Priscilla Moody et al. in Portsmouth - between late 19th Century and mid 20th Century
from The memoirs of Alice Maud Chase, pages 52-53:
I could not or I would not learn to play the piano. St Cecilia never smiled upon my Natal Day. [My sister] Ruby put me so much in the shade, I did not dare to venture. But I could sing. I could always sing. Even my father acknowledged that fact. Sometimes he took one of us to chapel with him and once I heard my mother ask him, “Which one will you take this morning?” and he answered, “I’ll take the … more >>
cite as
Alice Maud Chase, The memoirs of Alice Maud Chase. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 1:141, p. 52-53. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529476546953 accessed: 3 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersUnspecified songs | performed by Alice Maud Chase |
'There's a Friend for Little Children'
written by Sir John Stainer |
performed by Alice Maud Chase |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between late 19th Century and mid 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, in public, solitary |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:35:47 +0100
Approved on Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:07:29 +0100