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Nordica, Lillian
Norton, Lillian
birth name (Source: 1)
Norton-Gower, Lillian
(Source: 2,3)
chanteuse, soprano
| born: 12 May 1857 |
Farmington, Maine / state, USA |
Source: 4 |
| born: 12 May 1859 |
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Source: 1,6 |
| died: 10 May 1914 |
Batavia, Dutch East Indies now Jakarta, Indonesia |
Source: 4 |
| died: 07 Jul 1897 |
London, England |
Source: 7 |
| date of Variety obit: 15 May 1914 |
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| active: |
Baltimore, Maryland / state, USA |
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| perf: 1820s |
Paris, France |
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| debut with Paris Opera: 1882 |
Paris, France |
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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
Marchand, Miguel Patron
100 grandes cantantes del pasado
Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andres Bello, 1990, 263 p.
Paris, Alain
Dictionnaire des interpretes : et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1989
Number of People : 2,306
Riemens, Leo
Kutsch, Karl J.
Grosses Sangerlexikon
Bern: Francke, 1987, 3452 columns in two volumes p.
Number of People : 6,910
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.
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
Hodson, Phillip
Who's who in Wagner
An a to Z look at his life and work
New York: Macmillan, 1984, 182 p.
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
Neuls-Bates, Carol
Women in music
An anthology of source readings from the Middle Ages to the present
Edited by Carol Neuls-Bates
New York: Harper & Row, 1982, 351 p.
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
Simmons, E. Romayne
The last and tragic concert tour of Lillian Nordica
Yankee, 43/1, 1979, p. 96-101, 156, 159-62, 165
Ewen, David
Musicians since 1900 : performers in concert and opera
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978, 974 p.
Maltese, John Anthony
Benoist, Andras
The Accompanist
An Autobiography of Andre Benoist.
Edited by John Anthony Maltese.
Neptune [NJ]: Paganiniana Publications, Inc., 1978. 384 p.
200+ illus., discography, index.
Scott, Michael
The record of singing to 1914
London: Gerald Duckworth, 1977, 243 p.
Personnels des Theatres (Table)
p. 473-539 In:
Labat-Poussin, Brigitte
Favier, Jean
Archives du theatre national de l'opera (Aj13 1 a 1466) : Inventaire
Par Brigitte Labat-Poussin; conservateur aux Archives nationales
Avant-propos par Jean Favier; directeur general des archives dr France
Paris: Archives Nationales, 1977, 677 p.
Number of People : 5,774
Schang, F.C.
Visiting cards of prima donnas
New York: Vantage Press, 1977
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.
Number of People : 3,156
Brand-Seltei, Erna
Belcanto : eine Kulturgeschichte der Gesangskunst
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen's Verlag, 1972, 532 p.
Klein, Herman
Great women-singers of my time
Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, Inc., 1968
Pleasants, Henry
The great singers : From Jenny Lind to Callas and Pavarotti
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967, 395 p.
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
[Lillian Nordica]
Opera News, May 2, 1964, p. 6
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.
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
Reuter, Florizel von
Great People I have Known.
Waukesha: Freeman Printing Co., 1961 231 p.
69 illus.
[Lillian Nordica]
Opera News, Feb 24, 1958, p. 26
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
Ulrich, Homer
Famous Women Singers
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1953. 127 p.
15 illus., index.
[Lillian Nordica]
Opera News, Jan 14, 1952, p. 28
[article with discography]
The above item is part of :
Dennis, J.F.E.
The Record Collector [Volume 6]
Ipswich, Suffolk: J.F.E. Dennis, 1951
Shaw, George Bernard
London Music in 1888-89 as Heard by Corna di Bassetto (later known as Bernard Shaw) with some Further Autobiographical Particulars
London: Constable and Company Limlted, 1950 [1st edition 1937]. 420 p.
Index.
Bauer, Roberto
The new catalogue of historical records 1898-1908/09
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1947, 494 p.
Number of People : 1,232
[Lillian Nordica]
Opera News, Nov 27, 1944, p. 28
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
Aldrigh, Richard
Concert Life in New York 1902-1923
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941
Number of People : 1,464
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940
Number of People : 6,835
[Lillian Nordica]
Opera News, Oct 2, 1939, p. 3
Note: homestead in Maine
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)
Caswell, Mina Holway
Ministry of Music
The Life of William Rogers Chapman.
Portland: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1938. xviii, 467 p.
45 illus.
Thompson, Oscar
The American singer
A hundred years of success in opera
New York: Dial Press, Inc., 1937
Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.
Number of People : 11,317
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
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.
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
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.
Armstrong, William
The romantic world of music
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1922
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
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
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan
Finck, Henry Theophilus
Success in music : And how it is won
By Henry T. Finck author of ...
With a chapter on tempo rubato by Ignace Jan Paderewski
New York: Charles Scribener's Sons, 1913, 471 p.
Baltzell, Winton J.
Baltzell's dictionary of musicians ...
Number of People : 748
Garbett, Arthur Selwyn
Gallery of Musical Celebrities.
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1909. unpaginated [141 p.]
70 portraits.
Herringshaw, Thomas W.
Herringshaw's national library of American biography, etc ...
Chicago: 1909-14, 5 vols.
Number of People : 683
Browne, W.
Koch, E. De Roy
Who's who on the stage.
The ... biographical dictionary of... actors, actresses, managers and playwrights ...
2nd ed.
Edited by W. Browne and E. De Roy Koch.
Who's who in America.
A biographical dictionary of notable living men and women of the United States.1908-1909 ...
Wagnalls, Mabel
Stars of the Opera.
Revised and enlarged edition
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1907 .402 p.
19 illus.
Note: Description of thirteen operas and "approved" interviews with seven divas.
Kobbe, Gustav
Ten Opera Singers
A Pictorial Souvenir with Biographies of the Most Famous Singers of the Day.
4th edition
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1906 .94 p.
152 portraits and illustrations.
Note: Biographies were furnished by the singers themselves.
Kohut, Adolph
Die Gesangskoniginnen in den letzten drei Jahrhunderten. 2 vols
Berlin: Verlag Hermann Kuhz, n.d. [1906].
255 p., 42 portraits.
236 p. 19 portraits
Smith, Benjamin E.
The century cyclopedia of names a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography ...
Edited by Benjamin E. Smith.
Eisenberg, Ludwig
Grosses Biographisches Lexikon der deutschen Buhne im 19. Jahrhundert ...
Number of People : 1,057
Burr, Hobart H.
American Women-Musicians
Cosmopolitan, 31, 1901, p. 357-64
Kobbe, Gustav
Ten Opera Singers
A Pictorial Souvenir with Biographies of the Most Famous Singers of the Day.
4th edition
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1901
Note: Biographies were furnished by the singers themselves.
Baker, Theodore
Biographical dictionary of musicians
Compiled and edited by Theodore Baker, Ph.D.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1900, 653 p.
Number of People : 5,682
Leonard, John William
Who's who in America.
A biographical dictionary of living men and women of the United States. 1899-1900 ...
Edited by John W. Leonard.
Wagnalls, Mabel
Stars of the Opera
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1899. Description of thirteen operas and "approved" interviews with six divas.
Lahee, Henry C.
Famous singers of to-day and yesterday
Henry C. Lahee
Boston: L.C. Page, 1898, 337 p.
Lustner, Karl
Totenliste des Jahres 1897 die Musik betreffend
Monatshefte fur Musikgeschichte, 1898, p. 85
The national cyclopaedia of American biography being the history of the United States ...
New York: 1898, 92-1947, 34 vols. Note
Note: Vol. 1-13. 1898, 93-1909 only
Pratt, A.T.C.
People of the period, being a collection of the biographies of ... living celebrities ...
Seidl, Anton (editor)
The Music of the Modern World illustrated in the lives and Works of the Greatest Modern Musicians and in Reproductions of Famous Paintings, etc ... 2 vols
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895
Note: Originally issued in 25 fascicles for subscribers 1895]. xi, 236 p., 52 illus. vii, 348 p., 27 Illus.
Note: Gold mine of Information
Plarr, Victor G.
Men and women of the time. A dictionary of contemporaries.
14 ed., revised
signed: Ehrlich, A. (pseudonym) (= Payne, Albert / birth name)
Beruhmte Sangerinnen der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart ...
Mathews, William Smith Babcock
A few successful American singers
Music: A Monthly Magazine, 6, 1894, p. 141-50
Hines, Harvey K.
An illustrated history of the state of Washington ...
Willard, Frances E.
Livermore, Mary A.
A woman of the century ... biographical sketches, accompanied by portraits, of leading American women in all walks of life ...
Mathews, William Smith Babcock (editor)
A hundred years of music in America.
An account of musical effort in America ...
Mathews, William Smith Babcock
A hundred years of music in America
An account of musical effort in America
Mapleson, James Henry
The Mapleson Memoirs 1848-1888
New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1888.
Reprint with annotations:
1966. 2 vols. xi, 372 p., viii, 319 p.
portrait
Note: He produced opera between 1858 and 1888
Jones, F.O.
A handbook of American music and musicians
Containing biographies of American musicians. And histories of the principal musical institutions, firms and societies.
Canaseraga, NY: 1886, 182 p.
Miss Lillian Norton (Lillian Nordica)
Musical Herald, 3, 1882, p. 285-86
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