Stand Up Straight And Sing! (336 pages)
Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition
writes:
Please hear Jessye Norman in conversation with Deborah Borda Thursday,
May 15, 2014 on the occasion of her new memoir at the Los Angeles Public
Library http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/e-media/podcasts/aloud/stand-straight-and-sing
Thanks,
John
Los Angeles Public Library
On the occasion of her new memoir, one of America’s most beloved and
accomplished classical singers shares her life story: a descendant of
generations of hardworking slaves and free ancestors who grew up amid
the challenges of Jim Crow racism in the south as the civil rights
movement was at its nascence. Nurtured by a close family and a
tight-knit community centered on the local church, Jessye Norman grew up
singing songs and spirituals within a tight-knit community. Decades
later, after a meteoric rise at the Berlin Opera, a debut at the
Metropolitan Opera and forays into blues, jazz and other roots music she
has become one of America’s cultural treasures
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