Reginald Somerville

Reginald Somerville (1867 – 8 July 1948) was an English composer and actor. He is known for writing many drawing-room ballads such as "God Sends the Night", "Yestereve", "Zaida: A Song of the Desert" and "The Lark and the Nightingale", as well as a handful of operas.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1867, Died July 8, 1948

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-25759 10-in. 11/9/1921 Invocation to the dawn Orville Harrold Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Somerville, Reginald," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/344563.

Somerville, Reginald. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/344563.

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

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/344563

External Sources

Wikipedia: Reginald Somerville

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Somerville, Reginald - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89001379

Wikidata: Reginald Somerville - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7308869

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/19235364

MusicBrainz: Reginald Somerville - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b34b3206-104a-4148-bbb0-b8d96e4d80ac

ISNI: 0000 0000 5081 6578 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000050816578

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1489265

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