The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Anne Brown

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Anne Brown

11/16/2006; 11/17/2006; 11/18/2006; 11/18/2006

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2006.145

Classical singer Anne Brown (1912 - 2009 ) was a soprano legend who played "Bess" in the original production of George Gershwin's, "Porgy and Bess." She also starred in other Broadway shows, and achieved celebrated performances as a concert artist at Carnegie Hall and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Brown was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/16/2006, 11/17/2006, 11/18/2006 and 11/18/2006, in Oslo, Norway. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 4; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 27m 08s

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Brown, Anne, 1912-2009

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Soprano legend Anne Wiggins Brown was the first person to play the leading role of "Bess" in the production of Porgy and Bess on Broadway. Brown was born on August 9, 1912, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father, Harry Brown, was a prominent physician and a grandson of a slave. Her mother, Mary Allen Wiggins, descended from a family of singers and studied voice and piano in New York. Brown was named after her paternal grandmother, Annie E. Brown, a gifted singer and evangelist who toured the southea...