Austrian company “Scala Record” was named in honor of the famous La Scala Opera House in Milan, the façade of which is depicted on the label. The owner of “Scala Record” was Sigmund Weiss (Siegmund Weiß) whom we can consider as a pioneer of the Austrian recording industry. The company had close relationships with German ”Dacapo” for which it made recordings in the Viennese concert hall and Italian ”Fonotipia” that marketed it in England from 1911 to 1919. Unfortunately the Russian history
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