Sarah Flower Adams
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (or Sally Adams) (22 February 1805 – 14 August 1848) was an English poet and hymnwriter. A selection of hymns she wrote, published by William Johnson Fox, included her best-known one, "Nearer, My God, to Thee", reportedly played by the band as the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 1, 1805 (Old Harlow), Died 1848 (Greater London)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1895 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 618 | 7-in. | Before May 1895 | The Lord's Prayer | David C. Bangs | Recitation and male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Berliner | 863 | 7-in. | 7/2/1896 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Brilliant Quartette | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Berliner | 915 | 7-in. | 5/4/1896 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Artists vary | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Berliner | 3014 | 7-in. | 6/27/1898 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | S. H. Dudley ; Roger Harding | Male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Berliner | 021 | 7-in. | 3/25/1899 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]109 | 10-in. | 5/13/1902 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]109 | 7-in. | 7/11/1900 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3582 | 10-in. | 9/14/1901 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | B-3145 | 10-in. | 2/23/1906 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Richard Jose | Counter-tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-8212 | 10-in. | 9/7/1909 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Whitney Brothers Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | B-11068 | 10-in. | 10/9/1911 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Raymond Dixon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-13225 | 10-in. | 5/1/1913 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-14214 | 10-in. | 12/18/1913 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-18270 | 10-in. | 8/9/1916 | Närmare Gud till Dig | Swedish Male Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with organ | lyricist | |
Victor | B-20710 | 10-in. | 9/26/1917 | Närmare Gud till Dig | Brooklyn Svenska Mans Kvartetten | Male vocal quartet, with organ | lyricist | |
Victor | B-20801 | 10-in. | 9/26/1917 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-21674 | 10-in. | 4/12/1918 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-27542 | 10-in. | 6/23/1926 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-27542 | 10-in. | 2/12/1923 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-056924 | 10-in. | 10/17/1940 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Edward MacHugh ; William Meeder | Male vocal solo, with organ | lyricist | |
Columbia | 397 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with organ | lyricist | |
Columbia | 397 | 7-in. | approximately 1901 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with organ | lyricist | |
Columbia | 453 | 7-in. | Late 1901 | Funeral service over President McKinley | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Columbia | 453 | 10-in. | approximately 1901 | Hymns and prayer from the funeral service over President McKinley | Columbia Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | lyricist | |
Columbia | 518 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Artists vary | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Columbia | 518 | 7-in. | ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Artists vary | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Columbia | 78331 | 10-in. | 3/4/1919 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | William J. Finn ; Paulist Choristers of Chicago | Male vocal chorus, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | 79343 | 10-in. | 7/12/1920 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Oscar Seagle | Baritone vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 79504 | 10-in. | 11/4/1920 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 30498 | 12-in. | between January and July 1910 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Invincible Male Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | lyricist | |
Columbia | 37471 | 12-in. | 11/19/1915 | Nearer my God to Thee | Oscar Seagle | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 48502 | 12-in. | 12/6/1915 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Oscar Seagle | Baritone vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W142478 | 10-in. | 7/30/1926 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | lyricist | |
OKeh | S-7123 | 10-in. | approximately Dec. 1919 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5190-b] | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1917 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E16296-E16298 | 10-in. | 8/31/1925 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | C2592 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Allen Bogen | Organ solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | DAL6771 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Bel-Canto Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Edison | 146 | 10-in. | 7/21/1910 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Edison | 1277 | 10-in. | 9/18/1912 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo and vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 1396 | 10-in. | Mar. 1913 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Violet Oppenshaw | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 3894 | 10-in. | 6/21/1915 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Gramophone | 663ae | 10-in. | September 1909 | Naermere dig min Gud | Carl Hagemann | Male vocal solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Adams, Sarah Flower," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104127.
Adams, Sarah Flower. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104127.
"Adams, Sarah Flower." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Adams, Sarah Flower, 1805-1848 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83021556
Wikidata: Sarah Flower Adams - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q269879
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/62914875
MusicBrainz: Sarah Flower Adams - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d61c570-11f2-49c5-9c1a-62721c4a2b93
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