Re: [ARSCLIST] Joseph Vézina's "En avant" (1915)

[Jonathan Wise <jonathan.wise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steven,

Thanks for this information. We haven't been able to find a label or number yet. In fact, I've only been able to find a citation for "En avant" listed in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (online) from vol. 7: "Songs II to French Texts" ed. Lucien Poirier (1987), published by the Canadian Musical Heritage Society/Société pour le patrimoine musical canadien. 

The Séminaire de Québec and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec have Vézina collections. We are in touch with them and are waiting for a response. I was led to believe there was a recording that exists but there may, in fact, only be sheet music.

Thanks for your response,
Jonathan

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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Joseph Vézina's "En avant" (1915)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Wise" <jonathan.wise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to locate a French song recorded in Canada in 1915: Joseph Vezina's
"En avant". Any help in locating a copy would be appreciated.
>
Recorded for whom? Label? Number?

1915 would suggest Berliner (who had already started recording in Montreal,
but wouldn't release any 216xxx discs until 1916...!). Compo wasn't launched
by Herbert Berliner until 1918-19; Pathe only issued four Canada-specific
discs; Brunswick didn't issue its Pathe-cut Canadian discs until c.1917;
Columbia never, AFAIK, recorded in Canada...?!

Steven C. Barr