Davies, Mary (1855-1930). Welsh mezzo-soprano - Autograph Note Signed, Regarding a Magazine Article

Kensington, March 15, 1895. 1895. Kensington, March 15, 1895. 1895. Good. - sc - 2 pages, 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. 40 words penned on facing sides of a folded sheet. Writing to a Mrs. Jackson who has apparently submitted the draft of an article to her, Mary Davies states that "you have made a delightful 'chat'.." and that she has "only ventured to excise one paragraph.." She goes on to tell Mrs. Jackson that she had written to the editor of Cassell's Saturday Journal and that she should hear from him that very day. Signed and dated on the second page. Folded for mailing. The letter was apparently once tipped into a book or scrapbook, and there is a strip of tape along the right edge of the second page with does not affect the text. Good.

Born in Africa of Egyptian parents, the Welsh mezzo-soprano Mary Davies (1855-1930) was co- founder and first president of the Welsh Folk Song Society. A student of Edith Wynne, she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Alberto Randegger. She made her debut in 1873 and in 1880 sang in England's first complete performance of Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust". She was the principal vocalist at the London Ballad Concerts and at the National Eisteddfod of 1906. Good .

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