William Vincent Wallace

William Vincent Wallace

William Vincent Wallace (11 March 1812 – 12 October 1865) was an Irish composer and pianist. In his day, he was famous on three continents as a double virtuoso on violin and piano. Nowadays, he is mainly remembered as an opera composer of note, with key works such as Maritana (1845) and Lurline (1847/60), but he also wrote a large amount of piano music (including some virtuoso pieces) that was much in vogue in the 19th century. His more modest output of songs and ballads, equally wide-ranging in style and difficulty, was also popular in his day, some numbers being associated with famous singers of the time.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1812 (Waterford), Died October 12, 1865 (Vieuzos)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1927

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	216	7-in.	6/19/1897	Scenes that are brightest	W. Paris Chambers	Cornet solo	composer
Berliner	4156	7-in.	Before Oct. 1898	Scenes that are brightest	Simone Mantia	Euphonium solo	composer
Berliner	0298	7-in.	6/28/1899	Let me like a soldier fall	Ferruccio Giannini	Tenor vocal solo	composer
Berliner	0778	7-in.	12/2/1899	Scenes that are brightest	George Schweinfest	Piccolo solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]126	7-in.	7/13/1900	In happy moments	Albert C. Sweet	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]240	7-in.	10/13/1900	Scenes that are brightest	George Schweinfest	Flute solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]756	10-in.	5/1/1901	In happy moments	Addison Dashiell Madeira	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]756	7-in.	5/1/1901	In happy moments	Addison Dashiell Madeira	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1211	10-in.	1/21/1902	Scenes that are brightest	Charles D'Almaine	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1211	7-in.	1/21/1902	Scenes that are brightest	Charles D'Almaine	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]2006	12-in.	1903	Maritana overture	Victor Grand Concert Band	Band	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]3300	10-in.	5/1/1901	In happy moments	Addison Dashiell Madeira	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix C-]31013	12-in.	either 1901 or 1902	Overture	Victor Grand Concert Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-1357	10-in.	5/26/1904	Scenes that are brightest	Charles D'Almaine	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	A-1357	7-in.	5/26/1904	Scenes that are brightest	Charles D'Almaine	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-1713	12-in.	9/28/1904	Scenes that are brightest	Corinne Morgan	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-1713	10-in.	9/28/1904	Scenes that are brightest	Corinne Morgan	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-2013	12-in.	12/5/1904	Maritana overture	Victor Band [i.e., Pryor's Band] ; Victor Grand Concert Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-2377	10-in.	3/14/1905	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Mina Hickman	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	C-2615	12-in.	6/6/1905	In happy moments	Corinne Morgan	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-3207	10-in.	3/23/1906	In happy moments	Alan Turner	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-4291	10-in.	3/8/1907	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Charles D'Almaine ; Darius Lyons	Flute and violin duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-4306	12-in.	3/14/1907	Holy Mother, guide his footsteps	Corinne Morgan ; Elise Stevenson	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-4677	10-in.	7/12/1907	Scenes that are brightest	Helene Noldi	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-4711	10-in.	7/25/1907	Let me like a soldier fall	John A. Finnegan	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6321	10-in.	7/24/1908	Let me like a soldier fall	William T. Evans [i.e., Evan Williams]	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6341	10-in.	8/11/1908	Alas! Those chimes so sweetly stealing	Corinne Morgan	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6827	10-in.	2/20/1909	Sweet spirit	Darius Lyons ; Howard Rattay	Flute and violin duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-8253	12-in.	9/23/1909	Maritana : Selection	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-8399	10-in.	11/23/1909	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Darius Lyons ; Howard Rattay	Flute and cello duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-9064	12-in.	6/7/1910	Lurline overture	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	C-9593	12-in.	10/31/1910	Gems from Maritana	Victor Light Opera Company	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-11366	10-in.	12/14/1911	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	B-12356	10-in.	9/10/1912	Let me like a soldier fall	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-12710	10-in.	12/11/1912	There is a flower	John McCormack	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18947	10-in.	12/29/1916	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-21786	10-in.	4/18/1918	Dolce spirito ascolta la mia preghiera	Rev. Francis Auriemma	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-27378	10-in.	1/8/1923	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Merle Alcock	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	[Trial 1915-12-31-02]	Not documented	12/31/1915	Fantasia : Scenes that are brightest	H. Benne Henton	Saxophone solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3497	10-in.	between January and October 1906	Let me like a soldier fall	George Alexander	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	4319	10-in.	between 1909 and February 1910	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Mrs. A. Stewart Holt	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	38148	10-in.	7/19/1912	Let me like a soldier fall	Charles Harrison	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77874	10-in.	6/5/1918	Scenes that are brightest	Thomas Hughes	Clarinet solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80321	10-in.	4/26/1922	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Lucy Gates	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30337	12-in.	1/15/1910	Scenes that are brightest	Marshall P. Lufsky ; Charles Schuetze ; George Stehl	Instrumental trio	composer
Columbia	30554	12-in.	ca. 1910-Jan. 1911	In happy moments	Vernon Archibald	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30674	12-in.	Jan.-Sept. 1911	Scenes that are brightest	Grace Kerns	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30781	12-in.	5/29/1911	There is a flower that bloometh	Charles Harrison	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	36761	12-in.	ca. 1913	In happy moments	Henri Scott	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	37219	12-in.	3/16/1915	Angels that around us hover	Columbia Opera Chorus	Vocal chorus, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	49982	12-in.	ca. 1921	Scenes that are brightest	Rosa Ponselle	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	98027	12-in.	5/1/1922	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Lucy Gates	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W98391	12-in.	9/13/1927	Maritana : Overture	Robert Hood Bowers ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	W98392	12-in.	9/13/1927	Maritana : Overture	Robert Hood Bowers ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	6000	12-in.	approximately 1908	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Walter Gilbert Webber	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	6336	12-in.	approximately 1913	Yes, let me like a soldier fall	Morgan Kingston	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	26320	10-in.	approximately 1908	In happy moments	George Platt	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	27171	10-in.	approximately 1910	There is a flower that bloometh	Walter Wheatley	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	27172	10-in.	approximately 1910	Yes, let me like a soldier fall	Walter Wheatley	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	75393	12-in.	approximately 1917	The bellringer	Norman Allin	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	76888	12-in.	2/27/1923	Maritana : Vocal gems	Columbia Light Opera Company [U.K.] ; Albert W. Ketelbey	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	76898	12-in.	3/8/1923	Maritanta : Overture	Court Symphony Orchestra [U.K.] ; Albert W. Ketelbey	Orchestra	composer
Edison	158	Not documented	8/5/1910	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Marie Narelle	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	997	10-in.	4/15/1912	In happy moments	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	1069	10-in.	6/11/1912	Scenes that are brightest	Agnes Kimball	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	1097	10-in.	6/21/1912	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Marie Narelle	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	1208	10-in.	9/3/1912	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Venetian Instrumental Quartet	String quartet	composer
Edison	2083	10-in.	1/7/1913	Scenes that are brightest	Albert Weston	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Edison	2091	10-in.	1/13/1913	Lurline overture	Brass orchestra (unidentified; Edison Records)	Brass orchestra	composer
Edison	2253	10-in.	4/28/1913	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Mrs. Shaw	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2311	10-in.	5/29/1913	Maritana overture	Sodero's Band	Band	composer
Edison	2368	10-in.	7/14/1913	Hear me, gentle Maritana	Vernon Archibald	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2432	10-in.	8/28/1913	In happy moments	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2464	10-in.	9/23/1913	Of fairy wand had I the power	Vernon Archibald ; Marie De Kyser	Vocal duet (baritone and soprano), with orchestra	composer
Edison	2471	10-in.	9/26/1913	In turn, what do you say?	Vernon Archibald ; Marie De Kyser	Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra	composer
Edison	2504	10-in.	10/21/1913	Maritana overture	Sodero's Band	Band	composer
Edison	2907	10-in.	3/25/1914	Idle spirit	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2930	10-in.	between 4/1/1914 and 4/6/1914	Scenes that are brightest	Clementine de Vere	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2952	10-in.	between 4/9/1914 and 4/15/1914	As in the cup the bead flies up	Albert G. Janpolski	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2953	10-in.	4/15/1914	This heart by woe o'ertaken	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2962	10-in.	Mar. 1914	'Tis the harp in the air	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	3071	10-in.	May-June 1914	Maritana overture	Sodero's Band	Band	composer
Edison	3783	10-in.	5/13/1915	Oh Maritana	Louis Katzman ; Simone Mantia	Cornet and trombone duet	composer
Edison	3802	10-in.	5/20/1915	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Elizabeth Spencer	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	3837	10-in.	6/1/1915	Sweet spirit, hear my prayer	Venetian Instrumental Quartet	Instrumental quartet	composer
Edison	6188	10-in.	between 5/21/1918 and 5/24/1918	What mystery, why thus control	Benjamin Klatzkin ; Simone Mantia	Trombone and cornet duet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7206	10-in.	3/10/1920	Scenes that are brightest	Leeta Corder	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7365	10-in.	5/24/1920	The wind that wafts my sighs to thee	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wallace, William Vincent," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103738.

Wallace, William Vincent. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103738.

"Wallace, William Vincent." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.