Autographs of Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Mary Ferrier CBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death.
The daughter of a Lancashire village schoolmaster, Ferrier showed early talent as a pianist, and won numerous amateur piano competitions while working as a telephonist with the General Post Office. She did not take up singing seriously until 1937, when after winning a prestigious singing competition at the Carlisle Festival she began to receive offers of professional engagements as a vocalist. Thereafter she took singing lessons, first with J. E. Hutchinson and later with Roy Henderson. Following the outbreak of the Second World War Ferrier was recruited by the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), and in the following years sang at concerts and recitals throughout the UK. In 1942 her career was boosted when she met the conductor Malcolm Sargent, who recommended her to the influential Ibbs and Tillett concert management agency. She became a regular performer at leading London and provincial venues, and made numerous BBC radio broadcasts.
In 1946 Ferrier made her stage debut in the Glyndebourne Festival premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia. A year later she made her first appearance as Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, a work with which she became particularly associated. By her own choice, these were her only two operatic roles. As her reputation grew, Ferrier formed close working relationships with major musical figures, including Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, Bruno Walter and the accompanist Gerald Moore. She became known internationally through her three tours to the United States between 1948 and 1950 and her many visits to continental Europe.
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Current items with a signature of Kathleen Ferrier

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Kathleen Ferrier Autographed Programme 1945. The Messiah, Victoria Hall, Hanley	£160.12

Traded items with a signature of Kathleen Ferrier

The most expensive item with a signature of Kathleen Ferrier (OIL PAINTING Signed Klever kaff / BY FAMOUS SINGER KATHLEEN FERRIER) was sold in October 2018 for £600.00 while the cheapest item (Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier by Christopher Fifield SIGNED 1st 2003) found a new owner for £2.99 in March 2018. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2015 with an average selling price of £118.00 for an autographed item of Kathleen Ferrier. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2016 with £500.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £19.00 was April 2024. In average, an autographed item from Kathleen Ferrier is worth £128.94.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Kathleen Ferrier were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1940s KATHLEEN FERRIER b/w RP POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH, looks like REAL INK SIGNATURE	£19.00
	1948 SIGNED Kathleen Ferrier Gerald Moore Song Recital Programme Manchester	£155.00
	Extremely rare - KATHLEEN FERRIER †41 SIGNED 2 page letter	£139.00
	Extremely rare - KATHLEEN FERRIER †41 SIGNED 2 page letter to *Winifred Lea 1942	£104.00
	Extremely RARE- KATHLEEN FERRIER †41 PETER PEARS & JOAN CROSS signed ALBUM Page	£66.66
	Extremely RARE- KATHLEEN FERRIER †41 PETER PEARS & JOAN CROSS signed ALBUM Page	£69.69
	KATHLEEN FERRIER & Others Hand-signed 3.75” x 6” album page	£39.99
	Kathleen Ferrier And Peter Pears Signed Programme - English Operatic Singers	£118.88
	Kathleen Ferrier autograph	£107.42
	Kathleen Ferrier autograph signed album page	£80.00
	Kathleen Ferrier autographed concert programme War Comforts Co Op Hall 1943	£68.00
	Kathleen Ferrier signed letter	£150.00
	Kathleen Ferrier, Operatic Contralto, SIGNED page	£104.50
	Kathleen Ferrier, SIGNED programme, 1952	£155.00
	SIGNED Benjamin Britten, Kathleen Ferrier & Peter Pears Autograph Book Page 1952	£150.00