Re: [ARSCLIST] Joseph Vézina's "En avan t" (1915)

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are also no recordings by Vezina listed in Ed Moogk's ROLL BACK THE 
YEARS, although he's listed as a composer, represented by one record (a medley? 
I'm not near the book) on Edison.

dl

Jonathan Wise wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> Thanks for this information. We haven't been able to find a label or number yet. In fact, I've only been able to find a citation for "En avant" listed in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (online) from vol. 7: "Songs II to French Texts" ed. Lucien Poirier (1987), published by the Canadian Musical Heritage Society/Société pour le patrimoine musical canadien. 
>
> The Séminaire de Québec and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec have Vézina collections. We are in touch with them and are waiting for a response. I was led to believe there was a recording that exists but there may, in fact, only be sheet music.
>
> Thanks for your response,
> Jonathan
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jonathan Wise" <jonathan.wise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to locate a French song recorded in Canada in 1915: Joseph Vezina's
> "En avant". Any help in locating a copy would be appreciated.
> Recorded for whom? Label? Number?
>
> 1915 would suggest Berliner (who had already started recording in Montreal,
> but wouldn't release any 216xxx discs until 1916...!). Compo wasn't launched
> by Herbert Berliner until 1918-19; Pathe only issued four Canada-specific
> discs; Brunswick didn't issue its Pathe-cut Canadian discs until c.1917;
> Columbia never, AFAIK, recorded in Canada...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr