Description
HARRY EVAN WILLIAMS (MINERAL RIDGE, OHIO, 7 SEPTEMBER, 1867 – 2 AKRON, OHIO, 4 MAY, 1918)
His parents were from Wales. His voice discovered in an amateur ensemble and he studied singing with Louise von Feilitsch in Cleveland. In 1891 he gave a first concert in Galion (Ohio), but made his official debut in 1896 at the Worcester Festival. After further studies with Saubage, Ben Davies and Ffrangeon Davies in New York, he undertook an England tour in 1903, followed by a second in 1906. 1910 was a third tour of England. Evan Williams was considered the most important American oratorio tenor of his time. At the same time he was a valued song-interpreter. He is said to have given over a thousand recitals in America. From 1896 to 1911 he was repeatedly celebrated at the Worcester Festival. In 1912 he undertook another tour in England together with the New Symphony Orchestra under Sir Landon Ronald and the pianist Irene Scharrer.
TRACKLIST
- A memory (Park) 3-2414 3490e G&T, London 1906-02-02
- All through the night (arr Richards) 3-2426 3495e G&T, London 1906-02-02
- Judas Maccabæus (Händel) Sound an alarm! 02079 555i G&T, London 1906-11
- Love abiding (Jordan) 3-2416 3497e G&T, London 1906-02-02
- Reine de Saba (Gounod) Lend me your aid 02067 605f G&T, London 1906-02-19
- A dream (Bartlett) 64078 B4864-1 Victor, USA 1907-10-07
- A life lesson (There little girl, don’t cry) (Stephens) 64711 B20203-1 Victor, USA 1917-06-27
- A May morning (Denza) 64153 B9481-2 Victor, USA 1910-09-27
- A perfect day (Jacobs Bond) 64306 B12955-2 Victor, USA 1913-02-27
- A spirit flower (Tipton) 74331 C12384-2 Victor, USA 1912-09-21
- Absent (Metcalf) 64109 B8284-1 Victor, USA 1909-10-06
- Africaine (Meyerbeer) O Paradise! 74148 C8283 Victor, USA 1909-10-08
- Ah love but a day (Protheroe) 64327 B10511-3 Victor, USA 1913-02-28
- Alice, where art thou (Ascher) 64271 B12201-2 Victor, USA 1912-07-18
- All through the night (arr Boulton) 74100 C4870-2 Victor, USA 1907-10-08
- Answer (Robyn) 74205 C9483-1 Victor, USA 1910-09-26
- Auld lang syne (trad) 64105 B6612-1 Victor, USA 1908-11-20
- Beatiful Isle of Somewhere (Fearis) 64411 B14225-2 Victor, USA 1914-01-02
- Because (d’Hardelot) 64133 B8742-1 Victor, USA 1910-03-24
- Beloved it is morn (Aylward) 74404 C14975 Victor, USA 1914-06-22
- Bohème (Puccini) Your tiny hand is frozen 74129 C6677-1 Victor, USA 1908-12-18
- Cantique de Noël (Adam) 64106 B6610-1 Victor, USA 1908-11-20
- Carmen (Bizet) Flower song 74122 C6317 Victor, USA 1908-07-23
- Chiming bells of long ago (Shattuck) (w. qt Kline, Dunlap, Macdonough & Hooley) 64634 B17395-3 Victor, USA 1916-03-31
- Come into the garden, Maude (Balfe) 74109 C6106-1 Victor, USA 1908-04-14
- Crossing the Bar (Willeby) 74119 C6319-1 Victor, USA 1908-07-23
- Dreaming of home and mother (Ordway) (w. qt Kline, Dunlap, Macdonough & Hooley) 74476 C17396-3 Victor, USA 1916-03-31
- Elias (Mendelssohn) If with all your hearts 74088 C4865 Victor, USA 1907-10-07
- Face to face (Johnson) 74477 C17411-1 Victor, USA 1916-03-30
- Favorita (Donizetti) Spirit so fair 74141 C8034-1 Victor, USA 1909-06-09
- Forgotten (Cowles) 74160 C8743-2 Victor, USA 1910-03-24
- Four leaf clover (Brownell) 64139 B9028-7 Victor, USA 1910-10-29
- From the land of sky-blue waters (Cadman) 64516 B15966-3 Victor, USA 1915-06-23
- Goodbye (Tosti) 74550 C18541-5 Victor, USA 1917-11-16
- Goodbye (Tosti) 74551 C20304-1 Victor, USA 1917-06-28
- Goodbye, sweetheart, goodbye (Hatton) 64199 B10521-1 Victor, USA 1911-06-08
- Hark, hark, the lark (Schubert) 64218 B11102-2 Victor, USA 1911-10-14
- Hymn of Praise (Mendelssohn) Sorrows of death 74498 C6101-3 Victor, USA 1916-10-11
- Jean (Burleigh) 64280 B5011 Victor, USA 1912-07-18
- Judas Maccabæus (Händel) Sound an alarm 74131 C6675-1 Victor, USA 1908-12-17
- Just a-wearyin’ for you (Jacobs Bond) 64389 B10520-4 Victor, USA 1913-07-16
- La Molinara (Paisiello) Wynken, Blynken and Nod 64219 B11105-1 Victor, USA 1911-10-14
- Lead kindly light (Dykes) 64092 B6314 Victor, USA 1908-07-22
- Little bit o’honey (Jacobs-Bond) 64771 B21086-1 Victor, USA 1917-11-14
- Little boy blue (Nevin) 64102 B5004-2 Victor, USA 1908-11-20
- Loch Lomond (Lawson) 64210 B6613-2 Victor, USA 1911-06-07
- Lohengrin (Wagner) In distant lands 74130 C6676 Victor, USA 1908-12-18
- Love abiding (Jordan) 74089 C4861-1 Victor, USA 1907-10-07
- Love shall be Lord (Corbett) 74097 C4863-1 Victor, USA 1907-10-07
- Maritana (Wallace) Yes, let me like a soldier fall 5551 B6321-2 Victor, USA 1908-07-24
- Martha (Flotow) Like a dtŕeam 74128 C6316 Victor, USA 1908-07-22
- Mary of Argyle (Nelson) 64088 B6107-1 Victor, USA 1908-04-14
- Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Prize song 74115 C6318 Victor, USA 1908-07-23
- Mentra Gwen (trad) 64141 B8288-2 Victor, USA 1909-10-08
- Messiah (Händel) Comfort ye, my people 74190 C9484-2 Victor, USA 1910-09-27
- Messiah (Händel) Every valley shall be exalted… Comfort ye, my people 74189, 74190, C9485, C9484 Victor, USA 1910-09-27
- Messiah (Händel) Thy rebuke, behold and see 74126 C6102 Victor, USA 1908-07-23
- Mollie darling (Hays) (w. trio Murphy, Werrenrath & Hooley) 74480 C17414-2 Victor, USA 1916-03-31
- Mother my dear (Treharne) 64765 B21085-1 Victor, USA 1917-11-14
- My ain folk (Lemon) 74409 C14988-3 Victor, USA 1914-06-23
- My pretty Jane (Bishop) 74254 C10512-1 Victor, USA 1911-06-07
- O! Na Byddai ‘n Haf O Hyd (Davies) 74181 C8292-1 Victor, USA 1909-10-08
- Open the gates of the temple (Knapp) 74198 C9487-2 Victor, USA 1910-09-28
- Paulus (Mendelssohn) Be thou faithful 74136 C6678-1 Victor, USA 1908-12-18
- Pipes o’ Gordon’s men (Hammond) 64513 B15959-2 Victor, USA 1915-04-27
- Prodigal Son (Sullivan) How many hired servants 74127 C6609-1 Victor, USA 1908-11-19
- Reine de Saba (Gounod) How frail and weak (Recitative) 64086 B-4867-A Victor, USA 1908-11-20
- Reine de Saba (Gounod) Lend me your aid 64096 B-4867-B Victor, USA 1908-11-20
- Return of spring (Frühlingsgruss) (Schumann) 64217 B11092-2 Victor, USA 1911-10-13
- Samson (Händel) Total eclipse 74403 C14972-1 Victor, USA 1914-06-22
- Serenade (Schubert) 64093 B6315 Victor, USA 1908-07-22
- Spray of roses (Sanderson) 64512 B15960-2 Victor, USA 1915-04-28
- Stabat Mater (Rossini) Cujus animam 74093 C4868 Victor, USA 1907-10-08
- Star of Bethlehem (Adams) 74187 C8729-3 Victor, USA 1910-03-22
- Sweet Miss Mary (Neidlinger) 64080 B4862-2 Victor, USA 1907-10-07
- The cross (Ware) 74410 C14973-2 Victor, USA 1914-06-22
- The death of Nelson (Arnold) 74419 C13594-2 Victor, USA 1913-07-16
- The holy city (Adams) 74356 C14213 Victor, USA 1914-01-02
- The lass of Richmond Hill (McNally) 64100 B6611-1 Victor, USA 1908-11-20
- The lost chord (Sullivan) 74453 C15962-6 Victor, USA 1915-06-23
- The ninety and nine (Sankey) 64545 B16147-2 Victor, USA 1915-06-25
- The sandman (Schaefer) 64220 B10517-2 Victor, USA 1911-10-14
- The song that reached my heart (Jordan) (as Henry Evans) 5643 B6614-1 Victor, USA 1908-11-21
- The song that reached my heart (Jordan) 74571 C6614-1 Victor, USA 1917-11-16
- Tim Rooney’s at the fightin’ (Flynn) 64761 B21084-3 Victor, USA 1917-11-15
- When the boys come home (Speaks) 64594 B17381-4 Victor, USA 1916-03-30
- When you and I were young, Maggie (Butterfield) (w. trio Murphy, Werrenrath & Hooley) 74490 C17413-2 Victor, USA 1916-03-31
- Y Deryn Pur (The dove) (trad) 64764 B21090-1 Victor, USA 1917-11-16
- Yn lach Ti Cumri (Adieu to dear Cambria) (trad) 64763 B21089-1 Victor, USA 1917-11-16






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