The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Songs of Debussy and Ravel


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Numbermm-820: 17579-D / 17580-D / 17581-D
Matrix Number CO 37745
Record Label Columbia
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number188
Number of Tracks6
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes Maurice Abravenel: Jewish Conductor

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Ballade I - From Villon to his Love Faulse Beaute
Composer(s) : N/A
2 - Ballade ll - Written by Villon at his Mother's request as a prayer to the Virgin Mary
Composer(s) : N/A
3 - Ballade IIl - The Women of Paris
Composer(s) : N/A
4 - Chanson Romanesque
Composer(s) : N/A
5 - Chanson Epique
Composer(s) : Claude Debussy
6 - Chanson a Boire
Composer(s) : N/A