Edward German
Sir Edward German (17 February 1862 – 11 November 1936) was an English musician and composer of Welsh descent, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music for the stage and as a successor to Arthur Sullivan in the field of English comic opera. Some of his light operas, especially Merrie England, are still performed. As a youth, German played the violin and led the town orchestra of Whitchurch, Shropshire. He also began to compose music. While performing and teaching violin at the Royal Academy of Music, German began to build a career as a composer in the mid-1880s, writing serious music as well as light opera. In 1888, he became music director of the Globe Theatre in London. He provided popular incidental music for many productions at the Globe and other London theatres, including Richard III (1889), Henry VIII (1892) and Nell Gwynn (1900). He also wrote symphonies, orchestral suites, symphonic poems and other works. He also wrote a considerable body of songs, piano music, and symphonic suites and other concert music, of which his Welsh Rhapsody (1904) is perhaps best known. German was engaged to finish The Emerald Isle after the death of Arthur Sullivan in 1900, the success of which led to more comic operas, including Merrie England (1902) and Tom Jones (1907). He also wrote the Just So Song Book in 1903 to Rudyard Kipling's texts and continued to write orchestral music. German wrote little new music of his own after 1912, but he continued to conduct until 1928, the year in which he was knighted. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 17, 1862 (Whitchurch), Died November 11, 1936 (London)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 81 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-18066 | 10-in. | 7/6/1916 | Merrymakers' dance | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18937 | 10-in. | 12/27/1916 | Roses in June | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21080 | 10-in. | 11/13/1917 | Have you news of my boy Jack? | Elizabeth Spencer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27588 | 10-in. | 3/2/1923 | Rolling down to Rio | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-31138 | 12-in. | 12/4/1925 | Country dance no. 1 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-31138 | 12-in. | 11/3/1924 | Country dance no. 1 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-31139 | 12-in. | 12/5/1925 | Pastoral dance no. 2 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-31139 | 12-in. | 11/3/1924 | Pastorale dance no. 2 | Rudolph Ganz ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-39606 | 10-in. | 6/28/1927 | Rolling down to Rio | H. C. Miller | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49475 | 10-in. | 7/25/1929 | Henry VIII : Shepherd's dance | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-53689 | 10-in. | 5/28/1929 | My hour | William H. Flood | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1599 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | A princess of Kensington : Selection | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 1599 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | A princess of Kensington : Selection | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 4365 | 10-in. | Jan.-May 1910 | Rolling down to Rio | George Clarence Jell | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19833 | 10-in. | 3/22/1912 | Nell Gwinn suite : Country dance | Prince's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39788 | 10-in. | 1/21/1915 | The drummer boy | Reed Miller | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39801 | 10-in. | 1/28/1915 | The drummer boy | Albert Wiederhold | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 49039 | 12-in. | 12/22/1916 | Roses in June | Carolina White | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W141380 | 10-in. | 12/10/1925 | Pastoral dance | Jacques Jacobs Ensemble | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W141381 | 10-in. | 12/10/1925 | Merrymakers' dance | Jacques Jacobs Ensemble | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia | W148689 | 10-in. | 6/12/1929 | Rolling down to Rio | Arthur Bergh ; Fraser Gange | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 6009 | 12-in. | approximately 1908 | Which is my own true self | Ruth Vincent | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 6057 | 12-in. | approximately 1909 or 1910 | Four jolly sailormen | Robert Howe | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 6315 | 12-in. | approximately 1913 | King Neptune | Walter Passmore | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 6575 | 12-in. | approximately 1915 | The yeoman of England | Kennerley Rumford | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "German, Edward," accessed October 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102993.
German, Edward. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102993.
"German, Edward." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 October 2024.
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LCNAR: German, Edward, 1862-1936 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80166825
Wikidata: Edward German - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2355124
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/79166704
MusicBrainz: Edward German - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6b017d9-7a17-42f1-a036-8829c449b6e5
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