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Melchior, Lauritz
Hommel, Lebbrecht
birth name
Melchior, Lebrecht
birth name
cast, sanger, Soloist: Gesang, tenor, vocals
| born: 20 Mar 1890 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Source: 1 |
| died: 18 Mar 1973 |
Santa Monica, California / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
| died: 19 Mar 1973 |
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Source: 2 |
| date of Variety obit: 21 Mar 1973 |
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Stuttgart, Germany |
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| Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 14 Dec 1925 |
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| ano del debut en el teatro Colon: 1931 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Soloisten
p. 170-184 In:
Reif, Ruth Renee
Die Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, ein historisches Portrat
Herausgegeben von der Gessellschaft der Freunde der Stuttgarter Philharmonica
Tubingen: Silberburg-Verlag, 1999
Number of People : 1,958
Artist Index
p. 237-258 In:
MacKenzie, Harry
The directory of the Armed Forces Radio services series
Compiled by Harry Mackenzie
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999
Number of People : 1,855
Namenregister
p. 1119-1276 In:
Annalen van de opera gezelschappen in Nederland 1886-1995
Amsterdam: Den Uitgave van Theater Institute Nederland, 1996, 1276 p.
Number of People : 13,049
[Index of Names]
The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.
Number of People : 24,881
[Artist Index]
The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.
Number of People : 10,351
Personregister
p. 332-355 In:
Number of People : 1,121
Douglas, Nigel
More legendary voices
London: Andre Deutsch, 1994
Index of Artists
p. 1263-1325 In:
Kelly, Alan
His Master's Voice
Die Stimme seines Herrn. The German catalogue
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 1325 p.
Number of People : 2,206
Heister, Hanns-Werner
Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
Blair, Donald S.
Great opera singers of the twentieth century 1927-1990
Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991
Pitts, Michael R.
Parish, James Robert
Hollywood songsters
By James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts
Addenda und Corrigenda zum Hauptwerk
p. 1133-1954 In:
Kutsch, Karl J.
Riemens, Leo
Grosses Sangerlexikon. Erganzungsband [I]
Bern: Francke, 1991, 2002 columns
Number of People : 4,103
Marchand, Miguel Patron
100 grandes cantantes del pasado
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andres Bello, 1990, 263 p.
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.
Number of People : 20,297
Paris, Alain
Dictionnaire des interpretes : et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1989
Number of People : 2,306
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon
Bern: Francke, 1987, 3452 columns in two volumes p.
Number of People : 6,910
Blanchard, Roger
Cande, Roland de
Dieux et divas de l'opera : de 1820 a 1950 grandeur et decadence du bel canto
Roger Blanchard et Roland de Cande
Paris: Plon, 1986, 478 p.
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Kesting, Jurgen
Die grossen sanger
Dusseldorf: Claassen, 1986, 3 VOLS p.
Performer Index : Vocalists
p. 748-770 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.
Number of People : 3,542
Schonberg, Harold C.
The Glorious Ones : Classical Music's Legendary Peformers
New York: Times Books, 1985. xviii, 509, [1] p.
illus. bib
Schonberg, Harold C.
The glorious ones : classical music's legendary performers
New York: Times Books, 1985
Hodson, Phillip
Who's who in Wagner
An a to Z look at his life and work
New York: Macmillan, 1984, 182 p.
Tubeuf, Andre (editor)
Les introuvables du chant Wagnerien
Paris: L'Avant-scene opera, 1984. 189, [6] p.
illustr.
Indice de Cantantes
p. 481-488 In:
Valenti Ferro, Enzo
Las voces : teatro Colon 1908-1982
Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglainone, 1983
Number of People : 692
Mish, Herman
Tuggle, Robert A.
The golden age of opera
By Robert Tuggle.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983, 246 p.
Note: With the photographs of Herman Mish
Blyth, Alan (editor)
Opera on Record.
New York: Harper Colophon Books, 1982. 663 p.
39 illus.
1st edition London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1979
Note: Select index of artists, opera discographies of 22 composers compiled by Malcolm Walker.
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Unvergangliche Stimmen Sangerlexikon
Karl J. Kutsch, Leo Riemens
Bern: Francke, 1982, 782 p.
Number of People : 3,755
[Orchestra Members]
The above item is part of :
Muck, Peter
Einhundert Jahre Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. Darstellung in Dokumentation im Auftrag des Berliner Orchesters. Dritter Band
Die Mitglieder des Orchesters, die Programme, die Konzertreisen ...
Verfassst von Peter Muck
Tutzing: Verlegt bei Hans Schneider, 1982, 509 p.
Number of People : 5,035
Nanquette, Claude
Les grands interpretes romantiques
Schonberg, Harold C.
Facing the Music
New York: Summit Books, 1981.464 p.
Note: A series of republlshed revlews and articles
Index
The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.
Number of People : 101,729
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Fabian, Monroe H.
On Stage : 200 Years of Great Theatrical Personalities
New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1980.224 p.
illustr.
Performer Index : Vocalist
p. 367- In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.
Number of People : 6,282
Scott, Michael
The record of singing
Vol. 2: 1914 to 1925
London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1979, 262 p.
Ouzer, Louis
Crociata, Francis
Contemporary musicians in photographs taken at the Eastman School of Music
By Louis Ouzer
With text by Francis Crociata
New York: Dover Publications, c1979, 118 p.
Ewen, David
Musicians since 1900 : performers in concert and opera
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978, 974 p.
Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Voci parallele
Bongiovanni Editore, 1977, 238 p.
Moore, Jerrold Northrop
A Master of Records
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company 1977 [1st edition London, 1976 as A Voice in Time]. viii, 2411 p.
24 Illus.
[Artist Index]
p. 444-454 In:
Liliedahl, Karleric
The Gramophone Co. : acoustic recordings for the Scandinavian market
Helsinki: Suomen Aanitearkisto r. y. Finish Institute of Recorded Sound, 1977, 564 p.
Number of People : 1,018
Jefferson, Alan
The Glory of opera
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.192 p.
illustr.
Note: Part VII "Great Singers of the Twentieth Century"
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
Number of People : 10,962
Index to music necrology : 1973 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1975, p. 768
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937
Number of People : 16,276
Burgin, John Carroll
Teaching Singing.
Metuchen [NJ]: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1973. vi, 7-290 p.
Note: Writings on vocal pedagogy induding articles by well-known singers.
[Lauritz Melchior - obituary]
Opera News, May, 1973, p. 40
[Lauritz Melchior]
Opera News, Mar 28, 1970, p. 7
Note: discusses his Wagnerian roles
Nually, Jana
Lauritz Melchior. (A matter of heart)
Kobenhavn: Hasselbalch 1969. 223 S.
Mit Taf.
Possiger, Gunter
Die grossen Sanger und Dirigenten
Munich: Wilhelm Heyne, 1968, 220 p.
Hansen, Hans
Lauritz Melchior. A discography.
Kopenhagen: Nationaldiskoteket, Ikke i bog 1965. 44 S.
[Lauritz Melchior]
Opera News, Feb 1, 1964, p. 26
Muller-Marein, Josef
Das musikalische Selbstportrait
Von Komponisten, Sangerinnen und Sanger unserer Zeit
Hamburg: Nannen-Verlag, 1963, 508 p.
Natan, Alex
Primo Uomo : grosse Sanger der Oper
Basil: Basilius Presse, 1963. 154 p.
92 illus.
biographical section with an incomplete listing of biographies, discography.
Note: Critical evaluation of fifty outstanding male singers who have appeared on LP recordings
Les artistes du chant
p. 441 In:
Wolff, Stephane
L'opera au Palais Garnier (1875-1962)
Les oeuvres, les interpretes ...
Paris: L'Entr'acte, 1962, 565 p.
Number of People : 1,031
Townend, P.
Who's who in music and musicians' international directory 1962
New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1962, 331 p.
Number of People : 3,194
Ewen, David
Living musicians : first supplement
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1957, 178 p.
Davidson, Gladys
Opera biographies
London: Werner Laurie, 1955
Muller von Asow, Erich Hermann
Muller von Asow, Hedwig
Kurschners Deutscher Musiker-Kalender 1954
Zweite Ausgabe des Deutschen Musiker-Lexikons
Herausgeber: Hedwig und E.H. Mueller von Asow
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1954, 1702 COLS p.
Number of People : 4,075
Pena, Joaquin
Angles, Higinio
Querol Gavalda, Miguel
Diccionario de la musica labor
Iniciado por Joaquin Pena
Continuado por Higinio Angles
Con la colaboracion de Miguel Querol y otros distinguidos musicologos espanoles y extranjeros
Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1954, 2V, 2318P.
Number of People : 7,942
Mize, J.T.H. / Dr.
The international who is who in music
Fifth (Mid-Century) Edition
Dr. J.T.H. Mize Editor-in-Chief
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, 1951, 576 p.
Number of People : 2,918
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
Sohlman's musiklexikon : nordiskt och allmant upplagsverk for tonkonst, musikliv och dans
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl Allan Moberg [och] Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, [1951-]
Number of People : 8,662
Overseas section
p. 315 In:
Pine, L.G.
Who's who in music
First post-war edition (1949-50)
London: Shaw Publishing, 1950, 419 p.
Number of People : 1,023
Ewen, David
Men and women who make music
New York: Merlin Press, 1949
Barker, Frank Granville
Stars of the Opera
London: Lotus Press, 1949.51 p.
9 illus.
O'Connell, Charles
The other side of the record
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1948, 332 p.
Gaisberg, Frederick William
Music on Record
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1946.
33 illus.
Originally published 1942 in New York as The Music Goes Round. Mentions most of the important singers who recorded before World War Two.
Note: Reprint
[Lauritz Melchior]
Opera News, Jan 28, 1946, p. 4
Note: discusses his roles
Taubman, Howard
Music on My Beat : an Intimate Volume of Shop Talk
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. viii, 267 p.
Peltz, Mary Ellis
Spotlights an the Stars : Intimate Sketches of Metropolitan Opera Personalities
New York: The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc., 1943. 114 p.
63 illus.
[Lauritz Melchior]
Opera News, Jan 12, 1942, p. 5
Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.
Number of People : 10,576
Barone, J.
Who is who in music
1941 edition
Chicago: Lee Stern Press, 1941
Number of People : 3,908
[Lauritz Melchior]
Opera News, Mar 31, 1941, p. 15
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940
Number of People : 6,835
Vital data (1906-1939)
p. 213 In:
Celebrities in El Dorado 1850-1906.
A biographic record of 111 prominent musicians who have visited San Francisco and performed there ...
With additional lists of visiting celebrities ...
San Francisco: Work Projects Administration, 1939, 270 p.
(Series: History of Music in San Francisco Series; Volume four)
[Lauritz Melchior]
Opera News, Dec 5, 1938, p. 13
Wiener, Hilda
Millar Craig, D.
Pencil Portraits of Concert Celebrities
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1937. xii, 198, [1] p.
100 portraits by Wiener.
Frank, Paul
Altmann, Wilhelm
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik
Begrundet von Paul Frank
Neu bearbeitet und erganzt von Wilhelm Altmann
Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936, 730 p.
Number of People : 17,230
O'Donnell, Josephine
Among the Covent Garden Stars
London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., 1936.295 p.
49 illus., Index.
Note: The author was secretary to the director
Firner, Walter (editor)
Wir von der Oper : ein kritisches Theater-bildbuch
Munchen: Verlag F. Bruckmann AG, 1932.126 p.
40 portraits.
Key, Pierre V.R.
Pierre Key's musical who's who
A biographical survey of contemporary musicians
Edited by Pierre V.R. Key; editor Musical Digest and ...
New York: Pierre Key, 1931, 498 p.
Number of People : 3,336
Spaeth, Sigmund
Who is who in music
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, Inc., 1929
Number of People : 2,425
Muller, Erich H.
Deutsches Musiker-Lexikon
Herausgegeben von Erich H. Muller
Dresden: Wilhelm Limpert, 1929, 1644 p.
Number of People : 7,599
Norlind, Tobias
Allmant musiklexikon
Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1927-28, 2V p.
Number of People : 4,739
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