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Soprano Olive Kline (1887-1976), soloist, with contralto Marguerite Dunlop (no dates) & soprano Elizabeth Wheeler (1875-1971) / Berceuse from Jocelyn (Godard) / Rosario Bourdon (cello) ; Josef Pasternack (conductor) / Recorded: December 4, 1916 in Camden, New Jersey (6th of 6 takes) / (NOTE: Take one with identical label number recorded July 20, 1916 with Alfred Lennartz on cello & Rosaruio Bourdon conducting)
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700003188/C-18136-Berceuse
Olive Kline (sometimes given as Olive Kline Hulihan or the pseudonym Alice Green) (July 7, 1887 – July 29, 1976): American soprano who is chiefly remembered for her recordings for Victor Records from 1912 to 1935. She recorded a wide range of music from operas and Broadways musicals to sacred music, popular music, and songs from the classical concert repertoire. Kline was born on July 7, 1887 in Amsterdam, New York to Martha D. and Oliver S. Kline. Her family moved to Schenectady, New York around 1897, when her father went to work at General Electric. She attended Saint Agnes Girls' School in Albany, New York. Her first vocal teachers were Herbert Wilbur Green whose surname she borrowed for her occasional recording pseudonym Alice Green. She later studied singing with Herbert Witherspoon. Kline began her career as a paid soloist with several churches in New York City, including the Madison Avenue Reformed Church (now Central Presbyterian Church), Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, and the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. She recorded for Victor Records starting in 1912. In 1914 she made her professional concert debut in Detroit in a program which also featured baritone Titta Ruffo. She married Dr. John Walter Hulihan in 1919. Her last recording for Victor Records was in 1935. She died on July 29, 1976 in Pelham, New York.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Kline
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Jim Walsh of Hobbies Magazine in 1961 described Elizabeth Wheeler and William Wheeler as "the most successful husband and wife duet pair in the history of the phonograph." She was born Bess Nicholson in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1875; he was born in Shawano, Wisconsin in 1879. They married in 1904, and performed widely, doing standard ballads, light opera, and hymns. Mr. Wheeler made some solo recordings for Leeds & Caitlin, Edison and others, and then the two began their duet recordings in 1910, for Victor. "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" was an early hit, though it did not reach the 1917 Victor catalog, where there were 17 other titles by the pair. Their final Victor recording was the most popular one, "What a Friend We have in Jesus." Mrs. Wheeler made many solo Victors beginning in 1909; she sang ballads and children's songs, and also "Elizabeth's Prayer" from Tannhauser. William Wheeler did some solo work for Pathe. They did not record after the acoustic period, and "What a Friend" was the only one of their titles to reach the 1927 Victor catalog. Elizabeth Wheeler died in 1971; William Wheeler died in 1967. (From "The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States" / edited by Guy A. Marco / Garland Publishing, Inc. - 1993) --
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Marguerite Dunlop (no dates) also recorded extensively for Victor, solo, duet, ensemble.
See: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/5969/Dunlap_Marguerite_vocalist_contralto
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Soprano Olive Kline (1887-1976), soloist, with contralto Marguerite Dunlop (no dates) & soprano Elizabeth Wheeler (1875-1971) / Berceuse from Jocelyn (Godard) / Rosario Bourdon (cello) ; Josef Pasternack (conductor) / Recorded: December 4, 1916 in Camden, New Jersey (6th of 6 takes) / (NOTE: Take one with identical label number recorded July 20, 1916 with Alfred Lennartz on cello & Rosaruio Bourdon conducting)
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700003188/C-18136-Berceuse
Olive Kline (sometimes given as Olive Kline Hulihan or the pseudonym Alice Green) (July 7, 1887 – July 29, 1976): American soprano who is chiefly remembered for her recordings for Victor Records from 1912 to 1935. She recorded a wide range of music from operas and Broadways musicals to sacred music, popular music, and songs from the classical concert repertoire. Kline was born on July 7, 1887 in Amsterdam, New York to Martha D. and Oliver S. Kline. Her family moved to Schenectady, New York around 1897, when her father went to work at General Electric. She attended Saint Agnes Girls' School in Albany, New York. Her first vocal teachers were Herbert Wilbur Green whose surname she borrowed for her occasional recording pseudonym Alice Green. She later studied singing with Herbert Witherspoon. Kline began her career as a paid soloist with several churches in New York City, including the Madison Avenue Reformed Church (now Central Presbyterian Church), Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, and the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church. She recorded for Victor Records starting in 1912. In 1914 she made her professional concert debut in Detroit in a program which also featured baritone Titta Ruffo. She married Dr. John Walter Hulihan in 1919. Her last recording for Victor Records was in 1935. She died on July 29, 1976 in Pelham, New York.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Kline
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Jim Walsh of Hobbies Magazine in 1961 described Elizabeth Wheeler and William Wheeler as "the most successful husband and wife duet pair in the history of the phonograph." She was born Bess Nicholson in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1875; he was born in Shawano, Wisconsin in 1879. They married in 1904, and performed widely, doing standard ballads, light opera, and hymns. Mr. Wheeler made some solo recordings for Leeds & Caitlin, Edison and others, and then the two began their duet recordings in 1910, for Victor. "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" was an early hit, though it did not reach the 1917 Victor catalog, where there were 17 other titles by the pair. Their final Victor recording was the most popular one, "What a Friend We have in Jesus." Mrs. Wheeler made many solo Victors beginning in 1909; she sang ballads and children's songs, and also "Elizabeth's Prayer" from Tannhauser. William Wheeler did some solo work for Pathe. They did not record after the acoustic period, and "What a Friend" was the only one of their titles to reach the 1927 Victor catalog. Elizabeth Wheeler died in 1971; William Wheeler died in 1967. (From "The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States" / edited by Guy A. Marco / Garland Publishing, Inc. - 1993) --
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Marguerite Dunlop (no dates) also recorded extensively for Victor, solo, duet, ensemble.
See: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/5969/Dunlap_Marguerite_vocalist_contralto
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