CROSSLEY (Ada Jemima, 1871-1929, Australian Contralto)

Autograph Letter Signed ‘Ada Crossley’ to Miss Longfield thanking her for her “kind letter. No, I am not your Sheffield friend. I come from Australia - with pleasure I send you my autograph...”, 2 sides 8vo., 1e Montagu Mansions, Portman Square, 10th April

Ada Crossley sang in Henry Wood’s second ‘Prom’ season of 1896, several times in ‘Elijah’, and was the singer at the ‘Titanic Band’ Memorial Concert at the Albert Hall, 1912, in memory of the eight musicians who went down, playing to the last. Seven orchestras combined took part and numbered 600 performers.

Item Date:  1900

Stock No:  42917      £75

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