Janet Fairbank (1903-1947) was an American operatic singer.
She was the daughter of writer and suffragette Janet Ayer Fairbank and Kellogg Fairbank, the son of industrialist N. K. Fairbank; she was also the niece of Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist Margaret Ayer Barnes. Janet Ayer Fairbank (June 7 1878 - December 28, 1951) was an American author and Suffragette, socially and politically active in Nathaniel Kellogg "NK" Fairbank (1829-1903 was a Chicago industrialist whose company the N Margaret Ayer Barnes (b April 8, 1886, Chicago Illinois; d October 25 1967, Cambridge Massachusetts) was an American
A soprano, she made occasional performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Opera, the Grant Park Orchestra, and the San Carlo Opera Company. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO) is an American orchestra based in Chicago Illinois. Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading Opera companies in the United States. The San Carlo Opera Company was a touring grand opera company founded by the Italian-American impresario Fortune Gallo. She was also a patron of contemporary music, and provided encouragement and support to numerous recognized and aspiring composers including Virgil Thomson, David Diamond, Francis Poulenc, Benjamin Britten, Lou Harrison, Olivier Messiaen, Ned Rorem, Gottfried von Einem, and John Cage. For the American author with a similar name see Virgil Thompson (author Virgil Thomson ( November 25, 1896 - September David Diamond may refer to David Diamond (composer (1915–2005 American composer David Diamond (journalist David See also, Rhône-Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (fʀɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʀsɛl pulɛ̃k January 7, 1899 – January 30, Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Lou Silver Harrison ( May 14, 1917 &ndash February 2, 2003) was an American Olivier Messiaen ( December 10 1908 &ndash April 27 1992 was a French Composer, organist and ornithologist. Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is an American Composer and diarist. Gottfried von Einem ( January 24, 1918 &ndash July 12, 1996) was an Austrian Composer. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr [1]
She died in 1947 of malignant leukemia. [2]
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