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- Marie_Selika_Williams abstract "Marie Selika Williams (c. 1849–1937) was an American coloratura soprano. She was the first Black artist to perform in the White House.Marie Smith was born in Natchez, Mississippi around 1849. After she was born her family moved to Cincinnati where a wealthy family funded voice lessons for her. She moved to San Francisco in the 1870s and studied with Signora G. Bianchi. She then studied with Antonio Farini in Chicago who taught the Italian method. There she met fellow student Sampson Williams, who she would later marry.Marie became the first Black artist to perform in the White House in 1878. She sang for President Rutherford B. Hayes and First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes in the Green Room and was introduced by Frederick Douglass. She performed at Philadelphia's Academy of Music in 1878 and at New York's Steinway Hall in 1879. From 1882 to 1885 she performed across Europe with her husband, giving a concert in St James's Hall for Queen Victoria in 1883.Williams took her stage name from the character Sélika in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine. Due to her rendition of E. W. Mulder's "Polka Staccato", she was often called the "Queen of Staccato".From 1885 to 1891, Williams toured the United States with her husband, who took the stage name "Signor Velosko". They toured Europe a second time and performed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition before settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Marie joined fellow Black singers Flora Batson and Sissieretta Jones for a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York on October 12, 1896.After her husband died in 1911, Williams gave private lessons and taught at the Martin-Smith Music School in New York City. She died on May 19, 1937.".
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- Marie_Selika_Williams placeOfDeath "New York City".
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- Marie_Selika_Williams comment "Marie Selika Williams (c. 1849–1937) was an American coloratura soprano. She was the first Black artist to perform in the White House.Marie Smith was born in Natchez, Mississippi around 1849. After she was born her family moved to Cincinnati where a wealthy family funded voice lessons for her. She moved to San Francisco in the 1870s and studied with Signora G. Bianchi. She then studied with Antonio Farini in Chicago who taught the Italian method.".
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