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Miklos Schwalb. Pianist, 1903-1981. Three pieces, recorded in England, 1929.
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- čas přidán 26. 03. 2022
- There is much information on the Hungarian pianist Miklos Schwalb (1903 - 1981) online. Please refer to that. Alas, we could not find a non-copyright image of him - but there are many on-line. The reason for this upload is simply that we had a single Duophone 78 of him, playing two Debussy pieces, recorded in 1929. The sound is fugitive, but I believe the upload to be worthwhile, as an early example of his playing.
On a day in late September 1929, Schwalb was in London, and made recordings for the Duophone company. 8 sides were issued, and we are grateful to my old friend Mike Thomas, who has many listings of obscure British labels on his website: www.mgthomas.co.uk , for permission to reproduce here, details of those 8 sides.
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Miklos Schwalb, piano. London, late September, 1929.
Missing numbers presumably represent other titles that were recorded but not issued, for whatever reason. This recording session possibly occupied more than one day.
DF-11-1 Praeludium And Fugue in G Minor (Bach) Duo F-2010
DF-12-2 Praeludium And Fugue in C Minor (Bach) Duo F-2010
DF-14-1 Capriccio in B Minor (Brahms) Duo F-2007
DF-16-1 Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Rachmaninov) Duo F-2009
DF-17-3 Waltz in E Minor (Chopin) Duo F-2009
DF-18-1 Eccosais - waltz (Chopin) Duo F-2007
DF-21-1 Jardin Sous La Pluie (Debussy) Duo F-2008
DF-22-1 Little Shepherd / Golliwog’s Cakewalk (Debussy) Duo F-2008
(DF-22-1: Titles reversed on label.)
It just shows one of the joys of record collecting, there are so many hidden gems to find. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Robert! Hope you're well recovered by now? Haven't been doing much on CZcams recently, but there's so much interesting stuff, I really must get in gear again. I guess you'll be at the C.L.P.G.S. Powick Phonofair? Hope so,. and of course you can stay here if you wish. All the best for now, Norman.
Notable la falta casi total de ruidos ! Excelente trabajo, Norman, saludos cordiales.
Querido nuevo amigo: ¡tu generosidad y amabilidad mejoran el mundo! Muchas gracias. Mis mejores deseos para usted y su familia.
Seriously, delightful performances not long since the composer's passing. Thanks for digitizing and sharing these gems with the world.
You're very kind; thanks for writing. Yes - sides like this are always a 'plus'. They are small but bright gems that that encourage us.... Best regards, Norman.
Fantastic!
Thanks for writing, and glad you enjoyed the music. Cheers, Norman.
Hello from Melbourne. Very nice record and well recorded for sharing here. I have one of these records which features popular dance tunes. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for writing & glad you liked it. Yes - 'the Duophone' tried very hard in many different ways, including 12" 'Celebrity' records, but ulitmately were shot down by the October 1929 Depression. But there is much of interest kicking around on Duophone, especially if you like 1920s dance bands! There were quite a few sides made by Brunswick in New York, specially for Duophone - most of which are nice, and one or two are gorgeous. Not so much red-hot, but beautifully melodic. For instance, Paul Specht's 'Ten Little Miles From Town'. I used that side as an example of analyisng the pitch of a late 1920s dance record... that video may still be on youtube... but I'm just going to put it up again, as I now have much better equipment, so the sound will be better. Cheers, Norman. (I'll post a link here.)
Replying to myself, here's a cstom video for you! Keep Duophone alive! czcams.com/video/xDIk2k3wSsQ/video.html Cheers, Norman.
Malgre la pluie, j'ai vu les rayons de soleil dans la premiere disque.
Quelle merveilleuse réponse française ! Je suis entièrement d'accord; et en récompense, ignorons les fausses notes de 'Golliwog' ? Meilleurs voeux, Normand.
What I wont to know is, when are you going to make some more videos? Playing records is fine but......
Hi there & thanks for writing. Yes, there's plenty of stuff to be made into videos! What about people recording sound in 1845, & even earlier? 8^) Watch this space! Cheers, Norman.
Hi N, what were these made from if unbreakable at that time? I've not managed to come across this make in a U. I do like 78 recording real human performances no computer editing...some recordings then have totally different interpretations today. Little shepherd great recording. Lastly....what did you use to transcribe?
Hi Jean-Paul. British 'Unbreakable' records, in this time period, tended to have a thin (& hopefully flexible) outer skin, while the underlying carrier was something between wood fibre, and stiff cardboard. (There were exceptions, such as the incredibly thin 1923 'Fetherflex'.) By about 1930, synthetic materials - 'plastics' - had come in. (Goodson, Filmophone.) Many of them play quite well, if they are in good condition. Alas, most of 'em aren't! 😕
This disc was played on a direct drive turntable with a Shure SC35 cartridge with an .0035 TE stylus. This went through a home-built pre-amplifier using ECC83 & and ECC82 valves. The bottom end has applied the normal bass lift, but the upper end is left flat, as it should be. However, there is a 6-position switch that allows for treble cut, if requiredam lad to hear that. The switch has, in parallel, a 750 pF variable capacitor that allows fine adjustment. The signal for making mp3s is taken from this pre-amp.
Sorry for the long reply!
Cheers, Norman.
@@bixanorak thanks Norman. I gave up collecting early jazz and swing on 78 for the wear reason, people actually bought the records for what they were invented for..playing and enjoying...probably at parties with steel needles changed occasionally. I ended up chasing classical hoping most of the classical fanatics back then used fibre and treated their disks better than their wives! Alas even after making my own fibres with my homebrew dope treatments I'm still trying to get more out my acoustic players than is probably possible 🤣. Valves are better i use those mostly on vinyl. Maybe I should just get a 78 'modern' pickup and get with the times.
Hi Norman. Will you be doing any electrical projects soon? Hope you're well, stay safe 👍
Hi there. Yes, indeed... such stuff is long overdue! All the best in the meantime, Norman.