the [Gardens] of Spain - Piano
and
Orchestra* [note]
Debussy - Preludes
Strawinsky - Petrouchka Ballet
Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B Major
(Unfinished)
Mozart Sonatas Nos. 10 and 15 in B Flat
Major
Bach / Busoni - Chaconne*
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Piano Music of Chopin
Beethoven Trio in D Major
[Note on De Falla: Spine too worn to read the
word "Gardens";
reconstructed through
research.]
VERTICAL BIN BOTTOM
_________ (spine facing in)
Glenn Miller ________ [A]
Verdi - La Forza del Destino*
Beethoven, Symphony No, 9, in D Minor, op. 125
("Choral")*
LPT-6000 Artie Shaw
J.S. Bach Two Part and Three Part Inventions, 18
Little
Lyrichord*
Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II - Decca DX
128*
Vivaldi - The Seasons - Virtuosi di Roma (Collegium
Musicum
Italicum), Fasano - RCA VIctor LHMV
26
[Bach/Handel/Vivaldi - Menuhin - DeVito - no spine
title; the
curator kindly pulled it out - the Bach
is the Concerto for Two
Violins in D Minor - see detail,
below]*
Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I - Decca DX
127*
Mozart - Piano ~ Wanda Landowska RCA Victor LM
6044(2)
_____ (4 single albums; spines facing
in)
Brendan Behan Sings Irish Folk Songs and
Ballads
_____ (6 single albums; spines facing
in)
This
bottom bin shows the most musical coherence, tending primarily toward
works by baroque composers, especially Bach.
Collectively,
these spines also show the greatest signs of wear.