Her father had forbidden her to continue singing and he had reason to, but she persisted and eventually she performed for a sold out Carnegie Hall a month before she died. There's hope for all rejected Idol boys and girls.
Hear Florence Foster Jenkins sing Mozart and Strauss:
http://www.counterpoint-music.com/raclips/ffj1.ram
http://www.counterpoint-music.com/raclips/ffj2.ram
More Florence links:
http://www.maxbass.com/Florence-Foster-Jenkins.htm
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins
>http://www.counterpoint-music.com/specialties/ffj.html (here you can find more examples of "aural curiosities")
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