Kevin Crossley-Holland et al. in Whiteleaf, near Princes Risborough - 1950
from The Hidden Roads: A Memoir of Childhood, pages 99–100:
[M]y father began to give me singing lessons each weekend, with a view to my winning a Choral Scholarship to Saint George’s, Windsor, which provided the choir for the Chapel Royal. […]
As my father was away in London all week, my weekend lessons were long and intensive. I stood beside the Ibach baby grand to the right of my father, and the hymns I sang, or tried to sing, are tarred with the same brush as my days at Prestwood.… more >>
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Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Hidden Roads: A Memoir of Childhood (London, 2009), p. 99–100. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546711370660 accessed: 11 October, 2024
Listeners
Peter Crossley-Holland
1916-2001
Listening to
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'There is a green hill far away'
written by William Horsley |
performed by Kevin Crossley-Holland |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1950 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Sat, 05 Jan 2019 18:02:51 +0000
Approved on Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:35:58 +0100