Margaret Cooper The Diva of the Humorous Song

 

   Margaret Cooper (1877-1922) was an entertainer at the piano, popular in the first quarter of the twentieth century and at one time reputedly the highest paid female star. She sang her light and witty ballads in a light soprano, but much of her appeal was in the way she presented her art, which was a performance in itself. There has hitherto been no substantial profile of any kind about her, since she published her own slim volume of memoirs in 1909. Until now, that is, because she is one of the principal subjects of my book The Lost World of Music Hall (Bear Manor Media, 2021). La Cooper was a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, who found success against all the odds on the vaudeville stage. See details here