Thurlow Lieurance

Thurlow Weed Lieurance (March 21, 1878 – October 9, 1963) was an American composer, known primarily for his song "By the Waters of Minnetonka". He is frequently categorized with a number of his contemporaries, including Charles Wakefield Cadman, Arthur Nevin, Charles Sanford Skilton, Preston Ware Orem, and Arthur Farwell, as a member of the Indianist movement in American music.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1878, Died 1963

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, piano, flute, 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-15813	10-in.	3/18/1915	Lullaby	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-19685	10-in.	5/2/1917	By the waters of Minnetonka	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with harp and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21014	10-in.	10/30/1917	By the waters of Minnetonka	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	B-21015	10-in.	10/30/1917	Aooah	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	BVE-21015	10-in.	1/27/1930	Aooah	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	composer
Victor	B-21016	10-in.	10/30/1917	By the weeping waters	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	BVE-21016	10-in.	1/27/1930	By the weeping waters	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	composer
Victor	B-21017	10-in.	10/30/1917	A Sioux serenade	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	composer, instrumentalist, piano
Victor	B-21019	10-in.	10/30/1917	Two Indian songs	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	composer, instrumentalist, piano
Victor	B-24119	10-in.	5/17/1920	By the waters of Minnetonka	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with harp, violin, and orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-24119	10-in.	4/8/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with male quartet and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-25934	10-in.	1/5/1922	Indian spring bird	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	composer
Victor	B-29428	10-in.	2/1/1924	By the waters of Minnetonka	Renée Chemet	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-29428	10-in.	12/3/1926	By the waters of Minnetonka	Renée Chemet	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-29874	12-in.	4/10/1924	By the waters of Minnetonka	Fannie Shreve Heartsill	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-30177	10-in.	6/11/1924	By the waters of Minnetonka	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-30177	10-in.	9/8/1926	By the waters of Minnetonka	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-32692	10-in.	6/10/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Laura F. MacNichol	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-34923	10-in.	3/1/1926	The Angelus	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-35116	10-in.	4/6/1926	By the waters of Minnetonka	Isabel Allen	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-36750	10-in.	11/1/1926	By the waters of Minnetonka	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-39388	10-in.	11/8/1927	Lullaby	Elsie Baker	Contralto vocal solo, with flute and piano	composer
Victor	BVE-40460	10-in.	11/23/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	Flora McCrea Eaton	Female vocal solo, with violin and harp	composer
Victor	BVE-41356	10-in.	12/9/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	Eddie South's Alabamians	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-46167	10-in.	8/29/1928	By the waters of Minnetonka	Alice Williams	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-51111	10-in.	4/1/1929	By the waters of the Minnetonka	Martha Golden	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-51121	10-in.	4/4/1929	By the waters of Minnetonka	Motion Picture Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-51813	10-in.	4/23/1929	By the waters of Minnetonka	Clement Barone ; Thurlow Lieurance	Flute and piano duet	composer, instrumentalist, piano, flute
Victor	BVE-51814	10-in.	4/23/1929	Winnebago love song	Clement Barone ; Thurlow Lieurance	Flute duet	instrumentalist, flute
Victor	CVE-57666	12-in.	12/10/1929	By the waters of Minnetonka	Blanche Arter Myers	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-70588	10-in.	2/17/1932	By the waters of Minnetonka	Irene Harding ; Mathilda Harding	Piano and pipe organ duet	composer
Victor	BS-77333	10-in.	12/12/1933	By the waters of Minnetonka	Jim & Bob	Guitar duet (Hawaiian)	composer
Victor	BS-83300	10-in.	6/11/1934	Minnetonka no kohan	Hizi Koyke	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	PBVE-151	10-in.	9/24/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Mormon Tabernacle Choir	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	composer
Victor	PBS-09527	10-in.	6/22/1937	By the waters of Minnetonka (An Indian love song)	Nelson Eddy	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	PBS-09566	10-in.	7/2/1937	By the waters of Minnetonka (An Indian love song)	Nelson Eddy ; Theodore Paxson	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-027411	10-in.	9/27/1938	By the waters of Minnetonka (Indian love song)	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-027412	10-in.	9/27/1938	By the waters of Minnetonka (Indian love song)	Glenn Miller Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-028763	10-in.	10/28/1938	By the waters of Minnetonka	Vernon Geyer	Electric organ solo	composer
Victor	BS-071031	10-in.	9/29/1941	By the waters of Minnetonka	Curly Hicks ; Taproom Boys	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	XVE-02207	10-in.	9/27/1928	By the waters of Minnetonka	M. T. Z. Tyau	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-Test-458	10-in.	9/11/1930	Waters of Minnetonka	Princess Tsanina	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-10-23-01]	Not documented	10/23/1917	The owl's bleak cry	Hubert Small	Flute solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-10-23-02]	Not documented	10/23/1917	By the waters of Minnetonka	Princess Watahwaso	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	[Trial 1918-12-17-03]	Not documented	12/17/1918	By the waters of Minnetonka	Mrs. Tom A. Velie	Whistling solo, with piano and violin	composer
Victor	[Trial 1919-01-30-04]	Not documented	1/30/1919	By the waters of Minnetonka	Mrs. Tom A. Velie	Whistling solo, with piano and violin	composer
Victor	[Trial 1920-11-15-09]	Not documented	11/15/1920	By the waters of Minnetonka	J. Steel Jamison	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-03-26-01]	10-in.	3/26/1924	Where dawn and sunset meet	Edna Wooley-Lieurance	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-03-26-02]	10-in.	3/26/1924	Where drowsy waters steal	Edna Wooley-Lieurance	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-03-26-03]	10-in.	3/26/1924	The bird and the babe	Edna Wooley-Lieurance	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-03-26-04]	10-in.	3/26/1924	By the waters of Minnetonka	Edna Wooley-Lieurance	Female vocal solo, with piano and flute	composer, instrumentalist, piano
Victor	[Trial 1924-03-26-05]	10-in.	3/26/1924	By the waters of Minnetonka	Thurlow Lieurance	Piano solo	composer, instrumentalist, piano
Columbia	39874	10-in.	2/18/1915	By the waters of Minnetonka	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77984	10-in.	8/1/1918	By the waters of Minnetonka	Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80012	10-in.	9/29/1921	By the waters of Minnetonka	Eddy Brown	Violin solo, with flute and piano	composer
Columbia	80268	10-in.	3/29/1922	By the waters of Minnetonka	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81821	10-in.	6/11/1924	Angelus	Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81822	10-in.	6/11/1924	Bird and the babe	Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	140323	10-in.	2/5/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W140969	10-in.	9/15/1925	By the waters of Minnetoka	Art Kahn Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W141904	10-in.	4/2/1926	By the waters of Minnetonka	Corinne Rider-Kelsey	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W144602	10-in.	9/1/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	Emil Velazco	Organ solo	composer
Columbia	W144741	10-in.	10/6/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	George Lipschultz	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	145041	10-in.	10/28/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	John Hassel	Organ solo	composer
Columbia	W146489	10-in.	6/25/1928	By the waters of Minnetonka	Johnnie Sylvester	Accordion solo	composer
Columbia	91305	10-in.	between 1918 and 1924	By the waters of Minnetonka	Edith Benjamin ; Sam Lamberson ; Carol Weston	Female vocal solo, with violin and piano	composer
OKeh	W81262	10-in.	8/23/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	Major Bowes' Capitol Theatre Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	10278-10280	10-in.	4/5/1923	By the waters of Minnetonka	Elizabeth Lennox	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	11096-11099	10-in.	7/28/1923	Waters of Minnetonka	Lyman’s California Ambassador Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	11153-11154	10-in.	8/6/1923	By the waters of Minnetonka	Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	12640-12642	10-in.	3/6/1924	Waters of Minnetonka	Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	14126-14128	10-in.	11/4/1924	By the waters of Minnetonka	Edith Mason	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E16578-E16579	10-in.	10/9/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Edith Mason	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E16639-E16641	10-in.	10/15/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Edith Mason	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E16752-E16754	10-in.	10/24/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Florence Easton	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E24643-E24645	10-in.	10/6/1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	Elizabeth Lennox	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C3081	10-in.	3/8/1929	Waters of Minnetonka	Elsa Guber ; Florence McRee	Female vocal duet	composer
Brunswick	C3295	10-in.	4/13/1929	Waters of Minnetonka	Gerber and McRae	Unknown	composer
Brunswick	C4767	10-in.	11/30/1929	Waters of Minnetonka	Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records)	Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 152-a]	10-in.	approximately Feb. 1928	By the waters of Minnetonka	Thelma Tuson	Female vocal solo, with violin and piano	composer
Brunswick	R316	10-in.	approximately Sept. 1927	By the waters of Minnetonka	Fred Elizalde	Piano solo	composer
Edison	7104	10-in.	1/9/1920	By the waters of Minnetonka	Coenraad Valentyn Bos ; Frieda Hempel	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Edison	7966	10-in.	5/6/1921	In mirrored waters	Robert Gayler ; Harold L. Lyman ; Marie Morrisey	Contralto vocal solo and flute obbligato, with piano	composer
Edison	10268	10-in.	3/20/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Mel Craig Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	10354	10-in.	5/5/1925	By the waters of Minnetonka	Helen Davis	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lieurance, Thurlow," accessed April 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109647.

Lieurance, Thurlow. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109647.

"Lieurance, Thurlow." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 April 2024.

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