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Janet Baker

Janet Baker was a British autobiographer, composer, diarist and singer (born 1933). She was born at Hatfield.

Also recorded as Dame Janet Baker; Dame Janet Abbott Baker.

Janet Baker in brief

Born
1933
Known for
autobiographer, composer, diarist and singer
Place of birth
Hatfield
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Recognition and collections

Janet Baker received Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Identity

Janet Baker is recorded as having received Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Léonie Sonning Music Prize and Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement. Janet Baker is recorded as autobiographer, composer, diarist and singer. Janet Baker is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Janet Baker may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Janet Baker is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q241001.

In detail

Janet Baker studied at York College for Girls. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical.

Distinctions recorded are Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement and Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal.

Chronology

  1. 1933Janet Baker born at Hatfield.
  2. 1933Janet Baker was born in 1933 at Hatfield.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Janet Baker”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q241001: Janet Baker

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