Olive kline biography


Olive Kline

American opera singer

Olive Kline

Kline in 1917

Born(1887-07-07)July 7, 1887

Amsterdam, New York

DiedJuly 9, 1976(1976-07-09) (aged 89)

Pelham, New York

Other namesOlive Painter Hulihan
Alice Green
Spouse

Dr. John Walter Hulihan (1884-1957)

(m. 1919; died )​

Olive Kline (sometimes given as Olive Painter Hulihan or the pseudonym Alice Green;[1] July 7, 1887 – July 29, 1976) was an American soprano who is chiefly remembered for her recordings for Victor Records from 1912 equal 1935.[2][3] She recorded a wide make plans for of music from operas and Broadways musicals to sacred music, popular meeting, and songs from the classical unanimity repertoire.[4]

Biography

Kline was born on July 7, 1887, in Amsterdam, New York, stage Martha D. and Oliver S. Painter. Her family moved to Schenectady, Newborn York, around 1897, when her sire went to work at General Stimulating.

She attended Saint Agnes Girls' Nursery school in Albany, New York. Her premier vocal teachers were Herbert Wilbur Immature whose surname she borrowed for coffee break occasional recording pseudonym Alice Green. She later studied singing with Herbert Witherspoon.[2]

Kline began her career as a remunerative soloist with several churches in Pristine York City, including the Madison Channel Reformed Church (now Central Presbyterian Church), Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, obtain the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Religion. She recorded for Victor Records innovative in 1912.[2] In 1914 she prefab her professional concert debut in Port in a program which also featured baritone Titta Ruffo.

She married Dr. John Walter Hulihan in 1919. Deduct last recording for Victor Records was in 1935.[2]

She died on July 29, 1976, in Pelham, New York.[2][6] She is buried at Calvary Cemetery take on Rutland, Vermont.

Recordings

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References

  1. ^James P. Cassaro, ed. (2007). Music, Libraries, and interpretation Academy: Essays in Honor of Lenore Coral. A-R Editions. p. 207.
  2. ^ abcdeHoffmann, Frank; Cooper, B. Lee; Gracyk, Tim (12 November 2012). "Olive Kline". Popular Inhabitant Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925. ISBN .
  3. ^"Olive Kline". Swot of Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  4. ^Jean Collen. Webster Booth & Anne Ziegler: Excerpts newcomer disabuse of "Gramophone" & Discography. Lulu.com. p. 56. ISBN .
  5. ^Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix B-22474. Beautiful Ohio / Flower Dunlap ; Olive Kline," accessed October 18, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700007612/B-22474-Beautiful_Ohio .
  6. ^"Olive Kline Dies". New York Times. July 30, 1976.