{"id":9189,"date":"2022-02-26T01:20:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T00:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=9189"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:47:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:47:39","slug":"episode-133-never-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/26\/episode-133-never-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 133. Never Forget"},"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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><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 133.  Never Forget (Black History Month 2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=528-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\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D9189&#038;title=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-twitter  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D9189&#038;link=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M22.23,5.924c-0.736,0.326-1.527,0.547-2.357,0.646c0.847-0.508,1.498-1.312,1.804-2.27 c-0.793,0.47-1.671,0.812-2.606,0.996C18.324,4.498,17.257,4,16.077,4c-2.266,0-4.103,1.837-4.103,4.103 c0,0.322,0.036,0.635,0.106,0.935C8.67,8.867,5.647,7.234,3.623,4.751C3.27,5.357,3.067,6.062,3.067,6.814 c0,1.424,0.724,2.679,1.825,3.415c-0.673-0.021-1.305-0.206-1.859-0.513c0,0.017,0,0.034,0,0.052c0,1.988,1.414,3.647,3.292,4.023 c-0.344,0.094-0.707,0.144-1.081,0.144c-0.264,0-0.521-0.026-0.772-0.074c0.522,1.63,2.038,2.816,3.833,2.85 c-1.404,1.1-3.174,1.756-5.096,1.756c-0.331,0-0.658-0.019-0.979-0.057c1.816,1.164,3.973,1.843,6.29,1.843 c7.547,0,11.675-6.252,11.675-11.675c0-0.178-0.004-0.355-0.012-0.531C20.985,7.47,21.68,6.747,22.23,5.924z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-pinterest  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D9189&#038;description=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12.289,2C6.617,2,3.606,5.648,3.606,9.622c0,1.846,1.025,4.146,2.666,4.878c0.25,0.111,0.381,0.063,0.439-0.169 c0.044-0.175,0.267-1.029,0.365-1.428c0.032-0.128,0.017-0.237-0.091-0.362C6.445,11.911,6.01,10.75,6.01,9.668 c0-2.777,2.194-5.464,5.933-5.464c3.23,0,5.49,2.108,5.49,5.122c0,3.407-1.794,5.768-4.13,5.768c-1.291,0-2.257-1.021-1.948-2.277 c0.372-1.495,1.089-3.112,1.089-4.191c0-0.967-0.542-1.775-1.663-1.775c-1.319,0-2.379,1.309-2.379,3.059 c0,1.115,0.394,1.869,0.394,1.869s-1.302,5.279-1.54,6.261c-0.405,1.666,0.053,4.368,0.094,4.604 c0.021,0.126,0.167,0.169,0.25,0.063c0.129-0.165,1.699-2.419,2.142-4.051c0.158-0.59,0.817-2.995,0.817-2.995 c0.43,0.784,1.681,1.446,3.013,1.446c3.963,0,6.822-3.494,6.822-7.833C20.394,5.112,16.849,2,12.289,2\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-email  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:?body=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D9189&#038;subject=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 11.8l6.1-4.5c.1.4.4.7.9.7h2c.6 0 1-.4 1-1V5c0-.6-.4-1-1-1h-2c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1v.4l-6.4 4.8c-.2-.1-.4-.2-.6-.2H6c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1v2c0 .6.4 1 1 1h2c.2 0 .4-.1.6-.2l6.4 4.8v.4c0 .6.4 1 1 1h2c.6 0 1-.4 1-1v-2c0-.6-.4-1-1-1h-2c-.5 0-.8.3-.9.7L9 12.2v-.4z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share via Email<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-reddit  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D9189&#038;title=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5.27 9.221A2.775 2.775 0 0 0 2.498 11.993a2.785 2.785 0 0 0 1.6 2.511 5.337 5.337 0 0 0 2.374 4.11 9.386 9.386 0 0 0 5.539 1.7 9.386 9.386 0 0 0 5.541-1.7 5.331 5.331 0 0 0 2.372-4.114 2.787 2.787 0 0 0 1.583-2.5 2.775 2.775 0 0 0-2.772-2.772 2.742 2.742 0 0 0-1.688.574 9.482 9.482 0 0 0-4.637-1.348v-.008a2.349 2.349 0 0 1 2.011-2.316 1.97 1.97 0 0 0 1.926 1.521 1.98 1.98 0 0 0 1.978-1.978 1.98 1.98 0 0 0-1.978-1.978 1.985 1.985 0 0 0-1.938 1.578 3.183 3.183 0 0 0-2.849 3.172v.011a9.463 9.463 0 0 0-4.59 1.35 2.741 2.741 0 0 0-1.688-.574Zm6.736 9.1a3.162 3.162 0 0 1-2.921-1.944.215.215 0 0 1 .014-.2.219.219 0 0 1 .168-.106 27.327 27.327 0 0 1 2.74-.133 27.357 27.357 0 0 1 2.74.133.219.219 0 0 1 .168.106.215.215 0 0 1 .014.2 3.158 3.158 0 0 1-2.921 1.944Zm3.743-3.157a1.265 1.265 0 0 1-1.4-1.371 1.954 1.954 0 0 1 .482-1.442 1.15 1.15 0 0 1 .842-.379 1.7 1.7 0 0 1 1.49 1.777 1.323 1.323 0 0 1-.325 1.015 1.476 1.476 0 0 1-1.089.4Zm-7.485 0a1.476 1.476 0 0 1-1.086-.4 1.323 1.323 0 0 1-.325-1.016 1.7 1.7 0 0 1 1.49-1.777 1.151 1.151 0 0 1 .843.379 1.951 1.951 0 0 1 .481 1.441 1.276 1.276 0 0 1-1.403 1.373Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/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 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Evelyn-Dove.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Evelyn-Dove.jpg 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Evelyn-Dove-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><figcaption>Evelyn Dove<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I bid a lingering farewell to Black History Month 2022 with the first of a two-part episode featuring singers, each of whom left a relatively small but invaluable recorded legacy. I begin with soloists from the Leonard de Paur Chorus, and continue with earliest recorded examples, more than a century old, of African American singers. I follow with a series of singers, each of whom made a mark in varied productions of Porgy and Bess, but all of them singing other material: by Mozart, Arlen, Bernstein, Cole Porter, Howard Swanson, and a US workers\u2019 song translated into German. I conclude with a trio of exceptional Verdi sopranos of whom you may not yet have heard. Among the singers heard today are Charles Holland, Luther Saxon, Eugene Holmes, John C. Payne, Harry T. Burleigh, Evelyn Dove, LeVern Hutcherson, Inez Matthews, Todd Duncan, Florence Cole-Talbert, Kenneth Spencer, Martha Flowers, Bruce Hubbard, Helen Thigpen, Ella Lee, Ruby Elzy, Theresa Green Coleman, Edward Boatner, Betty Allen, and Sarah Reese. Prepare to have your horizons expanded and your consciousness raised!<\/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:55px\" 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=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Betty-Allen-818x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Betty-Allen-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Betty-Allen-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Betty-Allen-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Betty-Allen.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Serge Prokofiev, Vladimir Lugovskoy: \u041c\u0451\u0440\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435 [The Field of the Dead] (<em>Alexander Nevsky<\/em>, Op. 78). Betty Allen, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra [1975]<\/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=\"817\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-817x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eugene-Holmes.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo: Un nido di memorie (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Eugene Holmes, Hector Urb\u00f3n, D\u00fcsseldorfer Symphoniker [live Deutsche Oper am Rhein 13.VII.1977]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Charles-Holland.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Charles-Holland.png 446w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Charles-Holland-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Argentinian, arr. Leonard de Paur: Vidalita. Charles Holland, Leonard de Paur, The de Paur Infantry Chorus [1952]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Luther-Saxon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Luther-Saxon.png 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Luther-Saxon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Luther-Saxon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Irish, adapted Frederick Weatherly, arr. Leonard de Paur: Danny Boy. Luther Saxon, Leonard de Paur, the de Paur Infantry Chorus [1954]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Williams.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Williams-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spirituals, arr. Charles Lloyd, Jr., Jessye Norman: Walk About Elders &#8211; Ride On, King Jesus (from <em>Great Day in the Morning<\/em>). La Verne Williams, Jessye Norman [solos], Shezwae Powell, Nancy Ticotin, Jimmy Chambers, Vernon Nesbeth, Thomas Pollard, Ira Spaulding, Richard Taylor, Wayne Williams [chorus] [1982]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Harry-Burleigh-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Harry-Burleigh-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Harry-Burleigh-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Harry-Burleigh-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Harry-Burleigh.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh: Go Down, Moses. Harry Burleigh (probably self-accompanied) [1919]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/John-Payne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/John-Payne.jpg 439w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/John-Payne-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Go Down, Moses. John C. Payne, Jack London [1935]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Edward-H.S.-Boatner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Edward-H.S.-Boatner.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Edward-H.S.-Boatner-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry Burleigh: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child. Edward H.S. Boatner, possibly accompanied by Harry T. Burleigh [1919]<\/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=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FloCole-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FloCole-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FloCole-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FloCole.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Clarence Cameron White: Nobody Knows the Trouble I&#8217;ve Seen. Florence Cole-Talbert, William Leonard King [1919]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Hattie-King-Reavis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9368\" width=\"397\" height=\"455\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. R. Nathaniel Dett: Make More Room. Hattie King Reavis [1922]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/EvDov.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/EvDov.jpg 477w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/EvDov-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Couldn&#8217;t Hear Nobody Pray. Evelyn Dove, with piano accompaniment [ca. 1936]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eloise-Uggams-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9370\" width=\"370\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eloise-Uggams-Young.png 220w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Eloise-Uggams-Young-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Every Time I Feel the Spirit. Eloise Uggams, Everyman Opera Company conducted by Joseph Crawford [1952]<\/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=\"836\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/LeVern-Hutcherson-836x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/LeVern-Hutcherson-836x1024.jpg 836w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/LeVern-Hutcherson-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/LeVern-Hutcherson-768x941.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/LeVern-Hutcherson.jpg 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Deep River. LeVern Hutcherson, Lorenzo Fuller [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Inez-Matthews-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Inez-Matthews-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Inez-Matthews-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Inez-Matthews-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Inez-Matthews.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes: Round About the Mountain. Inez Matthews, Jonathan Brice [1953]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Todd-Duncan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Todd-Duncan.jpg 470w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Todd-Duncan-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: River God (<em>The Sun Never Sets<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Charles Prentice, The Drury Land Theatre Orchestra [1938]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Anne-Wiggins-Brown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9374\" width=\"471\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Anne-Wiggins-Brown.jpg 360w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Anne-Wiggins-Brown-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Otto Mortensen, Robert Frost: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Anne Wiggins Brown, Kjell Olsson [unknown recording date, probably late 1940s]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ruby-Himmelwaerts.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ruby-Himmelwaerts.png 486w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ruby-Himmelwaerts-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Schikaneder, unknown Italian translator: Ah, lo so [Ach ich f\u00fchl&#8217;s] (<em>Il flauto magico <\/em>[<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>]). Ruby Elzy, William Lawrence [late 1930s &#8211; early 1930s]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bruce-Hubbard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bruce-Hubbard.png 451w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bruce-Hubbard-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Alan Jay Lerner: Seena (<em>1600 Pennsylvania Avenue<\/em>). Bruce Hubbard, Dennis Russell Davies, The Orchestra of St. Luke&#8217;s [1990]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Thigpen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Thigpen.png 838w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Thigpen-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Thigpen-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard Swanson, Edwin Markham: The Valley. Helen Thigpen, David Allen [1951]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Martha-Flowers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Martha-Flowers.png 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Martha-Flowers-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer: I Had Myself a True Love (<em>St. Louis Woman<\/em>). Martha Flowers, Don Shirley [1963]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spencer-Pianney-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spencer-Pianney-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spencer-Pianney-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spencer-Pianney-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Spencer-Pianney.png 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional US-American, arr. and translated Horst Roos: Denk einmal daran. Kenneth Spencer, Trio Hans J\u00fcrgens [1964]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ella-Lee-as-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9380\" width=\"412\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ella-Lee-as-Aida.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ella-Lee-as-Aida-159x300.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: L&#8217;insana parola (<em>Aida<\/em>). Ella Lee, unknown conductor, orchestra, and date<\/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=\"839\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Coleman-839x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Coleman-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Coleman-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Coleman-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Coleman.jpg 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: O terra addio (<em>Aida<\/em>). Theresa Green Coleman, James McCracken, Regina Resnik, Fernando Previtali, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live 14.VIII.1962]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sarah-Reese.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sarah-Reese.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sarah-Reese-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano: D&#8217;amor sull&#8217;ali rosee (<em>Il trovatore<\/em>). Sarah Reese, Isaiah Jackson, Detroit Symphony Orchestra [live 1984]<\/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=\"817\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DePaur-817x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DePaur-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DePaur-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DePaur-768x962.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DePaur.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Nigerian Lullaby, Yoruba Tribe: Y me omo mi. Luther Saxon, The Leonard de Paur Chorus led by Leonard de Paur [1964]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 133. Never Forget (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I bid a lingering farewell to Black History&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[420,1626,1075,2109,1076,5823,2399,1263,2260,808,2329,2755,1540,425,3272,2806,427,2550],"tags":[2754,437,1473,3814,2483,2265,3161,599,3811,1993,3806,1937,3795,957,1612,1108,3810,3794,3792,3799,3813,357,3803,3800,2896,3807,207,1531,1347,3804,2748,3793,2746,348,3798,3790,1686,335,3809,1971,2636,3801,2164,3812,972,620,2703,3802,1843,1008,3796,704,3805,3797,601,2182,70,3789,2286,430,3791,1041,3808,34],"class_list":["post-9189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-opera-singers","category-african-american-singers","category-art-song","category-broadway-and-musicals","category-crossover","category-forgotten-divas","category-great-baritones","category-mezzo-madness","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-opera-in-translation","category-pop-icons","category-protest-songs","category-ruggero-leoncavallo","category-singers-of-color","category-twentieth-century-music","category-verismo","category-voiceless-wonders","tag-1600-pennsylvania-avenue-bernstein-lerner","tag-aida","tag-alan-jay-lerner","tag-alexander-nevsky-prokofiev","tag-anne-brown","tag-betty-allen","tag-bruce-hubbard","tag-charles-holland","tag-charles-lloyd-jr","tag-charles-marshall","tag-clarence-cameron-white","tag-cole-porter","tag-david-allen","tag-dennis-russell-davies","tag-die-zauberflote","tag-don-shirley","tag-edward-h-s-boatner","tag-edwin-markham","tag-ella-lee","tag-eloise-uggams","tag-eugene-holmes","tag-eugene-ormandy","tag-evelyn-dove","tag-everyman-opera-company","tag-fernando-previtali","tag-florence-cole-talbert","tag-giuseppe-verdi","tag-harold-arlen","tag-harry-t-burleigh","tag-hattie-king-reavis","tag-helen-thigpen","tag-horst-roos","tag-howard-swanson","tag-il-trovatore","tag-inez-matthews","tag-isaiah-jackson","tag-james-mccracken","tag-jessye-norman","tag-john-c-payne","tag-johnny-mercer","tag-jonathan-brice","tag-joseph-crawford","tag-kenneth-spencer","tag-la-verne-williams","tag-leonard-bernstein","tag-leonard-de-paur","tag-levern-hutcherson","tag-lorenzo-fuller","tag-luther-saxon","tag-martha-flowers","tag-otto-mortensen","tag-pagliacci","tag-r-nathaiel-dett","tag-robert-frost","tag-roland-hayes","tag-ruby-elzy","tag-ruggero-leoncavallo","tag-sarah-reese","tag-serge-prokofiev","tag-spirituals","tag-theresa-green-coleman","tag-todd-duncan","tag-william-leonard-king","tag-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Florence-Cole-Talbert-300x167.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/african-american-opera-singers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Opera Singers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/african-american-singers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Singers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/art-song\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Art Song<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/broadway-and-musicals\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Broadway and Musicals<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/crossover\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Crossover<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/forgotten-divas\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Forgotten Divas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/great-baritones\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Baritones<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/mezzo-madness\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mezzo Madness<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/music-for-a-world-in-crisis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/opera-in-translation\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Opera in Translation<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/pop-icons\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pop Icons<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/protest-songs\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Protest Songs<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/ruggero-leoncavallo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruggero Leoncavallo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/singers-of-color\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Singers of Color<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-music\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Verismo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Voiceless Wonders<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Opera Singers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Singers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Art Song<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Broadway and Musicals<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Crossover<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Forgotten Divas<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Baritones<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mezzo Madness<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Opera in Translation<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pop Icons<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Protest Songs<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruggero Leoncavallo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Singers of Color<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Verismo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Voiceless Wonders<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Bernstein &amp; Lerner)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aida<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alan Jay Lerner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anne Brown<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Betty Allen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bruce Hubbard<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Holland<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Lloyd Jr.<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Marshall<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Clarence Cameron White<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Cole Porter<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">David Allen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dennis Russell Davies<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Don Shirley<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edward H.S. Boatner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edwin Markham<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ella Lee<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eloise Uggams<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eugene Holmes<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eugene Ormandy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Evelyn Dove<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Everyman Opera Company<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fernando Previtali<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Florence Cole-Talbert<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Harold Arlen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Harry T. Burleigh<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hattie King Reavis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Helen Thigpen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Horst Roos<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Howard Swanson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il Trovatore<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Inez Matthews<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Isaiah Jackson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James McCracken<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jessye Norman<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John C. Payne<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johnny Mercer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jonathan Brice<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joseph Crawford<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kenneth Spencer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Verne Williams<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leonard Bernstein<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leonard De Paur<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">LeVern Hutcherson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorenzo Fuller<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luther Saxon<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Martha Flowers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Otto Mortensen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pagliacci<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">R. Nathaiel Dett<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Frost<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Roland Hayes<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruby Elzy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruggero Leoncavallo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sarah Reese<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Serge Prokofiev<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spirituals<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Theresa Green Coleman<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Todd Duncan<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Leonard King<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Bernstein &amp; Lerner)<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aida<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alan Jay Lerner<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev)<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anne Brown<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Betty Allen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bruce Hubbard<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Holland<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Lloyd Jr.<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Marshall<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Clarence Cameron White<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Cole Porter<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">David Allen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dennis Russell Davies<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Don Shirley<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edward H.S. Boatner<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edwin Markham<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ella Lee<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eloise Uggams<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eugene Holmes<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eugene Ormandy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Evelyn Dove<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Everyman Opera Company<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fernando Previtali<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Florence Cole-Talbert<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Harold Arlen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Harry T. Burleigh<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hattie King Reavis<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Helen Thigpen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Horst Roos<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Howard Swanson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il Trovatore<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Inez Matthews<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Isaiah Jackson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James McCracken<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jessye Norman<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John C. Payne<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johnny Mercer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jonathan Brice<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joseph Crawford<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kenneth Spencer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Verne Williams<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leonard Bernstein<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leonard De Paur<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">LeVern Hutcherson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorenzo Fuller<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luther Saxon<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Martha Flowers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Otto Mortensen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pagliacci<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">R. Nathaiel Dett<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Frost<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Roland Hayes<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruby Elzy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruggero Leoncavallo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sarah Reese<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Serge Prokofiev<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spirituals<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Theresa Green Coleman<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Todd Duncan<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Leonard King<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 26\/02\/2022","modified":"Updated on 16\/02\/2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 26\/02\/2022 01:20","modified":"Updated on 16\/02\/2024 10:47"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9189"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9386,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9189\/revisions\/9386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}