AN ELLA WHEELER WILCOX BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Richard A. Edwards, c1997-2000.
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MUSIC

All in a coach and four.
by Fanciulli, Francesco
Words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
[no date] 4 pieces. 33 cm.
Manuscripts in ink.
For voice and piano.
First line: The quality folk went riding by.

The beautiful land of Nod.
by Greene, Edwin.
Boston : The Boston Music Co., 1904.
Musical Score, 10 p.
Separate parts for violin, and voice and piano.

The beautiful land of Nod : song.
Lehmann, Liza, 1862-1918.
New York :; Boosey, 1908.
1 score (5 p.) ; 35 cm.
Publisher: H. 5828; Boosey
Songs with piano.
 Note(s): For voice and piano./ Cover title./ Words also printed as text preceding score.
Responsibility: the words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; the music by Liza Lehmann.

The birth of the opal : a cantata for women's voices.
Reed, C. H. (Carl H.)
New York : G. Schirmer, 1890.
Musical Score : 1 score (19 p.) ; 27 cm.
SERIES: G. Schirmer's collection of oratorios and cantatas
NOTES: For women's voices (SSAA) with cello and piano. MUSIC NO: 8789; G. Schirmer

California : waltz-song : or duet ad libitum.
by Seiler, S.
Los Angeles : S. Seiler, 1908.
Musical Score (5 p.) ; 35 cm.
NOTES: For voice and piano. Caption title. First line of text: I have wander'd into Egypt.

Christmas Carol.
Lyrics by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and music by F. R. Burton.

A Cure for Lonliness.
Galen Drake, Narrator; with Wayne King and His Orchestra.
LP ON RCA  LPM 3204
Tracks include: The Gondolier, Poem: If You But Knew; Hand in Hand, Poem: I Want You (Arthur Gillom); Miss You, Poem: Miss You (David Cory); Midnight Bells, Poem: Midsummer (Sidney King Russell); Tales from the Vienna Woods, Poem: I Love You (Ella Wheeler Wilcox); Walt Night in Heaven, Poem: You and I (Henry Alford); Our Dream Waltz, Poem: You Kissed Me (Josephine S. Hunt); Lullaby for Latins, Poem: Why Do I Love You (Elizabeth Barret Browning).

Douze mélodies pour voix et piano.
by Fortier, Achille, 1864-1939.
Saint-Nicolas, Québec : Editions Dobermann-Yppan, 1994.
Musical Score : 1 score (xi, 52 p.) ; 30 cm.
NOTES: French and English words. Biography of composer and critical notes precede score. Philosophie : op. 3 / text by Armand Silvestre -- Ici-bas : op. 11 / text by Sully Prudhomme -- Enfant! Si j'étais roi ... / text by Victor Hugo -- Qui saurait? : op. 14 / text by Armand Silvestre -- Mon bouquet / text by Louis Fréchette -- Mon secret ; Marguerites / text by Gonzalve Desaulniers -- Impromptu ; Orgueil / text by Charles Gill -- When love is lost ; Some day / text by Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- La petite souris grise : vielle chanson / Anon. -- Annexe : Morceau de concours.
MUSIC NO: DO 160; Dobermann-Yppan ISBN: 2921204339

The Ella Wheeler Wilcox Waltzes.
by Rollin Bond
Chase & Harris, 1903.
11 1/2" x 14".

"Faith" (1984)
Kyle Gann
Music for female voice and piano; text by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Famous songs and those who made them : a collection of five hundred songs, ballads, duets, trios, quartets, and choruses, three hundred illustrations and portraits, original compositions by American writers, and great songs of all ages.
New York : Bryan, Taylor & Co., 1895-1897.
3 v. (1640 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
NOTES:  Includes works for solo piano. Includes index.
"The poems for which original music settings have been specially prepared for this work are by the greatest and best
known American Poets and song writers, and include the following: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, James Whitcomb Riley, Margaret E. Sangster, Mary Mapes Dodge, Will Carleton, George Parsons Lathrop, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, John Hay, Richard Henry Stoddard, John Vance Cheney, Frank Dempster SHerman, Julia C.R. Dorr, Katherine Lee Bates, Arlo Bates, and many others."

Greater Britain.
Ceiley, George R. ; Wilcox, Ella Wheeler,
Year: 191?
18 ms. parts ; 32 cm.
Note(s): Arranged for band, without text./ Caption title./ Accompanied by 1 newspaper clipping, being a letter discussing the poem "Greater Britain" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox./ Also accompanied by: Greater Britain : patriotic war song / words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; music by George R. Ceiley. London : Weekes, c1915. 1 vocal score (10 p.) ; 36 cm./ Reproduction: Microfilm./ Urbana, Ill. :/ University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,/ 1998./ Item 16 of 16 on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm./ Sousa Preservation Project, Sousa Archives for Band Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign./ Funding: Microfilming funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical mother goose; a jingle book of facts told in nonsense rhymes.
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Music by Louis Gottschalk.
New York: G. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music Co., c1914.
iii 38 p. illus 31 cm.
Songs, with music, about persons important in U.S. history.

Historical mother goose; a jingle book of facts told in nonsense rhymes.
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Music by Louis Gottschalk.
(School Edition)
New York: G. Schirmer, [no date].
iii 38 p. illus 31 cm.
Songs, with music, about persons important in U.S. history.
Table of Contents.

If, and -- alas!
Music by Hattie E. Bryant.
Milwaukee, Wis. : H.N.Hempsted, c1876.
Musical Score (4 p.)
Full text of the lyrics and Image are available.

If : song.
Vanderpool, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1877-1947.
OTHER: Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919.
New York : M. Witmark, 1913.
Musical Score (4 p.) ; 35 cm.
NOTES: For voice and piano. Caption title. Dedicated to: Kate.
MUSIC NO: 13209; M.W. & Sons +

Love's Fantasy
Words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and music by Minnie Louise Graham.
Published by Minnie Louise Graham, c1908?
Image is available.

My ships ; song.
by Barratt, Augustus.
London : Boosey & Co., 1901.
Musical Score (5 p.) : music ; 36 cm.

One of us two. (Eins von uns.)
Hawley, Stanley, 1867-1916.
London : Bosworth & Co.,  1896.
Musical Score 7 p. 33 cm.
SERIES: Recitation music series, no. 16
NOTES: For a speaker with piano accomp. Caption title.
MUSIC NO: B. & Co. 1176; Bosworth & Co.

The prince of everything
by Georgy Rock.
Nashville, TN : Swift Music Group, 1995
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
NOTES: Georgy Rock, vocals and guitar; Mr. Dill, fairy pad, synthesizer, oboe, and flute; Andy Ploof, mandolin; Blake Travis, conga; Tom Ostermueller, kazoo; Clancy Blakemore, vocals; Voices of Love, vocal group. Recorded at Smith-Lee Productions, St. Louis, Mo., by Steve Higdon, engineer. Wade in the water / traditional -- Unseen beauty / James Dillet Freeman, G. Rock -- If I had wings / Yarrow & Yardley -- Everything's possible / Fred Small -- The prince of everything / G. Rock -- The goal / Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- Sara / Cleary, Rock -- Quiet calm at ease / Rev. Clancy Blakemore -- Master singer / Givens, Lafond, Russell -- Try love / G. Rock.
MUSIC NO: GR101094; Swift Music

The Queen's last ride.
Batten, George, Mrs. ; Wilcox, Ella Wheeler,
19??
31 ms. parts ; 31 cm.
Note(s): Arranged for band, without text./ Caption title./ Each part signed: V. Ragone./ Attributed to Mrs. George Batten, whose name does not appear on parts./ The Sousa Archives for Band Research holds an additional arrangement of this title, scored for orchestra./ Reproduction: Microfilm./ Urbana, Ill. :/ University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,/ 1998./ Item 6 of 12 on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm./ Sousa Preservation Project, Sousa Archives for Band Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign./ Funding: Microfilming funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Queen's last ride.
Batten, George, Mrs. ; Wilcox, Ella Wheeler,
19??
1 ms. score (12 p. of music) ; 36 ms. parts ; 36 cm. + 31 cm.
Orchestral music, Arranged -- Scores and parts.
Note(s): Arranged for orchestra, without text./ Accompanied by: The Queen's last ride / words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; music by Mrs George Batten. [London] : Boosey, c1902. 1 vocal score (5 p.) ; 36 cm./ Vocal score inscribed by Mabel Veronica Salten./ The Sousa Archives for Band Research holds an additional arrangement of this title, scored for band./ Reproduction: Microfilm./ Urbana, Ill. :/ University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,/ 1998./ Item 7 of 12 on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm./ Sousa Preservation Project, Sousa Archives for Band Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign./ Funding: Microfilming funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Randall's lullaby.
by Randall, Harry.
[S.F., Cal.] : Harry Randall, 1900.
Musical Score (4 p.) : col. ill. ; 34 cm.
NOTES: For medium voice with piano. Caption title; cover has col. ill. of woman holding hour glass and photo by Schloss N.Y. of Annie St. Tel. "Musical supplement to The Sunday Examiner"--Cover. First line of text: Come cuddle your head on my shoulder dear, your head like the golden rod.

"The reason."
In Nine Famous Contralto Songs by popular composers.
Chappell, 1906.
Contains: beloved, it is morn (emily hickey/florence aylward), unmindful of the roses (christina rossetti/hermann lohr), the reason (ella wheeler wilcox/teresa del reigo), when the dream is there (edith rutter-leatham/guy d'hardelot), a pearl for every tear (gunby hadath/s. liddle), the early morning (hilaire belloc/graham peel), lie there, my lute (charles h. taylor/hamish maccunn), hushing song (fiona macleod/hubert bath), gray days (archibald sullivan/noel johnson).

The reason : song (with Organ Accompaniment ad lib).
by Del Riego, Teresa, 1876-1968.
No. 1 in F, No. 2 in G, No. 3 in Ab.
London ; New York : Chappell, 1912.
Musical Score (5 p.) ; 34 cm.
NOTES: Caption title.
MUSIC NO: 25301; Chappell 6343.

Smiles. (Song.)
New York: Boosey & Co., 1905.
Words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Music by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell.

Smiles. (Song.)
New York: Boosey & Co., 1906.
New Edition.
Words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Music by Kathleen Heron-Maxwell.
Full text of the lyrics and Image are available.

[Songs. Selections. Texts]
by Fanciulli, Francesco, 1853-1915.
[n.p., 1853-1915?]
[9] leaves ; 36 cm. or smaller.
NOTES: Includes typescripts and manuscripts in pencil and ink. Some items in poor condition ; photocopies provided for public use. All in a coach and four / words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- Messenger boys song [2 versions] -- Doctors song -- Ben my Chree -- Jews song -- Irishmans song -- Bright is the day.

Songs of the new day. For mixed voices or solo use.
Sibley, Luthera E.
Boston : Luthera E. Sibley, 1922.
Musical Score (8 p.) 27 cm.
NOTES: Cover title. 1. One breath of song by Oliver Wendell Holmes.--2. Each in his own tongue by William Herbert Carruth.--3. Thoughts by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.--4. The house within by Dr. William F. Kelley.--5. Opportunity by Walter Malone.--6. Fear thou not by Fenwicke L. Holmes.--7. The goal, anon.

Spanish-American war songs.
A complete collection of newspaper verse during the recent war with Spain.
Witherbee, Sidney A.,  comp. and ed.; Bangs, John Kendrick,; 1862-1922. ; Cawein, Madison Julius,; 1865-1914. ; Crane, Stephen,; 1871-1900. ; Dreiser, Theodore,; 1871-1945. ; Guiney, Louise Imogen,; 1861-1920. ; Harte, Bret,; 1836-1902. ; Riley, James Whitcomb,; 1849-1916. ; Venable, William Henry,; 1836-1920. ; Wilcox, Ella Wheeler,; 1850-1919.
Detroit, Sidney A. Witherbee, 1898.
2 p. [i-iv] p., 1. [5]-984 p., 3. p., 24.2 cm.
Note(s): 1st ed. BAL 4082./ Contributors include John Kendrick Bangs, Madison Cawein, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, Louise Imogen Guiney, Bret Harte, James Whitcomb Riley, W. H. Venable and Ella Wheeler Wilcox./ Bound in blue cloth; stamped in gold.

Hearst, 1906.The stricken city. by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Music by Fanciulli, Francesco.
Written expressly for the Hearst San Francisco relief fund.
Boston Sunday American, May 20, 1906.Music Section, p. 5-8.
Full Text of the lyrics and Image are available.

The stricken city.
by Fanciulli, Francesco.
Written expressly for the Hearst San Francisco relief fund.
San Francisco, 1906.
[4] p. 37 cm.
NOTES: From the Music section of the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, May 27, 1906.

The test of the heart : for mixed voices.
Berger, Jean, 1909- ; Wilcox, Ella Wheeler,; 1850-1919.
Boulder, Colo. :; John Sheppard Music Press, 1967.
1 score (14 p.) ; 26 cm.
Publisher: 2004; John Sheppard Music Press
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied.
Music by Jean Berger ; [words, Ella Wheeler Wilcox].

Three sacred solos for medium voice.
by Wells, Dana F.
New York ; Nashville : Abingdon, 1963.
Musical Score (8 p.) ; 31 cm.
NOTES: We pray / words by Helen Lowrie Marshall -- Once in royal David's city / words by Cecil Alexander -- Gethsemane / words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Three songs for voice and piano.
by Crist, Bainbridge, 1883-1969.
New York : G. Schirmer, 1940.
Musical Score : 1 score (3 v.) ; 30 cm.
NOTES: For medium or low voice. Pl. no.: 38257, 38256, 38975.
April / Theodosia Garrison -- The winds of fate / Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- The ship of Rio / Walter de la Mare.
MUSIC NO: 38257; G. Schirmer38256; G. Schirmer38975; G. Schirmer

Time and I. (song)
Words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Music by Charles Wakefield Cadman
Boston, New York, Chicago: White Smith Music Pub. Co., [no date].
Full text of the lyrics and Image are available.

Tired.
by Lichtenstein, Louis.
Cincinnati : John Church Company, 1910.
Musical Score : 5 p. 33 cm.
NOTES: For medium voice and piano. MUSIC NO: 16237; John Church Company
SUBJECT: Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, -- 1850-1919 -- Musical settings. Songs (Medium voice) with piano.

"We Are Strong."
Words by Ella Wheeler.
Music by Wm. F. Sherwin.
In Bugle Notes for The Temperance Army:A collection of Songs,Quartettes,and Glees.
Adapted to the use of all Temperance Gatherings ,Glee Clubs,etc. Together with the Odes of the Orders of the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars.
Edited by W.F. Sherwin and J.N. Stearns.
New York : National Temperance Society and Publication House, J.N.Stearns,Publishing Agent,No.58 Reade Street., 1871.
Image is available.

"Work and Wishes."
Words by Ella Wheeler.
Music by W. F. Sherwin.
In Bugle Notes for The Temperance Army:A collection of Songs,Quartettes,and Glees.
Adapted to the use of all Temperance Gatherings ,Glee Clubs,etc. Together with the Odes of the Orders of the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars.
Edited by W.F. Sherwin and J.N. Stearns.
New York : National Temperance Society and Publication House, J.N.Stearns,Publishing Agent,No.58 Reade Street., 1871.
Image is available.

When the Regiment Came Back.
(8 May 1901)
Words by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, from the "Harper's Weekly" of 1898
Music by Thomas Martin Towne, 1835-1912
[Source: Call No. 1644.T; LCCN unk84-182128 at the LoC]
Full text of the lyrics and audio clip are available.

"The World's Need."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox [words] & Dan Barker [music, singing].
On CD#2 of Friendly Neighborhood Atheist [Audio CD] published by Dan Barker.

"The World's Need."
Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, music by Dan Barker
On Dan Barker Salutes: Freethought Then And Now. [Cassette] published by Dan Barker.


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