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.

Familiar Waltzes from Favorite Operas


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number23724 A / 23724 B / 23725 A / 23725 B / 23726 A / 23726 B
Matrix Number 73638
Record Label Decca Records
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number243
Number of Tracks6
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes Parisian Waltz

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 - La Traviata-Parisian Waltz (Act I)
Composer(s) : Verdi
2 - Fedora-Elite Waltz (Act II)
Composer(s) : Giordano
3 - Faust (Act II)
Composer(s) : Gounod
4 - Mefistofele-Peasant Waltz (Act I)
Composer(s) : Boito
5 - Tales of Hoffman-Doll Waltz (Act I)
Composer(s) : Offenbach
6 - Romeo and Juliet (Act I)
Composer(s) : Gounod