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[[Image:The Black Patti.jpg|right|thumb|180px|1889 poster showing Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (This is the only portrait poster of a black performer held by the [[Library of Congress]] Performing Arts Posters collection from the period when she was performing)]] |
[[Image:The Black Patti.jpg|right|thumb|180px|1889 poster showing Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (This is the only portrait poster of a black performer held by the [[Library of Congress]] Performing Arts Posters collection from the period when she was performing)]] |
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'''Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones''' ([[January 5]], [[1869]] - [[June 24]], [[1933]]) was an African American [[soprano]] singer, she was known as "'''The Black Patti'''," in reference to Italian opera singer [[Adelina Patti]]. |
'''Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones''' ([[January 5]], [[1869]] - [[June 24]], [[1933]]) was an African American [[soprano]] singer, she was known as "'''The Black Patti'''," in reference to Italian opera singer [[Adelina Patti]]. |
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Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (January 5, 1869 - June 24, 1933) was an African American soprano singer, she was known as "The Black Patti," in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti.
She was born as Matilda Sissieretta Joyner in Portsmouth, Virginia to African Methodist Episcopal minister, Jeremiah Malachi Joyner and Henrietta Beale. [1] She married David Richard Jones, and he managed he career.
In 1888 she became the first black singer to appear on stage at Wallack's Theater, and in 1892 she performed at the White House for President Benjamin Harrison and in London before the Prince of Wales. Jones was a performer in vaudeville and opera houses throughout her career. In 1893 she went to court with her manager, Major James B. Pond. [2] She divorced her husband in 1900. She died on June 24, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Sissieretta Jones". Women in History. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Sissieretta began singing for the public at a very early age; at school functions, festivals and at her father's Pond Street Church. It wasn't long before she was drawing public acclaim. In 1887, she sang to 5,000 people at Boston's Music Hall in a benefit for the Parnell Defence Fund. This performance attracted the attention of concert managers Abbey, Schoffel and Grau.
- ^ "Judge McAdam Says She Is Ungrateful to Major Pond. Must Sing for Him Alone". New York Times. June 27, 1893.
Sissieretta Jones, the "Black Patti," got a severe lecture yesterday from Judge McAdam of the Superior Court on the evils of ingratitude. Incidentally, also, she was enjoined from singing under any other management than that of Major James B. Pond.
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