William H. Reitz / Guido Gialdini – Carmen Selection / Musetta Waltz

Label: Victor – 16892
Format: 
Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1911
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera
A William H. Reitz– Carmen Selection
Written-By – Georges Bizet
B Guido Gialdini– Musetta Waltz (From "La Boheme")
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini

Superb Victor Batwing 10" 78 rpm 

CONDITION: EXCELLENT Light scuffs, plays very quiet 
lightest hiss

A SUPERB COPY


Guido Gialdini (actually Kurt Abramowitz; *? 1878 in Berlin; †?) Was a German variety artist (whistle artist; umelec piskani).




Life
Guido Gialdini was probably born as Kurt Abramowitz in Berlin in 1878. After completing an apprenticeship as a businessman, he worked as a lingerie dealer before they noticed his extraordinary talent. Abramowitz could whistle flawlessly almost any melody he had ever heard, whether it was a folk song, an operatic aria or the latest ragtime.

He also worked with other artists, for whose singing or speaking he whistled. The still young recording industry soon became aware of this, because the whistle sound, like the banjo or wind instruments, was particularly well suited for the acoustical recording with a funnel and a membrane at that time.

So there were soon many Edison cylinders and gramophone records with pieces that had been whistled by Kurt Abramowitz. Before the First World War, Abramowitz was a well-known figure in the international variety business.

Even after the introduction of electrical recording technology with the microphone after 1925, his recordings remained in demand. Abramowitz also whistled on the radio. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, there is little information left about him. In March 1935 recordings were made with the Billy Bartholomew Orchestra (Jig Club on Gloria 27032).

The date of his death is unknown.