Augustus Toplady

Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages". Three of his other hymns – "A Debtor to Mercy Alone", "Deathless Principle, Arise" and "Object of My First Desire" – are still occasionally sung today.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 4, 1740 (Farnham), Died August 11, 1778 (London)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 29 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	917	7-in.	Before June 1896	Rock of ages	Artists vary	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Berliner	0565	7-in.	10/7/1899	Rock of ages	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]717	10-in.	11/25/1902	Rock of ages	Choir [i.e., Choir of the Lombard Street Mission] ; Choir [i.e., Lyric Trio]	Mixed vocal trio, with organ	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]717	7-in.	3/11/1901	Rock of ages	Choir [i.e., Choir of the Lombard Street Mission] ; Choir [i.e., Lyric Trio]	Mixed vocal trio, with organ	lyricist
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3195	10-in.	3/11/1901	Rock of ages	Lyric Trio	Mixed vocal trio	lyricist
Victor	B-2303	10-in.	2/15/1905	Rock of ages	Trinity Choir	Chorus, with organ	lyricist
Victor	B-2970	10-in.	12/22/1905	Rock of ages	Richard Jose	Counter-tenor vocal solo, with organ	lyricist
Victor	E-3242	8-in.	4/2/1906	Rock of ages	Lyric Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-3242	10-in.	4/2/1906	Rock of ages	Lyric Quartet ; Trinity Choir [i.e., Lyric Quartet]	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-4555	10-in.	6/3/1907	Rock of ages	Trinity Choir [i.e., Lyric Quartet]	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14850	10-in.	5/20/1914	Rock of ages	Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer	Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-20786	10-in.	10/17/1917	Klippa du sombrast förmig	Grace Eklund Carlson ; Florence Eklund Reims	Female vocal duet, with organ	lyricist
Victor	B-24494	10-in.	9/21/1920	Rock of ages	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-30628	10-in.	8/12/1924	Rock of ages	Jenn Rawlings Anderson	Female vocal solo, with organ	lyricist
Victor	BVE-82883	10-in.	8/2/1934	Rock of ages	Buice Brothers	Male vocal quartet, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BS-046712	10-in.	1/24/1940	Rock of ages	Emile Coté ; Victor Chapel Choir	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	lyricist
Victor	BS-047633	10-in.	2/8/1940	Rock of ages	Morris Brown Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist
Victor	D7VB-2897	10-in.	12/19/1947	Rock of ages	Dick Leibert	Organ solo	lyricist
Columbia	1781	10-in.	between January and October 1904	Rock of ages	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with organ and orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	79743	10-in.	3/1/1921	Rock of ages	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	30222	12-in.	3/1/1909	Rock of ages	Mrs. A. Stewart Holt	Female vocal solo, with violin, flute, and harp	lyricist
Columbia	W143001	10-in.	11/1/1926	Rock of ages	Moultrie Georgia Quartet	Vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist
OKeh	S-7517	10-in.	Aug. 1920	Rock of ages	Helen Clark ; Joseph A. Phillips	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	2083	10-in.	approximately July 1918	Rock of ages	Harry McClaskey ; Marie Morrisey	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	7185	10-in.	approximately Jan. 1922	Rock of ages	Elizabeth Lennox ; Marie Tiffany	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist

(Results 1-25 of 29 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Toplady, Augustus," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105622.

Toplady, Augustus. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105622.

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

Wikidata: Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712167

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/60028923

MusicBrainz: Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d2f42dfa-9881-467e-a294-6258e8cfb35a

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/193711

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