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April 2003 cylinder
Ah! Si vous voulez (de l'amour), by the Garde Républicaine
A popular march, better known as sung by Charlus and
Ester Lekain. The Garde Républicaine pioneered french
wax cylinder recording in France as early as 1893-94,
though this was more experimental than commercial.
It was conducted by Gabriel Parès between 1893 and 1910,
and recorded maybe the biggest number of titles on
cylinder: military music, adaptations of classical music
titles, polkas, mazurkas, marchs, songs, etc.
Although a lot of titles are not very interesting, this
march deserves a listen, despite the noticeable wear of
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