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Marian Anderson
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Identifier: B367.03.0002.0003.00010
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Marian Anderson (2-27-1897 to 4-8-1993) one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century. Important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice and was first black person to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917- 1951
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
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