Lambert Murphy
"A Dream Of Your Smile"
Victor 45259
1921
Con Conrad song
The tenor Lambert Murphy was born on April 15, 1885, to Lida C. (Sibley) and William Henry Murphy in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Victor catalogs of the 1920s state, "His career as a singer began as a choir-boy; in which occupation, as an alto, he was greatly outshone by his brother, who had a soprano voice." As a choir-boy he had sung at Harvard, and he later studied there, becoming president of its Glee Club. He graduated in 1908. Victor catalogs state that "at the instance of Riccardo Martin, he was heard by, and taken into, the Metropolitan Opera Company." He made his Metropolitan Opera debut on November 17, 1911 as the sailor in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. He created the role of Caradoc in Horatio Parker's Mona, produced by the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1912.
Also around 1910 to 1912 he was soloist at St. Bartholomew's in New York, studying at this time with a teacher named Isidore Luckstone. After singing secondary roles for the Metropolitan Opera Company for four years, he focused on concert work. He was especially admired as the Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew's Passion.
He recorded exclusively for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
His first solo recording, "Hm! She is the One Girl" from the musical comedy The Siren, was issued in November 1911 under the pseudonym Raymond Dixon on twelve-inch Victor 35203 (the reverse side features the Victor Concert Orchestra). Next, Victor's December 1911 supplement lists "Dixon" singing a sentimental ballad, Ingraham's "You Are the Ideal of My Dreams" (16977). Two "Dixon" discs were issued in January 1912.
He performed as a member of the newly established Orpheus Quartet, the others being tenor Harry Macdonough, baritone Reinald Werrenrath and bass William F. Hooley. However, he is not on the first two Orpheus discs, which instead include William Wheeler.
He sang in Victor Light Opera Company productions.
The name "Dixon" was not used for a long time after the May 1912 Victor supplement was printed, and soon purple label records were issued with "Lambert Murphy" on labels.. Murphy was accorded a biography and photo for the first time beginning with Victor's October 1912 supplement. As a solo artist he was featured on a handful of purple label records.
Records featuring "Dixon" were issued in August 1914--more than two years had passed since a "Dixon" disc had been issued. "Dixon" was used for black label Victors while Murphy was used for higher priced labels. On black label Victor discs he sang often with Olive Kline, who was issued as Alice Green.
Murphy was at his peak as a recording artist from 1915 to 1920 (around the time he was transferred from Victor's single-faced purple label discs to the double-sided blue label, which gradually replaced the former series).
His sole twelve-inch record in the blue label series was issued in March 1916.
"A Dream Of Your Smile"
Victor 45259
1921
Con Conrad song
The tenor Lambert Murphy was born on April 15, 1885, to Lida C. (Sibley) and William Henry Murphy in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Victor catalogs of the 1920s state, "His career as a singer began as a choir-boy; in which occupation, as an alto, he was greatly outshone by his brother, who had a soprano voice." As a choir-boy he had sung at Harvard, and he later studied there, becoming president of its Glee Club. He graduated in 1908. Victor catalogs state that "at the instance of Riccardo Martin, he was heard by, and taken into, the Metropolitan Opera Company." He made his Metropolitan Opera debut on November 17, 1911 as the sailor in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. He created the role of Caradoc in Horatio Parker's Mona, produced by the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1912.
Also around 1910 to 1912 he was soloist at St. Bartholomew's in New York, studying at this time with a teacher named Isidore Luckstone. After singing secondary roles for the Metropolitan Opera Company for four years, he focused on concert work. He was especially admired as the Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew's Passion.
He recorded exclusively for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
His first solo recording, "Hm! She is the One Girl" from the musical comedy The Siren, was issued in November 1911 under the pseudonym Raymond Dixon on twelve-inch Victor 35203 (the reverse side features the Victor Concert Orchestra). Next, Victor's December 1911 supplement lists "Dixon" singing a sentimental ballad, Ingraham's "You Are the Ideal of My Dreams" (16977). Two "Dixon" discs were issued in January 1912.
He performed as a member of the newly established Orpheus Quartet, the others being tenor Harry Macdonough, baritone Reinald Werrenrath and bass William F. Hooley. However, he is not on the first two Orpheus discs, which instead include William Wheeler.
He sang in Victor Light Opera Company productions.
The name "Dixon" was not used for a long time after the May 1912 Victor supplement was printed, and soon purple label records were issued with "Lambert Murphy" on labels.. Murphy was accorded a biography and photo for the first time beginning with Victor's October 1912 supplement. As a solo artist he was featured on a handful of purple label records.
Records featuring "Dixon" were issued in August 1914--more than two years had passed since a "Dixon" disc had been issued. "Dixon" was used for black label Victors while Murphy was used for higher priced labels. On black label Victor discs he sang often with Olive Kline, who was issued as Alice Green.
Murphy was at his peak as a recording artist from 1915 to 1920 (around the time he was transferred from Victor's single-faced purple label discs to the double-sided blue label, which gradually replaced the former series).
His sole twelve-inch record in the blue label series was issued in March 1916.
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