Howard Weeden
Maria Howard Weeden (July 6, 1846 – April 12, 1905), who signed her work and published as Howard Weeden, was an American artist and poet based in Huntsville, Alabama. After the American Civil War, she began to sell works she painted, which included portraits of many African-American freedmen and freedwomen. She exhibited her work in Berlin and Paris in 1895, where it was well received. She published four books of her poetry from 1898 to 1904, illustrated with her own art. She was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1998. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Huntsville (county seat of Madison County, Alabama, United States), Died April 12, 1905 (Huntsville (county seat of Madison County, Alabama, United States) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1927
Roles Represented in DAHR: author, lyricist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-9909 | 10-in. | 2/6/1911 | A banjo song | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | BVE-9909 | 10-in. | 11/23/1925 | A banjo song | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-11871 | 10-in. | 4/12/1912 | Mammy's lullaby | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-13564 | 10-in. | 7/11/1913 | Uncle Rome | Clarence Whitehill | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | C-18972 | 12-in. | 1/9/1917 | Swing low | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-23975 | 10-in. | 4/29/1920 | Banjo song, op. 22, no. 4 | Louise Homer ; Louise Homer Stires | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Victor | BVE-32824 | 10-in. | 5/26/1925 | A banjo song | Anne E. Stanier | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
| Columbia | 39214 | 10-in. | 2/6/1914 | Uncle Rome | Frank Croxton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 46319 | 10-in. | 1/6/1916 | Uncle Rome | Charles W. Clark | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 80613 | 10-in. | 10/16/1922 | A banjo song | Oscar Seagle | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 30767 | 12-in. | 5/19/1911 | A banjo song | David Scull Bispham | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | 841 | 10-in. | approximately mid-1917 | Banjo song | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | 12795-12797 | 10-in. | 4/3/1924 | A banjo song | Theo Karle ; Marie Tiffany | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | E16754-E16755 | 10-in. | 10/24/1925 | A banjo song | Florence Easton | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Weeden, Howard," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105920.
Weeden, Howard. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105920.
"Weeden, Howard." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Maria Howard Weeden
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Weeden, Howard, 1847-1905 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88160294
Wikidata: Maria Howard Weeden - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q64352427
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/48321885
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/260532 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/260532
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