Autobiography of marian anderson
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Marian Anderson Biography
Born: February 27, 1897
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: April 8, 1993
Portland, Oregon
African American opera singer
Marian Anderson is remembered as one of the best American contraltos (women with lower singing voices) of all time.
She was the first African American singer to perform at the White House and the first African American to sing with New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Autobiography of marian anderson
Anderson's early years
Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 27, 1897. She was educated in the public schools. She displayed a remarkable skill for singing when she was very young, and she loved singing for her church choir.
When she could not afford singing lessons, her fellow choir members raised the money that allowed her to study with a famous singing teacher.
Marian anderson family
When Anderson was twenty-three years old, she entered a competition and won first place over three hundred other singers. The