Amparito Farrar
Amparito Farrar (May 18, 1893 — October 31, 1989) was an American soprano concert singer who came to prominence after performing in France for the troops during World War I. A native of Portland, Oregon, Farrar was the daughter of Spanish-American parents. She was raised in Portland and Sacramento, California, and began singing at a young age, accompanied by her musician mother. As an adolescent, Farrar traveled to Europe, where she studied music in Vienna, Paris, London, and Milan. While in Europe, she performed with the Vienna Opera, and appeared in a West End performance of Adele in 1914. Farrar pursued a musical career in New York City, signing a recording contract with Columbia Records, before sailing to France with her mother in the summer of 1918 to entertain troops fighting in World War I. Upon returning to the United States following a five-month stint, Farrar married Goodrich Truman Smith, a soldier she had met while abroad, in Manhattan. She lived the remainder of her life there and in Florida, where she died in 1989, aged 96. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 18, 1893 (Portland), Died October 31, 1989 (Winter Park)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1918 - 1919
Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 77623 | 10-in. | 1/10/1918 | Sweet and low | Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 77624 | 10-in. | 1/10/1918 | Mighty lak' a rose | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 77960 | 10-in. | 7/23/1918 | Serenata | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 77961 | 10-in. | 7/23/1918 | Venetian song | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 78242 | 10-in. | 1/2/1919 | Little grey home in the West | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 78243 | 10-in. | 1/2/1919 | At dawning | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 78247 | 10-in. | 1/3/1919 | I hear a thrush at eve | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 78251 | 10-in. | 1/11/1919 | Madelon | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 78308 | 10-in. | 2/18/1919 | When Johnny comes marching home | Columbia Quartette ; Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 78689 | 10-in. | 9/23/1919 | Kentucky dream | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Columbia | 78690 | 10-in. | 9/23/1919 | One loving caress | Amparito Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Farrar, Amparito," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114905.
Farrar, Amparito. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114905.
"Farrar, Amparito." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Amparito Farrar
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Farrar, Amparito - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009074656
Wikidata: Amparito Farrar - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22338175
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/88508164
MusicBrainz: Amparito Farrar - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cec1787b-0efa-45d2-a98e-7d2f910e8233
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