Recording Pioneers


Willy BIELEFELD1879/1880 - 1912     PIONEER |  PARENTS |  LIFE |  NOTES |  LABELS |  PHOTOS |  THANK YOU

PIONEER

Willy BIELEFELD

nationality
occupation
birth .... 1878/1879, Berlin, GERMANY
baptism
death 8 Sep 1912, Strausberg (40 km east of Berlin), GERMANY
burial
marriage not married

PARENTS

father Christian BIELEFELD

b. .............
d. ...............

mother Emma UHLIG

b. ...............
d. .................

children
  • Willy/Willi

    b. .... 1878/1879, ........., GERMANY
    d. 8 Sep 1912, Strausberg (40 km east of Berlin, GERMANY)


LIFE


recorder
BEKA
FAVORITE (?)

Exactly when Bielefeld left Beka is not known, but in his obituary in the PhZ of 11/9/1912 it says: "Seitdem [=Beka's Aufnahme-Reise um die Welt] ist der Verstorbene noch im Dienste anderer Schallplattenfabriken tätig gewesen".

THE GREAT BEKA ‘EXPEDITION’ 1905 - 1906

Translated and adapted by John Want from a series of articles written by Heinrich Bumb and published in Der Phonographische Zeitschrift in 1906.

UNSERE REISE UM DIE ERDE (illustrated)

Skizzen von der großen „Beka“ - Aufnahme - Expedition


by Heinrich Bumb

Director dies, Beka Record Company up for grabs …

by Hugo Strötbaum




NOTES

  • "Sprechmaschinen-Aufnahmen unter den Pyramiden" in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 10, p. 221 (8 March 1905)
  • "In 9 Monaten Europa erobert in haben die Beka-Records" in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 11, p. 237 (15 March 1905)
  • "In 9 Monaten Europa erobert in haben die Beka-Records" in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 12, p. 271 (22 March 1905)
  • "Eisenbahn-Unfall der Beka-Expedition." in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 6. Jahrg., No. 42, p. 925 (18 Oct 1905)
  • "Unsere Reise um die Erde": a series of articles by Heinrich Bumb in the Phonographische Zeitschrift 7. Jahrg. No. 27, pp. 561-563; No. 28, pp. 582-584; No. 29, pp. 602-604; No. 30, pp. 622-623; No. 31, pp. 643-645; No. 32, pp. 662-664; No. 33, pp. 692; No. 34, pp. 718-720; No. 35, pp. 759-760; No. 36, pp. 788-789; No. 37, pp. 808-809).
  • "The Great Beka Expedition, 1905-6" translated and adapted by John Want in The Talking Machine Review No. 41 of Aug 1976, pp. 729-733
  • Obituary in: Phonographische Zeitschrift 13. Jahrg. No. 37, p. 862 (11 Sep 1912)
  • "Favorite: the story of an independent German record company (1904-1914)" by Hugo Strötbaum (in: The Lindström Project. Contributions to the history of the record industry / Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schallplattenindustrie. Vol. 2 (editors: Pekka Gronow & Christiane Hofer). Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger, Wien 2010. ISBN 978-3-9500502-1-9



PHOTOS

"Küçük Selânik, kahpe Selânik" by
Ibrahim Efendi (Turkish, Constantinople)
Detail of BEKA 1085 showing Willy Bielefeld's
signature ("Bfd") in the wax


THANK YOU


Aristomenis Kalyviotis
Nikos Dionysopoulos