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PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 406 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHILLIPS, See also:ADELAIDE (1833-1882) , See also:American See also:contralto See also:singer, was See also:born at See also:Stratford-on-See also:Avon, Rngland, her See also:family emigrating to See also:America in 1840. Her See also:mother taught dancing, and Adelaide began a career or, the See also:Boston See also:stage at ten years old. But in i85o her See also:talent for singing became evident, and through jenny See also:Lind and others she was sent to See also:London and to See also:Italy to study. In 1855 she returned to America an accomplished vocalist; and for many years she was the leading American contralto, equally successful in See also:oratorio and on the See also:concert See also:platform. She died at See also:Carlsbad on the 3rd of See also:October 1882.

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