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Walska, Ganna [ Hanna Puacz, Mrs Arcadie D'eingorn, Joseph Fraenkel, Alexander Smith Cochran, Harold Fowler Mccormick, Harry GriBiblio.com

African American Opera SingersBiblio.com

African American Music History Black Women Opera Singers and Classical Performers 1957-1977

1957208291957. Press photograph archive of African American women opera singers 1957-1977 documents the emergence and international recognition of Black performers within mid twentieth century classical music and operatic institutions. The images center on four prominent singers whose careers developed during and after the era of segregation when access to major stages and audiences expanded unevenly for Black artists. Figures such as Marian Anderson who broke barriers at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955 established a precedent for subsequent generations; the performers represented here advanced that presence through sustained international careers providing visual evidence of African American participation in elite cultural institutions during a period of social and cultural change. Six black and white silver gelatin press photographs each approximately 8 x 10 inches with captions and markings on recto and verso. Subjects include Adele Addison in two studio portraits from the 1950s later known as the singing voice for Bess in Porgy and Bess 1959; Shirley Verrett in two images including an early news photograph prior to a performance at Ambassador College Auditorium and a later 1976 stage portrait in formal concert dress; Martina Arroyo in a 1977 portrait during the height of her international career; and Grace Bumbry depicted in costume as Princess Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera in 1965. The photographs capture both staged publicity portraits and performance contexts documenting professional presentation and artistic identity. Produced during decades of expanding civil rights advocacy and gradual institutional integration the archive situates African American women within a field historically shaped by exclusion and limited access. Their visibility in major opera houses and concert venues reflects broader shifts in cultural recognition and professional opportunity while also underscoring the continued significance of performance as a site of racial and gendered representation. Minor edge wear; captions remain legible; overall very good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis550,00 $US≈ 465,35 €

Armitage, MerleBiblio.com

Accent On America Inscribed To Edmund R. Purvis This Copy With Inserted Leaf At End With 1968 Updated Autobiographical Information Signed By Armitage

1944039413New York: E. Weyhe 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 404 Pp. Black Cloth First Printing One Of 1675 Copies This One Inscribed To Architect Edmund R. Purvis Aia With A Unique Typewritten Sheet Tipped On To P. 401 Updating Armitage's Autobio In Brief To 1958 Also Signed By Armitage. Near Fine Bump To Lower Front Tip; Dj Clean And Unfaded Small Edge Tears A Few Minute Losses. Edmund R. Purves 1897-1964 Was Born In Philadelphia And Graduated From The Germantown Friends School In 1914. His Career At The Univeristy Of Pennsylvania Which He Entered In 1914 Was Interrupted By World War I; But He Received Is B.S. In Architecture In 1920. After Graduation Purves Returned To France Where He Attended The Atelier Gromort From 1920 To 1921. Upon His Return To Philadelphia Purves Joined The Firm Of Zantzinger Borie & Medary Where He Remained Through 1927 Only Spending 1925 With Willing Sims & Talbutt. In 1927 Purves And Another University Of Pennsylvania Graduate Kenneth M. Day Set Up Their Own Firm Of Purves & Day. Edmund R. Purves Joined The Aia In 1930 And Became A Fellow In 1944. In 1932 Purves Began To Work Independently. In 1937 Purves Thomas Pym Cope And Harry Stewart Established Purves Cope & Stewart Which Endured Until 1941. Again A War Intervened And Purves Moved To Washington Dc Where He Served As The Aia's Representative. He Volunteered For War Action Again However And By 1942 Was With The U.S. Air Force In The Pacific Theatre. In 1945 He Returned To Washington Dc And Resumed Work With The Aia As Director Of Public And Professional Relations And In 1949 He Was Promoted To Executive Director For The Institute A Position In Which He Remained Until 1960. For The Last Four Years Of His Life Purves Acted As Consulting Architect For The Dc Firm Of Chatelain Gauger & Nolan Architects And Engineers. E. Weyhe hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis63,70 $US≈ 53,90 €

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Always Room At The Top

African American Music History Black Women Opera Singers and Classical Performers 1957-1977

Accent On America Inscribed To Edmund R. Purvis This Copy With Inserted Leaf At End With 1968 Updated Autobiographical Information Signed By Armitage

Aberle's Presentation for a Most Prophetic Season Fall 1942. With: Aberle's Presentation for a Season of Great Challenge Spring 1943.

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