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The story of Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, America's first black pop star

  • Written by Adam Gustafson, Instructor in Music, Pennsylvania State University
imageElizabeth Taylor Greenfield.Wikimedia Commons

In 1851, a concert soprano named Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield embarked on a national tour that upended America’s music scene.

In antebellum America, operatic and concert songs were very popular forms of entertainment. European concert sopranos, such as Jenny Lind and Catherine Hayes, drew huge...

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