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Hannah Shwayder Berry Public Talk for Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, 1983 October 1
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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00118
Abstract
Topics covered include singing at local churches and a trip to New York, sings a number of songs in recording.
Dates:
1983 October 1
Oral history interview with William Warfield, 1999 August 4, 2003
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Identifier: M450.05.00011
Abstract
William Warfield recounts his early experiences of studying music with well-known artists such as Robert Nathaniel Dett and Paul Robeson, and some of his early performance experiences. He discusses his approach to performing any musical work, including spirituals and classical works, in which he visualizes what the music is saying before and while he performs it. He describes the spiritual as a folk song that is part of the cultural inheritance of all Americans, and believes that the...
Dates:
1999 August 4; Issued: 2003