John McCrae
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia near the end of the war. His famous poem is a threnody, a genre of lament. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Guelph (city in Ontario, Canada), Died January 28, 1918 (Boulogne-sur-Mer (French commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: author
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-22254 | 10-in. | 9/24/1918 | In Flanders fields | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-[Unnumbered 1918-04-04-01] | 10-in. | 4/4/1918 | In Flanders fields | James H. Heron | Recitation, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | [Trial 1919-05-22-02] | Not documented | 5/22/1919 | In Flanders fields | Minnie Blanche Wilkins | Recitation | author | |
| Victor | [Trial 1919-11-29-02] | Not documented | 11/29/1919 | In Flanders field | Miss M. Weberlowsky | Recitation, unaccompanied | author | |
| Columbia | 77532 | 10-in. | 11/26/1917 | In Flanders Fields | Samuel Ash | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 78733 | 10-in. | 10/11/1919 | In Flanders fields | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | HCO187 | 10-in. | 1/3/1941 | Encouragements to a lover (Sir John Suckling); On his blindness (John Milton); In Flanders fields (John McCrae) | Norman Corwin | Recitation | author | |
| OKeh | S-7007 | 10-in. | approximately September 1919 | In Flanders fields the poppies grow | Joseph A. Phillips | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McCrae, John," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105154.
McCrae, John. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105154.
"McCrae, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
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LCNAR: McCrae, John, 1872-1918 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85339564
Wikidata: John McCrae - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q470812
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/20600031
MusicBrainz: John McCrae - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c53b8ef1-8d5c-4e8e-8620-b31d0d7204bd
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/170115 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/170115
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