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Arthur Foxton Ferguson
Arthur Foxton Ferguson (3 January 1866 – 2 November 1920) an early-20th-century English baritone, lecturer, and German translator who founded The Folk-Song Quartet.
Life and education.
Arthur Foxton Ferguson was born 3 January 1866 at 25 Albion Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, to Emma and William Ferguson, a bank manager. He had six siblings including William Harold Ferguson (1874–1950).
As a child, he began at Coatham and progressed to Leeds Grammar School. He then went
Dreamland", song, setting text by Christina Rossetti
- "Tears, idle tears", song (1903), setting text by Tennyson
- "The splendour falls", song, setting text by Tennyson
- "The Winter's Willow", song (1903); from the William Barnes poem of the same name
- "Adieu", duet, translated from German by Arthur Foxton Ferguson (1903)
- "Think of Me", duet, translated from German by Arthur Foxton Ferguson