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806: 463: 293: 377:, and seemed oblivious to the abundant audience laughter during her performances. Her loyal friends endeavored to disguise the laughter with cheers and applause; they often described her technique to curious inquirers in "intentionally ambiguous" terms. For example, "her singing at its finest suggests the untrammeled swoop of some great bird". Favorable articles and bland reviews, published in specialty music publications such as 43: 217:. Foster attended the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies in Bethlehem, Pa. from September 1881 to March 1882, where she was among 20 students in the "Fourth Room". Shortly after 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 1881, Foster performed a vocal duet of “Two Merry Alpine Maids” as part of the annual Christmas service. Composed by Stephen Glover (1813–1870), this particular number was described by London’s 498:, who composed a song for the recital. McMoon later recalled a moment: " 'If my silhouette does not convince you yet / My figure surely will' , she put her hands righteously to her hips and went into a circular dance that was the most ludicrous thing I have ever seen. And created a pandemonium in the place. One famous actress had to be carried out of her box because she became so hysterical." 242:, built in 1897 in Philadelphia at 1530–1532 Spruce Street, on the southeast corner of 16th. The 9-story luxurious high-rise is still in operation as of 2024. Years later, she claimed to have been granted a divorce decree on March 24, 1902, although no documentation of any such ruling has been found. She retained the Jenkins surname for the remainder of her life. 2583: 261:, popular diversions in upper-crust social circles of that era. In each of these productions, Jenkins would cast herself as the main character in the final tableau, wearing an elaborate costume of her own design. In a widely republished photograph, Jenkins poses in a costume, complete with angelic wings, from her tableau inspired by 2571: 414:
Despite her careful efforts to insulate her singing from public exposure, a majority of critics favored the view that Jenkins's self-delusion was genuine. "At that time Frank Sinatra had started to sing, and the teenagers used to faint during his notes and scream," McMoon told an interviewer. "So she
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can be heard making adjustments to compensate for her constant tempo variations and rhythmic mistakes, but there was little he could do to conceal her inaccurate intonation. She was consistently flat, sometimes considerably so. Her diction was similarly substandard, particularly with foreign-language
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Once when a taxi in which she was riding collided with another car, Jenkins let out a high-pitched scream. Upon arriving home, she went immediately to her piano and confirmed (at least to herself) that the note she had screamed was the fabled F above high C, a pitch she had never before been able to
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as Jenkins. After an interim engagement at the Berkshire Theater Festival, it opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater in 2005, directed by Vivian Matalon and starring Donald Corren and Judy Kaye. Kaye summarized the difficulties of her role: "It's hard work to sing badly well. You could sing badly
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The difficult operatic arias that Jenkins chose to perform—all well beyond her technical ability and vocal range—served only to emphasize these deficiencies. "There's no way to even pedagogically discuss it," said vocal instructor Bill Schuman. "It's amazing that she's even attempting to sing that
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On July 11, 1883, ten days after the funeral of her sister and eight days before her 15th birthday, Florence married Dr. Francis Thornton Jenkins, a physician 16 years her senior, in Philadelphia (in 1880, the age of consent for marriage in Pennsylvania was ten). The following year, after learning
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Jenkins commissioned filming of her performances at the Verdi Club's signature annual event, the "Ball of the Silver Skylarks", held each October at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. All were thought lost until copies of the 1934 through 1939 and 1941 films were discovered in 2009. Jenkins historian Donald
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Since ticket distribution was out of Jenkins's control for the first time, mockers, scoffers, and critics could no longer be kept at bay. The following morning's newspapers were filled with scathing, sarcastic reviews that devastated Jenkins, according to Bayfield. " has a great voice," wrote the
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relationship that continued the rest of her life. Upon her father's death later that year, Jenkins became the beneficiary of a sizable trust, and resolved to resume her musical career as a singer with Bayfield as her manager. She began taking voice lessons and immersed herself in wealthy New York
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and a wicker basket of flowers, clicking the castanets and tossing the flowers one by one. When she ran out of flowers, she flung the basket too—and then the castanets. Her fans, aware that "Clavelitos" was her favorite song, would usually demand an encore, prompting her to send McMoon into the
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as "a gay duet, with yodel and la la passages..." In a little under a year at the Bethlehem Female Seminary, Florence Foster paid over $ 100 for music instruction and sheet music (equivalent to almost $ 3,000 in 2023 dollars). Foster’s interest in music was further evidenced by her purchase of
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According to published reviews and other contemporary accounts, Jenkins's proficiency at the piano did not translate well to her singing. She is described as having great difficulty with such basic vocal skills as pitch, rhythm, and sustaining notes and phrases. In recordings, her accompanist
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A history of the Moravian seminary for young ladies: at Bethlehem, PA. / with a catalogue of its pupils, 1785–1870. By William C. Reichel and Wm. H. Bigler. With a sketch of the school from 1742–1785, by Bishop J. Mortimer Levering, and a continuation of history and catalogue to the year
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for a general-admission performance that took place on October 25, 1944. Tickets for the event sold out weeks in advance; the demand was such that an estimated 2,000 people were turned away at the door of the 2,800-seat venue. Numerous celebrities attended, including Porter,
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On the other hand, Jenkins refused to open her performances to the general public, and was clearly aware of her detractors. "People may say I can't sing," she once remarked to a friend, "but no one can ever say I didn't sing." She dismissed her original accompanist,
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Grand Ballroom. Attendance, by personal invitation only, was restricted to her loyal clubwomen and a select few others. Jenkins handled distribution of the coveted tickets herself, carefully excluding strangers, particularly music critics. "There's no way she could
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The question of whether "Lady Florence"—as she liked to be called, and often signed her autographs—was in on the joke, or honestly believed she had vocal talent, remains a matter of debate. On the one hand, she compared herself favorably with renowned sopranos
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After an arm injury ended her aspirations as a pianist, Jenkins gave piano lessons in Philadelphia to support herself, but around 1900 she moved with her mother to New York City. In 1909, in her early forties, Jenkins met a 33-year-old British actor named
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Jenkins began giving private vocal recitals in 1912 when she was 44 years old. In 1917, she became founder and President Soprano Hostess of her own social organization, the Verdi Club. Its membership quickly swelled to over 400; honorary members included
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wrote that a Jenkins recital "was never exactly an aesthetic experience, or only to the degree that an early Christian among the lions provided aesthetic experience; it was chiefly immolatory, and Madame Jenkins was always eaten, in the end."
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critic. "In fact, she can sing everything except notes ... Much of her singing was hopelessly lacking in a semblance of pitch, but the further a note was from its proper elevation the more the audience laughed and applauded." The
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I carefully unfolded the two yellowed and now fragile clippings attached to my scrawled sheets, and suddenly it was as if I were back in that dark corner of the gloomy old Seymour Lounge, where Madame Jenkins had agreed to meet
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reach. Overjoyed, she refused to press charges against either involved party, and even sent the taxi driver a box of expensive cigars. McMoon said neither he "nor anyone else" ever heard her actually sing a high F, however.
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music store, and died a month later on November 26, 1944, at her Manhattan residence, the Hotel Seymour. She was buried next to her father in the Foster mausoleum, Hollenback Cemetery,
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hymnals. Additionally at that time, she purchased books in mythology, elementary algebra, rhetoric, and history. Florence Foster did not graduate from the Bethlehem Female Seminary.
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Foster said her interest in public performance began when she was seven years old. A pianist, she performed at society functions as "Little Miss Foster", and gave a recital at the
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records (Melotone Recording Studio, New York City, 1941–1944), produced by Jenkins, at her expense, and sold to her friends at $ 2.50 a copy. The selections include four
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had to bang his cane into his foot in order not to laugh out loud when she sang. She was that bad." Nevertheless, Porter rarely missed a recital.
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and premiered in London on April 12, 2016, and in New York on August 12, 2016. Streep was widely praised for her portrayal, and received an
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City society, joining dozens of social clubs. As the "chairman of music" for many of these organizations, she began producing lavish
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After graduating from high school, her hopes of studying music in Europe were dashed when her father refused permission and funding.
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Wallace, Irving; Amy Wallace; Sylvia Wallace; David Wallechinsky (eds.). "That's Entertainment? 6 Perfectly Wretched Performers".
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thought she was producing the same kind of an effect." "Florence didn't think she was pulling anyone's leg," said opera historian
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have known," said Schuman. "No one is that unaware ... she loved the audience reaction and she loved singing. But she knew."
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was even less charitable: "Lady Florence ... indulged last night in one of the weirdest mass jokes New York has ever seen."
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88985319622, 2016), remastered, same contents as previous RCA Victor CD but includes an interview with Cosmé McMoon
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Collup has announced plans to feature excerpts from her filmed performances in an upcoming documentary.
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who became known, and mocked, for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability.
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Garrett, Charles Hiroshi, ed. (2013). "Jenkins, Florence Foster (née Foster, Nascina Florence)".
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became generally available in the 1940s, Jenkins's disease had progressed to the tertiary stage.
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audience to retrieve flowers, basket, and castanets so that she could sing the number again.
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Despite – or perhaps because of – her technical incompetence, she became a prominent musical
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as Best New Comedy, and has since been performed in more than 40 countries in 27 languages.
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band Everyday Visuals, is "a salute to artists who stubbornly strive against long odds".
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from her husband, she ended their relationship and reportedly never spoke of him again.
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The only professional audio recordings of Jenkins consist of nine selections on five
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Five days after the concert, Jenkins suffered a heart attack while shopping at
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Liner-notes from the RCA CD, photos, and an article on Jenkins by Daniel Dixon
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Reichel, William Cornelius; Levering, J. Mortimer; Bigler, William C. (1901).
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Florence Foster Jenkins: The Inspiring True Story of the World's Worst Singer
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Some of Jenkins's performance difficulties have been attributed to untreated
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The material has since been reissued in various combinations on four CDs:
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At the age of 76, Jenkins finally yielded to public demand and booked
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Loyola University New Orleans Special Collections and Archives Online
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The Muse Surmounted: Florence Foster Jenkins and Eleven of Her Rivals
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Her recitals featured arias from the standard operatic repertoire by
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in 1954, and reissued on RCA Victor LM-2597, a 12-inch LP in 1962,
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for a while, but you'll hurt yourself if you do it for long."
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Florence Foster Jenkins & Friends: Murder on the High Cs
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Historic Films Stock Footage Archive (October 19, 2016),
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Silent Revelations: The Films of Florence Foster Jenkins
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Jenkins was the subject of the "Not My Job" segment of
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reportedly "regarded her with affection and respect".
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Narcissa Florence Foster was born July 19, 1868, in
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Index

Florence Foster Jenkins (film)

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
St. Clair Bayfield
socialite
soprano
Stephen Pile
camp
New York City
Cole Porter
Gian Carlo Menotti
Lily Pons
Sir Thomas Beecham
Enrico Caruso
William Meredith
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
diphtheria
White House
Rutherford B. Hayes
Musical Herald
syphilis
St. Clair Bayfield
cohabitation
tableaux vivants
Howard Chandler Christy
Enrico Caruso
Geraldine Farrar
"Der Hölle Rache" ("Queen of the Night" aria)
Der Hölle Rache
The Magic Flute

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