KATINKA
Composer: Rudolf
Friml
Lyricist: Otto Harbach
Opened: December 23, 1915, 44th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
and transferred on April 3, 1916 to the Lyric Theatre; August
30, 1923, Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Performances: 220 (N.Y.C.); 108 (London)
Allah’s Holiday (cut after Broadway opening):
1. Rudolf Friml In Person,
78/Schirmer 12” album 2 (Rudolf Friml, piano) [reissued on Friml
Plays Friml, CD/Supraphon SU 3267-2 911]
2. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Set To Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In
London Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
3. 78/Edison 50424 (Jaudas’ Society Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 35605 (Victor Military Band) [reissued on The
Phonographic Yearbook 1917: Yankees To The Ranks, CD/Archeophone
9017]
5. 78/Victor 9652 (Victor Salon Group directed by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [also 78/Victor 20035]
6. 78/Decca F 3229 A (Fred Elizalde, pianoforte)
7. 78/Columbia FB 1988 (The Six Swingers directed by George
Scott Wood)
8. 78/Columbia 14271 (Ted Lewis and His Band)
9. 78/Decca 18106 (Decca Salon Orchestra conducted by Harry
Horlick)
10. 78/Bluebird B 10922 (Curly Hicks and His Taproom Boys)
11. 78/Brunswick 3724 (Louis Katzman and His Salon Orchestra)
12. 78/Brunswick 6824 (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies) [also
78/Brunswick 4286; reissued on The Chronological Red Nichols
1929, CD/Classics 1332]
13. 78/Okeh 41409 (Carolina Club Orchestra) [also 78/Melotone M
12202]
14. 78/Victor 27632 (Victor Mixed Chorus conducted by Emil Cot)
15. 78/Victor 24891 (Ray Noble and His
Orchestra) [reissued on The Hot Sides 1929-1934, CD/Challenge
Records RTR-79052]
16. 78/Victor 20-3349 (The Three Suns) [reissued on 1949-1956,
CD/Circle 75]
17. 78/Victor 18246 (Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra)
18. A Treasury Of Rudolf Friml, Harmony
(M) HL 7116 (Dino Martinelli and his Orchestra)
19. Skin Tight, RCA Victor (S) LSP-2230
(Marty Gold Orchestra)
20. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Cythian Brundage
with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
21. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
22. The Golden Age Of Light Music: Soloists Supreme, CD/Guild
Light Music GLCD5126 (Sidney Torch with Carroll Gibbons and His
Orchestra)
23. Bix Restored, Vol. 5, CD/Origin Records 13 (The Night Club
Kings)
24. Classic Sessions, 1928-1929, CD/Storyville NOCD3021 (Ted
Lewis)
25. Edison Sound Recordings: Popular Instrumental Music, CD/A2Z
CDS 649 (unknown performer)
26. Vol. 2, Swing For Sale, CD/Dutton Vocalion CDEA 6120 (George
Scott-Wood)
27. Steaming South, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD
1314 (The Charleston Chasers)
28. The Earliest Black String Bands, Vol. 2 (1917-1919),
CD/Document (unknown performer)
29. Contrasts in Hi-Fi/Dimensions In Sound, CD/Vocalion 4169
(Bob Sharples)
Radio transcriptions performed by Andre Kostelanetz and His
Orchestra and by the Lane Prescott Salon Orchestra are also
known to exist.
Ballet (not in programs):
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Altar Call (inst.) (unused):
1. "Texas Thirties" demo
(Harvey Schmidt, piano)
The Bride (used in the London
production only):
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original
Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One,
CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Samuel Roelofs and
Ensemble with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Circassian Dance (added after opening):
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Finale Act I:
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Tanya Roberts, Drake Dantzler, Samuel
Roelofs, Elizabeth Mitchell, Stephen Kitts, and Ensemble with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act II:
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Samuel Roelofs, Drake Dantzler, Stephen
Kitts, Ko Kaiden, Sarah Felix, Elizabeth Mitchell, Claire
DiVisio, and Ensemble with Margaret Counihan and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Finale Act III:
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Entire Cast with Margaret Counihan and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Hidden Charms (Charms Are Fairest When
They’re Hidden) (cut after Broadway opening):
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original
Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One,
CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Cythian Brundage
with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
I Can Tell By The Way You Dance, Dear:
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original
Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One,
CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Claire DiVisio with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
I Want All The World To Know:
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Tanya Roberts and Drake Dantzler with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
I Want To Marry A Male Quartet(te):
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original
Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One,
CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Claire DiVisio ,
David Troiano, Tom Skylis, Jim Cavalcoli, Lynn Herche with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
In A Hurry:
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original
Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One,
CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Stephen Kitts and
Ensemble with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Katinka:
1. 78/Columbia 943
(Herman Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music:
Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume
One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Samuel Roelofs,
David Troiano, Tom Skylis, Samuefs, and Lynn Herche with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
4. Rudolf Friml: Piano Works, CD/Koch 7512 (Sara Davis Buechner,
piano)
Mignonette (cut after opening):
1. 78/Columbia 36473
(Wladimir Selinsky and His Salon Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 9649 (Lou Raderman, violin, with the Victor Salon
Orchestra directed by Nathaniel Shilkret)
3. Rudolf Friml: Piano Works, CD/Koch 7512 (Sara Davis Buechner,
piano)
A radio transcription performed by Taylor King with orchestra
conducted Rudolph Friml, Jr. is also known to exist.
My Paradise (added after opening):
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Drake Dantzler with Margaret Counihan and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
One Who Will Understand:
1. 78/Columbia 3330 (Rosa
Lynn with orchestral accompaniment)
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Tanya Roberts
and Ensemble with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Opening Chorus Act 1:
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Ensemble with Margaret Counihan and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus Act II (On High In
Minaret) (not in programs):
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Elizabeth Mitchell and Ensemble with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Rackety Coo!:
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original
Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One,
CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. 78/Operaphone 1076 (May Naudain) [reissued on Music From The
New York Stage Vol. 3: 1913-1917, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9056-8]
3. 78/Columbia A-1952 (Sam Ash with Grace Nash) [reissued on
Music From The New York Stage Vol. 3: 1913-1917, CD/Pearl GEMM
CDS 9056-8]
4. 78/Emerson 765 (Sam Ash with Grace Nash)
5. 78/Vocalion S-103 (Gladys Moncrieff)
6. 78/Columbia 01887 (Gladys Moncrieff) [reissued on Vol. 1: The
Golden Years, CD/ABC Music 842-737]
7. 78/Columbia 3330 (Rosa Lynn and Walter Adams with orchestral
accompaniment)
8. 78/Victor 35605 (Victor Military
Band) [reissued on The Phonographic Yearbook 1917: Yankees To
The Ranks, CD/Archeophone 9017]
9. 78/Victor 9652 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel
Shilkret)
10. 78/Victor 17954 (Alice Green with orchestra)
11. Katinka,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Tanya Roberts with Margaret
Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
12. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
13. Lost Broadway And More, CDr/Original Cast (Lynne Wilson with
William Zeffiro, piano)
14. Contrasts In Hi-Fi/Dimensions In
Sound, CD/Vocalion 4169 (Bob Sharples)
Russian Dance:
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Skidiskischatch (Skidikiskatch):
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Stephen Kitts and Thomas Petiet with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
So Farewell (in vocal score only):
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) (as “Farewell”) [reissued on Set To
Music: Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London
Volume One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
‘Tis The End (cut after Broadway
opening):
1. 78/Columbia 943
(Herman Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music:
Original Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume
One, CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. 78/Victor 35605 (Victor Military Band) [reissued on The
Phonographic Yearbook 1917: Yankees To The Ranks, CD/Archeophone
9017]
3. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Tanya Roberts and
Drake Dantzler with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
4. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
5. Musicals Lost And Found Broadway Sampler: 1915, CD/Operetta
Archives OA 1040 (Elyse Willis and Todd Strange with Adam Aceto
and Jan Roper, pianos)
Vienna Girls (used in the London
production only):
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman
Finck and His Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original
Orchestral Selections From Musicals In London Volume One,
CD/Must Close Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Drake Dantzler and
Ensemble with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Ensemble with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos) (reprise)
4. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
The Weekly Wedding:
1. Katinka, CDr/Comic
Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Stephen Kitts and Claire DiVisio with
Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Your Photo:
1. 78/Columbia 943 (Herman Finck and His
Orchestra) [reissued on Set To Music: Original Orchestral
Selections From Musicals In London Volume One, CD/Must Close
Saturday Records MCSR 3004]
2. 78/Victor 35605 (Victor Military Band) [reissued on The
Phonographic Yearbook 1917: Yankees To The Ranks,
CD/Archeophone 9017]
3. Katinka, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CKT09P-2C (Claire DiVisio
with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Unrecorded Material:
Divertissement
Goodnight (not used)
I Think You’d Better Hurry Home (not used)
In Vienna
Russian Wedding March
Stamboul
The Walking Music Store
Waltz