Thurlow Lieurance

Thurlow Weed Lieurance (March 21, 1878 – December 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 (Results 76-85 of 85 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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  
(Results 76-85 of 85 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lieurance, Thurlow," accessed June 9, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109647.

Lieurance, Thurlow. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109647.

"Lieurance, Thurlow." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 9 June 2023.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109647

External Sources

Wikipedia: Thurlow Lieurance

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Lieurance, Thurlow, 1878-1963 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93019876

Wikidata: Thurlow Lieurance - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7799326

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/78350507

MusicBrainz: Thurlow Lieurance - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/767584b3-323a-4b2c-ae55-1413ccefdda5

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