Cylinder of the Month

This Spanish walk (proto-samba dance) number was written in 1905 by Charles Borel-Clerc (1879-1959).   Also known as "La Sorella", this well-recorded Pathé brothers selection was marketed as a 'popular march'.

Fifty years later, the tune was revived as Passepartout's theme in the 1956 movie "Around the World in Eighty Days".

To hear La Mattchiche   — For help playing these sounds, click here.

This recording is on a Pathé 3½" 'salon' size cylinder.   See the October 2002 Cylinder of the Month for more on this interesting cylinder format.

To learn more, see:

• Origins of Samba, courtesy of Paul F Clifford's StreetDance Australia site.
• Backgrounder on composer Charles Borel-Clerc (in French), courtesy of www.auteurscompositeurs.com.

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