PETER
DAWSON (BASS-BARITONE) (ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 31 JANUARY 1882 – SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA 27 SEPTEMBER 1961)
He was known in his
youth as an athlete, namely as a boxer. He decided to study singing after
winning a gold medal at an amateur competition in Ballarat. He came to England
in 1902 and became a student of Sir Charles Santley. Since about 1904 he
traveled to England, gave everywhere under the pseudonym Hector Grant Ballad
Concerts and participated as an assisting artist on tours of famous singers
(such as Emma Albani). In 1909 he completed a very successful Australian tour.
During the First World War he appeared in many charity concerts in England as
well as in Australia. In 1926 he gave a series of concerts at the Wigmore Hall
and at the Aeolian Hall in London. In 1931, together with the pianist Mark
Hambourg, he traveled in Australia. He made eight major tours through Australia
and New Zealand and several trips through South Africa. He performed in India,
Japan and China. He rarely appeared on stage, as in 1907 and 1909 at the London
Covent Garden as comprimario in ‘’Meistersingern’’. In 1955 he sang in the English
radio and still after his 70th year of life he made records. He was the teacher
of soprano Joan Cross. He published an autobiography entitled 'Fifty Years of
Song' (London, 1951). He also worked as a composer of songs and ballads, which
he edited under the pseudonym P. MacCall.
Chronology of some
appearances
1907 London Covent
Garden
1909 London Covent Garden
TRACKLIST
1. Boots (McCall) HMV
Bb 16955-1 6-6-29 C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London
2. Carmen (Bizet)
Toreador song HMV 02904 HO 4571 af 26-10-20
3. Don Juan's
serenade (Tchaikovsky) HMV C1327 Cc 10502 1927-03-30
4. Hope the
Hornblower (Ireland) HMV HO 5697 ae 31-5-20
5. I have twelve oxen
(John Ireland) HMV HO 5577 -2ae 5-3-20
6. Ivanho Woo thou
thy snowflake (Sullivan) HMV Cc 1472-1 15-6-22 Recordings made at Hayes, Room 1
7. Lovely, kind and
kindly loving Op 16 (Gustav Holst) (piano J. Brath) HMV Bb
2948-2 7-5-23 Recordings made at Hayes, Room 1
8. Messiah (Handel)
Why do the Nations HMV C2694 2B 5939 1934-05-08
9. Philemon and
Baucis (Gounod) Vulcan’s song HMV Bb 19282-1 1-5-30 C Studio, Small Queen’s
Hall, London
10. Songs of Travel
Bright is the ring of words (Ralph Vaughan Williams) (piano Mme Adami) HMV Bb
1253-1 26-4-22 Recordings made at Hayes, Room 1
11. Songs of Travel
Silent noon (Ralph Vaughan Williams) (piano Mme Adami) HMV Bb 1252-2 26-4-22
Recordings made at Hayes, Room 1
12. Sons of the Sea
(S. Coleridge-Taylor) HMV Bb 1373-1 23-5-22 Recordings made at Hayes, Room 1
13. Stabat Mater
(Rossini) Through the darkness HMV Cc 20368-1 5-11-30 C Studio, Small Queen’s
Hall, London
14. The Creation
(Haydn) Rolling in foaming billows HMV Cc 20369-1 5-11-30 C Studio, Small
Queen’s Hall, London
15. The little
Admiral (Myddleton) HMV 17845e 16-5-14
16. The lost chord
(Sullivan) HMV 2EA 1181 1938-09-27 London, Kingsway Hall
17. The Maid of the
Mountains (Harris-Valentine-Tate) A bachelor gay HMV Bb 19281-2 1-5-30
18. The Marriage of
Figaro (Mozart) Now your days of philandering are over HMV HO 4644 -2af
25-11-20
19. The Midnight
Review (Glinka) HMV Cc 15967-1A 5-3-29 C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London
20. The miner's dream
of home (Goodwin-Dryden) HMV Bb 1959-1 13-10-22 Recordings made at Hayes, Room
1
21. The smuggler’s
song (Mortimer) HMV Bb 16954-1A 6-6-29 C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London
22. The trumpeter
(Dix) HMV Cc 15969-1 5-3-29 C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London
23. The vagabond (Ralph Vaughan Williams) HMV Bb 2950-1 7-5-23 Recordings made at Hayes, Room 1
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