Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան)
Zabelle Panosian (June 7, 1891 – January 26, 1986) was an Armenian-American soprano. She was born Takouhi Der Mesrobian in a Western Armenian-speaking town, Bardizag (now Bahçecik, Turkey). She emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1907 and was married to the photo-engraver Aram Sarkis Panosian, in Somerville, Massachusetts, with whom she had a daughter in 1908, the dancer Adrina Otero (later Adriana Joyce). In March 1917 and June 1918, she recorded ten songs in Armenian and one song in French for Columbia Records' Woolworth Building studio in New York. She is best known for her rendition of Groung (Crane), a folk song that was at least three hundred years old at the time that she recorded it and sold well to Armenians through the 1920s until 1931 when Columbia deleted its Armenian-language catalog. A contemporary of Armenian-American singers Torcom Bezazian and Amenag Chah-Mouradian, with the latter of whom she frequently performed, Panosian was a prolific fundraiser for Armenian causes from 1915 through 1919. She travelled to Europe and Egypt from 1920 to 1923. While living in Paris, she met Komitas and published an account of their meeting. From 1923 onward, she lived in New York City. She continued to perform regularly through the 1930s including a concert tour of California, and less often through the 1940s and 50s including appearances in Brazil and Uruguay with her daughter as well as Armenian literary events in New York. In 1982, she donated $756,939 to the Armenian General Benevolent Union. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 7, 1891, Died 1986
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1918
Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | [Trial 1917-02-21-01] | Not documented | 2/21/1917 | Groung | Zabelle Panosian | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Victor | [Trial 1917-02-21-02] | Not documented | 2/21/1917 | Im sirely zavagounks | Zabelle Panosian | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 58167 | 10-in. | approximately March 1917 | Caroun | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 58168 | 10-in. | approximately March 1917 | Der getso | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 58169 | 10-in. | approximately March 1917 | Mir khor babge kerezman | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 58170 | 10-in. | approximately March 1917 | Kilikia | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 58171 | 10-in. | approximately March 1917 | Groung | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 58172 | 10-in. | approximately March 1917 | Im sireli zavagounks | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 58359 | 10-in. | approximately June 1917 | Tzain dour ov dzovag | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 84457 | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | Mi lar pibool | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 84458 | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | Khavarel yem | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 84463 | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | Charmant oiseau | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 84465 | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | Togh tcherke blbool | Zabelle Panosian (Զաբել Փանոսյան) | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist, soprano vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Panosian, Zabelle (Փանոսյան, Զաբել)," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/336294.
Panosian, Zabelle (Փանոսյան, Զաբել). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/336294.
"Panosian, Zabelle (Փանոսյան, Զաբել)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Panosian, Zabelle - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012145550
Wikidata: Zabelle Panosian - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q104851819
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/71720959
MusicBrainz: Zabelle Panosian - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f29eb5e-ebe8-4338-94bd-488b9775339b
ISNI: 0000 0000 0261 5755 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000002615755
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