SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Serie 2: Stimmportraits

Synopsis

In this 2-minute phonogramme sample, recorded by Fritz Hauser in 1906, the 80-year old German actor and long-standing star of the Vienna Burgtheater, Bernhard Baumeister, declaims Falstaff’s speech from Henry IV, Part 1 (V i) in German.

Series

Tondokumente aus Dem Phonogrammarchiv der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Gesamtausgabe der Historischen Bestände 1899-1950.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Austria

Medium

Audio

Recording date

30 Nov 1906

Duration

2 mins

Credits

Producer

Fritz Hauser

Cast

Bernhard Baumeister

Sir John Falstaff

Additional Details

Production type

Sound Recordings(Commercial)

Plays

Henry VI part 1

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Baumeister, Bernhard (1828-1917)

Notes

Notes

The phonogramme recording can be found on CD 4 of Series 2: Voice Portraits (track 46) of the collection of historical recordings that the Austrian Phonogrammarchiv started to release in 1999. The ongoing ‘Historical Collections’ CD series (general editor Dietrich Schueller) consists of sound documents saved on mechanical sound carriers from 1899 to 1950. The CD collection can be ordered from the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press at http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/index.html (accessed 6/2007).

Archive

Name

Phonogrammarchiv

Email

pha@oeaw.ac.at

Web

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Phone

++43-1-4277-29601

Fax

++43-1-4277-9296

Address

Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Liebiggasse 5
Vienna
1010
Austria

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Email

verlag@oeaw.ac.at

Web

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Phone

0043-1-512 9050

Fax

0043-1-51581-3400

Address

Postfach 471, Postgasse 7
Vienna
1011
Austria