{"product_id":"letters-and-diaries-of-kathleen-ferrier-paperback","title":"Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Fifield\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revised and enlarged paperback edition to mark the centenary of the much-loved singer's birth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1953, at the age of 41, Kathleen Ferrier, England's greatest lyric contralto, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. Her huge appeal to a wide audience - in concerts, on records, on the radio and in the opera house - has ensured her name endures to this day, despite a career which lasted barely ten years. In just half that time, this former telephone exchange operator was singing on stage at Covent Garden, before royalty at private parties, andat New York's Carnegie Hall.\u003cbr\u003e This collection of letters and twelve years of her personal diaries was first published by Boydell Press in 2003. Here, an enlarged paperback edition contains a new chapter revealing her growingimportance to the BBC, an additional 90 letters, together with much revised material and a selection of moving tributes.\u003cbr\u003e Published to mark the centenary of her birth in 1912, the book, of more than 400 letters, provides a vivid picture of a life which illuminated the war and post-war years of austerity and hardship. \u003cbr\u003e Kathleen Ferrier was surely fun to know. Her personality was a mix of extreme modesty and self-determined ambition, topped with a mischievously blunt sense of earthy Lancastrian humour. She is known for her glorious voice, but through the pages of these fascinating letters and diaries we get to meet the real person. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e DR CHRISTOPHER FIFIELD is a conductor, music historian, lecturer and broadcaster. He is the biographer of Max Bruch [Boydell Press 2005] and conductor Hans Richter, and the author of a history of the music agents Ibbs \u0026amp; Tillett.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 514\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9.81 x 6.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418709016754,"sku":"9781843830917","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5a227604e60abacee3a7fb7a09d3b7c0.webp?v=1778457295","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/letters-and-diaries-of-kathleen-ferrier-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}