Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson was an American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said: "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty." Most of her singing career was spent performing in concert and recital in major music venues and with famous orchestras throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965. Although offered roles with many important European opera companies, Anderson declined, as she had no training in acting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth27 February 1897
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Marian Anderson quotes about
If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.
As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
Prejudice: Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.
You lose a lot of time, hating people.