Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology (The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895), Kim (1901), the Just So Stories (1902) and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood, but declined both. Following his death in 1936, his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner, part of the South Transept of Westminster Abbey. Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed with the political and social climate of the age. The contrasting views of him continued for much of the 20th century. Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: "[Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with." |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 0988 | 7-in. | 2/17/1900 | On the road to Mandalay | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | author | |
Berliner | 01020 | 7-in. | Feb. 1900 | The absent minded beggar | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]4 | 7-in. | 6/28/1900 | Fuzzy-Wuzzy | George Broderick | Recitation | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]5 | 7-in. | 6/28/1900 | On the road to Mandalay | George Broderick | Recitation | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]6 | 7-in. | 6/28/1900 | Danny Deever | George Broderick | Recitation | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]81 | 7-in. | 6/9/1900 | The absent-minded beggar | George Broderick | Male vocal solo | author | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]199 | 7-in. | 9/15/1900 | The absent-minded beggar | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | author | |
Victor | B-679 | 10-in. | 11/9/1903 | Danny Deever | George Alexander | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | A-679 | 7-in. | 11/9/1903 | Danny Deever | George Alexander | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | B-782 | 10-in. | 12/4/1903 | Danny Deever | Edward Brigham | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-4586 | 10-in. | 6/13/1907 | Mother o' mine | Herbert Witherspoon | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-6199 | 12-in. | 5/18/1908 | Mother o' mine | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | CVE-7021 | 12-in. | 4/20/1927 | Danny Deever | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-7021 | 12-in. | 4/29/1909 | Danny Deever | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-8160 | 10-in. | 8/19/1909 | Gunga Din | Edgar L. Davenport | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-9458 | 10-in. | 9/16/1910 | Rolling down to Rio | Albert G. Janpolski | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-9520 | 10-in. | 10/5/1910 | Rolling down to Rio | Herbert Witherspoon | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-9569 | 12-in. | 10/21/1910 | Gunga Din | Clifton Crawford | Recitation, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-10220 | 10-in. | 4/24/1911 | The vampire | Robert C. Hilliard | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-10703 | 10-in. | 7/11/1911 | The last leaf | Frank Burbeck | Recitation | author | |
Victor | C-11278 | 12-in. | 2/14/1913 | Danny Deever | Percy Hemus | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-11278 | 10-in. | 11/27/1911 | Danny Deever | Percy Hemus | Male vocal solo | author | |
Victor | B-11677 | 10-in. | 3/6/1912 | On the road to Mandalay | Earl Cartwright | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-13034 | 10-in. | 3/28/1913 | Mother o' mine | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-13582 | 10-in. | 7/16/1913 | If | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Victor | B-13583 | 10-in. | 7/16/1913 | Recessional | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Victor | C-15238 | 12-in. | 10/1/1914 | On the road to Mandalay | Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-15830 | 10-in. | 3/25/1915 | Fuzzy-Wuzzy | Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-16182 | 12-in. | 7/8/1915 | Gunga Din | Taylor Holmes | Recitation, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | C-16183 | 12-in. | 7/8/1915 | Boots | Taylor Holmes | Recitation, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | B-18350 | 10-in. | 9/12/1916 | Mother o' mine | Imperial Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
Victor | B-18940 | 10-in. | 12/28/1916 | The Gypsy trail | Reinald Werrenrath | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-21080 | 10-in. | 11/13/1917 | Have you news of my boy Jack? | Elizabeth Spencer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-26536 | 12-in. | 4/20/1927 | On the road to Mandalay | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-26536 | 12-in. | 6/12/1922 | On the road to Mandalay | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-27588 | 10-in. | 3/2/1923 | Rolling down to Rio | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-28896 | 12-in. | 11/15/1923 | Werrenrath song medley | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | BVE-31386 | 10-in. | 5/17/1927 | Mother o' mine | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | B-31386 | 10-in. | 12/18/1924 | Mother o' mine | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-31813 | 12-in. | 1/28/1925 | Fuzzy-Wuzzy | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | BVE-32199 | 10-in. | 4/2/1925 | Recessional | Victor Male Chorus | Tenor vocal chorus, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | C-32269 | 12-in. | 3/31/1925 | On the road to Mandalay | Charles Bennett | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | CVE-33082 | 12-in. | 7/15/1925 | On the road to Mandalay | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-33083 | 12-in. | 7/15/1925 | Danny Deever | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-34975 | 12-in. | 3/24/1926 | Boots | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | CVE-34976 | 12-in. | 3/24/1926 | Gunga Din | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | BVE-39419 | 10-in. | 6/22/1927 | If | Florence Higgins Butler | Recitation | author | |
Victor | BVE-39606 | 10-in. | 6/28/1927 | Rolling down to Rio | H. C. Miller | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | BVE-45008 | 10-in. | 5/3/1928 | I learned about women from her | Frank Crumit | Male vocal solo, with viola and guitar (self-accompaniment) | author | |
Victor | CVE-45190 | 12-in. | 5/29/1928 | On the road to Mandalay | Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | BVE-46137 | 10-in. | 7/18/1928 | On the road to Mandalay | Lindsay Callum | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | BVE-51844 | 10-in. | 5/24/1929 | On the road to Mandalay | Associated Glee Clubs of America | Male vocal chorus, with 4 pianos | author | |
Victor | CVE-67425 | 12-in. | 1/29/1931 | Love in the valley | Miss M. E. A. | Recitation | author | |
Victor | BS-77651 | 10-in. | 9/12/1933 | Mother o' mine | Ferde Grofé Orchestra ; Conrad Thibault | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | CS-95371 | 12-in. | 10/10/1935 | On the road to Mandalay | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Lawrence Tibbett | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | BS-041573 | 10-in. | 8/17/1939 | The elephant's child | Paul Wing | Recitation, with electric organ and dubbed recordings | author | |
Victor | BS-041574 | 10-in. | 8/17/1939 | The elephant's child | Paul Wing | Recitation, with electric organ and dubbed recording | author | |
Victor | BS-041575 | 10-in. | 8/17/1939 | The elephant's child | Paul Wing | Recitation, with electric organ | author | |
Victor | BS-041576 | 10-in. | 8/17/1939 | The elephant's child | Paul Wing | Recitation, with electric organ | author | |
Victor | BS-041577 | 10-in. | 8/17/1939 | The elephant's child | Paul Wing | Recitation, with electric organ | author | |
Victor | BS-041578 | 10-in. | 8/17/1939 | The elephant's child | Paul Wing | Recitation, with electric organ | author | |
Victor | BS-067771 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | On the road to Mandalay | John Percival ; Victor Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus and male vocal solo | author | |
Victor | [Trial 1911-05-12-02] | Not documented | 5/12/1911 | Gunga Din | Hugh A. O'Donnell | Recitation | author | |
Victor | [Trial 1915-05-03-05] | Not documented | 5/3/1915 | Boots | Taylor Holmes | Recitation | author | |
Victor | [Trial 1917-02-14-01] | Not documented | 2/14/1917 | If | Mrs. Arthur Phillips | Recitation | author | |
Victor | [Trial 1917-02-14-04] | Not documented | 2/14/1917 | The vampire | Willie Weston | Recitation | author | |
Victor | [Trial 1917-02-21-03] | Not documented | 2/21/1917 | Somewhere a voice is calling | Joseph A. Phillips | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Trial 1917-09-10-06] | Not documented | 9/10/1917 | We'll never let our old flag fall | Greek Evans | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Victor | [Trial 1918-04-17-05] | Not documented | 4/17/1918 | Gunga Din | Eddie Foyer | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 4365 | 10-in. | Jan.-May 1910 | Rolling down to Rio | George Clarence Jell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 4939 | 10-in. | ca. 10/7/1910 | Mother o' mine | Vernon Archibald | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 46258 | 10-in. | 12/10/1915 | Recessional 1897 | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 47201 | 10-in. | 11/29/1916 | If | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 47253 | 10-in. | 12/22/1916 | If | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 47254 | 10-in. | 12/22/1916 | The recessional | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 80166 | 10-in. | 1/26/1922 | Mother o' mine | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 30016 | 12-in. | approximately March 1906 | The hanging of Danny Deever | David Scull Bispham | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Columbia | 30773 | 12-in. | 5/22/1911 | Danny Deever | David Scull Bispham | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 36428 | 12-in. | 8/6/1912 | On the road to Mandalay | Frank Croxton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 37208 | 12-in. | ca. 1915 | Route marchin' | David Scull Bispham | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 48508 | 12-in. | 12/9/1915 | Gunga Din | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 48938 | 12-in. | 10/3/1916 | The Gypsy trail | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 49147 | 12-in. | 3/8/1917 | If | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 49218 | 12-in. | ca. 1917 | On the road to Mandalay | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 49219 | 12-in. | 5/28/1917 | Danny Deever | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Columbia | 98013 | 12-in. | 1/26/1922 | On the road to Mandalay | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 98039 | 12-in. | 9/30/1922 | Danny Deever | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | W141946 | 10-in. | 4/9/1926 | On the road to Mandalay | José Mardones | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | W148689 | 10-in. | 6/12/1929 | Rolling down to Rio | Arthur Bergh ; Fraser Gange | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Columbia | W98333 | 12-in. | 4/13/1927 | On the road to Mandalay | Fraser Gange | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | W98558 | 12-in. | 6/21/1928 | Danny Deever | Alexander J. Kisselburgh | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | 42187 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 or later | Mother o' mine | Edward Johnson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia | W110409 | 10-in. | February 1929 | Tieni kulkee Mandaljaan (On the road to Mandalay) | Jean Theslöf | Male vocal solo | author | |
OKeh | 212 | 10-in. | ca. July 1918 | Mother o' mine | Charles Hart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
OKeh | 559 | 10-in. | ca. Jan. 1919 | On the road to Mandalay | Joe Phillips | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
OKeh | 590 | 10-in. | ca. Jan. 1919 | Recessional | Joseph A. Phillips | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
OKeh | W402715 | 10-in. | 6/25/1929 | I learned about women from her | Goebel Reeves | Male vocal solo, with guitar | author | |
OKeh | [OK cat 4434] | 10-in. | 1920 | On the road to Mandalay | Bernard Ferguson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5102-b] | 10-in. | approximately mid-1917 | Mother o' mine | Royal Dadmun | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5248-b] | 10-in. | approximately July 1918 | On the road to Mandalay | Greek Evans | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 7164 | 10-in. | approximately Jan. 1922 | Rolling down to Rio | Richard Bonelli | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 11925 | 12-in. | approximately 1921 | On the road to Mandalay | Richard Bonelli | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 4735-4736 | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1920 | Mother o' mine | Richard Bonelli | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 8221-8222 | 10-in. | approximately June 1922 | Danny Deever | Richard Bonelli | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | X11716-X11718 | 12-in. | 10/24/1923 | Danny Deever | John Barclay | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | X11719-X11721 | 12-in. | 10/24/1923 | On the road to Mandalay | John Barclay | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | X13321-X13322 | 12-in. | 6/13/1924 | On the road to Mandalay | Mario Chamlee | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | 13933-13935 | 10-in. | 10/14/1924 | Mother o’ mine | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | XE28134 | 12-in. | 8/23/1928 | On the road to Mandalay | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | E28135 | 10-in. | 8/23/1928 | Rolling down to Rio | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | XE28146 | 12-in. | 8/24/1928 | Danny Deever | John Charles Thomas | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | XE24695-XE24697 | 12-in. | 10/11/1927 | On the road to Mandalay | Richard Bonelli | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | XE24701-XE24702 | 12-in. | 10/11/1927 | Danny Deever | Richard Bonelli | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | XE25301-XE25302 | 12-in. | 11/26/1927 | On the road to Mandalay | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | XE25303-XE25304 | 12-in. | 11/26/1927 | Danny Deever | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | C2475 | 10-in. | 10/24/1928 | I learned about women from ‘er | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Brunswick | C2483 | 10-in. | 10/25/1928 | I learned about women from ‘er | Les Backer | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | author | |
Brunswick | XYG6200 | 12-in. | approximately Nov. 1930 | Jersey Cereal Company series B, program A, pt. 1 | Ace Brigode Orchestra | Radio transcription disc : Jazz/dance band | author | |
Brunswick | TCL1515 | 10-in. | 8/6/1931 | Road to Mandalay | The Dictators | Vocal ensemble, with piano | author | |
Brunswick | DB67 | 10-in. | 9/27/1928 | Mother o’ mine | Parry Jones | Male vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Edison | 557 | Not documented | approximately Feb. 1911 | Danny Deever | Marcus Kellermann | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 1105 | 10-in. | 6/25/1912 | Danny Deever | Marcus Kellermann | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 1250 | 10-in. | 9/9/1912 | On the road to Mandalay | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 4039 | 10-in. | 7/30/1915 | Route marchin' | Harvey Hindermyer | Male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 4536 | 10-in. | Feb. 1916 or later | Gunga Din | Harry E. Humphrey | Recitation | author | |
Edison | 4737 | 10-in. | 5/19/1916 | Danny Deever | Arthur Middleton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 4841 | 10-in. | 7/3/1916 | Recessional | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 4937 | 10-in. | 8/21/1916 | On the road to Mandalay | Wilfred Glenn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 5541 | 10-in. | 5/7/1917 | On the road to Mandalay | Henri Scott | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 5886 | 10-in. | 11/16/1917 | The Gypsy trail | Arthur Middleton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 9540 | 10-in. | 5/29/1924 | Rolling down to Rio | Arthur Middleton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Edison | 18353 | 10-in. | 3/30/1928 | On the road to Mandalay | Roger Kinne | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Columbia (U.K.) | MVKT19832-1C | 10-in. | approximately 1936 | Mother o' mine | Richard Crooks ; Frederick Schauwecker | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kipling, Rudyard," accessed October 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102514.
Kipling, Rudyard. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102514.
"Kipling, Rudyard." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 October 2024.
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