Edward Fitzball
Edward Fitzball (20 March 1793 – 27 October 1873) was a popular English playwright, who specialised in melodrama. His real surname was Ball, and he was born at Burwell, Cambridgeshire. Fitzball was educated in Newmarket, was apprenticed to a Norwich printer in 1809. He produced some dramatic pieces at the local theatre, and eventually the marked success of his Innkeeper of Abbeville, or The Ostler and the Robber (1820), together with the friendly acceptance of one of his pieces at the Surrey Theatre by Thomas John Dibdin, induced him to settle in London. During the next twenty-five years, he produced a great number of plays, most of which were successful. He had a special talent for nautical drama. His Floating Beacon (Surrey Theatre, 19 April 1824) ran for 140 nights, and his Pilot (Adelphi, 1825) for 200 nights. He also produced a seminal play on The Flying Dutchman and wrote the libretto for Edward Loder's Raymond and Agnes. His greatest triumph in melodrama was perhaps Jonathan Bradford, or Murder at the Roadside Inn (Surrey Theatre, 12 June 1833). He was at one time stock dramatist and reader of plays at Covent Garden, and afterwards at Drury Lane. He had a considerable reputation as a songwriter and as a librettist in opera. He wrote the librettos for William Vincent Wallace's operas Maritana and Lurline. The last years of his life were spent in retirement at Chatham, where he died at the age of 80. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1792 (Cambridgeshire), Died October 27, 1873 (Chatham)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings (Results 26-44 of 44 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W147150 | 10-in. | 11/2/1928 | My pretty Jane (The bloom is on the rye) | Anna Case | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 26320 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 | In happy moments | George Platt | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Edison | 158 | Not documented | 8/5/1910 | Sweet spirit, hear my prayer | Marie Narelle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 997 | 10-in. | 4/15/1912 | In happy moments | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 1052 | 10-in. | 6/3/1912 | The bloom is on the rye | Frederick J. Wheeler ; John Young | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 1069 | 10-in. | 6/11/1912 | Scenes that are brightest | Agnes Kimball | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 1097 | 10-in. | 6/21/1912 | Sweet spirit, hear my prayer | Marie Narelle | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2253 | 10-in. | 4/28/1913 | Sweet spirit, hear my prayer | Mrs. Shaw | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2368 | 10-in. | 7/14/1913 | Hear me, gentle Maritana | Vernon Archibald | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2432 | 10-in. | 8/28/1913 | In happy moments | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2464 | 10-in. | 9/23/1913 | Of fairy wand had I the power | Vernon Archibald ; Marie De Kyser | Vocal duet (baritone and soprano), with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2471 | 10-in. | 9/26/1913 | In turn, what do you say? | Vernon Archibald ; Marie De Kyser | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2930 | 10-in. | between 4/1/1914 and 4/6/1914 | Scenes that are brightest | Clementine de Vere | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2952 | 10-in. | between 4/9/1914 and 4/15/1914 | As in the cup the bead flies up | Albert G. Janpolski | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2953 | 10-in. | 4/15/1914 | This heart by woe o'ertaken | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2962 | 10-in. | Mar. 1914 | 'Tis the harp in the air | Elizabeth Spencer | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 3781 | 10-in. | 5/12/1915 | The bloom is on the rye | Frederick J. Wheeler ; John Young | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 3802 | 10-in. | 5/20/1915 | Sweet spirit, hear my prayer | Elizabeth Spencer | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 7206 | 10-in. | 3/10/1920 | Scenes that are brightest | Leeta Corder | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fitzball, Edward," accessed May 4, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104086.
Fitzball, Edward. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 4, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104086.
"Fitzball, Edward." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Fitzball, Edward, 1792-1873 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83002075
Wikidata: Edward Fitzball - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1292199
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MusicBrainz: Edward Fitzball - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/12cc42dd-35ed-4712-a946-972d57ab300e
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