Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer, Sr. (9 December 1864 – 10 July 1953) was a classical composer, primarily of songs.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 9, 1864 (Boston), Died July 10, 1953 (Winter Park)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1910 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, piano

Notes: Husband of Louise Homer and father of Louise Homer Stires, who also made recordings.

= 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-9518	10-in.	10/5/1910	Requiem	Herbert Witherspoon	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-9909	10-in.	11/23/1925	A banjo song	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9909	10-in.	2/6/1911	A banjo song	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-11279	12-in.	2/14/1913	The pauper's drive	Percy Hemus	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-11279	10-in.	11/27/1911	The pauper's drive	Percy Hemus	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-11870	10-in.	4/12/1912	The dog lies in his kennel	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-11871	10-in.	4/12/1912	Mammy's lullaby	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-12720	12-in.	12/13/1912	Requiem	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13564	10-in.	7/11/1913	Uncle Rome	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-14902	12-in.	5/27/1914	The song of the shirt	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-14909	10-in.	5/27/1914	Boats sail on the rivers	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-18033	10-in.	6/29/1916	Sheep and lambs	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with harp	composer
Victor	B-18044	10-in.	6/30/1916	How's my boy	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23975	10-in.	4/29/1920	Banjo song, op. 22, no. 4	Louise Homer ; Louise Homer Stires	Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-25329	12-in.	6/3/1921	Mother Goose songs	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	B-28009	10-in.	5/16/1923	Sheep and lambs, op. 31	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	composer, instrumentalist, piano
Victor	B-29274	10-in.	1/11/1924	Requiem	Emilio de Gogorza	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-32037	10-in.	3/3/1925	Sing me to sleep	Dusolina Giannini	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-32824	10-in.	5/26/1925	A banjo song	Anne E. Stanier	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-33971	10-in.	12/2/1925	Requiem	Fred Reichard	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-35676	10-in.	6/10/1926	A banjo song	Bessie Whiteside	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CS-011690	12-in.	8/10/1937	Requiem	Bessie Whiteside	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-06-06-01]	Not documented	6/6/1917	Requiem	J. A. Swineford	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1920-03-01-01]	Not documented	3/1/1920	O luce di quest' anima	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	[Trial 1920-03-01-02]	Not documented	3/1/1920	Turn ye to me	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	[Trial 1920-03-01-03]	Not documented	3/1/1920	I come	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	[Trial 1921-01-27-01]	12-in.	1/27/1921	Mother Goose rhymes	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-02-28-03]	10-in.	2/28/1924	Dinna ask me	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1927-09-23-01]	10-in.	9/23/1927	The night wind	Mary Lewis	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	39214	10-in.	2/6/1914	Uncle Rome	Frank Croxton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46319	10-in.	1/6/1916	Uncle Rome	Charles W. Clark	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	80613	10-in.	10/16/1922	A banjo song	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30333	12-in.	1/11/1910	The pauper's drive	David Scull Bispham	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30767	12-in.	5/19/1911	A banjo song	David Scull Bispham	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30950	12-in.	ca. Jan.-Apr. 1912	The last leaf	Cecil Fanning	Male vocal solo, with string quartet and piano	composer
Brunswick	841	10-in.	approximately mid-1917	Banjo song	Marie Morrisey	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	12795-12797	10-in.	4/3/1924	A banjo song	Theo Karle ; Marie Tiffany	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E16754-E16755	10-in.	10/24/1925	A banjo song	Florence Easton	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Homer, Sidney," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116464.

Homer, Sidney. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116464.

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