Edna White
Flora Edna White (October 23, 1892 – June 25, 1992), known professionally as Edna White and privately for much of her life as Edna White Chandler, was an American classical and vaudeville trumpet player, bandleader, and composer. A child prodigy, she led one of the first successful all-female bands, and was the first trumpet player to give a recital at Carnegie Hall. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born October 23rd, 1892 (Stamford), Died June 25th, 1992
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1927
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, leader, arranger, cornet
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 32 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-18850 | 10-in. | 12/14/1916 | Té tév ounéi | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
Victor | B-18851 | 10-in. | 12/14/1916 | Haratch entanank | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
Columbia | 77688 | 10-in. | 2/26/1918 | Just a baby's prayer at twilight (for her daddy over there) | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77689 | 10-in. | 2/26/1918 | Fancy you fancying me | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77765 | 10-in. | 4/11/1918 | The old refrain | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77766 | 10-in. | 4/11/1918 | Lullaby | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77774 | 10-in. | 4/17/1918 | The lost chord | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 77789 | 10-in. | 4/26/1918 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78020 | 10-in. | 8/23/1918 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78458 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | O holy night | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78468 | 10-in. | 6/3/1919 | O holy night | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 78842 | 10-in. | 12/4/1919 | When you and I were young, Maggie | Gloria Trumpeters [i.e., Edna White Trumpet Quartette] | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78843 | 10-in. | 12/5/1919 | The sweetest story ever told | Gloria Trumpeters [i.e., Edna White Trumpet Quartette] | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 79058 | 10-in. | 3/19/1920 | How sweet the moonlight | Gloria Trumpeters | Trumpet quartet, unaccompanied | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 79130 | 10-in. | 4/19/1920 | Coronation march | Gloria Trumpeters | Trumpet quartet | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 79195 | 10-in. | 5/20/1920 | Come where the lilies bloom | Gloria Trumpeters | Trumpet quartet | leader, instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87517 | 10-in. | either 1921 or 1922 | International medley march | Howard Kopp ; Edna White | Band, with trumpet, xylophone, and bells | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87518 | 10-in. | either 1921 or 1922 | International medley march | Howard Kopp ; Edna White | Band, with trumpet, xylophone, and bells | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Edison | 7682 | 10-in. | 12/15/1920 | The debutante | Edna White | Cornet solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, cornet | |
Edison | 7683 | 10-in. | 12/15/1920 | Recollections of 1861-65 | Edna White | Cornet solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Edison | 7892 | 10-in. | 4/6/1921 | The blue bells of Scotland | Edna White | Trumpet solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Edison | 7911 | 10-in. | 4/13/1921 | Agnus Dei | Edna White | Trumpet solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Edison | 7990 | 10-in. | 5/16/1921 | I know of two bright eyes | Torcom Bézazian ; Robert Gayler ; Edna White | Tenor vocal solo, with trumpet and piano | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Edison | 7991 | 10-in. | 5/16/1921 | Duna | Torcom Bézazian ; Robert Gayler ; Edna White | Tenor vocal solo, with trumpet and piano | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Edison | 10098 | 12-in. | 2/18/1926 | March sample record no. 4 | Ernest Davis ; The Frolickers ; Metropolitan Entertainers ; Homer A. Rodeheaver ; Edna White | Dubbed recordings | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "White, Edna," accessed April 12, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107484.
White, Edna. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 12, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107484.
"White, Edna." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 12 April 2021.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Edna White
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: White, Edna, 1892-1992 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96107096
Wikidata: Edna White - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q13561696
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