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Elizabeth Burchenal

Flora Elizabeth Burchenal (October 18, 1875 – November 21, 1959) was an American folk dance educator. She was a teacher of dance in the New York state public school system as well as an inspector of athletics for the New York Department of Education. Burchenal influenced the cultural conduct of recreational life in the United States, Canada and Europe.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1877 (Richmond), Died November 21, 1959 (Brooklyn)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger, session supervisor

= 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 Audio
Victor B-11080 10-in. 10/11/1911 Oxdansen Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11081 10-in. 10/11/1911 Carrousel (Merry-go-round) Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11082 10-in. 10/11/1911 Reap the flax Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11083 10-in. 10/11/1911 St. Patrick's Day Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11084 10-in. 10/11/1911 Kamarinskaia Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11085 10-in. 10/11/1911 Highland fling Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11086 10-in. 10/11/1911 Csárdás Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11913 10-in. 4/25/1912 Tarantella Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11914 10-in. 4/25/1912 Klappdans Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-11915 10-in. 9/28/1927 Bleking Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11915 10-in. 4/25/1912 Bleking Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-11916 10-in. 9/28/1927 The ace of diamonds Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11916 10-in. 4/25/1912 The ace of diamonds Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11917 10-in. 4/25/1912 Fjällnäspolka Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-11918 10-in. 9/28/1927 May pole dance Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11918 10-in. 4/25/1912 May pole dance Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11919 10-in. 4/25/1912 Shoemakers' dance Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11920 10-in. 4/25/1912 Country dance no. 6 Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-11920 10-in. 8/17/1926 Pop goes the weasel Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-11921 10-in. 4/25/1912 Morris dance : Laudnum bunches Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12012 10-in. 5/14/1912 Weel may the keel row Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12013 10-in. 5/14/1912 Hansel and Gretel Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12014 10-in. 5/14/1912 In the spring Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12015 10-in. 5/14/1912 London bridge Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12016 10-in. 5/14/1912 Round and round the village Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-12132 10-in. 8/17/1926 Norwegian mountain march Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12132 10-in. 6/21/1912 Norwegian mountain march Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12133 10-in. 6/21/1912 Dance of greeting Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-12134 10-in. 9/27/1927 Tantoli Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-12134 10-in. 6/21/1912 Tantoli Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12136 10-in. 6/21/1912 The crested hen Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12697 10-in. 12/11/1912 Gotlands quadrille Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12698 10-in. 12/11/1912 Gustafs skal Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12699 10-in. 12/11/1912 The four dance Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor B-12700 10-in. 12/11/1912 Nigarepolska Sousa's Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-13054 10-in. 5/31/1928 Ribbon dance Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-13055 10-in. 4/1/1913 Gotlands quadrille Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-13056 10-in. 4/1/1913 Hopp, Mor Annika Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-13508 10-in. 7/2/1913 Ma's little pigs Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-13509 10-in. 7/2/1913 Fryksdalspolska Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-13510 10-in. 7/2/1913 Trekarlspolska Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-13511 10-in. 7/2/1913 Foursome reel Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-13512 10-in. 7/2/1913 Rigs o' Marlow Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-15485 10-in. 12/11/1914 Seven pretty girls Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-15487 10-in. 5/31/1928 Seven jumps Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-15487 10-in. 12/11/1914 Seven jumps Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-16162 10-in. 7/1/1915 The hatter Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16163 10-in. 7/1/1915 Tinker's dance Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16164 10-in. 7/1/1915 Mallebrok Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16165 10-in. 7/1/1915 Little man in a fix Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16166 10-in. 7/1/1915 Three dance Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16167 10-in. 7/1/1915 Knytnavspolska Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16168 10-in. 7/1/1915 The pretty sister-in-law Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16169 10-in. 7/1/1915 Daldans Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor C-16170 12-in. 7/1/1915 Skanska quadrille Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16171 10-in. 7/1/1915 Top of Cork Road Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16172 10-in. 7/1/1915 Hornpipe Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16810 10-in. 11/26/1915 Gathering peascods Victor Military Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-16811 10-in. 11/26/1915 Sweet Kate Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-16812 10-in. 11/26/1915 Mage on a cree Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-16813 10-in. 11/26/1915 Sellenger's round Victor Military Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-16814 10-in. 11/26/1915 Weaving dance Victor Military Band Band arranger, session supervisor  
Victor B-16815 10-in. 11/26/1915 Vingakersdans Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16816 10-in. 11/26/1915 Blackberry blossom Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor C-16817 12-in. 11/26/1915 Harvest dance Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-16818 10-in. 11/26/1915 Crakow dance Victor Military Band Band arranger, session supervisor  
Victor B-16819 10-in. 11/26/1915 Rufty Tufty Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-16820 10-in. 11/26/1915 Newcastle Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-16821 10-in. 11/26/1915 Foursome reel Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-20049 10-in. 6/18/1917 Farandole Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor BVE-20056 10-in. 9/28/1927 Lott' ist Tod Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-20056 10-in. 6/18/1917 Lott' ist Tod Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-21656 10-in. 4/3/1918 Stick dance Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-21658 10-in. 4/3/1918 Lamplighter's hornpipe Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-21659 10-in. 4/3/1918 Figure-eight dance Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-21660 10-in. 4/3/1918 The Parisian polka Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-21905 10-in. 5/4/1918 Hallingen Victor Band Band arranger  
Victor B-21906 10-in. 5/4/1918 Green Mountain Volunteers Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-21985 10-in. 6/14/1918 The haymakers Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-21986 10-in. 6/14/1918 Old Dan Tucker Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-21987 10-in. 6/14/1918 Portland fancy Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-21988 10-in. 6/14/1918 Speed the plow Victor Military Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-21989 10-in. 6/14/1918 The white cockade Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-21990 10-in. 6/14/1918 French reel Victor Military Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-21991 10-in. 6/14/1918 Sailor's waltz Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor B-21992 10-in. 6/14/1918 Hallingen Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-22211 10-in. 8/13/1918 Sappo Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-22293 10-in. 10/25/1918 Money musk no. 1 Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor B-22294 10-in. 10/25/1918 Virginia reels Victor Military Band Band arranger  
Victor C-29075 12-in. 12/12/1923 Popularity march Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor C-29082 12-in. 12/14/1923 Uncle Steve's quadrille Victor Band Band, with dance calls session supervisor, arranger  
Victor C-29083 12-in. 12/14/1923 Uncle Steve's quadrille Victor Band Band, with dance calls session supervisor, arranger  
Victor C-29207 12-in. 12/20/1923 Uncle Steve's quadrille Victor Band Band, with dance calls session supervisor, arranger  
Victor C-29208 12-in. 12/20/1923 The haymakers Victor Band Band, with dance calls session supervisor  
Victor C-29209 12-in. 12/20/1923 Popularity march Victor Band Band, with dance calls session supervisor  
Victor B-29268 10-in. 1/10/1924 The Roman soldiers Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-29269 10-in. 1/10/1924 Kanafaska Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor B-29270 10-in. 1/10/1924 Broom dance Victor Band Band arranger, session supervisor  
Victor B-29271 10-in. 1/10/1924 Gossiping Ulla Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-37502 10-in. 1/4/1927 Money musk no. 1 Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37604 10-in. 1/4/1927 Virginia reels Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37605 10-in. 1/4/1927 Dance of greeting (Danish) Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37606 10-in. 1/4/1927 I see you Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37631 10-in. 1/18/1927 Come let us be joyful Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37632 10-in. 1/18/1927 Broom dance Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37633 10-in. 1/18/1927 Little man in a fix Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37634 10-in. 1/18/1927 The hatter Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37635 10-in. 1/18/1927 Klappdans Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37636 10-in. 1/18/1927 Shoemaker's dance Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37674 10-in. 2/11/1927 Quadrille, figure 1 Victor Orchestra Orchestra arranger, session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37675 10-in. 2/11/1927 Quadrille, figure 2 Victor Orchestra Orchestra arranger, session supervisor  
Victor BVE-37676 10-in. 2/11/1927 Quadrille, figure 3 Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-37677 10-in. 2/11/1927 Sicilian circle Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-37678 10-in. 2/11/1927 Soldier's joy Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-37679 10-in. 2/11/1927 Lady of the lake Victor Orchestra Orchestra session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-40040 10-in. 9/27/1927 Waves of Tory Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-40041 10-in. 9/27/1927 The poppy Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-40042 10-in. 9/27/1927 The wheat (Czechoslovak folk dance) Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-40043 10-in. 9/27/1927 Gustaf's skoal Victor Band Band session supervisor, arranger  
Victor BVE-45221 10-in. 5/31/1928 The Roman soldiers Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor BVE-45222 10-in. 5/31/1928 Turn around me (Czecho-Slovak folk dance) Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor BVE-45223 10-in. 5/31/1928 The crested hen (Danish folk dance) Victor Band Band session supervisor  
Victor D7VB-0362 10-in. 3/25/1947 Arkansas traveler Golden West Cowboys ; Pee Wee King String band arranger  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Burchenal, Elizabeth," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109355.

Burchenal, Elizabeth. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109355.

"Burchenal, Elizabeth." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/109355

External Sources

Britannica: Elizabeth Burchenal

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Burchenal, Elizabeth, 1877-1959 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92016923

Wikidata: Elizabeth Burchenal - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15334642

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/11873908

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/306846

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