Edward German
Sir Edward German (17 February 1862 – 11 November 1936) was an English musician and composer of Welsh descent, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music for the stage and as a successor to Arthur Sullivan in the field of English comic opera. Some of his light operas, especially Merrie England, are still performed. As a youth, German played the violin and led the town orchestra of Whitchurch, Shropshire. He also began to compose music. While performing and teaching violin at the Royal Academy of Music, German began to build a career as a composer in the mid-1880s, writing serious music as well as light opera. In 1888, he became music director of the Globe Theatre in London. He provided popular incidental music for many productions at the Globe and other London theatres, including Richard III (1889), Henry VIII (1892) and Nell Gwynn (1900). He also wrote symphonies, orchestral suites, symphonic poems and other works. He also wrote a considerable body of songs, piano music, and symphonic suites and other concert music, of which his Welsh Rhapsody (1904) is perhaps best known. German was engaged to finish The Emerald Isle after the death of Arthur Sullivan in 1900, the success of which led to more comic operas, including Merrie England (1902) and Tom Jones (1907). He also wrote the Just So Song Book in 1903 to Rudyard Kipling's texts and continued to write orchestral music. German wrote little new music of his own after 1912, but he continued to conduct until 1928, the year in which he was knighted. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 17, 1862 (Whitchurch), Died November 11, 1936 (London)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1188 | 7-in. | 1/4/1902 | Bouree : Scotch dance | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1188 | 10-in. | 1/4/1902 | Bouree-Scotch dance | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1189 | 7-in. | 1/4/1902 | Gigue : Jig | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1189 | 10-in. | 1/4/1902 | Gigue, scotch jig | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix D-]2026 | 14-in. | 1903 | Three dances | Victor Grand Concert Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]2045[a] | 12-in. | 1903 | Dances | Victor Symphony Orchestra | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]2046[a] | 12-in. | 1903 | Dances | Victor Symphony Orchestra | Band | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3337 | 10-in. | 5/7/1901 | Shepherd's dance | Charles D'Almaine | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]31030 | 12-in. | either 1901 or 1902 | Dances | Victor Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]31031 | 12-in. | either 1901 or 1902 | Dances | Victor Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | A-344 | 7-in. | 8/25/1903 | Graceful dance | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-344 | 10-in. | 8/25/1903 | Graceful dance | Sousa's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | A-1142 | 7-in. | 3/19/1904 | Shepherd's dance | Charles D'Almaine | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-1142 | 10-in. | 3/19/1904 | Shepherd's dance | Charles D'Almaine | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-1517 | 10-in. | 6/24/1904 | Morris dance | Charles D'Almaine | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-8276 | 10-in. | 10/4/1909 | Roses in June | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9458 | 10-in. | 9/16/1910 | Rolling down to Rio | Albert G. Janpolski | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9520 | 10-in. | 10/5/1910 | Rolling down to Rio | Herbert Witherspoon | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9908 | 10-in. | 2/6/1911 | Shepherd's dance | Charles D'Almaine | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10494 | 10-in. | 5/24/1911 | Who'll buy my lavender? | Ethel S. Elliot | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-10595 | 12-in. | 6/26/1911 | Dream o' day Jill | Helen Protheroe | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | C-15131 | 12-in. | 8/7/1914 | Dances from Henry VIII | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-16627 | 10-in. | 10/8/1915 | The drummer-boy | Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal solo, with drum and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-17128 | 12-in. | 2/8/1916 | Country dance from Nell Gwyn | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18065 | 10-in. | 7/6/1916 | Pastoral dance | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18066 | 10-in. | 7/6/1916 | Merrymakers' dance | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18937 | 10-in. | 12/27/1916 | Roses in June | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21080 | 10-in. | 11/13/1917 | Have you news of my boy Jack? | Elizabeth Spencer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27588 | 10-in. | 3/2/1923 | Rolling down to Rio | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-31138 | 12-in. | 11/3/1924 | Country dance no. 1 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-31138 | 12-in. | 12/4/1925 | Country dance no. 1 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-31139 | 12-in. | 11/3/1924 | Pastorale dance no. 2 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-31139 | 12-in. | 12/5/1925 | Pastoral dance no. 2 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-39606 | 10-in. | 6/28/1927 | Rolling down to Rio | H. C. Miller | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49475 | 10-in. | 7/25/1929 | Henry VIII : Shepherd's dance | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-53689 | 10-in. | 5/28/1929 | My hour | William H. Flood | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1599 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | A princess of Kensington : Selection | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 1599 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | A princess of Kensington : Selection | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 4365 | 10-in. | Jan.-May 1910 | Rolling down to Rio | George Clarence Jell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19833 | 10-in. | 3/22/1912 | Nell Gwinn suite : Country dance | Prince's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39788 | 10-in. | 1/21/1915 | The drummer boy | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39801 | 10-in. | 1/28/1915 | The drummer boy | Albert Wiederhold | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 49039 | 12-in. | 12/22/1916 | Roses in June | Carolina White | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W141380 | 10-in. | 12/10/1925 | Pastoral dance | Jacques Jacobs Ensemble | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W141381 | 10-in. | 12/10/1925 | Merrymakers' dance | Jacques Jacobs Ensemble | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W148689 | 10-in. | 6/12/1929 | Rolling down to Rio | Arthur Bergh ; Fraser Gange | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 6009 | 12-in. | approximately 1908 | Which is my own true self | Ruth Vincent | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 6057 | 12-in. | approximately 1909 or 1910 | Four jolly sailormen | Robert Howe | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 6315 | 12-in. | approximately 1913 | King Neptune | Walter Passmore | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 6575 | 12-in. | approximately 1915 | The yeoman of England | Kennerley Rumford | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 28743 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Morris dance | Regt. Band of H. M. Scots Guards | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 28744 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Shepherd's dance | Regt. Band of H. M. Scots Guards | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 74292 | 12-in. | 4/26/1921 | Nell Gwyn dances, no. 1 | Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 74293 | 12-in. | 4/26/1921 | Nell Gwyn dances, no. 2 | Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 74294 | 12-in. | 4/26/1921 | Nell Gwyn dances, no. 3 | Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75006 | 12-in. | 12/6/1921 | Henry VIII : Morris dance | Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75007 | 12-in. | 12/6/1921 | Henry VIII : Shepherd's dance | Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75008 | 12-in. | 12/6/1921 | Henry VIII : Torch dance | Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75088 | 12-in. | 9/5/1922 | Come to Arcadie | Hubert Eisdell ; Dora Labbette | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75414 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Have you news of my boy Jack? | Thomas Beecham ; Clara Butt | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 75441 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Have you news of my boy Jack? | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76344 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Yeomen of England | Norman Allin | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76396 | 12-in. | approximately 7/15/1919 | Tom Jones : Waltz song | Elsa Stralia | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76886 | 12-in. | 2/27/1923 | Merrie England, vocal gems, part 1 | Columbia Light Opera Company [U.K.] | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76887 | 12-in. | 2/27/1923 | Merrie England, vocal gems, part 2 | Columbia Light Opera Company [U.K.] | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 76915 | 12-in. | 5/10/1923 | Three dances | Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | [OK cat 4873-B] | 10-in. | 1925 | Country dance no. 1 | Elinor Remick Warren | Piano solo | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5242-a] | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | Brave little drummer boy | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 7164 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1922 | Rolling down to Rio | Richard Bonelli | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 6811-6812 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1921 | Roses in June | Theo Karle | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E28135 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Rolling down to Rio | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 185-a] | 10-in. | approximately Feb. 1928 | Waltz song | Thelma Tuson | Female vocal solo, with violin and piano | composer | |
Edison | 539 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1911 | Waltz song | Constance Drever | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 1364 | 10-in. | Dec. 1912 | Waltz song | Constance Drever | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3908 | 10-in. | 6/25/1915 | The drummer boy | Reed Miller | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5927 | 10-in. | 12/14/1917 | Morris dance | American Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5928 | 10-in. | 12/14/1917 | Shepherds' dance | American Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 6480 | 10-in. | between 11/12/1918 and 11/27/1918 | Love the peddler | Leola Lucey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7900 | 10-in. | 4/8/1921 | Roses in June | Vera Barstow ; Amy Ellerman ; Robert Gayler | Contralto vocal solo, with violin and piano | composer | |
Edison | 9540 | 10-in. | 5/29/1924 | Rolling down to Rio | Arthur Middleton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WA3008 | 10-in. | either March or April 1926 | Dream o' day Jill | Dora Labbette | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "German, Edward," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102993.
German, Edward. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102993.
"German, Edward." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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LCNAR: German, Edward, 1862-1936 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80166825
Wikidata: Edward German - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2355124
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/79166704
MusicBrainz: Edward German - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6b017d9-7a17-42f1-a036-8829c449b6e5
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