{"id":16576,"date":"2025-02-28T18:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16576"},"modified":"2025-03-02T04:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T03:25:45","slug":"episode-337-anne-wiggins-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/episode-337-anne-wiggins-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 337. Anne Wiggins Brown"},"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 337. Anne Wiggins Brown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1440-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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Radiant.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Radiant.png 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Radiant-179x300.png 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today on <em>Countermelody <\/em>the first of two (for now) episodes celebrating the creators of George Gershwin\u2019s legendary (and controversial) opera <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>. Today we explore the fascinating life (and scant recorded legacy) of Anne Wiggins Brown, who was born in Baltimore on August 09, 1912, and died in Oslo on March 13, 2009. Like Muriel Smith, who a few years later created the title role of <em>Carmen Jones<\/em> on Broadway, Brown was still a student at the time she created the role of Bess. In Brown\u2019s case, she was enrolled at the Juilliard School, one of the very first Black students admitted to the venerable institution. She was possessed of an admirable musical pedigree on her mother\u2019s side; her father was a doctor and the family was raised in relative privilege in Baltimore. This, however, did not mean that all doors were open to the young would-be singer, who found her way by sheer determination and willpower. These same traits led to her being cast in the female lead of Gershwin\u2019s Broadway opera, as well as a close working relationship with the composer, who expanded the role from a secondary part to having her name included in the title. Brown sang more than 500 performances of Bess around the world, but in 1948 chose to settle in Norway, where she married Thorleif Schjelderup, an Olympic skier who also became an author an environmentalist. Though she occasionally returned to the United States, Norway remained her home until her death at the age of 96. Brown\u2019s career included significant concertizing and operatic appearances throughout the world. Eventually severe asthma led to her sudden retirement from the stage in 1955. She often decried the ugly spectre of racism, which she felt also curtailed and restricted her career. After her retirement, she became a noted voice teacher and stage director, leading several noteworthy productions of <em>Porgy <\/em>in the 1960s. This episode includes the vast majority of her slim recorded output, which include various excerpts from <em>Porgy<\/em> (in effect the very first Original Cast Album), as well as a collection of rare Norwegian recordings of spirituals, folk songs, and art songs in which she reveals a strong, true voice and a deeply musical sensibility, showing herself to be yet another artist whose artistic significance matches her historical importance. The episode opens with a heartfelt (and heartbroken) tribute to the great Roberta Flack, who died in the morning hours of February 24th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to the Parnassus Records release, <em>Black Swans at Mid-Century<\/em>, from which the Anne Wiggins Brown\/Kjell Olsson Tono Records remasterings come: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parnassusrecords.com\/our-own-cds\/black-swans-series\/\">www.parnassusrecords.com\/our-own-cds\/black-swans-series\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-autobiography.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16831\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-autobiography.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-autobiography-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brown&#8217;s 1979 autobiography, <em>Sang fra frossen gren<\/em> (Song from a Frozen Branch)<\/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=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Flack3-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Flack3-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Flack3-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Flack3-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Flack3.png 1435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman: Ballad of the Sad Young Men (<em>The Nervous Set<\/em>). Roberta Flack, Ron Carter, Ray Lucas [live KCET-TV 1970, first broadcast PBS program <em>Boboquivari<\/em>, 18.VIII.71]<\/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=\"693\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-W-Brown.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-W-Brown.png 693w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-W-Brown-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: His Name So Sweet. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"583\" data-id=\"16832\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot-13.png 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot-13-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot-13-768x550.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"16837\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot-10.png 721w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot-10-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" data-id=\"16834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot5-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot5-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot5-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot5-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot5.png 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"630\" data-id=\"16833\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot9.png 711w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Screenshot9-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Summertime (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>) [as heard in the film <em>Rhapsody in Blue<\/em>]. Anne Wiggins Brown, Orchestra and chorus conducted by Leo F. Forbsten [1945]<\/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=\"533\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Glamouous.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Glamouous.png 533w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Glamouous-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. Andres Wheatley: The Cherry Tree. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Andres-Wheatley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16882\" style=\"width:546px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Andres-Wheatley.jpg 363w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Andres-Wheatley-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andres Wheatley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"448\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Coffee.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Coffee.png 448w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Coffee-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: A City Called Heaven. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kjell-Olsson-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kjell-Olsson-1.png 528w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kjell-Olsson-1-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kjell Olsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Travel-1-1024x840.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Travel-1-1024x840.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Travel-1-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Travel-1-768x630.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Travel-1.png 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. Howard Brockway: The Nightingale [ca. 1950. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Howard-Brockway.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Howard-Brockway.png 636w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Howard-Brockway-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Howard Brockway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"1024\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Todd-Duncan-J-Rosamond-Johnson-1024x748.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Todd-Duncan-J-Rosamond-Johnson-1024x748.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Todd-Duncan-J-Rosamond-Johnson-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Todd-Duncan-J-Rosamond-Johnson-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Todd-Duncan-J-Rosamond-Johnson.png 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J. Rosamond Johnson, Todd Duncan, and Anne Wiggins Brown in the original production of <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Summertime; Bess, You Is My Woman Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Anne Wiggins Brown, Todd Duncan, Al Goodman and His Orchestra and Chorus [<em>Treasury Star Parade<\/em>, Episode 33, 1942, Henry Hull, Master of Ceremonies]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bess-760x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bess-760x1024.png 760w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bess-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bess-768x1034.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bess.png 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"278\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Norby-Brems-Blackface-Porgy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16876\" style=\"width:522px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Norby-Brems-Blackface-Porgy.jpg 278w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Norby-Brems-Blackface-Porgy-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Einar N\u00f8rby and Else Brems, <em>Porgy<\/em> in Copenhagen, 1943<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward, Danish translatoin by Holger Bech: Bess, du er min kvinde nu [Bess, You Is My Woman Now] (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Else Brems, Einar N\u00f8rby, Johan Hye-Knudsen, Royal Orchestra [1944]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-BlackFace-Porgy-Einar-Norby-maybe-1-1024x626.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-BlackFace-Porgy-Einar-Norby-maybe-1-1024x626.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-BlackFace-Porgy-Einar-Norby-maybe-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-BlackFace-Porgy-Einar-Norby-maybe-1-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-BlackFace-Porgy-Einar-Norby-maybe-1.png 1331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Einar N\u00f8rby as Porgy and Anne Brown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"605\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-1950s.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-1950s.png 605w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-1950s-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: My Man\u2019s Gone Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Anne Wiggins Brown, Alexander Smallens, Decca Symphony Orchestra [1940]<\/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=\"544\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-and-Anne-Brown-in-Porgy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-and-Anne-Brown-in-Porgy.jpg 544w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-and-Anne-Brown-in-Porgy-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: I Loves You, Porgy (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Anne Wiggins Brown, Todd Duncan, Alexander Smallens, Decca Symphony Orchestra [1942]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-Duncan-pointing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-Duncan-pointing.jpg 623w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-Duncan-pointing-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"610\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Warren-Coleman-and-Anne-Wiggins-Brown-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Warren-Coleman-and-Anne-Wiggins-Brown-1.jpg 610w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Warren-Coleman-and-Anne-Wiggins-Brown-1-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Warren Coleman and Anne Wiggins Brown as Crown and Bess in the original <em>Porgy<\/em> production<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: What You Want wid\u2019 Bess (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Anne Wiggins Brown, Todd Duncan, Alexander Smallens, Decca Symphony Orchestra [1942]<\/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=\"740\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Mercury-Reissue.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Mercury-Reissue.png 740w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Mercury-Reissue-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"16886\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-again.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-again.png 705w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-again-274x300.png 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"745\" data-id=\"16889\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-and-Family-EBONY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-and-Family-EBONY.png 562w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-and-Family-EBONY-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"809\" data-id=\"16885\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-full.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-full.png 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-full-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" data-id=\"16888\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-1024x587.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-1024x587.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband-Thorleif-Schjelderup.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" data-id=\"16887\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband2-Thorleif-Schjelderup-1024x708.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband2-Thorleif-Schjelderup-1024x708.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband2-Thorleif-Schjelderup-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband2-Thorleif-Schjelderup-768x531.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-Husband2-Thorleif-Schjelderup.png 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Anne Wiggins Brown and her third husband, Thorleif Schjelderup<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otto Mortensen, Ogden Nash: Adventures of Isabel. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/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=\"653\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hall-Johnson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hall-Johnson.png 653w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hall-Johnson-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hall Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson:.Hold On Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/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=\"537\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Otto-Mortensen-FULL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Otto-Mortensen-FULL.png 537w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Otto-Mortensen-FULL-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Otto Mortensen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Otto Mortensen, Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [ca. 1950]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"16896\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-the-filmmaker-Nicole-Franklin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-the-filmmaker-Nicole-Franklin.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-the-filmmaker-Nicole-Franklin-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-and-the-filmmaker-Nicole-Franklin-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brown with filmmaker Nicole Franklin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"633\" data-id=\"16900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bruno-of-Hollywood.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bruno-of-Hollywood.png 499w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Bruno-of-Hollywood-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"674\" data-id=\"16892\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Coffee.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Coffee.png 448w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Coffee-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" data-id=\"16901\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Einar-Norby-2-1024x613.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Einar-Norby-2-1024x613.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Einar-Norby-2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Einar-Norby-2-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-Einar-Norby-2.png 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne Wiggins Brown and Einar N\u00f8rby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"806\" data-id=\"16898\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-honorary-degree.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-honorary-degree.png 769w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-honorary-degree-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Receiving her medal from Peabody<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" data-id=\"16897\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-in-Interview-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-in-Interview-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-in-Interview-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-in-Interview-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-in-Interview.png 1407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"752\" data-id=\"16902\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-NYT-1998.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-NYT-1998.png 558w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-NYT-1998-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16899\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-George-Peabody-Medal-1998-777x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-George-Peabody-Medal-1998-777x1024.png 777w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-George-Peabody-Medal-1998-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-George-Peabody-Medal-1998-768x1013.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-George-Peabody-Medal-1998.png 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A citation from the City of Baltimore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"592\" data-id=\"16893\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-painting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-painting.png 834w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-painting-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-painting-768x545.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"16894\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-student-Ase-Kleveland.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-student-Ase-Kleveland.png 806w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-student-Ase-Kleveland-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Anne-Brown-with-student-Ase-Kleveland-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne Brown with student, Norwegian folk singer \u00c5se Kleveland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"855\" data-id=\"16904\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-Anne-Brown-1024x855.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-Anne-Brown-1024x855.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-Anne-Brown-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-Anne-Brown-768x641.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Todd-Duncan-Anne-Brown.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 337. Anne Wiggins Brown SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today on Countermelody the first of two (for now) episodes 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