Dorothy Donnelly
Dorothy Agnes Donnelly (January 28, 1876 - January 3, 1928) was an actress, playwright, librettist, producer, and director. After a decade-long acting career that included several notable roles on Broadway, she turned to writing plays, musicals and operettas, including more than a dozen on Broadway including several long-running successes. Her most famous libretto was The Student Prince (1924), in collaboration with composer Sigmund Romberg. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 28, 1880 (New York City), Died January 3, 1928 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1968
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-25798 | 10-in. | 12/9/1921 | Tell me, Daisy | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-25932 | 10-in. | 1/3/1922 | Song of love | Harriette Keyes ; Elliott Shaw | Female-male vocal duet, with violin, cello, and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-25949 | 10-in. | 1/12/1922 | Song of love | Royal Dadmun ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Female-male vocal duet, with violin, cello, and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-25949 | 10-in. | 6/8/1927 | Song of love | Royal Dadmun ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-26105 | 10-in. | 2/1/1922 | Serenade | Lambert Murphy ; Orpheus Quartet | Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-26105 | 10-in. | 9/20/1926 | Serenade | Lambert Murphy | Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal trio and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | C-27319 | 12-in. | 12/14/1922 | Gems from Blossom time | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-31529 | 10-in. | 12/18/1924 | Serenade | Victor Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-31531 | 10-in. | 12/18/1924 | Drinking song | Victor Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-32522 | 12-in. | 4/17/1925 | Gems from The student prince in Heidelberg | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-34650 | 10-in. | 2/25/1926 | Swinging on the gate | The Revelers | Male vocal quartet, with piano | lyricist | |
Victor | CVE-37834 | 12-in. | 2/21/1927 | Gems from My Maryland | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-38090 | 10-in. | 6/27/1927 | Silver moon | Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-38105 | 10-in. | 2/23/1927 | Your land and my land | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal chorus | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-38962 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Mother | Edna Indermauer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-39877 | 10-in. | 10/5/1927 | Silver moon | Franklyn Baur ; Evelyn Herbert | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BVE-39878 | 10-in. | 10/5/1927 | Mother | Evelyn Herbert | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | PBVE-54858 | 10-in. | 7/7/1930 | Serenade | Richard Crooks | Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CS-89596 | 12-in. | 4/24/1935 | Gems from My Maryland | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company | Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CS-89598 | 12-in. | 4/24/1935 | Gems from Blossom time | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company | Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CS-89599 | 12-in. | 4/24/1935 | Gems from Blossom time | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company | Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CS-89784 | 12-in. | 5/11/1935 | Gems from The student prince | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company | Male vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | CS-89785 | 12-in. | 5/11/1935 | Gems from The student prince | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Light Opera Company | Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-051554 | 10-in. | 6/24/1940 | Deep in my heart, dear | Mitchell Ayres ; Fashions-in-Music | Jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-067770 | 10-in. | 9/10/1941 | Drinking song | Emile Coté ; Victor Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-068157 | 10-in. | 11/6/1941 | Serenade | Emile Coté ; Walter Preston ; Floyd Sherman ; Victor Mixed Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal duet and piano | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-075412 | 10-in. | 7/7/1942 | Serenade | Victor First Nighter Orchestra | Male vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | D9VB-0144 | 10-in. | 1/25/1949 | Serenade | Three Suns | Instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Columbia | 80020 | 10-in. | 10/11/1921 | Song of love | Edwin Dale | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | 140232 | 10-in. | 1/9/1925 | Drinking song | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W140521 | 10-in. | 4/13/1925 | Serenade | Charles Hart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W143457 | 10-in. | 2/10/1927 | Mother | Singing Sophomores | Male vocal quartet, with piano | lyricist | |
Columbia | W143497 | 10-in. | 2/18/1927 | Your land and my land | Columbia Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W143992 | 10-in. | 4/20/1927 | Your land my land | Columbians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
Columbia | 144158 | 10-in. | 5/17/1927 | Silver moon | Arthur Hall ; Royal Troubadours | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W170002 | 10-in. | between 1925 and 1928 | Song of love | Hollis Davenny ; Gertrude Lang | Vocal duet | lyricist | |
Brunswick | 15759-15760 | 10-in. | 5/19/1925 | Drinking song | Campus Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E15797-E15799 | 10-in. | 5/22/1925 | Drinking song | Brunswick Male Chorus | Male vocal quartet, with string quartet, tuba, and piano | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E15954-E15955 | 10-in. | 6/9/1925 | Serenade | Brunswick Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E16075-E16078 | 10-in. | June 1925 | Serenade | Brunswick Male Chorus | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E22434-E22435 | 10-in. | 4/15/1927 | Your land and my land | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E22436-E22437 | 10-in. | 4/15/1927 | Silver moon | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | XC4026 | 12-in. | 8/10/1929 | Nunn-Bush Shoe Co. program [program and part unknown] | Nunn-Bush Singers | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | XC4028 | 12-in. | 8/10/1929 | Nunn-Bush Shoe Co. program [program and part unknown] | Nunn-Bush Singers | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | TC2314 | 10-in. | 9/12/1928 | Silver moon | Hazel Harmon | Female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Edison | 8252 | 10-in. | 10/14/1921 | Song of love | Vernon Archibald ; Betsy Lane Shepherd | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 10587 | 10-in. | 9/23/1925 | Students march song and drinking song | New York Light Opera Co. | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 10588 | 10-in. | 9/23/1925 | Serenade | New York Light Opera Co. | Tenor vocal solo and male vocal chorus, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 10807 | 10-in. | 1/29/1926 | Golden days | Charles Hart | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | 18700 | 10-in. | 9/4/1928 | Serenade | J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Edison | N-406 | 12-in. | 9/4/1928 | Serenade | J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor (Canada) | [ViC cat 56-5219-B] | 10-in. | before 2/5/1952 | Serenade | André Cantin ; Allan McIver | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Decca | 76228 | 4/27/1950 | Part 1-Overture: Deep in my heart, dear ; Serenade ; Students' marching song | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76229 | 4/27/1950 | Part 2: Golden days | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76230 | 4/27/1950 | Part 3: Drinking song | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76231 | 4/28/1950 | Part 4: Students' marching song | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76232 | 4/28/1950 | Part 5: Deep in my heart, dear | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76233 | 4/29/1950 | Part 6: Serenade | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76234 | 4/29/1950 | Part 7: Just we two | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 76235 | 4/29/1950 | Part 8- Finale: Golden days ; Gaudeamus ; Serenade ; Deep in my heart, dear | Gloria Lane ; Lauritz Melchior ; Lee Sweetland ; Jane Wilson | lyricist | |||
Decca | 120390 | 6/3/1968 | She moved through the fair | Dorothy Donnelly | lyricist | |||
Columbia (U.K.) | CA15108 | 10-in. | between April and August 1935 | Serenade | Charles Kullman ; George Walter | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Donnelly, Dorothy," accessed May 4, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105060.
Donnelly, Dorothy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 4, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105060.
"Donnelly, Dorothy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Donnelly, Dorothy, 1880-1928 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85244153
Wikidata: Dorothy Donnelly - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5298385
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