Biancaneve e i sette nani by Myriam Ferretti (D.Q. 2838–2840) 1938

Production information

Complete title: Biancaneve e i sette Nani: riduzione fonografica dell’omonimo film di Walt Disney, con musiche originali. In tre dischi doppi da cm. 25 [Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: audio adaptation of the Walt Disney film of the same name, with original music. Three double discs, 25 cm.]
Album produced by Columbia
Album editor: Suvini – Zerboni
Record production number: D.Q. 2838, D.Q. 2839, D.Q. 2840
Recording date: December 14, 1938
Release date: early 1939
Country of production: Italy
Format: monophonic
Adaptation: Gyp
Composed by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Larry Morey, and Paul J. Smith
Italian lyrics by Umberto Bertini and Giuseppe Nino Gaetano Rastelli

Artists
Singer and actress: Myriam Ferretti

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Biancaneve e i sette nani by Myriam Ferretti (D.Q. 2838–2840)

This album, produced in Milan, is the first Italian recording of the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on record. The main artist credited is Myriam Ferretti, then aged 22. She had already recorded songs from the film some time before. The other actors are not named, but are referred to as “Compagnia Columbia”. The magic mirror has a female voice, possibly that of Ferretti herself.
The film’s story, adapted by Gyp, is spread over three double-sided discs. Each chapter begins and ends on the same four descending notes.

Sound effects sometimes take precedence over dialogue and music (the sound of the horse’s hooves, the wind, the rain), so that it’s sometimes difficult to understand what’s being said.

Songs are used at different moments in the film, such as “With a Smile and a Song” and “The Silly Song”, sung in the last part when Snow White has just woken up.

The records

Each record had a number and each side also had a matrix number.

D.Q. 2838

  • Parte 1.a : La Regina cattiva a il magico Specchio [The Evil Queen and the Magic Mirror] – Parte 2.a : Nel Bosco [In the Woods] (CB 9087)
Parte 1 & 2
  • Parte 3.a : Tornano a Nani [Return to the Dwarfs] (CB 9088)
Parte 3

D.Q. 2839

  • Parte 4.a : Alla Reggia [At the Palace] – Parte 5.a : Biancaneve e i Nani [Snow White and the Dwarfs] (CB 9089)
Parte 4 & 5
  • Parte 6.a : I Nani e la strega [The Dwarfs and the Witch] – Parte 7.a : La casa del Nani [The Dwarfs’ House] (CB 9086)
Parte 6 & 7

D.Q. 2840

  • Parte 8.a : Il Principe Azzurro [Prince Charming] (CB 9090)
Parte 8
  • Parte 9.a : Il Principe nel bosco [The Prince in the Woods] – Finale : Verso la Felicità [Towards Happiness] (CB 9091)
Parte 9 & Finale