Peter Dawson (1881-1961)
Last updated: 01.11.21
According to the Internet source given below, Peter Smith Dawson was an Australian bass-baritone and songwriter born in Adelaide, South Australia. He was taught by C.J. Stevens in Australia before being sent to England to study with Sir Charles Santley, a virtuoso English baritone of the Victorian era. He gained global fame through song recitals and many best-selling recordings of operatic arias, oratorio solos and rousing ballads. In 1984, the Guinness Book of Recorded Sound named him as one of the top 10 singers on disc of all time, listed alongside such luminaries as Elvis Presley and the great operatic tenor Enrico Caruso.His 1931 recording of the song Along the Road to Gundagai was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry.
He died in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Peter Dawson
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Lost Chord, The | Arthur Sullivan (music) Adelaide Anne Procter (words) Antoinette Sterling (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Louise Kirkby Lunn (perf.) Alma Gluck (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) Belle Cole (perf.) Clara Butt (perf.) |
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Volunteer Organist | H. Lamb (music) William B. Gray (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 24 songs sung by Peter Dawson who is featured on sheet music covers.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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Midshipmite (188-), The | Stephen Adams | Fred. E. Weatherly (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Thora (1905) | Stephen Adams | Fred E. Weatherly (words) Dan Llewellyn (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Moon Has Raised Her Lamp Above (186-), The | Julius Benedict | Ernest Pike (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Hearts of Oak (1914) | William Boyce | David Garrick (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Queen of My Heart (1910) | Alfred Cellier | B.C. Stephenson (words) Charles Hayden Coffin (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Come Back to Erin (1913) | Claribel | Ernest Pike (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) Orville Harrold (perf.) |
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Foundering of the Troopship (1907), The | Peter Dawson | P. Dawson (perf.) National Vaudeville Company (perf.) |
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You Can't Do Without a Girl (1907) | Percy Edgar | P. Dawson (perf.) | |
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Miner's Dream of Home (1891), The | Will Godwin | L. Dryden (words) Kate Rusby (perf.) L. Dryden (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Nazareth (1909) | Charles Gounod | P. Dawson (perf.) Alexander Prince (perf.) |
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⇑Ever of Thee (1909) | Henry Foley Hall | Peter Dawson (words) Ernest Pike (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Simon the Cellarer (189-) | John Liptrot Hatton | W.H. Bellamy (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Sweet Christmas Bells (1909) | Walter Hyde | Ernest Pike (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Volunteer Organist (1893) | H. Lamb | William B. Gray (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Out on the Deep (1910) | Frederic N. Löhr | Samuel K Cowan (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Singer Was Irish (1910), The | C.W. Murphy | Harry Castling (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Asleep in the Deep (1897) | Henry W. Petrie | Arthur J. Lamb (words) J. Rogers (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) Fred Field (perf.) |
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Ora Pro Nobis (189-) | M. Piccolomini | P. Dawson (perf.) | |
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Queen of the Earth (1857) | Ciro Pinsuti | H L D'Arcy Jaxone (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Volunteer Organist (1893), The | George L. Spaulding | Wm. B. Gray (words) P. Dawson (perf.) Walter J. Talbot (perf.) |
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Lost Chord (1877), The | Arthur Sullivan | Adelaide Anne Procter (words) Antoinette Sterling (perf.) John McCormack (perf.) Louise Kirkby Lunn (perf.) Alma Gluck (perf.) P. Dawson (perf.) Belle Cole (perf.) Clara Butt (perf.) Reed Miller (perf.) |
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⇑My Old Shako (1907) | Henry Trotère | J Francis Barron (words) P. Dawson (perf.) |
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Admiral's Broom (1912), The | Frederic Edward Weatherly | P. Dawson (perf.) | |
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Village Blacksmith (1855), The | W.H. Weiss | P. Dawson (perf.) | |
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Along The Road To Gundagai | 2:51 | Peter Dawson | ||
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The Kerry Dance | 4:10 | Peter Dawson | The Kerry Dances | |
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Waltzing Matilda | 4:05 | Peter Dawson | Waltzing Matilda | |
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Boots (1929) | 2:55 | Peter Dawson | P. Dawson | |
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Foundering of the Troopship (1907) | 2:16 | Peter Dawson | P. Dawson | |
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Miners Dream of Home | 3:19 | Peter Dawson | W. Godwin | |
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Asleep in the Deep (1930) | 6:13 | Peter Dawson | H.W. Petrie | Asleep in the Deep |