Antoinette Garnes News
American opera singer
- soprano
- opera singer
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2024-04-24
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2021-09-06 23:00:13
SFCV.org: WNYC Radiolab and National Public Radio’s June and July 2021 podcast series "The Vanishing of Harry Pace" illuminated the extraordinary lost story
[…] post-First World War era fraught with violent racial animus, Harry Pace’s Black Swan Records put out “open for business” signs within weeks of May 30-June 1, 1921, when Greenwood was destroyed by vigilante white supremacist mobs. A collage over a background image of Tulsa’s destroyed Greenwood neighborhood on June 1, 1921, with overlay images of Harry Pace and Black Swan recording artists Revella Hughes (far left), Antoinette Garnes (far right), and C. Carroll Clark (center left, opposite Pace) | Credit: Bill Doggett Black Swan Records illuminated the path forward for emerging Black classically trained artists by setting an example for the white-owned major labels such as Victor Records, which invited the young promising singers Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson to make sound recordings, which would launch their careers, in 1924 and 1925. Marian Anderson and […]
2021-09-06 23:00:00
SFCV.org: WNYC Radiolab and National Public Radio’s June and July 2021 podcast series "The Vanishing of Harry Pace" illuminated the extraordinary lost story
[…] post-First World War era fraught with violent racial animus, Harry Pace’s Black Swan Records put out “open for business” signs within weeks of May 30-June 1, 1921, when Greenwood was destroyed by vigilante white supremacist mobs. A collage over a background image of Tulsa’s destroyed Greenwood neighborhood on June 1, 1921, with overlay images of Harry Pace and Black Swan recording artists Revella Hughes (far left), Antoinette Garnes (far right), and C. Carroll Clark (center left, opposite Pace) | Credit: Bill Doggett Black Swan Records illuminated the path forward for emerging Black classically trained artists by setting an example for the white-owned major labels such as Victor Records, which invited the young promising singers Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson to make sound recordings, which would launch their careers, in 1924 and 1925. Marian Anderson and […]
2020-08-22 23:33:00
"Black Swans: Earliest African-American Classical Stars" on Parnassus Records: Includes Harry Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, Florence Cole-Talbert, Roland Hayes
[…] Black Swans This CD contains the first recordings made by black classical performers, singers and instrumentalists, dating from approximately 1917-1922. Only 5 of the 25 tracks have ever been reissued before. Together they provide a demonstration of the forgotten culture of black performers in classical music from the early 20th century. Included: Harry Burleigh (including previously unpublished broadcast) Edward H.S. Boatner Florence Cole-Talbert R. Nathaniel Dett Antoinette Garnes Roland Hayes Hattie King Reavis Clarence Cameron White “There are no words to express how grateful I am to hear of this marvelous piece of love. It’s far too seldom that we speak of our great singers who contributed so very much to the world of Classical Music, not just Pop. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” – Grace Bumbry “Listening to these almost‑lost recordings is like witnessing […]
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