Monday, February 4, 2013

Marian Anderson

                                       Proving Her Talents
 
 
       Marian Anderson was born in February 27, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began singing at an early age. Her father did everything so his daughter can have singing lessons. After her father died she began teaching herself and also many helped her and her family economically. She was known for trying hard and perfected the songs she sang.
      She had won many recognized prizes, including the chance to sing at the Lewisohn in New York. After she continued her tour through Europe in 1928. She got famous in many countries for the talent she had of singing. She was considered the first African American to receive an invitation to perform at the White house,  but actually she performed  at the Lincoln Memorial. She was really brave to do this I’m proud of her, even though people didn’t want her to sing because of her race color, she sang and stood up bravely. She encourages many African Americans to make them value themselves by doing things like and enjoy even though people disagree with them. She also encourages other by being the first African American singer to perform the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. In many occasions she was rejected to sing in some places because of her color but still she made proud her people by showing her talents to others.  
 
 
 
 

8 comments:

  1. I didn't know about Marian Anderson before and I'm happy to learn about her life and accomplishments. As a singer myself, I appreciate her brevity and tone. How amazing that she was basically self-taught!

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  2. Wow! She is really brave for standing up and sing and not caring if people disagree. It's really impressive that she taught herself. She has a really nice voice.

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  3. She's my favorite African American!
    I really respect her bravely.

    Nice job on your blogging! :)

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  4. i learned something new about, Marian Anderson that she was a really brave..

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  5. She was one of the great singer. I love to listening her song.

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  6. I have learned something again, too. The minute I glanced over two African-American singers in a photo of today’s Star Tribune article, I knew who was the celebrated contralto. All right, so there is a singing ensemble, VocalEssence, that promotes its Witness concert series with a focus on African-American music. Apparently, the Maria Anderson concert was a ‘jazzy delight’!

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  7. I think she is one of the best singer and I love her song now.

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  8. Courage, bravery, and determination are some adjectives to describe her. She was a prodigy.

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