voc, 1918-1985 US
Musician of Classical
Carol Brice (April 16, 1918 - February 15, 1985) was an American contralto. Born in Sedalia, North Carolina, she studied at Palmer Memorial Institute and later at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, where she received a Bachelor of Music in 1939. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music from 1939 to 1943. She attracted considerable attention for her role in a 1939 production of The Hot Mikado at the New York World's Fair, where she worked with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Brice made her recital debut in 1943, that year becoming the first African-American to win the Walter Naumburg Award. Her concerts often featured the piano accompaniment of her brother, Jonathan Brice.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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El Amor Brujo (Love By Witchcraft) | Manuel De Falla : Fritz Reiner Conducting The The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra With Carol Brice | 1996 | Album |
Sacred Arias Of Johann Sebastian Bach | Johann Sebastian Bach : Carol Brice | 1993 | Album |
Sing Me A Lullaby | Thomas Carey, Carol Brice, Robert McCanne, Susan Walker, Randalee Maddox | 1982 | Album |
Finian's Rainbow (Original 1960 Broadway Cast) | Jeannie Carson, Howard Morris / Biff McGuire, Carol Brice / Sorrell Booke And Bobby Howes | 1960 | Album |
Finian's Rainbow (The Original Cast Of The 1960 Broadway Production) | Jeannie Carson, Howard Morris / Biff McGuire, Carol Brice / Sorrell Booke And Bobby Howes | 1960 | Album |
Regina | Marc Blitzstein, Brenda Lewis, Elisabeth Carron, Carol Brice, Joshua Hecht, New York City Opera Orchestra, New York City Opera Chorus, Samuel Krachmalnick | 1958 | Album |
Songs Of A Wayfarer ‧ Sacred Arias | Gustav Mahler ‧ Johann Sebastian Bach - Carol Brice Contraalto, With Fritz Reiner Conducting The The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | 1949 | Album |
On Ma Journey | Carol Brice | 1948 | Album |
Songs Of A Wayfarer (Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen) | Gustav Mahler, Fritz Reiner, Carol Brice, The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | 1946 | Album |
O Ye Balmy Bows / Addio Alla Madre | Carol Brice / Jussi Björling | 1946 | Album |