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A Quaker Singer's Recollections: An Autobiography

A Quaker Singer's Recollections: An Autobiography

Bispham, David

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Fiction AnthologiesClassical MusicGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 116260896X
ISBN13: 9781162608969
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 434
Weight: 2.14
Height: 0.88 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
A Quaker Singer's Recollections: An Autobiography is a memoir written by David Bispham, a renowned American baritone and Quaker. In this book, Bispham recounts his life and career, from his childhood in Philadelphia to his rise to fame as a singer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He shares his experiences performing in some of the most prestigious opera houses in Europe and America, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Bispham also reflects on his Quaker faith and how it influenced his approach to music and performance. The book provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of opera and the life of a successful singer during this time period. It also offers insights into the intersection of religion and the arts. Overall, A Quaker Singer's Recollections is a captivating and insightful autobiography that will appeal to anyone interested in music, history, and personal memoirs.1921. In this book, Bispham refrained from going into many particulars of his artistic career, preferring to give a general survey of its principal points, for his object is not only to interest music lovers by giving them a glimpse into an artist's life, but to provide a stimulus for amateurs who contemplate entering the professional arena, and to show them how necessary it is to have, in the first place, the natural ability, then the inner urge to continue against opposition, and the determination to endure to the end.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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