Hugo Frey
Hugo Frey (26 August 1873 – 13 February 1952) was an American pianist, violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor, and arranger. He was a prolific editor for piano sheet music, the primary audience being the "living room" pianist, providing simplified arrangements of some of the more difficult pieces. In the 1920s he was pianist with The Troubadours and led and arranged for the Manhattan Merrymakers, and was "a prolific piano roll editor". In 1921 Swiss classical pianist Rudolph Ganz described Frey as "the best of the composers of so-called bad music, and therefore preferable to the bad composers of so-called good music". |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 26, 1873, Died February 13, 1952
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1934
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, leader, piano, arranger, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 164 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-15079 | 10-in. | 7/23/1914 | Ev'ry road is the right road (When the right little girl is along) | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17712 | 10-in. | 5/19/1916 | Uncle Tom | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-18456 | 10-in. | 9/25/1916 | Money blues | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-18751 | 10-in. | 11/22/1916 | Molly Dhu | Charles Harrison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19020 | 10-in. | 1/8/1917 | Topsy | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | C-19021 | 12-in. | 1/8/1917 | Havanola | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-21835 | 10-in. | 5/8/1918 | Calicoco | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | C-21836 | 12-in. | 5/8/1918 | Mother's garden | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-21837 | 10-in. | 5/8/1918 | My dough boy | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | C-21883 | 12-in. | 6/3/1918 | Dodola | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-22077 | 10-in. | 7/29/1918 | Mary | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus | composer | |
Victor | B-22346 | 10-in. | 12/16/1918 | Rockin' the boat | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with xylophone solo | composer | |
Victor | C-22347 | 12-in. | 12/16/1918 | Head over heels | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | C-22390 | 12-in. | 2/27/1919 | Chong | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | C-22395 | 12-in. | 3/4/1919 | Oh, my dear | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | B-22725 | 10-in. | 3/18/1919 | You're the one (That I want) | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and xylophone | composer | |
Victor | B-22903 | 10-in. | 6/5/1919 | Yearning | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | B-22977 | 10-in. | 7/25/1919 | Roses at twilight | Frank E. Banta ; Hugo Frey | Piano duet | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | B-23275 | 10-in. | 9/25/1919 | Peggy | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | B-23276 | 10-in. | 9/25/1919 | Yellow Dog blues | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | B-23284 | 10-in. | 10/1/1919 | Happy | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-23298 | 10-in. | 10/10/1919 | Patches | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | B-23300 | 10-in. | 10/15/1919 | Nobody ever | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
Victor | B-23301 | 10-in. | 10/15/1919 | Mother's red, red rose | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | B-23325 | 10-in. | 11/5/1919 | My laddie | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Frey, Hugo," accessed November 14, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108917.
Frey, Hugo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108917.
"Frey, Hugo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Frey, Hugo, 1873-1952 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90000902
Wikidata: Hugo Frey (musician) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5933959
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