Emma Lucy Gates Bowen
Emma Lucy Ann Gates Bowen (November 5, 1882 – April 30, 1951) was an American opera singer and later the wife of Albert E. Bowen, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She was often referred to as Lucy Gates and after her marriage as Lucy Gates Bowen or Lucy Bowen.
Quotes
[edit]- Music was a universal experience.
- We are part of music and music is part of us. Not all feel and sense this to the highest, yet all are touched by it as we pass this life.
- My whole soul seems to be brought out when I sing.
- BOWEN, EMMA LUCY GATES Retrieved 20 April 2025
Quotes about Emma Lucy Gates Bowen
[edit]- Miss Gates is the equal of the greatest prima donnas this country has produced.
- Often compared to Galli-Curci, the reigning prima donna of opera, she was praised for her flawless agility, purity of intonation, and dazzling style, all demonstrating a lyric charm and sensuous beauty of tone.
- Critics also praised her beauty, her stage presence, and her natural theatrical ability.
- BOWEN, EMMA LUCY GATES Retrieved 20 April 2025
- In this venture, she was very successful. There was a time, in fact, when she sold more records than any other singer of her type.
- He evidently was an enthusiastic supporter of his wife's career.
- Her voice has been described as a sweet, clear, high soprano, but without the consistently strong magnitude and volume of some of her contemporaries.
- Register of the Emma Lucy Gates Bowen Papers. Retrieved 20 April 2025
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