Recording Pioneers


Julius/Jules/Jül/Yoel BLUMENTHAL1865 - 1946     PIONEER |  PARENTS |  LIFE |  NOTES |  LABELS |  PHOTOS |  THANK YOU

PIONEER

Julius/Jules/Jül/Yoel BLUMENTHAL

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: 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



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


THANK YOU


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