Suzanne Adams sings "Home, Sweet Home" on a rare Columbia disc issued in 1903.
Lyrics are by John Howard Payne.
Music is by Henry Rowley Bishop.
The voice for the opening announcement probably was supplied by Harry Spencer, brother of Len Spencer.
Mid Pleasures and palaces though I may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek thro' the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home. Home! Sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. There's no place like home.
An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain,
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again;
The birds singing gaily, that come at my call;
Give me them, with that peace of mind, dearer than all.
To thee, I'll return, overburdened with care,
The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there.
No more from that cottage again will I roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Writing the lyrics, Payne was recalling a cottage in East Hampton, Long Island.
The song was first heard in London in Payne's play "Clari" in 1823.
The melody had appeared in an early collection of Bishop's as a Sicilian tune.
At the piano is Charles A. Prince.
Recorded in 1903 for Columbia's Grand Opera series.
Suzanne Adams was born on November 28, 1872, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This American singer had a lyric coloratura soprano voice. She enjoyed moderate success as an opera singer at a time when few American singers were internationally respected.
She sang for Queen Victoria more than once and was admired by London society. But she never had as much drawing power in opera houses as rival singers Melba, Nordica, and Eames.
She is remembered today by some collectors of early opera records since she was a pioneer among opera singers who made recordings. All of her recordings are scarce.
Adams recorded five cylinder records for Gianni Bettini (this was in 1898).
In 1902 she made five disc recordings in London for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company's new Red label series, four of which were issued in the United States by the Victor Talking Machine Company on the Red Seal label.
Her voice can be heard on some Columbia Grand Opera records issued in 1903.
In October, 1898, Adams married Leo Stern, a British cellist, who died in 1904 at age 42.
Following Stern's death, Adams soon retired from the stage and settled in London.
She can be heard on a few Mapleson Cylinders recorded live on stage at the Metropolitan Opera. These cylinders were not issued commercially in the years Adams was active on the stage--what was recorded by Mapleson was made available later. On one Mapleson cylinder, she sings "A ce mot tout s'anime" from Les Huguenots, and this sparked lively debate since some collectors at first assumed this is Nellie Melba. It is Adams singing.
She died on February 5, 1953.
Lyrics are by John Howard Payne.
Music is by Henry Rowley Bishop.
The voice for the opening announcement probably was supplied by Harry Spencer, brother of Len Spencer.
Mid Pleasures and palaces though I may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek thro' the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home. Home! Sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home. There's no place like home.
An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain,
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again;
The birds singing gaily, that come at my call;
Give me them, with that peace of mind, dearer than all.
To thee, I'll return, overburdened with care,
The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there.
No more from that cottage again will I roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Writing the lyrics, Payne was recalling a cottage in East Hampton, Long Island.
The song was first heard in London in Payne's play "Clari" in 1823.
The melody had appeared in an early collection of Bishop's as a Sicilian tune.
At the piano is Charles A. Prince.
Recorded in 1903 for Columbia's Grand Opera series.
Suzanne Adams was born on November 28, 1872, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This American singer had a lyric coloratura soprano voice. She enjoyed moderate success as an opera singer at a time when few American singers were internationally respected.
She sang for Queen Victoria more than once and was admired by London society. But she never had as much drawing power in opera houses as rival singers Melba, Nordica, and Eames.
She is remembered today by some collectors of early opera records since she was a pioneer among opera singers who made recordings. All of her recordings are scarce.
Adams recorded five cylinder records for Gianni Bettini (this was in 1898).
In 1902 she made five disc recordings in London for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company's new Red label series, four of which were issued in the United States by the Victor Talking Machine Company on the Red Seal label.
Her voice can be heard on some Columbia Grand Opera records issued in 1903.
In October, 1898, Adams married Leo Stern, a British cellist, who died in 1904 at age 42.
Following Stern's death, Adams soon retired from the stage and settled in London.
She can be heard on a few Mapleson Cylinders recorded live on stage at the Metropolitan Opera. These cylinders were not issued commercially in the years Adams was active on the stage--what was recorded by Mapleson was made available later. On one Mapleson cylinder, she sings "A ce mot tout s'anime" from Les Huguenots, and this sparked lively debate since some collectors at first assumed this is Nellie Melba. It is Adams singing.
She died on February 5, 1953.
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