Clara Novello Davies
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Dame Clara Novello Davies (born in Cardiff on April 7, 1861, died in London on March 1, 1943) was a well-known Welsh singer, teacher and conductor.
Clara took her stage name from that of another famous singer born forty-three years earlier, Clara Novello. She married David Davies, a tax collector. Their son, David Ivor Davies, became better known as Ivor Novello, the actor, composer, dramatist and director.
She founded and conducted the Welsh Ladies Choir, which won prizes at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893) and the Paris Exposition (1899). She was still conducting into her seventies when her choir was invited back to the 1937 Paris Exposition.
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- Grove Music Online (subscription) (accessed 17 March 2007)
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