Kathleen Ferrier.An die Musik.Schubert. To Music. Contralto.Lieder.

The contralto Kathleen Ferrier age 41 years died following a long illness against cancer. Her death came as a terrible shock to her many admirers. Here is &Kaff&singing Schubert&An die Musik. Sung in German. English Translation: ...........To Music......... You, noble Art, in how many grey hours, When life&mad tumult wraps around me, Have you kindled my heart to warm love, Have you transported me into a better world, Transported into a better world! Often has a sigh flowing out from your harp, A sweet, divine harmony from you Unlocked to me the heaven of better times, You, noble Art, I thank you for it! You, noble Art, I thank you! PHOTOS: Kathleen singing in recital. Usher Hall, during the Edinburgh International Festival with Bruno Walter as piano accompanist. In Princes Street Gardens during the Edinburgh International Festival. Short extract from Wikipedia:- "Shortly after Ferrier&death an appeal was launched by Sir John Barbirolli, Bruno Walter, Myra Hess and others, to establish a cancer research fund in Ferrier&name. Donations were received from all over the world. To publicise the fund a special concert was given at the Royal Festival Hall on 7 May 1954, at which Barbirolli and Walter shared the conducting duties without payment. The Kathleen Ferrier Cancer Research Fund helped establish the Kathleen Ferrier Chair of Clinical Oncology at University College Hospital,London in 1984. As the result of a separate appeal, augmented by the sales proceeds of a...