Stand Up Straight and Sing! (45 page)
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Authors: Jessye Norman
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meetings of the NAACP at,
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preaching style,
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See also
First Baptist Church; Mount Calvary Baptist Church
tact, respectfulness
importance,
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,
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as mark of professionalism,
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when making criticisms and suggestions,
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–
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,
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–
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talents, special abilities, developing,
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–
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,
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Talvela, Martti,
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Tannhäuser
(Wagner)
“Allmächt’ge Jungfrau” (“O Holiest of Virgins”),
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–
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,
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Bumbry’s performance as Venus,
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debut performance, opening night,
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debut performance as Elisabeth,
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,
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“Dich, teure Halle” (“You, dear treasured hall”),
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,
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first and second arias from,
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–
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memorizing for debut performance,
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–
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Windgassen’s performance,
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See also
Wagner, Richard
Tchaikovsky, Peter,
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teachers, in Augusta,
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–
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,
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Tel Aviv, Israel,
Till Eulenspiegel
in,
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–
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television,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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Templesman, Maurice,
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Temple University Music Festival, Philadelphia,
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–
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tempo, Nureyev’s lessons about,
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Tharpe, Rosetta,
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“There Is a Balm in Gilead,”
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“There’s a Man Going ’Round Taking Names,”
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–
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“This little light of mine . . . ,”
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Thomas, Michael Tilson,
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,
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–
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Till Eulenspiegel
(Richard Strauss),
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–
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timbre (“color” of the voice),
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Tippett, Michael (
A Child of Our Time
oratorio),
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–
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Tokyo, Japan, performances of
Erwartung
and
La voix humaine
in,
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Tokyo String Quartet,
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Tosca
(Puccini),
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Toscanini, Arturo,
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trains, train travel,
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,
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,
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Tristan und Isolde
(Wagner), “Isolde’s Liebestod” (“Isolde’s Love-Death and Transfiguration”),
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–
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,
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Twin Oaks Baptist Church, Wilkes County, GA,
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–
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“Una voce poco fa” (
The Barber of Seville)
,
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unions, master mechanics, racism in,
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United States Information Agency (USIA)
Amerika Häuser concerts,
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–
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participation in international music competitions,
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,
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,
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–
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See also
Bayerischer Rundfunk Internationaler Musikwettbewerb
United States Marine Band, performing with at Pres. Clinton’s second inaugural,
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–
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University of Aberdeen, Scotland, honorary degree,
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–
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University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor
learning to connect words and meaning,
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–
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lessons in agility,
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master’s degree in vocal performance,
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,
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recital on day of King’s assassination,
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–
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singing Cage’s music at,
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USA Today
, statements about being a Democrat,
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Vacation Bible School, Augusta, GA,
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,
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Vail International Dance Festival,
The Duke
,
the Diva
,
and the Dance
program,
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Vaughan, Sarah,
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Venus, in
Tannhäuser
(Richard Wagner),
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Verdi, Giuseppe
Aida
,
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Il Trovatore
,
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,
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performing roles by,
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–
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Requiem
,
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Veronia (aunt), as model for JN,
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Versailles, France, National Botanical Garden of France,
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Vienna, Austria,
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,
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–
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,
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Vienna State Opera, role in
Ariadne auf Naxos
,
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Vier letzte Lieder
(
Four Last Songs
) (Richard Strauss),
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–
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Vietnam War, opposition to,
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vocal training
Alice Duschak’s lessons in dramatic delivery,
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–
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breath control,
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–
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,
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,
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Carolyn Grant’s approach to,
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–
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of children, inappropriateness of,
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–
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and decision to leave the Deutsch Oper Berlin,
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–
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Elizabeth Mannion’s lessons in agility,
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learning to expand repertoire, add drama,
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–
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19th-century approaches, Grant’s adaptations of,
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serious, when to begin,
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See also
Howard University School of Music; Peabody Conservatory; University of Michigan School of Music
voice quality
and breath control,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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,
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and changes related to passage of time,
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and fioritura/coloratura singing,
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and hydration,
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,
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and range,
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and timbre,
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and voice as an instrument,
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–
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See also
singing
vom Rath, Ernst,
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von Eichendorff, Joseph, “Im Abendrot” (“Glow of the Evening”),
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,
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“Von ewiger Liebe” (“Of Eternal Love”) (Brahms),
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von Karajan, Herbert,
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,
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–
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voter registration, Janie Norman’s participation in,
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voter suppression laws,
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Wagner, Richard
enjoyment of roles written by,
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,
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–
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,
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“Isolde’s Liebestod” (“Isolde’s Love-Death and Transfiguration”),
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–
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,
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the person
vs.
the artist,
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–
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See also
Tannhäuser
Wallace, Mike,
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warming up.
See
pre-performance preparations
Washington, D.C.
See
Anderson, Marian; Howard University School of Music
Washington, Dinah,
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Washington, GA,
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–
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,
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–
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Washington Performing Arts Society,
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Webern, Anton,
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Weiser, Peter,
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“We Shall Overcome” (Seeger),
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West Africa
and the “Amazing Grace” melody,
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roots in,
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West Side Story
(Bernstein), “Somewhere,”
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–
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“Widmung” (“Dedication”) (Schumann),
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–
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Wild Kingdom
(television show),
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Wilkes County, GA, maternal grandparents’ farm,
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–
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Wings Over Jordan Choir,
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“A Winter Journey in the Harz” (“Harzreise im Winter”) (Goethe),
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woman.life.song song cycle,
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–
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women
and earning less than men,
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–
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conductors,
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–
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father’s respect for,
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standards of physical beauty,
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strong, among ancestors,
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–
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and unfair focus on physical attributes,
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–
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women’s rights,
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–
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Woolworth’s, work to integrate,
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words of songs.
See
language, words
work ethic.
See
hard work, diligence
World War II, 50th anniversary commemoration recitals,
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–
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YMCA, Augusta, GA,
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“You, dear treasured hall” (“Dich, teure Halle”),
Tannhäuser
(Wagner),
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,
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youth culture,
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“Zueignung” (“Devotion”) (Strauss),
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–
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,
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About the Author
J
ESSYE
N
ORMAN
is one of America’s greatest and most accomplished singers, with five Grammy Awards, dozens of international prizes, the National Medal of the Arts, and a Kennedy Center Honor among her countless accolades. She lives in New York State.