"On Wings of Song" is a combination of two books already published on Lulu: "Sweethearts of Song: A Personal Memoir of Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth" by Jean Collen and... More > "Do You Remember Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth?" by Pamela Davies and Jean Collen. I have omitted "The Body of Work" which is published in Pamela Davies' original book. This miscellany is a memoir about the famous British duettists, Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth by two people who knew them well. Jean Collen studied with them, acted as studio accompanist to Webster Booth in the sixties and remained friends with them until their deaths. Pamela Davies was a teenage fan of the couple in the 1940s, and began corresponding with Anne Ziegler in the late 1970s when Anne and Webster returned to the UK, and became a good friend.< Less
"On Wings of Song" is a combination of two books already published on Lulu: "Sweethearts of Song: A Personal Memoir of Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth" by Jean Collen and... More > "Do You Remember Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth?" by Pamela Davies and Jean Collen. I have omitted "The Body of Work" which is published in Pamela Davies' original book. This miscellany is a memoir about the famous British duettists, Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth by two people who knew them well. Jean Collen studied with them, acted as studio accompanist to Webster Booth in the sixties an remained friends with them until their deaths. Pamela Davies was a teenage fan of the couple in the 1940s, and began corresponding with Anne Ziegler in the late 1970s when Anne and Webster returned to the UK, and became a good friend.< Less
This novel has strong leanings to a Roman à clef (a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of fiction). It was written during November 2011 for NaNoWriMo, and traces the life and... More > career of singing luminary, Malcolm Craig. He is a great tenor and has great success in his professional career, but his private life is far from tranquil. The book traces the course of his life, his career and his relationships from the 1920s to the beginning of World War Two. This is the first book of a trilogy.< Less
The updated and expanded edition of "A Scattered Garland: Gleanings from the lives of Webster Booth and Anne Ziegler" is a compilation of information taken from a wide variety of sources,... More > interspersed with my own comments.
Although the book is primarily an informal reference work rather than a story or biography, it shows the progress of Anne and Webster’s careers. It gives an interesting picture of the early career of Webster Booth after he left the D’Oyly Carte Company before he was firmly established on the road to success.
It also lists engagements of Webster's second wife, Paddy Prior.
The compilation covers Anne and Webster’s musical and theatrical ventures from Webster’s first professional engagement with D’Oyly Carte in the early nineteen-twenties to Anne’s final broadcast towards the end of the century. The book is over 400 pages in length and is liberally illustrated.< Less
