Orpheus Quartet
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1922
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
See Also: Apollo Quartet
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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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-10252 | 10-in. | 5/2/1911 | Lovely night | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-10254 | 10-in. | 5/2/1911 | More and more | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-10384 | 10-in. | 5/25/1911 | They kissed, I saw them do it | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-10679 | 10-in. | 7/6/1911 | The yellow and the blue | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-10680 | 10-in. | 7/6/1911 | Evening on the campus | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-11030 | 10-in. | 9/28/1911 | Down by the old mill stream | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-11031 | 10-in. | 9/28/1911 | Just a dream of you, dear | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-11033 | 10-in. | 9/28/1911 | With the last rose of summer I'll come back to you | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-11562 | 10-in. | 2/2/1912 | If all my dreams were made of gold, I'd buy the world for you | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-11563 | 10-in. | 2/2/1912 | One, two, three, four | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-11564 | 10-in. | 2/2/1912 | Ho! Jolly Jenkin! | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-11565 | 10-in. | 2/2/1912 | The long day closes | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13018 | 10-in. | 3/27/1913 | When I carved your name on the tree | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13019 | 10-in. | 3/27/1913 | Johnny Harvard | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13020 | 10-in. | 3/27/1913 | Forsaken | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13138 | 10-in. | 4/17/1913 | Fair Harvard | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13139 | 10-in. | 4/17/1913 | Silent night, hallowed night | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13147 | 10-in. | 4/17/1913 | Where would I be? | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13901 | 10-in. | 10/3/1913 | Sing me the rosary | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-13902 | 10-in. | 10/3/1913 | The girl in the gingham gown | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-16749 | 10-in. | 11/5/1915 | Molly dear, it's you I'm after | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-16750 | 10-in. | 11/5/1915 | The ladder of roses | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-16751 | 10-in. | 11/5/1915 | A stein song | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-16752 | 10-in. | 11/5/1915 | Swing along | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-17154 | 10-in. | 2/15/1916 | A perfect day | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-17472 | 10-in. | 4/10/1916 | She sang 'Aloha' to me | Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy] ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-17473 | 10-in. | 4/10/1916 | The letter that never reached home | Harry Macdonough ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet, mandolin, and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-17713 | 10-in. | 5/22/1916 | Tramp, tramp, tramp | Clarence Whitehill | Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-17715 | 10-in. | 5/22/1916 | Some day I'll wander back again | Clarence Whitehill | Baritone vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-17801 | 10-in. | 6/5/1916 | Blow trumpet, for the world is white with May | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with French horns | Vocal group | |
| Victor | C-17801 | 12-in. | 6/21/1916 | Blow trumpet, for the world is white with May | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with brass quartet | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-18149 | 10-in. | 7/25/1916 | Turn back the universe and give me yesterday | Harry Macdonough ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-18150 | 10-in. | 7/25/1916 | Can't yo' heah me calling | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-18378 | 10-in. | 9/18/1916 | Pretty baby | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-18379 | 10-in. | 9/18/1916 | Mammy's little coal black Rose | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-18568 | 10-in. | 10/20/1916 | When evening shadows fall | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-18569 | 10-in. | 10/20/1916 | Carry me back to old Virginny | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-18970 | 10-in. | 1/8/1917 | Little Alabama coon | Mabel Garrison ; Orpheus Quartet | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | C-19121 | 12-in. | 1/24/1917 | Deep river | Frances Alda ; Orpheus Quartet | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19121 | 10-in. | 7/20/1917 | Deep river | Frances Alda ; Orpheus Quartet | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19122 | 10-in. | 1/24/1917 | Tho' I'm not the first to call you 'Sweetheart' please let me be the last | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19123 | 10-in. | 1/24/1917 | Whose pretty baby are you now? | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19531 | 10-in. | 3/29/1917 | I can hear the ukuleles calling me | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19635 | 10-in. | 4/30/1917 | Columbia, the gem of the ocean | Lambert Murphy ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19657 | 10-in. | 4/30/1917 | Flag of my heart | Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19658 | 10-in. | 4/30/1917 | My own United States | Raymond Dixon | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19659 | 10-in. | 4/30/1917 | We'll never let our old flag fall | Edward Hamilton | Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19854 | 10-in. | 5/16/1917 | Hail Columbia | Raymond Dixon ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and solo, with drum and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-19855 | 10-in. | 5/16/1917 | The battle cry of freedom | Edward Hamilton ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and solo, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20034 | 10-in. | 6/13/1917 | Ain't you coming back to Dixieland | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20035 | 10-in. | 6/13/1917 | My Hawaii (You're calling me) | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with mandolin and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20092 | 10-in. | 6/26/1917 | Darling Nelly Gray | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | C-20093 | 12-in. | 6/26/1917 | Aloha oe | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20094 | 10-in. | 6/26/1917 | Nelly was a lady | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20313 | 10-in. | 7/2/1917 | For the freedom of the world | Harry Macdonough ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20314 | 10-in. | 7/2/1917 | Chu-chin-chow | Alice Green ; Orpheus Quartet | Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20432 | 10-in. | 7/20/1917 | Doan ye cry, ma honey | Olive Kline ; Orpheus Quartet | Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20433 | 10-in. | 7/20/1917 | 'Neath the elms | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20434 | 10-in. | 7/20/1917 | God save the King | Frances Alda ; Orpheus Quartet | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-20878 | 10-in. | 10/18/1917 | Just a voice to call me, dear | Alice Green ; Orpheus Quartet | Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet, whistling, and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-21687 | 10-in. | 4/23/1918 | Some day they're coming home again | Harry Macdonough ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-21688 | 10-in. | 4/23/1918 | God be with you till we meet again | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-21689 | 10-in. | 4/23/1918 | Our country's in it now | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22141 | 10-in. | 7/12/1918 | When you come back (And you will come back, there's the whole world waiting for you) | Raymond Dixon ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22142 | 10-in. | 7/12/1918 | Can't yo' hear me calling | Orpheus Quartet ; Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22238 | 10-in. | 9/11/1918 | Bring back my Bonnie to me | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22239 | 10-in. | 9/11/1918 | The little old log cabin in the lane | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22261 | 10-in. | 9/27/1918 | I can always find a little sunshine in the YMCA | Lambert Murphy ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22263 | 10-in. | 9/27/1918 | A little birch canoe and you | Olive Kline | Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and orchestra (takes 3-5); with mixed vocal quartet (takes 1-2) | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22401 | 10-in. | 10/31/1918 | Lead, kindly light | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-22402 | 10-in. | 10/31/1918 | Darling Nellie Gray | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | B-26105 | 10-in. | 2/1/1922 | Serenade | Lambert Murphy ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra | Vocal group | |
| Victor | [Trial 1917-04-16-02] | Not documented | 4/16/1917 | Bugle song | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | [Trial 1917-04-16-03] | Not documented | 4/16/1917 | Winter song | Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Orpheus Quartet," accessed April 1, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/335130.
Orpheus Quartet. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 1, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/335130.
"Orpheus Quartet." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 1 April 2023.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Orpheus Quartet (Vocal group) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008150955
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21087279
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