Flamenco Record: "Seguidillas Gitanas", "Malagueñas"
singer
Niño de Medina
(Cádiz, 1875 - 1939, Sevilla)
singer
Fernando el Herrero
(Sevilla, 1877 - 1941, Madrid)
publisher
Victor Talking Machine Company
(active Camden, New Jersey, 1901 - 1929)
Date1901-1916
Place MadeSpain, Europe
MediumShellac with paper label
Dimensions25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU11s7.11
eMuseum ID724594
EmbARK ObjectID15223
TMS Source ID3824
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner and the artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) were close friends for decades. In addition to discussing art and travel, the two shared a love of music. In a letter preserved in the Museum Archives, Sargent describes their shared interest in flamenco and other Spanish music. The artist gave Isabella several flamenco records, which she clearly listened to: notes in her handwriting preserved on the labels classify each record as “good” or “bad.”
BibliographyNotesDiana Seave Greenwald, "Spanish Music, South Korean Choreographers, and the Museum Archives," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 15 April 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/spanish-music-south-korean-choreographers-and-museum-archives
Nathaniel Silver, "Isabella and the Hispanic Society," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 13 October 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-hispanic-society
Nathaniel Silver, "Isabella and the Hispanic Society," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 13 October 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-hispanic-society
MarksNotesInscribed in graphite (on label, on verso, in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand): bad
ProvenanceNotesGift from the American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, about 1916.
