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Reynaldo Hahn
Reynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia (9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a Venezuelan-born French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – mélodies – of which he wrote more than 100. Hahn was born in Caracas but his family moved to Paris when he was a child, and he lived most of his life there. Following the success of his song "Si mes vers avaient des ailes" (If my verses had wings), written when he was aged 14, he became a prominent member of fin de siècle French society. Among his closest friends were Sarah Bernhardt and Marcel Proust. After the First World War, in which he served in the army, Hahn adapted to new musical and theatrical trends and enjoyed successes with his first opérette, Ciboulette (1923) and a collaboration with Sacha Guitry, the musical comedy Mozart (1926). During the Second World War Hahn, who was of Jewish descent, took refuge in Monaco, returning to Paris in 1945 where he was appointed director of the Opéra. He died in Paris in 1947, aged 72. Hahn was a prolific composer. His vocal works include secular and sacred pieces, lyric scenes, cantatas, oratorios, operas, comic operas, and operettas. Orchestral works include concertos ballets, tone poems, incidental music for plays and films. He wrote a range of chamber music, and piano works. He sang as well as played his own songs, and made recordings as a soloist and accompanying other performers. After his death his music was neglected but from the late 20th century onward increasing interest has led to frequent performances of many of his works and recordings of all his songs and piano work, much of his orchestral music and some of his stage works. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 78 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]2190 | 10-in. | 4/30/1903 | Paysage | Ada Crossley | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-1295 | 10-in. | 5/7/1904 | Phyllis | Emma Juch | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-2314 | 12-in. | 2/20/1905 | L'Incrédule | Emma Eames | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-4352 | 12-in. | 3/29/1907 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Nellie Melba ; Ada Sassoli | Soprano vocal solo, with harp | composer | |
Victor | C-5046 | 12-in. | 1/30/1908 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Marcella Sembrich | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-6700 | 12-in. | 1/1/1909 | D'une prison | Nellie Melba | Soprano vocal solo, with piano (self-accompaniment) | composer | |
Victor | C-10277 | 12-in. | 5/5/1911 | D'une prison | Jeanne Gerville | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12580 | 10-in. | 11/6/1912 | Were my song with wings provided | F. C. Hotaling | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-20675 | 10-in. | 9/17/1917 | L'heure exquise | Alma Gluck | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-26035 | 10-in. | 1/16/1922 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes! | Geraldine Farrar | Soprano vocal solo, with harp | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36753 | 10-in. | 11/3/1926 | My ship and I | Mary Garden | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CVE-50909 | 12-in. | 3/4/1929 | Were my song with wings provided | Hope Hampton | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BRC-69034 | 10-in. | 11/2/1931 | Mai | Elise E. Thayer | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BSHQ-73129 | 10-in. | 7/28/1932 | L'heure exquise | Mrs. F. Wagner | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | MS-75874 | 16-in. | 6/22/1933 | Beauty that endures. Program 9 | Jean Paul King ; Charles Sears | Radio transcription disc : Orchestra, with male vocal solo and recitation | composer | |
Victor | BS-99457 | 10-in. | 3/13/1936 | D'une prison | Ernő Balogh ; Lotte Lehmann | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CS-025402 | 12-in. | 8/30/1938 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Stephanie Korolishin-Cymbalist | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | PBS-026247 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | If my songs were only winged | Elsie Gulk | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-029823 | 10-in. | 11/26/1938 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Stephanie Korolishin-Cymbalist | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BS-051837 | 10-in. | 7/10/1940 | Paysage | Leo Rosenek ; Kerstin Thorborg | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BS-051838 | 10-in. | 7/10/1940 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Leo Rosenek ; Kerstin Thorborg | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BS-075259 | 10-in. | 6/5/1942 | Si mes vers avaient des ailes | Grace Moore ; Wilfrid Pelletier ; Victor Symphony Orchestra | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | D9RB-0263 | 10-in. | 3/9/1949 | L'enamouree | Lotte Lehmann ; Paul Ulanowsky | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | D9RB-0264 | 10-in. | 3/9/1949 | Infidélite | Lotte Lehmann ; Paul Ulanowsky | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CVE-Test-1019 | 12-in. | 9/30/1930 | Ballatella [from Pagliacci] | Mrs. A. G. Grey | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hahn, Reynaldo," accessed October 6, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102983.
Hahn, Reynaldo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102983.
"Hahn, Reynaldo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 October 2024.
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