Of all the performers who have recorded "Just Awearyin' for You," Sophie Braslau may have had the voice best matched to this number. Her tempo is perhaps slightly too slow, but she does manage to milk the song for every drop of sentiment that's abundantly in there.
@w0103411 I have also posted the flip side of this disc. "I Love You Truly", another song by Carrie Jacobs-Bond sung by Braslau. I like that one even more!
@bsgs98: Yes, "I Love You Truly," which Jacobs-Bond wrote in 1900, has been more popular. It was the first song written by a woman to sell more than a million copies. Both songs were published in the collection SEVEN SONGS AS UNPRETENTIOUS AS THE WILD ROSE.
Did Braslau ever record "A Perfect Day" by Jacobs-Bond (1910)?
@w0103411 I can't find her singing that in the Victor on-line discography or in any other discography or Google. I think she must have sung it in her concert performances.
@bsgs98: Her obituary in the NEW YORK TIMES indicates 1892, with her age at death in 1935 indicated as 43. The citation of that obituary in the Wikipedia article is correct. I have the full version of the obituary. I may be making a false assumption, but it seems that the presently known burden of evidence supports 1892.
@w0103411 Ancestry(dot)com indicates a "Sophie Braslow," with a father named Abel, residing in New York City who was age 22 in the 1910 census. That would make the 1888 date plausible. Similar in the 1900 census. Without a subscription, I can't dig any deeper.
@bsgs98: A la Gary Hart (remember him?), maybe she started shaving off the years, little by little. :) As incrementally my feet are slipping o’er the brink, I've considered whether I should try the technique myself.
@w0103411 I have seen several different years shown for her birth year. in "Notable American women: a biographical dictionary" she is listed as born in 1888, in the "Jewish Womens's Archive" it says 1902. . Jewniverse.info says 1892, Wikipedia says 1892. I think 1902 can't be correct because I found a 1914 newspaper article which indicated she was already singing contralto at the Metropolitan Opera. (quite a feat for a 12 year-old).
@bsgs98: Thanks for posting this item. Braslau's date of birth was August 16, 1892 (not 1898). Thus, at her death on December 22, 1935, she was 43 years old (not 47).
See the English Wikipedia articles on Sophie Braslau, Frank Lebby Stanton, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, and "Just Awearyin' for You."
w0103411 10 months ago
@w0103411 By your knowledge and clues, may I assume you are the Wikipedia contributor?
bsgs98 10 months ago
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w0103411 10 months ago
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w0103411 10 months ago
@bsgs98: No.
w0103411 10 months ago
Of all the performers who have recorded "Just Awearyin' for You," Sophie Braslau may have had the voice best matched to this number. Her tempo is perhaps slightly too slow, but she does manage to milk the song for every drop of sentiment that's abundantly in there.
w0103411 10 months ago
@w0103411 I have also posted the flip side of this disc. "I Love You Truly", another song by Carrie Jacobs-Bond sung by Braslau. I like that one even more!
bsgs98 10 months ago
@bsgs98: Yes, "I Love You Truly," which Jacobs-Bond wrote in 1900, has been more popular. It was the first song written by a woman to sell more than a million copies. Both songs were published in the collection SEVEN SONGS AS UNPRETENTIOUS AS THE WILD ROSE.
Did Braslau ever record "A Perfect Day" by Jacobs-Bond (1910)?
w0103411 10 months ago
@w0103411 I can't find her singing that in the Victor on-line discography or in any other discography or Google. I think she must have sung it in her concert performances.
bsgs98 10 months ago
@bsgs98: Her obituary in the NEW YORK TIMES indicates 1892, with her age at death in 1935 indicated as 43. The citation of that obituary in the Wikipedia article is correct. I have the full version of the obituary. I may be making a false assumption, but it seems that the presently known burden of evidence supports 1892.
w0103411 10 months ago
@w0103411 I agree. 1892 seems to be sited the most. I have changed the description to reflect that. The 1888 date was found in only one source.
bsgs98 10 months ago
@w0103411 Ancestry(dot)com indicates a "Sophie Braslow," with a father named Abel, residing in New York City who was age 22 in the 1910 census. That would make the 1888 date plausible. Similar in the 1900 census. Without a subscription, I can't dig any deeper.
bsgs98 10 months ago
@bsgs98: A la Gary Hart (remember him?), maybe she started shaving off the years, little by little. :) As incrementally my feet are slipping o’er the brink, I've considered whether I should try the technique myself.
w0103411 10 months ago
@w0103411 I have seen several different years shown for her birth year. in "Notable American women: a biographical dictionary" she is listed as born in 1888, in the "Jewish Womens's Archive" it says 1902. . Jewniverse.info says 1892, Wikipedia says 1892. I think 1902 can't be correct because I found a 1914 newspaper article which indicated she was already singing contralto at the Metropolitan Opera. (quite a feat for a 12 year-old).
bsgs98 11 months ago
@bsgs98: Thanks for posting this item. Braslau's date of birth was August 16, 1892 (not 1898). Thus, at her death on December 22, 1935, she was 43 years old (not 47).
w0103411 11 months ago
Just beautiful!
I love her voice!
abendstunde49 1 year ago
@abendstunde49 I agree. She had great range and control (and I like how she rolls her R's!)
bsgs98 1 year ago