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| | Marian Anderson Rare and Unpublished Recordings, 1936 - 1952 : Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | I heard her sing live, once, in the 1960´s and was stunned then by her vocal skills and musicality. |
 | | The rich-toned, musically elegant, always dignified contralto Marian Anderson (1897-1993) is probably best known as the first African-American to sing at New York´s Metropolitan Opera House, but by the time she did (in the mid ´50s), her once burnished, glorious voice was no longer at its best. |
 | | Years before, when she was not permitted to sing in the Daughters of the American Revolution´s Constitution Hall (or any other hall in the U.S. capital), she gave a concert in the open air, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, which was attended by press, dignitaries, and a crowd of more than 75,000. |
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