Agnes Kimball (1881-1918)

Overview

All that can presently (January 2023) be gleaned about Agnes Kimball (née Agnes Grigsby) by Internet searching is that she was an American soprano born in Princeton, Illinois.
She studied with Franz Bellinger in Pittsburgh becoming a church singer before moving to New York. There she was featured on at least 50 works recorded between 1910 and 1914.
She died in New York.

	Title	Composer	Instruments/Issue


MP3 File(s)
List! The Cherubic Host	A.R. Gaul	Edison Blue Amberol: 1537
Alerte! Alerte!	C. Gounod	Edison Blue Amberol: 1502
God Is Love, His Mercy Brightens	C. Kreutzer	Edison Blue Amberol: 1862
My Song Shall Be Alway Thy Mercy	F. Mendelssohn	Edison Blue Amberol: 1579
One Fine Day	G. Puccini	Edison Amberol: 1007
Stabat Mater - Inflammatus	G. Rossini	Edison Amberol: 925
Where the Edelweiss Is Blooming	A.B. Sloane	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1595
The Lyre-Bird and the Jay	A.B. Sloane	U.S. Everlasting Record: 1600
Attila - Te sol quest'anima	G. Verdi	Edison Blue Amberol: 1991

Videos

	Title	Composer	Performer(s)


Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute (3:47)	C.W. Cadman	Agnes Kimball
I List the Trill in Golden Throat. . Act Ii (3:02)	V. Herbert	Agnes Kimball
You're Here and I'm Here (3:15)	J. Kern	Agnes Kimball
O Come With Me in the Summer Night (2:47)	F.V. v.d. Stucken	Agnes Kimball

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 13 works performed by Agnes Kimball who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute (1909)	Charles Wakefield Cadman	Agnes Kimball (perf.)
List! the Cherubic Host (1912)	Alfred R. Gaul	Frank Croxton (perf.) Agnes Kimball (perf.) Marie Narelle (perf.) Cornelia Marvin (perf.)
Alerte! Alerte! (1912)	Charles Gounod	Ida Vaudère (perf.) Edmond Gluck (perf.) Ragneau (perf.) Agnes Kimball (perf.) Reed Miller (perf.) Frank Croxton (perf.)
I List the Trill in Golden Throat. . Act II (1911)	Victor Herbert(w&m)	Agnes Kimball (perf.)
You're Here and I'm Here (1914)	Jerome Kern	H.Bache Smith (words) Kathleen Kingston (perf.) Billy Murray (perf.) Donald Brian (perf.) Agnes Kimball (perf.) Charles W. Harrison (perf.) Daisy Taylor (perf.)
God Is Love, His Mercy Brightens (1912)	Conradin Kreutzer	John Bowring (words) Agnes Kimball (perf.) Reed Miller (perf.) Frank Croxton (perf.)
My Song Shall Be Alway Thy Mercy (1912)	Felix Mendelssohn	Agnes Kimball (perf.) Reed Miller (perf.)
One Fine Day (1912)	Giacomo Puccini	Agnes Kimball (perf.)
Stabat Mater - Inflammatus (?)	Gioacchino Rossini	Agnes Kimball (perf.) Marie Rappold (perf.)
Lyre-Bird and the Jay (1911), The	Alfred Baldwin Sloane	E.R. Goetz (words) Agnes Kimball (perf.) H. Burr (perf.)
⇑Where the Edelweiss Is Blooming (1911)	Alfred Baldwin Sloane	E.R. Goetz (words) Agnes Kimball (perf.) H. Burr (perf.) Elizabeth Spencer (perf.)	Pub.
O Come With Me in the Summer Night (1907)	Frank V. van der Stucken	F. Petersen (words) Agnes Kimball (perf.) Lillian Blauvelt (perf.)
Attila - Te sol quest'anima (?)	Giuseppe Verdi	Agnes Kimball (perf.) Reed Miller (perf.) Frank Croxton (perf.) Marie Rappold (perf.) Karl Jörn (perf.) Arthur Middleton (perf.)