Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover (24 February 1797 – 6 July 1868), also known as "Ben Trovato" ("well invented"), was an Irish songwriter, composer and novelist, and a portrait painter, chiefly in miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 24, 1797 (Dublin), Died July 6, 1868 (Saint Helier)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1942

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, arranger

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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
Berliner	3407	7-in.	Before Sep. 1897	Low back'd car	W. Paris Chambers	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1707	10-in.	10/21/1902	The low-backed car	Jules Levy	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1707	7-in.	10/21/1902	The low-backed car	Jules Levy	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	B-547	10-in.	10/8/1903	The low-backed car	Jules Levy	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	A-547	7-in.	10/7/1903	The low-backed car	Jules Levy	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	B-2485	10-in.	4/20/1905	The low back'd car	James McCool	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-2944	10-in.	12/12/1905	The low-backed car	Arthur Pryor's Orchestra	Orchestra, with trombone solo	lyricist
Victor	B-3376	10-in.	5/9/1906	The girl I left behind me	James McCool	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	E-3376	8-in.	5/9/1906	The girl I left behind me	James McCool	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-8752	12-in.	3/25/1910	Molly Bawn	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-11514	10-in.	1/25/1912	The angel's whisper	Victor Herbert	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-11515	10-in.	1/25/1912	The low-back'd car	Victor Herbert	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-11535	10-in.	1/31/1912	The low-backed car	Allesandro Liberati	Cornet solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-13031	10-in.	3/28/1913	The low-back'd car	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger, lyricist
Victor	B-13866	10-in.	9/26/1913	Oh I'm not myself at all	George Hamlin	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-14734	10-in.	4/21/1914	Rory O'More	Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger, lyricist
Victor	B-14739	10-in.	4/21/1914	The girl I left behind me	Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-18326	10-in.	9/6/1916	The low-back'd car	Albert Corey Whittemore	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-20610	10-in.	8/9/1917	The girl I left behind me	Victor Military Band	Band	composer
Victor	BVE-42256	10-in.	4/30/1928	The gal I left behind me	Jules Verne Allen	Male vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and violin	lyricist, composer
Victor	BS-02879	10-in.	10/24/1936	The girl I left behind me	Buster Coward ; Bill Dickey ; Tune Wranglers	String band, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	BS-071843	10-in.	2/11/1942	A Ballynure ballad	Robert Hill ; James Melton	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1678	10-in.	ca. 1903	You'd better ask me	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	3456	10-in.	Jan.-Sept. 1906	The low back'd car	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	19709	10-in.	1/5/1912	The low back'd car	Bernice De Pasquali	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	38694	10-in.	3/7/1913	The low back'd car	Andrea Sarto	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	39057	10-in.	10/18/1913	The girl I left behind me	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	39838	10-in.	2/10/1915	The low back'd car	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	39840	10-in.	2/10/1915	Oh! I'm not myself at all	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	77217	10-in.	7/18/1917	The low-back'd car	Andrea Sarto	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	77684	10-in.	2/23/1918	The girl I left behind me	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	79581	10-in.	12/20/1920	The low-back'd car	Howard Marsh	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	80189	10-in.	2/16/1922	The low backed car	Edwin Dale	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	36860	12-in.	ca. 1914	The low back'd car	Margaret Woodrow Wilson	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	37172	12-in.	ca. 1915	Oh! I'm not myself at all	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	37202	12-in.	ca. 1915	The low back'd car	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	37206	12-in.	3/6/1915	Barney O'Hea	Alice Nielsen	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	49626	12-in.	5/1/1919	Molly Bawn	Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W140796	10-in.	7/30/1925	The girl I left behind me	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W143194	10-in.	approximately December 17, 1926	Molly Bawn	Seamus O'Doherty	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W143606	10-in.	3/7/1927	The low back'd car	Michael Ahern	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W143797	10-in.	3/29/1927	The girl I left behind me	Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal duet	lyricist, composer
Columbia	28287	10-in.	approximately 1912	Barney O'Hea	William Thomas	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	28289	10-in.	approximately 1912	Rory O’Moore	William Thomas	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	S-70637	10-in.	Apr. 1922	The low back'd car	Gerald Griffin	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
OKeh	S-71288	10-in.	Feb. 1923	Molly Bawn	Gerald Griffin	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
OKeh	W81384	10-in.	9/22/1927	The girl I left behind me	Doctor Lloyd ; Howard Maxey	Fiddle (violin) and guitar duet, with male vocal solo	lyricist, composer
Brunswick	10843-10846	10-in.	6/14/1923	Low backed car	Allen McQuhae	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	5066	10-in.	10/31/1916	The low-back'd car	Walter Van Brunt	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Edison	5548	10-in.	5/9/1917	Oh! I'm not myself at all	George Hamlin	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	6518	10-in.	between 12/16/1918 and 12/23/1918	Molly Bawn	Thomas E. Murray	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	7279	10-in.	4/8/1920	Oh! You don't know what you're missin'	David Duggin	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Gramophone	0EA4558	10-in.	January 1937	Molly Bawn	Robert Irwin ; Reginald Paul	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Gramophone	ak18271e	10-in.	9/25/1914	The girl I left behind me	Cecilian Quartet	Male vocal quartet (2 baritones and 2 tenors)	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lover, Samuel," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102484.

Lover, Samuel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102484.

"Lover, Samuel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.