Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey" (or "Casey at the Bat"), which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, and "the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan". |
Birth and Death Data: Born Lawrence (city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States), Died August 21, 1940 (Santa Barbara (city in and county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1926
Roles Represented in DAHR: author
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | CVE-3537 | 12-in. | 8/25/1926 | Casey at the bat | De Wolf Hopper | Recitation | author | |
| Victor | C-3537 | 12-in. | 7/17/1906 | Casey at the bat | De Wolf Hopper | Recitation | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thayer, Ernest Lawrence," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101972.
Thayer, Ernest Lawrence. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101972.
"Thayer, Ernest Lawrence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, 1863-1940 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50026210
Wikidata: Ernest Thayer - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q288369
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/43080212
MusicBrainz: Ernest Lawrence Thayer - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/27bc66c0-e980-4f47-a648-f60bd94b7e46
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/8683 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/8683
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