Tenor Roland Hayes, the first black man to find international recognition as a concert musician, paved the way for singers such as Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson.
Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African-American man to reach international fame as a concert performer and one of the few artists who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall and Covent Garden.
Hayes's trailblazing career paved the way for a host of African-American artists, including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson.
Performing the African American spirituals he was raised on, Hayes's voice was marked with a unique sonority which easily navigated French, German and Italian art songs.
A multiculturalist both on and off the stage, he counted among his friends George Washington Carver, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ezra Pound, Pearl Buck, Dwight Eisenhower and Langston Hughes.
An engaging biography, Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor, spans the history of Hayes's life and career and the legacy he left behind as a musician and a champion of African American rights. It is an authentic, panoramic portrait of a man who was as complex as the music he performed.
Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland and part of Baltimore County, Greetings & Readings of Hunt Valley is the premier independent gift store in Maryland. Fiction, fashion and fun.
Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African-American man to reach international fame as a concert performer and one of the few artists who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall and Covent Garden.Hayes's trailblazing career paved the way for a host of African-American artists, including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson.
Performing the African American spirituals he was raised on, Hayes's voice was marked with a unique sonority which easily navigated French, German and Italian art songs.
A multiculturalist both on and off the stage, he counted among his friends George Washington Carver, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ezra Pound, Pearl Buck, Dwight Eisenhower and Langston Hughes.
An engaging biography, Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor, spans the history of Hayes's life and career and the legacy he left behind as a musician and a champion of African American rights. It is an authentic, panoramic portrait of a man who was as complex as the music he performed.
Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland and part of Baltimore County, Greetings & Readings of Hunt Valley is the premier independent gift store in Maryland. Fiction, fashion and fun.
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