My Lord, what a morning : an autobiography

Anderson, Marian 1897-1993 (Author).

Summary: The first African-American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, these are stories of Marian Anderson's life in her own words.

Record details

ISBN: 0252070534
ISBN: 9780252070532
Physical Description: print
xv, 319 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1956.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Philadelphia childhood -- Life at grandmother's -- Branching out -- Shock -- Learning how -- Up and way down -- Home of our own -- Mother -- Contest -- Step up -- First trip to Europe -- Back to Europe -- Scandinavia -- Beyond Scandinavia -- Home again -- Russia -- Easter Sunday -- Songs I sing -- Notes on the voice -- On the road -- Good companions -- Highest and the lowest -- East and West -- Those who listen -- Recordings -- Husband and home -- At the Metropolitan -- Looking forward -- Index.