PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation:

born: 5 April 1907, Constantinople, TURKEY
died: 9 Feb 1993, Constantinople, TURKEY
NO CHILDREN


PARENTS:


father: Julius BLUMENTHAL (b. 2 April 1865 or 1866 - d. 16 or 17 Feb 1946, Cairo, Egypt
mother: Eleonora FRIEDMANN (b. 12 Mar 1881, ...... - d. 9 Aug 1961, Istanbul)

  • Esther BLUMENTHAL - DE CHIURCO (b. 15 June 1899, Istanbul - 23 Feb 1985, Istanbul)
  • Bernard BLUMENTHAL (b. 17 Dec 1900, Istanbul - d. 21 June 1967, Istanbul)
  • Marcel BLUMENTHAL (b. 5 April 1907, Istanbul - d. 9 Feb 1993, Istanbul)



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




From left to right:
Albert Beressi, unknown,
Marsel Blumenthal, unknown
in shop in Katırcıoğlu Han.
Notice the Orfeon record boxes.		 Marsel Blumenthal
Marsel Blumenthal and Strötbaum,
walking the streets of Hasköy,
Istanbul (1987)		 Marsel Blumenthal,
Istanbul ca. 1980
Big song-contest on Sunday evening
of 15 October 1950 in the Eminönü
Halkevi, Istanbul.
Behind the table, from left to right:
Safiye Ayla, Albert Beressi, Eleonora Blumenthal,
unknown person, Marsel Blumenthal (in the shadow),
unknown person, Sadettin Kaynak. 		Marsel 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






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COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA (TURKEY)
COLUMBIA (UK)


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Robertina ter Haar-Romeny
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