Harold Boulton

Sir Harold Edwin Boulton, 2nd Baronet, (7 August 1859 – 1 June 1935), son of Sir Samuel Bagster Boulton, 1st Baronet of Copped Hall, born in Charlton then part of Kent, was an English baronet, songwriter and philanthropist, most famously author of the lyrics to the "Skye Boat Song". He first became interested in Scottish folk songs as an undergraduate at Oxford. A portrait by Bassano is in the National Portrait Gallery collection. He married, first, Adelaide Lucy Davidson, daughter of Duncan Davidson of Tulloch Castle, and had three children, Louise Kythé Veronica Boulton (18 September 1890 – 21 May 1934), Christian Harold Ernest Boulton (17 February 1897 – 12 October 1917) and Denis Duncan Harold Owen Boulton, 3rd Baronet Boulton, known as "Harold" (10 December 1892 – 10 August 1968), who was a survivor of the 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania. After his first wife's death on 26 April 1926, he was married again, to Margaret Cunningham Lyons, daughter of James Lennox Lyons, on 29 December 1926.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 7, 1859, Died June 1, 1935

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1905 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, translator

= 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
Victor	B-2848	10-in.	10/27/1905	All through the night	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	C-4870	12-in.	10/8/1907	All through the night	Evan Williams	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-14372	10-in.	1/26/1914	All through the night	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-16627	10-in.	10/8/1915	The drummer-boy	Frederick J. Wheeler	Male vocal solo, with drum and orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-17728	10-in.	5/23/1916	All through the night	Geraldine Farrar	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	B-30406	10-in.	6/19/1924	All through the night	Shannon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-33418	10-in.	9/18/1925	All through the night	Reinald Werrenrath	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BRC-71225	10-in.	1/13/1932	All through the night	Jesse Crawford ; Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with pipe organ	translator
Victor	BS-065681	10-in.	6/4/1941	Lady be tranquil	Roy Bargy ; Lanny Ross	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BS-065682	10-in.	6/4/1941	The boreens of Derry	Roy Bargy ; Lanny Ross	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Victor	BS-065683	10-in.	6/4/1941	The rose of Kildare	Roy Bargy ; Lanny Ross	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Columbia	3498	10-in.	between January and October 1906	All through the night	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	4079	10-in.	between January and June 1909	All through the night	Albert Edmund Brown	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39788	10-in.	1/21/1915	The drummer boy	Reed Miller	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	39801	10-in.	1/28/1915	The drummer boy	Albert Wiederhold	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	45565	10-in.	4/20/1915	All through the night	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Columbia	W140916	10-in.	9/8/1925	All through the night	Barbara Maurel	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	[Br cat 5281-a]	10-in.	approximately late 1918	All through the night	Reed Miller	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	8941	10-in.	approximately Oct. 1922	All through the night	Theo Karle	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	E21758-E21759	10-in.	3/7/1927	Isobel	Lauritz Melchior	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
Edison	3908	10-in.	6/25/1915	The drummer boy	Reed Miller	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	4556	10-in.	3/3/1916	All through the night	Redferne Hollinshead	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6596	10-in.	1/30/1919	All through the night	Maggie Teyte	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	6910	10-in.	8/8/1919	All through the night	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Boulton, Harold," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104785.

Boulton, Harold. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104785.

"Boulton, Harold." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.