Dorothy Donnelly

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Dorothy Donnelly

Dorothy Agnes Donnelly (January 28, 1876 - January 3, 1928) was an actress, playwright, librettist, producer, and director. After a decade-long acting career that included several notable roles on Broadway, she turned to writing plays, musicals and operettas, including more than a dozen on Broadway including several long-running successes. Her most famous libretto was The Student Prince (1924), in collaboration with composer Sigmund Romberg.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 28, 1880 (New York City), Died January 3, 1928 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1968

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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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
Victor	B-25798	10-in.	12/9/1921	Tell me, Daisy	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25932	10-in.	1/3/1922	Song of love	Harriette Keyes ; Elliott Shaw	Female-male vocal duet, with violin, cello, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-25949	10-in.	1/12/1922	Song of love	Royal Dadmun ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female-male vocal duet, with violin, cello, and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-25949	10-in.	6/8/1927	Song of love	Royal Dadmun ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-26105	10-in.	2/1/1922	Serenade	Lambert Murphy ; Orpheus Quartet	Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-26105	10-in.	9/20/1926	Serenade	Lambert Murphy	Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-27319	12-in.	12/14/1922	Gems from Blossom time	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-31529	10-in.	12/18/1924	Serenade	Victor Male Chorus	Male vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-31531	10-in.	12/18/1924	Drinking song	Victor Male Chorus	Male vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	CVE-32522	12-in.	4/17/1925	Gems from The student prince in Heidelberg	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-34650	10-in.	2/25/1926	Swinging on the gate	The Revelers	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	CVE-37834	12-in.	2/21/1927	Gems from My Maryland	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-38090	10-in.	6/27/1927	Silver moon	Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-38105	10-in.	2/23/1927	Your land and my land	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus	lyricist
Victor	BVE-38962	10-in.	6/21/1927	Mother	Edna Indermauer	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-39877	10-in.	10/5/1927	Silver moon	Franklyn Baur ; Evelyn Herbert	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-39878	10-in.	10/5/1927	Mother	Evelyn Herbert	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	PBVE-54858	10-in.	7/7/1930	Serenade	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	CS-89596	12-in.	4/24/1935	Gems from My Maryland	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company	Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	CS-89598	12-in.	4/24/1935	Gems from Blossom time	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company	Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	CS-89599	12-in.	4/24/1935	Gems from Blossom time	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company	Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	CS-89784	12-in.	5/11/1935	Gems from The student prince	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company	Male vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	CS-89785	12-in.	5/11/1935	Gems from The student prince	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company	Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BS-051554	10-in.	6/24/1940	Deep in my heart, dear	Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music	Jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-067770	10-in.	9/10/1941	Drinking song	Emile Coté ; Victor Male Chorus	Male vocal chorus	lyricist
Victor	BS-068157	10-in.	11/6/1941	Serenade	Emile Coté ; Walter Preston ; Floyd Sherman ; Victor Mixed Chorus	Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal duet and piano	lyricist
Victor	BS-075412	10-in.	7/7/1942	Serenade	Victor First Nighter Orchestra	Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	D9VB-0144	10-in.	1/25/1949	Serenade	Three Suns	Instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Columbia	80020	10-in.	10/11/1921	Song of love	Edwin Dale	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	140232	10-in.	1/9/1925	Drinking song	Shannon Four	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W140521	10-in.	4/13/1925	Serenade	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W143457	10-in.	2/10/1927	Mother	Singing Sophomores	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	W143497	10-in.	2/18/1927	Your land and my land	Columbia Male Chorus	Male vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W143992	10-in.	4/20/1927	Your land my land	Columbians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	lyricist
Columbia	144158	10-in.	5/17/1927	Silver moon	Arthur Hall ; Royal Troubadours	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Columbia	W170002	10-in.	between 1925 and 1928	Song of love	Hollis Davenny ; Gertrude Lang	Vocal duet	lyricist
Brunswick	15759-15760	10-in.	5/19/1925	Drinking song	Campus Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E15797-E15799	10-in.	5/22/1925	Drinking song	Brunswick Male Chorus	Male vocal quartet, with string quartet, tuba, and piano	lyricist
Brunswick	E15954-E15955	10-in.	6/9/1925	Serenade	Brunswick Male Chorus	Male vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E16075-E16078	10-in.	June 1925	Serenade	Brunswick Male Chorus	Male vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E22434-E22435	10-in.	4/15/1927	Your land and my land	Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet	lyricist
Brunswick	E22436-E22437	10-in.	4/15/1927	Silver moon	Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
Brunswick	XC4026	12-in.	8/10/1929	Nunn-Bush Shoe Co. program [program and part unknown]	Nunn-Bush Singers	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	XC4028	12-in.	8/10/1929	Nunn-Bush Shoe Co. program [program and part unknown]	Nunn-Bush Singers	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	TC2314	10-in.	9/12/1928	Silver moon	Hazel Harmon	Female vocal solo	lyricist
Edison	8252	10-in.	10/14/1921	Song of love	Vernon Archibald ; Betsy Lane Shepherd	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	10587	10-in.	9/23/1925	Students march song and drinking song	New York Light Opera Co.	Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	10588	10-in.	9/23/1925	Serenade	New York Light Opera Co.	Tenor vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	10807	10-in.	1/29/1926	Golden days	Charles Hart	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	18700	10-in.	9/4/1928	Serenade	J. Donald Parker	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	N-406	12-in.	9/4/1928	Serenade	J. Donald Parker	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor (Canada)	[ViC cat 56-5219-B]	10-in.	before 2/5/1952	Serenade	André Cantin ; Allan McIver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Decca	76228		4/27/1950	Part 1-Overture: Deep in my heart, dear ; Serenade ; Students' marching song	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	76229		4/27/1950	Part 2: Golden days	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	76230		4/27/1950	Part 3: Drinking song	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	76231		4/28/1950	Part 4: Students' marching song	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	76232		4/28/1950	Part 5: Deep in my heart, dear	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	76233		4/29/1950	Part 6: Serenade	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	76234		4/29/1950	Part 7: Just we two	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	76235		4/29/1950	Part 8- Finale: Golden days ; Gaudeamus ; Serenade ; Deep in my heart, dear	Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson		lyricist
Decca	120390		6/3/1968	She moved through the fair	Dorothy Donnelly		lyricist
Columbia (U.K.)	CA15108	10-in.	between April and August 1935	Serenade	Charles Kullman ; George Walter	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Donnelly, Dorothy," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105060.

Donnelly, Dorothy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105060.

"Donnelly, Dorothy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

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