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ADELAIDE PHILLIPS (1833-1882)

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

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