Thanks, Mickey and all for your assistance.
Cheers,
Richard
On 2019-01-02 6:52 p.m., Mickey Clark wrote:
> Richard - this link is to a reference to her online, from the Musical
> Courier-Mickey
>
> https://books.google.ca/books?id=WY9CAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA4&lpg=RA13-PA4&dq=aagot+lunde+contralto+vocal&source=bl&ots=sLnwh2ttco&sig=WyN4ESjiwuk-gWRt5NIj2RDFYJE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK-YH0o9DfAhXL31QKHZ6EDoIQ6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=aagot%20lunde%20&f=false
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Richard L. Hess
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 10:19 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Help finding a recording of Aagot Lunde--if it even
> exists
>
> Hi, All,
>
> I received a question from a relative of mine requesting my assistance
> in finding a recording. I was the wrong person to ask as I have been
> focusing on the technical side of ARSC-land, but I know many of you
> focus on the content side, so I hope someone would have some ideas. FYI,
> my relative is a forensic pathologist.
>
> "I have just written a paper about one of my pathology heroes, James
> Homer Wright, the founding pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital
> in Boston."
>
> "Wright married Aagot Lunde, a Norwegian contralto, who moved to Boston
> circa 1890 and performed extensively in Boston and New York City, and
> also around the US, especially in cities with large numbers of resident
> Scandinavians. She mostly sang Norwegian, Swedish, or other Scandinavian
> music, usually at small venues but occasionally large ones.
>
> "Wright and Lunde were married on Christmas Day in 1901. After that,
> she became a socialite and only performed occasionally, usually at
> charity events.
>
> "Do you know whether there any kind of database that might be able to
> tell me whether there is any recording of Aagot Lunde that is extant?
> She sometimes performed with her sister Sigrid Lunde, a soprano."
>
> THANKS in advance, and Happy New Year!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
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Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask]
Aurora, Ontario, Canada 647 479 2800
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
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