Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Bach) Marian Anderson

Erbarme dich, mein Gott from Matthäus-Passion [The St. Matthew Passion], BWV 244 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Marian Anderson, contralto Joseph Fuchs, solo violin RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra Robert Shaw, conductor Recorded June, 1946 Erbarme dich, Mein Gott, um meiner Zähren willen! Schaue hier, Herz und Auge weint vor dir Bitterlich. TRANSLATION: Have mercy, My God, for my tears’ sake; Look hither, Heart and eyes weep before thee Bitterly. In Memoriam: Marian Anderson (1897-1993) Renowned contralto Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia on February 27, 1897. Famed Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini said that she had a voice that came along “once in a hundred years.“ On April 9, 1939 Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after she was denied use of Constitutional Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) because of her race. She performed on