Uploaded May 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Toils are Pitch'd
(From "The Lady of the Lake")
Walter Scott (author)
John Wilson (editor)
Laura Littlefield (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Description: Female vocal solo, with orchestra
Category: Vocal
Marketing Genre: Educational
Language: English
Master Size: 10-in.
Title Note: Text from "Lady of the lake"; song from "Wilson's songs." "Wilson's Songs in 'The lady on the lake'," examined on behalf of Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings ( EDVR) states that the "music is adapted to the poetry." It is not known if Wilson composed the music.
Recorded: March 27, 1918 (Camden, New Jersey)
They Bid Me Sleep
Walter Scott (author)
John Wilson (editor)
(From "The Lady of the Lake")
Laura Littlefield (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Recorded: March 27, 1918 (Camden, New Jersey)
Discography of American Historical Recordings:
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php
The following is from the 2015 Holdridge Record Auction Catalog, Musical Courier, University of Michigan, and Ancestry.com:
LAURA COMSTOCK LITTLEFIELD (soprano): 1882, Malden, MA - 1941, Durham, NC (en route to Florida). A graduate of Radcliffe College in 1904. Among the artists likely to be completely forgotten today had she not recorded, Mrs. Littlefield was a gifted concert soprano heard in the Boston area in the ‘teens to the mid- ‘20s of the last century. She had been a soloist with the Boston Symphony, the Händel and Haydn Society, the Cecilia Society of Boston and with various festivals in New England. In addition she frequently gave recitals, one in Aeolian Hall in New York, 1925, eliciting extraordinary praise from critic W. J. Henderson. In the November 9, 1922 edition of Musical Courier (page 33), the magazine announces her return to the United States from Europe, where she had studied with Jean De Reszke, Mrs. Littlefield describing the noted tenor as "an inspiration from the moment you enter the door until you leave." From 1930 - 1934 Mrs. Littlefield was assistant Professor of Music at the University of Michigan.
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The Toils are Pitch'd
(From "The Lady of the Lake")
Walter Scott (author)
John Wilson (editor)
Laura Littlefield (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Description: Female vocal solo, with orchestra
Category: Vocal
Marketing Genre: Educational
Language: English
Master Size: 10-in.
Title Note: Text from "Lady of the lake"; song from "Wilson's songs." "Wilson's Songs in 'The lady on the lake'," examined on behalf of Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings ( EDVR) states that the "music is adapted to the poetry." It is not known if Wilson composed the music.
Recorded: March 27, 1918 (Camden, New Jersey)
They Bid Me Sleep
Walter Scott (author)
John Wilson (editor)
(From "The Lady of the Lake")
Laura Littlefield (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Josef Pasternack (conductor)
Recorded: March 27, 1918 (Camden, New Jersey)
Discography of American Historical Recordings:
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php
The following is from the 2015 Holdridge Record Auction Catalog, Musical Courier, University of Michigan, and Ancestry.com:
LAURA COMSTOCK LITTLEFIELD (soprano): 1882, Malden, MA - 1941, Durham, NC (en route to Florida). A graduate of Radcliffe College in 1904. Among the artists likely to be completely forgotten today had she not recorded, Mrs. Littlefield was a gifted concert soprano heard in the Boston area in the ‘teens to the mid- ‘20s of the last century. She had been a soloist with the Boston Symphony, the Händel and Haydn Society, the Cecilia Society of Boston and with various festivals in New England. In addition she frequently gave recitals, one in Aeolian Hall in New York, 1925, eliciting extraordinary praise from critic W. J. Henderson. In the November 9, 1922 edition of Musical Courier (page 33), the magazine announces her return to the United States from Europe, where she had studied with Jean De Reszke, Mrs. Littlefield describing the noted tenor as "an inspiration from the moment you enter the door until you leave." From 1930 - 1934 Mrs. Littlefield was assistant Professor of Music at the University of Michigan.
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