Dan Beddoe
16 March 1863 Ameraman (Wales) – 26 December 1937 New York City
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
| Dan Beddoe sings | Shadows (Gabriel), with Florence Evans
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| Dan Beddoe sings | Hosanna (Granier), in English
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In RA format
Discography
Columbia, New York City, 29 July 1909
- 14952-1 unknown title test, unpubl
- 14952-2 d:o test, unpubl
Victor, Camden, 13 January 1911
- Trial-02 unknown title test, unpubl
Victor, Camden, 16 May 1911
- 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, Camden, 19 May 1911
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, Camden, 1 June 1911
- 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, Camden, 9 June 1911
- 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 unpubl
Gramophone, London, 19 October 1911
- 14319c unknown title test, unpubl
Victor, Camden, 24 June 1913
- 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, Camden, 25 June 1913
- 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, Camden, 21 July 1913
- 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, 24 June 1914
- 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, 1 July 1914
- 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, 3 July 1914
6. Trovatore (Verdi): Home to our mountains (w. Keyes) BA 28203
Edison, New York City, 15 July 1914
- 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, 22 July 1914
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, 2 December 1914
- 3470-A Reine de Saba (Gounod): Lend me your aid unpubl
- 3470-B d:o unpubl
- 3470-C d:o unpubl
Columbia, New York, 18 June 1917
- 49227 O dry those tears (del Riego) unpubl
- 49228 Open the gates of the temple (Knapp) unpubl
Columbia, New York, 20 June 1917
- 49229 The lost chord (Sullivan) unpubl
- 49230 Annie Laurie (Scott) unpubl
Columbia, New York, April 1919 (?)
- 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, May 1919
- 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, August 1920
13. Almost persuaded (Bliss) 1003
14. A heart like thine (van Deventer) 1003
Rainbow, Cincinnati, April 1921
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, 23 February 1928
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, 24 February 1928
- 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, 25 February 1928
- 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 d:o 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.
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