Geraldine Farrar(1882-1967)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Famed singer and author Geraldine Farrar was educated in public schools
and then became a music student of Mrs. J.H. Long, Trabadello, Emma
Thursby, Lilli Lehman and Graziani. Her 1901 debut was at the Royal
Opera House in Berlin, in the role of Marguerite in "Faust". From 1906-22 she was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. During
World War II she was active in the Red Cross and the AWVS, and also
made many lecture tours. She wrote two autobiographies. Joining ASCAP
in 1936, her songwriting credits include "Ecstasy of Spring", "Here
Beauty Dwells", "The Tryst", "The Alder Tree", "The Mirage", "Oh, Thou
Field of Waving Corn", "Morning", "The Fountain", "The Dream", and
"Love Comes and Goes" (all based on the music of
Sergei Rachmaninoff), "The
Whole World Knows", "Dear Homeland", "Fair Rosemarin" (all based on
Fritz Kreisler themes") and "Tears"
(based on a theme by
Modest Mussorgsky).
