The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with William Warfield

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with William Warfield

12/14/1999; 6/6/2002

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A1999.003

Singer William Warfield (1920 - 2002 ) performed on Broadway and starred in Porgy and Bess alongside his wife, opera legend Leontyne Price. He also taught music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University, and won a 1984 Grammy Award in the spoken word category. Warfield was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 12/14/1999 and 6/6/2002, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 7; Total Run Time: 02h 59m 46s

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Warfield, William

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Opera singer and educator William Caesar Warfield was born on January 22, 1920 in West Helena, Arkansas to Robert and Bertha McCamery Warfield. Warfield first developed vocal skills by singing in the choir of his father's Baptist church. During his childhood, the Warfield family moved to Rochester, New York, where he took formal voice lessons. In 1938, during his senior year at Washington High School, Warfield won the District Award for the National Music Educators' League vocal competition, whi...