Just in: The American songbook has died, at 89

Just in: The American songbook has died, at 89

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norman lebrecht

August 08, 2017

The death of Barbara Cook has been announced by her publicist.

Once the supreme soprano of the Broadway stage, she evolved over time into an authority on the American art-song.

She gave recitals at Carnegie Hall and mentored innumerable singers in the DMZ between opera, musicals and pop.

In performance with James Levine and the ASO.

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