Stand Up Straight and Sing! (39 page)
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Authors: Jessye Norman
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debut performance at,
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Gillinson as artistic and executive director of,
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Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy
,
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performing Cage’s music at,
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Sissieretta Jones’s 1892 performance at,
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as a spiritual space,
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visits to, as student,
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woman.life.song,
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Carter, President Jimmy, Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony,
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Casa Del Mar Hotel, Santa Monica, CA, experience of racism at,
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Cassandra, in
Les Troyens
(Berlioz), as debut performance at the Met,
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castrati,
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Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, performance in,
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City,
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,
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,
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Caurier, Patrice,
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Cavafy, Constantine (“Ithaka”),
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“In the Cemetery” (“Auf dem Kirchhofe”) (Brahms),
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Chaney, James,
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Chicago Lyric Opera production of Gluck’s
Alceste
,
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childhood
clothing, dressing,
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desire to play boys’ games,
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friendships,
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–
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,
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and handling constructive criticism,
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high expectations during,
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–
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,
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and learning about Hinduism,
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and learning about racism, segregation,
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–
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,
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learning cooperation,
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learning to defend opinions,
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omnipresence of music,
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and parents’ faith,
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performing before audiences during,
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–
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,
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and pride in African American heritage,
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,
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–
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quality of education received,
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–
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sense of community,
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–
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sense of responsibility,
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strong female role models,
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Sunday family gatherings,
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watching television during,
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–
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See also
community; parents
and specific Norman relatives
A Child of Our Time
oratorio (Tippett),
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children
acceptance of differences among,
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accountability to adults,
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allowing to develop naturally,
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biological, responding to questions about,
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and the Jessye Norman School for the Arts,
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nonbiological, nurturing of,
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–
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“prodigies,” and parents’ unproductive behavior,
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children’s circle meetings,
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China
difficulties traveling to,
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surgery using Mozart’s music for pain relief,
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views on the afterlife,
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Chinese, original text for
Das Lied von der Erde
(Mahler),
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choruses, church choirs
all male,
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,
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children’s chorus at church,
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exposure to gospel singers,
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friendships through,
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,
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at Howard,
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in junior and senior high school,
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,
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learning to cooperate,
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unspoken competitions among,
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Christianity, coming to deeper understanding of,
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Christine (friend), approach to passage of time,
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Christmas, celebrating,
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Christmas concerts
Canterbury Cathedral, England,
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in the First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA,
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churches
as community centers,
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different, attending,
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importance of music/singing to,
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,
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See also
sacred spaces
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York City
memorial for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,
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memorial for Lena Horne,
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City Meals-on-Wheels (New York City),
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civil rights movement
and honoring of Rosa Parks with Congressional Gold Medal,
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integrating lunch counters,
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linking of women’s rights to,
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parents’/community involvement with,
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participation in, as middle school student,
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and risk of physical harm,
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watching TV coverage of,
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and work remaining to be done,
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See also
NAACP; Norman, Silas, Jr.
classical repertoire,
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Claudia (East German singer), defection by,
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Cleopatra (aunt),
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Clinton, President Bill
awarding Parks the Congressional Gold Medal,
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invitation from to sing at second inaugural,
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Cole, Nat “King”
exposure to through radio,
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“Stardust,”
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college, as goal,
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See also
Howard University School of Music
communicating
as goal of a good performance,
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as skill, learning as a child,
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emotions through singing,
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the meaning of words,
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See also
audiences; languages, words
community.
See
African American community; churches
compassion, importance of, for happiness,
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composers
adding music to pre-selected text,
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favorites,
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joy of working with,
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See also specific composers
concentration, importance to success,
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conductors, working with
Böhm, Karl,
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differences with, expressing honestly and tactfully,
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Glover, Jane,
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Kempe, Rudolf,
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Mehta, Zubin,
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Thomas, Michael Tilson,
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von Karajan, Herbert,
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Worby, Rachael,
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Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., one of Marian Anderson’s farewell concerts,
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Corbett, J. Walter, and Mrs.,
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courtesy.
See
respect for others
creativity, creative processes
Balanchine’s,
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Brahms’s,
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Einstein on,
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free time, play time and,
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JN’s,
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and wholeness,
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criticism, constructive
expressing honestly and tactfully,
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learning to handle,
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critics, interacting socially with,
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Crosby, Bing,
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Cross, Milton,
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C. T. Walker Elementary School, Augusta, GA
Silas Norman Sr.’s leadership of the PTA at,
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singing in chorus of,
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Czech language, and the libretto for
The Makropulos Case
,
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Danbury, CT, Marian Anderson’s home in,
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dance, dancers
adjustment of choreography for,
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Bill T. Jones’s approach to,
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and the body as a physical instrument,
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as collaboration, lessons from Nureyev,
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counting steps,
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paying attention to one’s back,
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Das Lied von der Erde
(Mahler),
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Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and Marian Anderson,
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,
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The Death of Cleopatra
(Berlioz),
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death penalty, opposition to,
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de Beauvoir, Simone,
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debut, operatic,
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“Dedication” (“Widmung”) (Schumann),
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deep breathing exercises,
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See also
breath control
the Depression, impact on southern black families,
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Der Rosenkavalier
(Strauss),
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Detroit Free Press
, inaccurate article about JN in,
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Detroit Tigers, and nephews’ first baseball game,
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Deutsch Oper Berlin
decision to leave,
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operatic debut in
Tannhäuser
,
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position and contract offer,
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,
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repertoire,
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“Devotion” (“Zueignung”) (Strauss),
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Diana, Princess of Wales,
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“Dich, teure Halle” (“You, dear treasured hall”) (
Tannhäuser
, Wagner),
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,
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,
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Dido, role of
in the
Aeneid
(Virgil),
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in
Dido and Aeneas
(Purcell),
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,
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in
Les Troyens
(Berlioz),
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,
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“Die Allmacht” (“The Almighty”) (Schubert),
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Die Frau ohne Schatten
(
The Woman Without a Shadow
) (Strauss),
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“An die Musik” (“To Music”) (Schubert),
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