Louis Graveure
Louis Graveure (18 March 1888 – 27 April 1965) was an English actor and baritone singer known as "The Mystery Man". |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 18, 1888 (London), Died April 27, 1965 (San Francisco)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: baritone vocal
Notes: Officially changed name from Wilfred Douthitt to Louis Graveure. Sings sometimes in tenor range.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | [Trial 1915-11-04-01] | Not documented | 11/4/1915 | Love, could I only tell thee | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Victor | [Trial 1915-11-04-02] | Not documented | 11/4/1915 | Tommy lad | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 46238 | 10-in. | 12/4/1915 | I'm wearin' awa' to the land of the leal | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 46669 | 10-in. | 3/30/1916 | Tommy lad! | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 46670 | 10-in. | 3/30/1916 | Flow thou regal purple stream | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78295 | 10-in. | 2/13/1919 | The Americans come! | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78296 | 10-in. | 2/13/1919 | When the boys come home | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78297 | 10-in. | 2/13/1919 | Absent | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78332 | 10-in. | 3/4/1919 | When you come home | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78333 | 10-in. | 3/4/1919 | I know a lovely garden | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78336 | 10-in. | 3/5/1919 | Rose in the bud | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78337 | 10-in. | 3/5/1919 | Love's garden of roses | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78338 | 10-in. | 3/5/1919 | Within the garden of my heart | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 78910 | 10-in. | 1/5/1920 | The want of you | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 79578 | 10-in. | 12/19/1920 | Tommy lad! | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 79994 | 10-in. | 9/26/1921 | Shipmates o' mine | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 79995 | 10-in. | 9/26/1921 | Five and twenty sailormen | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 79996 | 10-in. | 9/26/1921 | Sylvia | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 79997 | 10-in. | 9/26/1921 | Vale | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 80165 | 10-in. | 1/26/1922 | Kashmiri song | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 80166 | 10-in. | 1/26/1922 | Mother o' mine | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 80569 | 10-in. | 9/28/1922 | Less than the dust | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 80570 | 10-in. | 9/28/1922 | The temple bells | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 80585 | 10-in. | 10/4/1922 | Boat song | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with harp | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 80930 | 10-in. | 3/30/1923 | My treasure | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 81738 | 10-in. | 4/26/1924 | I dream of a garden of sunshine | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 81739 | 10-in. | 4/26/1924 | Where my dear lady sleeps | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 81749 | 10-in. | 5/1/1924 | Two eyes of grey | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 81750 | 10-in. | 5/1/1924 | There is a garden | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 81766 | 10-in. | 5/8/1924 | There is a garden | Ernő Balogh ; Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 81767 | 10-in. | 5/8/1924 | Where my dear lady sleeps | Ernő Balogh ; Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 81768 | 10-in. | 5/8/1924 | Two eyes of grey | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 140203 | 10-in. | 12/23/1924 | Violets | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 140204 | 10-in. | 12/23/1924 | Sing me to sleep | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 37490 | 12-in. | 11/30/1915 | My dreams | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 37492 | 12-in. | 11/30/1915 | A farewell | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48500 | 12-in. | 12/1/1915 | Mary | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48501 | 12-in. | 12/1/1915 | Abide with me | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48559 | 12-in. | 2/4/1916 | She is far from the land | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48562 | 12-in. | ca. 1916 | Vision fugitive | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48563 | 12-in. | 1/21/1916 | Prologo | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48581 | 12-in. | 2/4/1916 | An old garden | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48668 | 12-in. | 3/30/1916 | O lovely night! | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with cello and piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 48671 | 12-in. | 3/31/1916 | Jesus, lover of my soul | Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49047 | 12-in. | 12/29/1916 | Since you went away | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49048 | 12-in. | 12/29/1916 | Kentucky babe | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49120 | 12-in. | 2/13/1917 | Star Spangled Banner | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49122 | 12-in. | 2/13/1917 | Old black Joe | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49123 | 12-in. | 2/13/1917 | Carry me back to old Virginny | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49124 | 12-in. | 2/13/1917 | America | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49586 | 12-in. | ca. 1919 | Forgotten | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49587 | 12-in. | 2/4/1919 | The trumpeter | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49588 | 12-in. | 2/4/1919 | The Marseillaise | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49730 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | Mother-heart | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49915 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | The palms | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49916 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | The Holy City | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49917 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | The heart bow'd down | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 49918 | 12-in. | ca. 1920 | Oh dry those tears! | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98013 | 12-in. | 1/26/1922 | On the road to Mandalay | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98039 | 12-in. | 9/30/1922 | Danny Deever | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98041 | 12-in. | 10/4/1922 | Come into the garden, Maud | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98042 | 12-in. | 10/4/1922 | In old Madrid | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98104 | 12-in. | 12/14/1923 | It is enough | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98105 | 12-in. | 12/17/1923 | Lord God of Abraham | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98106 | 12-in. | 12/17/1923 | The garden of sleep | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98140 | 12-in. | 4/2/1924 | The wanderer | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98141 | 12-in. | 4/2/1924 | Who is Sylvia? | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98151 | 12-in. | 5/22/1924 | The promise of life | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 98152 | 12-in. | 5/22/1924 | The better land | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W141985 | 10-in. | 4/20/1926 | Where my caravan has rested | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W141986 | 10-in. | 4/20/1926 | Until | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W142106 | 10-in. | 4/26/1926 | Forgotten | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W142107 | 10-in. | 4/26/1926 | Rose in the bud | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W146323 | 10-in. | 5/22/1928 | E lucevan le stelle | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W146333 | 10-in. | 5/23/1928 | La donna è mobile | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W146342 | 10-in. | 5/25/1928 | The pretty creature | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W146343 | 10-in. | 5/25/1928 | Passing by | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W148996 | 10-in. | 9/12/1929 | Do not go, my love | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W148997 | 10-in. | 9/12/1929 | The crying of the water | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W148998 | 10-in. | 9/12/1929 | Prelude | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W148999 | 10-in. | 9/12/1929 | Songs my mother taught me | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149015 | 10-in. | 9/18/1929 | Hands and lips | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149016 | 10-in. | 9/18/1929 | Two eyes of grey | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149017 | 10-in. | 9/18/1929 | My treasure | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149018 | 10-in. | 9/18/1929 | If thou wert blind | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149019 | 10-in. | 9/19/1929 | Corals | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149020 | 10-in. | 9/19/1929 | Dawn | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149021 | 10-in. | 9/19/1929 | Three fishers went sailing | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W149022 | 10-in. | 9/19/1929 | Pleading | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W150188 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Now sleeps the crimson petal | Louis Graveure ; S. Schlüssel | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W150189 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Mother, my dear | Louis Graveure ; S. Schlüssel | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W150190 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Deep river | Louis Graveure ; S. Schlüssel | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W151109 | 10-in. | 12/12/1930 | From the land of the sky blue water | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W151110 | 10-in. | 12/12/1930 | Violets | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98258 | 12-in. | 4/19/1926 | The bandolero | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98259 | 12-in. | 4/19/1926 | The yeoman's wedding song | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98544 | 12-in. | 5/22/1928 | Che gelida manina | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98545 | 12-in. | 5/22/1928 | Air de la fleur | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98546 | 12-in. | 5/23/1928 | Ah! Moon of my delight | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98547 | 12-in. | 5/23/1928 | She is far from the land | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98667 | 12-in. | 9/20/1929 | Die Mainacht | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98668 | 12-in. | 9/20/1929 | An eine Aeolsharfe | Walter Golde ; Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98669 | 12-in. | 9/20/1929 | Das botshaft | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98670 | 12-in. | 9/20/1929 | Morgen | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98685 | 12-in. | 4/8/1930 | Little lady of my heart | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98686 | 12-in. | 4/8/1930 | Onaway, awake, beloved | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98689 | 12-in. | 4/9/1930 | Goin' home | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98723 | 12-in. | 12/12/1930 | The promise of life | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | W98724 | 12-in. | 12/12/1930 | Beloved, it is morn | Louis Graveure | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Graveure, Louis," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108808.
Graveure, Louis. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108808.
"Graveure, Louis." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Graveure, Louis, 1888-1965 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89009723
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