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Description

1. viii, 488 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

1. Growing up African American in segregated Arkansas in the 1950s, Barbara Hendricks witnessed firsthand the painful struggle for civil rights. After graduation from the Juilliard School of Music, Hendricks immediately won a number of important international prizes, and began performing in recitals and operas throughout the world. A Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, she is as devoted to humanitarian work as she is to her music. Always the anti-diva, Hendricks is a down-to-earth and straightforward woman, whether singing Mozart or black spirituals. She challenges stereotypes and puts the music first and presents a warm, engaging, and honest self-portrait of one of the great women of music.

Subject

1. Autobiographies
2. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians
3. Narrative non-fiction
4. Sopranos (Singers) > Biography
5. Biography
6. Hendricks, Barbara

Genre/Form

1. Autobiographies.
2. Biography.
3. Narrative non-fiction.

Contents

1. Foreword / by Kofi A. Annan -- Childhood -- Birth of a rebel -- University -- Aspen -- New York -- Debut -- The giants of the orchestra -- My family -- My repertoire and my musical families -- Behind the scenes -- Cinema -- Arte verum -- Encounters -- Human rights -- There is no conclusion, only continuation -- Musical portrait -- Complete discography of Barbara Hendricks -- A life--and history.

Call number

1. JNE 16-133

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes discography (pages 457-469) and index.

Author

1. Hendricks, Barbara.

Title

1. Lifting my voice : a memoir / Barbara Hendricks.

Publisher

1. Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2014]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes discography (pages 457-469) and index.

LCCN

1. 2013037625

ISBN

1. 9781613748527 (cloth)
2. 1613748523 (cloth)

Research call number

1. JNE 16-133