Maggie Teyte (1888-1976)
Last updated: 12.09.24
According to the Internet source given below, Maggie Teyte (née Margaret Tate) was an English operatic soprano and interpreter of French art song born in Wolverhampton. She studied at the Royal School of Music and in Paris becoming a pupil of the tenor Jean de Reszke. After a successful career in France she performed in music halls and variety venues such as at the Victoria Palace in London. Due to her recordings of Claude-Achille Debussy songs in 1936, she gained a reputation in England and the United States as the leading French art song interpreter of her time.
She made her first New York appearances in 1948 and continued to record and perform in opera until 1951 Her final concert appearance was at the Royal Festival Hall in 1956.
She died in London.
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Home Sweet Home (1916) | H.R. Bishop | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 48814 |
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Just You (1915) | H.T. Burleigh | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 46210 |
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Resolve, A (1913) | H. de Fontenailles | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 39118 |
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Mifanwy (1910) | D. Forster | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 39120 |
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L'heure exquise (1913) | R. Hahn | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 39121 |
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Little Grey Home in the West - Song (1915) | H. Löhr | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 39123 |
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My Ain Folk (1919) | L. Lemon | Maggie Teyte | Edison: 6574 |
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Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms (1919) | T. Moore | Maggie Teyte | Edison: 6597 |
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Oft in the Stilly Night (1916) | T. Moore | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 48813 |
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When Love Is Kind (1913) | T. Moore | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 39116 |
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Down in the Forest (1914) | L. Ronald | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 39114 |
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Until (1915) | W. Sanderson | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 46211 |
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Little Love, a Little Kiss, A (1915) | L. Silesu | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 46209 |
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Dreams (1919) | A. Strelezki | Maggie Teyte | Edison: 6609 |
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Happy Days - Song (1919) | A. Strelezki | Maggie Teyte | Edison: 6613 |
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All Through the Night (1919) | Traditional | Maggie Teyte | Edison: 6596 |
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⇑Kashmiri Song (1919) | A. Woodforde-Finden | Maggie Teyte | Edison: 6604 |
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Open Secret, An (1913) | R. Woodman | Maggie Teyte | Columbia: 39122 |
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Birth of Morn (1902), The | F. Leoni (music) Paul Laurence Dunbar (words) Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | Indiana |  |
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I Love the Moon (1912) | P.A. Rubens (w&m) Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | Pub. |
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C-A. Debussy | Fêtes galantes (14:03) | Maggie Teyte |
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J. Offenbach | La Périchole (1932) (3:48) | Maggie Teyte |
The peformer is featured on 27 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Home Sweet Home (1821) | Henry R. Bishop | John Howard Payne (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Just You (1915) | Harry T. Burleigh | Madge Marie Miller (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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May, the Maiden (1912) | John Alden Carpenter | Sidney Lanier (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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To a Young Gentleman (1916) | John Alden Carpenter | Conficius (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Fêtes galantes (?) | Claude-Achille Debussy | Alfred Cortot (perf.) Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Resolve (1913), A | H. de Fontenailles | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Mifanwy (1910) | Dorothy Forster | Fred. E. Weatherly (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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L'heure exquise (1913) | Reynaldo Hahn | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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My Ain Folk (1904) | Laura G. Lemon | Wilfrid Mills (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Birth of Morn (1902), The | Franco Leoni | Paul Laurence Dunbar (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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⇑Little Grey Home in the West - Song (1911) | Hermann Löhr | D. Eardley Wilmot (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) Frederick J. Wheeler as James F. Harrison (perf.) |
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Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms (1807) | T. Moore(w&m) | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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When Love Is Kind (?) | T. Moore(w&m) | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Oft in the Stilly Night (?) | T. Moore(w&m) | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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La Périchole (1932) | Jacques Offenbach | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Down in the Forest (1906) | Landon Ronald | Harold Simpson (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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I Love the Moon (1912) | Paul Alfred Rubens(w&m) | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Ladies and Gentlemen (1914) | Paul Alfred Rubens(w&m) | Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Until (1910) | Wilfred Sanderson | Edward Teschemacher (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Old Song Ended (1911), An | Cyril Scott | D.G. Rossetti (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Lilac-Time (1914) | Cyril Scott | Walt Whitman (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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⇑Little Love, a Little Kiss (1912), A | Lau Silesu | Adrian Ross (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Dreams (1886) | Anton Strelezki(w&m) | Baroness Porteous (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Happy Days - Song (1911) | Anton Strelezki | Henly Thomson (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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All Through the Night (?) | Traditional | Harold Boulton (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Kashmiri Song (1902) | Amy Woodforde-Finden | Laurence Hope (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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Open Secret (1897), An | Raymond Huntington Woodman | Anon (words)
Maggie Teyte (perf.) |
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