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Irene diGiovanni, Last Surviving Reproducing Artist
By Robert Perry

Hi all,  I recently tracked down the grandson of Welte, Ampico,
and Duo-Art artist Irene diGiovanni (sometimes spelled d'Giovanni)
and discovered she died on 15 October 2002, aged 99.  This means she
survived the chronologically gifted Leo Ornstein by about 7 months.

I wonder if this makes her the very last of the last reproducing roll
artists?  She is also an extreme rarity having recorded for all three
major reproducing player systems.

Robert Perry
Auckland, New Zealand


(Message sent Sun 29 Apr 2012, 00:31:50 GMT, from time zone GMT+1200.)

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