Singers of the Century – J.B. Steane

Singers of the Century – J.B. Steane

Singers of the Century

‘It makes one resolve when thinking of the singer, to spare some thought also for the human being.’ – I loved this quote from the book, if really shows J.B. Steane’s devotion to the singers he likes. For me, this book was not so well put together, mainly, in my mind, due to how short the biographies had to be to fit in 50 of them.  At times, they seem to lead down blind allies of non-comprehension.

Over all I liked reading about all these great singers, but the cohesion just wasn’t there, but it was refreshing to see there are all types at the top and they are all very much ‘human beings’.