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REINALD WERRENRATH (BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AUGUST 7, 1883 – PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 12, 1953)

 

 

 

 

Reinald Werrenrath was an American baritone and opera singer who also recorded popular songs and appeared regularly on radio during the early decades of the twentieth century. He often used the pseudonym Edward Hamilton.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was the son of George Werrenrath, a Danish-born operatic tenor. Reinald studied at New York University and made his operatic debut in 1907 in Die Meistersinger. That same year, he began recording for Edison Records before embarking on a long association with the Victor Talking Machine Company. Between 1906 and 1929, he made several hundred recordings for Victor, both as a soloist and as a member of ensembles such as the Orpheus Quartet and the Victor Opera Quartet. Among his most successful recordings were “As Long as the World Rolls On” (1907), “Hello Frisco!” (from Ziegfeld Follies of 1915), and “Smilin’ Through” (1919).

Werrenrath made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1919 in Pagliacci, in a cast that included Enrico Caruso. He toured extensively and gave more than 3,000 concert performances. He was also one of the earliest singing stars to appear regularly on radio, notably on station WEAF in New York. In 1930, he made a private recording of Christmas greetings accompanied by Harpo Marx and others. Two years later, he joined the music staff of NBC, and in his later years devoted himself mainly to teaching, primarily at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. He also operated a summer music school at Chazy Lake, New York.

Werrenrath was married three times. He died on September 12, 1953, in Plattsburgh, New York, after suffering a heart attack while at Chazy Lake. His residence there, Werrenrath Camp, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

A brown bird singing (Wood) Victor 984 B-28894 11-14-1923

A khaki lad (Aylward) Victor 45154 B-21964 6-4-1918

After all (Robers) Victor 45162 B-22599 2-25-1919

Among My Souvenirs (Leslie) Victor 1310-A 1310A 1928

Angelus (Herbert) (w. Christie MacDonald) Victor 70099 C-13201 4-25-1913

Asthore (Trotère) Victor 31803 C-9605 11-4-1910

Battle Hymn of the Republic (Ward Howe) Victor 45121-A B-19377 3-15-1917

Boheme (Puccini) Ah! Mimi tu piu (w. Murphy) Victor 60108 B-14037 11-5-1913

Boots (Kipling-Felman) Victor 6583B 6583-B 3-24-1926

Brown October ale (De Koven) Victor 945 B-28152 6-27-1923

By the waters of Babylon (Howell) Victor 55076 C-15078 7-23-1914

Calm as the night (Bohm) Victor 31743 C-8086 7-1-1909

Can’t yo’ heah me callin’ Caroline (Roma) Victor 991 B-25563 9-16-1921

Carmen (Bizet) Chanson du toréador Victor 55068 C-16869 12-8-1915

Caro mio ben (Giordani) Victor 17718-B B-15218 9-24-1914

Colleen o’ my heart (Penn) Victor 64931 B-24683 11-5-1920

Crucifix (Faure) (w. McCormack) Victor 64712 64712 1917

Danny Deever (Damrosch) Victor 31738 C-7021 4-29-1909

Dear delightful women (Rubens) Victor 16872 B-10003 2-24-1911

Don Giovanni (Mozart) Là ci darem la mano Victor 87569 B-23741 2-18-1920

Don Juan’s serenade (Tchaikovsky) Victor 16981 B-10400 5-15-1911

Dreaming alone in the twilight (Moore) Victor 64843 B-23444 10-28-1919

Drink to me only with thine eyes Old English (Jonson) Victor 45114-A B-18942 12-28-1916

Drumadoon (Sanderson) Victor 1072 B-29222 12-27-1923

Euridice (Peri) Non piango e non sospiro Victor 45069 B-15526 12-17-1914

Euridice (Peri) Funeste piagge Victor 55051 C-15643 1-29-1915

Every little movement (Hoschna) Victor 5784 B-9333 7-28-1910

Face to Face (Johnson) Victor 1120-A 1120A 8-4-1925

Faust (Gounod) Even bravest heart Victor 55079 C-18152 7-26-1916

Flag of my heart (Ferrari) Victor 45124 B-19856 4-30-1917

Follow me (Nathaniel Dett) Victor 6472 C-28892 12-27-1923

Forza del destino (Verdi) Solenne in quest’ora (w. Murphy) Victor 70103 C-12174 7-10-1912

Freedom for all forever (Hilliam) Victor 45151 B-21616 3-19-1918

Fuzzy-Wuzzy (Athur Whiting) Victor 45109-B B-15830 3-25-1915

Goin’ home (Dvořák) Victor 74815 C-27953 5-11-1923

Guide thou my steps (Cherubini) Victor 55075 C-17535 4-21-1916

Gypsy love song (Herbert) Victor 64897 B-10401 5-15-1911

Heart o’ mine (Herbert) Victor 1055 B-30986 10-9-1924

Heaven at the end of the road (Osgood) Victor 66145 B-27334 12-20-1922

Hérodiade (Massenet) Vision fugitive Victor 74610 9-11-1916

Holy night (Adam) Victor 6426 C-28166-7 5-1923

House of memories (Aylward) Victor 45101 B-15525 12-17-1914

I love you (Archer) Victor 1026 B-30011 4-23-1924

I want to go back to Blighty (Davidson) Victor 45154 B-21965 6-4-1918

Kashmiri song (Woodforde-Finden) Victor 66132 B-27330 12-20-1922

Lafayette (We hear you calling) (Earl) Victor 45151-A B-21617 3-19-1918

Little man (Ball) Victor 66118 B-26537 6-12-1922

Lorraine (Fisher) Victor 45148  B-21283 12-24-1917

Love sends a little gift of roses (Openshaw) Victor 64964 B-24682 11-5-1920

Lucia  di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Chi mi frena (w. Murphy, March, Kline & Glenn) Victor 70036 C-10101 3-27-1911

Molly (Herbert) Victor 64830 B-23109 8-5-1919

Moonrise (Samuels) Victor 66047 B-25717 10-14-1921

My lovely Celia (Lane Wilson) Victor 45114 B-18941 12-28-1916

Nazareth (Gounod) Victor 74719 C-25562 9-16-1921

Oft in the stilly night (Stevenson) Victor 55065 C-16865 12-6-1915

On the road to Mandalay (Speaks) Victor 74783 C-26536 6-12-1922

Orfeo (Monteverdi) Tu se’ morta Victor 45083 B-15524 12-17-1914

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue Victor 55068 C-16854 12-2-1915

Passage birds’ farewell (Hildach) Victor 5734 B-7064 5-12-1909

Rheingold (Wagner) Weiche Wotan, weiche! (w. Arndt-Ober) Victor 74396 C-14499 2-20-1914

Rose in the Bud (Barrow-Forster) Victor 951-B BVE-27950 10-4-1926

Saved By Grace (Crosby-Stebbins) Victor 1227-B BVE-33126 8-3-1925

Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled (Burns) Victor 16961 B-10949 9-12-1911

Sittin’ thinkin’ (Fisher) Victor 984 B-28895 11-14-1923

Smilin’ through (Penn) Victor 45166 B-22688 4-15-1919

Story of the Rose (Mack) Victor 64950 B-24608 10-1-1920

Sun and moon (Penn) Victor 1072 B-27951 5-10-1923

Tell me, Daisy (Romberg) Victor 66032 B-25798 12-9-1921

Tell me, where is fancy bred (Stevenson) (w. Marsh) Victor 55060 C-16017 5-10-1915

The Americans come! (Foster) Victor 45157 B-22262 9-27-1918

The battle hymn of the Republic (Ward Howe) Victor 45121 B-19377 3-15-1917

The Bohemian girl (Balfe) The heart bow’d down Victor 55079 C-18151 7-26-1916

The broad highway (Romberg) Victor 1055 B-30987 10-9-1924

The charmed cup (Roeckel) Victor 35189 C-9714 12-15-1910

The Gypsy trail (Galloway) Victor 45109 B-18940 12-28-1916

The hymn of Charlemagne Used by Jeanne D’Arc… Lament for Charlemagne Victor 55072 C-16581 9-30-1915

The Indian queen (Purcell) I attempt from Love’s sickness to fly Victor 45092 B-17244 3-2-1916

The Ivy-Green (Charles Dickens-Beethoven) Victor 45067-B B-15644 1-29-1915

The king’s highway (Molloy) Victor 16850 B-8615 2-10-1910

The light I love best (Hopkins) Victor 1289-A 1289A 1927

The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane (Hayes) Victor 1159-B 1159B 4-30-1926

The little shawl of blue (Hewitt) Victor 66087 B-25718 10-14-1921

The Lord is my shepherd (Smart) (w. Miller) Victor 16869 B-9826 1-19-1911

The lost chord (Sullivan) Victor 45089 B-10948 9-14-1911

The Palms (Faure) Victor 45089-A B-17243 3-2-1916

The Prisoner’s Song (Massey) Victor 1159-A BVE-35405 4-15-1926

The radiance in your eyes (Novello) Victor 45155-B B-21615 3-19-1918

The Song Is Ended (Berlin) Victor 1310-B 1310B 1928

The star spangled banner (Scott Key) Victor 45135 B-20316 7-3-1917

The Watch on the Rhine (Wilhelm) Victor 16882-A B-10427 5-22-1911

The world is waiting for the sunrise (Seitz) Victor 951 B-27708 3-26-1923

There’s sunlight in your eyes (Harling) Victor 64987 B-25502 7-22-1921

Think love of me (Grey) Victor 45166-B B-21966 6-4-1918

Tommy lad (Margetson) Victor 45101 B-18153 7-26-1916

Vittoria, mio core! (Carissimi) Victor 17703-A B-15219 9-24-1914

When the nightingale shall sing (de Coucy) Victor 17290 B-12856 1-29-1913

When you were sweet sixteen (Thornton) Victor 991 B-27952 5-11-1923

Where my dear lady sleeps (Breville-Smith) Victor 66018 B-25564 9-16-1921

Who is Sylvia (Schubert) Victor 17634-A B-15030 7-2-1914

Your flag and my flag (Nesbit) Victor 45124 B-20001 5-28-1917