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Authors: Jessye Norman
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Hilliard Station Baptist Church, Washington, GA,
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Hippolyte et Aricie
(Rameau), role of Phèdre,
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,
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–
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Hiroshima, Japan, commemorative recital in,
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–
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“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” (Gabriel),
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A History of Western Music course (Howard University),
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H. L. Green stores, integration efforts,
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Hollywood Bowl performances,
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Holocaust, commemorations of, in 1995,
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“Holy Mother” (“Ave Maria”) (Schubert),
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–
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honesty
importance of,
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,
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and learning to handle criticism,
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and tact,
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–
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Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy
Ask Your Mama! Twelve Moods for Jazz
(Hughes and Karpman),
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conception,
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developing,
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,
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–
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directing and curating,
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–
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Sacred Ellington
,
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honorary doctorate degrees,
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–
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Horne, Lena
and Arlen’s “Stormy Weather,”
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memorial for,
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Hotel Arts, Barcelona, Spain,
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hotels, experiences of racism,
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–
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Howard University, Washington, D.C.
honorary doctorate,
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pre-med studies,
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racist speech at,
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–
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Howard University School of Music, Washington, D.C.
arrival,
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–
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choir performance honoring Parks,
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–
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first visit to,
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full-tuition scholarship offer,
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–
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A History of Western Music course,
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Marian Anderson concert,
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musical training,
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performance of
Fidelio,
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undergraduate education,
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,
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,
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How! Do! We! Do!
collaboration with Bill T. Jones,
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Hubert, Mrs. (neighbor),
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Hughes, Langston
Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz
(book),
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Ask Your Mama!
(multimedia),
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discrimination experienced by,
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–
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as favorite of Janie Norman,
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humility
and accepting criticism,
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developing, importance,
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Marian Anderson’s,
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,
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mother’s,
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Humphrey, Hubert,
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Hungarian language
learning,
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and the libretto for
Bluebeard’s Castle
,
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–
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hymns, lining,
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“I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls,”
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“I Have a Dream” speech (King),
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–
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“I’ll Walk with God,”
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Il Trovatore
(Verdi)
libretto, and suspension of disbelief,
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“Stride la vampa” (“The rising blades of fire”),
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“Im Abendrot” (“Glow of the Evening”) (von Eichendorff), in
Four Last Songs
(Strauss),
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independent spirit
as child,
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–
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and following own professional path,
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Indiana University voice department, Bloomington,
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inequity, speaking out against,
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,
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,
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instrumental music,
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international music competition,
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“In That Great Gettin’ Up Morning, Hallelu, Hallelu,”
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“Island of the Unknown” (“L’île inconnue”), in
Les nuits d’été
, (Berlioz),
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–
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“Isolde’s Liebestod” (“Isolde’s Love-Death and Transfiguration”), in
Tristan und Isolde
(Wagner),
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–
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Israel
performance of “Jerusalem” at Masada,
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–
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performance of
Till Eulenspiegel
with Israel Philharmonic,
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–
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“Ithaka” (Cavafy),
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“I Want Two Wings,”
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jacks, playing,
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Jackson, Jesse,
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Jackson, Mahalia,
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Janáček, Leoš
first exposure to,
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The Makropulos Case
,
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–
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Japan
Hiroshima commemorative recital,
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–
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Living National Treasures,
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–
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Matsumoto Music Festival,
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–
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jazz
combo with Mark Markham,
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listening to, as calming,
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See also
Ellington, Edward Kennedy “Duke”
“Jerusalem,” Masada performance,
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–
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Jessye Norman School for the Arts (JNSA), Augusta, GA,
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–
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Jesus College, Cambridge, England, naming honorary fellow of,
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–
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“Jesus Loves Me,”
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“Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam,”
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center Honors,
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–
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Jones, Quincy,
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Jones, Sissieretta,
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Judeo-Christian doctrine, as foundation philosophical belief,
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Julius (accompanist),
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,
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–
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junior high school.
See
A. R. Johnson Junior High School
Justin (student at JNSA), discovery of innate talents,
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–
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“Kaddish” (Ravel’s arrangement)
learning about prior to performing,
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recital performances,
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–
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Karpman, Laura (
Ask Your Mama! Twelve Moods for Jazz
),
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–
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,
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Kempe, Rudolf,
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Kennedy, Caroline,
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Kennedy, John F.,
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Kennedy, John, Jr.,
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kindness and compassion, importance,
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,
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,
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King, James,
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King, Martin Luther, Jr.
assassination,
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,
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–
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faith, spirit,
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“I Have a Dream” speech,
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–
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on the need to demand freedom,
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reverence for among family and friends,
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speech at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta,
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–
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view of as leader and prophet,
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Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria, debut performance,
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Kuchta, Gladys,
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La Barbara, Joan,
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The Lady from Philadelphia
(documentary),
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Lampert, Brian,
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Lamperti, Francesco,
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Lang, Jack,
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Lang, Monique,
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languages, words
communicating meaning of when singing,
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,
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–
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,
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–
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foreign, singing in and need to understand and speak,
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,
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French,
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,
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German,
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Hebrew,
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,
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–
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,
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Italian,
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racist language,
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simultaneous translations,
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updating, retranslating libretti,
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La voix humaine
(Poulenc)
performances in Tokyo,
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singing on same evening as
Erwartung
,
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Lead Belly (“There’s a Man Going ’Round Taking Names”),
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–
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Leahy, Senator Patrick,
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“Leise flehen meine Lieder” (“My songs lie gently on the wind”) (Schubert),
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Leiser, Moshe,
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Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts
(television show),
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Le sacre du printemps
(Stravinsky),
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Les nuits d’été
(Berlioz), “L’île inconnue” (“Island of the Unknown”),
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–
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Les Troyens
(Berlioz)
and introduction to Marian Anderson,
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–
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as operatic treasure,
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role of Cassandra,
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role of Dido,
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Levine, James
collaboration with on
Erwartung,
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performing
Ariadne auf Naxos
with,
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pleasure of working with,
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Lewis, Congressman John,
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–
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Library of Congress,
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libretti
and learning to connect words and meaning,
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–
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and the suspension of disbelief,
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wording and translations,
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–
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ligaments, vocal, caring for,
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lighting designers
collaborations with,
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and opera performances,
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“L’île inconnue” (“Island of the Unknown”) (Berlioz),
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–
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Lincoln Center, Great Performers production at,
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–
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Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Anderson’s 1939 concert,
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–
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lining a hymn,
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Living National Treasures of Japan,
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–
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Louise (aunt)
at age eighty-seven,
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at 50th anniversary celebration of March on Washington,
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as model and mentor,
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Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti),
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–
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Lucy C. Laney High School, Augusta, GA
chorus,
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medical school plans,
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Reese as principal of,
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senior prom,
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–
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Ma, Yo-Yo,
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Machel, Gra**ça,
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Mahler, Gustav
Das Lied von der Erde
,
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performing songs by,
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The Songs of a Wayfarer
,
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maid roles, invitations to play,
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Mamie (grandmother)
churning butter,
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–
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enduring beauty, strength, and independence,
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–
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harmonium (pedal organ),
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