12-inch, 78 rpm EP disc 'Ah! Fors e lui'

Gramophone Record, LNER, "Overture. Ruy Blas" (Mendelssohn) Gramophone Record, LNER, "Ah! Fors e lui" (Verdi) Gramophone Record, LNER, "Ah! Fors e lui" (Verdi)
Gramophone Record, LNER, "Overture. Ruy Blas" (Mendelssohn) Gramophone Record, LNER, "Ah! Fors e lui" (Verdi) Gramophone Record, LNER, "Ah! Fors e lui" (Verdi)

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Gramophone Record, LNER, "Overture. Ruy Blas" (Mendelssohn)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Gramophone Record, LNER, "Ah! Fors e lui" (Verdi)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Gramophone Record, LNER, "Ah! Fors e lui" (Verdi)
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Gramophone Record, "Ah ! Fors e lui" (Verdi) by the LNER Male Voice Choir and Orchestra. Broadcast performance by London & North Eastern Railway Musical Society at the Royal Hall, Harrogate on 15th March 1936. Side 1: “Ah ! Fors e lui” [part one] Aria with Orchestral Accompaniment. Side 2: “Ah ! Fors e lui” [part two]. MSS Recording Co. Ltd. label Broadcast Recording Department. Disc dimensions: 12 inch diameter

Details

Category:
Sound Recordings
Object Number:
1987-8127
Measurements:
Dia=300mm
type:
gramophone record
credit:
British Rail, Historical Relics

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