AMERICAN SOPRANO ELLEN BEACH YAW (1868-1947) CDR

 

ELLEN BEACH YAW (BORN SEPT. 14, 1868, BOSTON, N.Y., U.S. — DIED SEPT. 9, 1947, WEST COVINA, CALIF.)

 

 

 

 

First she was a secretary to a New York lawyer, then she studied with Theodore Bjorksten in New York and finally under Mathilde Marchesi de Castrone in Paris. In 1894 she made her concert debut in St. Paul (Minnesota), in 1895 went on tour through Germany and Switzerland. In 1896 she sang at the Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1899 she appeared at the London Savoy Theater in the world premiere of Sullivan's operetta ‘’The Rose of Persia’’. In 1905 she made her opera debut as Lucia di Lammermoor. She sang the same role in a single performance at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1908 opposite Alessandro Bonci. Despite encouraging success on the opera stage, she devoted herself to the whole concert singing and undertook until 1928 major tours in Europe and America. She caused a sensation by the unusual pitch of her soprano voice, which reached to E in altissimo. This phenomenon, which is known only exceptionally to singers (as with Erna Sack, Mado Robin and Wilfriede Lüttgen) is documented by her recordings. She established the "Lark Ellen League" to give concerts in hospitals, homes, and jails; and the "Lark Ellen School for Boys" (she did this early in her career, in the 1890s), later taken over by the Lions Club. Yaw is memorialized in Covina by Lark Ellen Elementary School and Lark Ellen Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares connecting Covina to neighboring West Covina.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Lakmé (Delibes) Où va la jeune Hindoue 74090 C4831-2 Victor, USA 1907-09-25

2. Il flauto magico (Mozart) Aria della Regina 3104 Berliner, London 1899

3. Il Re Pastore (Mozart) L'amerò sarò costante 74091 C4829-1 Victor, USA 1907-09-24

4. L'Etoile du Nord (Meyerbeer) Ronde bohémienne 3105 1657 Berliner, 18-03-1899

5. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Ardon gl'incensi Victor HRS1026

6. Manon Lescaut (Auber) l'Eclat de rire 3097 Berliner, London 1899

7. Mignon (Thomas) Polonaise 50001 Keen-O-Phone (Rex, Rishell, McKinley), USA 1913

8. Noces de Jeannette (Massé) Air du rossignol 74092 C4830-2 Victor, USA 1907-09-24

9. O dolce concento (Mozart) 3096 Berliner, London 1899

10. Perle du Brésil (David) Charmant oiseau (Eng) AGSB66 Victor, USA 1907-09-24

11. Skylark (Yaw) 50002 Keen-O-Phone (Rex, Rishell, McKinley), USA 1913

12. Swiss echo song (Eckert) (w. orch) 64079 B4832-2 Victor, USA 1907-09-24

13. The Skylark (Yaw) 82049 Edison, New York 1913-04

14. The star-spangled banner (Key) unpubl Victor, USA 1907-09-25

15. Timbre d'Argent (Saint-Saëns) Le Bonheur est chose légère Victor HRS1026

AMERICAN SOPRANO ELLEN BEACH YAW (1868-1947) CDR

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