Frank Titterton
31 December 1893 Handsworth – 24 November 1956 London
Titterton was a lyric tenor noted for his musicianship.
Titterton's career was mainly in the concert hall. Like many British singers of his era he spent much time touring Britain,
appearing in popular oratorios, rather than performing in operas or giving lieder recitals.
Along with Heddle Nash, Walter Widdop and Parry Jones, Titterton was chosen as one of the sixteen soloists for the first performance,
and subsequent recording, of Vaughan Williams's 'Serenade to music' in 1938.
In addition Titterton undertook some film roles, including parts in Barnacle Bill (1935), Song at eventide (1934) and Waltz time (1933).
Titterton made many recordings not only under his name but also as Francesco Vada, Guy Marshall and Norton Collyer.
Reference
Same tenor, same matrix, but under the pseudonym "John Howard" on Mayfair
Same tenor, same matrix, but under the pseudonym "John Howard" on Mayfair
K505
I wish to thank Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans (Flow gently Deva, Cavalleria, Pagliacci).
I wish to thank Christian Torrent for the recordings and pictures.
Discography
Vocalion, London 1921-11?
02612 Little corner of your heart (Lohr) X-9112
02613 Although the silver moon was mine (Lohr) X-9118
02614 Bubble song (Shaw) X-9118
02615 Macushla (McMurrough) X-9112
02616 Eleanore (Coleridge Taylor) K-05026
02617 In a Persian garden (Lehmann): Ah! Moon of my delight K-05026
Vocalion, London 1922-03?
02680 Lily of Killarney (Benedict): The moon hath raised (w. McEachern) D-02053
02681 Watchman, what of the night? (Sergeant) (w. McEachern) D-02089
Vocalion, London 1922-07?
02799 Mary of Allendale (Wilson) X-9144
02800 Go not happy day (Bridge) X-9195
02801 Duna (McGill) X-9144
02802 Phyllis has such charming graces (Lane Wilson) X-9195
Vocalion, London 1922-12?
03042 Maritana (Wallace): Then you'll remember me (Wallace) R-6101
03043 Maritana (Wallace): Yes, let me like a soldier fall R-6101
Vocalion, London 1923-03?
03191 Song of the Volga boatmen (Koenemann) X-9183
03192 A night in Venice (Strauss) (w. Destournel) D-02096
03193 Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Destournel) D-02096
Vocalion, London 1923-05?
03230 The dreary steppe (Gretchaninov) X-9183
03247 Snowdrops (Lehmann) (w. Destournel) D-02102
03248 Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Love duet (w. Destournel) D-02102
Vocalion, London 1923-12?
03418 Carmen (Bizet): Flower song D-02134
03419 Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Prize song D-02134
Vocalion, London 1924-06?
03582 Lohengrin (Wagner): Mein lieber Schwan K-05103
03583 Lohengrin (Wagner): In fernem Land K-05103
03589 Songs of the Hebrides (Kennedy Fraser): Sea Riever's song X-9462
? Songs of the Hebrides (Kennedy Fraser): Kishmul's galley X-9462
Vocalion, London 1924-08?
03628 I heard you singing (Coates) X-9476
03629 To daisies (Quilter) X-9476
03640 Madame Pompadour (Fall): By the light of the moon (w. Moncrieff) K-05116, S-100 (Australia)
Vocalion, London 1924-10?
03720 The battle of eve (Bonheur) (w. McEachern) K-05153
03721 Flow gently Deva (Parry) (w. McEachern) K-05153
03722 Semele (Handel): Wher'er you walk K-05172
03723 Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart): Constanza, Constanza (It) K-05172
Vocalion, London 1925-03?
03901 Turn ye to me (trad) X-9595
03902 Songs of four nations: Jenny's mantle (Old Welsh air) X-9595
Vocalion, London 1925-08?
04066 Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen K-05189
04067 Tosca (Puccini): Strange harmony unpublished
04067X Tosca (Puccini): Strange harmony K-05189
Vocalion, London 1925-11?
04197 Bohème (Puccini): Lovely maid (w. Destournel) K-05213
04199 Samson (Händel): Total eclipse K-05217
04200 Messiah (Händel): Thou shalt break them K-05217
Vocalion, London 1926-02?
04301 Songs my mother taught me (Dvo.ak) X-9817
04302 I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) X-9817
04305 Come away death (Quilter); O mistress mine (Quilter) K-05251
04306 Damask roses (Quilter); Brown is my love (Quilter) unpublished
04306X Damask roses (Quilter); Brown is my love (Quilter) unpublished
04306XX Damask roses (Quilter); Brown is my love (Quilter) K-05251
Vocalion, London 1926-10?
MO-69 Excelsior (Balfe) (w. McEachern) K-05267
MO-70 Larboard Watch (Williams) (w. McEachern) K-05267
MO-82 Jocelyn (Godard): Angels guard thee unpublished
MO-82X Jocelyn (Godard): Angels guard thee K-05304
MO-83 My queen (Blumenthal) K-05304
Broadcast, London 1927-04?
Z-51 Mikado (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) unpublished
Z-51X Mikado (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 111 (8h)
Z-52 Yeoman of the guard (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 113 (8h)
Z-53 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) unpublished
Z-53X Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 112 (8h)
Z-54 Yeoman of the guard (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) unpublished
Z-54X Yeoman of the guard (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 113 (8h)
Z-55 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 112 (8h)
Z-56 Mikado (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 111 (8h)
Vocalion, London 1927-05?
MO-363 Madame Pompadour (Fall): Love's sentry (w. Moncrieff) unpublished
MO-363X Madame Pompadour (Fall): Love's sentry (w. Moncrieff) S-110 (Australia)
MO-364 Student prince (Friml): Deep in my heart (w. Moncrieff) S-107 (Australia)
MO-365 Princess Charming (Sirmay-Bennett-Wallace): Lips may deny(w. Moncrieff) K-05301, S-108 (Australia)
MO-366 Vagabond king (Friml): Love me tonight (w. Moncrieff) unpublished
MO-366X Vagabond king (Friml): Love me tonight (w. Moncrieff) unpublished
MO-366XX Vagabond king (Friml): Love me tonight (w. Moncrieff) S-109 (Australia)
Vocalion, London 1927-06?
MO-422 Desert song (Romberg): Desert song (w. Moncrieff) K-05310, S-111 (Australia)
MO-424 Vagabond king (Friml): Only a rose (w. Moncrieff) S-109 (Australia)
Broadcast, London 1927-06?
Z-77 Temple bells (Woodforde Finden) 151 (8h)
Z-79 Till I awake (Woodforde Finden) 173 (8h)
Z-80 Kashmiri song (Woodforde Finden) 173 (8h)
Z-81 Less than the dust (Woodworde Finden) 151 (8h)
Vocalion, London 1927-07?
MO-438 Blue mazurka (Lehar): I am alone (w. Moncrieff) S-112 (Australia)
MO-440 Blue mazurka (Lehar): The locket I wore (w. Moncrieff) S-113 (Australia)
Broadcast, London 1927-07?
Z-129 'O sole mio (di Capua) 150 (8h)
Z-130 La paloma (Yradier) 150 (8h)
Vocalion, London 1927-08?
MO-445 Rio Rita (Tierney): Rio Rita (w. Moncrieff) SA 6001 (Australia)
? Rio Rita (Tierney): If you're in love you'll waltz (w. Moncrieff) SA 6001 (Australia)
MO-458 Rio Rita (Tierney): The rangers' song TA-8002 (Australia)
MO-460 Rio Rita (Tierney): Following the sun around TA-8002 (Australia)
Broadcast, London 1927-11?
Z-261-1 Vagabond king (Friml): Only a rose (w. Phillips) unpublished
Z-261-2 Vagabond king (Friml): Only a rose (w. Phillips) 218 (8h)
Z-264-1 In an old fashioned town (Squire) (as Marshall) 235 (8h)
Z-265-1 If I might come to you (Squire) (as Marshall) 235 (8h)
Columbia, London 1928-02?
WAX3250 On the water (Schubert) 9431
WAX3251 The Erl King (Schubert) 9431
WAX3252 By the sea (Schubert) 9432
WAX3253? Ave Maria (Schubert) 9432
Broadcast, London 1928-05?
Z-446 Until (Sanderson) (as Marshall) 258, Eclipse SC56 (8h)
LO21 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba (as Francesco Vada) 5002
LO22 Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile & Questa o quella (as Vada) 5002
LO23 Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Phillips, as Vada) unpublished
LO23X Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Phillips, as Vada) 3230, 5001, 5032
LO24 Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach): Barcarolle (w. Phillips, as Vada) 3230, 5001, 5032
Broadcast, London 1928-07?
LO68 Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 1 (w. Thorne etc) unpublished
LO68X Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 1 (w. Thorne etc) unpublished
LO68XX Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 1 (w. Thorne etc) 5014
LO69 Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 2 unpublished
LO69X Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 2 unpublished
LO69XX Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 2 5014
LO70 Carmen (Bizet): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 5018
LO71 Carmen (Bizet): Selections, pt 2 5018
LO72 Carmen (Bizet): Flower song unpublished
LO72X Carmen (Bizet): Flower song 3240, 5062
LO73 Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen unpublished
LO73X Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen unpublished
LO73XX Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen 5022, Vocalion 620 (Australia)
LO74 Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso unpublished
LO74X Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso unpublished
LO74XX Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso unpublished
LO74XXX Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso 5022
LO82 Watchman, what of the night? (Sargeant) (w. Thomas, as Marshall) 5023
LO83 Lily of Killarney (Benedict): The moon has raised her lamp above 5023
(w. Thomas, as Marshall)
Broadcast, London 1928-08?
LO94 Reine de Saba (Gounod): Lend me your aid 3240, 5062
Broadcast, London 1928-09?
LO105 Excelsior (Balfe) (w. Thomas, as Marshall) 5029
LO106 The battle eve (Bonheur) (w. Thomas, as Marshall) 5029
LO107 Bohème (Puccini): O Mimì (w. Thomas, as Vada) 5073
LO107X Bohème (Puccini): O Mimì (w. Thomas, as Vada)(w. Thomas) Vocalion 620 (Australia)
LO108 Faust (Gounod): Be mine the delight (w. Thomas, as Vada) 5073
LO118 Trovatore (Verdi): Home to our mountains (w. Willis) 5031
Broadcast, London 1929-01???
LO174 Jocelyn (Godard): Angels guard thee 5077
LO175 Ay, ay, ay (Perez Freire) 5077
LO186 Tenor & Baritone (Lane Wilson) (w. Stewart, as Marshall) 5063
LO187 Genevieve de Brabant (Offenbach): Gendarmes duet 5063
(w. Stewart, as Marshall)
Broadcast, London 1928-12???
LO218 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 5067
LO219 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 5067
LO220 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 3 5068
LO221 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 4 unpublished
LO221X Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections 5068
Broadcast, London 1929-09?
LO331 La danza (Rossini) (as Vada) 5136
LO332 Love's old sweet song (Molloy) (w. Phillips, as Marshall) 5115
LO335 Manon (Massenet): Dream song (as Vada) 5136
Decca, London 1929-09-10
MB436-1AXX Phyllis has such charming graces (Lane Wilson) F1646, M73
MB437-1AXX Sea rapture (Coates) F1646, M73
MB438-1 There is no death (O'Hara) F1648, M77
MB439-1 Love went a riding (Bridge) F1648, M77
Decca, London 1929-09-24
MB483-2AXX Tosca (Puccini): Strange harmony (date?) F1653
MB484-2AXX Tosca (Puccini): When the stars were brightly shining (date?) F1653
MA486-2AXX Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen K505
Decca, London 1929-12-06
MA746-1A Carmen (Bizet): Flower song K505
Decca, London 1930-01?
MA837-1A Bohème (Puccini): O Mimì (w. Henderson) (It) K506
MA838-3A Forza del destino (Verdi): Solenne in quest'ora (w. Henderson) (It) K506
Decca, London 1930
MB933-1AX Maire my girl (Aitken) F1666
MB935-1 For you alone (Geehl) unpublished
MB935-2A For you alone (Geehl) F1666
MB936-1 I heard you singing (Coates) unpublished
MB936-2AXX I heard you singing (Coates) F1877
MA963-1 Walküre (Wagner): Spring song K516
? Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Prize song K516
MB1180-1 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): On with the motley unpublished
MB1180-2A Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): On with the motley F1739
MB1181-1A Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana F1739
Broadcast, London 1930-06?
LO529 O lovely night (Ronald) (w. de la Porte, as Marshall) 5150
LO530 Homing (del Riego) (w. de la Porte, as Marshall) 5150
Decca, London 1930
MB1695-1A Until (Sanderson) F1877
MB1697-1A Dolorosa (Phillips) F2138
MB1698-1 I know of two bright eyes (Clutsam) unpublished
MB1698-2A I know of two bright eyes (Clutsam) F1915
MB1699-1A Bright smiling eyes (Alcock) F1915
MA1824-1A Hiawatha (Coleridge Taylor): Onaway, awake beloved K543
MA1826-1A Bohemian girl (Balfe): When other lips K543
MB1866-1A Love and war (Cook) (w. Watson) F1947
MB1867-1 Larboard watch (Williams) (w. Watson) unpublished
MB1867-2A Larboard watch (Williams) (w. Watson) F1947
GB1868-1A Excelsior (Balfe) (w. Watson) F2068
GB1869-1A Lily of Killarney (Benedict): The moon hath raised her lamp above F2068
(w. Watson)
MB1976-1 I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) unpublished
MB1976-2A I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) F2138
GB2073-1A Now sleeps the crimson petal (Quilter); F2187
Fill a glass with golden wine (Quilter)
GB2074-1A In a Persian garden (Lehmann): Ah, moon of my delight F2187
GB2075-1 Come into the garden Maud (Balfe) unpublished
GB2075-2A Come into the garden Maud (Balfe) F2231
GB2076-1A To Anthea (Hatton); Thy beaming eyes (MacDowell) F2231
GA2146-1A Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Love duet, pt 1 (w. Olgina) (It) K549
GA2147-1A Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Love duet, pt 2 (w. Olgina) (It) K549
GA2154-1 Traviata (Verdi): Love duet, pt 1 (w. Olgina) (It) unpublished
GA2154-2 Traviata (Verdi): Love duet, pt 1 (w. Olgina) (It) unpublished
GA2154-3A Traviata (Verdi): Love duet, pt 1 (w. Olgina) (It) K569
GA2155-1 Traviata (Verdi): Love duet, pt 2 (w. Olgina) (It) unpublished
GA2155-2A Traviata (Verdi): Love duet, pt 2 (w. Olgina) (It) K569
Broadcast, London 1930-11?
LO769 Vienna, Vienna (Sieczynski) 5199
Broadcast, London 1930-12?
LO775 Rio Rita (Tierney): The rangers' song unpublished
LO775X Rio Rita (Tierney): The rangers' song 5201
Broadcast, London 1931-01?
LO807 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 5209
LO808 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 5209
LO809 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 3 (w. ?) 5210
LO810 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 4 (w. ?) 5210
Decca, London 1931-01?
GA2540-1 Tom Bowling (Dibdin) unpublished
GA2540-2 Tom Bowling (Dibdin) unpublished
GA2540-3DJ Tom Bowling (Dibdin) K615
GA2541-1 The bay of Biscay (Davy) unpublished
GA2541-2 The bay of Biscay (Davy) unpublished
GA2541-3DJ The bay of Biscay (Davy) K615
Broadcast, London 1931-03?
LO891 'O sole mio (di Capua) (as Marshall) 3022
? Gondoliers (Sullivan): Take a pair of sparkling eyes (as Marshall) 3022
Decca, London 1931?
KA40-1C Messiah (Händel): Every valley shall be exalted K594
KA44-1 Judas Maccabaeus (Händel): Sound an alarm unpublished
KA44-2 Judas Maccabaeus (Händel): Sound an alarm unpublished
KA44-3C Judas Maccabaeus (Händel): Sound an alarm K594
KB65-1
KB65-2C
KB66-1
KB66-2
KB66-3C
Decca, London 1931-07?
GA2848-1 Semele (Händel): Where er' you walk K613
GA2849-1 Judas Maccabaeus (Händel): How vain is man K613
GA2913-1 The jolly young waterman (Dibdin) unpublished
GA2913-2AJ The jolly young waterman (Dibdin) K617
GA2914-1 Jephta (Händel): Deeper and deeper still unpublished
GA2914-2DJ Jephta (Händel): Deeper and deeper still K616
GA2915-1 Jephta (Händel): Waft her angels unpublished
GA2915-2DJ Jephta (Händel): Waft her angels K616
GA2916-1 The death of Nelson (Braham) unpublished
GA2916-2AJ The death of Nelson (Braham) K617
Decca, London 1931-08-05
GA3094-1 The last rose of summer (trad) unpublished
GA3094-2 The last rose of summer (trad) K614
GA3095-1 McGregor's gathering (Lee-Fagge) K614
Decca, London 1932
KA118-1 Four Indian love lyrics (Woodforde-Finden): Temple bells K673
& Less than the dust
KA119-1 Four Indian love lyrics (Woodforde-Finden): Kashmiri song K673
Decca, London 1934-03?
TA1179-1 Operatic selections: When other lips, Let me like a soldier fall, K735
There is a flower that bloometh
TA1180-1 Operatic selections: Questa o quella, La donna è mobile, M'apparì unpublished
TA1180-2 Operatic selections: Questa o quella, La donna è mobile, M'apparì K735
Decca, London 1934-09-26
TA1573-1K Blossom time (Schubert): Selections, pt 1 K741
TA1574-1 Blossom time (Schubert): Selections, pt 2 K741
Columbia, London 1938-10-15
CAX8367-1 Serenade to music (Vaughan Williams), pt 1 unpublished
(w. Baillie, Stiles-Allen, Suddaby, Turner, Balfour, Jarred, Desmond,
Brunskill, Nash, Widdop, Jones, Hendserson, Easton, Williams & Allin)
CAX8367-2A Serenade to music (Vaughan Williams), pt 1 LX757
(w. Baillie, Stiles-Allen, Suddaby, Turner, Balfour, Jarred, Desmond,
Brunskill, Nash, Widdop, Jones, Hendserson, Easton, Williams & Allin)
CAX8368-1 Serenade to music (Vaughan Williams), pt 2 unpublished
CAX8368-2A Serenade to music (Vaughan Williams), pt 2 LX757
CAX8369-1 Serenade to music (Vaughan Williams), pt 3 LX758
CAX8370-1 Serenade to music (Vaughan Williams), pt 4 LX758
HMV, London 1943-07-01
0EA10017 Serenade (Schubert) BD1051
0EA10018 The dear little Rose of Old England (Michael) (pf: Michael) BD1051
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