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Film, Video A Conversation with Jessye Norman

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Title

  • A Conversation with Jessye Norman

Summary

  • Jessye Norman's incomparable voice and exceptional artistry made her a legend in the world of the opera stage and the concert hall. This conversation, conducted just months before her death, focused on her career and involvement with new music, mentorship for young artists and thoughtful advocacy for projects like the Jessye Norman School for the Arts, as a crucial avenue for arts education.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-05-16.

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Jessye Norman, Carla Hayden.
  • -  Recorded on 2019-05-16.
  • -  Vocalist Jessye Norman is indisputably one of the major artists of our time. A triumphant career associated with the highest level of music making has led to many honors and awards, including the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Glenn Gould Prize for Music, and more than 40 honorary doctorates.
  • -  Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024696487

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. A Conversation with Jessye Norman. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-16, 2019. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696487/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2019) A Conversation with Jessye Norman. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-16. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696487/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. A Conversation with Jessye Norman. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-16, 2019. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024696487/>.