Eva Dell’Acqua

Eva Dell'Acqua (also Dall'Acqua, 28 January 1856, Schaerbeek – 12 February 1930, Ixelles) was a Belgian singer and composer of Italian ancestry. She wrote fifteen operas and operettas, as well as orchestral works, pieces for chamber orchestra, and other works for piano and solo voice. Dell'Acqua's song "Villanelle" for coloratura soprano has been widely performed and recorded, and has appeared on film soundtracks including Get Hep to Love (1942) and I Married an Angel (1942).

Birth and Death Data: Born City of Brussels (municipality and capital city of Belgium) , Died February 12, 1930 (Ixelles - Elsene (municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 37 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	1307	7-in.	Before April 1899	Villanelle	Laura Libra	Soprano vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-535	10-in.	10/9/1903	The swallows	Edith Helena	Soprano vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-6687	10-in.	12/28/1908	Je donnerais	Armand Crabbé	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-8329	12-in.	10/29/1909	Swallows waltz	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9180	10-in.	7/18/1910	Chanson Provençale	Hubert M. Spross	Whistling solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-12270	12-in.	7/24/1912	Chanson Provençale	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12270	10-in.	11/7/1912	Chanson Provençale	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-13874	12-in.	9/29/1913	Chanson provençale	Mrs. A. T. Roberts	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-16209	12-in.	7/15/1915	Chanson Provençale	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-24175	10-in.	6/21/1920	Villanelle	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with flute, harp, piano, and orchestra	composer
Victor	C-24175	12-in.	6/21/1920	Villanelle	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with flute, harp, piano, and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-27939	10-in.	5/19/1923	Chanson Provençale	Mrs. Gideon Stanton	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-35554	10-in.	6/25/1926	Chanson provençale	Lawrence Burrows	Boy soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-38975	12-in.	6/30/1927	The swallows	Darwin Bowen, Jr.	Boy soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-43406	12-in.	3/15/1928	Villanelle	Sofia Del Campo	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	CS-032921	12-in.	3/7/1939	Villanelle	Frances Blaisdell ; Andre Kostelanetz ; Lily Pons	Soprano vocal solo, with flute solo and orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-Test-1109	10-in.	7/7/1930	Villanelle	Henrietta Gross	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-10-15-06]	Not documented	10/15/1917	Le clavecin	Greta Torpadie	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-08-22-01]	10-in.	8/22/1924	Villanelle	Mary Bair Grenier	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-09-07-01]	10-in.	9/7/1924	Villanelle	Berenice Van Gelder-Weingarten	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3358	12-in.	between late 1905 and March 1906	Villanelle	Ruth Vincent	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	45630	10-in.	5/12/1915	Vilanelle	Isa Jeynevald-Mercier	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30936	12-in.	either 1912 or 1913	Villanelle	Bernice De Pasquali	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	36436	12-in.	8/23/1912	Villanelle	Walter Lawrence	Boy soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	37321	12-in.	between January and October 1915	Chanson provençale	Corinne Rider-Kelsey	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 1-25 of 37 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dell’Acqua, Eva," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107609.

Dell’Acqua, Eva. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107609.

"Dell’Acqua, Eva." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.