1915 ONE-SIDED 78 \"VICTOR\" PHONOGRAPH RECORD.~VIOLIN SOLO BY FAMOUS, MAUD POWELL

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1915 ONE-SIDED 78 \"VICTOR\" PHONOGRAPH RECORD.~VIOLIN SOLO BY FAMOUS, MAUD POWELL:
$17.50

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AMERICAN VIOLINIST, MAUD POWELL
RECORDED FOR VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY BETWEEN 1904 AND 1918.
12 INCH, ONE-SIDED, 78 RPM RECORD
PRESSED IN 1915 OR PRIOR
Previously offered at $25.00
Now, discounted to $17.50
Maud Powell (August 22, 1867 – January 8, 1920) was an American violinist who gained International acclaim for her skill and virtuosity. She collapsed on stage in November 1919 while performing in St. Louis, and in January 1920 she died of a heart attack on stage while on tour at the age of 53.Powell was born in Peru, Illinois She was the first American violinist to achieve International rank and her significant role in music both in the United States and abroad
became a powerful influence in America\'s educational system.

Her father was William Bramwell Powell. W.B. Powell authored numerous books such as The Normal Course of Reading and served as superintendent of the Peru School System. She was also the niece of a John Wesley Powell, an American Civil War hero and famed explorer of the Grand Canyon. Her uncle made his first scientific exploration of the Colorado River in 1869 when Maud was two years old.

Around the age of 7, she began violin and piano lessons and soon was recognized as a prodigy and at age 9 began four years of commuting to Chicago for piano study with Agnes Ingersoll and violin study with William Lewis. When she was 13, her parents sold the family home to raise funds to continue her musical education. With her father remaining behind in rented rooms, she traveled with her mother and younger brother William to Europe.

There she studied under Schradiek at Leipzig, Dancla at Paris Consevatori, Joseph Joachim at Berlin. In 1885 she played Bruch\'s G minor concerto in her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic under Joachim\'s baton, and again with the New York Philharmonic under Theadore Thomas after she returned to America. She premiered violin concertos by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius in America (DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS?np) and premiered the Dvorak violin concerto in New York under the supervision of Dvorak himself. Powell was a powerful advocate for music by Americans, woman and black composers, including the Afro-English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Powell was a committed champion of the Sibelius Violin Concerto and played it into the repertoire.

Maud Powell was posthumously granted the Grammy Lifetine Achievement Awardon January 25, 2014 at the Recording Academy\'s 2014 Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception. The award was accepted on behalf of Powell by biographer Karen A. Shaffer and Rachel Barton Pine. So Maud Powell recorded many records and albums for Victor between 1910 and 1919, BUT ALSO CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE OUR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SCENE EVEN TODAY.

I WANTED EVERY VISITOR TO THIS OFFER TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS 102 YEAR OLD, ONE-SIDED VICTOR RECORDING IS FAR MORE THAN A HISTORIC RECORD, VALUABLE TO OWN! BUT MAUD POWELL, THE ARTIST, IS FAR MORE THAN A THE VALUE OF THE RECORD! I WAS ASKING $14.50 AS A STARTING offer ON TWO PREVIOUS LISTINGS. THE STARTING offer WHICH I USE AS A \"RESERVE\" OR THE LEAST FOR WHICH I WILL SELL IT. NOW IT\'S A FIXED PRICEOF $25.00 AND WILL POST FOR 30 DAYS. THIS A PIECE OF HISTORY AT A FAIR PRICE. IN 1915 IS SOLD FOR $1.50. WITH OVER 2000% OF INFLATION SINCE 1915 THAT $1.50 IS NOW $35.40!

FOR A 1920\'s, ONE SIDED, VICTOR 78 RECORD... IT\'S SENSATIONAL. IT HAS SKUFFS BUT NO CRACKS OR GROOVE PROLEMS. THE LABEL IS SUPERB WITH NO SPINDLE HOLE DAMAGE. THERE IS A VERY SMALL SPOT WHERE SOMETHING SCRAPED THE LABEL. THIS SHOWS UP WHITE ON THE PHOTOS. IN PIC #1 THE WHITE SPOT ON THE EDGE IS REFLECTION. I PLAYED IT ON A CONTEMPORARY PHONOGRAPH WITH 78 SPEED AND FANCY NEEDLE AND DISCOVERED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE GROOVES. PLAYED IT ON MY WIND-UP PHONOGRAPH AND IT \"BLEW ME OUT OF THE ROOM\". I HAD TO CLOSE THE DOORS,,, OF THE PHONOGRAPH. THE AUDIO IS NOT HI-FI AND THE STUBBY NEEDLE ON THE WIND-UP PICKS UP THE SURFACE NOISE TYPICAL OF AN OFTEN PLAYED 78 BUT THE MUSIC IS STRONG AND GREAT! VIOLINIST, MAUD POWELL, HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN AMERICAN MUSIC.

Maud Powell was posthumously granted the Grammy Lifetine Achievement Awardon January 25, 2014 at the Recording Academy\'s 2014 Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception. The award was accepted on behalf of Powell by biographer Karen A. Shaffer and Rachel Barton Pine. So Maud Powell recorded many records and albums for Victor between 1910 and 1919, BUT ALSO CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE OUR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SCENE.

I PLAYED THIS RECORD ON A CONTEMPORARY PHONOGRAPH WITH 78 SPEED AND FANCY NEEDLE AND DISCOVERED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE GROOVES. PLAYED IT ON MY WIND-UP PHONOGRAPH AND IT \"BLEW ME OUT OF THE ROOM\". I HAD TO CLOSE THE DOORS,,, OF THE PHONOGRAPH. THE AUDIO IS NOT HI-FI AND THE STUBBY NEEDLE ON THE WIND-UP PICKS UP THE SURFACE NOISE TYPICAL OF AN OFTEN PLAYED 78 THAT A GOOD MUSIC PERSON CAN
EQUALIZE OUT -- BUT THE MUSIC IS STRONG AND GREAT!ONLY SELLING AND SHIPPING TO THE LOWER 48. SMALL $3.00 PACKING CHARGE PLUS POSTAGE FOR THIS DELICATE ITEM TO ARRIVE SAFELY. PACKING CHARGE SAME FOR UP TO FIVE RECORDS.I WILL BE LISTING SOME INCREDIBLE VINTAGE 33 1/3 VINYL ALBUMS I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO
SECURE FROM A COLLECTOR AND AN AUDIOPHILE WHO KNEW HOW TO LISTEN TO, CARE FOR
AND STORE RECORDS. IN CASE YOU ARE NOT AWARE, VINYL FOR LISTENING IS SOUGHT AFTER
BY MUSIC LOVERS BECAUSE OF ITS FIDELITY AND WARM, WARM SOUND ON A GOOD AUDIO SYSTEM.

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1915 ONE-SIDED 78 \"VICTOR\" PHONOGRAPH RECORD.~VIOLIN SOLO BY FAMOUS, MAUD POWELL:
$17.50