Twenty four years before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, a Black woman stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and sang before an unprecedented, racially-integrated audience of 75,000 people. Join us today as we cover the life and legacy of Marian Anderson, perhaps the greatest lieder singer of the 20th century you've never heard of! What's more... Chelsea Marie Davis and Victoria Theodore share their work on Marian the musical with us (you'll even hear excerpts from the musical!) for what might be the greatest episode of Follow the Lieder ever published!

Find Chelsea @cmdsings and Victoria @victoriatheodoremusicFeaturing the vocal talents of  DeOnzell Green, Clinton Roan, and Charlotte Odusanya

Marian on What's My Line? Marian Sings three songs, a 1951 concertShort DocumentaryNPR Article: Denied a Stage, She Sang for a Nation Lincoln Memorial PBS ExcerptNational Marian Anderson MuseumMarian Musical Website

Marian Anderson YouTube Playlist

For further reading check out Marian Anderson: A Singer's Journey by Allen Keiler and her autobiography My Lord What a Morning

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Erscheinungs­datum: 9.2.2023, 12:00:00