Little Happier: The Composer Sibelius Had the Right Words to Say about Contralto Marian Anderson

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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When renowned American contralto Marian Anderson visited the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in his home, he paid her a beautiful tribute. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors Want to be happier in 2022? Order Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project to see how she approached the question, “How can I be happier?” and start a Happiness Project of your own. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:04.8	I love it when people find the right words to say, to ease a difficult situation, or to
0:11.2	give comfort, or to pay tribute to someone.
0:15.3	Marion Anderson was the American Contralto renowned for her performances in opera spirituals
0:21.0	many kinds of music.
0:22.9	She may be best known for singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after she
0:28.2	was denied permission to sing for an integrated audience at Washington's D.A.R. Constitution
0:33.7	Hall.
0:35.3	In 1931, on a trip to Europe, Marion Anderson performed for the great Finnish composer
0:41.4	Jean Sebelius in his home.
0:44.8	In 1974, during an interview, Anderson recalled, I remembered that Sebelius came over to
0:51.0	me, embraced me and said, my roof is too low for you.
0:56.5	I love this beautiful tribute to a singer's voice.
1:00.6	What a phrase, how perfectly it captures an appreciation for her mastery.
1:06.6	My roof is too low for you.
1:10.7	Here's Marion Anderson singing.
1:36.9	I'm Gretchen Ruben and I hope this makes your week a little happier.

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