PIONEER
Hermann BLUMENTHAL
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| birth | 6 Feb 1864, Cairo, EGYPT ("Constantinople" on gravestone) |
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| death | 14 or 16 Nov 1932, Vienna, AUSTRIA |
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 Fanny BERCOWICH/BERCOVITZ/BERCOViÇ b. 11 Feb 1868, Cairo, EGYPT |
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PARENTS
| father | Jacob David (Yakop Davit) BLUMENTHAL b. <1835-1840>, ..... |
| mother | J. R. FRIEDMANN b. ............. |
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LIFE
NOTES
- Git zaman gel zaman: fonograf - gramofon - tas plak by Cemal Ünlü (Pan Yayincilik, Istanbul, 2004
- Gramofon Çagi, Ivir Zivir Tarihi - II by Gökhan Akçura (Om Yayinevi, Istanbul, 2002)
- CD booklet Tanburi Cemil Bey IV & V (Traditional Crossroads) by Harold Hagopian & Hugo Strötbaum
COMPANIES & LABELS
(H. & J.) BLUMENT(H)AL FRÈRES
BLUMENTHAL RECORD AND TALKING MACHINE COMPANY LTD.
BLUMENTHAL SCHALLPLATTEN UND SPRECHMASCHINEN-GES.m.b.H.
INTERNATIONAL TALKING MACHINE COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL ZONOPHONE COMPANY
ODEON
ORFEON
ORFEOS
RADIO RECORD
REGENT
PHOTOS
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| Left page of Zonophone advertisement in Phonographische Zeitschrift of June 1903 |
Right page of Zonophone advertisement in Phonographische Zeitschrift of June 1903 |
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| BLUMENTHAL factory | |
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| Part of plan of Feriköy (Constantinople) drawn by Pervetitch |
Detail of Feriköy plan showing the Orfeon factory |
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| Advertisement of H. & J. Blumenthal Frères stores (Constantinople) |
Stationary of H. & J. Blumenthal Frères (1922) |
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| Watch sold in H. & J. Blumenthal stores | Detail of watch sold in H. & J. Blumenthal stores |
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| Sitting from left to right: Julius and Eleanora Blumenthal with Giulio de Chiurco Standing from left to right: Esther, Marcel and Bernard Blumenthal; Paride de Chiurco |
THANK YOU
EMI Music Archives
Marcel Blumenthal
Gökhan Akçura
Jan Willem Ovink
Giulio De Chiurco
Nicole van Os
Christian Zwarg
© Hugo Strötbaum