The Star Spangled Banner - Wilfred Glenn (1918)
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"The Star Spangled Banner"
Wilfred Glenn
1918
Victor 35009
Music by Samuel Arnold
Words by Francis Scott Key
O say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Wilfred Glenn lived from April 20, 1881, to June 26, 1970.
He was born in San Joaquin Valley, California.
This bass singer made records of operatic arias, oratorio solos, sentimental ballads, upbeat popular songs, and parlor tunes.
He made records as a solo artist but also sang in duets, trios, quartets, and more.
He possessed a rich bass-baritone voice. He was skillful at interpretation, and his enunciation was superb.
He began recording in choral groups for Columbia around 1909.
As a solo artist he made his Victor debut in 1913 with Spross's "Song of Steel" (17182), and Victor catalogs soon afterwards declared that he was exclusive to the company.
His best-selling disc as a solo artist was Victor 17309, which featured the standards "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" and "Asleep in the Deep."
They were remade electrically in 1926 and issued on Victor 20244.
Edison issued only one record of Glenn as a solo artist: Jude's "Mighty Deep," released as Blue Amberol 3959 in April 1920.
His one Columbia recording as a solo artist is "Gypsy Love Song" from Victor Herbert's The Fortune Teller (A3598).
Wilfred Glenn
1918
Victor 35009
Music by Samuel Arnold
Words by Francis Scott Key
O say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Wilfred Glenn lived from April 20, 1881, to June 26, 1970.
He was born in San Joaquin Valley, California.
This bass singer made records of operatic arias, oratorio solos, sentimental ballads, upbeat popular songs, and parlor tunes.
He made records as a solo artist but also sang in duets, trios, quartets, and more.
He possessed a rich bass-baritone voice. He was skillful at interpretation, and his enunciation was superb.
He began recording in choral groups for Columbia around 1909.
As a solo artist he made his Victor debut in 1913 with Spross's "Song of Steel" (17182), and Victor catalogs soon afterwards declared that he was exclusive to the company.
His best-selling disc as a solo artist was Victor 17309, which featured the standards "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" and "Asleep in the Deep."
They were remade electrically in 1926 and issued on Victor 20244.
Edison issued only one record of Glenn as a solo artist: Jude's "Mighty Deep," released as Blue Amberol 3959 in April 1920.
His one Columbia recording as a solo artist is "Gypsy Love Song" from Victor Herbert's The Fortune Teller (A3598).