Beka London Orchestra, cond. by Julian Jones - Berliner Luft (The Gay Hussar) March (Lincke) (1909)
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- The Beka London Orchestra, conducted by Julian Jones, plays 'Berliner Luft' (Berlin Air) March, recorded c. January 1909.
This work - which has become Berlin's unofficial anthem - first appeared in a burlesque entitled 'Berliner Luft' in 1904. It was transferred to Lincke's operetta 'Frau Luna' in 1922. In England, it was published as 'The Gay Hussar.'
Julian Jones (born c. 1881) was appointed as Beka's musical director in around January 1909. He became conductor of London's Alhambra Theatre Orchestra in August 1909. From 1912, he conducted for many years at the London Hippodrome.
I transferred this side from Beka 34.
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Not really an orchestra, of course, but a pretty good band! I do not remember having heard such distinct cymbal-clashes on an acoustic disc before. - As I recall, George Byng, who conducted for H.M.V. for many years, was at one time musical director at the Alhambra (which was noted for its spectacular ballets); did Jones take over from him there? - Curiously, I once had a 'White' (not white) 2-minute cylinder of this same piece, but it was announced and labelled as 'Prince Olaf March'! I wonder what was going on there?
It's certainly rather good for the period. I haven't been able to work out when Byng was at the Alhambra, but Jones apparently started there later in 1909. I'll see if I can do some more sleuthing: it was only as a result of digging that I found the photo of Jones! Prince Olaf sounds way off the mark: very curious!
I can already add a little more. Julian Jones was born in 1883 and died in London on 31 December 1930. He was acting as Musical Director for Beka (which started its British operations in late 1905) by at least late 1907, and it appears that he was simultaneously acting as Musical Director for British Homophone by at least early 1908. At that stage, he was Principal Violin of the Alhambra Orchestra, where the Conductor was George Byng. It seems that as Principal Violin, Jones was also Deputy Conductor. Jones left the Alhambra and became Conductor at the London Hippodrome at the beginning of June 1912. Byng was still Principal Conductor at the Alhambra at that time, but on 22 January 1913, 'The Era' announced his resignation, as he had been secured by the Gaiety Theatre. He first conducted at the Gaiety in April 1913, but it appears that he only spent 3 months there. By at least 1913, Byng was Musical Director for Edison in Britain. I haven't yet been able to trace Byng for the next couple of years, but in mid 1915 he joined British Zonophone as Musical Director. At that stage, Zonophone was being run as a separate entity. When that changed a few years later and Zonophone went back to being a subsidiary of The Gramophone Company, Byng became Musical Director of The Gramophone Company.