{"id":15546,"date":"2024-11-04T06:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=15546"},"modified":"2024-11-04T06:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T05:48:05","slug":"episode-304-portia-white-canadian-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/episode-304-portia-white-canadian-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 304. Portia White, Canadian Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 304.  Portia White, Canadian Icon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1311-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Karsh-Not-Too-Dark-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15757\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Karsh-Not-Too-Dark-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Karsh-Not-Too-Dark-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Karsh-Not-Too-Dark-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Karsh-Not-Too-Dark.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Yousuf Karsh, 1946<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the United States faces its most momentous and contentious election since at least 1968, let\u2019s turn for today to our neighbors to the North to become acquainted with one of their cultural icons: the African Canadian contralto Portia White (1911-1968), the first internationally renowned Black Canadian classical singer, named a \u201cperson of national historic significance\u201d by the Canadian government in 1995. Her story is taught to Canadian school children, her legacy has yielded operas, musicals, plays, and memorials which celebrate her contribution; she has even appeared on a stamp issued by Canada Post. In Canada she is revered with the same significance as are Marian Anderson, Dorothy Maynor, and Roland Hayes. And yet in the United States she is virtually unknown. Part of this is no doubt because she left no commercial recordings, and because her international career was so brief. This episode seeks in its own humble way to right that wrong, and to place Portia White in the context of other Black singers of her era. At the time of her death of cancer in 1968, a memorial LP was issued containing live recordings from the 1940s, including selections by Schubert, Faur\u00e9, Bizet, and Arne; French Canadian folk songs, and spirituals. I have arranged those selections into an \u201cimaginary recital\u201d such as she might have given in one of her concerts during those years. The episode is framed by two different recordings of her \u201ctheme song,\u201d the poignant and plangent \u201cThink on Me.\u201d White is the first of two contraltos of international significance I will be presenting this week. I am honored and thrilled to introduce (or re-introduce) her to you today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15778\" style=\"width:613px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-4.png 495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-4-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-with-Pianist-1024x693.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-with-Pianist-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-with-Pianist-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-with-Pianist-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-with-Pianist.png 1531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White and Frederick Kitzinger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All tracks feature Portia White, contralto. The pianist and venue on these live recordings is unknown, but some of the selections (Schubert, Faur\u00e9, Bizet, spirituals) might be from her third New York Town Hall recital on 5 December 1945, accompanied by Frederick Kitzinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Carl-Van-Vechten-1944-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15761\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Carl-Van-Vechten-1944-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Carl-Van-Vechten-1944-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Carl-Van-Vechten-1944-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Carl-Van-Vechten-1944-1161x1536.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Carl-Van-Vechten-1944.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alicia Ann, Lady John Scott: Think on Me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Spotlight-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Spotlight-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Spotlight-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Spotlight-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Spotlight.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I Wander<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"955\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-and-Flowers-1024x955.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-and-Flowers-1024x955.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-and-Flowers-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-and-Flowers-768x716.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-and-Flowers.png 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Sepia-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Sepia-1.png 494w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Sepia-1-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Ludwig Rellstab: Aufenthalt, D. 957\/5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Sombre-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Sombre-Photo.png 686w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Sombre-Photo-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, August von Platen: Die Liebe hat gelogen, D.751<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Print-Ad-849x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Print-Ad-849x1024.png 849w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Print-Ad-249x300.png 249w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Print-Ad-768x927.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Print-Ad.png 895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional French Canadian: L\u00e0-bas sur ces montagnes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-before-Piano-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-before-Piano-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-before-Piano-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-before-Piano-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-before-Piano.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional French Canadian: Le Coucou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-5.png 541w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-5-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thomas Arne: The Lass with the Delicate Air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-on-Tour-1024x692.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-on-Tour-1024x692.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-on-Tour-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-on-Tour-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-on-Tour.png 1394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Sully Prudhomme: Les berceaux, Op. 23\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15777\" style=\"width:612px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-3.png 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-Van-Vechten-Color-3-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Victor Hugo: Adieux de l&#8217;h\u00f4tesse arabe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15768\" style=\"width:606px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-2.jpg 511w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Young-Portia-2-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Ride On, King Jesus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Brooch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15767\" style=\"width:611px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Brooch.jpg 503w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Brooch-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry Burleigh: Oh, Wasn&#8217;t that a Wide River<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Van-Vechten-2-754x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Van-Vechten-2-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Van-Vechten-2-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Van-Vechten-2-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Van-Vechten-2.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1942<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Four and Twenty Elders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"313\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Eyes-Open.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15763\" style=\"width:598px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Eyes-Open.jpg 313w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Portia-White-Eyes-Open-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portia White portrait by Yousuf Karsh, 1946<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alicia Ann, Lady John Scott: Think on Me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/White-Stamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15760\" style=\"width:595px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/White-Stamp.jpg 365w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/White-Stamp-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 304. Portia White, Canadian Icon SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the United States faces its most momentous and 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