Marie Narelle (1870-1941)
Last updated: 31.01.24
According to the Internet source given below, Marie Narelle (née Catherine Mary Ryan) was an Australian singer born at Combaning station, near Temora, New South Wales, As Molly Callaghan, a single mother of three children, she initially taught music in Candelo beforeopening a music studio in Sydney. She performed there under the stage name ''Marie Narelle''and billed as ''The Australian Queen of Irish Song.''.
She gave concerts of Irish and Scottish ballads, arias, and other popular works. On an invitation to perform in Ireland 1902 she took the opportunity to study Gaelic. She toured widely in Australia, New Zealand, USA and England.
Narelle was based in New York City after 1910 and in England after 1934.
She died in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
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Killarney (1910) | M. Balfe | Edison Amberol: 495 | |
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Then You'll Remember Me (1906) | M. Balfe | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9273 | |
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Wearing of the Green (1913) | D. Boucicault | Edison Blue Amberol: 1720 | |
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Silver Threads Among the Gold (1910) | H.P. Danks | Edison Amberol: D-12 | |
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List! The Cherubic Host (1912) | A.R. Gaul | Frank Croxton Agnes Kimball Cornelia Marvin |
Edison Blue Amberol: 1537 |
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Bonnie Sweet Bessie the Maid O' Dundee (1910) | J.L. Gilbert | Edison Amberol: 585 | |
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The Sweetest Flower That Blows (1905) | C.B. Hawley | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9138 | |
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Every Little Movement (1913) | K.L. Hoschna | Frederic H. Potter | Edison Blue Amberol: 2098 |
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Every Little Movement (1911) | K.L. Hoschna | Mary Jordan | Edison Standard Record: 10512 |
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Robin Redbreast (1906) | R.D. Koven | Joseph Belmont | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9186 |
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Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1913) | J. Miller | Edison Blue Amberol: 1974 | |
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⇑Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms (1906) | T. Moore | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9207 | |
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Day Dreams, Visions of Bliss (1911) | H. Reinhardt | Berrick von Norden | Edison Amberol: 662 |
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Answer? (1906) | A.G. Robyn | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9226 | |
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Annie Laurie (1911) | A.A.J. Scott | Edison Amberol: 862 | |
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Bonnie Dundee (1914) | W. Scott | Edison Blue Amberol: 2288 | |
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Jessie, the Flower O' Dunblane (1914) | R.A. Smith | Edison Blue Amberol: 2289 | |
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Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond (1906) | Traditional | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9325 | |
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Coming Through the Rye (1906) | Traditional | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9254 | |
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Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer! (1914) | W.V. Wallace | Edison Blue Amberol: 2450 |
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Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond (1906) | Traditional | Edison's National Phonograph Company: 9325 |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 19 works performed by Marie Narelle who is featured on sheet music covers.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Killarney (187-) | Michael William Balfe | Edmund Falconer (words) George Alexander (perf.) John Finnegan (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) |
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Then You'll Remember Me (n.d.) | Michael William Balfe | Alfred Bunn (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Charles Hackett (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) |
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Wearing of the Green (1865) | Dion Boucicault | E.H. House (co-author) Marie Narelle (perf.) |
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Silver Threads Among the Gold (1874) | H.P. Danks | E.E. Rexford (words) Frank Coombs (perf.) Harry A. Ellis (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.) |
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List! The Cherubic Host (1912) | Alfred R. Gaul | Frank Croxton (perf.) Agnes Kimball (perf.) Cornelia Marvin (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) |
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Bonnie Sweet Bessie the Maid O' Dundee (1875) | James L. Gilbert | Marie Narelle (perf.) Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) |
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Sweetest Flower That Blows (1905), The | Charles Beach Hawley | Frederic Peterson (words) Clara Butt (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) |
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Every Little Movement (1910) | Karl L. Hoschna | Otto Harbach (words) Lina Abarbanell (perf.) Inez Barbour (perf.) Walter Van Brunt (perf.) Mary Jordan (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) American Standard Orchestra (perf.) Frederic H. Potter (perf.) |
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Robin Redbreast (1905) | Reginald De Koven | Joseph Belmont (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) |
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Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (1913) | James Miller | Robert Burns (words) Marie Narelle (perf.) |
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⇑Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms (1807) | T. Moore(w&m) | Anna Case (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) Maggie Teyte (perf.) Edna Thornton (perf.) Elizabeth Wheeler (perf.) |
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Day Dreams, Visions of Bliss (1909) | Heinrich Reinhardt | Robert B. Smith (words) Henry Burr (perf.) Christie MacDonald (perf.) Margaret Mayew (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) Berrick von Norden (perf.) Elise Stevenson (perf.) |
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Answer? (1885) | Alfred G. Robyn(w&m) | Marie Narelle (perf.) | |
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Annie Laurie (1838) | Alicia Ann John Scott | William Douglas (words) Archie Anderson (perf.) Clara Butt (perf.) Anna Case (perf.) Frederick W. Hager (perf.) Christine Miller (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) The Greater New York Quartette (perf.) |
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Bonnie Dundee (1914) | Walter Scott | Marie Narelle (perf.) | |
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Jessie, the Flower O' Dunblane (1817) | Robert Archibald Smith | Marie Narelle (perf.) | |
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Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond (1906) | Traditional(w&m) | Marie Narelle (perf.) | |
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Coming Through the Rye (1906) | Traditional | Marie Narelle (perf.) | |
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Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer! (1860) | William Vincent Wallace | Marie Narelle (perf.) Wilfred Platt (perf.) Edison Venetian Trio (perf.) |
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