Edward Lear

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Edward Lear

Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. His principal areas of work as an artist were threefold: as a draughtsman employed to make illustrations of birds and animals; making coloured drawings during his journeys, which he reworked later, sometimes as plates for his travel books; and as a (minor) illustrator of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poems. As an author, he is known principally for his popular nonsense collections of poems, songs, short stories, botanical drawings, recipes and alphabets. He also composed and published twelve musical settings of Tennyson's poetry.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 12, 1812 (Highgate), Died January 29, 1888 (Sanremo)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1898 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: author

= 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
Berliner	4284	7-in.	June 1897-Oct. 1898	The owl and the pussy cat	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	author
Berliner	0573	7-in.	4/19/1900	The owl and the pussy cat	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	author
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]87	10-in.	9/14/1901	The owl and the pussy cat	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	author
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]87	7-in.	7/10/1900	The owl and the pussy cat	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	author
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3178	10-in.	3/6/1901	The owl and the pussy cat	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet	author
Victor	C-723	12-in.	12/2/1903	The owl and the pussy cat	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	author
Victor	B-723	10-in.	11/19/1903	The owl and the pussy cat	Haydn Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	author
Victor	C-14834	12-in.	5/21/1914	The owl and the pussy cat	S. H. Clark	Recitation	author
Victor	BS-036891	10-in.	5/11/1939	The pobble	The Koralites	Dramatic scene	author
Victor	BS-056960	10-in.	10/25/1940	The owl and the pussy cat	Jessica Dragonette ; H. Maurice Jacquet	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	author
Victor	BS-067776	10-in.	9/10/1941	Owl and the pussy cat	Craig McDonnell	Recitation, with instrumental trio and sound effects	author
Victor	BS-067777	10-in.	9/10/1941	Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow	Craig McDonnell	Recitation, with instrumental trio and sound effects	author
Victor	BS-067778	10-in.	9/10/1941	The duck and the kangaroo	Craig McDonnell	Recitation, with instrumental trio and sound effects	author
Victor	BS-067779	10-in.	9/10/1941	The Jumblies	Craig McDonnell	Recitation, with instrumental trio and sound effects	author
Victor	BS-067780	10-in.	9/10/1941	The broom, the shovel, the poker and the tongs	Craig McDonnell	Recitation, with instrumental trio and sound effects	author
Victor	BS-067781	10-in.	9/10/1941	The table and the chair	Craig McDonnell	Recitation, with instrumental trio and sound effects	author
Columbia	751	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	The owl and the pussy cat	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet	author
Columbia	751	7-in.	ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902	The owl and the pussy cat	Artists vary	Male vocal quartet	author
Columbia	45744	10-in.	6/3/1915	The owl and the pussy cat	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	author

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lear, Edward," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102449.

Lear, Edward. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102449.

"Lear, Edward." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.