English contralto Miss Marion BEELEY: The songs my mother sang (1912) @CurzonRoad

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English contralto Miss Marion Beeley (1887-1954)
The songs my mother sang (Grimshaw)
Recorded: February 2, 1912 in London

Marion Beeley was a contralto who sang at Covent Garden and for whom Sir Edward Elgar wrote the aria 'Hail, Immemorial Ind!' in his opera The Crown of India.

See: International Horn Society: Dennis Brain (1921-1957)

hornsociety.org/ihs-people/past-greats/28-people/past-greats/122-brain

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English contralto Miss Marion BEELEY: The songs my mother sang (1912)

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