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Max Glücksmann

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  1. 1908

    Described as Worked at Casa Lepage (avenida Bolívar 375 per this page) and bought the firm in 1908 when Enrique Lepage left.Single source

  2. 1914–1917

    Described as By 1914 he had gained control of Argentina's record industry, pushing out Victor through long exclusive contracts; signed Gardel and Razzano in 1917; Odeon agreed to build him a matrix-processing and pressing plant in Buenos Aires (no date given).Single source

  3. 1919

    Described as Impresario of the Gran Splendid (opened May 1919); the English article says he started the station in 1924.Single source

Max Glücksmann: Worked at Casa Lepage (avenida Bolívar 375 per this page) and bought the firm in 1908 when Enrique Lepage left., By 1914 he had gained control of Argentina's record industry, pushing out Victor through long exclusive contracts; signed Gardel and Razzano in 1917; Odeon agreed to build him a matrix-processing and pressing plant in Buenos Aires (no date given)., and Impresario of the Gran Splendid (opened May 1919); the English article says he started the station in 1924.†† 1908: Worked at Casa Lepage (avenida Bolívar 375 per this page) and bought the firm in 1908 when Enrique Lepage left.† 1914: By 1914 he had gained control of Argentina's record industry, pushing out Victor through long exclusive contracts; signed Gardel and Razzano in 1917; Odeon agreed to build him a matrix-processing and pressing plant in Buenos Aires (no date given).† 1919: Impresario of the Gran Splendid (opened May 1919); the English article says he started the station in 1924.†

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Worked at Casa Lepage (avenida Bolívar 375 per this page) and bought the firm in 1908 when Enrique Lepage left.1908

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By 1914 he had gained control of Argentina's record industry, pushing out Victor through long exclusive contracts; signed Gardel and Razzano in 1917; Odeon agreed to build him a matrix-processing and pressing plant in Buenos Aires (no date given).1914–1917

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Impresario of the Gran Splendid (opened May 1919); the English article says he started the station in 1924.1919

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