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From Stage to Page

by Penny Johnson

Forgotten stories and memoirs of female performing artists from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are brought to life in this audiobook podcast from Niagara-based classical pianist, Penny Johnson.

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  1. Episode 64: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 14)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  2. Episode 63: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 13)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  3. Episode 62: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 12)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  4. Episode 61: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 11)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  5. Episode 60: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 10)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  6. Episode 59: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 9)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  7. Episode 58: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 8)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  8. Episode 57: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 7)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  9. Episode 56: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 6)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  10. Episode 55: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 5)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  11. Episode 54: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 4)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  12. Episode 53: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 3)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  13. Episode 52: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 2)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  14. Episode 51: Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer - By Geraldine Farrar (Ch. 1)

    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1882, to Henrietta Barnes and the professional baseball player, Sidney Farrar (who played in the MLB out of Philadelphia from 1883-90), Geraldine Farrar would go on to become one of the great American sopranos who also appeared in over a dozen films during the...

  15. Episode 50: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 10)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

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  16. Episode 49: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 9)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

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  17. Episode 48: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 8)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

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  18. Episode 47: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 7)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

    more
  19. Episode 46: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 6)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

    more
  20. Episode 45: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 5)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

    more
  21. Episode 44: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 4)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

    more
  22. Episode 43: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 3)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

    more
  23. Episode 42: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 2)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

    more
  24. Episode 41: Moura: Her Autobiography - By Moura Lympany, with Margot Strickland (Ch. 1)

    Moura: Her Autobiography tells the story of the English concert pianist, Moura Lympany (1916-2005). Written in partnership with her cousin, Margot Strickland, the book covers the career of a stylish and resilient artist who endured many personal hardships. Born Mary Johnstone, Moura Lympany…

    more
  25. Episode 40: In the Clouds - By Sarah Bernhardt (Translated by Mariana Fitzpatrick)

    Adored by audiences for her “Golden Voice” and dramatic death scenes, her slender figure, a wild mane of hair, a personal menagerie of exotic animals and her boundless energy, Sarah Bernhardt was, according to Peter Rader, the “world’s first superstar.” Born in Paris in 1844, the charismatic...

  26. Episode 39: Theodor Leschetizky - By Annette Hullah (Ch. 7)

    Unfortunately, very little information can be found about the English pianist/teacher, Annette Hullah. Apart from an English newspaper having announced her return from Vienna, in 1893, following the completion of her studies with Theodor Leschetizky and the publication of an American newspaper...

  27. Episode 38: Theodor Leschetizky - By Annette Hullah (Ch. 6)

    Unfortunately, very little information can be found about the English pianist/teacher, Annette Hullah. Apart from an English newspaper having announced her return from Vienna, in 1893, following the completion of her studies with Theodor Leschetizky and the publication of an American newspaper...

  28. Episode 37: Theodor Leschetizky - By Annette Hullah (Ch. 5)

    Unfortunately, very little information can be found about the English pianist/teacher, Annette Hullah. Apart from an English newspaper having announced her return from Vienna, in 1893, following the completion of her studies with Theodor Leschetizky and the publication of an American newspaper...

  29. Episode 36: Theodor Leschetizky - By Annette Hullah (Ch. 4)

    Unfortunately, very little information can be found about the English pianist/teacher, Annette Hullah. Apart from an English newspaper having announced her return from Vienna, in 1893, following the completion of her studies with Theodor Leschetizky and the publication of an American newspaper...

  30. Episode 35: Theodor Leschetizky - By Annette Hullah (Ch. 3)

    Unfortunately, very little information can be found about the English pianist/teacher, Annette Hullah. Apart from an English newspaper having announced her return from Vienna, in 1893, following the completion of her studies with Theodor Leschetizky and the publication of an American newspaper...

  31. Episode 34: Theodor Leschetizky - By Annette Hullah (Ch. 2)

    Unfortunately, very little information can be found about the English pianist/teacher, Annette Hullah. Apart from an English newspaper having announced her return from Vienna, in 1893, following the completion of her studies with Theodor Leschetizky and the publication of an American newspaper...

  32. Episode 33: Theodor Leschetizky - By Annette Hullah (Ch. 1)

    Unfortunately, very little information can be found about the English pianist/teacher, Annette Hullah. Apart from an English newspaper having announced her return from Vienna, in 1893, following the completion of her studies with Theodor Leschetizky and the publication of an American newspaper...

  33. Episode 32: Landowska on Music - By Wanda Landowska, Collected, Edited, and Translated by Denise Restout, Assisted by Robert Hawkins (Pt. III, Ch. 5)

    Born of Jewish descent in Warsaw, Poland in 1879, Wanda Landowska would go on to achieve an impressive career as a keyboardist, specializing in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. What is perhaps most remarkable about her career is...

  34. Episode 31: Landowska on Music - By Wanda Landowska, Collected, Edited, and Translated by Denise Restout, Assisted by Robert Hawkins (Pt. III, Ch. 3)

    Born of Jewish descent in Warsaw, Poland in 1879, Wanda Landowska would go on to achieve an impressive career as a keyboardist, specializing in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. What is perhaps most remarkable about her career is...

  35. Episode 30: Landowska on Music - By Wanda Landowska, Collected, Edited, and Translated by Denise Restout, Assisted by Robert Hawkins (Pt. III, Ch. 2)

    Born of Jewish descent in Warsaw, Poland in 1879, Wanda Landowska would go on to achieve an impressive career as a keyboardist, specializing in the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. What is perhaps most remarkable about her career is...

  36. Episode 29: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 12)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

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  37. Episode 28: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 11)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  38. Episode 27: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 10)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  39. Episode 26: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 9)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  40. Episode 25: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 8)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  41. Episode 24: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 7)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  42. Episode 23: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 6)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  43. Episode 22: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 5)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  44. Episode 21: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 4)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  45. Episode 20: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 3)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  46. Episode 19: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 2)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  47. Episode 18: My Life and Dancing - By Maud Allan (Ch. 1)

    Born in Toronto, Canada in 1873, Maud Allan (born Ulah Maud Allan Durrant) would go on to have an important career as a dancer, having initially begun her artistic career as a pianist. In the late 1870s, the Durrant family moved to San Francisco when, by the mid-1890s, at the recommendation of…

    more
  48. Episode 17: Leschetizky As I Knew Him - By Ethel Newcomb (Ch. 20)

    Born in Whitney Point, New York, in 1875, Ethel Newcomb would go on to have an important career as a concert pianist, having performed across Europe and the United States in the early 1900s, including under the batons of Richard Strauss and Ossip Gabrilowitsch. In later years, she devoted her...

  49. Episode 16: Leschetizky As I Knew Him - By Ethel Newcomb (Ch. 19)

    Born in Whitney Point, New York, in 1875, Ethel Newcomb would go on to have an important career as a concert pianist, having performed across Europe and the United States in the early 1900s, including under the batons of Richard Strauss and Ossip Gabrilowitsch. In later years, she devoted her...

  50. Episode 15: Leschetizky As I Knew Him - By Ethel Newcomb (Ch. 18)

    Born in Whitney Point, New York, in 1875, Ethel Newcomb would go on to have an important career as a concert pianist, having performed across Europe and the United States in the early 1900s, including under the batons of Richard Strauss and Ossip Gabrilowitsch. In later years, she devoted her...

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Forgotten stories and memoirs of female performing artists from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are brought to life in this audiobook podcast from Niagara-based classical pianist, Penny Johnson.

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