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?
C5225 Sally (Allen/Stanley) (w. Bellingham) G-15027
C5226 Crooning (Caesar) unpublished
C5226X Crooning (Caesar) G-15048
Vocalion, London, about November 1921
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, about March 1922
02680 Lily of Killarney (Benedict): The moon hath raised (w. McEachern) D-02053
02680X 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, about July 1922
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, about December 1922
03042 Bohemian girl (Balfe): When other lips R-6101
03043 Maritana (Wallace): Yes, let me like a soldier fall R-6101
Vocalion, London, 1923
C5475 Lady of the rose (Gilbert): Mariana G-15167
C5476 Lady of the rose (Gilbert): Silhouettes G-15167
Vocalion, London, about March 1923
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, about May 1923
03230 The dreary steppe (Grechaninov) X-9183
03247 Snowdrops (Lehmann) (w. Destournel) D-02102
03248 Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Love duet (w. Destournel) D-02102
Vocalion, London, late 1923 or early 1924
03418 Carmen (Bizet): Flower song D-02134
03419 Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Prize song D-02134
Vocalion, London, about June 1924
03582 Lohengrin (Wagner): In fernem Land K-05103
03583 Lohengrin (Wagner): Mein lieber Schwan 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, about August 1924
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
Vocalion, London, about October 1924
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, about March 1925
03901 Turn ye to me (trad) X-9595
03902 Jenny's mantle (Old Welsh air) X-9595
Vocalion, London, about August 1925
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, about November 1925
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, about February 1926
04301 Songs my mother taught me (Dvořák) 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, October 1926
M-069 Excelsior (Balfe) (w. McEachern) K-05267
M-070 Larboard watch (Williams) (w. McEachern) K-05267
M-082 Jocelyn (Godard): Angels guard thee unpublished
M-082X Jocelyn (Godard): Angels guard thee K-05304
M-083 My queen (Blumenthal) K-05304
Broadcast, London, about April 1927
Z-51 Mikado (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) unpublished
Z-51X Mikado (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 111
Z-52 Yeomen of the guard (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 113, 156
Z-53 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) unpublished
Z-53X Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 112
Z-54 Yeomen of the guard (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) unpublished
Z-54X Yeomen of the guard (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 113, 156
Z-55 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 112
Z-56 Mikado (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 111
Vocalion, London, about May 1927
M-0363 Madame Pompadour (Fall): Love's sentry (w. Moncrieff) unpublished
M-0363X Madame Pompadour (Fall): Love's sentry (w. Moncrieff) S-110
M-0364 Student prince (Friml): Deep in my heart (w. Moncrieff) S-107
M-0365 Princess Charming (Sirmay/Schwartz): Lips may deny (w. Moncrieff) K-05301, S-108
M-0366 Vagabond king (Friml): Love me tonight (w. Moncrieff) unpublished
M-0366X Vagabond king (Friml): Love me tonight (w. Moncrieff) unpublished
M-0366XX Vagabond king (Friml): Love me tonight (w. Moncrieff) S-109
Vocalion, London, about June 1927
M-0422 Desert song (Romberg): Desert song (w. Moncrieff) K-05310, S-111
M-0424 Vagabond king (Friml): Only a rose (w. Moncrieff) S-109
Broadcast, London, about June 1927
Z-77 Temple bells (Woodforde-Finden) 151
Z-78 Less than the dust (Woodworde-Finden) 151
Z-79 Till I awake (Woodforde-Finden) 173
Z-80 Kashmiri song (Woodforde-Finden) 173
Vocalion, London, about July 1927
M-0438 Blaue Mazur (Lehár): I am alone (w. Moncrieff) S-112
M-0440 Blaue Mazur (Lehár): The locket I wore (w. Moncrieff) S-113
Broadcast, London, about July 1927
Z-129 'O sole mio (di Capua) 150
Z-130 La paloma (Yradier) 150
Vocalion, London, about August 1927
M-0445 Rio Rita (Tierney): Rio Rita (w. Moncrieff) SA 6001
Rio Rita (Tierney): If you're in love you'll waltz (w. Moncrieff) SA 6001
M-0458 Rio Rita (Tierney): The rangers' song TA-8002
M-0460 Rio Rita (Tierney): Following the sun around TA-8002
Broadcast, London, about November 1927
Z-261-1 Vagabond king (Friml): Only a rose (w. Phillips) unpublished
Z-261-2 Vagabond king (Friml): Only a rose (w. Phillips) 218
Z-264-1 In an old fashioned town (Squire) (as Marshall) 235
Z-265-1 If I might come to you (Squire) (as Marshall) 235
Columbia, London, late January 1928
WAX3203-1 By the sea (= Am Meer) (Schubert) unpublished
WAX3205-1 Ave Maria (Schubert) unpublished
Columbia, London, 13 February 1928
WAX3250-1 On the water (= Auf dem Wasser zu singen) (Schubert) unpublished
WAX3251 The Erl King (Schubert) 9431
Columbia, London, late March 1928
WAX3408-1 The signpost (= Der Wegweiser) (Schubert) unpublished
Columbia, London, 2 April 1928
WAX3452-1 Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Schubert) 9433
Columbia, London, 3 April 1928
WAX3408-4 The signpost (= Der Wegweiser) (Schubert) 9433
Columbia, London, 4 April 1928
WAX3205-6 Ave Maria (Schubert) 9432
WAX3250-4 On the water (= Auf dem Wasser zu singen) (Schubert) 9431
Columbia, London, 11 April 1928
WAX3203-6 By the sea (= Am Meer) (Schubert) 9432
Broadcast, London, about May 1928
Z-446 Until (Sanderson) (as Marshall) 258, Eclipse SC56
L-021 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba (as Francesco Vada) 5002
L-022 Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile & Questa o quella (as Vada) 5002
L-023 Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Phillips, as Vada) unpublished
L-023X Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Phillips, as Vada) 3230, 5001, 5032
L-024 Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach): Barcarolle (w. Phillips, as Vada) 3230, 5001, 5032
Broadcast, London, about July 1928
L-068 Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 1 (w. Thorne etc) unpublished
L-068X Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 1 (w. Thorne etc) unpublished
L-068XX Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 1 (w. Thorne etc) 5014
L-069 Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 2 unpublished
L-069X Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 2 unpublished
L-069XX Faust (Gounod): Selections, pt 2 5014
L-070 Carmen (Bizet): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 5018
L-071 Carmen (Bizet): Selections, pt 2 5018
L-072 Carmen (Bizet): Flower song unpublished
L-072X Carmen (Bizet): Flower song 3240, 5062
L-073 Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen unpublished
L-073X Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen unpublished
L-073XX Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen 5022, Vocalion 620
L-074 Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso unpublished
L-074X Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso unpublished
L-074XX Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso unpublished
L-074XXX Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso 5022
L-082 Watchman, what of the night? (Sargeant) (w. Thomas, as Marshall) 5023
L-083 Lily of Killarney (Benedict): The moon has raised her lamp above 5023
(w. Thomas, as Marshall)
Broadcast, London, about August 1928
L-094 Reine de Saba (Gounod): Lend me your aid 3240, 5062
Broadcast, London, about September 1928
L-0105 Excelsior (Balfe) (w. Thomas, as Marshall) 5029
L-0106 The battle eve (Bonheur) (w. Thomas, as Marshall) 5029
L-0107 Bohème (Puccini): O Mimì (w. ?, as Vada) 5073
L-0107X Bohème (Puccini): O Mimì (w. ?, as Vada) Vocalion 620
L-0108 Faust (Gounod): Be mine the delight (w. ?, as Vada) 5073
L-0118 Trovatore (Verdi): Home to our mountains (w. Willis) 5031
Broadcast, London, late 1928 or early 1929
L-0174 Jocelyn (Godard): Angels guard thee 5077
L-0175 Ay, ay, ay (Perez Freire) 5077
L-0186 Tenor & Baritone (Lane Wilson) (w. Easton, as Marshall) 5063
L-0187 Genevieve de Brabant (Offenbach): Gendarmes duet 5063
(w. Easton, as Marshall)
L-0218 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 5067
L-0219 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 5067
L-0220 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 3 (w. ?) 5068
L-0221 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 4 (w. ?) unpublished
L-0221X Gondoliers (Sullivan): Selections, pt 4 (w. ?) 5068
Broadcast, London, about September 1929
L-0331 La danza (Rossini) (as Vada) 5136
L-0332 Love's old sweet song (Molloy) (w. Phillips, as Marshall) 5115
L-0335 Manon (Massenet): Dream song (as Vada) 5136
Decca, London, 10 September 1929
MB436-1 Phyllis has such charming graces (Lane Wilson) F1646, M73
MB437-1 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, 24 September 1929
MB483-2 Tosca (Puccini): Strange harmony (date?) F1653
MB484-2 Tosca (Puccini): When the stars were brightly shining (date?) F1653
MA486-2 Bohème (Puccini): Your tiny hand is frozen K505
Decca, London, 6 December 1929
MA746-1 Carmen (Bizet): Flower song K505
Decca, London, about January 1930
MA837-1 Bohème (Puccini): O Mimì (w. Henderson) (It) K506
MA838-1 Forza del destino (Verdi): Solenne in quest'ora (w. Henderson) (It) unpublished
MA838-2 Forza del destino (Verdi): Solenne in quest'ora (w. Henderson) (It) unpublished
MA838-3 Forza del destino (Verdi): Solenne in quest'ora (w. Henderson) (It) K506
Decca, London, 1930
MB933-1 Maire my girl (Aitken) F1666
MB935-1 For you alone (Geehl) unpublished
MB935-2 For you alone (Geehl) F1666
MB936-1 I heard you singing (Coates) unpublished
MB936-2 I heard you singing (Coates) F1877
MA963-1 Walküre (Wagner): Spring song K516
MA964-1 Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Prize song unpublished
MA964-2 Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Prize song K516
MB1180-1 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): On with the motley unpublished
MB1180-2 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): On with the motley F1739
MB1181-1 Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana F1739
MB1695-1 Until (Sanderson) F1877
MB1697-1 Dolorosa (Phillips) F2138
MB1698-1 I know of two bright eyes (Clutsam) unpublished
MB1698-2 I know of two bright eyes (Clutsam) F1915
MB1699-1 Bright smiling eyes (Alcock) F1915
MA1824-1 Hiawatha (Coleridge Taylor): Onaway, awake beloved K543
MA1826-1 Bohemian girl (Balfe): When other lips K543
MB1866-1 Love and war (Cook) (w. Watson) F1947
MB1867-1 Larboard watch (Williams) (w. Watson) unpublished
MB1867-2 Larboard watch (Williams) (w. Watson) F1947
GB1868-1 Excelsior (Balfe) (w. Watson) F2068
GB1869-1 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
MB1976-2 I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) F2138
GB2073-1 No sleeps the crimson petal (Quilter); F2187
Fill a glass with golden wine (Quilter)
GB2074-1 In a Persian garden (Lehmann): Ah, moon of my delight F2187
GB2075-1 Come into the garden Maud (Balfe) unpublished
GB2075-2 Come into the garden Maud (Balfe) F2231
GB2076-1 To Anthea (Hatton); Thy beaming eyes (MacDowell) F2231
GA2146-1 Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Bimba dagli occhi, pt 1 (w. Olgina) K549
GA2147-1 Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Bimba dagli occhi, pt 2 (w. Olgina) K549
GA2154-1 Traviata (Verdi): Parigi, o cara (w. Olgina) unpublished
GA2154-2 Traviata (Verdi): Parigi, o cara (w. Olgina) unpublished
GA2154-3 Traviata (Verdi): Parigi, o cara (w. Olgina) K569
GA2155-1 Traviata (Verdi): Gran Dio, morir si giovane (w. Olgina) unpublished
GA2155-2 Traviata (Verdi): Gran Dio, morir si giovane (w. Olgina) K569
Broadcast, London, about June 1930
L-0527 My dreams (Tosti) 5224
L-0528 In a Persian garden (Lehmann): Ah, moon of my delight 5224
L-0529 O lovely night (Ronald) (w. de la Porte, as Marshall) 5150
L-0530 Homing (del Riego) (w. de la Porte, as Marshall) 5150
Broadcast, London, about November 1930
L-0769 Vienna, city of my dreams (Sieczynski) 5199
Broadcast, London, about December 1930
L-0775 Rio Rita (Tierney): The rangers' song unpublished
L-0775X Rio Rita (Tierney): The rangers' song 5201
Broadcast, London, about January 1931
L-0807 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 1 (w. ?) 5209
L-0808 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 2 (w. ?) 5209
L-0809 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 3 (w. ?) 5210
L-0810 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Selections, pt 4 (w. ?) 5210
Decca, London, 1931?
KA40-1 Messiah (Händel): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted K594
KA44-1 Judas Maccabaeus (Händel): Sound an alarm unpublished
KA44-2 Judas Maccabaeus (Händel): Sound an alarm unpublished
KA44-3 Judas Maccabaeus (Händel): Sound an alarm K594
Decca, London, about January 1931
GA2540-1 Tom Bowling (Dibdin) unpublished
GA2540-2 Tom Bowling (Dibdin) unpublished
GA2540-3 Tom Bowling (Dibdin) K615
GA2541-1 Spanish dollars (Davy): The bay of Biscay unpublished
GA2541-2 Spanish dollars (Davy): The bay of Biscay unpublished
GA2541-3 Spanish dollars (Davy): The bay of Biscay K615
Broadcast, London, about February 1931
L-0844 Song of the dawn (Ager) (as Marshall) unpublished
L-0844-2 Song of the dawn (Ager) (as Marshall) 3010
Broadcast, London, about March 1931
L-0890 Gondoliers (Sullivan): Take a pair of sparkling eyes (as Marshall) 3022
L-0891 'O sole mio (di Capua) (as Marshall) 3022
Decca, London, about June 1931
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
GA2913-2 The jolly young waterman (Dibdin) K617
GA2914-1 Jephta (Händel): Deeper and deeper still unpublished
GA2914-2 Jephta (Händel): Deeper and deeper still K616
GA2915-1 Jephta (Händel): Waft her angels unpublished
GA2915-2 Jephta (Händel): Waft her angels K616
GA2916-1 The death of Nelson (Braham) unpublished
GA2916-2 The death of Nelson (Braham) K617
Decca, London, July 1931
GA2977-1 Lustige Witwe (Lehár): Selections, pt. 1 (w. Welch & Baker) K545
GA2978-1 Lustige Witwe (Lehár): Selections, pt. 2 (w. Welch & Baker) K545
GA2979-1 Madame Pompadour (Fall): Carnival time/By the light of the moon unpublished
(w. Welch & Baker)
GA2979-2 Madame Pompadour (Fall): Carnival time/By the light of the moon K592
(w. Welch & Baker)
GA2980-1 Madame Pompadour (Fall): Love's sentry/Love me now (w. Welch) unpublished
GA2980-2 Madame Pompadour (Fall): Love's sentry/Love me now (w. Welch) K592
Decca, London, 5 August 1931
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
Broadcast, London, 1932
L-01168 Roses of Picardy (Haydn Wood) (as Marshall) 3085
L-01169 Little grey home in the West (Löhr) (as Marshall) 3085
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, about March 1934
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, May 1934
GB6695-1 Erlkönig (Schubert) F6534
Decca, London, 26 September 1934
TA1573-1K Blossom time (Schubert): Selections, pt 1 K741
TA1574-1 Blossom time (Schubert): Selections, pt 2 K741
Columbia, London, 15 October 1938
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)
CAX8367-2 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
CAX8368-2 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, 1 July 1943
0EA10017 Serenade (Schubert) BD1051
0EA10018 The dear little Rose of Old England (Michael) (pf: Michael) BD1051
Primary source for the discography: Robert Johannesson's 78opera.com (alas defunct);
additions from Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien, and from Michael Thomas
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