Lawrence, Dorothea Dix
Lawrence, Dorothea Dix
Lawrence, Dorothea Dix, American soprano and folk-song collector; b. N.Y., Sept. 22, 1899; d. Plainfield, N.J., May 23, 1979. She studied with Cesare Stunai, Henry Russell, and Katherine Opdycke in N.Y. She made her debut as Gounod’s Marguerite with the Quebec Opera in Montreal in 1929, then appeared in opera in N.Y., Philadelphia, and elsewhere. She became active as a folk-song collector, presenting recitals in which she sang American Indian songs in their original languages as well as other folk songs and art songs by established composers. She also toured Europe as a recitalist (1952–54). She publ. the book Folklore Songs of the United States (1959).
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