Edna White
Flora Edna White (October 23, 1892 – June 25, 1992), known professionally as Edna White and privately for much of her life as Edna White Chandler, was an American trumpet soloist, chamber musician, vaudeville performer, and composer. A child prodigy, White began her professional career as a soloist in 1901 at the age of eight and graduated from the Institute of Musical Art (which would later become the Juilliard School) in 1907. White, who switched from cornet to trumpet during her studies at the institute, was one of the first soloists to perform on trumpet rather than cornet. White formed a number of all-female brass quartets, including the Aida Quartet, the Edna White Trumpeters (which also performed as the Edna White Quartet), the Liberty Belles, and the Tone Weavers. Billed as the "only woman solo trumpeter in the world," White toured nationally with her chamber ensembles and performed as a soloist in recitals, vaudeville acts, with concert bands, and with orchestras. In the 1920s White made solo recordings for Edison Records, and in the 1940s and 1950s she collaborated with composers Virgil Thomson and George Antheil. Her 1949 recital in Carnegie Hall was the first given there by a trumpeter. After retiring from performance in 1957, White remained active as a composer and writer, completing an operetta, a suite for trumpet and orchestra, a trumpet method book, and a memoir, in addition to shorter songs and poems. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 23, 1892 (Stamford), Died June 25, 1992
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1927
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet, leader, arranger, cornet
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 40 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-18850 | 10-in. | 12/14/1916 | Té tév ounéi | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
Victor | B-18851 | 10-in. | 12/14/1916 | Haratch entanank | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | arranger | |
Columbia | 77688 | 10-in. | 2/26/1918 | Just a baby's prayer at twilight (for her daddy over there) | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77689 | 10-in. | 2/26/1918 | Fancy you fancying me | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77765 | 10-in. | 4/11/1918 | The old refrain | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77766 | 10-in. | 4/11/1918 | Lullaby | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77774 | 10-in. | 4/17/1918 | The lost chord | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 77789 | 10-in. | 4/26/1918 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78020 | 10-in. | 8/23/1918 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78458 | 10-in. | 5/29/1919 | O holy night | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78468 | 10-in. | 6/3/1919 | O holy night | Edna White Trumpet Quartette | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78842 | 10-in. | 12/4/1919 | When you and I were young, Maggie | Gloria Trumpeters [i.e., Edna White Trumpet Quartette] | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 78843 | 10-in. | 12/5/1919 | The sweetest story ever told | Gloria Trumpeters [i.e., Edna White Trumpet Quartette] | Trumpet quartet, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 79058 | 10-in. | 3/19/1920 | How sweet the moonlight | Gloria Trumpeters | Trumpet quartet, unaccompanied | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 79130 | 10-in. | 4/19/1920 | Coronation march | Gloria Trumpeters | Trumpet quartet | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 79195 | 10-in. | 5/20/1920 | Come where the lilies bloom | Gloria Trumpeters | Trumpet quartet | instrumentalist, trumpet, leader | |
Columbia | 85090 | 10-in. | approximately April 1919 | Noël de Déliverance | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with trumpet and organ | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 85091 | 10-in. | approximately April 1919 | Tu renaîtras | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with trumpet and organ | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87007 | 10-in. | approximately January 1921 | Santa Maria | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with trumpet and orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87008 | 10-in. | approximately January 1921 | Ave Maria | Edna White | Trumpet solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87009 | 10-in. | approximately January 1921 | Élégie | Torcom Bézazian | Male vocal solo, with trumpet and orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87143 | 10-in. | approximately February 1921 | Agnus Dei | Edna White | Trumpet solo, with orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87515 | 10-in. | approximately June 1921 | International medley march, part 1 | Howard Kopp ; Edna White | Band, with trumpet and xylophone | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87516 | 10-in. | approximately June 1921 | International medley march, part 2 | Howard Kopp ; Edna White | Band, with trumpet and xylophone | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
Columbia | 87517 | 10-in. | either 1921 or 1922 | International medley march | Howard Kopp ; Edna White | Band, with trumpet, xylophone, and bells | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "White, Edna," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107484.
White, Edna. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107484.
"White, Edna." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Edna White
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LCNAR: White, Edna, 1892-1992 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96107096
Wikidata: Edna White - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q13561696
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/4204280
MusicBrainz: Edna White - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c5a98bf-effd-4ace-a201-b1b4e8432194
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