Charles C. Converse
Charles Crozat Converse (October 7, 1832 – October 18, 1918) was an American attorney who also worked as a composer of church songs. He is notable for setting to music the words of Joseph Scriven to become the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". Converse published an arrangement of "The Death of Minnehaha", with words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 7, 1832 (Warren), Died October 18, 1918 (New Jersey)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1952
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3143 | 10-in. | 2/23/1901 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Christopher H. H. Booth | Chimes | composer | |
Victor | B-10598 | 10-in. | 6/26/1911 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
Victor | B-16930 | 10-in. | 12/23/1915 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-20785 | 10-in. | 10/17/1917 | Hvilken vän vi ha i Jesus | Grace Eklund Carlson ; Florence Eklund Reims | Female vocal duet, with organ | composer | |
Victor | B-30192 | 10-in. | 6/16/1924 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Theodore B. Tu | Male vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-46029 | 10-in. | 6/30/1928 | What a friend | Pace Jubilee Singers | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-64258 | 10-in. | 9/29/1930 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Marion Talley | Female vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-83651 | 10-in. | 7/27/1934 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Seth Parker Trio | Mixed vocal trio, with organ | composer | |
Victor | BS-023192 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | She'll be there (What a friend we have in Mother) | Montana Slim | Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-056928 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Edward MacHugh ; William Meeder | Male vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Victor | E0VB-3591 | 10-in. | 3/30/1950 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Dale Evans ; Roy Rogers | Female-male vocal duet, with vocal ensemble and instrumental quartet | composer | |
Victor | E0VB-4601 | 10-in. | 5/15/1950 | She'll be there (what a friend we have in mother) | Wilf Carter | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | 3756 | 10-in. | between 1907 and February 1908 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Henry Burr ; Frank C. Stanley | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 46136 | 10-in. | 10/22/1915 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79417 | 10-in. | 9/15/1920 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | CO48057 | 10-in. | 6/13/1952 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Betty Johnson | Female vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
OKeh | S-70221 | 10-in. | Oct. 1921 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Charles Hart | Male vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
OKeh | W80963 | 10-in. | 6/2/1927 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Giddens Sisters | Female vocal trio, with guitars | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5100-b] | 10-in. | approximately mid-1917 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Church Quartette | Vocal quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | E22930-E22931 | 10-in. | 5/4/1927 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Old Southern Sacred Singers | Male vocal quartet, with organ | composer | |
Brunswick | TC7152 | 10-in. | 12/30/1930 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Lucille Sutton | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | SA2884 | 10-in. | 11/3/1937 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Zeke Williams and his Rambling Cowboys | String band, with male vocal trio and male spoken recitation | composer | |
Edison | 7453 | 10-in. | 7/19/1920 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Converse, Charles C.," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109470.
Converse, Charles C.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/109470.
"Converse, Charles C.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Converse, Charles C. (Charles Crozat), 1832-1918 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93005702
Wikidata: Charles Crozat Converse - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q323458
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/70960218
MusicBrainz: Charles Crozat Converse - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a0e6bc5d-e09d-4256-b88f-5c542a3a4463
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