John Howard Payne
John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 – April 10, 1852) was an American actor, poet, playwright, and author who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of "Home! Sweet Home!", a song he wrote in 1822 that became widely popular in the United States and the English-speaking world. Its popularity was revived during the American Civil War, as troops on both sides embraced it. After his return to the United States in 1832, Payne spent time with the Cherokee Indians in the Southeast and interviewed many elders. Intending to write about them, he amassed material about their culture, language and society, which have been useful to scholars. But his published theory that suggested their origin as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel has been thoroughly disproved. At that time, European Americans were still strongly influenced by a Biblical basis of history in trying to understand origins of the peoples in the Americas. Friends helped gain Payne's appointment in 1842 as American Consul to Tunis, where he served for nearly 10 years until his death. Although he was first buried there, in 1883 his remains were returned to the United States and buried in Washington, D.C. This was paid for by philanthropist W. W. Corcoran. In 1970 Payne was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1792 (New York City), Died April 10, 1852 (Tunis)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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Recordings (Results 76-97 of 97 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W146077 | 10-in. | 4/14/1928 | Home sweet home | McMichen's Melody Men | Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | lyricist | |
OKeh | S-70703 | 10-in. | June 1922 | Home, sweet home | Gounod Mixed Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | 11886-11887 | 10-in. | 11/14/1923 | Home, sweet home | Ralph Errolle ; Wilfred Glenn ; Allen McQuhae ; Elliott Shaw | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | 12020-12022 | 10-in. | 12/3/1923 | Home, sweet home | Fireside Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | 12307-12308 | 10-in. | 1/16/1924 | Home, sweet home | Florence Easton | Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E27363 | 10-in. | 4/17/1928 | Home, sweet home | Grace Moore | Female vocal solo, with male vocal trio with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E32516 | 10-in. | 6/18/1930 | Home, sweet home | Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E19482-E19483 | 10-in. | 6/4/1926 | Home, sweet home | Elisabeth Rethberg | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E19577-E19578 | 10-in. | 6/16/1926 | Home, sweet home | Elisabeth Rethberg | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 291 | Not documented | 9/19/1910 | Home, sweet home | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Edison | 804 | Not documented | 9/5/1911 | Home, sweet home | Elizabeth Spencer | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 1100 | 10-in. | 6/24/1912 | Home, sweet home | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 2148 | 10-in. | 2/21/1913 | Home sweet home | Ellen Beach Yaw | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 3291 | 10-in. | between 9/12/1914 and 9/16/1914 | Home, sweet home | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4042 | 10-in. | 8/17/1915 | Home, sweet home | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4214 | 10-in. | 10/20/1915 | Home sweet home | Julia Heinrich | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4843 | 10-in. | 7/5/1916 | Home, sweet home | Betsy Lane Shepherd | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 4883 | 10-in. | 7/17/1916 | Home, sweet home | Anna Case | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 8972 | 10-in. | 5/11/1923 | Home sweet home | Frieda Hempel | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Gramophone | 523c | 12-in. | 9/5/1905 | Home, sweet home | Nellie Melba | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Gramophone | 539f | 12-in. | ca. Dec. 1905 | Home, sweet home | Adelina Patti | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | lyricist | |
Gramophone | G2149b | 10-in. | 1902 | Home, sweet home | Suzanne Adams | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Payne, John Howard," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101903.
Payne, John Howard. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101903.
"Payne, John Howard." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50009229
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