When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Munoz Ryan

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
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Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Illustrator: Brian Selznick
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN: 0439269679
Number of pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Book Reviews of When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

Book Review: Good things come to they who wait, and wait, and wait...
Summary: 4 Stars

This is an ugly book.
Ugly, in the respect of
disrespect for
true talent
unrewarded
in an age of ugliness in America.

The rich skin-toned shades of brown, borderline mono-chromatic
"makes" the book!

The use of italicized musical scores to accentuate certain historical occurances throughout the book merits NOTE.

What a woman.
What a voice.

I have mixed feelings about the uncle super-imposed; but on the otherhand, his making it inabstetia to the concert may have been in some other dimension --
atleast a notation was made of this "tall tale."

Bravo!

Encore!

Summary of When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson is best known for her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, which drew an integrated crowd of over 75,000 people in pre-Civil Rights America. While this momentous event showcased the uniqueness of her character, and the struggles of the times in which she lived, it is only part of her story. Like the opera arias Marian would come to sing, Ryan's text is as moving as a libretto, and Selznick's pictures are as exquisitely detailed and elaborately designed as a stage set. Wheat emerges most profoundly from their shared vision is a role model of courage.
As this skilled duo did with Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, Pam Mu?oz Ryan and Brian Selznick bring to life the story of yet another remarkable American woman, gifted black contralto Marian Anderson.

Undoubtedly one of America's greatest singers, Anderson was hardly known in her own country because of her race--music schools ignored her applications ("We don't take colored!") and even after she began singing professionally, many venues only featured white performers. Ryan's well-paced story becomes especially poignant as she recounts Anderson's overwhelming success in Europe ("one newspaper in Sweden called it 'Marian Fever' ... In Austria, the world-famous conductor Arturo Toscanini announced that what he had heard, one was privileged to hear only once in a hundred years"). The book reaches its climax with a wordless, deep brown two-page spread from Selznick, a crowd's-eye view of Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, an historic concert that drew an integrated audience of over 75,000.

Ryan's simple, metered text (punctuated frequently by lyrics) captures the quiet drama of Anderson's story, and kids will especially identify with the confusion and frustration of young Marian. And as with the pair's previous collaboration, Selznick's rich illustrations ably convey the undeniable strength and courage of a talented, determined woman. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes

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