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Richard Spottswood identifies this Gypsy Orchestra as Zerbec, i.e., Stephen Zerbes' Royal Serbian Tamburitza Orchestra


Gypsy Orchestra (4) – The Nightingale / A La Soisson
Label:
Columbia – E4088

A  The Nightingale
B  A La Soisson




A side recorded New York, NY, ca. September 1918.
B side recorded New York, NY, ca. August 1918.


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Stevan Zerbes
Profile:
Yugoslav-American violinist, a.k.a. Steve or Stevo Zerbes or ?????? ?????? (May 22, 1891-before 1928). Born in Belovar, Croatia (then part of Austria-Hungary) as the son of George and Dora Zerbes, Zerbes worked as a professional musician in Detroit, Michigan, where he married his wife, Agnes, née Wisniewska, in 1911. Between 1916-1921, they are listed in Youngstown, Ohio; in 1917 he briefly lives in Akron, Ohio. By 1928, his wife appears in the Detroit address book as a widow.

Zerbes headed the Royal Serbian Tamburitza Orchestra. This ensemble made numerous recordings between 1918-1919 for Columbia (also as Stevan Zerbec Sa Svojm Tamburaskom Drustvo "Balkan", ?????? ?????? ? ?????????? ??????? ??????, and under pseudonyms such as Gypsy Orchestra), Victor (as Tamburasko Društvo), and Emerson Records (2) (as The Royal Serbian Orchestra).

Zerbes' violin playing impressed fellow tamburaš Djoko Dokich so much that he persuaded his son Milovan a.k.a. Melvin Dokich to take up the violin.
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Royal Serbian Tamburitza Orchestra Profile: Popular tamburitza orchestra, recording for Columbia between 1918-1920.

The orchestra consisted of leader Steven Zerbes on violin, Jim Kovacevich on first brac, Ljubomir Baich on second brac, Blaz Tkalac on bugarija, and Joe Skornjak on Berda. It recorded under a variety of names, including "Gypsy Orchestra, "The Balkan Orchestra", "The Serbian Orchestra" and "The Royal Serbian Orchestra"; on Columbia's C-series, it appeared as "Orquesta Tipica Servia". On releases targeting Polish Immigrants, the ensemble is listed as the "Serbska Krolewska Orkiestra."

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