TY - BOOK AU - Foster, Roland, TI - Come listen to my song: reminiscences of music and travel in two worlds and two eras AV - ML420.F75 C6 1949 U1 - 782.42092 20 PY - 1949/// CY - London ; , Sydney PB - Collins KW - Singers KW - Correspondence N1 - Includes index; PART ONE STUDENT AND SINGER (London Liverpool and the Provinces); Prelude: From Old England to Young Australia --; 1. Myself When Young --; 2. Early Responsibilities: Ledgers and £.s.d. --; 3. A Hundred Years of Song --; 4. Music on Merseyside in the 'Nineties --; 5. Breaking into Song --; 6. London Days and London Ways --; 7. Learning and Earning --; 8. Agents and Aspirants --; 9. Myself, McCormack and Caruso --; 10. Dramatic and Operatic Experiences --; 11. The Godess Fortuna: Some Unexpected Opportunities --; 12. A Welsh Prophetess: The Future Foretold --; 13. Summer Songs and Scenes --; 14. Provincial Peregrinations and Musical Mishaps --; PART TWO A WORLD-TOUR WITH CLARA BUTT AND KENNERLEY RUMFORD; 15. European Concerts --; 16. New York: a White Christmas --; 17. Across America by Private Pullman --; 18. Where is Australia? --; 19. Antipodean Adventures; a Semi-Royal Progress --; 20. Valediction: A Wonderful Couple --; PART THREE TEACHING, TRAVELLING AND TALKING (Australia and Some Other Countries); 21. Anchored to Australia --; 22. Sydney Then and Now --; 23. Henri Verbrugghen: a Great Little Man --; 24. Re-visiting London, U.S.A. and Europe --; 25. Conservatorium Chronicles --; 26. Our Present Chief and Staff --; 27. Around the World Again --; 28. London Links withSydeny --; 29. Music Week, the Eisteddfod and other Organisations --; 30. Successful Students --; 31. The Teaching and Singing --; 32. Colds and their Consequences --; 33. Finding Another Melba --; 34. Were They Greater Then? Reflections and Comparisons; A Final Cadence ER -