Ada Jemima Crossley
Contralto singer Madame Ada Crossley had her professional debut in Sydney in January 1892.
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Wanda Landowska
Wanda Aleksandra Landowska was a Polish harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings helped revitalize the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 1900s.
Zelia N. Breaux
Zelia N. Breaux was an American music teacher and musician who played the trumpet, violin and piano who organized the first music department at Oklahoma’s Langston University, as well as the school’s first orchestra.
Astrid Gøssel
Astrid Gøssel was a music educator who worked for many years as a movement educator.
Gwen Verdon
American actor and dancer, who won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and served as an uncredited choreographer’s assistant and specialty dance coach for theater and film.
Mercedes Sosa
Haydée Mercedes Sosa was an Argentine singer popular throughout Latin America and beyond.
Mary Morello
Mary Morello is an American activist who founded anti-censorship group Parents for Rock and Rap in 1987.
Ilma de Murska
Known as “The Croatian Nightingale”, Ilma de Murska was an acclaimed 19th-century soprano opera singer.
Yvette Guilbert
Yvette Guilbert was a French cabaret singer and actress of the Belle Époque, who also starred in several early films, from 1919 to 1936.
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English musicologist, novelist and poet, known for works such as the novels Lolly Willowes and After the Death of Don Juan, the poetry collection Whether a Dove or a Seagull and several short story collections.