Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Part IV—Finale(Part I—At Dawn(Part II—The Storm/Part III—The Calm(Part IV—FinalePart I—At Dawn Part II Part III—The Calm Part IV—Finale By Victor Concert Orchestral 17815By Victor Concert Orchestra/By Victor Concert Orchestral 18012By Victor Concert Orchestra) ByPryor;sBand;16380By Pryor s Band/By Pryors Bandl 16381By Pryors Band/The Storm By Pryors Band 35120 10-inch, $0.7510-inch, .7510-inch, .75 10-inch,12-inch. .751.25 By Pryors Band 35121 12-inch, 1.25
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VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—ROSSINIS WILLIAM TELL ACT I SCENE—A Village in the Canton of Uri The curtain rises on a peaceful scene, showing a charming village with the house ofWilliam Tell in the foreground. Tell and his family are engaged in rural occupations, andthe fishermen, while they prepare to put out the boats, sing a lovely barcarolle. Accours dans ma nacelle (Come, Love, in My Boat) M. Regis, Tenor (Double-faced—See p. 551) (In French) 45026 10-inch, $1.00 Fishermen : Come hither, my dearest love! In my little boat embark; Ah! hither come, and with thy smileMy loving heart rejoice.Though leave I must, Eliza, dear,Do not let me alone depart;See how the shining sky aboveA brilliant day doth augur.Gentle as the bending rosebud,Born in the mornings early dew,Heavens threatend tempests wildWill thy presence, love, appease;When by your side Im seated,What new life my soul receives!Theres a Providence above usOur hearts affections will pro-tect. A horn sounds as the sig-nal fo

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