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Read Me First - A Datalogue®
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Datalogue® Searching
Datalogue® Entry
Fields Defined
Datalogue®
is the data component of The Durbeck Archive; a custom, structured
report of discographical data gleaned from the database of The
Durbeck Archive. The dynamic aspect of Datalogue®
is that the system used for the accession and organization of
data is flexible in its ability to gather and present this
information in a highly organized format, unique to the demands of
each individual query.
With 7,800+
complete opera recordings exhaustively catalogued, The Durbeck
Archive has the capability of creating a Datalogue®
on any aspect of the statistical (not musical) content of these
recordings. None of the records therein listed are for sale -
only the discographical information is offered as a fee-based service.
For a complete
understanding of The Durbeck Archive, please read the following: The
Durbeck Archive. For a complete understanding of how the
database for each opera is entered, please read the following: Entry
Fields Defined. Only data which has been entered into a
specific field can be retrieved by Datalogue®.
To understand these entry fields , here is a complete data entry for
an opera in
The Durbeck Archive.
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About
the opera
Opera:
LOHENGRIN (1850)
Libretto:
Text by the composer
Composer:
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
National Orgin:
NO/German
About
the Recording
Set Number:
LPM 18 084/85/86/87/88
Individual
LP Numbers:
LPM 18 084, LPM 18 085, LPM 18 086, LPM 18 087,
LPM 18 088
Label:
Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft
Phonics:
monaural
Number of LPs:
5 - 12" LPs; automatic playing sequence
Accompanying
Text: libretto
(German), liner notes in German
Recording Location:
Munich
Recording Date:
©1953
Year:
1953
Packaging:
double hinge, standard size opera box
Notes:
Studio recording
Also issued as:
DXT 131, LPX 11/12/13/14/15,
LPM 8 20 007/008/009/010/011
About
the performers
Conductor:
Eugen Jochum
Orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus:
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Josef Kugler, dir.
CAST
Role
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Performer
Lohengrin:
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Lorenz Fehenberger
Elsa:
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Annelies Kupper
Telramund:
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Ferdinand Frantz
Ortrud:
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Helena Braun
König Heinrich:
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Otto van Rohr
Der Heerrufer:
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Hans Braun
Vier
brabantische Edle:
............................................................. Franz Weiss
Karl Kreile
Heinz-Maria Lins
Maximilian Eibl
Vier Edelknaben:
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Margot Grebner
Isolde Combach
Dagmar Naaff
Therese Oertel
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Reference
note: In The Durbeck Archive discographical system,
the colon ( :
) is used as the field demarcation symbol. Consider the
LOHENGRIN example above and note where the colons are located; the word
immediately preceding the colon is the field name for every entry
- everything following the colon is data.
The field names in
bold type are generic for all Archive opera entries. Role names
followed by a colon are field names specific to each individual
opera, however a universal name such as "Maria" will be
used in many operas so there will be many "Maria:
fields," thus the request for commonly used names should
be opera specific e.g. "Maria Padilla."
Understanding the
use of field names will make forming your discography request easier
- both in the clarification of your request and in the comprehension
of Archive billing practices. More often than not, if a
discographical request is clearly articulated, the selected
fields to satisfy that request will be self-evident. |
Since e-mail
disallows the transmission of formatting commands, e-mailing a
discography as seen above would be impossible. The above
illustration is shown to indicate how complete operas
are catalogued in The Durbeck Archive. All of this data is
available in a generic report style such as the one shown below. The
search argument was to find all the singers in The Durbeck Archive
who recorded the role of Telramund. This is only a partial list but
it shows the report format for such a request. This is the
basic data format which will be used in all such custom
discographical data requests.
Telramund:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Telramund: Julius Huehn
Telramund:
Giangiacomo Guelfi
Telramund:
Ferdinand Franz
Telramund: Hermann Uhde
Telramund:
Siegmund Nimsgern
Telramund: Hermann Uhde
Telramund: A. Bogdanov
Telramund: Fred Destal
Telramund: Hermann Uhde
Telramund: Ernest Blanc
Telramund: Gustav Neidlinger
Telramund: Carl Kronenberg
Telramund:
Eberhard Wächter
While the entire
data structure for a complete opera, such as that for the LOHENGRIN
recording shown above (less formatting) is available, virtually any
combination of recording data entries can be culled for a custom data
report, just as shown above for the list of baritones singing the
role of Telramund. Using Boolean search techniques, data from any of
the entry fields can be combined into data searches. Here is a
sample Datalogue®
query: find the opera recordings in The Durbeck Archive which (1)
Callas recorded with (2)
Del Monaco, conducted by (3) Serafin;
Your search argument would look like this:
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Answer: NORMA
(29 June 1955)
(Rome; Foro Italico)
(RAI Roma Orchestra and Chorus)
(Note: The Archive
has four different pressings of this performance.)
With 7,800+
complete opera recording catalogued, the amount of discographical
data is immense and in The Durbeck Archive system of discographical
data entry, every single bit of data is totally cross-referenced -
ALL of it! - which makes these multi-tiered queries possible.
Name, dates, locations, roles, etc. - it's all there. To be
sure, all of this information is available somewhere else, in many
other forms (books, journals, recording liner notes, microfilm, the
Internet etc.) but researching those many references takes valuable
time - even when the material is readily available. Datalogue®
offers this research as never before possible - or available.
Obviously, there
are queries which can result in a greater number of multi-line search
results. Remember - the narrower the search argument, the fewer
the query results are going to be, for example: in the above
sample query, an opera had to feature Callas-and-Del
Monaco-and-Serafin and there was only that one opera
performance recording which met the total search argument, the one on
which all three of them appeared. Consider the same three artists in
these search queries:
Callas-and-Del Monaco = 18 results
Callas-and-Serafin = 64 results
Del Monaco-and-Serafin = 10 results
To list all of the
possible combinations of mixed-field and Boolean searches would be
almost impossible and definitely impractical. Collectors are
familiar with their own special interests and can basically verbalize
their individually specific needs. The best way to posit a
search inquiry is in a conversational manner such as, "How many
complete opera recordings did Tebaldi make (on LP) in
1959?" The answer is four: AIDA (1871) September 1959;
BOHEME, LA (1896) July 1959; TOSCA (1900) 1959; TURANDOT (1926*)
3,4,6-11 July 1959.
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Finally, search
possibilities are limited only by your "need to know" instincts. |
The
Durbeck Archive Disclaimer
(aka, the fine print)
All references to
complete opera recordings and Archive inventory relate directly to
those opera recordings owned by The Durbeck Archive. The
Durbeck Archive does not catalogue any complete opera recordings not
physically self owned, therefore all data in the Archive database is
taken directly from the record itself, unless there has been
additional research to make each opera entry more complete. All
known and recognized errors on Archive recordings have been corrected.
Archive inventory
is only on the LP (long playing record) format - no CD's, no tapes,
no 78's or 45's) - strictly LPs only. As previously
stated at other appropriate instances, The Durbeck Archive is in
constant acquisition mode, with new entries being added on a regular
basis. Each Datalogue®
will be as diurnally complete as Archive inventory at the time each
request is received.
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