Black Swans - The Earliest African-American Classical stars 1917-22

Harry Burleigh (baritone): Go Down Moses (arr. Burleigh)

(piano accomp. probably Burleigh)

Broome Special 51-A (matrix 45-1-1) (Fall 1919)

Edward H.S. Boatner: (bass-baritone) I Don’t Feel Noways Tired

(probably arr. Burleigh)

Broome Special 54-A (matrix 85-3-2) (Fall 1919)

Edward H.S. Boatner: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

(probably arr. Burleigh)

Broome Special 51-B (matrix 85-2-1) (Fall 1919)

R. Nathaniel Dett (piano): Dett: In the Bottoms–Barcarolle

Broome Special 54-B (matrix 86-2-1) (Fall 1919)

R. Nathanial Dett (piano): Dett: Magnolia Suite–Mammy

Broome Special 55-b (matrix 86-1-1) (Fall 1919)

Florence Cole-Talbert: (soprano) Delibes: Lakme–Bell Song (in French)

National Music Lovers 1028-A (matrix Black Swan 7103) (late 1921-early 1922)

Florence Cole-Talbert: The Last Rose of Summer (anon.-Moore)

Black Swan 7104-B (matrix 7104-B) (late 1921-early 1922)

Florence Cole-Talbert: Dell’Acqua: Vilanelle

(William Leonard King, piano)

Broome Special 52-A (matrix 34-3-2) (Fall 1919)

Florence Cole-Talbert: Arditi: Il Baccio

Black Swan 7104-A (matrix 7104-A) (late 1921-early 1922)

Florence Cole-Talbert: Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen

Anon. (arr. C.C. White)

Broome Special 55-A (matrix 34-2-1) (Fall 1919)

Clarence Cameron White: (violin) White: Cradle Song

(William Leonard King, piano)

Broome Special 53-B (matrix 35-4-1) (Fall 1919)

Clarence Cameron White: White: Lament (William L King, piano)

Broome Special 52-B (no visible matrix) (Fall 1919)

Hattie King Reavis: (contralto) Make More Room Anon.(arr.Dett):

Black Swan 7106-B (matrix 7106-B) (late 1921-early 1922)

Hattie King Reavis: Gounod: There Is a Green Hill

Black Swan 7106-A (matrix 7106-A) (late 1921-early 1922)

Roland Hayes: (tenor) Leoncavallo: Pagliacci–Vesti la giubba

(labelled “Arioso”) (in Italian)

Columbia Personal 62281 (matrix 62281-) (May 4, 1918)

Roland Hayes: Donizetti: L’elisir d-amore–Una furtiva lagrima (in Italian)

Columbia Personal 91503 (12") (matrix 91503) (May 25, 1918)

Roland Hayes: Verdi: La forza del destino–Sollenne in quest’ ora

(with G. Sumner Wormley, baritone)

Columbia Personal 91508-1 (12") May 26 or June 14, 1918)

Roland Hayes: Katherine A. Glen: Twilight

Columbia Personal 62282 (no visible matrix) May 4, 1918)

Roland Hayes: Anon.: Bye and Bye

Columbia Personal 91512 (matrix 91012-) (June 15, 1918)

Roland Hayes: Anon.: Steal Away to Jesus

(probably Lawrence Brown, piano)

Columbia Personal 91502 (12") (matrix 91502-) (June 25, 1918)

Roland Hayes: Anon.: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Columbia Personal 62050 (approx. Dec. 21, 1917)

Antoinette Garnes (soprano): Verdi: Rigoletto–Caro Nome

Black Swan 7101 (no visible matrix) (late 1921-early 1922)

Antoinette Garnes: Verdi: La Traviata–Ah! Fors’ e lui (exc.) (in Italian)

Black Swan 7102 (no visible matrix) (late 1921-early 1922)

Antoinette Garnes: Haydn: My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair

Broome Special 53-B (matrix 77-1-1) (probably 1921)

Harry Burleigh: Jean-Baptiste Fauré: Les Rameaux

(in English, as “The Palms”) WNYC broadcast, April 2, 1944,

“Mayor La Guardia Talks to the People”