The Kathleen Ferrier Awards
- Biography
- Discography
- Bibliography
Kathleen Ferrier
Bibliography
by Paul Campion
Kathleen Ferrier - A Memoir, ed Neville Cardus, Hamish Hamilton (1954) - A collection of six beautifully written tributes to Ferrier by some of her closest friends and colleagues: Sir John Barbirolli, Benjamin Britten, Neville Cardus, Roy Henderson, Gerald Moore and Bruno Walter. Extensively illustrated.
The Life of Kathleen Ferrier, by Winifred Ferrier, Hamish Hamilton (1955) - The first authoritative biography, a very well written and affectionate tribute by the family member closest to Kathleen Ferrier. Extensively illustrated.
Kathleen Ferrier, by Charles Rigby, Robert Hale (1955) - An unauthorised biography, the subject of much controversy on its publication. Inaccurate in many ways, it does include some photographs of Ferrier not published elsewhere. Extensively illustrated.
Kathleeen, by Maurice Leonard, Hutchinson (1988) - An excellent portrait that enlarges considerably on earlier biographies. It reveals aspects of Kathleen's life and illness that her sister had been reluctant to focus on so soon after Kathleen's death, and was written with Winifred's full co-operation and help. Extensively illustrated.
Kathleen Ferrier, by Jérôme Spycket, Payot Lausanne (1990) - A short biography in French, alternate pages being devoted to superbly produced photographs, many of which are unpublished elsewhere. To be republished in 2003
Ferrier - A Career Recorded, by Paul Campion, Julia MacRae (1992) - An annotated discography that considers Ferrier's recordings in the context of her short, busy career; it includes details of dates, recording venues and issue numbers. All recordings known at the time of writing are discussed. Illustrated. A new updated edition will be published by Thames Publishing in 2005.
Klever Kaff - The Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier, ed Christopher Fifield, Boydell & Brewer (to be published March 2005) - The traced surviving letters from Kathleen Ferrier to numerous correspondents collected together for the first time; a commemorative publication for the 50th anniversary of Ferrier's death. Illustrated.
Other useful references:
The Grand Tradition, by John Steane, Duckworth (1974)
Opera on Record, volume 1, ed Alan Blyth, Hutchinson (1979)
Opera on Record, volume 2, ed Alan Blyth, Hutchinson (1983)
Song on Record, volume 1, ed Alan Blyth, C.U.P. (1986)
Song on Record, volume 2, ed Alan Blyth, C.U.P. (1988)
Choral Music on Record, ed Alan Blyth, C.U.P. (1991)
Putting the Record Straight, by John Culshaw, Secker & Warburg
(1981)
More Legendary Voices, by Nigel Douglas, Andre Deutsch (1994)
