La Voce del Padrone
Illustration — Image of a 78rpm of an aria from Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani, recorded by Grammofono/La voce del padrone La voce del padrone ("His Master's Voice") was the Italian label and recording house for the British Gramophone Company. The Gramophone Company owned several labels in Italy, like Columbia, Marconiphone, Angel Records and Grammofono. From 1904, Gramophone Company records were published and distributed in Italy by Saif (Società Anonima Italiana di Fonotopia), a company based in Milan.
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La Voce del Padrone
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- Founded
- 1904
- Headquarters
- Milan
- Dissolved
- 1967
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Illustration — Image of a 78rpm of an aria from Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani, recorded by Grammofono/La voce del padrone La voce del padrone ("His Master's Voice") was the Italian label and recording house for the British Gramophone Company. The Gramophone Company owned several labels in Italy, like Columbia, Marconiphone, Angel Records and Grammofono. From 1904, Gramophone Company records were published and distributed in Italy by Saif (Società Anonima Italiana di Fonotopia), a company based in Milan.
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When the Gramophone Company and the Columbia Graphophone Company merged in 1931 to form EMI, Saif in turn merged with Columbia's Italian arm, SNG (Società Nazionale del Grammofono).
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1904
La Voce del Padrone established.
1967
La Voce del Padrone ceased.
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- “La voce del padrone”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 108619795X, La Voce del Padrone (Milano).
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- 1.Vito Vita. Musica solida. Miraggi Edizioni. 42. 2019.
- 2.Mario De Luigi. L'industria discografica in Italia. Lato Side. 1982.
- 3.Tratto dal ciclo di lieder Schwanengesang di Schubert.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 108619795X, La Voce del Padrone (Milano).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Those registers additionally record the forms His Master's Voice (Sound recording label, Milano), Milano, La Voce del Padrone, Mailand, La Voce del Padrone and Milano, His Master's Voice.
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