Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993

found: New Grove dict. of Amer. music(Anderson, Marian; b. Philadelphia, 2-17-1902)

found: N.Y. Times, Apr. 9, 1993(Marian Anderson; d. 4-8-93, Portland, Ore., age 96; her birth certificate gives birthdate as 2-27-1897)

found: Bach, J.S. The art of Robert Bloom. Bach Aria Group, volume I, Selected arias with oboe obbligato [SR] p2000:container (Marion Anderson, alto)

found: New Grove, 2nd ed., on WWW, Dec. 15, 2000(Anderson, Marian; b. Feb. 27, 1897, Philadelphia, d. Apr. 8, 1993, Portland, OR; American contralto)

found: Wikipedia, Sept. 9, 2013:(Marian Anderson (Feb. 27, 1897 - Apr. 8, 1993), African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century; she became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid-twentieth century; the first black person to perform at the Metropolitan Opera; Anderson worked for several years as a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and as a "goodwill ambassadress" for the United States Department of State, giving concerts all over the world) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson

found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Anderson, Marian; concert singer, opera singer; born 17 February 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; married Orpheus H. Fisher; sang the national anthem at the inaugurations of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy; member of the U.S. delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations (1958); the first black American to appear at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York)