| LC control no. | n 84041947 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023 |
| Variant(s) | Bumbry, Grace, 1937- Brumbry, Grace, 1937-2023 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1937-01-04 |
| Death date | 2023-05-07 |
| Place of birth | Saint Louis (Mo.) |
| Affiliation | Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Music Academy of the West University of Michigan Juilliard School of Music Unesco Grace Bumbry Black Musical Heritage Ensemble (Organization) |
| Profession or occupation | Sopranos (Singers) Mezzo-sopranos Singers |
| Found in | Wagner, R. Tannhäuser, R. Tannhäuser. Höhepunkte [SR] 1984, p1963: labels (Grace Bumbry) LC manual cat. (Hdg.: Bumbry, Grace, 1937- ) New Grove dict. of opera (Bumbry, Grace (Melzia Ann); b. Jan. 4, 1937, St. Louis, MO; American mezzo-soprano and soprano) Handel, G.F. Israel in Egypt, p1972: label (Grace Brumbry[sic]) African American National Biography, accessed January 2, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bumbry, Grace; Grace Melzia Ann Bumbry; soprano and mezzo-soprano, concert singer; born 4 January 1937 in St Louis, Missouri, United States; transferred from Boston to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (1955); graduated from Music Academy of the West (1959); made her European debut at Wigmore Hall in London (1959); her Paris Opéra debut was in Verdi's Aida (1960); performed at Basel Opera , Metropolitan Opera, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Covent Garden, Newark's Symphony Hall, and at a state dinner at the White House (1962); organized Grace Bumbry Black Musical Heritage Ensemble (1994); served as special adviser for UNESCO; conducted voice master classes at Juilliard School of Music in New York and Northwestern University; was artist-in-residence at the University of Michigan; member of Zeta Phi Beta Society; received Lawrence Tibbett Award) Wikipedia, viewed May 4, 2023 (died May 7, 2023, Vienna, Austria) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Bumbry> |
| Invalid LCCN | no2009076087 no2009126024 |
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