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Julius/Jules/Jül/Yoel BLUMENTHAL  1865 - 1946

aka Jül Blumenthal, Jül Blumental, Jules Blumenthal, Jules Blumental, Julius Blumenthal, Julius Blumental, J. Blumenthal, J. Blumental, Yoel Blumenthal, Yoel Blumental
nationality
occupation
birth 2 April 1865 or 1866, Cairo, EGYPT
baptism
death 16 or 17 Feb 1946, Istanbul, TURKEY
burial
marriage married on 6/7 Aug 1898 in Istanbul to:
Eleonora FRIEDMANN

b. 12 Mar 1881, ......
d. 9 Aug 1961, Istanbul

children
  • Esther

    b. 15 June 1899, Istanbul
    d. 23 Feb 1985, Istanbul

  • Bernard

    b. 17 Dec 1900, Istanbul
    d. 21 June 1967, Istanbul

  • Marcel

    b. 5 April 1907, Istanbul
    d. 9 Feb 1993, Istanbul


PARENTS

father Jacob David (Yakop Davit) BLUMENTHAL

b. <1835-1840>, .....
d. 2 Jan 1915, Istanbul

mother J. R. FRIEDMANN

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

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

LIFE



NOTES

  • Git zaman gel zaman: fonoğraf - gramofon - taş plak by Cemal Ünlü (Pan Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2004
  • Gramofon Çağı, Ivır Zıvır Tarihi - II by Gökhan Akçura (Om Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2002)
  • CD booklet Tanburi Cemil Bey IV & V (2-CD Set Traditional Crossroads CD 4308) by Harold Hagopian & Hugo Strötbaum
  • ORFEON CATALOGUE No. 5 (supplement; 302-338 GREEK / ROUMANIAN / TURKISH / ARMENIAN / HEBREW (LADINO)) (in: Servet-i Fünün (Year 46, No. 1185, pp. 361-362) of 6 Şubat 1329 (= 19 Feb 1914)
  • Tanburi Cemil Bey'in dünyasına hoş geldiniz / Welcome to the world of Tanburi Cemil Bey (in Turkish and English) by Hugo Strötbaum (in: Tanburi Cemil Bey Külliyatı/Collection ; 78 Devirli Gramofon Plaklarında Yüz Yıllık Kayıtlar / On 78 RPM Records Hundred-year-old Recordings, KALAN No. 700 (10CD, 1 LP and a book), İstanbul, 2016, pp 66-93 (in Turkish and English))
  • Türkiye'nin İlk Plak Fabrikaları by Gökhan Akçura (in: Z-Dergisi) https://www.zdergisi.istanbul/makale/turkiyenin-ilk-plak-fabrikalari-427



PHOTOS

Julius Blumenthal
Julius Blumenthal
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
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
Stationary of H. & J. Blumenthal Frères (1922)
Advertisement of H. & J. Blumenthal Frères stores (Constantinople)
Watch sold in H. & J. Blumenthal stores
Detail of watch sold in H. & J. Blumenthal stores


CATALOGUE No. 5 (supplement; 302-319 GREEK / ROUMANIAN)
(from: Servet-i Fünün (Year 46, No. 1185, p. 362) of 6 Şubat 1329 (= 19 Feb 1914)
CATALOGUE No. 5 (supplement; 320-338 TURKISH / ARMENIAN / HEBREW (LADINO))
(from: Servet-i Fünün (Year 46, No. 1185, p. 361) of 6 Şubat 1329 (= 19 Feb 1914)



THANK YOU


EMI Music Archives
Gökhan Akçura
Jan Willem Ovink
Giulio De Chiurco
Marcel Blumenthal †
Nicole van Os
Christian Zwarg