Stand Up Straight and Sing!, Jessye Norman
Stand Up Straight and Sing!, Jessye Norman
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Stand Up Straight and Sing!
A Memoir

Author: Jessye Norman

Narrator: Mia Ellis

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/24/2020

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.

About Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman (1945-2019) was one of America's greatest and most accomplished singers, with five Grammy Awards, dozens of international prizes, the National Medal of the Arts, and a Kennedy Center Honor among her countless accolades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosa

If you imagine a book by Jessye Norman to be smooth, classy and elegant, this book does not disappoint. It starts out telling of her humble beginnings in Augusta Georgia. She covers the values and lessons instilled in her by her parents and community. It exemplifies the advantages of growing up in......more

Goodreads review by Craig

Stand Up Straight and Sing!is by one of my favourite opera singers, Jessye Norman. I decided to seek out her memoir after I listened to one of her Christmas albums. I own three of them, and always play her music over the holidays. My thanks to the Ajax Public Library for lending it to me. Norman, w......more

Goodreads review by Martijn

Met veel plezier luister ik naar Jessye Norman en ik vond haar zo intrigerend dat ik dit boek al een tijd wilde lezen. Wat toont zij een klasse, waardigheid en wijsheid. Ook wanneer je niet van haar muziek houdt kan je wat leren van haar deugdethiek, feministisch existentialisme en praktisch stoïcij......more

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