Music: René Philipon (1869-1936)
Text (German): Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929)
Translation (French): uncredited, probably René Philipon

Terzinen -
II. ‘Les heures!’ (French translation, high voice setting in F sharp major)
II. ‘Die Stunden!’ (original text, low voice setting in D flat major)

Unidentified artist (soprano)
Unidentified artist (alto)
Unidentified artist (piano)

Recorded: c. 1934, Paris
Format: coarse-groove, 78 rpm, 10” / 25 cm, electrical, test pressing
Matrices: 9576 / 9577
Issued: private recording

Test pressing by Paris engineering and recording firm Bernard Roux, which devised its own electrical recording system from 1923 and made the first electrical recordings in France in early 1925

Bernard Roux made both contract recordings for commercial labels and custom recordings for private invdiduals

Recording location possibly Bernard Roux studio, rue Jenner, Paris

Pressing bears later of two known styles of Bernard Roux label

Count René Philipon presided over musical salons in Paris and at Vertcœur, his chateau in the Chevreuse Valley (now occupied by Fondation Anne de Gaulle)
In 1934, Philipon had his settings of three of Hofmannsthal’s four Terzinen printed privately
Dedicated to Swiss-born alto and contralto Hélène Suter-Moser (1893-1965), who may have recorded low-voice setting on matrix 9577
Recordings probably made in the same year as print, for private distribution by Philipon

Transfer and restoration: Andrew Hallifax for DogintheManger
Photographs: DogintheManger

Contemporary sources
None located to date

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