Julian Sturgis

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Julian Sturgis

Julian Russell Sturgis (21 October 1848 – 13 April 1904) was a British-American novelist, poet, librettist and lyricist. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Sturgis distinguished himself in Eton's sporting activities and rowed for Balliol for three years. He then played association football as an amateur, from 1872 to 1876, and was the first foreigner to play in, and the first to win, an FA Cup Final. Sturgis qualified as a barrister, but he embarked on a writing career in 1874, producing novels, poetry, plays and libretti. He wrote the words for four operas, with music by Arthur Goring Thomas, Arthur Sullivan, Alexander Mackenzie and Charles Villiers Stanford, respectively. He is, perhaps, best remembered as the librettist for Sullivan's 1891 opera Ivanhoe.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 21, 1848 (Boston), Died April 13, 1904

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1912 - 1922

Roles Represented in DAHR: librettist, lyricist

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= 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-12052	10-in.	5/29/1912	Woo thou the snowflake	Reinald Werrenrath	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	librettist
Columbia	75087	12-in.	9/5/1922	Dear love of mine	Hubert Eisdell ; Dora Labbette	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sturgis, Julian," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104201.

Sturgis, Julian. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104201.

"Sturgis, Julian." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.