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Stand Up Straight and Sing!
- Author
- Jessye Norman
- Narrator
- Mia Ellis
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 24 November 2020
- Run Time
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Norman speaks of the many who have inspired her and taught her essential life lessons. A special interlude on her key relationship with the pioneering African American singer Marian Anderson reveals the lifelong support that this great predecessor provided through her example of dignity and grace at all times.
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- Author
- Jessye Norman
- Narrator
- Mia Ellis
- Duration
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 November 2020
- ISBN
- 9781696601320
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Biography: general, Memoirs, Biography: arts and entertainment, Composers and songwriters, Musicians, singers, bands and groups
Synopsis
In Stand Up Straight and Sing!, Jessye Norman recalls in rich detail the strong women who were her role models, from her ancestors to family friends, relatives, and teachers. She hails the importance of her parents in her early learning and experiences in the arts. And she describes coming face-to-face with racism, not just as a child living in the segregated South but also as an adult out and about in the world.Norman speaks of the many who have inspired her and taught her essential life lessons. A special interlude on her key relationship with the pioneering African American singer Marian Anderson reveals the lifelong support that this great predecessor provided through her example of dignity and grace at all times.
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