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Author Norman, Jessye.

Title Stand up straight and sing! / Jessye Norman.

Publication Info. Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. NORMAN, J.    Storage
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-NORMAN NOR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 NORMAN, JES    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B NORMAN, J.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B NORMAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  780.92 NORMAN N    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-NORMAN, J.    Check Shelf
Description xx, 316 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved opera stars--she is an American icon whose life story is as inspiring as the fictional plot triumphs she sang onstage. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of many generations of hardworking slave and free ancestors, she grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism, with the civil rights movement just beginning to awaken. Nurtured by a close family and tight-knit community centered on the local church, Jessye sang songs and spirituals constantly, never dreaming that it might lead to a career. Only when she watched a documentary about the legendary Marian Anderson did she first realize that singing could be a profession. Decades later, after a meteoric rise at the Berlin Opera, a long-delayed debut at the Metropolitan Opera, and forays into spirituals, blues, jazz, and other roots music, she has become one of America's cultural treasures. This is an inspiring woman's account of an astonishing life.--From publisher description.
Contents "Great Day!" -- 1. In the beginning -- Widmung -- "I want two wings" -- 2. A mother's joy -- Ave Maria -- "Ev'ry time I feel the spirit" -- 3. A father's pride -- Isolde's Liebestod -- "There is a balm in Gilead" -- 4. Church, spirituals, and spirit -- Die Allmacht -- "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" -- 5. Racism as it lives and breathes -- "My Lord, what a morning" -- Interlude: Marian Anderson -- Erlkönig -- "On my journey, now" -- 6. Growing up in Germany -- O namenlose Freude -- "Oh glory!" -- 7. The singing craft as art form -- L'île inconnue -- "The Lord's prayer" -- 8. The song, the craft, the spirit, and the joy! -- Sanctus -- "Ride on, King Jesus" -- 9. Woman, life, singer -- His eye is on the sparrow -- "He's got the whole world in his hand" -- 10. And the journey continues.
Note Includes index.
Subject Norman, Jessye.
Sopranos (Singers) -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780544003408
0544003403
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