GYPSY BLONDE
Composer: Michael
Balfe
Lyricist: Frank Gabrielson
Opened: June 25, 1934,
Lyric Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 24
Note: None of the recordings listed below are believed to contain lyrics by Frank Gabrielson. A revival cast album of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL, Historical Recording Enterprises (M) HRE 267-3 exists without identified selections.
Bliss Forever Past (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN GIRL):
1. 78/Victor 35819 (Victor Light
Opera Company)
2. 78/Victor 35603 (Victor Light Opera Company)
The Broad Highway (M: Victor Herbert; L:
Ride Johnson Young) (originally used in THE DREAM GIRL) :
1. 78/Victor 1055 (Reinald
Werrenrath with orchestra)
A recording performed by Gordon MacRae and
Dorothy Warenskjold is also known to exist.
Come With The Gypsy Bride (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN
GIRL):
1. 78/Columbia A 5410 (Grace
Kerns with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Victor 35819 (Victor Light Opera
Company)
3. 78/Victor 31761 (Victor Light Opera Company)
4. 78/Victor
35603 (Victor Light Opera Company)
5. (Brunswick Light Opera Company)
[reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
6. The Bohemian Girl, CD/Decca 4730772 (unknown performer with the National
Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Richard Bonynge)
Comrade Your Hand (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN
GIRL):
1. The Bohemian Girl, CD/Decca
4730772 (unknown performer with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
conducted by Richard Bonynge)
The Heart
Bow'd Down (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN GIRL):
1. 78/Columbia A 5500 (Henri
Scott) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage 1890-1920, Vol. 4: 1917-1920,
CD/Pearl Flapper 9059-2]
2. 78/Columbia 33266 (John Oakley)
3.
78/Victor 16407 (Turner Alan with orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 6732 (Clarence
Whitehill with orchestra) [also 78/Victor 74407]
5. 78/Columbia A 6184
(Louis Graveure with orchestral accompaniment)
6. 78/Victor 55079 (Reinald
Werrenrath with orchestra)
7. 78/Columbia A 607 (Alan Turner with orchestra
accompaniment)
8. 78/Edison 80443 (Venetian Instrumental Quartet)
9.
78/Victor Monarch 783 (Herbert Goddard) (unverified)
10. 78/Victor 35819
(Victor Light Opera Company)
11. 78/Victor 35603 (Victor Light Opera
Company)
12. (Brunswick Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through
The Gramophone - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
13. Highlights From The
Bohemian Girl, Maritana, and The Lily Of Killarney, HMV (S) CSD 3651 (Eric
Hinds with orchestra conducted by Havelock Nelson) [reissued on CD/EMI Classics
For Pleasure 3 35948]
14. American Civil War Band Music: A Concert For
Brass Band, Voice, And Piano, CD/A2Z CDS (unknown performer)
15. Home On
The Range, CD/Pearl 9977 (John Charles Thomas)
16. The 1890's, Vol. 2: Wear
Yer Bran' New Gown, CD/Original Cast 9239 (J.W. Myers)
17. The Bohemian
Girl, CD/Decca 4730772 (unknown performer with the National Symphony Orchestra
of Ireland conducted by Richard Bonynge)
Radio transcriptions performed by
the Jerry Sears New Music and Thomas L. Thomas are also known to exist.
I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls (originally
used in THE BOHEMIAN GIRL):
1. 78/Edison 50255 R (Kitty
Berger, harp-zither)
2. 78/Columbia 567 D (Francis Craig and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Victor 18190 (McKee Trio, violin, 'cello, and piano)
4. 78/Victor
64641 (Mabel Garrison with orchestra) [also 78/Victor 641]
5. 78/Victor
16398 (Elizabeth Wheeler with orchestra)
6. 78/Edison 80407 (Florence
Ferrell with orchestra)
7. 78/Victor 25789 (Bea Wain with Larry Clinton and
His Orchestra) [reissued on Studies In Clinton, CD/Hep 1052]
8. 78/Vocalion
14696 (Moore and Davis, guitars)
9. 78/Columbia A 5410 (Grace Kerns with
orchestral accompaniment)
10. 78/Columbia A 5993 (Lucy Gates with
orchestral accompaniment)
11. 78/Victor 16398 (Elizabeth Wheeler with
orchestra accompaniment)
12. 78/Victor 35819 (Victor Light Opera Company)
13. 78/Victor 35603 (Victor Light Opera Company)
14. 78/Victor 641
(Mabel Garrison with orchestra)
15. 78/Edison 82164 (Julia Heinrich with
orchestra)
16. 78/V Disc 662 (Evelyn Knight with the Herman Chittison Trio)
17. 78/Edison 80443 (Venetian Instrumental Quartet)
18. 78/National
Music Lover's, Inc. New York 1027 (Miriam Clark)
19. 78/Victor 31285
(Corinne Morgan)
20. (Brunswick Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
21. Highlights From
The Bohemian Girl, Maritana, and The Lily Of Killarney, HMV (S) CSD 3651
(Veronica Dunne with orchestra conducted by Havelock Nelson) [reissued on
CD/EMI Classics For Pleasure 3 35948]
22. The Magical World Of Operetta,
CD/Reader's Digest RDCD1191-6 (Joan Sutherland with the London Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge)
23. Moooohieee, CD/EM Records 1040
(Sam Moore)
24. Meav, CD/Hearts of Space 11098 (Meav)
25. Only Love,
CD/ WEA/Warner 8573802412 (Sumi Jo)
26. A Victorian Parlor Evening,
CD/Griffin 4009 (Patricia Sabin)
27. Music For Harp, CD/Trine aov3 (The
Angels of Venice)
28. Tristan Of The Western Seas, CD/Scott Williams (Scott
Williams)
29. The Original Laurel & Hardy Music, Vol. 2, CD/Movies
Select 99025 (The Beau Hunks)
30. The Best Of Celtic Woman, CD/Celtic
Collections 330 (unknown performer)
31. Dragonwyck, CD/Document 221818
(unknown performer)
32. Our Lovely Day, CD/Imperial Music & Media
IMMPLC 002 (Patricia Hammond)
33. Fire And Water, CD/ABC Records (Jane
Rutter)
34. Gentle On My Harp, CD/John Kovac (John Kovac)
35. It's A
Good Day, CD/Going for a Song 167 (Bing Crosby)
36. St. Bridget's Flame,
CD/Mary Radspinner 18012 (St. Bridget's Flame)
37. Sweetfire, CD/SweetFire
Records (Sweetfire)
38. World Music Favorites For Hammered Dulcimer And
Harp, CD/Donna Germano (Donna Germano)
39. Celtic Goddess, CD/ABL ABLCD 001
(Anne Buckley)
40. Celtic Woman, CD/Angel Records 433492 (Celtic Woman)
41. Lotus, CD/Avex Trax 61002 (Lim Hyung Joo)
42. Euphonium Songbook,
CD/Polyphonic QPRL 097D (Riki McDonnell)
43. On Song, CD/Curb CURCD 128
(Brian Kennedy)
44. The Transcription Sessions 1937-1938 Vol. 2,
CD/Storyville 3017 (Bea Wain with Larry Clinton and His Orchestra)
45.
Celtic Origins, CD/Elevation Records 01004 (Anuna)
46. The Celtic Minstrel,
CD/RCA 74321383502 (James Galway)
47. Memories Of The Musicals, CD/Dutton
Laboratories/Vocalion 7039 (Gwen Catley)
48. Habanera, CD/Deutsche
Grammophon (Elina Garanca)
49. Into Paradise, CD/Decca 000614002 (Sissel)
50. The Divine Yvonne Kenny, CD/ABC Classics 4765700 (Yvonne Kenny)
51.
The String Quartet Tribute To Enya: Dreams, CD/Vitamin Records 8449 (The String
Quartet)
52. Unexpected Songs, CD/ EMI 3594882 (Julian Lloyd Webber)
53. You Raise Me Up: The Best Of Aled Jones, CD/UCJ [476572] (Aled Jones)
54. The Bohemian Girl, CD/Decca 4730772 (unknown performer with the
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Richard Bonynge)
Radio
transcriptions performed by the Jerry Sears Orchestra, The Dreamers, and Jesse
Crawford, organ, are also known to exist.
In The Gypsy's Life (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN
GIRL):
1. 78/Victor 35819 (Victor Light
Opera Company)
2. 78/Victor 31761 (Victor Light Opera Company)
3.
78/Victor 35603 (Victor Light Opera Company)
4. The Bohemian Girl, CD/Decca
4730772 (unknown performer with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
conducted by Richard Bonynge)
Is No Succor
Near? (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN GIRL):
1. The Bohemian Girl, CD/Decca
4730772 (unknown performer with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
conducted by Richard Bonynge)
Silence
(originally used in THE BOHEMIAN GIRL):
1. 78/Victor 35819 (Victor Light
Opera Company)
2. 78/Victor 35603 (Victor Light Opera Company)
3. The
Bohemian Girl, CD/Decca 4730772 (unknown performer with the National Symphony
Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Richard Bonynge)
'Tis Sad To Leave (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN
GIRL):
1. The Bohemian Girl, CD/Decca
4730772 (unknown performer with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
conducted by Richard Bonynge)
(Then)
You'll Remember Me (originally used in THE BOHEMIAN
GIRL):
1. 78/Edison 50255 R (Kitty
Berger, harp-zither)
2. 78/Columbia A 864 (unknown performer) (unverified)
3. 78/Columbia A 2435 (Vernon Stiles)
4. 78/Edison 80315 (James Harrod
with orchestra)
5. 78/Cameo 361 (Henry Scott)
6. 78/Victor 10-1276
(Christopher Lynch with orchestra conducted by Maximilian Pilzer)
7.
78/Victor 18190 (The McKee Trio, violin, 'cello, and piano)
8. 78/Victor
20048 (Max Dolin with A. Schwarzmann, violin)
9. 78/Victor 64599 (John
McCormack with orchestra) [also 78/Victor 747; reissued on Remember, Vol. 3:
Original 1911-1928 Recordings, CD/Naxos Nostalgia 8120782]
10. 78/Victor
16398 (Harry MacDonough with orchestra)
11. 78/Columbia A 5312 (Reed Miller
with orchestral accompaniment)
12. 78/Columbia A 5604 (Morgan Kinston with
orchestral accompaniment)
13. 78/Path 40140 (Ackroyd Trio)
14.
78/Emerson 7109 (Henry Burr with violin and piano)
15. 78/Silvertone 414
(unknown performer)
16. 78/Victor 35048 (Frederic C. Freemantel with
orchestra)
17. 78/Victor 74134 (George Hamlin with orchestra)
18.
78/Victor 31761 (Victor Light Opera Company)
19. 78/Victor 35819 (Victor
Light Opera Company)
20. 78/Victor 35603 (Victor Light Opera Company)
21. (Brunswick Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
22. 45/RCA Camden CAE 278
(Christopher Lynch with the RCA Victor Orchestra conducted by Maximilian
Pilzer)
23. Celtic Collections, CD/K-Tel Distribution 6266 (De Danaan)
(unverified)
24. Love Is Forever, CD/Gumbo People Products (The Shenandoah
Trio)
25. The Best Of Celtic Woman, CD/Celtic Collections 330 (unknown
performer)
26. The Best Of Irish Tradition, CD/Spirit Music EIBXCD 002
(unknown performer)
27. The 1890's, Vol. 2: Wear Yer Bran' New Gown,
CD/Original Cast 9239 (U.S. Marine Band)
Radio transcriptions performed by
Felix Knight with the Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra, the Allison Mixed Quartet,
Nino Martini with Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra, and Jesse Crawford,
organ)
Unrecorded Material:
Air
Aria
Concerted Number
Dance
Dance (At The Fair)
Dance Gypsy (M: Paul J. Girlando)
Duet
Finale (Act One)
Gypsy Chorus Dance Specialty (interpolated)
Hunter's Dance
I'm A Gypsy Blonde
Introductory Chorus
Malaguena
Ombo (interpolated song)
Quartette And Chorus
Quintette And Chorus
Recitative And Chorus
Scene