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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Thurman, Kira, author.

Title: Singing like Germans : Black musicians in the land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms / Kira Thurman.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021012388 (print) | LCCN 2021012389 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501759840 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501759857 (epub) | ISBN 9781501759864 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Musicians, Black—Germany—History—20th century. | Musicians, Black—Austria—History—20th century. | Musicians, Black—Germany—History—19th century. | Musicians, Black—Austria—History—19th century. | African American musicians—Germany—History—20th century. | African American musicians—Austria—History—20th century. | African American musicians—Germany—History—19th century. | African American musicians—Austria—History—19th century. | Music—Social aspects—Germany—History. | Music—Social aspects—Austria—History. | Music—Political aspects—Germany—History. | Music—Political aspects—Austria—History. | Music and race.

Classification: LCC ML3917.G3 T58 2021 (print) | LCC ML3917.G3 (ebook) |DDC 306.4/8428—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021012388

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021012389

Cover photograph: Marian Anderson, ca. 1946, Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos. Penn Libraries Marian Anderson Collection, Ms. Coll. 198: vol. 14, p. 14, item 1.