1892 Broadway Musical: The Fencing Master / Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler ~ Ah yes, I love thee (1911)

[PiscaCPT]

Bravo! Cheers from Brazil

[SilphiumSeeker]

Hi All,

I remember as a kid listening to radio shows narrated by Reginald DeKoven, and I loved them! He spoke with unmistakable authority, and his imperious voice was riveting!

Has anyone else heard these, or knows if there are recordings of DeKoven holding forth that I may acquire? I've been looking, but no luck ~ yet!

Thanks much!

Lou

[DJacqu8351]

Thanks for this delightful treasure:)

[CurzonRoad]

@DJacqu8351

A pleasure... thank YOU!

[Bermatute]

I have the same birthday as her!

[EdmundStAustell]

Great! This is about as clear and perfect an example of 19th century musical theater as I have heard. Our artistic memory extends rather farther back than many think, thanks to film and phonograph.  Excellent!

[mayatatyana1]

Doug, beautiful duet. The photo is exquisite...on my Favorites now. Thank you. Maya

[opertutto]

How utterly charming, but what a racy photo!

[CurzonRoad]

@opertutto

Hi George:

Indeed, so very charming... and LoL! yes a rather racy image!

Thanks!

Doug --

[meltzerboy]

It's wonderful to discover new worlds of beauty! Great singing from this team. Thanks, Doug, for sharing.

[65attila]

Doug

Thank you for this beautiful music and performance.

Regards-John

[genia106]

Douglasio,

Ah, YES, I love this song. I love William and Elizabeth's duet, it is Marvelous and Douglasio, I am in love with that

Fencing Costume. Grazie. :-)

[gmmix]

DeKoven wrote some of the most hauntingly beautiful music for light opera.. Great duet. Great sound, too, for 1911.  In your excellent commentary you mention Jim Walsh, with whom I communicated by snail-mail for a decade or more. Thank you for this fine contribution.

[althazarr]

This is a great duet. Their voices certainly go well together.I love all of the info. that you included too. 5*****

[Kievest]

Sweet celestial beauty. Their voices

entertwine in the most harmonious

way to express the magic poetry of

the words. Thank you for sharing

this hidden secret from the past in

a most engaging and wonderful

way.

[pax41]

These two are great and I sent it to one of my viewers. He is a collector and very fond of these two. I only have a few recordings by these two, thanks for sharing.

[Bivolari]

A welcome blast from the past. Very enjoyable.

[ginnykaren]

Doug~~~Bravo for this superb post!

The photos and the video editing were excellent!

Ginny~

[Shabannie]

I used to live in twentieth century Milan for awhile. Fencing can be a fun hobby, but I have never done it.  Interesting post!

---------Ellen

[paulostroff99]

Lovely singing from and of a style now very much changed. History will dictate whether for the better,but at least we now have this in order to compare with. Thank you Doug.

[transformingArt]

Very intersting. Thanks for posting, but is this came from a shellac? Sounds rather different than most of your previous posting.