Eva Jessye (January 20, 1895 – February 21, 1992) was an American conductor who was the first black woman to receive international distinction as a professional...

Jessye is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Eva Jessye (1895–1992), American conductor Jessye Norman (1945–2019),...

in form, content, and for its all-black cast, with singers directed by Eva Jessye, a prominent black choral director, and supported by her choir. Thomson...

were influential music pioneers in the early 20th century, including Eva Jessye, who created her own choir and collaborated with major artists such as...

in Carnegie Hall, in the fall of 1935. He chose as his choral director Eva Jessye, who also directed her own renowned choir. The world premiere performance...

"Eva Jessye In Radio Play". The Afro American. April 8, 1933. Retrieved October 16, 2010. Bowen, Charles I. (April 22, 1933). "On The Air-Eva Jessye,...

is one of a group—including Harry T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, and Eva Jessye—who had great success performing African-American spirituals. Francis...

Garrison (1901–1974) as an assistant director. Black female choral conductor Eva Jessye served as musical director on Hallelujah; she would later act as music...

Stein's Four Saints in Three Acts. In both productions the choral conductor Eva Jessye was part of the creative team. Her choir was featured in Four Saints....

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of a young, black Gospel-singing girl from the South (loosely based on Eva Jessye) who falls for a white Juilliard concert pianist (loosely based on George...

singer-songwriter Eva Jessye (1895–1992), choral director, composer James Kibbie, organist Lyndon Lawless, conductor, music educator Eva Likova (1919–2004)...

New York City, where she first performed as a soloist with the Eva Jessye Choir. Jessye was a groundbreaking collaborator with Virgil Thomson and George...

States with the USO, and after the war, she toured as a soloist with the Eva Jessye Choir. Uggams helped her niece, actress and singer Leslie Uggams, attend...

Harris as Shadrach James Heath as Luther David Huddleston as Holland Eva Jessye as Julie Oscar Paul Jones as Zacharious Aldine King as Emmeline Robert...

Harlem Renaissance, was born in Kansas City, Kansas. Choral conductor Eva Jessye, a contemporary of Holt, was born in Lawrence. In the following years...

as the Angel of Arnhem during the Battle of Arnhem, traffic collision. Eva Jessye, 97, American conductor. Jane Pickens Langley, 84, American singer, heart...

McKissick (substituting for arrested CORE director James Farmer). The Eva Jessye Choir sang, and Rabbi Uri Miller (president of the Synagogue Council of...

Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen (1885–1980) María Grever (1885–1951) Eva Jessye (1885–1992) Mana Zucca (1885–1981) Dora Pejačević (1885–1923) Frieda Schmitt-Lermann...

Ludus Tonalis neoclassicism, Expressionism Gordon Jacob 1895 1984 English Eva Jessye 1895 1992 American Rudolf Kattnigg 1895 1955 Austrian Ernesto Lecuona...

composer and educator Kalena Bovell, African-American and Hispanic conductor Eva Jessye (1895–1992), choral conductor, composer and educator Nina Gamble Kennedy...

reign "over the birth of such dances as the Lindy Hop and the Susie Q". Eva Jessye moves to New York, where she will soon become a fixture in the city's...

The following lists note recordings in opera and recital of soprano Jessye Norman. Norman sang many roles in audio recordings of complete operas: Bartók...

said that Dunham never fully forgave her. She also performed with the Eva Jessye Choir. King was known for the timbre of her contralto voice. She became...

from Howard in 1944 with a bachelor's degree in Music, he joined the Eva Jessye Choir. Shortly thereafter he sang the lead role in a concert production...

Jameson Leon Janney Vernon Jarrett: 89  Gordon Jenkins Georgie Jessel Eva Jessye: 90–91  Vere Everette Johns: 94  Hall Johnson: 92–94  Parks Johnson Raymond...

Ruby Green at the piano. In the 1930s, she sang with the Eva Jessye Choir, and through Jessye, became acquainted with Ira Gershwin and his wife. Greene...

Barry Sanders Elwood "Bingo" DeMoss Charles "Bird" Parker Coleman Hawkins Eva Jessye Kansas portal Africa portal United States portal History portal History...

Negro Musicians; Kansas City Dave Hope (born 1949), musician; Topeka Eva Jessye (1895–1992), choral conductor; Coffeyville Jennifer Knapp (born 1974)...

Cowell [pupils] Lillian Fuchs Samuel Gardner Howard Hanson [pupils] Swan Hennessy Eva Jessye Arthur Loesser Daniel Gregory Mason Leo Ornstein Wallingford Riegger [pupils]...