Helen Mora (1861-1903)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Helen(e) Mora was an American vaudevillian of English parentage.
Billed as "The Great Female Baritone" and "The Comedy Sunbeam", she introduced Gussie Lord Davis's songs Send Back the Picture and The Old Wedding Ring in 1890. She also performed Hamlet in male drag on the vaudeville circuit. She was still performing in 1902 but died in Brooklyn not long after.
Her portrait on the left is taken from her own Kathleen (1896) published by Jos. W. Stern & Co..

Websites:
	Helene Mora: The Great Female Baritone	Biography by Travalanche

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Just For the Sake of Our Daughter Song
Words and Music by: Monroe H. Rosenfeld.
Performed by: Helen Mora

Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1897.	Sheet Music 7 pages. Limited Availability.

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Moth and the Flame, The	Max S. Witt (words & music) Helen Mora (perf.)
	Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out!	Monroe H. Rosenfeld (words & music) Arthur Reece (perf.) Imogene Comer (perf.) Julie Mackey (perf.) Helen Mora (perf.)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	As performer
	Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe (1900)	H. von Tilzer (music) Andrew B. Sterling (words) H. Mora (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 15 works performed by Helen Mora 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) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Forget (1901)	Gus Edwards	Will D. Cobb (words) Helen Mora (perf.)
One Night in June (1899)	Charles K. Harris(w&m)	Emma Carus (perf.) Jere Mahoney (perf.) Helen Mora (perf.) Nielsen Sisters (perf.)
That Is Love (1890)	Felix McGlennon	Edmund Forman (words) R. G. Knowles (perf.) Marie Loftus (perf.) Helen Mora (perf.)
They Are the Best Friends of All (1893)	Felix McGlennon	Theo Norman (words) Monroe H. Rosenfeld (words) Birdie Mersereau (perf.) Helen Mora (perf.)
Song That Will Live For Ever (1896), The	Felix McGlennon	Tom Browne (words) Harry P. Cargill (perf.) Tom Costello (perf.) Charles Howard (perf.) Helen Mora (perf.)	Pub.
When Your Love Grows Cold (1895)	Charles C. Miller(w&m)	Helen Mora (perf.)	Pub.
Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out! (1896)	Monroe H. Rosenfeld	Imogene Comer (perf.) Julie Mackey (perf.) Helen Mora (perf.) Arthur Reece (perf.)
Just For the Sake of Our Daughter (1897)	Monroe H. Rosenfeld(w&m)	Helen Mora (perf.)
Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out (1897)	Monroe H. Rosenfeld(w&m)	Imogene Comer (perf.) Julie Mackey (perf.) Helen Mora (perf.) Arthur Reece (perf.)
Good Friends, True Friends (1894)	William E. Slafer	Ed Gardenier (words) Helen Mora (perf.)
⇑Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe (1900)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Helen Mora (perf.)
Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow (1901)	Harry von Tilzer	Andrew B. Sterling (words) Helen Mora (perf.) Lillian Russell (perf.)	Pub.
Don't Forget My Boy You're Leaving Home (1895)	James W. Wheeler(w&m)	Helen Mora (perf.)
Moth and the Flame (1898), The	Max S. Witt(w&m)	Helen Mora (perf.)	Pub.
Don't You Remember, Nora Darling? (1902)	Max S. Witt	Will A. Heelan (words) Helen Mora (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Helen Mora (1861-1903). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Kathleen (w&m)	1896