| LC control no. | n 50022372 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.A6 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 |
| Variant(s) | Fisher, Marian Anderson, 1897-1993 Anderson, Marian, 1902- Anderson, Marion, 1897-1993 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1897-02-27 |
| Death date | 1993-04-08 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Portland (Or.) |
| Field of activity | Music Opera |
| Affiliation | Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) United Nations. Human Rights Committee United States. Department of State National Council on the Arts |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Contraltos Human rights workers |
| Found in | Stokes, A. P. Art and the color line ... 1939. New Grove dict. of Amer. music (Anderson, Marian; b. Philadelphia, 2-17-1902) N.Y. Times, Apr. 9, 1993 (Marian Anderson; d. 4-8-93, Portland, Ore., age 96; her birth certificate gives birthdate as 2-27-1897) Bach, J.S. The art of Robert Bloom. Bach Aria Group, volume I, Selected arias with oboe obbligato [SR] p2000: container (Marion Anderson, alto) New Grove, 2nd ed., on WWW, Dec. 15, 2000 (Anderson, Marian; b. Feb. 27, 1897, Philadelphia, d. Apr. 8, 1993, Portland, OR; American contralto) Wikipedia, Sept. 9, 2013: (Marian Anderson (Feb. 27, 1897 - Apr. 8, 1993), African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century; she became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid-twentieth century; the first black person to perform at the Metropolitan Opera; Anderson worked for several years as a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and as a "goodwill ambassadress" for the United States Department of State, giving concerts all over the world) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson> African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Anderson, Marian; concert singer, opera singer; born 17 February 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; married Orpheus H. Fisher; sang the national anthem at the inaugurations of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy; member of the U.S. delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations (1958); the first black American to appear at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York) |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98055793 |
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