Description

HARRY DEARTH (1876 – 1933)

He attended the Royal Conservatory of Music in London. In 1894, when he was only 18, he gave his first concert in London. Then he worked for many years as a soloist with the Royal Choral Society in London’s Westminster Abbey. Accordingly, he had a career mainly as an oratorio soloist and as a lieder singer. However, in the Beecham Season of 1910 he appeared at London’s Covent Garden Opera in a number of roles: as the broom maker in E. Humperdinck’s ”Hansel and Gretel”, in the English premiere of F. Delius’s ”A Village Romeo and Juliet” (as Marti), in the demonic roles in ”Les contes d’Hoffmann” and as the title hero in ”Der fliegende Holländer” by R. Wagner. Despite great success on the stage, he continued his career exclusively in the concert field.

TRACKLIST

1. A sergeant of the line (W H Squire) 02230 4068f HMV, London 1910-01-28
2. Alsa Mine (Newton) X44656 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
3. An ancient mariner (Sanderson) 5-2341 Ho5911ae HMV, London 1920-10-11
4. Ben the bosun (S Adams) 4-2068 11220e HMV, London 1910-01-28
5. Faust (Gounod) The Calf of Gold X44669 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
6. Indian Suite (Woodford Finden) Less than the Dust X66373 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
7. Indian Suite (Woodford Finden) Till I wake X66374 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
8. Iolanthe (Sullivan) The Sentry’s song 450, Sterling cylinder, 1906
9. Leanin’ (Sterndale Bennett) C1344 Cc9544-1,1A HMV, London 1926-12-16
10. Little Michael John O’Shea (Sterndale Bennett) 5-2340, Ho5910ae HMV, London 1920-10-11
11. Little Pat (Grant) X44856 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
12. M.S. Pinafore (Sullivan) The Captain’s Song 944 Sterling cylinder, 1907
13. Nazareth (Gounod) X66371 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
14. Palms (Faure) X44836 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
15. Stone-cracker John (Coates) 4-2058 11219e HMV, London 1910-01-28
16. The Bell Ringer (Wallace) X44668 Odeon, London, 1906-1908
17. The crown of the year (Easthope Martin) (pf Easthope Martin) 4-2551 Ho1444ab HMV, London 1915-05-03
18. The lowland sea (Coates) 02260 4070f HMV, London 1910-01-28
19. The Rose of Persia (Sullivan) Drinking song 4-2288 y15644e HMV, London 1912-09-11
20. The Skipper of the Mary Jane (D. Richard) E384 Bb5805-1 HMV, London 1925-02-26 (ac)