Description

EMILIO EDUARDO DE GOGORZA (BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, MAY 29, 1872 – NEW YORK CITY, MAY 10, 1949)

As a child he came to Spain and received his education there. Later he sang as a boy in the Choir of the Brompton Oratory in London. The Duke of Norfolk urged professional vocal studies, which he did in North America. In Paris he was a student of the pedagogue Bourgeois. In the United States, he studied with Moderati and Agramonte in New York. He made his debut in New York in 1897, in which the famous prima donna Marcella Sembrich also appeared, which he then accompanied on a tour as an assisting artist. He quickly became known as a concert singer in America. For many years he was the artistic director of the Victor Company. He never appeared on stage, allegedly because a strong myopia prevented him from performing on stage. For several years he had been married to the celebrated soprano Emma Eames (1865-1952), with whom he also made extensive concert tours. In total, he has performed in 17 major concert tours in North America; there he sang as a soloist with all leading orchestras and was the focus of numerous music festivals. He performed until the 1930s and has also been teaching since the mid-1920s. From 1926 to 40 he was director of the singing department of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. His students included John Brownlee and Conrad Thibault. The artist had one of the most beautiful baritone voices of his time, distinguished both by its dark tonality and by its musical expressiveness.

TRACKLIST

1. A la luna 1337 Victor 3 20 1902
2. A toi (Thomas) 1406 Victor 5 21 1902
3. Always (Bowers) 3323 Victor 5 6 1901
4. Always (Horwitz) 779 Victor 7 24 1902
5. Because I love you, dear (Hawley) 1336 Victor 3 19 1902
6. Bohemian Girl (Balfe) The heart bowed down 16064 Victor, 1904-06-09
7. Bonjour Suzon (Delibes) 1399 Victor 1904
8. Cadiz (Chueca) Era una pobe nega (Tango de los Negritos) 4090 Victor, 1904-10-05
9. Cancion de Amor (La Vega) 1338 Victor, 1904-06-29
10. Carmen (Bizet) Con voi ber 1453 Victor, 1902-06-25
11. Carmen (Bizet) Toreador song (as Francisco) 627 627-4 Victor, 1903-01-05
12. Caro mio ben (Giordani) 74068 C4544 Victor, 1907-05-29
13. Caro mio ben (Giordani) Victor 88173 C-6974 4 8 1909
14. Consejos 2999 Victor 1 26 1904
15. Crucifix (Faure) (w. Eames) 89004 C3172 Victor, 1906-03-09
16. Dear heart (Mattei) 782 Victor 5 6 1901
17. Don Giovanni (Mozart) La ci darem la mano (w. Eames) 89005 C4263 Victor, New York 1907-05-22
18. Drink to me only with thine eyes (Jonson) 74077 C4588 Victor, 1907-07-24
19. El Canto del Presidiario (Alvarez) 64044 B2584 Victor, 1905-05-29
20. Faust (Gounod) Dio possente 437 Victor 10 8 1902
21. Faust (Gounod) Dio possente 74102 C4966 Victor, 1907-12-11
22. Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, Messieurs (w. Journet & an Hoose) 74004 C3011 Victor, 1906-01-17
23. Faust (Gounod) Rondo du veaud or 1400 Victor 5 20 1902
24. Favorita (Donizetti) Vien Leonora 1344 B1457 Victor, 1904-06-09
25. Florodora (Leslie Stuart) In the shade of the palm 780 Victor 5 6 1901
26. Florodora (Leslie Stuart) In the shade of the palm 780 Victor 7 24 1902
27. For all eternity (Mascheroni) 4084 B1734 Victor, 1904-10-05
28. Good-bye (Tosti) 3331 Victor 5 6 1901
29. Goodbye (Tosti) 16815 B2613 Victor, 1905-06-08
30. Goodbye sweetheart, goodbye (Hatton) 16064 B2612 Victor, 1905-06-08
31. Hamlet (Thomas) Brindisi 74114 C6236 Victor, Camden NJ 1908-05-26
32. Hamlet (Thomas) Doute de la lumiere (w. Sembrich) 89010 C4871 Victor, 1907-10-09
33. Hamlet (Thomas) O vin, dissipe la tristesse (Brindisi) 88180 C7067 Victor, Camden NJ 1909-05-12
34. Himno nacional de Mexico (Nuno) 785 Victor 5 6 1901
35. Himno nacional de Mexico 3332 Victor 5 6 1901
36. Himno Portuges Victor 3265 4 12 1901
37. Hosanna (Granier) 1962 A1459 Victor, 1904-06-09
38. I’ll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) 1248 Victor 2 11 1902
39. Jocelyn (Godard) Berceuse 1402 Victor 5 21 1902
40. Jose Maria (Hernandez) 4935 B2749 Victor, 1905-09-12
41. La golondrina (Serradell) Victor 16065 B-6973 4 8 1909
42. La paloma (Yradier) (as Francisco) 171 A970-1 Victor, 1904-01-26
43. La paloma (Yradier) 3052 Victor 1 22 1901
44. La paloma (Yradier) 16065 B-1059 Victor, 1904-03-01
45. La Tempestad (Chapi) Monologo (Ya el Trueno apagado) 64045 B2582 Victor, 1905-05-29
46. Le crucifix (Faure) 1404 Victor 5 21 1902
47. Le roi d Lahore (Massenet) Arioso 1403 Victor 5 21 1902
48. Lina (Symiane) 81092 B-6863 Victor 3 6 1909
49. Los ojos negros (Ruperto Chapi) 738 Victor 4 12 1901
50. Martha (Flotow) Solo, profugo (w. van Hoose) 74005 C2798 Victor, 1906-01-17
51. Mother o’ mine (Tours); The lark now leaves its wat’ry nest (Parker) 74118 C6199 Victor, New York 1908-05-18
52. National hymn of Argentine Republic (Perera) 2385 Victor 6 8 1903
53. Non e ver (Mattei) A-442 Victor 10 19 1900
54. Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Crudel! perche finora 89023 C-6967 Victor 4 6 1909
55. O sole mio (di Capua) 74105 C6047 Victor, Camden NJ 1908-03-25
56. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue 1346 Victor 3 25 1902
57. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Si puo 74040 C2605 Victor, 1905-06-05
58. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Un nido di memorie 31067 Victor 2 9 1903 or 5 26 1903
59. Rigoletto (Verdi) Pari siamo 88179 C7066 Victor, Camden NJ 1909-05-12
60. Roi de Lahore (Massenet) Promesse di mon avenir 74043 C-6968 Victor 4 7 1909
61. Romance joconde (Isouard) 1398 Victor 6 9 1904
62. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens) Vengeance at last (w. Homer) 87501 B6227 Victor, Camden NJ 1908-05-25
63. Semele (Handel) Where’er you walk 74086 C4545 Victor, 1907-07-03
64. Seven last Words of Christ (Dubois) God, my Father 74069 C4637 Victor, 1907-07-03
65. Sevillana (Yradier) 4162 Victor, 1904-10-12
66. Stars of a summer night (Woodbury) 1282 Victor 2 24 1902
67. Tango de los negritos (Chueca) 732 Victor 4 12 1901
68. Tango del Cafe (Nieto) 62358 B2191 Victor, 1905-02-01
69. The Clang of the Forge (Rodney) 4102 Victor, 1904-10-12
70. The lost chord (Sullivan) 1963 B1540 Victor, 1904-06-29
71. The lost chord (Sullivan) 31078 Victor 2 9 1903 or 5 26 1903
72. Tosti’s goodbye 1852 Victor 1 6 1903
73. Traviata (Verdi) Di Provenza A-439 Victor 10 19 1900
74. Trovatore (Verdi) Mira d’acerbe lagrime (w. Eames) 89022 C6233 Victor, Camden NJ 1909-04-07
75. Zauberflote (Mozart) La dove prende (Bei Mannern) (w. Eames) 89003 C3171 Victor, 1906-03-09