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Phonograph Record

Collection Type

  • Video and sound recordings

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-256958

Description

"J.S. BACH, Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord; square cover for long playing record; front cover and teal and orange design with splotchy dots in background; contemporary drawing of gentleman in uniform playing flute with man in tailcoat playing piano; issued by the Haydn Society; recorded in Copenhagen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

phonograph records
vinyl
cardboard
music
musical performances
Music
Record, Phonograph

Inscription

"J.S. BACH/ Sonatas for FLUTE & HARPSICHORD/ No. 1 in B minor/ No. 2 in E flat major/ No. 7 in G minor/ POUL/ BIRKELUND,/ flute/ FINN VIDERO/ harpsichord/ [copyright symbol] HAYDN SOCIETY/ Boston/ HSL 3067"; (left side) "Joseph Lau" (printed)
[similar to front cover]; [summary on sonatas]; "Copyright 1953 by The Haydn Society Inc., 30 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts./ . . . ./ Cover Design by Joseph Low"; (top right in pencil) "$5.95" (printed)
"HAYDN SOCIETY/ LONG PLAYING MICROGROOVE/ ISSUED BY HAYDN SOCIETY, INC., BOSTON, MASS. MADE IN U.S.A./ . . . .[similar information to front cover] . . . ./ Recorded in Copenhagen/ 1953" (printed)

Associated Person

J. S. Bach (composer)
Paul Birkelund (flute)
Finn Videro (harpsichord)
Haydn Society (manufacturer)
Joseph Lau (designer)

Associated Building

Original To Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

The Hayden Society, Inc.

Dimensions

12 1/4 x 12 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ati Gropius Johansen

Accession Number

1998.32

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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