
Frederic Clay
Frederic Emes Clay (3 August 1838 – 24 November 1889) was an English composer known principally for his music written for the stage. Clay, a great friend of Arthur Sullivan's, wrote four comic operas with W. S. Gilbert and introduced the two men. While working as a civil servant in the Treasury department, Clay began composing seriously in the early 1860s. His first big success was Ages Ago (1869), a short comic opera with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert, for the small Gallery of Illustration. Other pieces with Gilbert and others followed, and Clay turned to composing full-time after his father died in 1873. That year, he composed a successful opera-bouffe version of The Black Crook for the Alhambra Theatre. Clay's last piece with Gilbert was Princess Toto (1875). He also composed two cantatas. His last two works were both successful operas composed in 1883, The Merry Duchess and The Golden Ring. He then suffered a stroke that paralysed him at age 44. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born August 3, 1838 (Paris), Died November 24, 1889 (Buckinghamshire)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1898 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 42 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 3670 | 7-in. | 10/7/1898 | I’ll sing thee songs of Araby | Dorothy Yale | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1248 | 7-in. | 2/11/1902 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1248 | 10-in. | 2/11/1902 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | A-514 | 7-in. | 10/7/1903 | Gypsy John | Adolf Dahm-Petersen | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-514 | 10-in. | 10/7/1903 | Gypsy John | Adolf Dahm-Petersen | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-3454 | 12-in. | 6/12/1906 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-3860 | 10-in. | 10/8/1906 | She wandered down the mountain side | Corinne Morgan | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-4726 | 12-in. | 7/30/1907 | Gipsy John | Victor Orchestra ; Herbert Witherspoon | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12760 | 10-in. | 1/2/1913 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-18500 | 12-in. | 9/26/1916 | She wandered down the mountainside | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23873 | 10-in. | 3/29/1920 | Gypsy John | Dom J. Zan | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-29430 | 10-in. | 2/1/1924 | Gipsy John | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-29430 | 10-in. | 10/6/1927 | Gipsy John | Royal Dadmun | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36113 | 10-in. | 8/10/1926 | I'll sing the songs of Araby | The De Reszke Singers | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CVE-45180 | 12-in. | 5/25/1928 | The sands o' Dee | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1919-05-29-02] | Not documented | 5/29/1919 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Walter Pontius | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 61 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 61 | 10-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 3951 | 10-in. | ca. 1908-Apr. 1909 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Alan Turner | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19905 | 10-in. | 5/24/1912 | She wandered down the mountain side | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 80139 | 10-in. | 1/17/1922 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Tandy MacKenzie | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 30051 | 12-in. | between 1906 and February 1907 | I'll sing thee songs of Araby | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 30293 | 12-in. | ca. Jan.-Nov. 1909 | Gipsy John | Kirk Towns | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 30311 | 12-in. | 10/9/1909 | Gipsy John | Kirk Towns | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 48570 | 12-in. | 1/27/1916 | Gipsy John | Henri Scott | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Clay, Frederic," accessed January 30, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103980.
Clay, Frederic. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103980.
"Clay, Frederic." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 30 January 2023.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Clay, Frederic, 1838-1889 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82205494
Wikidata: Frederic Clay - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5497008
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/61731305
MusicBrainz: Frederic Clay - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b73951a7-0a75-4dc3-8e7b-df86a1d8775d
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