Sunday Gramophone - Juan A. Garcia Estrada: Ruralia Argentina - Teatro Colon Conducted By Eugen Szenkar - 1939
(Eugen Szenkar - in a word, Mystery) I'm going out on a limb here. I am staring at a set of 78rpm discs from Argentina, pressed by RCA Victor in Ar
So I am betting the Alejandro Szenkar listed on the label credit is the same as Eugen Szenkar the exiled German/Hungarian conductor. All indications point to yes, but I've had no substantiation from any source that proves me right. So I am throwing this out to the blogosphere.
The second part of this mystery has to do with which Juan A. Garcia Estrada is this? Wikipedia lists Juan Antonio Garcia as the one who composed this work, Ruralia Argentina. But then Bakers Biographical Encyclopedia lists Juan Agustin Garcia Estrada as the composer of Ruralia Argentina. Juan Antonio is listed as a composer of several pieces for stage and was active until his death in the 1960s. Juan Agustin is listed as having moved briefly to Paris to study with Jacques Ibert before moving back to Argentina and becoming an attorney and abandoning his career.
Needless to say, this one is confusing from the get-go. But one thing is certain - this recording has not been issued anywhere outside of Argentina and it has not seen the light of reissue anywhere in the world.
As a piece of music it's, well . . . . .bland. But as a historic document, it's something else entirely.
In either case, here it is.
(Alexander/Alejandro Szenkar. Coincidence? We think not)
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