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Roland Hayes : The Legacy of an American Tenor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (424 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253015396
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roland HayesDDC classification:
  • 782.0092
LOC classification:
  • ML420.H25 -- .B76 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by George Shirley -- Foreword by Simon Estes -- Introduction: "I'll Make Me a Man -- Prologue -- 1 A New Jerusalem (1887-1911) -- 2 Roland's World in Boston (1911-1920) -- 3 Roland Rules Britannia (1920-1921) -- 4 "Le Rage de Paris" (1921-1922) -- 5 "You're Tired, Chile" (1923) -- 6 The Hayes Conquest (1923-1924) -- 7 Roland and the Countess (1924-1926) -- 8 The Conquest Slows (1926-1930) -- 9 "Hard Trials, Great Tribulations" (1930-1935) -- 10 Return to Europe (1936-1942) -- 11 Rome, Georgia (1942) -- 12 "I Can Tell the World!" (1942-1950) -- 13 Struggles in Remaining Relevant (1950-1959) -- 14 "I Wanna Go Home" (1960-1977) -- Epilogue: The Hayes Legacy -- Acknowledgments -- Roland Hayes: Repertoire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to reach international fame as a concert performer and one of the few artists who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, and Covent Garden. His trailblazing career carved the way for a host of African American artists, including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson. Performing the African American spirituals he was raised on, Hayes's voice was marked with a unique sonority which easily navigated French, German, and Italian art songs. A multiculturalist both on and off the stage, he counted among his friends George Washington Carver, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ezra Pound, Pearl Buck, Dwight Eisenhower, and Langston Hughes. This engaging biography spans the history of Hayes's life and career and the legacy he left behind as a musician and a champion of African American rights. It is an authentic, panoramic portrait of a man who was as complex as the music he performed.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by George Shirley -- Foreword by Simon Estes -- Introduction: "I'll Make Me a Man -- Prologue -- 1 A New Jerusalem (1887-1911) -- 2 Roland's World in Boston (1911-1920) -- 3 Roland Rules Britannia (1920-1921) -- 4 "Le Rage de Paris" (1921-1922) -- 5 "You're Tired, Chile" (1923) -- 6 The Hayes Conquest (1923-1924) -- 7 Roland and the Countess (1924-1926) -- 8 The Conquest Slows (1926-1930) -- 9 "Hard Trials, Great Tribulations" (1930-1935) -- 10 Return to Europe (1936-1942) -- 11 Rome, Georgia (1942) -- 12 "I Can Tell the World!" (1942-1950) -- 13 Struggles in Remaining Relevant (1950-1959) -- 14 "I Wanna Go Home" (1960-1977) -- Epilogue: The Hayes Legacy -- Acknowledgments -- Roland Hayes: Repertoire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to reach international fame as a concert performer and one of the few artists who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, and Covent Garden. His trailblazing career carved the way for a host of African American artists, including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson. Performing the African American spirituals he was raised on, Hayes's voice was marked with a unique sonority which easily navigated French, German, and Italian art songs. A multiculturalist both on and off the stage, he counted among his friends George Washington Carver, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ezra Pound, Pearl Buck, Dwight Eisenhower, and Langston Hughes. This engaging biography spans the history of Hayes's life and career and the legacy he left behind as a musician and a champion of African American rights. It is an authentic, panoramic portrait of a man who was as complex as the music he performed.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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