Elsie Houston: Revolutionary Soprano

Author/Contributor(s):	Osei, Adjoa
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	01/21/2025
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

This new biography traces the fascinating life and work of Elsie Houston, a Brazilian, mixed-race, classically trained soprano who captured the 1920s and 1930s Western artistic vogue for black exotica by restylizing Afro-Brazilian folk songs on elite stages in Paris and New York.