The BlackPast.org staff have compiled below samplings of many of the performers who are profiled on our Blacks in Classical Music page. If you have a favorite YouTube selection of these artists, please forward it to us at BlackPast@BlackPast.org and we will post it under your name. Be sure to include the YouTube title and URL for the video in your email.
Marian Anderson Sings at the Lincoln Memorial, 1939
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Lauren Anderson Performs Ballet from the Nutcracker
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Kathleen Battle & Christopher Parkening Perform Ave Maria
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Anne Wiggins Brown Sings the Original Summertime from the1940 Opera “Porgy and Bess”
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Grace Bumbry Performs “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Harry T. Burleighs Arrangement of “Deep River” Performed by Julian Joseph
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Gloria Davy Performs Tacea la notte placida from Il Trovatore
Submitted by Marianne Hanson
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale Performs “Listen to the Lambs”
Submitted by Marianne Hanson
Todd Duncan Sing the Original Unchained Melody from the 1955Film, “Unchained”
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Submitted by Marianne Hanson
Roland Hayes Sings the Negro Spiritual “Go Down Moses”
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Dorothy Maynor sings the aria Depuis le jour from GustaveCharpentiers opera Louise
Submitted by Olga Bourlin
Robert McFerrin, Sr. SingsCortigiani [Excerpt]
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Jessye Norman Sings “Dich teure Halle” by Tannhauser
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Leontyne Price Sings Aida
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Paul Robeson Sings “Ol Man River,” from Showboat
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony” Performed by the Orchestra of the Vienna Opera
Submitted by the BlackPast.org Staff
Andre Watts Performs “Rachmaninoff
