Autobiographical reminiscences of African-American classical singers, 1853-present : introducing their spiritual heritage into the concert repertoire / Elizabeth Nash ; with a preface by Badi G. Foster.
| Author/creator | Nash, Elizabeth, 1934- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2007. |
| Description | viii, 511 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The singer / Eva Jessye -- Black influences in the American theater: part 1 / Langston Hughes -- Three prima donnas. Black women and classical music / Josephine Wright -- The black swan -- Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield -- Her favorite is "L'Africaine" -- Sissieretta Jones: Evening News Detroit Times -- Interview with Faith Fenton -- Sissieretta Jones: Commercial (Louisville) -- Has sung around the world -- An artist of rare culture / S. E. Wilson -- Original Fisk University Jubilee singers. Black spirituals: their emergence into public knowledge / Donna J. Epstein -- Benjamin M. Holmes: the Jubilee singers, and their campaign for twenty thousand dollars -- Jennie Jackson: the Jubilee singers -- Minnie Tate: the Jubilee singers -- The Jubilee singers on the ocean and in Europe / Maggie Porter Cole -- Maggie Porter Cole / W. Barton Beatty -- Thomas Rutling: the Jubilee singers -- My life since leaving the Jubilee singers / Thomas Rutling -- Reminiscences of Jubilee singers / Georgia Gordon Taylor -- Julia Jackson: the Jubilee singers -- Mabel Lewis: the Jubilee singers -- Some hotel experiences / Mabel Lewis Imes -- Reminiscences of Jubilee singers / Hinton D. Alexander -- Washerwomen, maumas, exodusters, jubileers / Dorothy Sterling, editor -- Early 20th century singers. The colored girl beautiful / E. Azalia Hackley -- What madame Azalia Hackley accomplished / Elizabeth Jones -- Hints to young colored artists / E. Azalia Hackley -- Has a negro a place in the theatre / Jules Bledsoe -- The struggle of the negro musician / Carl Diton -- The actors in "Hallelujah" didn't get enormous salaries / Eva Jessye -- The adorable Abbie Mitchell / Ruby Berkley Goodwin -- My song is nothing / Roland Hayes as told to Laura Haddock -- 1930-present - secular. The black performer: it's been a long, hard road from the minstrels to the Met / George Shirley -- To sing. But where? A singer who believes there is no set pattern for success / Todd Duncan -- The master singer: a pioneering performer looks back on a life in which he broke new ground not only as an artist but as a fighter for justice: an interview with Todd Duncan / Elizabeth Nash and Patricia Turner -- A day with Camilla Williams / Elizabeth Nash -- At the Metropolitan / Marian Anderson -- A later statement by the author / Paul Robeson -- Arts in the ghetto / Dorothy Maynor -- Creating elitism / Betty Allen -- Collard greens and caviar (1) / Robert Jacobson -- Collard greens and caviar (2) / Robert Jacobson -- The tradition continues / William Warfield with Alton Miller -- Shirley Verrett / Fred Morsell -- Welcoming remarks / Shirley Verrett -- Grace Bumbry / Fred Morsell -- Bayreuth / Simon Estes with Mary L. Swanson -- Jessye Norman: "I want to communicate, to be understood in many ways and on many levels" / William Livingstone -- The memoirs of Sylvia Olden Lee, premier African-American classical vocal coach / Sylvia Olden Lee and Elizabeth Nash -- Miss Margaret's way / James A. Van Sant -- On the beat / Brian Kellow -- Lunch with a young American artist: Herbert Perry / Carol Kimball -- Conversation piece: Mark S. Doss / Bruce Duffie -- Diva, Inc. / Brian Kellow -- 1920-Present - sacred. The ol' tunes / Paul Laurence Dunbar -- My soul is a witness: a digression on the black church and the spiritual / Rosalyn M. Story -- Preface / James Weldon Johnson -- The social implications of the negro spiritual / John Lovell Jr. -- John Work: martyr and singer: the crisis -- The development of the music of the negro from the folk song to the art song and the art chorus / John Wesley Work -- Respect spirit of negro song, is plea of Fisk leader, J. A. Myers, tenor and director of famous university singers, discusses the music of his people / J. A. Myers -- A warning against over-refinement of the negro spiritual: primitive ruggedness often lost in modern attempts to glorify folk music - something about "Exaltations" / Marion Kerby -- Edward H. Boatner tells what the spiritual really means to the negro / Edward H. Boatner -- On spirituals / Harry T. Burleigh -- Songs of protest: a review / Hall Johnson -- Preface / Hall Johnson -- My songs / Roland Hayes -- Spiritual distortion / Norman L. Merrifield -- Songs I sing / Marian Anderson -- Love will find out the way / Paul Robeson -- The African-American spiritual: traditions and performance practices / Marian V. Curtis and Lee V. Cloud -- Tenor George Shirley: you have to translate the composer and the poet -- The memoirs of Sylvia Olden Lee, premier African-American classical vocal coach / Sylvia Olden Lee and Elizabeth Nash. |
| Abstract | This comprehensive book of autobiographical writings, interviews, and articles reveals the thoughts and lives of African-American musicians, examining their place in musical performance and their role in introducing the Negro spiritual into the classical repertoire. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-505) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007028006 |
| ISBN | 9780773452503 |
| ISBN | 0773452508 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML400 .N256 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |