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Paul Althouse, tenor

"Onaway! Awake, beloved!" from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast

Music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Words by Longfellow

Victor 55059

1915

Onaway! Awake, beloved!
Thou the wild-flower of the forest!
Thou the wild-bird of the prairie!
Thou with eyes so soft and fawn-like!"If thou only lookest at me,
I am happy, I am happy,
As the lilies of the prairie,
When they feel the dew upon them!"Sweet thy breath is as the fragrance
Of the wild-flowers in the morning,
As their fragrance is at evening,
In the Moon when leaves are falling."Does not all the blood within me
Leap to meet thee, leap to meet thee,
As the springs to meet the sunshine,
In the Moon when nights are brightest?"Onaway! my heart sings to thee,
Sings with joy when thou art near me,
As the sighing, singing branches
In the pleasant Moon of Strawberries!"When thou art not pleased, beloved,
Then my heart is sad and darkened,
As the shining river darkens
When the clouds drop shadows on it!"When thou smilest, my beloved,
Then my troubled heart is brightened,
As in sunshine gleam the ripples
That the cold wind makes in rivers."Smiles the earth, and smile the waters,
Smile the cloudless skies above us,
But I lose the way of smiling
When thou art no longer near me!"I myself, myself! behold me!
Blood of my beating heart, behold me!
Oh awake, awake, beloved!
Onaway! awake, beloved!

Paul Shearer Althouse was born on December 2, 1889, in Reading, Pennsylvania.

He was the first American tenor without European experience to sing at the Met. He appeared annually at Met for the six years.

But the tenor seems forgotten today. I've never met record collectors excited by his discs.

Sometimes, as a solo artist, he recorded material that Caruso covered. I would rather listen to Caruso.

Most of Althouse's discs have blue labels. He was on only one Red Seal disc, and the reason a red label was used is that his duet partner for this performance (Margarete Ober) was a Red Seal artist. The duet is from Act 3 of Boris Godunov.

Working for Victor, he took part in many ensemble productions, such as Victor Light Opera Company recordings.

He died on February 6, 1954.