Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson


Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an African-American contralto best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She joined a junior church choir at the age of six, and applied to an all-white music school after her graduation from high school in 1921, but was turned away because she was black.

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De Gospel Train

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Ave Maria, D. 839

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Deep River

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Ch'io Mai Vi Possa

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Begrussung

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Komm, Süsser Tod

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