Alfred Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although described by some critics as overly sentimental, his verse soon proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Tennyson also excelled at short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears", and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as "Ulysses". "In Memoriam A.H.H." was written to commemorate his friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and student at Trinity College, Cambridge, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses", and "Tithonus". During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success. A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplace in the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw" ("In Memoriam A.H.H."), "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 4254 | 7-in. | June 1897-Apr. 1898 | Sweet and low | Diamond Four | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Berliner | 01301 | 7-in. | Before June 1900 | Sweet and low | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]111 | 7-in. | 7/11/1900 | Sweet and low | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]111 | 10-in. | 3/18/1902 | Sweet and low | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3184 | 10-in. | 3/6/1901 | Sweet and low | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Victor | B-2890 | 10-in. | 11/17/1905 | Crossing the bar | Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-3414 | 10-in. | 5/25/1906 | Sweet and low | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | C-4705 | 12-in. | 7/24/1907 | Come into the garden, Maud | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | C-6106 | 12-in. | 4/14/1908 | Come into the garden, Maud | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-6152 | 12-in. | 4/24/1908 | Come into the garden, Maude | Harold Jarvis | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-6319 | 12-in. | 7/23/1908 | Crossing the bar | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-6319 | 10-in. | 12/19/1913 | Crossing the bar | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-6755 | 12-in. | 1/28/1909 | Charge of the Light Brigade | Rose Coghlan | Recitation, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-9392 | 10-in. | 8/30/1910 | Sweet and low | Inez Barbour | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-11009 | 10-in. | 9/26/1911 | Crossing the bar | Charles D. Von Neumayer | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-12843 | 10-in. | 1/25/1913 | The brook | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | B-13629 | 10-in. | 7/24/1913 | Come into the garden, Maud | Charles Harrison | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-13846 | 12-in. | 9/23/1913 | Ring out, wild bells | Percy Hemus | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-14264 | 10-in. | 1/2/1914 | Crossing the bar | Alan Turner | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-14467 | 12-in. | 2/17/1914 | Home thoughts from abroad | Cora Mel Patten | Recitation | author | |
Victor | C-14473 | 12-in. | 2/17/1914 | The wreck | Cora Mel Patten | Recitation | author | |
Victor | C-14829 | 12-in. | 5/18/1914 | One, two, three | S. H. Clark | Recitation | author | |
Victor | C-15846 | 12-in. | 3/30/1915 | Come into the garden, Maud | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-17246 | 10-in. | 3/2/1916 | Sweet is true love | Elsie Baker | Female vocal solo, with strings and harp | author | |
Victor | B-17368 | 10-in. | 3/24/1916 | Break, break, break | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-18517 | 10-in. | 9/29/1916 | Sweet and low | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-18935 | 10-in. | 12/27/1916 | Sweet and low | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-19147 | 12-in. | 1/31/1917 | Crossing the bar | Elizabeth Spencer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-19310 | 10-in. | 2/26/1917 | Crossing the bar | Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-20040 | 10-in. | 6/14/1917 | Little birdies | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-20603 | 10-in. | 8/8/1917 | Medley of old songs | Boston Quintet | Male quintet (vocal quartet and piano) | author | |
Victor | C-20688 | 12-in. | 9/21/1917 | Gray days | Donald Fiser | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | C-24793 | 12-in. | 1/14/1921 | Crossing the bar | Julia Marlowe | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-25765 | 10-in. | 11/17/1921 | Sweet and low | Hulda Lashanska | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-27966 | 10-in. | 5/21/1923 | Ring out, wild bells | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with chimes and orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-34134 | 12-in. | 12/9/1925 | Giannina mia | Elva Kalb | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | CVE-37044 | 12-in. | 11/27/1926 | Sweet and low | Associated Glee Clubs of America | Male vocal chorus, with piano | author | |
Victor | BVE-39386 | 10-in. | 11/5/1927 | The brook | Mrs. L. M. Cramp | Female vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | author | |
Victor | BVE-39389 | 10-in. | 11/8/1927 | Sweet is true love | Elsie Baker | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | BVE-39539 | 10-in. | 7/22/1927 | Crossing the bar | Julia Arthur | Recitation, with pipe organ | author | |
Victor | BVE-51063 | 10-in. | 3/27/1929 | Sweet and low | Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy] | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | BS-75723 | 10-in. | 4/5/1933 | Silent night | Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy ; Elliott Shaw | Mixed vocal quartet, with piano | author | |
Victor | BS-026901 | 10-in. | 9/8/1938 | Sweet and low | Lewis White | Mixed vocal chorus, with violin, organ, and harp | author | |
Victor | CS-068627 | 12-in. | 12/12/1941 | Sweet and low | Lucy Monroe ; Charles O'Connell ; Victor Concert Ensemble | Soprano vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | author | |
Victor | PD6VB-1803 | 10-in. | 2/7/1946 | Crossing the bar | Hymns of All Churches Choir | Mixed vocal choir, with baritone vocal solo and instrumental ensemble | author | |
Columbia | 1137 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | Sweet and low | Columbia Mixed Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 1137 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | Sweet and low | Artists vary | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 19183 | 10-in. | 1/4/1911 | Come into the garden, Maud | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 19271 | 10-in. | 4/7/1911 | Sweet and low | Frank Coombs | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 19489 | 10-in. | 7/27/1911 | Crossing the bar | Harold Jarvis | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 38701 | 10-in. | 3/13/1913 | The charge of the Light Brigade | Edgar L. Davenport | Dramatic recitation, with 3 bugles | author | |
Columbia | 38854 | 10-in. | 5/16/1913 | The charge of the Light Brigade | Hudson Maxim | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 39415 | 10-in. | 5/25/1914 | Now sleeps the crimson petal | Oscar Seagle | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 45632 | 10-in. | 5/12/1915 | Sweet and low | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 46040 | 10-in. | 9/20/1915 | Ring out, wild bells | Columbia Mixed Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 46202 | 10-in. | 11/16/1915 | Crossing the bar | Columbia Mixed Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 47113 | 10-in. | 10/31/1916 | Sweet and low | Harling Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 77623 | 10-in. | 1/10/1918 | Sweet and low | Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 78738 | 10-in. | 10/14/1919 | Crossing the bar | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | 80315 | 10-in. | 4/22/1922 | Sweet and low | Lucy Gates | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet, woodwind ensemble, and celeste | author | |
Columbia | 30334 | 12-in. | 1/12/1910 | Ring out, wild bells | David Scull Bispham | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 30570 | 12-in. | 11/4/1910 | The brook | Mrs. A. Stewart Holt | Female vocal solo, with violin and harp | author | |
Columbia | 37435 | 12-in. | 10/16/1915 | Ring out, wild bells | Grace Kerns | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 37448 | 12-in. | ca. 1915 | Ring out, wild bells | Columbia Oratorio Chorus | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 98041 | 12-in. | 10/4/1922 | Come into the garden, Maud | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | W143926 | 10-in. | 4/6/1927 | Crossing the bar | Copperhill Male Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | author | |
Columbia | W144660 | 10-in. | 9/12/1927 | Sweet and low | Columbia Mixed Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | author | |
Columbia | W150188 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Now sleeps the crimson petal | Louis Graveure ; S. Schlüssel | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Columbia | 6335 | 12-in. | approximately 1913 | Come into the garden, Maud | Morgan Kingston | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
OKeh | 144 | 10-in. | ca. May 1918 | Sweet and low | Croxton Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
OKeh | S-7154 | 10-in. | ca. Jan. 1920 | Sweet and low | Crescent Trio | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | author | |
OKeh | W401388 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | Crossing the bar | Blue Ridge Sacred Singers | Male vocal quartet, with chimes | author | |
OKeh | W402070 | 10-in. | 8/6/1928 | Sweet and low | Foundation Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with instrumental trio | author | |
Brunswick | 5979 | 10-in. | approximately June 1921 | Sweet and low | Irene Audrey ; Emily Earle | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 8696-8698 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1922 | Ring out, wild bells | John Barclay | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 10609-10612 | 10-in. | 5/10/1923 | Sweet and low | Criterion Quartet ; Marie Tiffany | Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 10759-10762 | 10-in. | 5/29/1923 | Sweet and low | Marie Tiffany | Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | E27596 | 10-in. | 5/27/1928 | Sweet and low | Edgar D. Brown [Famous Forty leader] ; Famous Forty Elks Chorus B.P.O.E. #207 | Male vocal chorus, with piano | author | |
Edison | 2658 | 10-in. | 12/24/1913 | Charge of the Light Brigade | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
Edison | 4926 | 10-in. | 8/16/1916 | Come into the garden, Maud | Hardy Williamson | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 4970 | 10-in. | 9/6/1916 | Ring out, wild bells | The Carol Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 5094 | 10-in. | 10/25/1916 | Come into the garden, Maud | Redferne Hollinshead | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 7149 | 10-in. | 2/5/1920 | Sweet and low | Elizabeth Lennox ; Betsy Lane Shepherd | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 8291 | 10-in. | 11/15/1921 | Crossing the bar | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | author | |
Gramophone | Bb11346 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Now sleeps the crimson petal | John McCormack ; Edwin Schneider | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Decca | 112543 | 9/4/1962 | The lady of Shalott | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112544 | 9/4/1962 | The lotus eaters | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112545 | 9/4/1962 | Ulysses | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112546 | 9/4/1962 | Break, break, break | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112547 | 9/4/1962 | Tithonus | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112548 | 9/4/1962 | Denone | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112549 | 9/4/1962 | Tears, idle tears | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112550 | 9/4/1962 | Guinevere | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112551 | 9/4/1962 | In memoriam | Raymond Massey | author | |||
Decca | 112552 | 9/4/1962 | Crossing the bar | Raymond Massey | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tennyson, Alfred," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102627.
Tennyson, Alfred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102627.
"Tennyson, Alfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.
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