Dan Beddoe
 Working in a mine, he won the amateur singing competition at the 1892 National Eisteddfod (the huge annual Welsh festival). Before long, he emigrated to the US, and studied voice in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. He started singing in concert; in 1903, Walter Damrosch hired him for a Carnegie Hall performance of the Requiem by Berlioz; that was the start of a very successful oratorio career. Enrico Caruso admired him. Beddoe never sang opera on stage, but he did so in concert performances (notably on a Parsifal tour with the New York Philharmonic and Walter Damrosch in 1904). Beddoe's career lasted long; he only retired after a car accident in 1935 – at age 72. Reference 1: Kutsch & Riemens; reference 2
Discography Columbia, New York City 1909-07-29 - 14952-1 unknown title test, unpubl - 14952-2 d:o test, unpubl Victor, Camden NJ 1911-01-13 - Trial-02 unknown title test, unpubl Victor, USA 1911-05-16 - B10402-1 Irish love song (Lang) unpubl - B10402-2 d:o unpubl - B10403-1 Mary (Richardson) unpubl - B10403-2 d:o unpubl - B10404-1 Elijah (Mendelssohn): Then shall the righteous shine forth unpubl - B10404-2 d:o unpubl - B10405-1 Messiah (Händel): Thou shalt break them unpubl - B10405-2 d:o unpubl Victor, USA 1911-05-19 1. B10402-3 Irish love song (Lang) 64195 - B10402-4 d:o unpubl - C10411-1 Freischütz (Weber): Thro' the forest (Durch die Wälder) unpubl - B10412-1 Once again (Sullivan) unpubl - B10413-1 Maid of the mill (Adams) unpubl - C10413-1 d:o unpubl - C10411-2 Freischütz (Weber): Thro' the forest (Durch die Wälder) unpubl Victor, USA 1911-06-01 - B10403-3 Mary (Richardson) unpubl 2. B10404-3 Elijah (Mendelssohn): Then shall the righteous shine forth 64196 - B10405-3 Messiah (Händel): Thou shalt break them unpubl 3. B10411-2 Freischütz (Weber): Thro' the forest 74244 - B10412-2 Once again (Sullivan) unpubl - C10413-2 Maid of the mill (Adams) unpubl Victor, USA 1911-06-09 - B10403-4 Mary (Richardson) unpubl - B10403-5 d:o unpubl - B10405-4 Messiah (Händel): Thou shalt break them unpubl - B10411-3 Freischütz (Weber): Thro' the forest unpubl - B10412-3 Once again (Sullivan) unpubl - C10413-3 Maid of the mill (Adams) unpubl - C10413-4 d:o Gramophone, London 1911-10-19 - 14319c unknown title test, unpubl Victor, USA 1913-06-24 - C10403-1 Mary (Richardson) unpubl - C10413-5 Maid of the mill (Adams) unpubl - B13477-1 The light of the world (Sullivan): Refrain thy voice from weeping unpubl - B13478-1 Roses (Adams) unpubl 4. B13479-1 Yesterday and today (Spross) 64361 - B13480-1 If thou wert blind (Johnson) unpubl - B13481-1 Where my caravan has rested (Löhr) unpubl - B13482-1 Tom Bowling (Dibdin) unpubl - B13483-1 To you (Hawley) unpubl Victor, USA 1913-06-25 - B13481-2 Where my caravan has rested (Löhr) unpubl - B13481-3 d:o unpubl - C13484-1 Joseph en Egypte (Méhul): Vainly, Pharaoh (= Champs paternels) unpubl - B13485-1 Hen wlad fy nhadau/Land of my fathers (James) unpubl - B13486-1 I am waiting (Birch) unpubl - B13486-2 d:o unpubl - B13487-1 Tired hands (Sanderson) unpubl - B13488-1 Since you went away (Johnson) unpubl - B13489-1 A moonlight song (Cadman) unpubl Victor, USA 1913-07-21 - B10403-6 Mary (Richardson) unpubl - B10403-7 d:o unpubl - B13477-2 The light of the world (Sullivan): Refrain thy voice from weeping unpubl - B13478-2 Roses (Adams) unpubl - B13482-2 Tom Bowling (Dibdin) unpubl - B13482-3 d:o unpubl - B13483-2 To you (Hawley) unpubl - B13486-3 I am waiting (Birch) unpubl - B13487-2 Tired hands (Sanderson) unpubl - B13488-2 Since you went away (Johnson) unpubl 5. B13489-2 A moonlight song (Cadman) 64391 Edison, New York City 1914-06-24 - 3125-A Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen unpubl - 3125-B d:o unpubl - 3125-C d:o unpubl - C10403-1 Mary (Richardson) unpubl Edison, New York City 1914-07-01 - 3141-A Reine de Saba (Gounod): Lend me your aid unpubl - 3141-B d:o unpubl - 3141-C d:o unpubl Edison, New York City 1914-07-03 6. Trovatore (Verdi): Home to our mountains (w. Keyes) BA 28203 Edison, New York City 1914-07-15 - 3178-A Trovatore (Verdi): Home to our mountains (w. Keyes) (82074), unpubl - 3178-B d:o (82074), unpubl - 3178-C d:o (82074), unpubl Edison, New York City 1914-07-22 7. 3197-A A dream (Bartlett) 80210 (G&B 80214?) 8. 3197-B d:o 80210 - 3197-C d:o unpubl Edison, New York City 1914-12-02 - 3470-A Reine de Saba (Gounod): Lend me your aid unpubl - 3470-B d:o unpubl - 3470-C d:o unpubl Columbia, New York 1917-06-18 - 49227 O dry those tears (del Riego) unpubl - 49228 Open the gates of the temple (Knapp) unpubl Columbia, New York 1917-06-20 - 49229 The lost chord (Sullivan) unpubl - 49230 Annie Laurie (Scott) unpubl Columbia, New York 1919-04? - 85067-1 Bugeilio'r gwenith gwyn (Gathering the white wheat) (trad) unpubl 9. 85067-2 d:o E 4305 - 85068-1 Y Gwcw fach (Little cuckoo) (trad) unpubl - 85068-2 d:o unpubl 10. 85068-3 d:o E 4305 Columbia, New York 1919-05 - 85126-1 Rhyfelgyrch Cadben Morgan (Captain Morgan's March) (trad) unpubl 11. 85126-2 d:o E 4428 - 85237-1 Llwyn on (The ash grove) (trad) unpubl 12. 85237-2 d:o E 4428 Rainbow, Winona Lake 1920-08 13. Almost persuaded (Bliss) 1003 14. A heart like thine (van Deventer) 1003 Rainbow, Cincinnati 1921-04 15. 380 Closer to Jesus (Gabriel) (w. Rodeheaver) 1033 16. 383 The church in the wildwood (Pitts) 1016 17. 387 Shadows (Gabriel) (w. Evans) 1031 18. 389 The city unseen (Clark) (w. Rodeheaver) 1033 19. 392 Just outside the door (Ackley) 1016 20. 394 His love (Ackley) 1031 21. Gethsemane (Ackley) 1002 22. O love that will not let me go (Herbert) (w. Evans) 1002 23. A heart like thine (van de Venter) 1032 24. Jesus is mine (Wittich) 1032 Brunswick, New York 1928-02-23 25. E26625 Danny Boy (Weatherley) 3848, Pan P12064 - E26626 d:o unpubl 26. E26627 Elijah (Mendelssohn): Then shall the righteous shine forth 3847 - E26628 d:o unpubl Brunswick, New York 1928-02-24 - XE26629 Open the gates of the temple (Knapp) unpubl 27. XE26630 d:o 20060, 20062 28. XE26631 Hosanna! (Granier) 20060, 20062 - XE26632 d:o unpubl Brunswick, New York 1928-02-25 - E26633 Elijah (Mendelssohn): If with all your hearts unpubl 29. E26634 d:o 3847 30. E26635 In an old fashioned town (Harris) 3848, Pan P12068 - E26636 In an old fashioned town (Harris) unpubl
Anton Bieber has provided three recordings with the relative label scans (Irish love song, His love, Shadows). Thank you! Source for the discography: the alas defunct website www.78opera.com; additions from Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien I wish to thank Richard J. Venezia for the recording. |
