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Unknown Symphonion Musical Box Tune Identified
By Roland von Malmborg

[ Ref. Dale Dohler in 150127 MMDigest
 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Digests/201501/2015.01.27.01.html 
 [ Ref. http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/15/01/27/150127_183615_Disc_2.mp3 

Dale Dohler asked for the name of a Symphonion 54 cm (15.25") disc
melody.  Probably someone has already answered, but the melody is

  Il trovatore: Ai nostri monti = Duo. /
  The troubadour: Back to Our Mountains
    = Home to Our Mountains /
  Trubadur: In unserer Heimat = In uns're Heimat
    = An uns're Heimat kehren wir wieder
    = In Unsere Heimat Kehren Wir Wieder /
  Le Trouvére: Duo = Le prouds congé de mes montagnes ? /
  - 1853 Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

The proof can be heard at

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTPfakphBG4 
  Polyphon 24-1/2" Disc No. 4002 Le Trovere, Duo, Ai nostri monti

I am working with a "total" search number & title register of organette
and music box discs.  But I have to work at least one year more before
releasing the whole material.  I have registered twelve thousand titles
and around seventy thousand discs, in an average of four languages,
with around five thousand clickable links to listen on music boxes and
organettes on YouTube, et cetera.

I am a musician and amateur linguist, so I have noted that around half
of the non-English titles are wrongly spelled in most lists.  Searching
with asterisk * makes it possible in my Access register to identify
most disc tunes if five correct letters can be read on the disc.

If you have any disc lists that are more complete than any of the lists
on http://www.mbsgb.org.uk/tunelist.htm  I am interested to get a copy
from you, and maybe I can return to you my completed list of that
brand-size.  (Also send your lists to Kevin McElhone at MBSGB.)

Roland von Malmborg
Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
Roland.Von.Malmborg"A"telia.com [spam protected, swap "A" for @]

 [ Roland is, himself, a troubadour!  -- Robbie


(Message sent Tue 2 Jun 2015, 16:07:37 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Box, Identified, Musical, Symphonion, Tune, Unknown

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