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YVETTE GUILBERT – Le petit cochon / Partie carrée

♫ Early Pathé recordings from the Parisian Belle Époque ♫

Historical 1903-era recordings by one of the emblematic performers of the French café-concert, preserved on an early etched Pathé disc.

◆ Details

Artist: Yvette Guilbert

Titles: Le petit cochon / Partie carrée

Label: Pathé

Catalogue numbers: 1451 / 1461

Matrices: 28818 R / 28807 R

Format: 29 cm shellac, etched Pathé disc

Country: France

Recorded: Paris, 1902–1903 / 1903

Genre: French chanson

Style: Café-concert, Belle Époque popular song

Yvette Guilbert – a voice of the Parisian Belle Époque

Yvette Guilbert (1865–1944) was one of the distinctive figures of the French café-concert and an emblematic performer of fin-de-siècle Paris. Singer, actress, author and composer, she developed a highly individual art of interpretation in which diction, characterisation and dramatic expression played a central role.

These very early Pathé recordings preserve Guilbert's voice at the beginning of the twentieth century, when commercial sound recording was itself still in its pioneering years. Recorded acoustically and preserved on Pathé's characteristic early etched discs, they offer an evocative document of French café-concert culture and of the first generation of celebrated performers whose voices were captured on record.

♫ Tracklist

• Le petit cochon – Pathé 1451 – Matrix 28818 R
• Partie carrée – Pathé 1461 – Matrix 28807 R

Two remarkably early recorded performances by Yvette Guilbert, capturing the theatrical diction and expressive character associated with the Parisian café-concert. Beyond their musical interest, these recordings are documents from the pioneering period of commercial sound recording in France.

◆ Personnel

• Yvette Guilbert – Vocals

◇ Technical details

Recording process: Acoustic

Speed: 90 rpm

Record size: 29 cm

Configuration: Double-sided

Material: Shellac

Label type: Etched Pathé disc

Matrices: 28818 R / 28807 R

Catalogue numbers: 1451 / 1461

Company: Pathé

◆ Condition

Record condition: EX — ultra slight surface marks.

Visually graded. A very clean-looking example of this early historical Pathé shellac record.

◆ Buy with confidence

• Carefully inspected and handled by an experienced record dealer
• Securely packed with particular attention to the requirements of fragile early shellac records
• Early etched Pathé recordings by Yvette Guilbert from the pioneering years of recorded sound
• A fascinating historical document for collectors of French chanson, café-concert, early Pathé records and analog sound

◇ Shipping

• Secure and robust packaging specifically suitable for fragile shellac records.
• Combined shipping available for multiple purchases.
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