Marian Anderson (redirected from Marion anderson)

Anderson, Marian 

Born Feb. 17, 1902, in Philadelphia. American operatic and concert singer (contralto). Negro by origin.

Marian Anderson studied singing with M. Patterson and G. Boghetti. She began her concert career after receiving first prize in a competition for vocalists in New York (1925). She performed on tour in many countries, including the USSR in 1934–35. Endowed with a lovely, powerful voice of unusually large range and a distinguished musical talent, she performs works of diverse character and style. Her repertoire includes works by J. S. Bach, L. Beethoven, J. Brahms, G. Mahler, G.Gershwin, F. Schubert, R. Schumann, and other composers, as well as Negro folk songs. She made her debut on the operatic stage in 1955 (Ulrica in Verdi’s The Masked Ball). She was the first Negro singer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera (New York).

WORKS

My Lord, What a Morning. New York, 1956.

REFERENCE

Vehanen, K. Marian Anderson. . . . New York, 1941.