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English contralto Miss Marion Beeley (1887-1954) / My Ships (Barratt) / Recorded: September 3, 1912 in London --
Text displayed is from the November 1912 HMV Catalog --
Sea Pictures - Alive and Well by Charles A. Hooey
Another faintly remembered artist Marion Beeley must have been special for she sang Erda in both Das Rheingold and Siegfried and Siegrune in Die Walküre when Wagner's Ring was given in Leeds late in October 1913. During a National Sunday League concert at the London Palladium on 28 January 1912 with Beecham leading, Marion sang "Where corals lie" and "The Swimmer" and added "Softly awakes my heart" from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila. She can be heard in "Songs my mother sang" by Grimshaw, "My ships" by Bishop and "The Call of the Homeland" by Teschemacher, all 78 rpms made by HMV.
Read more: musicweb-international.com/hooey/sea_pictures.htm#ixzz5jueK3bg4
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English contralto Miss Marion Beeley (1887-1954) / My Ships (Barratt) / Recorded: September 3, 1912 in London --
Text displayed is from the November 1912 HMV Catalog --
Sea Pictures - Alive and Well by Charles A. Hooey
Another faintly remembered artist Marion Beeley must have been special for she sang Erda in both Das Rheingold and Siegfried and Siegrune in Die Walküre when Wagner's Ring was given in Leeds late in October 1913. During a National Sunday League concert at the London Palladium on 28 January 1912 with Beecham leading, Marion sang "Where corals lie" and "The Swimmer" and added "Softly awakes my heart" from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila. She can be heard in "Songs my mother sang" by Grimshaw, "My ships" by Bishop and "The Call of the Homeland" by Teschemacher, all 78 rpms made by HMV.
Read more: musicweb-international.com/hooey/sea_pictures.htm#ixzz5jueK3bg4
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