Mme. Louise Homer* – Samson Et Dalila – Mon Coeur S'ouvre à Ta Voix

French Contralto.

Play at 76 RPM for accurate pitch reproduction.

Recorded October 24, 1906 in Camden, NJ (Victor Pressing Plant).
Matrix: C-3863, take 2.

Homer recorded this work several times:
- 11/2/1904 as matrix C-621 (take 1), issued on Victor 85014 & 74020.
- 10/11/1909 as matrix C-3863 (take 3), issued on Victor 88199 and Gramophone 2-033015.
- 5/27/1914 as matrix C-3863 (take 5), issued on single-sided Victor 6164 & DB-299.
- 5/8/1929 as matrix BVE-3863 (take 12), issued on Victor 1422 and HMV DA-1080.
EDVR vol. 2 notes: This is one of the extremely rare cases discovered in which the electrical remake of an acoustical recording starts the numbering of the takes over again with 1, in this case probably because the electrical takes were originally assigned to CVE-38064 and later corrected to 3863.