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Deep River, by Marian Anderson 『深い河』マリアン・アンダーソン

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Uploaded by on Apr 17, 2008

Deep river, my home is over Jordan
Deep river,
Lord, I want to cross over into campground
Oh, don't you want to go, to that gospel feast
That Promised Land, that land where all is peace?
Walk into heaven, and take a seat
And cast my crown at Jesus feet

黒人霊歌
Spiritual
歌(Alto)マリアン アンダーソン
 Marian Anderson
3-3321 HMV B2828

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  • Exquisite and perfect, true contralto voice with ultimate beauty of interpretative understanding to be included with Kathleen Ferrier and Janer Baker, absolutely. Thankyou for posting this -it's a treasure to me.

  • @deja2052 I thought this was a song of Christianity, since I had learned this song in my kindergardenhood. When I watched the collapse of Berlin Wall on TV twenty years ago, I suddenly got an inspiration on the background meaning.

    Just now God of word play gave me an inspiration: Sick river, in my berry is an internal organ. Metaboric river, rord, I have to check into a hospital.

  • a perfect complement to paul robeson's.

    the song is an abolitionist allegory in the guise of a 'negro spiritual' as some know.

    jordan was the ohio river. crissing over meant freedom from the juridiction of the runaway slave law of the slave states.

  • I love the way this sounds but could someone post the lyrics for me? It is hard to make out some of them and I really want to know what is said.

  • After highschool, Marian applied to an all-white music school, the Philadelphia Music Academy (now University of the Arts), but was turned away because she was black. The woman working the admissions counter replied, "We don't take colored" when she tried to apply. Marian's principal of her high school offered to help her and enabled her to meet a very respected talented music teacher- Giuseppe Boghetti. Marian auditioned for him singing 'Deep River', he was immediatley brought to tears.

  • Lovely voice, & thanks for posting the pictures also, she was beautiful.

  • That is a very nice version, indeed! Thank you for sharing. :)

  • she sounds good well kinda

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