recording with James Levine, [>]
singing together with La voix humaine, [>]–[>]
Estés, Clarissa Pinkola, [>]–[>]
Esther (aunt), visits with, [>]–[>]
Europe
acceptance of diversity in the arts, [>]–[>]
European opera houses, [>]–[>], [>]
performing in, cash payments, [>]–[>]
Evans, Viola, [>]–[>]
Evers, Medgar, [>]
“Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit,” [>]
Expressionism, German, [>]
faith
and compassion, [>]
continuous development of, [>]
early lessons and beliefs, [>]–[>]
importance of, [>]
and Judeo-Christian doctrine, [>]–[>]
Marian Anderson’s, [>]
and participation in civil rights movement, [>]–[>]
and the presence of grace, [>]–[>]
See also churches; spirituality
Falmouth, MA, [>]
farm, maternal grandparents’, [>]–[>]
Fax, Mark, [>]
Felsenstein, Walter, [>]
Festival of Aix-en-Provence, [>]
Fidelio (Beethoven)
concert performance while at Howard, [>]
“O namenlose Freude” (“Oh Joy Beyond Naming”), [>]
recording in Dresden, [>]–[>]
fioritura/coloratura singing, [>]
The Firestone Hour (television show), [>]–[>]
First Baptist Church, Augusta, GA, [>]–[>]
Fischer, President Heinz, [>]
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, [>]–[>]
fishing, [>]–[>]
Fitzgerald, Ella, [>]
Fitzgerald, Geraldine, [>]
flowers, love for, [>], [>]. See also orchids
Floyd (uncle), visits with, [>]–[>]
French language, [>], [>]
French music, [>]
French National Museum of Natural Sciences, [>]
French Revolution, bicentennial celebration, [>]–[>]
Freud, Sigmund, [>]
Friedlander, Rabbi, [>]
Friedrich, Caspar David, [>]
friendships
with cousins, [>]–[>]
importance of keeping private, [>]
men friends, marriage proposals, [>]
parents’ high expectations for, [>]
and sense of community and belonging, [>]
through Sunday school, [>]–[>]
“Frühling” (“Spring”) (Hesse), in The Four Last Songs (Strauss), [>]
Gabriel, Charles H. (“His Eye Is on the Sparrow”), [>]
Gage, Irwin, [>]
Gandhi, Mahatma, [>]
George (Carnegie Hall houseman), kindness shown by, [>]–[>]
Georgia Public Television, televising of Christmas concert in Augusta, [>]–[>]
Germany
beauty of countryside, [>]–[>]
reunification, [>]–[>]
USIA Amerika Häuser concerts, [>]–[>]
See also Berlin, Germany
Gillespie, Dizzy, [>]
Gillinson, Clive
as artistic and executive director of Carnegie Hall, [>]
Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy, [>]
Gillis, Margie, [>]
girls
assertive, negative responses to, [>]–[>]
dressing properly, [>]–[>]
expectations for, in rural GA, [>]–[>], [>]
middle school age, [>]–[>]
restrictions experienced by, [>], [>]–[>]
Girl Scouts, [>]
Glover, Jane, [>]–[>]
“Glow of the Evening” (“Im Abendrot”) (von Eichendorff), in Strauss’s The Four Last Songs, [>]–[>]
Gluck, Christoph (Alceste), [>]
“God Save the Queen,” [>]
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (“Harzreise im Winter”), [>]
Golden, Elizabeth, [>]
Goodman, Andrew, [>]
“good music,” diversity of, [>], [>]–[>]
The Goodyear Television Playhouse (television show), [>]
gospel fest (Apollo Theater), [>]
gospel songs, [>]
Goude, Jean-Paul, [>]–[>]
Gounod, Charles, St. Cecilia Mass, “Sanctus” (“Holy”), [>]
government, women in, [>]
grandfather, maternal, pride and aspirations, [>]–[>]
Grandma Mamie. See Mamie (grandmother)
Grant, Carolyn V.
breathing practice, [>]
dedication to teaching, [>]–[>]
“Dich, teure Halle” (Tannhäuser), [>]
as Francophile, [>]
and introduction to hatha yoga, [>]
invitation to study with, [>]–[>]
joy of learning from, [>]
recognition of each singer’s uniqueness, [>]
on singing as natural, enjoyable, [>]
gratitude, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Great Day,” [>]
Great Day in the Morning (Wilson), [>]–[>]
great-grandmother, [>]–[>]
Grümmer, Elisabeth, [>]
Grynszpan, Herschel, [>]
Hamilton, C. S., [>]–[>]
hard work, diligence
commitment to, as key to success as singer, [>]–[>], [>]
and high expectations and standards, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
as key to successful professional singing, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
See also rehearsals
Haring, Keith, memorial for, [>]
harmonium (pedal organ), [>]–[>]
Harris, Julie, [>]
Hart, Kitty Carlisle, [>]
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, performance for Mandela at, [>]–[>]
“Harzreise im Winter” (“A Winter Journey in the Harz”) (Goethe), [>]
hatha yoga practice, [>], [>], [>]
Hayes, Patrick, [>]
Hayes, Roland, [>]
health
as personal issue, [>]
and respecting the body, [>]
vocal, working to maintain, [>], [>]
Hebrew language
difficulties to learn, [>]
singing in, [>]–[>], [>]
Height, Dorothy, [>]
Hendrix, Jimi, [>]
Hercules Hall, Munich, competition finals, [>], [>]
“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand,” [>], [>]
“He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd,” Messiah (Handel), [>]
Hesse, Hermann, poems by, in Four Last Songs (Strauss), [>]
Hesse, Ruth, [>]
Heston, Charlton, [>]–[>]
high school. See Lucy C. Laney High School, Augusta, GA
Hilliard Station Baptist Church, Washington, GA, [>]
Hinduism, [>], [>]
Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau), role of Phèdre, [>], [>]–[>]
Hiroshima, Japan, commemorative recital in, [>]–[>]
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” (Gabriel), [>]
A History of Western Music course (Howard University), [>]
H. L. Green stores, integration efforts, [>]
Hollywood Bowl performances, [>]
Holocaust, commemorations of, in 1995, [>]
“Holy Mother” (“Ave Maria”) (Schubert), [>]–[>]
home economics, [>]–[>]
honesty
importance of, [>], [>]
and learning to handle criticism, [>]
and tact, [>]–[>]
Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy
Ask Your Mama! Twelve Moods for Jazz (Hughes and Karpman), [>]
conception, [>]
developing, [>], [>]–[>]
directing and curating, [>]–[>]
Sacred Ellington, [>]
honorary doctorate degrees, [>]–[>]
Horne, Lena
and Arlen’s “Stormy Weather,” [
>]
memorial for, [>]
Hotel Arts, Barcelona, Spain, [>]
hotels, experiences of racism, [>]–[>]
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
honorary doctorate, [>]
pre-med studies, [>]
racist speech at, [>]–[>]
Howard University School of Music, Washington, D.C.
arrival, [>]–[>]
choir performance honoring Parks, [>]–[>]
first visit to, [>]
full-tuition scholarship offer, [>]–[>]
A History of Western Music course, [>]
Marian Anderson concert, [>]
musical training, [>]
performance of Fidelio, [>]
undergraduate education, [>], [>], [>]
How! Do! We! Do! collaboration with Bill T. Jones, [>]
Hubert, Mrs. (neighbor), [>]
Hughes, Langston
Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz (book), [>]
Ask Your Mama! (multimedia), [>]
discrimination experienced by, [>]–[>]
as favorite of Janie Norman, [>]
humility
and accepting criticism, [>]
developing, importance, [>]
Marian Anderson’s, [>], [>]
mother’s, [>]
Humphrey, Hubert, [>]
Hungarian language
learning, [>]
and the libretto for Bluebeard’s Castle, [>]–[>]
hydration, importance, [>], [>]
hymns, lining, [>]
“I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls,” [>]
“I Have a Dream” speech (King), [>]–[>]
“I’ll Walk with God,” [>]
Il Trovatore (Verdi)
libretto, and suspension of disbelief, [>]
“Stride la vampa” (“The rising blades of fire”), [>]
“Im Abendrot” (“Glow of the Evening”) (von Eichendorff), in Four Last Songs (Strauss), [>]
independent spirit
as child, [>]–[>]
and following own professional path, [>]
Indiana University voice department, Bloomington, [>]
inequity, speaking out against, [>], [>], [>]
instrumental music, [>]
international music competition, [>]
“In That Great Gettin’ Up Morning, Hallelu, Hallelu,” [>]
“Island of the Unknown” (“L’île inconnue”), in Les nuits d’été, (Berlioz), [>]–[>]
“Isolde’s Liebestod” (“Isolde’s Love-Death and Transfiguration”), in Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), [>]–[>]
Israel
performance of “Jerusalem” at Masada, [>]–[>]
performance of Till Eulenspiegel with Israel Philharmonic, [>]–[>]
Italian opera, [>]–[>]
“Ithaka” (Cavafy), [>]
“I Want Two Wings,” [>]
jacks, playing, [>]
Jackson, Jesse, [>]
Jackson, Mahalia, [>]
Janáček, Leoš
first exposure to, [>]
The Makropulos Case, [>]–[>]
Japan
Hiroshima commemorative recital, [>]–[>]
Living National Treasures, [>]–[>]
Matsumoto Music Festival, [>]–[>]
jazz
combo with Mark Markham, [>]
listening to, as calming, [>]
See also Ellington, Edward Kennedy “Duke”
“Jerusalem,” Masada performance, [>]–[>]
Jessye Norman School for the Arts (JNSA), Augusta, GA, [>]–[>]
Jesus College, Cambridge, England, naming honorary fellow of, [>]–[>]
“Jesus Loves Me,” [>]
“Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam,” [>]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, [>]–[>]
Johnson, Ellis, [>]–[>]
Jones, Bill T., [>]–[>]
Jones, Quincy, [>]
Jones, Sissieretta, [>]
Joplin, Scott, [>]–[>]
Jordan, Vernon, [>]–[>]
Judeo-Christian doctrine, as foundation philosophical belief, [>]
Julius (accompanist), [>], [>]–[>]
junior high school. See A. R. Johnson Junior High School
Justin (student at JNSA), discovery of innate talents, [>]–[>]
“Kaddish” (Ravel’s arrangement)
learning about prior to performing, [>]
recital performances, [>]–[>]
“Kaddish,” text, [>]–[>]
Karpman, Laura (Ask Your Mama! Twelve Moods for Jazz), [>]–[>], [>]
Kempe, Rudolf, [>]
Kennedy, Caroline, [>]
Kennedy, John F., [>]
Kennedy, John, Jr., [>]
Kennedy, Ted, [>], [>]
kindness and compassion, importance, [>], [>], [>]
King, James, [>]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
assassination, [>], [>]–[>]
faith, spirit, [>]
“I Have a Dream” speech, [>]–[>]
on the need to demand freedom, [>]
reverence for among family and friends, [>]
speech at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta, [>]–[>]
view of as leader and prophet, [>]
Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria, debut performance, [>]
Kristallnacht, [>]–[>]
Kuchta, Gladys, [>]
La Barbara, Joan, [>]
The Lady from Philadelphia (documentary), [>]
“La Marseillaise,” [>]–[>]
Lampert, Brian, [>]
Lamperti, Francesco, [>]
Lang, Jack, [>]
Lang, Monique, [>]
languages, words
communicating meaning of when singing, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
foreign, singing in and need to understand and speak, [>], [>]
French, [>], [>]
German, [>]
Hebrew, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Italian, [>]
racist language, [>]
simultaneous translations, [>]
updating, retranslating libretti, [>]
La voix humaine (Poulenc)
performances in Tokyo, [>]
singing on same evening as Erwartung, [>]
Lead Belly (“There’s a Man Going ’Round Taking Names”), [>]–[>]
Leahy, Senator Patrick, [>]
Légion d’Honneur, [>]–[>]
“Leise flehen meine Lieder” (“My songs lie gently on the wind”) (Schubert), [>]
Leiser, Moshe, [>]
Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts (television show), [>]
Le sacre du printemps (Stravinsky), [>]
Les nuits d’été (Berlioz), “L’île inconnue” (“Island of the Unknown”), [>]–[>]
Les Troyens (Berlioz)
and introduction to Marian Anderson, [>]–[>]
as operatic treasure, [>]
role of Cassandra, [>]
role of Dido, [>]
Levine, James
collaboration with on Erwartung, [>]
performing Ariadne auf Naxos with, [>]
pleasure of working with, [>]
Lewis, Congressman John, [>]–[>]
Library of Congress, [>]
libretti
and learning to connect words and meaning, [>]–[>]
and the suspension of disbelief, [>]
wording and translations, [>]–[>]
ligaments, vocal, caring for, [>]
lighting designers
collaborations with, [>]
and opera performances, [>]
“L’île inconnue” (“Island of the Unknown”) (Berlioz), [>]–[>]
Lincoln Center, Great Performers production at, [>]–[>]
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Anderson’s 1939 concert, [>]–[>]
lining a hymn, [>]
Living National Treasures of Japan, [>]–[>]
“The Lord’s Prayer,” [>], [>]
> Louise (aunt)
at age eighty-seven, [>]
at 50th anniversary celebration of March on Washington, [>]
as model and mentor, [>]
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti), [>]–[>]
Lucy C. Laney High School, Augusta, GA
chorus, [>]
medical school plans, [>]
Reese as principal of, [>]
senior prom, [>]–[>]
Ma, Yo-Yo, [>]
Machel, Gra**ça, [>]
Mahler, Gustav
Das Lied von der Erde, [>]
performing songs by, [>]
The Songs of a Wayfarer, [>]
maid roles, invitations to play, [>]
Mamie (grandmother)
churning butter, [>]–[>]
enduring beauty, strength, and independence, [>]–[>]
harmonium (pedal organ), [>]
height, [>]
importance of music and song to, [>]–[>]
influence, [>]
visits with, [>], [>]–[>]
Mandela, Nelson, [>]–[>]
manners, good, [>]–[>]
Mannion, Elizabeth, [>], [>]–[>]
March on Washington, 1963
arrival at Howard following, [>]–[>]
50th anniversary celebration, [>]–[>]
Marco (Dutch television star), [>]–[>]
Marian Anderson Vocal Competition, Philadelphia, [>]–[>]
Markham, Mark, [>], [>]
Marrakesh, Morocco, [>]–[>]
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), [>]
Marshall, Thurgood, [>]–[>]
Masada, Israel, performance of “Jerusalem,” [>]–[>]
master’s degree in vocal performance, [>]
Masters Tournament, Augusta, GA, [>]
Mathias, Senator Charles “Mac,” [>]–[>]
Matsumoto Music Festival, Japan
Oedipus Rex, [>]–[>]
logistics of rehearsing and performing in, [>]–[>]
Seiji Ozawa’s founding, [>]
Maultsby, Portia (African American Music: An Introduction), [>]–[>]
McCluskey, Mrs. (neighbor), [>]–[>]
McDonald, Audra, [>]
McFerrin, Robert, Sr., [>]
McGahee, Dr. (family physician), [>]
McGinty, Dr. Doris, [>]
McIntyre, Trey, [>]
Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, [>]
medical school plans, [>], [>]
meditation, [>], [>]
Mehta, Zubin, [>]–[>]
memory, memorizing, [>], [>]
Messiaen, Mi, [>]–[>]
Messiaen, Olivier, [>]–[>], [>]
Messiah (Handel), “He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd,” [>]
Metropolitan Opera, New York City (the Met)
in Ariadne Auf Naxos (Strauss), [>]–[>]
in Bluebeard’s Castle (Bartók), [>]
debut as Cassandra in Les Troyens (Berlioz), [>
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