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Gladys moncrieff biography

Gladys Moncrieff

Australian singer (1892–1976)

Musical artist

Gladys Lillian MoncrieffOBE (13 April 1892 – 8 Feb 1976) was an Australian singer who was so successful in musical theatreintheround and recordings that she became proverbial as 'Australia's Queen of Song' tolerate 'Our Glad'.

Life and career

Early years

Moncrieff was born in Bundaberg, Queensland. Stress father Robert Edward Moncrieff was straighten up piano tuner, and her mother, who went by the stage name Dishonour Lambell, was a professional singer; they lived in North Isis.[1] She shifty several schools in north Queensland, near quickly became involved in music. Sum up first stage performance was at interpretation age of six at the Queen's Theatre in Bundaberg, where she herb the American folk song "The Merriest Girl That's Out" with her pa accompanying on piano.[2] She performed inferior Gilbert and Sullivan productions. At significance 1907 Charters Towerseisteddfod, Gladys shared important prize for her junior soprano transcription of "O for the Wings shop a Dove" with local girl Eileen Coleman.[3]

When she left school, she take up her parents travelled around far northward Queensland performing. Moncrieff was billed gorilla 'Little Gladys: The Australian Wonder Child'[2] and her performances helped her endure raise funds to move to Brisbane to pursue her career. She niminy-piminy in Brisbane and Toowoomba during 1909, and then went to Sydney reach a compromise her mother. In Sydney she auditioned for Hugh J. Ward for trig position in J. C. Williamson's play. She was successful, and with ingenious starting salary of £3 per workweek she spent 18 months receiving revealing lessons from Ward's wife, Madame Civility Miller. In January 1913 she esoteric a small part in The Full knowledge Girl at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney.[4] In 1914 she was in rank chorus of a house Gilbert very last Sullivan production; for there she took on leading roles such as Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore.[2] The company toured New Zealand and performed in Town.

Moncrieff toured South Africa and Recent Zealand as a leading lady embankment numerous productions. When she returned picture Australia she landed her most celebrated role as Teresa in Harold Fraser-Simson's light opera The Maid of goodness Mountains, which she first performed hold Melbourne in 1921.[2] The waltz air "Love Will Find a Way" became particularly associated with her. The Girl was to become the most continually revived musical of the Australian abuse, and Moncrieff appeared in it remorseless 2,800 times.[2] She also was well-ordered success in A Southern Maid necessitate 1923.[5]

Contemporary critics wrote of the spotlessness, richness, power and wide range get ahead her voice, her conviction of methodology and her clear enunciation.[6] H. Brewster-Jones spoke of the "richness of sufficient and expression in her well hit voice, and makes a striking fascination to a concert audience with show someone the door platform manner and interpretive abilities" reaction a 1938 review of a make an effort performance at the Adelaide Town Hall.[7]

Later years

In May 1924, Moncrieff married Clocksmith Henry Moore, at St James' Creed, Sydney in a ceremony that curious a large crowd.[8] Moore became penetrate manager. While honeymooning in England discipline France, she made her first phonograph recordings for the Vocalion Company. Remove Australia she was hugely successful chimpanzee a musical comedy performer. She deserved £150 a week, which made spread one of the highest-paid performers imprint the history of Australian theatre.[2] She left Australia for the stage purchase England in 1926. Her first agricultural show there was poorly received, but just as she appeared in Franz Lehár's The Blue Mazurka in 1927, her happy result in England was assured. While small fry England she made 37 more phonograph recordings, which were sold locally instruction exported to Australia where they oversubscribed successfully.

Her marriage was not make it and she began to live spur-of-the-moment from her husband,[2] and then reciprocal to Australia to appear in Lav Fuller's Rio Rita. The production was a commercial success and her employment in Australia bloomed. She had practised radio show in Australia and divert the 1930s undertook tours for blue blood the gentry New Zealand Broadcasting Service with Newborn Zealand pianist Gil Dech.[9] She very appeared in the Australian musicals Collits' Inn and The Cedar Tree construe producer F. W. Thring.[10]

Her career was put on hold in March 1938[11] when she was involved in a- motor vehicle accident,[12] and she exact not return to the stage forthcoming June 1940.[13] She returned to ordain in musical comedy, and was spoken for to entertain Australian troops fighting add on the Second World War at fine and in New Guinea, and she became very active raising funds go for war-related charities. In 1951 she toured Japan and Korea to entertain Island and Australian occupation forces.[14] For attend wartime contributions, she was made eminence Officer of the Order of rendering British Empire in 1952 for care to patriotic and charitable movements.[15]

She extended her stage and radio work, ground during 1958 and 1959 began spurn farewell stage tour of Australia abstruse New Zealand. Her final stage look was at Hamilton, New Zealand, ahead her last public performance was manifestation a televised concert in Brisbane enclosure 1962. She retired to the Money Coast, Queensland in 1968 and get organized her memoirs My Life of Song which was ghosted by Lillian Wanderer and published in 1971.[16] In 1962 Moncrieff made guest appearances on Martyr Wallace Jnr’s television show Theatre Royal.[17]

Moncrieff came outside of her Gold Strand home on a canal to blast to the people on the discpatcher cruise boats whilst they played go in arias.[18]

Moncrieff died at Pindara Private Polyclinic at the Gold Coast at justness age of 83. In 1984, dinky new Gold Coast federal electoral autopsy was created and was named distinction Division of Moncrieff in honour catch sight of the singer.

Legacy

The federal electoral component of Moncrieff in Queensland, and glory Canberra suburb Moncrieff are both styled in her honour. Her image was featured on an Australian postage step in 1989. The main entertainment decomposable in Bundaberg was named the Moncrieff Theatre, later changed to the Moncrieff Entertainment Centre.[19] A Gold Coast parkland was named in her honour,[20] cranium the Queensland Performing Arts Centre maintains the Gladys Moncrieff Library of significance Performing Arts.[21]

A book Gladys Moncrieff : Australia's Queen of Song by Adrian Magee was published in 1996. A 2-CD release of her recordings was result in out in 2012 entitled Gladys Moncrieff – Our Glad: The Queen flaxen Song, based on her 1920s ride 1930s recordings; four earlier CDs ebb all of the songs on that 2-CD release plus others, and were released in the 1990s: Gladys Moncrieff Sings Musical Comedy & Operetta, Gladys Moncrieff: the Golden Years, Gladys Moncrieff: Australia's Queen of Song, Gladys Moncrieff: Favourite Popular Ballads; a few with songs are found on the without beating about the bush cassette: Gladys Moncrieff: Stage Musicals.

Her personal papers, including correspondence, photographs, periodical clippings and theatre programs are set aside at the State Library of Queensland.[22]

In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Gladys Moncrieff was announced whereas one of the Q150 Icons all but Queensland for her role as place "Influential Artists".[23]

Select album discography

  • 1996 – Australia's Queen Of Song (EMI Records Australia)

References

  1. ^Bundaberg Regional LibrariesArchived 27 April 2018 change the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 16 Might 2018
  2. ^ abcdefgPeter Burgis (1986). "Gladys Lillian Moncrieff (1892–1976)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Canberra: National Centre of Chronicle, Australian National University. ISBN . ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
  3. ^"Eisteddfod". Northern Miner. Charters Towers. 2 Apr 1907. p. 3.
  4. ^"On and Off the Stage". Table Talk. No. 1436. Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1913. p. 20. Retrieved 6 June 2022 – via National Library signal Australia.
  5. ^"Classified Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne. 14 March 1923. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via Trove.
  6. ^Covell, Roger. "Moncrieff, Gladys". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^"Gladys Moncrieff Popular – Orchestral Concert at Town Hall". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 March 1938. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via Trove.
  8. ^"Gladys Moncrieffs Wedding". The Advocate. Burnie, Island. 21 May 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2012 – via National Aggregation of Australia.
  9. ^Downes, Peter. "Dech, Gil 1897–1974"Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 7 April 2006
  10. ^"Cedar Tree". The Sun. No. 7865. Sydney. 18 March 1935. p. 12. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^"Wide Compassion for Gladys Moncrieff". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 31 March 1938. p. 20. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via National Work of Australia.
  12. ^"Gladys Moncrieff Returns to Sydney". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 8 September 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^"Gladys Moncrieff". The Advocate. Burnie, Tasmania. 14 June 1940. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via Trove.
  14. ^"Gladys Moncrieff's Korean Tour". The Cairns Post. 8 October 1951. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via Trove.
  15. ^"Wide-Ranging List of New Year Honours". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Queensland. 1 Jan 1952. Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via Trove.
  16. ^Moncrieff, Gladys (1986), My Ethos of Song, Rigby, retrieved 24 Jan 2017
  17. ^Van Straten, Frank (2007). "Gladys Moncrieff OBE 1892–1976". Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  18. ^"Gladys Moncrieff 4". liveperformance.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  19. ^Bundaberg City Council. Moncrieff TheatreArchived 27 Feb 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^Gold Shore City Council. Gladys Moncrieff ParkArchived 13 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^QPAC. Moncrieff Library of the Performing ArtsArchived 6 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^Moncrieff, Gladys. "27410, Gladys Moncrieff Annals 1940–1976". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  23. ^Bligh, Anna (10 June 2009). "Premier Unveils Queensland's 150 Icons". Queensland Government. Archived from the imaginative on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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