Gervase Elwes

ASonett XVIII
BBattle Hymn

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: D1374
Genre: Voice
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #17489

Gervase Elwes on Columbia D 1374, with two vocal art songs: Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and the 'Battle Hymn'. Elwes was a celebrated British tenor known for art-song and concert work.

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AOn Wenlock Edge
Bditto

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AThe roadside Fire
BCuckoo Song

Gervase Elwes, the distinguished English tenor, on Columbia L1074. Elwes was celebrated for his concert and oratorio performances in the early twentieth century and died in 1921; his acoustic recordings are historically important but his death date means no late material exists.AI summary

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