Tag: Phyllis Spurr
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Kathleen Ferrier Sings Bach and Handel
Kathleen Ferrier was Britain’s greatest lyric contralto, a superstar not only in England but internationally through her recordings and frequent appearances on radio in Europe and North America. Her tragically early death at 41 in 1953 – which coincidentally threatened to overshadow the Queen’s coronation year – was mourned worldwide. Her recordings of music from…
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Folk Songs of the British Isles