Marian Anderson (2,823 views)

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Marian Anderson (27 February 1897 - 8 April 1993)
Voice Type: Contralto/Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range: D3-A5

Significant High Notes:

A5 (“Comin' Thro The Rye”, “My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord”, “Pleurez Mes Yeux”)
G♯5 (“Black Roses”, “Casta Diva”, “Flickan kom ifran sin älsklings möte”, “O Mio Fernando”, “Pleurez Mes Yeux”, “Re dell'abisso affrettati”)
G5 (“Casta Diva”, “Comin' Thro The Rye”, “Didn't It Rain”, “Långsamt Som Kvällsskyn”, “Love, Come To My Aid”, “My Country, 'tis Of Thee”, “O Don Fatale”, “Pourquoi m'as-tu quittee?”, “Re dell'abisso affrettati”, “Säv, Säv, Susa”, “The Hills”, “Var det en dröm?”)
F♯5 (“Adieu, forets”, “Alto Rhapsody”, “Aus Banger Brust”, “Dein Blaues Auge”, “Divinités Du Styx”, “Gretchen Am Spinnrade”, “Honor, Honor”, “Långsamt Som Kvällsskyn”, “Let's Have A Union”, “O Holy Night”, “Ride On, King Jesus”, “Softly Awakes My Heart”, “Stille Tränen”)
F5 (“Ain't Got Time To Die”, “Bright Phoebus”, “Caro Mio Ben”, “City Called Heaven”, “Deep River”, “Der Schmied”, “Élégie”, “He'll Bring It To Pass”, “I Been In De Storm So Long”, “Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer”, “I Stood On De Ribber Ob Jerdon”, “Jus' Keep On Singin'”, “Let Us Break Bread Together”, “Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix”, “My Country, 'tis Of Thee”, “My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord”, “O Mio Fernando”, “Pleurez Mes Yeux”, “Re dell'abisso affrettati”, “She Never Told Her Love”, “Softly Awakes My Heart”, “Ständchen”, “Var det en dröm?”, “Wohin?”)
E5 (“All Through The Night”, “A Princess Fair”, “Aufenthalt”, “Aus Banger Brust”, “Bereite dich, Zion”, “Black Roses”, “Come Away Death”, “Comin' Thro The Rye”, “Der Doppelgänger”, “Der Erlkönig”, “Die Mainacht”, “Die Schnur, Die Perl An Perle”, “Élégie”, “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”, “Flickan kom ifran sin älsklings möte”, “Geistliches Wiegenlied”, “Gestillte Sehnsucht”, “Gretchen Am Spinnrade”, “Hold On!”, “I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired”, “I Was There When They Crucified My Lord”, “Keep Your Hands on the Plough”, “Långsamt Som Kvällsskyn”, “Let Us Break Bread Together”, “Liebesbotschaft”, “Morgen”, “My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair”, “My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord”, “O Don Fatale”, “O Mio Fernando”, “Pourquoi m'as-tu quittee?”, “Säv, Säv, Susa”, “Songs My Mother Taught Me”, “Stille Tränen”, “When I Am Laid In Earth”, “Zum reinen Wasser”)
E♭5 (“Ain't Got Time To Die”, “Amour! viens aider”, “Aus Banger Brust”, “Ave Maria”, “Behold That Star”, “Bright Phoebus”, “Caro Mio Ben”, “Carry Me Back To Old Virginny”, “Casta Diva”, “Ch'io Mai Vi Possa”, “Deck The Halls”, “Dere's No Hidin' Place Down Dere”, “Der Jüngling Und Der Tod”, “Der Tod Und Das Mädchen”, “Die Forelle”, “Die Schnur, Die Perl An Perle”, “Divinités Du Styx”, “Dreamin, Dreamin”, “Flickan kom ifran sin älsklings möte”, “Great Gittin' Up Mornin'”, “Hard Trials”, “He'll Bring It To Pass”, “Hold On!”, “Honor, Honor”, “I Know De Lord's Laid His Hands On Me”, “Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer”, “I've Been 'Buked”, “I Want Jesus To Walk With Me”, “Komm, süsser Tod”, “Laksin Mina Kesayona Kaymaan”, “Let's Have A Union”, “Lord, I Can't Stay Away”, “Love, Come To My Aid”, “My Country, 'tis Of Thee”, “My Way's Cloudy”, “O Holy Night”, “Oh, Wasn't Dat A Wide Ribber”, “Re dell'abisso affrettati”, “Roll, Jerd'n, Roll!”, “Se Florindo è fedele”, “She Never Told Her Love”, “Siciliana”, “Sinner, Please”, “Softly Awakes My Heart”, “Ständchen”, “Stille Tränen”, “The Hills”, “Tonight Seeking Hither My Presence…O Love from Thy Power”, “Tuku Tuku Lampaitani”, “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”)
D5 (“Adieu, forets”, “All Through The Night”, “Alto Rhapsody”, “Away In A Manger”, “Bereite dich, Zion”, “Black Roses”, “But The Lord Is Mindful Of His Own”, “Casta Diva”, “Ch'io Mai Vi Possa”, “Comin' Thro The Rye”, “Dein Blaues Auge”, “Der Erlkönig”, “Der Nußbaum”, “Der Schmied”, “Der Tod Und Das Mädchen”, “Didn't It Rain”, “Done Foun' My Los Sheep”, “Élégie”, “Erbarme dich, mein Gott”, “Es ist vollbracht”, “Fire-Flies”, “Follow the Moon”, “Geistliches Wiegenlied”, “Gestillte Sehnsucht”, “Gretchen Am Spinnrade”, “Hard Trials”, “I Been In De Storm So Long”, “I Was There When They Crucified My Lord”, “Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?”, “Jus' Keep On Singin'”, “Liebesbotschaft”, “Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix”, “My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord”, “Oh, Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells”, “Oh, What a Beautiful City!”, “O Rest In The Lord”, “O Sanctissima”, “Plenty Good Room”, “Pleurez Mes Yeux”, “Pourquoi m'as-tu quittee?”, “Ride On, King Jesus”, “Siciliana”, “Silent Night”, “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”, “Ständchen”, “Te Deum”, “The First Noel”, “The Frog”, “The Turtle”, “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”, “Tonight Seeking Hither My Presence…O Love from Thy Power”, “Var det en dröm?”, “When Night Descends”, “Wohin?”, “Zum reinen Wasser”)

Significant Low Notes:

B3 (“Adieu, forets”, “Angel's Song”, “Bereite dich, Zion”, “Come Away Death”, “Crucifixion”, “Élégie”, “He Was Despised”, “I Stood On De Ribber Ob Jerdon”, “Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?”, “Jingle Bells”, “Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix”, “Nun Hast Du Mir”, “Oh, Heaven Is One Beautiful Place, I Know”, “O Holy Night”, “Oh, What a Beautiful City!”, “O Mio Fernando”, “O Rest In The Lord”, “Pleurez Mes Yeux”, “The Hills”, “The Turtle”, “When I Am Laid In Earth”, “Zum reinen Wasser”)
B♭3 (“Amour! viens aider”, “Behold That Star”, “Deep River”, “Der Nußbaum”, “Die Mainacht”, “Done Foun' My Los Sheep”, “He'll Bring It To Pass”, “If He Change My Name”, “I Know De Lord's Laid His Hands On Me”, “I've Been 'Buked”, “Komm, süsser Tod”, “Let's Have A Union”, “Lord, I Can't Stay Away”, “Love, Come To My Aid”, “Plaisir D'amour”, “Softly Awakes My Heart”, “Snoopy's Lullaby”, “Tonight Seeking Hither My Presence…O Love from Thy Power”, “Were You There?”)
A3 (“Ain't Got Time To Die”, “A Princess Fair”, “Der Doppelgänger”, “Der Erlkönig”, “Done Foun' My Los Sheep”, “Everytime I Feel De Spirit”, “Gestillte Sehnsucht”, “Hear De Lam's A-Cryin'”, “He Was Despised”, “I Been In De Storm So Long”, “I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired”, “Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?”, “Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix”, “O Don Fatale”, “Silent Night”, “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child”, “Soon-A Will Be Done”, “The Looking Glass”)
G♯3 (“Alto Rhapsody”, “Amour! viens aider”, “Aufenthalt”, “Deep River”, “Divinités Du Styx”, “He's Got The Whole World In His Hands”, “Love, Come To My Aid”, “Prayer Is De Key”, “Tonight Seeking Hither My Presence…O Love from Thy Power”, “Trampin'”, “Were You There?”)
G3 (“Didn't It Rain”, “Great Gittin' Up Mornin'”, “I Am A Bound For de Kingdom”, “If He Change My Name”, “O Don Fatale”, “Oh, Heaven Is One Beautiful Place, I Know”, “Re dell'abisso affrettati”, “Scandalize My Name”, “Such an Inquisitive Kitty”)
F♯3 (“Crucifixion”, “Oh, Heaven Is One Beautiful Place, I Know”, “The Motherly Dark of the Night”)
F3 (“The Motherly Dark of the Night”)
E3 (“Crucifixion”, “Hear De Lam's A-Cryin'”, “Lord, How Come Me Here?”)
E♭3 (“Lord, How Come Me Here?”)
D3 (“Der Tod Und Das Mädchen”)
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