A. Baldwin Sloane
Alfred Baldwin Sloane (28 August 1872, Baltimore – 21 February 1925, Red Bank, New Jersey) was an American composer, considered the most prolific songwriter for Broadway musical comedies at the beginning of the 20th century. His scores were first heard in amateur productions in Baltimore, where he grew up. When Sloane first moved to New York in 1890, he began interpolating melodies into others' scores and soon was invited to create his own. His biggest hit was "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl," which Marie Dressler introduced in Tillie's Nightmare (1910), but none of his songs found enduring popularity. He composed only rarely after 1912, but he did provide much of the music for the 1919 and 1920 Greenwich Village Follies. He wrote one of his musicals, Lady Teazle, for Lillian Russell when she was at the height of her national popularity. His last score, for the 1925 Broadway production China Rose, was in production at his death. China Rose had been produced in Boston, by Christmas Eve, 1924. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 28, 1872 (Baltimore), Died February 21, 1925
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1920
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 56 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-2561 | 10-in. | 5/18/1905 | In dear old Grandma's days | Haydn Quartet ; Corinne Morgan | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-2815 | 10-in. | 10/17/1905 | What's the matter with the moon | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | C-4514 | 12-in. | 5/21/1907 | When you ain't got no money, you needn't come around | May Irwin | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8149 | 10-in. | 8/16/1909 | Foolish questions | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10177 | 10-in. | 4/13/1911 | Toddling the todalo | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-10226 | 10-in. | 4/25/1911 | June | Walter Van Brunt | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11060 | 10-in. | 10/6/1911 | There's a girl in Havana | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-11585 | 10-in. | 2/12/1912 | Alexander's bagpipe band | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-12115 | 12-in. | 6/19/1912 | Gems from The mocking bird | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12364 | 10-in. | 9/12/1912 | Rose of pyramid land | Helen Clark ; Walter Van Brunt | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12365 | 10-in. | 9/13/1912 | Where the Edelweiss is blooming | Lyric Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-17364 | 12-in. | 3/23/1916 | Songs of the past, no. 11 | Victor Mixed Chorus | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23307 | 10-in. | 10/22/1919 | I want a daddy who will rock me to sleep | All Star Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Columbia | 1142 | 10-in. | ca. 1903-1908 | In silence | Male vocalist (unidentified; Columbia Records) | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1142 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | In silence | Male vocalist (unidentified; Columbia Records) | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1544 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | What's the matter with the moon tonight? | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1544 | 7-in. | ca. 1903 | What's the matter with the moon tonight? | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 1668 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | Lazy Bill | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with trombone, whistling, and orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 1686 | 10-in. | approximately 1903 | There's a little street in heaven that they call Broadway | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 1733 | 10-in. | Feb. 1904 | There's a little street in heaven that they call Broadway | Thomas Q. Seabrooke | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 1788 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-May 1904 | Sergeant Kitty : Selections | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19281 | 10-in. | 4/4/1911 | June | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19624 | 10-in. | 10/27/1911 | There's a girl in Havana | Henry Burr ; Caroline Vaughan | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 38251 | 10-in. | 9/11/1912 | Where the edelweiss is blooming | Henry Burr ; Peerless Quartet ; Beulah Gaylord Young | Female-male vocal duet, with male vocal quartet and orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 78670 | 10-in. | 9/17/1919 | I want a daddy who will rock me to sleep | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sloane, A. Baldwin," accessed November 18, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103805.
Sloane, A. Baldwin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103805.
"Sloane, A. Baldwin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 November 2024.
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