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005			20170209152755.0
008			160331s2016 enk 000 0 eng
020			_a9781509824687 _qPaperback
020			_a1509824685
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035			_a(OCoLC)945973369 _z(OCoLC)934601833
040			_aNz _beng _cNZTPP _dYDXCP _dAUPTL
082			_a782.1092
100			_aMartin, Nicholas, _926583 _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFlorence Foster Jenkins / _cNicholas Martin
260			_aLondon : _bPan Macmillan , _c2016
300			_a352 p. ; _c197 x 130mm
500			_aPaperback
520			_aDespite having no pitch, no rhythm and no tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, giving a sell-out concert at Carnegie Hall. Born in Pennsylvania in 1868, Florence Foster adored music and as a girl was a talented pianist, but her wealthy father refused to allow her to study in Europe. In retaliation she eloped with Dr Frank Jenkins but the marriage soon foundered, not least because the eighteen-year-old bride contracted syphilis on their wedding night. Moving to New York, Florence became a piano teacher, but after her father's death in 1909 she inherited a considerable sum and it was then that she vowed to become a great soprano and began to take singing lessons. That same year she met the man who would become first her manager and then her common-law husband, St Clair Bayfield. Over forty years later, after a lifetime supporting New York's classical musical societies - and even founding her own - Florence's greatest dream was finally realized. At the age of seventy-six, she gave a recital - by public demand - at Carnegie Hall. Her extraordinary story is now a film, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, and directed by Stephen Frears.
600		0	_926584 _aJenkins, Florence Foster, _d1868-1944.
650		0	_926585 _aSopranos (Singers) _vBiography. _zUnited States
650		0	_926586 _aWomen philanthropists _xBiography. _zNew York
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948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 41 OTHER HOLDINGS
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