Hugo Frey
Hugo Frey (26 August 1873 – 13 February 1952) was an American pianist, violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor, and arranger. He was a prolific editor for piano sheet music, the primary audience being the "living room" pianist, providing simplified arrangements of some of the more difficult pieces. In the 1920s he was pianist with The Troubadours and led and arranged for the Manhattan Merrymakers, and was "a prolific piano roll editor". In 1921 Swiss classical pianist Rudolph Ganz described Frey as "the best of the composers of so-called bad music, and therefore preferable to the bad composers of so-called good music". |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 26, 1873, Died February 13, 1952
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1934
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, leader, piano, arranger, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 164 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | CVE-38800 | 12-in. | 5/12/1927 | Popular songs of yesterday : Medley waltz no. 2 | The Troubadours | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Victor | CVE-39205 | 12-in. | 6/2/1927 | Popular songs of yesterday : Meldey waltz no. 1 | The Troubadours | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
Victor | BVE-39613 | 10-in. | 6/30/1927 | Kiss me again | Hugo Frey ; The Troubadours | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
Victor | BVE-41139 | 10-in. | 12/2/1927 | Rubenola | Rudy Wiedoeft | Saxophone solo, with instrumental quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-45294 | 10-in. | 6/21/1928 | Nobby gobs | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49721 | 10-in. | 2/21/1929 | Allegro scherzando | Motion Picture Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49744 | 10-in. | 2/23/1929 | Speed | Motion Picture Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49745 | 10-in. | 2/23/1929 | Scherzando | Motion Picture Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-53403 | 10-in. | 5/14/1929 | College march | Motion Picture Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-83684 | 10-in. | 8/6/1934 | The man on the flying trapeze | Connecticut Yankees ; Rudy Vallée | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | arranger | |
Victor | [Trial 1917-05-14-01] | Not documented | 5/14/1917 | To a water-lily | Joseph C. Smith | Violin solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | [Trial 1920-04-10-01] | Not documented | 4/10/1920 | Happy one-step | Danceland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1922-04-08-01] | 10-in. | 4/8/1922 | Can you forget | Big Four Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1924-04-18-05] | 10-in. | 4/18/1924 | Sally Lou | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 46828 | 10-in. | 6/13/1916 | Uncle Tom | Samuel Jospe ; Howard Kopp | Piano and drums duet | composer | |
Columbia | 46983 | 10-in. | 8/31/1916 | Uncle Tom | Blue and White Marimba Band | Marimba band | composer | |
Columbia | 46999 | 10-in. | 9/6/1916 | Uncle Tom | Vess Ossman's Banjo Orchestra | Banjo orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47401 | 10-in. | 3/6/1917 | Money blues | Frank E. Banta ; Howard Kopp | Piano and drum duet | composer | |
Columbia | 77518 | 10-in. | 11/19/1917 | Calicoco | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 77519 | 10-in. | 11/19/1917 | When you come back | Joseph C. Smith Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79201 | 10-in. | 5/24/1920 | Happy | Prince's Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80028 | 10-in. | 10/14/1921 | Cho-cho-san | Eddie Elkins' Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
Columbia | 80256 | 10-in. | 3/21/1922 | Can you forget? | Garber-Davis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 81395 | 10-in. | 12/6/1923 | Bonnie | Paul Specht Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 49028 | 12-in. | 12/12/1916 | Money blues | Prince's Band | Band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Frey, Hugo," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108917.
Frey, Hugo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108917.
"Frey, Hugo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Frey, Hugo, 1873-1952 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90000902
Wikidata: Hugo Frey (musician) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5933959
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