- Butterworth, Annie
[E] Butterworth, Annie, contralto vocalist.
Educated at R.A.M. Westmoreland scholar,
1871 ; Nilsson prize, 1878. A.R.A.M. She
won the first prize for contralto singing at the
National Music Meetings at the Crystal
Palace, July, 1875, and sang at the Crystal
Palace concerts twice in- March, 1876, in
Beethoven's choral symphony, etc. She soon
gained a high position as a concert singer,
but her career was brief. She died at the age
of 33, at Hendon, December 9th, 1885.entry id: 73-L-23
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