William Arms Fisher

William Arms Fisher (April 27, 1861 – December 18, 1948) was an American composer, music historian and writer.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 27, 1861 (San Francisco), Died December 18, 1948 (Boston)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger, composer, adapter, lyricist

= 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
Victor	C-9957	12-in.	2/16/1911	Gae to sleep	Janet Spencer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-10532	10-in.	6/14/1911	Dreamy days	Reed Miller	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12206	10-in.	7/16/1912	Under the rose	George Hamlin	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18935	10-in.	12/27/1916	Sweet and low	Alma Gluck	Soprano vocal solo, with violin and orchestra	arranger
Victor	C-18972	12-in.	1/9/1917	Swing low	Sophie Braslau	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-19121	12-in.	1/24/1917	Deep river	Frances Alda ; Orpheus Quartet	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	B-19121	10-in.	7/20/1917	Deep river	Frances Alda ; Orpheus Quartet	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	B-22797	10-in.	6/3/1919	I heard a cry	Marcella Sembrich	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-22900	10-in.	6/3/1919	Pretty Polly Oliver	Marcella Sembrich	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Victor	C-27953	12-in.	5/11/1923	Goin' home	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	adapter
Victor	C-28896	12-in.	11/15/1923	Werrenrath song medley	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-33794	12-in.	11/17/1925	Going home	Dayton Westminster Choir	Vocal chorus, unaccompanied	arranger
Victor	CVE-37918	12-in.	2/18/1927	Going home	George C. Baker	Male vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Victor	CVE-38396	12-in.	5/10/1927	Goin' home	Eveready Hour Group ; Nathaniel Shilkret	Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra	lyricist, arranger
Victor	BVE-39607	10-in.	6/28/1927	Goin' home	H. C. Miller	Male vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Victor	BS-83169	10-in.	7/2/1934	Passing by	Conrad Thibault	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Victor	CS-02176	12-in.	10/19/1936	Goin' home	Alexander Smallens ; Lawrence Tibbett	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	PBS-055288	10-in.	2/16/1941	Passing by	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo	arranger
Victor	BS-056116	10-in.	9/16/1940	Passing by	Richard Crooks ; Frederick Schauwecker	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Columbia	1117	10-in.	ca. 1903	Under the rose	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1117	7-in.	ca. 1903-Oct. 1905	Under the rose	George Alexander	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1564	10-in.	ca. 1903-1908	Under the rose	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	1564	7-in.	ca. 1903-Oct. 1905	Under the rose	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	46392	10-in.	2/10/1916	Sweet is Tipperary	Mary O'Rourke	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	140185	10-in.	12/16/1924	Goin' home	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	37336	12-in.	6/23/1915	Would I were the tender apple blossom	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W148185	10-in.	4/5/1929	The little red lark	Anna Case	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Columbia	W150567	10-in.	6/3/1930	Would God I were the tender apple blossom	Anna Case ; Carroll Hollister	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Columbia	W98689	12-in.	4/9/1930	Goin' home	Louis Graveure	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Brunswick	X5152	12-in.	approximately Mar. 1921	Eïli, Eïli	Dorothy Jardon	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	X15199-X15201	12-in.	3/17/1925	Goin’ home	Maria Ivogun	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	XE16928-XE16929	12-in.	11/18/1925	Goin' home	Mario Chamlee	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Brunswick	XE17045-XE17046	12-in.	12/4/1925	Goin' home	Mario Chamlee	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	adapter
Brunswick	XE17361-XE17363	12-in.	1/5/1926	Goin’ home	Mario Chamlee	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Brunswick	XE19331-XE19333	12-in.	5/20/1926	Would God I were the tender apple blossom	Elisabeth Rethberg	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Brunswick	E19469-E19471	10-in.	6/4/1926	Goin’ home	Brunswick Concert Orchestra	Orchestra, with male vocal chorus	adapter
Edison	4337	10-in.	12/13/1915	Gae to sleep	Christine Miller	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4484	10-in.	2/9/1916	Under the rose	Charles Granville	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4499	10-in.	2/15/1916	She is my Rosie	Glen Ellison	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8150	10-in.	7/29/1921	Loving Spirit, Thou hast brought us out of error's night	Robert C. Dyrenforth ; Robert Gayler	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Edison	10757	10-in.	1/6/1926	Goin' home	Walter Scanlan	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	adapter
Columbia (U.K.)	CL8239	10-in.	approximately 1946	Steamboat song	Margaret Azaïs ; Madeleine Martinetti	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL8240	10-in.	approximately 1946	Deep river	Margaret Azaïs ; Madeleine Martinetti	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	arranger

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Fisher, William Arms," accessed October 31, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108986.

Fisher, William Arms. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108986.

"Fisher, William Arms." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 31 October 2024.

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