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Henry Carey

Henry Carey (c. 26 August 1687 – 5 October 1743) was an English poet, dramatist and songwriter. He is remembered as an anti-Walpolean satirist and also as a patriot. Several of his melodies continue to be sung today, and he was widely praised in the generation after his death. Because he worked in anonymity, selling his own compositions to others to pass off as their own, contemporary scholarship can only be certain of some of his poetry, and a great deal of the music he composed was written for theatrical incidental music. However, under his own name and hand, he was a prolific songwriter and balladeer, and he wrote the lyrics for almost all of these songs. Further, he wrote numerous operas and plays. His life is illustrative of the professional author in the early 18th century. Without inheritance or title or governmental position, he wrote for all of the remunerative venues, and yet he also kept his own political point of view and was able to score significant points against the ministry of the day. Further, he was one of the leading lights of the new "Patriotic" movement in drama.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 27, 1687 (London), Died October 5, 1743 (London)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1895 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, author

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Recordings (Results 26-47 of 47 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 879 7-in. ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 Sally in our alley George McNeice Clarinet solo, with piano composer  
Columbia 39056 10-in. 10/18/1913 Sally in our alley Columbia Stellar Quartette Male vocal quartet, with orchestra author, composer  
Columbia 39283 10-in. 3/16/1914 A spring morning Walter Lawrence Boy soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 77529 10-in. 11/24/1917 Favorites of other days, part 2 Columbia Stellar Quartette Male vocal quartet, with orchestra author, composer  
Columbia 80234 10-in. 3/13/1922 Sally in our alley London String Quartet String quartet composer  
Columbia 80746 10-in. 12/26/1922 Old favorites waltz medley Columbia Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 81093 10-in. 6/22/1923 A spring morning Cyrena Van Gordon Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia 98076 12-in. 4/28/1923 A spring morning Cyrena Van Gordon Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Columbia W148741 10-in. 6/20/1929 America (My country 'tis of thee) Columbia Band Band, with male vocal quartet composer  
Columbia W97030 10-in. March 1929 Mañana de primavera (A spring morning) : Balada Francisco Fuentes Pumarino Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
OKeh S-791 10-in. approximately Aug. 1919 A spring morning Sybil Sanderson Fagan Whistling solo composer  
Brunswick 5798 10-in. approximately June 1921 Sally in our alley Strand Quartet Male vocal quartet with orchestra composer, author  
Brunswick 11270-11272 10-in. 9/12/1923 Sally in our alley Albert Downing Male vocal solo, with orchestra and violin obbligato composer, author  
Brunswick 11669-11672 10-in. 10/19/1923 Sally in our alley Allen McQuhae Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, author  
Brunswick 11771-11773 10-in. 11/1/1923 Sally in our alley Allen McQuhae Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, author  
Brunswick E29047 10-in. 1/12/1929 America Brunswick Concert Orchestra Orchestra composer  
Brunswick E19334-E19336 10-in. 5/20/1926 The plausible lover Elisabeth Rethberg Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 2909 10-in. between 3/25/1914 and 3/26/1914 Sally in our alley Knickerbocker Quartet Male vocal quartet composer, author  
Edison 3080 10-in. May 1914 or later America (My country 'tis of thee) Metropolitan Quartet Male vocal quartet composer  
Edison 4594 10-in. 3/20/1916 A spring morning Julia Heinrich Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 5567 10-in. 5/17/1917 Sally in our alley George Hamlin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer, author  
Gramophone 0EA4634 10-in. 1/28/1937 God save the King BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Boult Orchestra composer  
(Results 26-47 of 47 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Carey, Henry," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201532.

Carey, Henry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201532.

"Carey, Henry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201532

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