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date: 24 June 2025

Anderson, Marian 

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The Oxford Companion to United States History
Author(s):
Claudia Durst JohnsonClaudia Durst Johnson

(1902–1993), contralto.Born in Philadelphia, Anderson sang in a church choir and at age nineteen began formal voice training. At twenty-three, she made her debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. She later toured in concert in many European and South American capitals. Her foreign acclaim prompted an invitation to tour in the United States, where for two decades she was in demand as a performer of ... ...

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