1907 ALAN TURNER BRITISH ANTHEM God Save the King Edward VI RULE BRITANNIA 16134
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A series of great OPERA Records from early G&Ts to World War II recordings on 78 rpm Victrola Records
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Great ENGLISH baritone Alan Turner in one of his rare early recordings
giving homage to his sovereign Edward VII
God save the King
Alan Turner (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Description: Male vocal solo, with orchestra
Language: English
11/20/1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Victor 16134
Rule Britannia
Thomas Augustine Arne (composer)
Alan Turner (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Harry Macdonough (vocalist : tenor vocal)
S. H. Dudley (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Description: Male vocal solo, with male vocal duet and orchestra
Language: English
"Recording books show this as a duet. The record label and catalogs show it as a solo by Turner 'with male chorus.' QR [Quentin Riggs] reports that the 'chorus' consists of Turner and Harry Macdonough singing in unison."
11/22/1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Victor 16134
Please see top of the page for condition
Alan Turner
Profile: British baritone singer. He sang with various opera companies in the U.K. and in Chicago and Philadelphia.He recorded for Edison, Victor, Gramophone Co., Odeon, Edison Bell, Marathon, Operaphone, Pathé and others.
He had his own recording company (Alan Turner Opera Co.) and toured widely in the 1930's.
Turner, Alan, baritone, * 1870 (?), † (?); This English singer was to be found in various English opera companies in the first decade of our century, including the Carl Rosa Opera Company, where he appeared as Telramund in "Lohengrin" and as Escamillo in "Carmen". With these troops he toured England and at the same time gave concerts, the programs of which consisted mostly of popular ballad music. In 1911 he sang Silvio in "Bajazzo" at the Covent Garden Opera in London. In the 1913-14 season he was engaged at the Chicago Opera, where he took part in productions of Gounod's Faust and Carmen in English. He later founded an opera school in England and arranged semi-professional opera performances.
Records: Recordings on G&T (London, 1906), Pathé (London, 1909-10), Edison cylinders, plus recordings on smaller English stamps (including John Bull). Victor records were made during his stay in the USA.
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