Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone

Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone

Born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, Nina Simone (1933-2003) began her musical life playing classical piano. A child prodigy, she wanted a career on the concert stage, but when the Curtis Institute of Music rejected her, the devastating disappointment compelled her to change direction. She turned to popular music and jazz but never abandoned her classical roots or her intense ambition. By the age of twenty six, Simone had sung at New York City's venerable Town Hall and was on her way. Tapping into newly unearthed material on Simone's family and career, Nadine Cohodas paints a luminous portrait of the singer, highlighting her tumultuous life, her innovative compositions, and the prodigious talent that matched her ambition.
With precision and empathy, Cohodas weaves the story of Simone's contentious relationship with audiences and critics, her outspoken support for civil rights, her two marriages and her daughter, and, later, the sense of alienation that drove her to live abroad from 1993 until her death. Alongside these threads runs a more troubling one: Simone's increasing outbursts of rage and pain that signaled mental illness and a lifelong struggle to overcome a deep sense of personal injustice.
Country USA
Brand University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer The University of North Caroli
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations, black & whi
EANs 9780807872437
ReleaseDate 2012-02-01

Country	USA
Brand	University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Caroli
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations, black & whi
EANs	9780807872437
ReleaseDate	2012-02-01

Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone

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