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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Air De Lia

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Air do Lia

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Adieu forets

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Heav'n, Heav'n

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O' mio Fernando

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Alto Rhapsody

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Caro Mio Ben

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Carol of the Bells

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Scandalize My Name

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"Trampin'"

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