NATOMA
Composer: Victor
Herbert
Lyricist: Joseph D. Redding
Opened: February 28, 1911, Metropolitan Opera House,
N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown
Note: A
complete song list is not available at this time.
Unidentified selections also appear on Columbus Suite/Irish
Rhapsody, CD/Naxos 8.559027 (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Keith Brion), and The American Girl, CD/Arabesque
Z-6561 (Teresa Ringholz with orchestra conducted by Donald
Hunsberger).
Church Motive:
1. The American Girl,
CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by
Donald Hunsberger)
Columbia! Bright Goddess Of The Free!
(Paul’s Aria):
1. The American Girl,
CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by
Donald Hunsberger)
Dagger Dance:
1. 78/Victor 55200 (Victor
Herbert’s Orchestra) [also 78/Victor 70049; reissued on Music Of
Victor Herbert, Smithsonian R017 DPM 30366]
2. 78/Victor 9907 (Victor Salon Group conduced by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA
(M) 1980-5]
3. 78/Victor 11932 (Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur
Fiedler) [also 45/Victor 49-1438]
4. 78/Vocalion 14227 (Aeolian Orchestra)
5. 78/Victor 0409 (unidentified orchestra)
6. 45/Russell 33-75 (unknown performer)
7. The American Girl, CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
8. The Columbia Album Of Victor Herbert, CD/Collectables 7565
(Percy Faith and His Orchestra)
9. The Golden Age Of Light Music: Musical Kaleidoscope, Vol. 2,
CD/Guild Light Music 5140 (Alfonzo D’Artega and His Orchestra)
Fair One, Listen to My Vow
Of Love (Alvarado’s Aria):
1. The American Girl,
CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by
Donald Hunsberger)
Gentle Maiden:
1. Souvenirs From American
Opera, CD/IRCC IRCC-CD818 (John McCormack)
Habanera:
1. 78/Victor 9907 (Victor
Salon Group conduced by Nathaniel Shilkret) [reissued on The
Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA (M) 1980-5]
2. 78/Decca 2688 (Harry Horlick and His Orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia 7366 M (Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra)
[also 45/ColumbiaA-1012; reissued on At His Very Best,
CD/Empress 908]
4. 45/Mercury 70078-X45 (Jan August)
5. Music Of Victor Herbert, Angel (S) R131660 (Beverly Sills
with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre
Kostelanetz)
6. Frederick Fennell Conducts Victor Herbert, Mercury (S) PPS
6007 (orchestra conducted by Frederick Fennell)
7. The American Girl, CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
8. The Columbia Album Of Victor Herbert, CD/Collectables 7565
(Percy Faith and His Orchestra)
His Voice Awakens My Very Soul:
1. The American Girl,
CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by
Donald Hunsberger)
I List The Trill Of Golden Throat
(Spring Song):
1. 78/Victor 74274 (Alma
Gluck and Charles Schuetz, harp, with The Victor Orchestra
conducted by Victor Herbert) [also 78/Victor 6147; reissued on
Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life: The Songs Of Victor Herbert, CD/ASW
CD AJA 5340]
2. American Singers, Volume 1, CD/IRCC 810 (unknown performer)
Natoma’s Indian Theme Of Fate:
1. 78/Columbia A 1432
(Caroline White with orchestral accompaniment)
2. 78/Victor 9907 (Victor Salon Group conduced by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA
(M) 1980-5]
3. The American Girl, CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald
Hunsberger)
Natoma’s Love Theme:
1. The American Girl,
CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by
Donald Hunsberger)
No Country Can My Own Outvie (Paul’s
Address):
1. 78/Victor 74295 (John
McCormack with orchestra directed by Victor Herbert) [reissued
on Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life: The Songs Of Victor Herbert,
CD/ASW CD AJA 5340]
Vaquero’s Song:
1. 78/Victor 5871 (Earl
Cartwrigth and the Victor Light Opera Company accompanied by the
Victor Orchestra with Lapitino, harp)
2. 78/Columbia A-10170 (Cecil Fanning) [reissued on Music
Of Victor Herbert, Smithsonian R017 DPM 30366]
3. 78/Victor 9907 (Victor Salon Group conduced by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA
(M) 1980-5]
4. 78/Decca 2688 (Harry Horlick and His Orchestra)
5. The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA (M) 1980-5 (Reinald
Werrenrath, chorus and orchestra conducted by Walter B. Rogers)
6. The American Girl, CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden
Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
When Shadows Darken:
1. 78/Victor 60072
(Reinald Werrenrath with orchestra conductd by Victor Herbert)
[reissued on A Victor Herbert Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9798]
2. 78/Columbia A 2753 (Sascha Jacobsen, violin, with Sameuel
Chotzinoff, piano) (unverified)
3. The American Girl, CD/Arabesque Z-6561
(Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
Within The Hour, The Morning Sun Will
Flood The Hills (Natoma’s Aria):
1. The American Girl,
CD/Arabesque Z-6561 (Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by
Donald Hunsberger)