EMILIO EDUARDO DE GOGORZA (BROOKLYN, NEW YORK MAY 29, 1872 – NEW YORK CITY MAY 10, 1949)
As a child he came to Spain and received his education there. Later he sang as a boy in the Choir of the Brompton Oratory in London. The Duke of Norfolk urged professional vocal studies, which he did in North America. In Paris he was a student of the pedagogue Bourgeois. In the United States, he studied with Moderati and Agramonte in New York. He made his debut in New York in 1897, in which the famous prima donna Marcella Sembrich also appeared, which he then accompanied on a tour as an assisting artist. He quickly became known as a concert singer in America. For many years he was the artistic director of the Victor Company. He never appeared on stage, allegedly because a strong myopia prevented him from performing on stage. For several years he had been married to the celebrated soprano Emma Eames (1865-1952), with whom he also made extensive concert tours. In total, he has performed in 17 major concert tours in North America; there he sang as a soloist with all leading orchestras and was the focus of numerous music festivals. He performed until the 1930s and has also been teaching since the mid-1920s. From 1926 to 40 he was director of the singing department of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. His students included John Brownlee and Conrad Thibault. The artist had one of the most beautiful baritone voices of his time, distinguished both by its dark tonality and by its musical expressiveness.
TRACKLIST
1. Always (Bowers) 3323 Victor 5 6 1901
2. La paloma (Yradier) 3052 Victor 1 22 1901
3. Himno nacional de México 3332 Victor 5 6 1901
4. Good-bye (Tosti) 3331 Victor 5 6 1901
5. Himno Portugés Victor 3265 4 12 1901
6. Dear heart (Mattei) 782 Victor 5 6 1901
7. Tango de los negritos (Chueca) 732 Victor 4 12 1901
8. Himno nacional de México (Nunó) 785 Victor 5 6 1901
9. Los ojos negros (Ruperto Chapí) 738 Victor 4 12 1901
10. Florodora (Leslie Stuart) In the shade of the palm 780 Victor 5 6 1901
11. Because I love you, dear (Hawley) 1336 Victor 3 19 1902
12. Florodora (Leslie Stuart) In the shade of the palm 780 Victor 7 24 1902
13. Faust (Gounod) Dio possente 437 Victor 10 8 1902
14. Always (Horwitz) 779 Victor 7 24 1902
15. A la luna 1337 Victor 3 20 1902
16. Le crucifix (Fauré) 1404 Victor 5 21 1902
17. Le roi d Lahore (Massenet) Arioso 1403 Victor 5 21 1902
18. Stars of a summer night (Woodbury) 1282 Victor 2 24 1902
19. I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) 1248 Victor 2 11 1902
20. A toi (Thomas) 1406 Victor 5 21 1902
21. Faust (Gounod) Rondo du veaud or 1400 Victor 5 20 1902
22. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue 1346 Victor 3 25 1902
23. Jocelyn (Godard) Berceuse 1402 Victor 5 21 1902
24. Carmen (Bizet) Con voi ber 1453 Victor, 1902-06-25
1. National hymn of Argentine Republic (Perera) 2385 Victor 6 8 1903
2. Tosti's goodbye 1852 Victor 1 6 1903
3. The lost chord (Sullivan) 31078 Victor 2 9 1903 or 5 26 1903
4. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Un nido di memorie 31067 Victor 2 9 1903 or 5 26 1903
5. Carmen (Bizet) Toreador song (as Francisco) 627 627-4 Victor, 1903-01-05
6. Consejos 2999 Victor 1 26 1904
7. Bonjour Suzon (Delibes) 1399 Victor 1904
8. Romance joconde (Isouard) 1398 Victor 6 9 1904
9. La paloma (Yradier) (as Francisco) 171 A970-1 Victor, 1904-01-26
10. La paloma (Yradier) 16065 B-1059 Victor, 1904-03-01
11. Hosanna (Granier) 1962 A1459 Victor, 1904-06-09
12. The lost chord (Sullivan) 1963 B1540 Victor, 1904-06-29
13. Canción de Amor (La Vega) 1338 Victor, 1904-06-29
14. Favorita (Donizetti) Vien Leonora 1344 B1457 Victor, 1904-06-09
15. Bohemian Girl (Balfe) The heart bowed down 16064 Victor, 1904-06-09
16. Cadiz (Chueca) Era una pobe nega (Tango de los Negritos) 4090 Victor, 1904-10-05
17. The Clang of the Forge (Rodney) 4102 Victor, 1904-10-12
18. Sevillana (Yradier) 4162 Victor, 1904-10-12
19. For all eternity (Mascheroni) 4084 B1734 Victor, 1904-10-05
20. La Tempestad (Chapí) Monólogo (Ya el Trueno apagado) 64045 B2582 Victor, 1905-05-29
21. El Canto del Presidiario (Alvarez) 64044 B2584 Victor, 1905-05-29
22. Goodbye (Tosti) 16815 B2613 Victor, 1905-06-08
23. Goodbye sweetheart, goodbye (Hatton) 16064 B2612 Victor, 1905-06-08
24. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Si può 74040 C2605 Victor, 1905-06-05
25. José María (Hernández) 4935 B2749 Victor, 1905-09-12
1. Zauberflöte (Mozart) Là dove prende (Bei Männern) (w. Eames) 89003 C3171 Victor, 1906-03-09
2. Crucifix (Faure) (w. Eames) 89004 C3172 Victor, 1906-03-09
3. Martha (Flotow) Solo, profugo (w. van Hoose) 74005 C2798 Victor, 1906-01-17
4. Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, Messieurs (w. Journet & an Hoose) 74004 C3011 Victor, 1906-01-17
5. Don Giovanni (Mozart) Là ci darem la mano (w. Eames) 89005 C4263 Victor, New York 1907-05-22
6. Hamlet (Thomas) Doute de la lumière (w. Sembrich) 89010 C4871 Victor, 1907-10-09
7. Faust (Gounod) Dio possente 74102 C4966 Victor, 1907-12-11
8. Semele (Händel) Where'er you walk 74086 C4545 Victor, 1907-07-03
9. Caro mio ben (Giordani) 74068 C4544 Victor, 1907-05-29
10. Drink to me only with thine eyes (Jonson) 74077 C4588 Victor, 1907-07-24
11. Seven last Words of Christ (Dubois) God, my Father 74069 C4637 Victor, 1907-07-03
12. Hamlet (Thomas) Brindisi 74114 C6236 Victor, Camden NJ 1908-05-26
13. Mother o' mine (Tours); The lark now leaves its wat'ry nest (Parker) 74118 C6199 Victor, New York 1908-05-18
14. O sole mio (di Capua) 74105 C6047 Victor, Camden NJ 1908-03-25
15. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) Vengeance at last (w. Homer) 87501 B6227 Victor, Camden NJ 1908-05-25
16. La golondrina (Serradell) Victor 16065 B-6973 4 8 1909
17. Lina (Symiane) 81092 B-6863 Victor 3 6 1909
18. Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Crudel! perchè finora 89023 C-6967 Victor 4 6 1909
19. Roi de Lahore (Massenet) Promesse di mon avenir 74043 C-6968 Victor 4 7 1909
20. Caro mio ben (Giordani) Victor 88173 C-6974 4 8 1909
21. Trovatore (Verdi) Mira d'acerbe lagrime (w. Eames) 89022 C6233 Victor, Camden NJ 1909-04-07
22. Rigoletto (Verdi) Pari siamo 88179 C7066 Victor, Camden NJ 1909-05-12
23. Hamlet (Thomas) O vin, dissipe la tristesse (Brindisi) 88180 C7067 Victor, Camden NJ 1909-05-12