voc, 1871-1947 GB, Pittsburgh
Singer / Composer of Classical and Pop
A.k.a. Louise Dilworth Beatty
American contralto vocalist (April 30, 1871 – May 6, 1947). She had an active international career in concert halls and opera houses from 1895 until her retirement in 1932. After a brief stint as a vaudeville entertainer in New England, she made her professional opera debut in France in 1898. She then became a member of the Metropolitan Opera from 1900 to 1919 and again from 1927 to 1929. She was also active as an opera singer in Boston, Chicago, and California. She recorded extensively for Victor Records and Columbia Records in the early decades of the 20th century. She was married to composer Sidney Homer for 52 years, and composer Samuel Barber was her nephew. Homer sang a broad repertoire which encompassed works from the French, German, and Italian repertoires. Louise Homer recorded several Christian hymns in duet with Alma Gluck.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Met's First "Butterfly" | Geraldine Farrar With Enrico Caruso / Antonio Scotti / Louise Homer | 1971 | Compil. |
Profile Of The Golden Age Contralto | Louise Homer | 1970 | Compil. |
Aïda: Gia I Sacerdoti Adunansi / Aïda E Me Togliesti | Louise Homer / Enrico Caruso | 1948 | Album |
Nobil Signors, Saluta! / Die Allmacht | Louise Homer | 1947 | Album |
I Need Thee Every Hour / Abide With Me | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1937 | Album |
Al Nostri Monti / Mal Reggendo All' Aspro Assalto | Giuseppe Verdi, Louise Homer, Giovanni Martinelli | 1929 | Album |
Chi Mi Frena / Bella Figlia Dell'Amore | Gaetano Donizetti / Giuseppe Verdi Sung By Amelita Galli-Curci - Louise Homer - Beniamino Gigli - Giuseppe De Luca With The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra Conducted By Giulio Setti | 1928 | Album |
Whispering Hope / One Sweetly Solemn Thought | Alma Gluck, Louise Homer | 1924 | Album |
Oh, Promise Me / A Banjo Song | Louise Homer | 1923 | Album |
Christ The Lord Is Risen Today | Louise Homer | 1922 | Album |
My Ain Countrie | Louise Homer | 1922 | Album |
Oh Morning Land | Louise Homer Stires, Louise Homer | 1921 | Album |
Last Night | Louise Homer, Louise Homer Stires | 1920 | Album |
My Sweet Repose | Louise Homer, Louise Homer Stires | 1920 | Album |
Oh, Boys, Carry Me 'Long | Louise Homer | 1920 | Album |
Hymn Of Praise—I Waited For The Lord | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1920 | Album |
Hard Times, Come Again No More | Louise Homer | 1919 | Album |
I Love To Tell The Story / Where Is My Boy Tonight | Louise Homer | 1919 | Album |
I Love To Tell The Story | Louise Homer | 1919 | Album |
Long, Long Ago | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1917 | Album |
Messiah - He Was Despised | Louise Homer | 1916 | Album |
Norma - Mira O Norma ("Hear Me, Homer") | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1916 | Album |
Oh Promise Me | Louise Homer | 1916 | Album |
Flee as a Bird | Louise Homer | 1916 | Album |
One Sweetly Solemn Thought | Alma Gluck And Louise Homer | 1915 | Album |
Rock Of Ages | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1914 | Album |
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul (Refuge) | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1914 | Album |
Contes d'Hoffmann - Barcarolle | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1914 | Album |
Oh, That We Two Were Maying | Alma Gluck And Louise Homer | 1914 | Album |
Life's Dream Is O'er | Alma Gluck And Louise Homer | 1914 | Album |
Hänsel Und Gretel-Suse, Liebe Suse | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1914 | Album |
Hänsel Und Gretel-Hexenritt Und Knusperwalzer (Witches' Dance) | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1913 | Album |
Samson Et Dalila—Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix | Louise Homer | 1912 | Album |
Whispering Hope | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | 1912 | Album |
Elijah - O Rest In The Lord | Louise Homer | 1911 | Album |
A Banjo Song | Louise Homer | 1911 | Album |
Aida—Scene And Duet, Act II | Johanna Gadski - Louise Homer | 1909 | Album |
The Lost Chord | Louise Homer | 1908 | Album |
Trovatore–Ai Nostri Monti (Home To Our Mountains) | Louise Homer – Enrico Caruso Accompaniment By Victor Symphony Orchestra | 1908 | Album |
Martha—Mesta Ognor (Ah, These Tears) | Louise Homer And Bessie Abott | 1908 | Album |
Lohengrin—Du Aermste | Emma Eames - Louise Homer | 1908 | Album |
Trovatore-Mal Reggendo All' | Enrico Caruso - Louise Homer | 1908 | Album |
Rigoletto - Quartet Act III | Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer And Antonio Scotti | 1907 | Album |
Aida | Louise Homer - Enrico Caruso | Album | |
I Cannot Sing The Old Songs | Louise Homer | Album | |
Rigoletto | Amelita Galli-Curci, Louise Homer, Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe De Luca | Album | |
Tales Of Hoffman-Barcarolle | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | Album | |
Trovatore - Ai Nostri Monti / Mal Reggendo All' Aspro Assalto | Louise Homer, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Verdi | Album | |
At Parting | Louise Homer | Album | |
I Need Thee Every Hour | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | Album | |
Annie Laurie | Louise Homer | Album | |
Life's Dream Is O'er / Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'amour | Alma Gluck, Louise Homer | Album | |
Samson Et Dallia - Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix / Samson Et Dallia - Printemps Qui Commence | Louise Homer | Album | |
Madama Butterfly-Tutti I Fior (Duet Of The Flowers) (Act 2) | Geraldine Farrar - Louise Homer | Album | |
Contes D'Hoffman-Bacarolle / Life's Dream Is O'Er | Alma Gluck, Louise Homer | Album | |
Aida—Scene And Duet, Act II | Johanna Gadski - Louise Homer | Album | |
Sing Me A Song Of A Lad That Is Gone | Louise Homer | Album | |
Abide With Me | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | Album | |
Just For To-Day | Louise Homer | Album | |
Go Pretty Rose | Louise Homer - Louise Homer Stires | Album | |
Love's Old Sweet Song | Louise Homer | Album | |
Come Unto Me | Louise Homer Accompanied By Victor Symphony Orchestra | Album | |
Stabat Mater - Quis Est Homo (Who Would Not Pity?) | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | Album | |
Hänsel und Gretel - Der kleine Sandmann bin ich (I Am the Sleep Fairy) (Act 2) | Alma Gluck, Louise Homer | Album | |
Teures Mädchen, Sieh' Mein Leiden | Amelita Galli-Curci, Louise Homer, Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe De Luca | Single | |
Fu La Sorte Dell'Armi | Johanna Gadski And Louise Homer | Album | |
Die Lorelei (The Loreley) | Louise Homer | Album | |
Sheep And Lambs | Louise Homer | Album | |
A Treasury of Immortal Performances: Aida of Yesterday | Beniamino Gigli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Rosa Ponselle, Johanna Gadski, Pasquale Amato, Louise Homer, Enrico Caruso | Compil. | |
Messiah—He Shall Feed His Flock | Louise Homer | Album | |
Abide With Me / I Need Thee Every Hour | Alma Gluck - Louise Homer | Album |
Louise Homer Stires Classical and Pop |