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	Podcast:		The Early Music Show
	Episode:		Kitty Clive
	Category:		Music
	Duration:		00:22:44
	Publish Date:		2012-01-30 03:00:00
	Description:		Lucie Skeaping talks to musicologist Berta Joncus about the one of the 18th Century's colourful characters, the soprano Kitty Clive. Clive was born in London in the early 18th century, and rose to become London's top singer and comic actress, and a celebrity in her day. Berta Joncus is currently writing a book about Kitty Clive, and how she fascinated audiences for decades. The programme includes music she made famous, including Arne's 'Rule Britannia', and also music written for her by Handel. First broadcast in January 2012.
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