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Farrar, Geraldine
Ferrar, Geraldine
(Source: 1)
soprano, singer, actress
| born: 28 Feb 1882 |
Melrose, Massachusetts / state, USA |
Source: 2 |
| born: 28 Feb 1882 |
Melrose, Wisconsin / state, USA |
Source: 3 |
| born: 28 Feb 1882 |
Boston, Massachusetts / state, USA |
Source: 4 |
| born: 28 Feb 1882 |
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Source: 5 |
| died: 11 Mar 1967 |
Ridgefield, Connecticut / state, USA |
Source: 2 |
| died: 12 Mar 1967 |
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Source: 5 |
| date of Variety obit: 15 Mar 1967 |
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Baltimore, Maryland / state, USA |
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| debut with Paris Opera: 1905 |
Paris, France |
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Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Women composers and songwriters.
A concise biographical dictionary
Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 247 p.
Number of People : 994
Addenda und Corrigenda zu den Banden 1 und 2
p. 1125-1474 In:
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon. Erganzungsband II
Number of People : 2,140
Index of Artists
p. 1263-1325 In:
Kelly, Alan
His Master's Voice
Die Stimme seines Herrn. The German catalogue
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 1325 p.
Number of People : 2,206
Heister, Hanns-Werner
Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
Addenda und Corrigenda zum Hauptwerk
p. 1133-1954 In:
Kutsch, Karl J.
Riemens, Leo
Grosses Sangerlexikon. Erganzungsband [I]
Bern: Francke, 1991, 2002 columns
Number of People : 4,103
Artist Index
p. 649-679 In:
Kelly, Alan
His Master's Voice; La Voix de son Maitre; the French catalogue.
A complete numerical catalogue ...
Compiled by Alan Kelly...
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1990
Number of People : 1,204
Marchand, Miguel Patron
100 grandes cantantes del pasado
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andres Bello, 1990, 263 p.
Godefroid, Philippe
Divines & divas
Paris: Editions Plumi, 1989
Paris, Alain
Dictionnaire des interpretes : et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1989
Number of People : 2,306
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.
Number of People : 20,297
Artist Index
p. 435-462 In:
Kelly, Alan
His Master's Voice
La Voce del Padrone. The Italian catalogue. A complete numerical catalogue ...
Compiled by Alan Kelly...
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1988, 462 p.
Number of People : 1,268
Kantrov, Ilene (editor)
Sicherman, Barbara
Walker, Harriette (editor)
Green, Carol Hurd (editor)
Notable American Women
The Modern Period. A Biographical Dictionary.
Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1988.
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon
Bern: Francke, 1987, 3452 columns in two volumes p.
Number of People : 6,910
[Mark Hambourg]
Talking Machine News, 1987, p. 2111
Kesting, Jurgen
Die grossen sanger
Dusseldorf: Claassen, 1986, 3 VOLS p.
Whitburn, Joel
Joel Whitburn's Pop memories 1890-1954
The history of American popular music compiled form America's popular music charts 1890-1954
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc., 1986, 657 p.
Number of People : 1,376
Artist Index
p. 545-570 In:
Moran, William R.
Fagan, Ted
The encyclopedic discography of Victor Recordings. Matrix series : 1 through 4999.
The Victor ...
Compiled by Ted Fagan and William R. Moran
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1986, 648 p.
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Blanchard, Roger
Cande, Roland de
Dieux et divas de l'opera : de 1820 a 1950 grandeur et decadence du bel canto
Roger Blanchard et Roland de Cande
Paris: Plon, 1986, 478 p.
Mordden, Ethan
Demented : the World of the Opera Diva
New York: Franklin Watts, 1984. 310 p.
24 illus., 27-item bibliography, index.
Mish, Herman
Tuggle, Robert A.
The golden age of opera
By Robert Tuggle.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983, 246 p.
Note: With the photographs of Herman Mish
Pitou, Spire
The Paris Opera.
An encyclopedia of operas, ballets, composers, and performers; growth and grandeur, 1815-1914
New York: Greenwood Press, 1983
Leading Female Singers, 1671-1982
p. 345-348 In:
Pitou, Spire
The Paris opera.
An encyclopedia of operas, ballets, composers, and performers; genesis and glory, 1671-1715
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983
Index
p. 313-343 In:
Keefer, Lubov Breit
Baltimore's music
The haven of the American composer
Number of People : 3,293
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Unvergangliche Stimmen Sangerlexikon
Karl J. Kutsch, Leo Riemens
Bern: Francke, 1982, 782 p.
Number of People : 3,755
Schonberg, Harold C.
Facing the Music
New York: Summit Books, 1981.464 p.
Note: A series of republlshed revlews and articles
Nash, Elizabeth
Always first dass
The career of Geraldine Farrar.
Washington, D.C.: Univ. Press of America 1981. IX, 281 S.
Index
The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.
Number of People : 101,729
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Fabian, Monroe H.
On Stage : 200 Years of Great Theatrical Personalities
New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1980.224 p.
illustr.
Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.
Number of People : 8,161
Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984
Number of People : 16,262
Ewen, David
Musicians since 1900 : performers in concert and opera
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978, 974 p.
Schang, F.C.
Visiting cards of prima donnas
New York: Vantage Press, 1977
Scott, Michael
The record of singing to 1914
London: Gerald Duckworth, 1977, 243 p.
Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.
Number of People : 10,962
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937
Number of People : 16,276
Fisher, Renee B.
Musical prodigies : masters at an early age
New York: Association Press, 1973, 240 p.
Rushmore, Robert
The Singing Voice
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1971. xx, 332 p.
37 Illus., bib
Farrar, Geraldine
The autobiography of Geraldine Farrar : Such sweet compulsion.
New York: Da Capo Press 1970. XII, 303 S.
dasselbe:
Freeport, N. Y.: Books for Libraries Press 1970.
Mit Ill. u. Abb.
Merlin, Olivier
Le chant des sirenes (le bel canto)
Possiger, Gunter
Die grossen Sanger und Dirigenten
Munich: Wilhelm Heyne, 1968, 220 p.
Index to music necrology : 1967 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1968, p. 681
[Geraldine Farrar - obituary]
Opera News, Apr 15, 1967, p. 14
[Geraldine Farrar]
Opera News, Jan 29, 1966, p. 6
Pleasants, Henry
The Great Opera Singers from the Dawn of Opera to our Own Time
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966 [London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967]. 352 p.
147 illus., bib
Zenei lexikon
Budapest: Zenemukiado Vallalat, 1965
Number of People : 4,351
Richards, John B.
Vegeto, Raffaele
Celletti, Rodolfo
Le grandi voci; dizionario critico; biografico dei cantanti con discografia operistica
Consulenti per le discografie: Raffaele Vegeto, John B. Richards
Direttore: Rodolfo Celletti
Roma: Istituto per la Collaborazione Culturale, 1964, 1044 p.
[Geraldine Farrar]
Opera News, Feb 3, 1962, p. 24
Natan, Alex
Primadonna : Lob der Stimmen
Basil: Basilius Presse, 1962.142 p.
discography of releases as of April 1961.
96 illus.
Note: Critical evaluations of fifty of the premiere female vocalists of this century.
Les artistes du chant
p. 381 In:
Wolff, Stephane
L'opera au Palais Garnier (1875-1962)
Les oeuvres, les interpretes ...
Paris: L'Entr'acte, 1962, 565 p.
Number of People : 948
Townend, P.
Who's who in music and musicians' international directory 1962
New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1962, 331 p.
Number of People : 3,194
Dennis, J.F.E.
The Record Collector [Volume 13]
Ipswich, Suffolk: J.F.E. Dennis, 1960
[Geraldine Farrar]
Opera News, Dec 19, 1959, p. 8
[Geraldine Farrar]
Opera News, Feb 25, 1957, p. 30
Note: 75th birthday
Davidson, Gladys
Opera biographies
London: Werner Laurie, 1955
Pena, Joaquin
Angles, Higinio
Querol Gavalda, Miguel
Diccionario de la musica labor
Iniciado por Joaquin Pena
Continuado por Higinio Angles
Con la colaboracion de Miguel Querol y otros distinguidos musicologos espanoles y extranjeros
Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1954, 2V, 2318P.
Number of People : 7,942
Noble, Helen Klaffky
Life with the Met
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954.250 p.
Note: Helen Noble was a secretary at the Met
Muller von Asow, Erich Hermann
Muller von Asow, Hedwig
Kurschners Deutscher Musiker-Kalender 1954
Zweite Ausgabe des Deutschen Musiker-Lexikons
Herausgeber: Hedwig und E.H. Mueller von Asow
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1954, 1702 COLS p.
Number of People : 4,075
Ulrich, Homer
Famous Women Singers
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1953. 127 p.
15 illus., index.
[Geraldine Farrar]
Opera News, Jan 12, 1953, p. 10
Note: discusses Cio-Cio-San
Perlman, William J.
Spaeth, Sigmund
Music and dance in the New England states
Sigmund Spaeth, editor-in-chief
William J. Perlman, director & managing editor
New York: Bureau of Musical Research, 1953, 374 p.
Number of People : 511
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
Sohlman's musiklexikon : nordiskt och allmant upplagsverk for tonkonst, musikliv och dans
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl Allan Moberg [och] Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, [1951-]
Number of People : 8,662
Overseas section
p. 315 In:
Pine, L.G.
Who's who in music
First post-war edition (1949-50)
London: Shaw Publishing, 1950, 419 p.
Number of People : 1,023
Bauer, Roberto
The new catalogue of historical records 1898-1908/09
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1947, 494 p.
Number of People : 1,232
Aldrigh, Richard
Concert Life in New York 1902-1923
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941
Number of People : 1,464
Barone, J.
Who is who in music
1941 edition
Chicago: Lee Stern Press, 1941
Number of People : 3,908
Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.
Number of People : 10,576
Gatti-Casazza, Giulio
Memories of the Opera
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941.
Reprint:
1977. xii, 326 p.
18 illus.
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940
Number of People : 6,835
Vital data (1906-1939)
p. 213 In:
Celebrities in El Dorado 1850-1906.
A biographic record of 111 prominent musicians who have visited San Francisco and performed there ...
With additional lists of visiting celebrities ...
San Francisco: Work Projects Administration, 1939, 270 p.
(Series: History of Music in San Francisco Series; Volume four)
Farrar, Geraldine
Such sweet compulsion
The autobiography of Geraldine Farrar.
New York: Greystone Press, 1938, 303 p.
Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti : Supplemento
Milan: Sonzogno, 1938, 806 p.
Number of People : 9,140
Henderson, William James
The Art of Singing
New York: The Dial Press, 1937.
Reprint:
1978. xviii, 509 p. index.
Gerber, Alme
Heylbut, Rose
Backstage at the Opera
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1937.
[Reprint 1977 as Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera. ix, 325 p., 19 illus.
Note: Highly personal observations and recollections
Thompson, Oscar
The American singer
A hundred years of success in opera
New York: Dial Press, Inc., 1937
Frank, Paul
Altmann, Wilhelm
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik
Begrundet von Paul Frank
Neu bearbeitet und erganzt von Wilhelm Altmann
Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936, 730 p.
Number of People : 17,230
Sheean, Vincent
Oscar Hammerstein I
The life and Exploits of an Impresario
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936. xx, 363 p.
17 illus., Index.
Hansl, Eva Elise (Vom Baur)
Kauffmann, Helen Loeb
Artists in Music Today
New York: Grosset & Dunlop Publishers, 1933.111 p.
50 full page drawings by Louis Lupas
Key, Pierre V.R.
Pierre Key's musical who's who
A biographical survey of contemporary musicians
Edited by Pierre V.R. Key; editor Musical Digest and ...
New York: Pierre Key, 1931, 498 p.
Number of People : 3,336
Muller, Erich H.
Deutsches Musiker-Lexikon
Herausgegeben von Erich H. Muller
Dresden: Wilhelm Limpert, 1929, 1644 p.
Number of People : 7,599
Spaeth, Sigmund
Who is who in music
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, Inc., 1929
Number of People : 2,425
Norlind, Tobias
Allmant musiklexikon
Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 1927-28, 2V p.
Number of People : 4,739
Finck, Henry Theophilus
My Adventures in the Golden Age of Music
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1926.
Reprint:
1971. xvi, 462 p.
31 illus.
Note: Autobiography of the New York Evening Post critic. Very brief evaluations of twenty-five singers
Walkins, Mary Fitch
Behind the Scenes at the Opera : Intimate Revelations of Back-Stage Musical Life and Work
New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1925. vii, 328 p.
A catalogue of music for the Ampico.
A list of the recordings of pianists whose art in thus preserved for present day music lovers and for posterity; together with short biographies of many of the composers and artists and notes on the music
New York: Ampico Corporation, 1925, 351 p.
Wagnalls, Mabel
Opera and its Stars
A Description of the Music and Stories of the Enduring Operas and a Series of Interviews with the World's Famous Sopranos
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1924. xiv, 410 p.
24 illus.
Martens, Frederick Herman
The Art of the Prima Donna and Concert Singer
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1923.
Reprint:
1977. xiv, 293 p.
20 illus.
Parker, Henry Taylor
Eighth notes : voices and figures of music and the dance
Lahee, Henry C.
The Grand Opera Singers of Today
An Account of the Leading Operatic Stars Who have Sung During Recent Years, Together with a Sketch of the Chief Operatic Enterprises. New revised edition
Boston: The Page Company Publishers, 1922 [1st edition 1912]. x, 543 p.
48 illus., index.
Who's who in filmland ...
Cooke, James Francis
Great singers on the art of singing
Educational conferences with foremost artists
Philadelphia: Theo. Presser, 1921
Boyd, Charles N.
Pratt, Waldo Selden
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. American supplement ...
Edited by Waldo S. Pratt. Associate editor: Charles N. Boyd.
Number of People : 1,335
Vechten, Carl van
Interpreters
A new edition, revised, with sixteen illustrations and an epilogue
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1920, 201 p.
Brower, Hariette Moore
Vocal Mastery : Talks with Master Singers and Teachers
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. vi, 292 p.
20 illus.
Note: Conversational interviews with twenty one singers and five outstanding teachers
Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 1094 p.
Number of People : 7,067
Saerchinger, Cesar
International who's who in music and musical gazetteer
Edited by Cesar Saerchinger
New York: Current Literature Pub. Co., 1918, 841 p.
Number of People : 5,340
Vechten, Carl van
Interpreters and interpretations
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1917, 368 p.
Farrar, Geraldine
Geraldine Farrar : the story of an American singer
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1916, 114 p.
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