That Voice
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That Voice

In Search of Ann Drummond-Grant, the Singer Who Shaped My Life

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eBook - ePub

That Voice

In Search of Ann Drummond-Grant, the Singer Who Shaped My Life

About this book

As an adolescent in Syracuse, New York, Marcia Menter fell in love with the recorded voice of Ann Drummond-Grant, a Scottish contralto who sang with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, the legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe. She dreamed of singing with the company, even though it didn’t hire Americans—and even though, as she soon found out, Ann Drummond-Grant had died years earlier. But her dream persisted, and for the young music lover, Drummie’s glorious voice remained a living presence—a refuge from the race riots and political upheavals of her school years.

Menter earned a conservatory degree in singing before finally realizing she was not a performer at heart. She spent decades searching for Ann Drummond-Grant—visiting places she lived and interviewing people who knew her—and putting together the puzzle of her life. This is the story of a singer and her listener—of two separate lives divided by time and geography but connected in unexpected ways.

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781647426637
Subtopic
Historical Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. 1. Moving Image
  6. 2. Listening
  7. 3. Chubbette
  8. 4. Katisha
  9. 5. Piramikafore
  10. 6. Black Girls
  11. 7. That Voice
  12. 8. Miss Pinnell
  13. 9. Annie, Mad Mabel, and Harriet the Spy
  14. 10. Dear Miss Carte
  15. 11. Dear Miss Menter
  16. 12. Princess Ida
  17. 13. Nottingham
  18. 14. Miss Rigsbee
  19. 15. A Bad Cough
  20. 16. The We of Me
  21. 17. Virginity
  22. 18. Alone, and yet Alive
  23. 19. Hans Conried, Martyn Green, and the Dragon Lady
  24. 20. Voice Lessons
  25. 21. White Kitten
  26. 22. The Boy From Hamburg
  27. 23. Thunderclap
  28. 24. Mrs. Sack and the Church of Fred
  29. 25. Vent Vert
  30. 26. Edinburgh, 1904
  31. 27. The Lowland Sea, 1971
  32. 28. “Like this, Dear.”
  33. 29. Shalimar and Pot
  34. 30. The Twins
  35. 31. Edinburgh, 1933
  36. 32. Our Bodies, Ourselves, 1972
  37. 33. Shortbread and Schubert
  38. 34. The Sorrowful Monk
  39. 35. The Sorrowful Soprano, 1935–1938
  40. 36. Master Class, 1972
  41. 37. Method Acting
  42. 38. Escape
  43. 39. The War (1940–1945)
  44. 40. Principal Boy
  45. 41. Amsterdam, 1973
  46. 42. Moeder and Vader
  47. 43. The Singing Teacher
  48. 44. The Concertgebouw
  49. 45. 1 Savoy Hill
  50. 46. Mevrouw Citroen
  51. 47. White Rabbit
  52. 48. Hilde, Ilse, Manfred, Schnapps
  53. 49. Storms
  54. 50. Scorpio
  55. 51. Two Contraltos, 1950
  56. 52. The Job
  57. 53. Hot Black
  58. 54. Consciousness, 1973
  59. 55. A Decision
  60. 56. Manhattan
  61. 57. Claremont Ave.
  62. 58. Dante
  63. 59. Drummie
  64. 60. After
  65. 61. The Purgatory Thing
  66. 62. Mrs. Raskin
  67. 63. Colders Green
  68. Acknowledgments
  69. About the Author
  70. Selected Titles from She Writes Press

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