- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Roland Hayes on Program Cover
- Publisher:
- Redpath Chautauqua Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City).
- Date of Original:
- 1937-02-21
- Subject:
- Singers--New York (State)--New York
African American singers--New York (State)--New York
Tenors (Singers)--New York (State)--New York
African American men--New York (State)--New York
Musicians--New York (State)--New York
Men--New York (State)--New York
African American musicians--New York (State)--New York
Concert programs--New York (State)--New York
Hayes, Roland, 1887-1977 - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- programs (documents)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This image of Roland Hayes, the internationally known African American tenor, appeared on a program for a 1937 concert he gave in New York City. Hayes began his career with the renowned Jubilee Singers at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and performed his final concert over fifty years later at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Image of the cover of a 1937 concert program featuring a sketch of acclaimed African American tenor Roland Hayes. His name appears in bold white letters under the image of his face.
Hayes, the renowned African American tenor, earned international acclaim by singing classical and operatic music on the concert stage. Initially compelled to arrange and promote his own concerts, Hayes eventually became the highest-paid tenor in the world, despite the racial barriers that often excluded African Americans from careers in classical music. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/roland-hayes-1887-1977/m-7246/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Redpath Chautauqua Collection, University of Iowa Libraries
Courtesy of University of Iowa Libraries - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/roland-hayes-1887-1977
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Redpath Chautauqua Collection - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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