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Becoming the “Black Swan” in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America:: Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield's Early Life and Debut Concert Tour

Julia J. Chybowski
Journal: Journal of the American Musicological Society
Journal of the American Musicological Society (2014) 67 (1): 125–165.
https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2014.67.1.125
Published: 01 April 2014
.... Hailed as the “Black Swan” by newspapermen involved in her debut, the soubriquet prefigured a complicated reception of her musical performances. As an African American musician with slavery in her past, she sang what many Americans understood to be “white” music (opera arias, sentimental parlor song...
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