{"id":6928,"date":"2021-02-28T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T06:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=6928"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:50:46","slug":"episode-78-twentieth-century-pioneers-bhm2021-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/28\/episode-78-twentieth-century-pioneers-bhm2021-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 78. Twentieth Century Pioneers (BHM2021 VI)"},"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 78.  Twentieth Century Pioneers (Black History Month 2021 VI)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=293-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" 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 alignleft is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" 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\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martina2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martina2.jpg 387w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martina2-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><figcaption>Happy Belated Birthday, dear Martina Arroyo<br>(heard in this program singing Stockhausen)!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To round off #BlackHistoryMonth2021, I bring you an array of artists singing a wide range of 20th Century repertoire. Included are singers who have previously been featured in full episodes (including Lawrence Winters, Gloria Davy, Charles Holland, and Carol Brice), legendary favorites (including Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Roberta Alexander, and Barbara Hendricks), important concert singers (including Adele Addison and Betty Allen), lesser-known artists (including Helen Thipgen, Martha Flowers, William Pearson, Mareda Gaither, and Olive Moorefield), and iconic singers (including Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, and Christiane Eda-Pierre) for whom important new work was created by Judith Weir, Andr\u00e9 Previn, and Charles Chaynes. The range of composers represented is equally vast and includes Leonard Bernstein, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Virgil Thomson, Michael Tippett, Lee Hoiby, Shulamit Ran, Gian Carlo Menotti, Judith Weir, Paul Bowles, Lukas Foss, and David del Tredici. with special attention given to African American composers Margaret Bonds, Howard Swanson, William Grant Still, Hall Johnson, and Robert Nathaniel Dett. In other words: something for everyone and just a foretaste of future <em>Countermelody <\/em>programs that will continue to celebrate the contributions of African American singers.<\/p>\n\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:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alexander-Bernstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7048\" width=\"448\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alexander-Bernstein.jpg 338w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alexander-Bernstein-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption>Roberta Alexander and Leonard Bernstein<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein: So Pretty. Roberta Alexander; Tan Crone [1985]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lee.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lee.png 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lee-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Hoiby, Emma Lazarus: Lady of the Harbor. Leontyne Price; David Garvey [live Brooklyn February 1986]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"495\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lee-Hoiby.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lee-Hoiby.png 495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lee-Hoiby-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption>Lee Hoiby (1926 &#8211; 2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LPrice.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LPrice.png 519w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LPrice-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ned Rorem, Christina Rossetti: Ferry Me across the Water (<em>The Nantucket Songs<\/em>). Leontyne Price; David Garvey [live Chicago 10 January 1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rorem-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rorem-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rorem-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rorem-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rorem-1536x1163.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rorem-1600x1211.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rorem.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Ned Rorem<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bonds.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7051\" width=\"632\" height=\"806\"\/><figcaption>Margaret Bonds (1913 &#8211; 1972)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret Bonds, Langston Hughes: Minstrel Man. Leontyne Price; David Garvey [live Salzburg 15 August 1984]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LH.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LH.jpg 548w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/LH-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption>Langston Hughes (1902 &#8211; 1967)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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=\"838\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Helen-Thigpen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Helen-Thigpen.png 838w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Helen-Thigpen-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Helen-Thigpen-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><figcaption>Helen Thigpen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard Swanson, Carl Sandburg: The Junk Man. Helen Thigpen; David Allen [1950]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Swanson-1024x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Swanson-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Swanson-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Swanson-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Swanson.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Howard Swanson (1907 &#8211; 1978)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Holland-Russell-Davies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Holland-Russell-Davies.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Holland-Russell-Davies-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Holland-Russell-Davies-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall Johnson, Langston Hughes: Fy-er. Charles Holland; Dennis Russell Davies [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hall-Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hall-Johnson.jpg 336w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hall-Johnson-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption>Hall Johnson (1888 &#8211; 1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Robert-Nathaniel-Dett.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Robert-Nathaniel-Dett.jpg 398w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Robert-Nathaniel-Dett-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption>Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882 &#8211; 1943)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Nathaniel Dett: O Lord, Behold My Affliction (<em>The Ordering of Moses<\/em>). Carol Brice; William Levi Dawson, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Talladega College Choir [live 1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dawson.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7057\" width=\"604\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dawson.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dawson-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dawson-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Dawson-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption>William L. Dawson (1899 &#8211; 1990)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Winters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Winters.jpg 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Winters-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption>Lawrence Winters (1915 &#8211; 1965)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>William Grant Still, Langston Hughes: Why Do You Laugh? (<em>Troubled Island<\/em>). Lawrence Winters; Julius Rudel, New York City Opera Orchestra [live New York 1 May 1949]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still.jpg 980w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Still-768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption>William Grant Still (1895 &#8211; 1978)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picnic-Cantata.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picnic-Cantata.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picnic-Cantata-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Bowles, James Schuyler: The Sunday paper is full of news (<em>A Picnic Cantata<\/em>). Mareda Gaither; Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale, Al Howard [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mareda-Gaither-Graves.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7075\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mareda-Gaither-Graves.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=7075\" class=\"wp-image-7075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mareda-Gaither-Graves.png 418w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mareda-Gaither-Graves-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mareda-Gaither-Graves.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7061\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mareda-Gaither-Graves.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=7061\" class=\"wp-image-7061\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">Mareda Gaither-Graves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1973-1-710x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7065\" width=\"610\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1973-1-710x1024.png 710w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1973-1-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1973-1-768x1107.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1973-1-1065x1536.png 1065w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-1973-1.png 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption>Martha Flowers in 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor Stravinsky, W.H. Auden, Chester Kallman: Oh, God, protect dear Tom&#8230; I go, I go to him (<em>The Rake\u2019s Progress<\/em>). Martha Flowers; David Garvey [live New York 10 December 1952]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-989x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7067\" width=\"655\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-989x1024.jpg 989w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martha-Flowers.jpg 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><figcaption>Martha Flowers and The Don Shirley Trio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Adele-A-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7074\" width=\"669\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Adele-A-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Adele-A-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Adele-A-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Adele-A.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Lukas Foss, Franz Kafka: Sechzehnter Januar (<em>Time Cycle<\/em>). Adele Addison; Leonard Bernstein, New York Phhilharmonic [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Knot-Garden.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Knot-Garden.png 538w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Knot-Garden-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><figcaption>Thomas Carey, Jill Gomez, and Robert Tear in <em>The Knot Garden <\/em>(1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Tippett: If you think we\u2019re wax works; Do not torment me, baby (<em>The Knot Garden<\/em>). Thomas Carey, Robert Tear, Jill Gomez, Raimund Herincx, Yvonne Minton, Josephine Barstow; Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tippett-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tippett-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tippett-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tippett-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tippett.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Michael Tippett (1905 &#8211; 1998)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moorefield-Waechter-Hoengen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moorefield-Waechter-Hoengen.png 609w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Moorefield-Waechter-Hoengen-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><figcaption>A very fuzzy still of Olive Moorefield, Eberhard W\u00e4chter, and Elisabeth H\u00f6ngen in the 1964 German television production of <em>Die alte Jungfer und der Dieb<\/em>, directed by Otto Schenk.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gian Carlo Menotti, Marcel Prawy [German translation]: Guten Morgen! (<em>Die alte Jungfer und der Dieb<\/em>) [<em>The Old Maid and the Thief<\/em>]. Olive Moorefield, Eberhard W\u00e4chter, Elisabeth H\u00f6ngen; Wolfgang Rennert, Orchester der Wiener Volksoper [1964 television production]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olive.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olive.png 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olive-181x300.png 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martina-and-Fleurs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martina-and-Fleurs.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martina-and-Fleurs-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Martina-and-Fleurs-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Karlheinz Stockhausen: Momente, Erster Teil (1965 version). Martina Arroyo; Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen, K\u00f6lner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, K\u00f6lner Rundfunkchor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stockhausen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stockhausen.jpg 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Stockhausen-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><figcaption>Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 &#8211; 2007)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gloria-Davy-931x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7037\" width=\"597\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gloria-Davy-931x1024.jpg 931w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gloria-Davy-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gloria-Davy-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gloria-Davy.jpg 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption>Gloria Davy (1931 &#8211; 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shulamit Ran, Nelly Sachs: In der Flucht [Fleeing] (<em>O the Chimneys<\/em>). Gloria Davy; Shulamit Ran, Robert Johnson, Philomusica Chamber Ensemble [1973]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SRan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7040\" width=\"667\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SRan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SRan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SRan-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><figcaption>Shulamit Ran (b. 1949)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/William-Pearson-917x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7036\" width=\"562\" height=\"626\"\/><figcaption>William Pearson (1934 &#8211; 1995)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hans Werner Henze, &nbsp;Hans Magnus Enzensberger [after Esteban Montoya]: Die Sklaverei; Der Wald (<em>El Cimarr\u00f3n<\/em>). William Pearson; Karlheinz Z\u00f6ller, Leo Brouwer, Stomu Yamash\u2019ta, Hans Werner Henze (1971)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henze.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henze.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henze-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Henze-768x533.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Hans Werner Henze (1926 &#8211; 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Battle-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7044\" width=\"695\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Battle-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Battle-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Battle-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Battle.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Previn, Toni Morrison: The Town Is Lit (<em>Honey and Rue<\/em>). Kathleen Battle; John Nelson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [live Ravinia 24 July 1993]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Morrison.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7045\" width=\"710\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Morrison.jpg 975w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Morrison-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Morrison-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption>Toni Morrison (1931 &#8211; 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jessye.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jessye.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jessye-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Jessye Norman (1945 &#8211; 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Judith Weir, Maya Angelou: On Maturity (<em>woman.life.song<\/em>). Jessye Norman; David Robertson, London Sinfonietta [live London 6 August 2000]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Angelou.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7043\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Angelou.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Angelou-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption>Maya Angelou (1928 &#8211; 2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judith-Weir-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7083\" width=\"653\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judith-Weir-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judith-Weir-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judith-Weir-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Judith-Weir.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><figcaption>Judith Weir (b. 1954)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Eda-Pierre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7069\" width=\"659\" height=\"773\"\/><figcaption>Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932 &#8211; 2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Chaynes, Amadou Moustapha Wade: Pour un pays perdu (<em>Pour un monde noir<\/em>). Christiane Eda-Pierre; Gilbert Amy, Jean-Claude Chazal, G\u00e9rard Lemaire, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique [live Radio-France 14 June 1978]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chaynes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chaynes.jpg 441w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chaynes-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><figcaption>Charles Chaynes (1925 &#8211; 2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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=\"962\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Del-Tredici-Solti-Hendricks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Del-Tredici-Solti-Hendricks.jpg 962w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Del-Tredici-Solti-Hendricks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Del-Tredici-Solti-Hendricks-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><figcaption>David Del Tredici, Georg Solti, Barbara Hendricks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>David Del Tredici, Lewis Carroll: A boat \u2018neath a sunny sky (<em>Final Alice<\/em>). Barbara Hendricks; Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [live Chicago October 1979]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Allen-Virgil-Thomson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7071\" width=\"399\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Allen-Virgil-Thomson.jpg 357w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Allen-Virgil-Thomson-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption>Betty Allen (1927 &#8211; 2009) and Virgil Thomson (1896 &#8211; 1989)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgil Thomson, Anonymous Poet: Before Sleeping (<em>Praises and Prayers<\/em>). Betty Allen; Virgil Thomson [live New York 24 October 1963]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Young-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7072\" width=\"640\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Young-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Young-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Young-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betty-Young.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Roberta-Fro-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7080\" width=\"674\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Roberta-Fro-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Roberta-Fro-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Roberta-Fro.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Alan Jay Lerner: Take Care of this House (<em>1600 Pennsylvania Avenue<\/em>). Roberta Alexander; Tan Crone [1985]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 78. Twentieth Century Pioneers (Black History Month 2021 VI) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM To round off #BlackHistoryMonth2021, I 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Nathaniel Dett<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Raimund Herincx<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Fizdale<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Tear<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Roberta Alexander<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Shulamit Ran<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Knot Garden (Tippett)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Old Maid and the Thief (Menotti)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Ordering of Moses (Dett)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Rake\u2019s Progress (Stravinsky)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Thomas Carey<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Toni Morrison<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Troubled Island (Still)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">W.H. 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