Joseph Carl Breil

Joseph Carl Breil

Joseph Carl Breil (29 June 1870 – 23 January 1926) was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. His first film was Les amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912) starring Sarah Bernhardt. He later composed and arranged scores for several other early motion pictures, including such epics as D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), as well as scoring the preview version of The Phantom of the Opera (1925), a score that is now lost. His love theme for "Birth of a Nation", titled "The Perfect Song", was published by Chappell & Co. in an arrangement for voice and keyboard. It was later used as the theme for the radio show "Amos and Andy".

Birth and Death Data: Born June 29, 1870 (Pittsburgh), Died January 24, 1926 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1909 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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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
Victor	B-8290	10-in.	10/8/1909	Song of the soul	Evan Williams	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8674	10-in.	3/2/1910	Song of the soul	Victor E. Sorlin	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-9145	12-in.	6/29/1910	Song of the soul	Marguerite Dunlap	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-25728	10-in.	10/21/1921	Song of the soul	Rosario Bourdon	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-27048	10-in.	10/23/1922	Song of the soul	Elsie Baker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-27175	10-in.	11/23/1922	Song of the soul	Jasha Bunchuk	Cello solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-57154	10-in.	11/18/1929	The perfect song	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-59683	10-in.	4/9/1930	Song of the soul	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-019859	10-in.	2/23/1938	The perfect song	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	4326	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Apr. 1910	Song of the soul	Merle Alcock	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	[W]149761	10-in.	1/15/1930	The perfect song	The Danford Sisters ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Phil Spitalny Orchestra] ; Jack Miller	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and female vocal duet	composer
Columbia	87431	10-in.	approximately May 1921	Egyptian dancer	Oriental Woodwind Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
OKeh	W403727	10-in.	2/4/1930	The perfect song	Tommy Bohn Penn-Sirens Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
OKeh	W403757	10-in.	2/14/1930	The perfect song	Seger Ellis	Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, and piano	composer
Brunswick	E30398	10-in.	July 1929	The perfect song	Brunswick Concert Orchestra	Orchestra, with vocal	composer
Brunswick	E35060	10-in.	Oct. 1930	The song of the soul	Vitaphone Orchestra ; Frederick Vittel	Male vocal solo, with orchestra; without vocal (2nd title)	composer
Edison	4287	10-in.	11/22/1915	Song of the soul	Blanche Duffield	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	4456	10-in.	1/31/1916	Song of the soul	Marie De Kyser	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Decca	69170	10-in.	5/9/1941	The perfect song	Jesse Crawford		composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Breil, Joseph Carl," accessed November 15, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105961.

Breil, Joseph Carl. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 15, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105961.

"Breil, Joseph Carl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 November 2024.

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