Dame Clara Butt - Harley Road, London, UK
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This Greater London Council (GLC) blue plaque advises that the singer, Dame Clara Butt, "lived here 1901 - 1929". The plaque is attached to a building on the north east side of Harley Road in London.
Waymark Code: WMWBPA
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/09/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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The full wording on the Greater London Council blue plaque reads:

Greater London Council

Dame
Clara Butt
1873 - 1936
Singer
lived here
1901 - 1929

The Encyclopaedia Britannica website has an article about Dame Clara Butt that tells us:

Dame Clara Butt, original name in full Clara Ellen Butt (born February 1, 1872, Southwick, Sussex, England—died January 23, 1936, North Stoke, Oxfordshire), English contralto known for her concert performances of ballads and oratorios.

After studying at the Royal College of Music, Butt made her debut in 1892 as Ursula in Sir Arthur Sullivan’s cantata The Golden Legend. She possessed a powerful contralto voice and a commanding personality and was admired especially in the oratorios of George Frideric Handel and Felix Mendelssohn. She also became popular as a ballad singer. Sir Edward Elgar wrote his song cycle Sea Pictures (1899) for her, and she inspired the part of the angel in his oratorio Dream of Gerontius. In 1900 she married the baritone Kennerley Rumford, with whom she gave recitals. One of her few opera appearances was as Orfeo in Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. She was appointed a Dame of the British Empire in 1920.

Blue Plaque managing agency: Greater London Council

Individual Recognized: Dame Clara Butt

Physical Address:
7 Harley Road
Swiss Cottage
London, United Kingdom
NW3 3BX


Web Address: [Web Link]

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