tracks

Opening Announcement
Speech By U.S. Secretary Of The Interior, Harold Ickes
Traditional: America (My Country, 'tis Of Thee)
Fia Dunque Vero … O Mio Fernando … Scritto In Cielo
Ave Maria (Ellens Dritter Gesang)
Intermission Announcements
Spiritual: Gospel Train (arr. H.T. Burleigh)
Spiritual: Trampin’ (arr. Edward H. Boatner)
Closing Announcement
Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer, Op. 105, No. 2
Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1
Die Forelle, D 550 (Op. 32)
Ave Maria (Ellens Dritter Gesang), D 839 (Op. 52, No. 6)
Erlkönig, D 328 (Op. 1)
Mon Coeur S’ouvre à Ta Voix
Traditional: Comin’ Through The Rye
Von Zwei Rosen, Op. 59, No. 3
Det Var I Vårens Ljusa Tid, Op. 45, No. 2 (sung In German As Es War Zur Holden Lenzeszeit)
Traditional: Läksin Minä Kesäyönä Käymään (arr. Selim Palmgren)
Den Judiska Flickans Sång (or Solitude) (arranged For Marian Anderson By Sibelius)
Svarta Rosor, Op. 36, No. 1 (sung In English As Black Roses)
Spiritual: Done Foun’ My Los’ Sheep (arr. J Rosamund Johnson)
Spiritual: Hold On! (arr. Harold Johnson)
Spiritual: He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands (arr. Hamilton Forrest)
Spiritual: He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands (reprise)
Spiritual: My Soul’s Been Anchored In de Lord (arr. Florence B Price)
Spiritual: Heav’n, Heav’n (arr. H T Burleigh)
Spiritual: O What A Beautiful City! (arr. Edward Boatner)

notes

Let Freedom Ring!
Marian Anderson (contralto)
Kosti Vehanen (piano) (tr. 3-8), Franz Rupp (piano) (trs. 10-28)
rec. Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. 9 April 1939 (trs. 1-9); Copenhagen, 27 October 1961 (trs. 10-28)
Live broadcast recording - first restored release (Washington)
JSP RECORDS JSP683 [79:03]

credits

Contralto Vocals – Marian Anderson (tracks: 3-28)
Piano – Franz Rupp (tracks: 10-28), Kosti Vehanen

companies

Recorded At – Falkoner Centret

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