Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline". He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England. Longfellow was born in Portland, District of Maine, Massachusetts (now Portland, Maine). He graduated from Bowdoin College and became a professor there and, later, at Harvard College after studying in Europe. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1841). He retired from teaching in 1854 to focus on his writing, and he lived the remainder of his life in the Revolutionary War headquarters of George Washington in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His first wife, Mary Potter, died in 1835 after a miscarriage. His second wife, Frances Appleton, died in 1861 after sustaining burns when her dress caught fire. After her death, Longfellow had difficulty writing poetry for a time and focused on translating works from foreign languages. Longfellow died in 1882. Longfellow wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and had success overseas. He has been criticized for imitating European styles and writing poetry that was too sentimental. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 520 | 7-in. | 11/29/1895-12/14/1898 | The arrow and the song | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo | author | |
Berliner | 600 | 7-in. | 8/23/1894 | The village blacksmith | David C. Bangs | Recitation | author | |
Berliner | 895 | 7-in. | June 1897-Apr. 1898 | The bridge | Diamond Four | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Berliner | 022 | 7-in. | 3/25/1899 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]643 | 7-in. | 2/1/1901 | The village blacksmith | William F. Hooley | Male vocal solo | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]688 | 7-in. | 2/20/1901 | The bridge | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]688 | 10-in. | 2/3/1902 | The bridge | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]916 | 7-in. | 7/17/1901 | The bridge | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1236 | 7-in. | 2/6/1902 | The village blacksmith | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1236 | 10-in. | 2/6/1902 | The village blacksmith | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1282 | 7-in. | 2/24/1902 | Stars of a summer night | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1282 | 10-in. | 2/24/1902 | Stars of a summer night | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1666 | 7-in. | 10/8/1902 | The arrow and the song | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1666 | 10-in. | 10/8/1902 | The arrow and the song | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]2196 | 7-in. | 1903 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3063 | 10-in. | 2/1/1901 | The village blacksmith | William F. Hooley | Male vocal solo | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3120 | 10-in. | 2/20/1901 | The bridge | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3137 | 10-in. | 2/21/1901 | The arrow and the song | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3339 | 10-in. | 5/10/1901 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | A-14 | 7-in. | 5/6/1903 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | A-194 | 7-in. | 7/22/1904 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | B-194 | 10-in. | 7/22/1904 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | C-784 | 12-in. | 12/4/1903 | Enoch Arden's return | Edward Brigham | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-1299 | 10-in. | 5/11/1904 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | A-1299 | 7-in. | 7/6/1904 | The bridge | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | A-1460 | 7-in. | 6/9/1904 | The arrow and the song | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | B-1460 | 10-in. | 6/9/1904 | The arrow and the song | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | C-2917 | 12-in. | 11/29/1905 | Excelsior | Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-8616 | 12-in. | 2/10/1910 | Excelsior | Harry Macdonough ; Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-10487 | 10-in. | 6/2/1911 | Goodnight, goodnight, beloved | Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | C-12209 | 12-in. | 7/16/1912 | Onaway awake, Beloved | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-12404 | 10-in. | 9/24/1912 | The arrow and the song | Alan Turner | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-12994 | 10-in. | 3/13/1913 | Allah | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | B-13794 | 10-in. | 9/16/1913 | The bridge | Elsie Baker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-13823 | 10-in. | 9/18/1913 | Allah | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-13987 | 10-in. | 10/23/1913 | The children's hour | Cora Mel Patten | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-14066 | 10-in. | 11/13/1913 | The bridge | Alan Turner | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-14179 | 12-in. | 12/10/1913 | The day is done | Elsie Baker ; Frederick J. Wheeler | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-14465 | 10-in. | 2/17/1914 | Daybreak | Cora Mel Patten | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-15464 | 10-in. | 12/4/1914 | The village blacksmith | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation, with anvil, chimes, and organ | author | |
Victor | C-16152 | 12-in. | 6/29/1915 | Onaway! Awake beloved! | Paul Althouse | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-17538 | 12-in. | 4/26/1916 | Paul Revere's ride | William Sterling Battis | Recitation, with bugle, piccolo, and traps | author | |
Victor | B-18331 | 10-in. | 9/7/1916 | A psalm of life | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Victor | C-18758 | 12-in. | 11/27/1916 | By the shores of Gitchie Gumee | Marguerite Dunlap ; Olive Kline ; Elizabeth Wheeler | Female vocal trio, with piano, violin, and flute | author | |
Victor | C-18993 | 12-in. | 1/17/1917 | Ewa-yea | Elsie Baker | Female vocal solo, with strings and piano | author | |
Victor | B-27667 | 10-in. | 3/22/1923 | The bridge | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | B-28676 | 10-in. | 10/19/1923 | Stars of the summer night | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with brass quartet | author | |
Victor | B-30938 | 10-in. | 9/25/1924 | Home song | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | author | |
Victor | BVE-37892 | 10-in. | 4/8/1927 | Stars of the summer night | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-38944 | 12-in. | 6/10/1927 | By the shores of Gitchee Gumee | Edna Brown | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-38945 | 12-in. | 6/10/1927 | Wah-wah-taysee | Edna Brown | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-42455 | 12-in. | 2/17/1928 | Allah | Lawrence White | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | BVE-49117 | 10-in. | 11/16/1928 | Abou Ben Adhem | Sally Hamlin | Recitation, with recordings | author | |
Victor | BVE-55575 | 10-in. | 9/24/1929 | On the bridge at midnight | Taylor's Louisiana Melody Makers [i.e., Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers] | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | author | |
Victor | CRC-70154 | 12-in. | 8/6/1931 | Longfellow's poem By the grandfather's clock | Florence Black | Recitation, with instrumental ensemble | author | |
Victor | BS-75722 | 10-in. | 4/5/1933 | A merry life | Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy ; Elliott Shaw | Mixed vocal quartet, with piano | author | |
Victor | LBS-78539 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 11/14/1933 | As torrents in summer [from King Olaf] | St. Bartholomew’s Choir ; David McK. Williams | Mixed vocal chorus, with pipe organ | author | |
Victor | BS-074086 | 10-in. | 2/19/1942 | The day is done | Franklyn MacCormack ; Wayne King Orchestra | Recitation, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-Test-1000 | 12-in. | 4/25/1930 | Song of Hiawatha : A classical bridgement | Letitia Stevenson | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 556 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | The bridge | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Columbia | 556 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | The bridge | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Columbia | 1138 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | Good night, good night, beloved | Artists vary | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 1138 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | Good night, good night, beloved | Artists vary | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 3240 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1905 | The bridge | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Columbia | 4338 | 10-in. | between January and May 1910 | The village blacksmith | William McDonald | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 38574 | 10-in. | 1/21/1913 | Stars of the summer night | Grace Kerns ; Clara Moister ; Beulah Gaylord Young | Female vocal trio, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 39793 | 10-in. | 1/22/1915 | The bridge | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 47318 | 10-in. | 1/25/1917 | Stars of the summer night | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccopmanied | author | |
Columbia | 77530 | 10-in. | 11/24/1917 | The village blacksmith | Wilfred Glenn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 80796 | 10-in. | 1/17/1923 | The bridge | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 30614 | 12-in. | 12/30/1910 | Excelsior | Frederick J. Wheeler ; John Young | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 36473 | 12-in. | 10/23/1912 | The arrow and the song | David Scull Bispham | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 36784 | 12-in. | 9/12/1913 | Christmas bells | Columbia Mixed Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 49179 | 12-in. | 4/12/1917 | Paul Revere's ride | Harry E. Humphrey | Dramatic recitation, with effects | author | |
Columbia | W149048 | 10-in. | 9/25/1929 | The village blacksmith | Cecil Vaughn | Male vocal solo, with guitar | author | |
Columbia | 90148 | 10-in. | between 1918 and 1925 | Believe me, if all those endearing young charms | Columbia Band | Band | author | |
Brunswick | X9429 | 12-in. | approximately Dec. 1922 | Onaway! Awake, beloved! | Theo Karle | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E18158-E18159 | 10-in. | 3/2/1926 | Good night, beloved | Maskat Shrine Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | author | |
Brunswick | C3375 | 10-in. | 4/26/1929 | Stay, stay at home | Marcia Schupac | Female vocal solo | author | |
Brunswick | DB15 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1928 | Onaway! Awake, beloved! | Stanley Holloway | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Brunswick | DB73 | 10-in. | 9/28/1928 | The star | Kathleen Hilliard | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Edison | 995 | 10-in. | 4/15/1912 | The rainy day | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 1569 | Not documented | 7/7/1922 | Arrow and the song | Edward M. Young | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 6176 | 10-in. | May 1918 | My Redeemer and my Lord | Marie Tiffany | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | N-356 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | Melodies of long ago no. 2 | Hank Simmon's Show Boat Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Decca | L 4029 | 10-in. | 12/12/1945 | The arrow and the song ; The building of the ship | Donald Crisp | author | ||
Decca | L 4030 | 10-in. | 12/12/1945 | The rainy day ; Hymn to the night | Donald Crisp | author | ||
Decca | L 4031 | 10-in. | 12/12/1945 | The village blacksmith | Donald Crisp | author | ||
Decca | L 4032 | 10-in. | 12/12/1945 | The day is done | Donald Crisp | author | ||
Decca | L 4033 | 10-in. | 12/12/1945 | The children's hour | Donald Crisp | author | ||
Decca | L 4034 | 10-in. | 12/12/1945 | A psalm of life | Donald Crisp | author | ||
Decca | L 4208 | 6/11/1946 | Paul Revere's ride, part 1 | Fredric March | author | |||
Decca | L 4209 | 6/11/1946 | Paul Revere's ride, part 2 | Fredric March | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102364.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102364.
"Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.
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