Katharine Lee Bates
Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker. Bates enjoyed close links with Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she had graduated with a B.A., and later became a professor of English literature, helping to launch American literature as an academic speciality, and writing one of the first-ever college textbooks on it. She never married, possibly because she would have lost tenure if she had. Throughout her long career at Wellesley, she shared a house with her close friend and companion Katharine Coman. Some scholars have assumed that this was a lesbian relationship, considering some exchanges of letters sufficient proof, others believe their relationship may have been a platonic ‘Boston marriage’ in the contemporary phrase. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-28678 | 10-in. | 3/11/1927 | America the beautiful | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with celeste and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-28678 | 10-in. | 10/19/1923 | America the beautiful | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-30016 | 10-in. | 4/24/1924 | America the beautiful | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-49433 | 10-in. | 6/21/1929 | America | Ralph Crane | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-048772 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | America the beautiful | Emile Coté ; Victor Chapel Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with organ | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-056491 | 10-in. | 10/15/1940 | America the beautiful | The Old Timer's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068669 | 10-in. | 12/17/1941 | America, the beautiful | Lucy Monroe ; Charles O'Connell | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 77455 | 10-in. | 10/27/1917 | America the beautiful | Paulist Choristers of Chicago | Male vocal chorus, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | W144681 | 10-in. | 9/16/1927 | America the beautiful | Columbia Mixed Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 90146 | 10-in. | between 1918 and 1925 | America the beautiful | Columbia Band | Band | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bates, Katherine Lee," accessed October 13, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101886.
Bates, Katherine Lee. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 13, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101886.
"Bates, Katherine Lee." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 October 2024.
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LCNAR: Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50006336
Wikidata: Katharine Lee Bates - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2363035
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