William Henry Monk
William Henry Monk (16 March 1823 – 1 March 1889) was an English organist, church musician and music editor who composed popular hymn tunes, including "Eventide", used for the hymn "Abide with Me", and "All Things Bright and Beautiful". He also wrote music for church services and anthems. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 16, 1823 (Greater London), Died March 1, 1899 (Greater London)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 1759 | 7-in. | 7/30/1897 | Abide with me | Steve Porter | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Berliner | 4274 | 7-in. | June 1897-Oct. 1898 | Abide with me | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Berliner | 01031 | 7-in. | 2/25/1900 | Abide with me | J. J. Fisher | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | B-914 | 10-in. | 1/14/1904 | Abide with me | Richard Jose | Counter-tenor vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | B-3144 | 10-in. | 2/23/1906 | Abide with me | Richard Jose | Counter-tenor vocal solo, with string quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-3750 | 10-in. | 8/24/1906 | Abide with me | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-8910 | 10-in. | 5/3/1910 | Abide with me | Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9628 | 10-in. | 11/8/1910 | Abide with me | Geraldine Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12846 | 10-in. | 1/25/1913 | Abide with me | Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-15465 | 10-in. | 6/9/1925 | Abide with me | Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-15465 | 10-in. | 12/7/1914 | Abide with me | Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-15777 | 12-in. | 3/11/1915 | Abide with me | Ferdinand Himmelreich | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-16486 | 10-in. | 9/15/1915 | Abide with me | Imperial Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
Victor | B-18974 | 10-in. | 1/10/1917 | Medley of standard hymns, part 1 | Francis J. Lapitino | Harp solo | composer | |
Victor | B-21582 | 10-in. | 3/18/1918 | Bliv hos mig, Mester | Eleonora Olson ; Ethel Olson | Female vocal duet, with organ | composer | |
Victor | B-21630 | 10-in. | 3/21/1918 | Bil-bol | Eric Berg ; Ragnar Sundquist | Accordion duet | composer | |
Victor | B-21731 | 10-in. | 4/3/1918 | Bida hos mig | Brooklyn Svenska Mans Kvartetten | Male vocal quartet, with organ | composer | |
Victor | B-22188 | 10-in. | 7/30/1918 | Sun of my soul | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
Victor | BVE-28463 | 10-in. | 12/22/1925 | Abide with me | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with harp, celeste, and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-28463 | 10-in. | 9/11/1923 | Abide with me | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with harp, celeste, and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-30191 | 10-in. | 6/16/1924 | Abide with me | Theodore B. Tu | Male vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-30418 | 10-in. | 12/30/1925 | Abide with me | Mark Andrews | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
Victor | B-30418 | 10-in. | 6/17/1924 | Abide with me | Mark Andrews | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33788 | 10-in. | 11/13/1925 | Adeste fideles | Josef Pasternack | Chimes | composer | |
Victor | BVE-35895 | 10-in. | 10/4/1926 | Abide with me | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40024 | 10-in. | 9/22/1927 | Abide with me | Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline | Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | BSHQ-71740 | 10-in. | 5/6/1932 | Abide with me | St. Bartholomew’s Choir ; David McK. Williams | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | composer | |
Victor | LBS-75606 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 3/16/1933 | The lost chord | Charles O’Connell | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
Victor | LBS-81312 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 1/25/1934 | Abide with me | Green Brothers | Vibraphone ("Deagan vibra-harp") and chimes duet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-82886 | 10-in. | 8/2/1934 | Abide with me | Buice Brothers | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CVE-89262 | 12-in. | 4/4/1935 | Abide with me | S. Archer Gibson | Organ solo | composer | |
Victor | PBS-09779 | 10-in. | 11/4/1937 | Abide with me | Esther McNiff Curtis | Symphonet solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-024876 | 10-in. | 9/8/1938 | Abide with me | Joe Green | Chimes solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-046714 | 10-in. | 1/24/1940 | Abide with me | Emile Coté ; Victor Chapel Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | composer | |
Victor | BS-067837 | 10-in. | 9/13/1941 | Abide with me | Charles M. Courboin ; Helen Traubel | Soprano vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-2811 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | Abide with me | Dick Leibert | Organ solo | composer | |
Columbia | 1603 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | Abide with me | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1603 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | Abide with me | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 3516 | 10-in. | between January and November 1906 | Abide with me | George Alexander | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77258 | 10-in. | 8/15/1917 | Abide with me | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 77811 | 10-in. | 5/4/1918 | Abide with me | Warren Proctor | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78330 | 10-in. | 3/4/1919 | Abide with me | Paulist Choristers of Chicago | Male vocal chorus, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 78557 | 10-in. | 7/8/1919 | Abide with me | Barbara Maurel ; Rosa Ponselle | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 30943 | 12-in. | ca. 1912 | Abide with me | Mary Adele Case | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | 37460 | 12-in. | 11/3/1915 | Abide with me | Gatty Sellars | Organ solo | composer | |
Columbia | 48501 | 12-in. | 12/1/1915 | Abide with me | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 140838 | 10-in. | 8/11/1925 | Abide with me | The Cathedral Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with violin and organ | composer | |
OKeh | 858 | 10-in. | ca. July 1919 | Abide with me | Reed Miller ; Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-7972 | 10-in. | June 1921 | Abide with me | Helen Clark ; Joseph Philips | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | W400311 | 10-in. | 2/23/1928 | Abide with me | Friendship Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | 4018 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1920 | Abide with me | Elizabeth Lennox ; Marie Tiffany | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 13963-13965 | 10-in. | 10/15/1924 | Abide with me | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 15191-15193 | 10-in. | 3/16/1925 | Abide with me | Ida Heydt ; Elizabeth Lennox | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E7392 | 10-in. | 6/19/1928 | Ramona | José Moriche | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E21231-E21232 | 10-in. | 1/18/1927 | Abide with me | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | C2388 | 10-in. | 10/3/1928 | Abide with me | Smoky Mountain Sacred Singers | Male vocal quartet, with guitar | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br (U.K.) cat 20073-a] | 12-in. | approximately Sept. 1928 | Abide with me | Master Frederick Firth | Male vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Edison | 3385 | 10-in. | Oct. 1914 | Abide with me | Mixed vocal quartet (unidentified; Edison Records) | Mixed vocal quartet | composer | |
Edison | 3866 | 10-in. | 6/10/1915 | Abide with me | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4084 | 10-in. | 9/1/1915 | Abide with me | Thomas Chalmers ; Elizabeth Spencer | Vocal duet (soprano and Male), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 9931 | 10-in. | 1/27/1925 | Abide with me | Frederick Kinsley | Organ solo | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Monk, William Henry," accessed October 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104126.
Monk, William Henry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104126.
"Monk, William Henry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 October 2024.
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