William Henry Monk

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William Henry Monk

William Henry Monk (16 March 1823 – 1 March 1889) was an English organist, church musician and music editor who composed popular hymn tunes, including "Eventide", used for the hymn "Abide with Me", and "All Things Bright and Beautiful". He also wrote music for church services and anthems.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 16, 1823 (Greater London), Died March 1, 1899 (Greater London)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger

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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
Berliner	1759	7-in.	7/30/1897	Abide with me	Steve Porter	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	4274	7-in.	June 1897-Oct. 1898	Abide with me	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer
Berliner	01031	7-in.	2/25/1900	Abide with me	J. J. Fisher	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-914	10-in.	1/14/1904	Abide with me	Richard Jose	Counter-tenor vocal solo, with organ	composer
Victor	B-3144	10-in.	2/23/1906	Abide with me	Richard Jose	Counter-tenor vocal solo, with string quartet	composer
Victor	B-3750	10-in.	8/24/1906	Abide with me	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	composer
Victor	B-8910	10-in.	5/3/1910	Abide with me	Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9628	10-in.	11/8/1910	Abide with me	Geraldine Farrar	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12846	10-in.	1/25/1913	Abide with me	Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer	Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15465	10-in.	12/7/1914	Abide with me	Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-15465	10-in.	6/9/1925	Abide with me	Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-15777	12-in.	3/11/1915	Abide with me	Ferdinand Himmelreich	Piano solo	composer
Victor	B-16486	10-in.	9/15/1915	Abide with me	Imperial Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Victor	B-18974	10-in.	1/10/1917	Medley of standard hymns, part 1	Francis J. Lapitino	Harp solo	composer
Victor	B-21582	10-in.	3/18/1918	Bliv hos mig, Mester	Eleonora Olson ; Ethel Olson	Female vocal duet, with organ	composer
Victor	B-21630	10-in.	3/21/1918	Bil-bol	Eric Berg ; Ragnar Sundquist	Accordion duet	composer
Victor	B-21731	10-in.	4/3/1918	Bida hos mig	Brooklyn Svenska Mans Kvartetten	Male vocal quartet, with organ	composer
Victor	B-22188	10-in.	7/30/1918	Sun of my soul	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	B-28463	10-in.	9/11/1923	Abide with me	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with harp, celeste, and orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-28463	10-in.	12/22/1925	Abide with me	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with harp, celeste, and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-30191	10-in.	6/16/1924	Abide with me	Theodore B. Tu	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Victor	B-30418	10-in.	6/17/1924	Abide with me	Mark Andrews	Pipe organ solo	composer
Victor	BVE-30418	10-in.	12/30/1925	Abide with me	Mark Andrews	Pipe organ solo	composer
Victor	BVE-33788	10-in.	11/13/1925	Adeste fideles	Josef Pasternack	Chimes	composer
Victor	BVE-35895	10-in.	10/4/1926	Abide with me	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-40024	10-in.	9/22/1927	Abide with me	Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline	Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BSHQ-71740	10-in.	5/6/1932	Abide with me	St. Bartholomew’s Choir ; David McK. Williams	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	composer
Victor	LBS-75606	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	3/16/1933	The lost chord	Charles O’Connell	Pipe organ solo	composer
Victor	LBS-81312	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	1/25/1934	Abide with me	Green Brothers	Vibraphone ("Deagan vibra-harp") and chimes duet	composer
Victor	BVE-82886	10-in.	8/2/1934	Abide with me	Buice Brothers	Male vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-89262	12-in.	4/4/1935	Abide with me	S. Archer Gibson	Organ solo	composer
Victor	PBS-09779	10-in.	11/4/1937	Abide with me	Esther McNiff Curtis	Symphonet solo	composer
Victor	BS-024876	10-in.	9/8/1938	Abide with me	Joe Green	Chimes solo	composer
Victor	BS-046714	10-in.	1/24/1940	Abide with me	Emile Coté ; Victor Chapel Choir	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	composer
Victor	BS-067837	10-in.	9/13/1941	Abide with me	Charles M. Courboin ; Helen Traubel	Soprano vocal solo, with organ	composer
Columbia	1603	10-in.	ca. 1903	Abide with me	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1603	7-in.	ca. 1903	Abide with me	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3516	10-in.	between January and November 1906	Abide with me	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77258	10-in.	8/15/1917	Abide with me	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77811	10-in.	5/4/1918	Abide with me	Warren Proctor	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78330	10-in.	3/4/1919	Abide with me	Paulist Choristers of Chicago	Male vocal chorus, with piano	composer
Columbia	78557	10-in.	7/8/1919	Abide with me	Barbara Maurel ; Rosa Ponselle	Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30943	12-in.	ca. 1912	Abide with me	Mary Adele Case	Female vocal solo	composer
Columbia	37460	12-in.	11/3/1915	Abide with me	Gatty Sellars	Organ solo	composer
Columbia	48501	12-in.	12/1/1915	Abide with me	Louis Graveure	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	140838	10-in.	8/11/1925	Abide with me	The Cathedral Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with violin and organ	composer
OKeh	858	10-in.	ca. July 1919	Abide with me	Reed Miller ; Frederick J. Wheeler	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	S-7972	10-in.	June 1921	Abide with me	Helen Clark ; Joseph Philips	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	W400311	10-in.	2/23/1928	Abide with me	Friendship Quartette	Mixed vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Brunswick	4018	10-in.	approximately Aug. 1920	Abide with me	Elizabeth Lennox ; Marie Tiffany	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	13963-13965	10-in.	10/15/1924	Abide with me	John Charles Thomas	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	15191-15193	10-in.	3/16/1925	Abide with me	Ida Heydt ; Elizabeth Lennox	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E7392	10-in.	6/19/1928	Ramona	José Moriche	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E21231-E21232	10-in.	1/18/1927	Abide with me	John Charles Thomas	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	C2388	10-in.	10/3/1928	Abide with me	Smoky Mountain Sacred Singers	Male vocal quartet, with guitar	composer
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 20073-a]	12-in.	approximately Sept. 1928	Abide with me	Master Frederick Firth	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Edison	3385	10-in.	Oct. 1914	Abide with me	Mixed vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records)	Mixed vocal quartet	composer
Edison	3866	10-in.	6/10/1915	Abide with me	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4084	10-in.	9/1/1915	Abide with me	Thomas Chalmers ; Elizabeth Spencer	Vocal duet (soprano and Male), with orchestra	composer
Edison	9931	10-in.	1/27/1925	Abide with me	Frederick Kinsley	Organ solo	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Monk, William Henry," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104126.

Monk, William Henry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104126.

"Monk, William Henry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

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