Together with other – unfortunately only a few – original documents (including the Cäcilia music catalogs!) and parts from the instrument and roll production of Philipps AG, this “Duca Noten-Verzeichnis” (Duca music catalog) has survived – and is now owned by Thomas Richter. Thanks to his impressively supportive attitude, we were able to digitize this book and have begun to evaluate the data.
It is evidently book I of what were once two books, as it only contains records up to no. 1200 and no. 5036. The first entry dates from July 10, 1908, the last entry is dated December 13, 1912. Nevertheless, this is certainly the more valuable of the two books, as it documents the beginnings of the recordings – and the most important phase up to the end of 1912. Since there are still a large number of blank pages in the book, it can be assumed that other reasons may also have led to a break in the records.
The book was clearly a real and important working book for Philipps. All pages are noticeably worn, and some pages are loose and incomplete.
We digitized and post-processed each page individually. At the request of the owner (Thomas Richter, Neu-Isenburg), we make the book available as a PDF on request, with the aim of supporting research – and initiating the open exchange of further documents owned by other collectors. In this spirit, we would welcome it if you made your own documents available for free download here with us or on your own websites.
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