Hyers Sisters
Hyers Sisters Anna Madah Hyers Emma Louise Hyers | |
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Background information | |
Genres | black musical theater. |
Years active | 1867–1920s |
The Hyers Sisters, Anna Madah (ca. 1855 – 1929) and Emma Louise (ca. 1857 – 1901),
Life
Their father, Samuel B. Hyers, came west to
They were later called "a rare musical treat" by
The Hyers’ family organized a theater company, where they produced musical dramas starring Anna and Emma, including Out of Bondage, written by Joseph Bradford and premiered in 1876, Urlina, the African Princess written by E. S. Getchell and premiered in 1879, The Underground Railway, by Pauline Hopkins in July 1880, and Hopkin’s stage version of
Further reading
References
- ISBN 9780521412384. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ Benson, Heidi (February 20, 2008). "The Hyers Sisters". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ Riis, Thomas L. "Musical Theater". The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. pp. 614–623.
- ISBN 9780252041631.
- ^ Trotter, James M. (1878). "XII. Anna Madah and Emma Louise Hyers, Vocalists and Pianists.". Music and Some Highly Musical People. Lee and Shepard. p. 160. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ Oxford Handbook of Opera, edited by Helen M. Greenwald, p762, accessed 2/22/2017
- ^ See also: https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=11619782
- ISBN 9780874747881.
Sources
- Engle, Ron; Miller, Tice L. (1993-05-06). The American Stage. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521412384.
- Buckner, Jocelyn L. (Fall 2012). ""Spectacular Opacities": The Hyers Sisters' Performances of Respectability and Resistance". African American Review. 45 (3): 309–323. S2CID 152800374.
- "The Hyers Sisters". susheel-bibbs. Retrieved 2017-10-22.