Английская Википедия:Grace Kerns
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Grace Miriam Kerns (August 27, 1879[1] – September 10, 1936) was an American soprano, called the "Nightingale of the Trenches" for her popularity during World War I. She made over a hundred recordings during the 1910s.
Early life
Kerns was born in Norfolk, Virginia,[2] and lived in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, a daughter in the large family of Andrew Jackson Kerns and Catharine Marinda Clark Kerns. Her father was a saw manufacturer.[1] She studied voice with Emma Cecilia Thursby.[3] She studied in Europe in the summer of 1913.[4]
Career
Kerns began her professional singing career as a church and oratorio soloist in New York City.[5][6] She made over a hundred recordings during the 1910s, for Victor, Columbia, Okeh, Empire, and Edison labels.[7][8] She recorded duets with other singers including Margaret Keyes, Reed Miller, John Barnes Wells, Nevada Van der Veer, and Henry Burr.[7][9][10] She sometimes sang under other names, including Miriam Clark and Grace Nash.[11]
During World War I, she went to France to entertain the troops,[11][12] earning the nickname "Nightingale of the Trenches."[13] After the war, she returned to church soloist work, and giving concerts.[14][15] She also sang in radio broadcasts.[16] In her later years she taught voice at Randolph-Macon Women's College in Virginia.[17][18]
Personal life
Kerns, her brother, and her nephew all died in a car accident near Williamsburg, Virginia in 1936.[18]
References
External links
- Grace Kerns and Mildred Potter singing "Whispering Hope" (1916), from YouTube
- Grace Kerns singing "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" (1912), from YouTube
- Grace Kerns singing "Kiss Me Again", from Internet Archive
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Some sources give her birth year as 1880 (her grave stone) or 1886 (her death certificate); however, she appears in her family's household as a child under one year of age in the 1880 Federal Census returns. (via Ancestry)
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