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wrote: "The part of the Angel was given by Miss Muriel Foster with the wonderfully beautiful and genuine voice ..." She had previously sung in Elgar's
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in 1896. The Foster sisters performed at the Popular Concerts in 1899 in duets, Hilda retiring in 1900 upon marriage. Muriel Foster performed in
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and the provinces, as well as in Germany, the Netherlands, Russia and the USA. She had a command of a number of languages.
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in 1877. She was one of twin daughters; her sister was Hilda Foster. Muriel and Hilda studied at the
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In 1906 she married Ludovic Goetz, and later both changed their surname to Foster.
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She was a personal friend of Elgar and sang in the first performance of his
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describes her voice as "one of the most beautiful voices of her time".
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She also performed in lieder recitals, her regular accompanist being
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contralto
Grove's Dictionary
Sunderland
Royal College of Music
Hubert Parry
Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius
Julius Buths
Düsseldorf
Manchester Guardian
Sea Pictures
Brahms
Alto Rhapsody
Coronation Ode
The Apostles
The Kingdom
The River
The Music Makers
A Child Asleep
Max Bruch
Willem Mengelberg
Royal Philharmonic Society
Anthony Bernard
London
Charles Villiers Stanford
Clara Butt


Eric Blom

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