Jessye
Jessye is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Eva Jessye (1895–1992), American conductor *Jessye Norman (1945–2019), American opera singer See also *Jesse (given name) *Jesse (surname) Jesse is the surname of: * Eckhard Jesse (born 1948), German political scientist * Edward Jesse (1780–1868), English writer on natural history * John Heneage Jesse (1809–1874), English historian * John John Jesse (born 1969), American painter * ...

Jessye Norman
Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to be limited to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, Norman was associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Cassandre and Didon by Berlioz and Bartók's Judith. ''The New York Times'' music critic Edward Rothstein described her voice as a "grand mansion of sound", and wrote that "it has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. It contains sunlit rooms, narrow passageways, cavernous halls." Norman trained at Howard University, the Peabody Institute, and the University of Michigan. Her career began in Europe, where she won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 1968, which led to a contract with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Her operatic début came as Elisabeth in Wagner's ''Ta ...
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Eva Jessye
Eva Jessye (January 20, 1895 – February 21, 1992) was an American conductor who was the first black woman to receive international distinction as a professional choral conductor. She is notable as a choral conductor during the Harlem Renaissance. She created her own choral group which featured widely in performance. Her professional influence extended for decades through her teaching as well. Her accomplishments in this field were historic for any woman. She collaborated in productions of groundbreaking works, directing her choir and working with Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein on ''Four Saints in Three Acts'' (1933), and serving as musical director with George Gershwin on his innovative opera ''Porgy and Bess'' (1935). Early life and education Eva Jessye was born January 20, 1895 in Coffeyville, Kansas. She was educated at Western University, a historically black university in Kansas, and Langston University in Oklahoma. She later studied privately with Will Marion Cook ...
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Jesse (given Name)
Jesse is a given name, usually masculine, of English and Dutch origin. The given name was originally derived from the Hebrew name Yishai (), which either means "God's gift", "God exist", or "King". The English name was translated into many languages (especially Romance languages and Greek). It has been a popular given name in many English-speaking countries since the 1880s. Despite being similar in appearance, it is unrelated in origin to the given name Jessica. Cognates *Arabic: Yassa ( ar, يَسَّى) *Catalan: Jessè *Czech: Isaj, Jišaj *Dutch: Isaï, Jesse *English: Jess (diminutive), Jessie (alternative spelling), Jesse, Jessy (alternative spelling) * French: Isaï, Jessé *German: Isai, Jischaj *Greek: Iessai ( el, Ἰεσσαί) *Hebrew: Yishai, Yishay () *Italian: Iesse *Latin: Isai *Portuguese: Jessé *Romanian: Isseu *Russian: Iessej (Cyrillic: Иессей) *Spanish: Isai, Isaí, Ishai, Jesé Actors *Jesse Bradford, American actor *Jesse Borrego, American actor ...
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