PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation:

born: 6 Feb 1864, Cairo, EGYPT ("Constantinople" on gravestone)
died: 14 or 16 Nov 1932, Vienna, AUSTRIA

married to:
Fanny BERCOWICH/BERCOVITZ/BERCOViÇ (b. 11 Feb 1868, Cairo, EGYPT - d. 1 Dec 1937/1938, Istanbul, TURKEY)

children:

  • Renee (b. 18 Oct 1900 - d. 16 July 1974)
  • Lydia BLUMENTHAL (b. .... 1904, ..... - d. ..... 1989, Istanbul)
  • Samy
  • Lotte



PARENTS:


father: Jacob David (Yakop Davit) BLUMENTHAL (b. <1835-1840>, ..... - 2 Jan 1915, Istanbul)
mother: J. R. FRIEDMANN (b. ............. - d. .............)

children:

  • Hermann
  • Julius/Jules/Jül
  • ...... BLUMENTHAL-HERDAN (daughter)



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





Hermann Blumenthal Hermann Blumenthal (Egypt, 1908)
Left page of Zonophone advertisement in
Phonographische Zeitschrift of June 1903
Right page of Zonophone advertisement
in Phonographische Zeitschrift of June 1903
BLUMENTHAL factory
Part of plan of Feriköy (Constantinople)
drawn by Pervetitch
Detail of Feriköy plan showing the Orfeon factory
Advertisement of
H. & J. Blumenthal Frères stores
(Constantinople)
Stationary of H. & J. Blumenthal Frères (1922)
Detail of watch sold in H. & J. Blumenthal stores Watch sold in H. & J. Blumenthal stores

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
Giulio De Chiurco
Nicole van Os
Christian Zwarg





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