PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation:

born: 2 April 1865 or 1866, Cairo, EGYPT
died: 16 or 17 Feb 1946, Istanbul, TURKEY

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 - 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: 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





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







THANK YOU:


EMI Music Archives
Giulio De Chiurco
Marcel Blumenthal
Nicole van Os
Christian Zwarg





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