21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Credited as Miscel, a vocalist recorded Italian songs 'Stornellata Fiorentina' and 'Occhi neri' on Columbia D5790, Italian folk or popular vocal material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia D5790 Voice
Mischa Elman, the Russian violinist, plays 'Souvenir de Moscou' on an early single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 07904 Classical
Mischa Elman, the Russian violinist, plays 'Mélodie' on an early single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 07905 Classical
Mischa Elman, the Russian violinist, plays 'Espagnole' on an early single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 07907 Classical
Mischa Elman was one of the great violin virtuosi of the early twentieth century; this acoustic-era Gramophone Company disc presents Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso.AI summary
Gramophone Company 07908 Classical
His Master's Voice DA195
Mischa Elman, the Russian violinist, plays Drigo's 'Serenade' on an early G&T disc.AI summary
G&T 7914 Classical
Mischa Elman was one of the most celebrated violinists of the early 20th century, and his recording of Bach's 'Minuet in G' for His Master's Voice represents acoustic or early electrical recording by one of the great masters of the violin. Elman's recordings are highly valued by collectors of classical music and violin performance.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3-7921 Classical
Mishel Piastro was a Russian-born violinist and bandleader who recorded for Brunswick in the 1930s; this Brunswick side showcases two romantic orchestral showpieces, 'Hymn to the Sun' (from Rimsky-Korsakov's *The Golden Cockerel*) and 'Heart of Harlequin'.AI summary
Brunswick 10269 Orchestra
Miss D. Hayward Webb recorded vocal ballads for the Aco (Acme Record Company) label, a British budget imprint of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Aco G15014 Voice
Miss Ninja (likely an Indonesian or Malay singer, given the Sundanese language titles) recorded 'Terang Boelan' and 'Gitaar Berboenji' for Columbia. These are colonial-era recordings from the Dutch East Indies region, sung in Indonesian languages. Such recordings are rarely encountered outside specialist collectors of Southeast Asian 78s.AI summary
Columbia DB30192 Voice
Miss Ninja Victor Tobing, credited on a Columbia GJ (colonial or Eastern) series disc, performing Indonesian or tropical music, likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia GJ352 Instrumental
Miss Riboet recorded 'Pokok Pisang' and 'Gelek Ishim' for Beka, the Deutsche Grammophon budget label; the Indonesian or Malay titles suggest she was a performer of colonial or world music from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Beka 27742 Music Hall
An early acoustic-era G&T recording of Schubert's 'Die junge Nonne' by the soprano Susan Strong, about whose recording career little else is documented.AI summary
G&T 043078 Classical
Miss Venning performs 'Come Sing to Me' and 'For All Eternity' on Best, a very minor British label of uncertain date. Venning is unrecorded in standard reference works.AI summary
Best 232 Voice
Miss Venning sings Come Sing to Me and Love's Old Sweet Song on Pick of All 35-4511.AI summary
Pickofall 35-4511 Voice
The Mississippi Coons recorded "Tents of Arabs" and "Twelfth Street Rag" for Homochord catalogue 173. This appears to be an early dance or instrumental recording, likely from the 1920s, with a group name that reflects the racial nomenclature of the era.AI summary
Hom H173 Instrumental
Mistinguett, the legendary French music-hall and chanson performer, on Pathé with 'On M'suit' and 'Tout Ca Est Pour Vous'. These are chansons from her long career in the Parisian music hall, recorded during the early recording era.AI summary
Pathé 3618 Voice
Mistinguett, the legendary French music-hall star and the highest-paid female entertainer in the world in her day, sings 'Marquitta' and 'Belote' on Pathé 6716. Mistinguett recorded prolifically for Pathé in France, and her records are collected by enthusiasts of French chanson and music-hall.AI summary
Pathé 6716 Music Hall
Mitch Miller with Wooden Shoes and Happy Hearts and Sabrina on Philips PB337.AI summary
Philips PB337 Orchestra
Philips PB562 Personalities (Prs)
Mitchell and Shepherd performing two marches, 'Blaze Away' and 'Under the Double Eagle', on Imperial 1095, a British brass or military band recording from the 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 1095 Instrumental
Mitchell & Shepherd perform 'Woodland Flowers' and a 'Selection of Scotch Airs' on Imperial, a cheap British budget label of the early 1930s. The artists are not well documented.AI summary
Imperial 1096 Instrumental
Mitchell & Shepherd performing a two-part sentimental song on Imperial, a budget British label.AI summary
Imperial 1097 Voice
Mitchell Ayres on Regal MR3342, with 'The Pessimistic Character' and 'Meet the Sun Half Way'. Ayres was an American bandleader and accordionist of the 1930s–1950s.AI summary
Regal MR3342 Orchestra
Mitchell Ayres band on Regal MR pressing from the 1930s or 1940s. Ayres was an American bandleader and saxophonist.AI summary
Regal MR3342 Dance
Mitja Nikisch recorded 'Madelon' and Otto Dobrindt's 'Speak of Love Eternal' for Parlophone E11068; Nikisch was a tenor, and both pieces were popular vocal material of the interwar period.AI summary
Parlophone E11068 Voice
Mizzi Fink performing German Christmas songs ('O Tannenbaum', 'All Jahre wieder', 'Schlas Kindlein', 'Wenn Ich ein Vöglein war') on HMV 11114. An early recording of Christmas and folk repertoire in German.AI summary
His Master's Voice 11114 Voice
Mlle Agussol performing 'Ave Maria' and a Melody by Lederer on the Favourite label, catalogue 1-6050/4029. The artist is not readily identified in standard references; Favourite was an early continental label with British distribution. An unrecognised artist on an early Favourite pressing warrants investigation.AI summary
Favorite 1-6050/4029
Mlle Demougeot, a singer, recorded two versions of 'Ave Maria' on the Fav label; the second credited to 'Alto-Boy'.AI summary
Favorite 1-6003/9037
Madame Cesbron-Viseur performing Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Sheherazade' on both sides of Odeon 188630, a classical vocal performance on the mainstream German Odeon label.AI summary
Odeon 188630 Classical
French soprano Mme Comes and M Affre performing two arias—the overture to Auber's *L'Africaine* and a French song—on Pathé 2533.AI summary
Pathé 2533 Opera
Claire Croiza, the celebrated French mezzo-soprano and one of the foremost interpreters of French mélodie, performing songs from Verlaine's 'Ariettes oubliées' with Francis Poulenc at the piano, and a Sarabande with Albert Roussel at the piano, on Columbia D13084. Composer-accompanied recordings of this type are primary documents; a Croiza disc with both Poulenc and Roussel as pianists is historically exceptional.AI summary
Columbia D13084 Voice
Mme Demeugeot performing Ave Maria and other sacred vocal pieces on JBullB 36, a small British label. No further information on the vocalist.AI summary
John Bull 36 Classical
Marcelle Demougeot, the French soprano, sings 'Il est doux, il est bon' from Massenet's 'Hérodiade' on G&T.AI summary
G&T 33388 Opera
A single-sided acoustic Gramophone & Typewriter recording of a prayer scene from Gounod's Faust, sung by the French soprano credited on the label as Mme Demougeot.AI summary
G&T 33395 Opera
Mme Demougeot, a French operatic voice, singing two arias: 'Pleurez mes yeux' (a soprano aria from *Hippolyte et Aricie* by Rameau) and 'Air de Salome' (likely from *Hérodiade* by Massenet), recorded on Zonophone. Very little is known of this artist outside of early recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 83148/2 Opera
Emma Eames was an American operatic soprano of the late 19th century. Victor 88016 ('Ave Maria') is an early acoustic recording of a canonical prima donna.AI summary
Victor 88016 Opera
Mme Geori-Boué, a French mezzo-soprano or soprano of the early 1900s, recorded two romantic songs in French for Odéon: "Mon Cœur ne peut changer" and "À toi mon âme". Odéon was a major European label based in Berlin and had extensive French repertoire.AI summary
Odeon 188945 Voice
Mme Geori-Boue, a concert mezzo-soprano, recorded for Odeon with two art songs, 'Paysage' and 'D'une prison'.AI summary
Odeon 188.959 Opera
Mme Michailowa performing Gounod's 'Serenade' on Victor 61144, a sentimental classical vocal piece. Michailowa is unidentified; Victor 61000 series dates to the early electrical era (late 1920s). The name suggests a Russian or Eastern European singer.AI summary
Victor 61144 Classical
Mme. Agussol is credited with a French vocal piece, "Je suis Encore Etourdie", on Zonophone — an artist and title not readily found in standard discographies.AI summary
Zonophone X2074
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, one of the greatest contraltos of the early 20th century, recorded Donizetti's 'Lucrezia Borgia' aria for Victor 043068; Schumann-Heink had an extraordinarily long and celebrated recording career.AI summary
Victor 043068 Opera
A coupling of Spanish vocal pieces on HMV catalogue 0264009 — Mme Mayendia and M. Gandia performing from Chapí's zarzuela 'Bohemios', and M. Salas in 'El Barquillero'. The artists are not widely documented in general references; the catalogue number suggests a Spanish-market HMV pressing of zarzuela material.AI summary
His Master's Voice 0264009 Opera
Mme Mayendia and M Gandia perform 'Alegría de la Huerta' and — with M Sandfor — 'Campanero y Sacristán' on HMV 0264018, a pressing from HMV's continental Spanish-language catalogue. The 026xxxx series was used for Spanish and Latin repertoire; these are zarzuela or Spanish light-opera pieces. Spanish-language HMV pressings of this type are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
His Master's Voice 0264018 Opera
The Moana Orchestra, featuring vocalist Vaughn de Leath, recorded 'Aloha Oe Blues' and 'On the Shores of Honolulu' for Columbia; both are Hawaiian-inflected popular songs of the 1920s, and de Leath was a popular female vocalist of the era.AI summary
Columbia 14093 Hawaiian
The Moana Serenaders, a vocal group performing Hawaiian-themed songs "Al Ka Ko" and "On the Beach at Waikiki" on Decca, from the early 1930s catalogue series.AI summary
Decca 144 Hawaiian
The Moana Serenaders on Decca, recording Hawaiian novelty material. A typical 1930s-40s Hawaiian-music group on a mass-market label; Hawaiian 78s of this type are numerous and of modest collector interest.AI summary
Decca F5260 Hawaiian