James Thomson
James Thomson (23 November 1834 – 3 June 1882), who wrote under the pen name Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish journalist, poet, and translator. He is most often remembered for The City of Dreadful Night (1874; 1880), a poetic allegory of urban suffering and despair. Thomson's pen name derives from the names of the poets Shelley and Novalis, both strong influences on him as a writer. Thomson's essays were written mainly for National Reformer, Secular Review, and Cope's Tobacco Plant. His longer poems include "The Doom of a City" (1854), "Vane's Story" (1865), and the Orientalist ballad "Weddah and Om-El-Bonain". He admired and translated the works of the Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi and Heinrich Heine. In the title of his biography of Thomson, Bertram Dobell dubbed him "the Laureate of Pessimism". |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 23, 1834 (Port Glasgow), Died June 3, 1882 (London)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1910 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, author
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-11301 | 10-in. | 11/23/1911 | A song of thanksgiving | Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-23793 | 10-in. | 3/30/1920 | A song of thanksgiving | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with piano and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-25918 | 10-in. | 12/21/1921 | Give a man a horse he can ride | Royal Dadmun | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-27583 | 10-in. | 3/1/1923 | A song of thanksgiving | Orville Harrold | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-38999 | 10-in. | 7/21/1927 | Give a man a horse he can ride | Robert P. Shepard | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-Test-643 | 10-in. | 5/22/1929 | Give a man a horse he can ride | Geoffrey O'Hara | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Brunswick | 11998-12000 | 10-in. | 11/28/1923 | Give a man a horse he can ride | John Barclay | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | 12214-12217 | 10-in. | 1/3/1924 | Give a man a horse he can ride | John Barclay | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 496 | Not documented | approximately Dec. 1910 | Song of thanksgiving | Violet Oppenshaw | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 7518 | 10-in. | 9/9/1920 | Give a man a horse he can ride | Arthur Middleton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 8217 | 10-in. | 9/14/1921 | A song of thanksgiving | Anna Case | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thomson, James," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101913.
Thomson, James. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101913.
"Thomson, James." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Thomson, James, 1834-1882 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50012267
Wikidata: James Thomson (poet, born 1834) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q984402
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