Description

DAN THEOPHILUS BEDDOE (ABERDARE, WALES, UK, 16 MARCH, 1863 – NEW YORK, USA, 26 DECEMBER. 1937)

He won a gold medal in a singing competition in Wales (1882). He emigrated to North America and studied singing first in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, then in New York. After an unsuccessful concert tour in England, he sang in New York churches. In 1903 he made his official debut as an oratorio singer. In 1904 Walter Damrosch selected him for a concert performance of ‘’Parsifal’’. In 1910 he was celebrated at the Cincinnati Festival, where he also achieved great success in 1914, 1920, 1925 and 1927. In 1925 he sang the tenor solo in Mendelssohn’s ‘’Elias’’ with great success in New York. From 1925 to 1929 and still in 1934 (71 years old) he was admired in New York at performances of the Messiah by Handel. In 1911 he came to England and sang at the London Crystal Palace at the celebrations for the coronation of George V in Handel’s ‘’Messiah’’ and Mendelssohn’s ‘’Elias’’. He was considered one of the most important oratorio singers of his era. Enrico Caruso attended his concerts in New York because he admired his incomparable messa-di-voce technique. He didn’t appear on stage.

TRACKLIST

1. Elijah (Mendelssohn) Then shall the righteous shine forth 64196 B10404 Victor, USA 1911-06-01
2. Irish love song (Lang) 64195 B10402 Victor, USA 1911-05-19
3. Yesterday and Today (Spross) 64361 B13479 Victor, USA 1913-06-24
4. A Dream (Bartlett) 80210 3197-A Edison, New York 1914-07-22
5. A Moonlight Song (Cadman) 64391 B13489 Victor, USA 1913-07-21
6. Elijah (Mendelssohn) If with all your hearts 3847 E26634 Brunswick, New York 1928-02-23
7. Elijah (Mendelssohn) Then shall the righteous shine forth 3847 E26627 Brunswick, New York 1928-02-23
8. Freischütz (Weber) Thro’ the forest 74244 B10411 Victor, USA 1911-06-01
9. Trovatore (Verdi) Home to our mountains (w. Keyes) BA 28203 Edison, New York 1914-07-03
10. Danny Boy (Weatherley) 3848 E26625 Brunswick, New York 1928-02-23
11. Bugeilior gwenith gwyn (Gathering the white wheat) (trad) E 4305 85067 Columbia, New York 1919-04
12. Y Gwcw fach (Little cuckoo) (trad) E 4305 85068 Columbia, New York 1919-04
13. Rhyfelgyrch Cadben Morgan (Captain Morgan’s March) (trad) E 4428 85126 Columbia, New York 1919-0506
14. Llwyn on (The Ash Grove) (trad) E 4428 85237 Columbia, New York 1919-0506
15. Hosanna! (Granier) 20060 XE26631 Brunswick, New York 1928-02-24
16. In an old fashioned town (Harris) 3848 E26635 Brunswick, New York 1928-02-23
17. Open the gates of the temple (Knapp) 20060 XE26630 Brunswick, New York 1928-02-24