Emilio de Gogorza

He helped persuade other well-known opera singers to record for the company, including Enrico Caruso who signed with the label in 1904.

Among his students was Wilbur Evans who in December 1927 won the first Atwater Kent National Radio Audition, winning first prize out of 50,000 contestants.

Evans would become a well-known baritone on Broadway and radio, as well as co-starring in London's South Pacific opposite Mary Martin.

In retirement, his pupils included composer Samuel Barber and Philadelphia music critic Max de Schauensee.

On his marriage certificate; Emilio listed his parents as Julis Antonio De Gogorza and Francisca Navarette.