Butt, Dame Clara (singer), 1872-1936

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Dame Clara Ellen Butt, DBE (1 February 1872 - 23 January 1936), sometimes called Clara Butt-Rumford after her marriage in 1900 to baritone Kennerley Rumford, was an English contralto with a remarkably imposing voice and a surprisingly agile singing technique. Her main career was as a recitalist and concert singer. Link to catalogue record.Link to finding aid.

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