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Roland Hayes - The Legacy of an American Tenor (Paperback)
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Roland Hayes - The Legacy of an American Tenor (Paperback)
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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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