Contralto singer. Born Lancashire. Her brief marriage failed due to physical incompatibility. She learnt the piano and in a 1937 music festival she also competed in the singing contest for a bet. This led to a very successful career and international fame.
Died University College Hospital of cancer which she had been fighting for over 2 years. In 1958 a bronze relief portrait memorial by Mary Gillick was erected at the hospital.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier, 1912 - 1953, contralto, lived here. Greater London Council
Cornet player. He was part of George Webb Dixielanders jazz band.
Singer, actor (also athlete and civil rights activist). Born Princeton, New Jersey to a former slave, who educated himself to become a theologian and who had great expectations of his son, expectat...
Person, Cinema, Music / songs, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA
Conductor. Born Adrian Cedric Boult in Chester. He studied in London and Leipzig, and conducted for the Royal Opera House. He became conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924, and was a...
Conductor, nick-named "Flash Harry" in recognition of his dapper appearance and flamboyant style.
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
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