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This Week In Music: Trump Takes On Beyonce, Bruce And Prince, While Hong Kong Gets Its Own Song - Deadline

Posted: 12 Oct 2019 12:05 PM PDT

Music evokes many emotions in people, and never was that more evident than in this week's music news.

In Hong Kong, the street protests have adopted a new anthem to fuel passions, while on the domestic front, President Donald Trump managed to get into a dust-up with the Prince estate. He also found time to put down "little" Bruce Springsteen and let the world know that he didn't need any music superstars to appear at his rallies in order to draw a crowd (perhaps disappointing Lee Greenwood and Toby Keith).

This week in music:

THE PRINCE AND THE PRESIDENT: Prince's estate was miffed at President Donald Trump this week for playing Purple Rain at his Minneapolis rally. Trump's attorneys previously promised that they would not use Prince's music in connection with the campaign activities. It was unlikely that Trump had anything to do with the music selection at the rally, and no permission is needed for performance of any song, as long as the proper performance royalties are paid. Trump has run into several issues with his music selections from liberal non-supporters.

STEPHEN SWID PASSES: His name is probably not familiar to most consumers, but Stephen Swid was a giant in the music industry. He died this week in Manhattan at age 78 Swid was the "S" in SBK Records, which produced million-selling albums by Vanilla Ice, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and others. But it was his acumen in music publishing that had the biggest impact. He first entered the music business by buying CBS Songs, home to classics like Over The Rainbow and New York, New York for $125 million, one of the biggest deals in music industry history. He flipped it two years later to Thorn-EMI for $337 million, then the highest price for a music publishing business. Swid then acquired music performance rights business SESAC for $15 million, transforming it into a billion-dollar company thanks to his business savvy.

HONG KONG THEME SONG: The street protests in Hong Kong have spawned its own anthem, Glory to Hong Kong, which has helped fuel passions for demonstrators opposed to the region's government. The protesters had earlier used the hymn Sing Hallelujah to the Lord and then the anthemic Do You Hear The People Sing? From Les Misérables. The hymn-like anthem is the product of an anonymous composer identified only as Thomas dgs yhl, and spread virally after an online posting. Online collaborators have since created a video using protest footage.

BLACK CROWES TO REUNITE?  The music industry is buzzing that one of the most popular bands of the 1990s may be considering a tour. The Black Crowes were a force in that decade, producing hits like Remedy and She Talks to Angels. which today evoke teenage nostalgia among a swath of Gen X fans. The band eventually imploded, as brothers Chris and Rich Robinson couldn't manage to get along. But now that the 30th anniversary of the band's debut album is a year out, there's talk that they may get back together in celebration with a possible Live Nation tour for 2020.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T NEED BRUCE OR BEYONCE:  At his Minnesota rally, President Donald Trump crowed that he didn't need the lure of big-time musicians to draw a crowd. "I didn't need Beyoncé and Jay-Z, I didn't need little Bruce Springsteen," Trump said at the rally. All of the aforementioned were Hillary Clinton supporters during her losing 2016 campaign. Trump noted that after Springsteen performed, many of those who attended the Clinton rallies would leave, "And she's still speaking in front of the same lousy crowd."

The Latest: Famous figures pay tribute to Jessye Norman - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Posted: 12 Oct 2019 12:13 PM PDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Latest on the public funeral for international opera star Jessye Norman (all times local):

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5 p.m.

Famous faces, family members and close friends have honored the life and legacy of international opera icon Jessye Norman at her funeral.

Norman's four-hour public service was held in her hometown of Augusta, Georgia. Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Laurence Fishburne, author Michael Eric Dyson, civil rights activist Vernon Jordan and Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. memorialized Norman at the William B. Bell Auditorium. Family members, including Norman's brother, nephew, goddaughter and niece-in-law, also spoke onstage.

Several musicians paid tribute with performances, including Metropolitan Opera mezzo soprano J'Nai Bridges, jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, musical director and arranger Damien Sneed, the glee clubs at Morehouse College and Spelman College, and students of Jessye Norman School of the Arts, which Norman founded in 2003 in Augusta to provide a free fine arts education to disadvantaged children.

Norman, who died on Sept. 30 at age 74, was one of the rare black singers to attain worldwide stardom in the opera world.

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3 p.m.

Leading figures in entertainment and culture are paying tribute to international opera icon Jessye Norman at her funeral in her hometown of Augusta, Georgia.

Laurence Fishburne said that as a struggling young actor, he looked at photos of great artists, including Norman, to help him focus.

Fishburne said he came "to celebrate her life, her good words, her accomplishments, and to praise her for using her talents, her gift, her compassion, her intellect to lift all of us up a little higher." Fishburne, like Norman, was raised in Augusta.

Georgetown University sociologist and author Michael Eric Dyson gave a passionate remembrance.

He said, "(Jessye) was black girl magic before the term ever existed. Before there was Oprah and before there was Beyoncé and before there was Michelle Obama, there was Jessye Norman."

Norman died Sept. 30 at age 74.

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1:10 p.m.

The funeral for international opera icon Jessye Norman has begun in Augusta, Georgia, where the star grew up.

A musical prelude began the ceremony Saturday in the William B. Bell Auditorium. Norman's family proceeded into the auditorium following the performance. The funeral is being livestreamed from Augusta.

Actor Laurence Fishburne, who is also from Augusta, will speak during the public service. Performers will include Wycliffe Gordon, J'Nai Bridges and students of Jessye Norman School of the Arts.

Norman died Sept. 30 at age 74. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honor and four Grammy Awards.

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1:10 a.m.

World-famous performers, civil rights leaders and people who know her good works are gathering in international opera star Jessye Norman's Georgia hometown for her funeral.

Norman will be laid to rest Saturday afternoon at the William B. Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, with a private burial to follow.

Actor Laurence Fishburne is expected to speak and musicians Wycliffe Gordon and J'Nai Bridges from the Metropolitan Opera will perform.

Norman's longtime friend and civil rights activist Vernon Jordan will talk about the singer's life at her family's church in Augusta, along with elders.

Norman died Sept. 30 at age 74. A trailblazing performer, she was one of the rare black singers to attain worldwide stardom in the opera world.

Jessye Norman, opera icon, memorialized at hometown funeral - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Posted: 12 Oct 2019 02:45 PM PDT

Jessye Norman's illustrious opera career and extraordinary artistry was honored at her public funeral. So was Jessye Norman the loyal friend, the humanitarian, the teacher and the person not only celebrated for her golden voice, but for her heart of gold.

Several speakers at Saturday's four-hour service, from family members to close friends to former colleagues, recalled intimate dinners Norman held at her home — one friend called her cooking "immaculate" — while others told stories about Jessye Norman, the goddess and diva who essentially walked on air. Norman also was recognized as a black pioneer in the arts world who was proud of her Georgia roots and spoke publicly about the challenges she faced in career and called out racism.

The funeral took place in Norman's hometown of Augusta at the William B. Bell Auditorium. Laurence Fishburne, the Emmy- and Tony-winning actor who was born in Augusta, told the attendees as a struggling young actor looking for inspiration, he looked at photos of great artists, from Miles Davis to Zora Neale Hurston to Duke Ellington to Norman.

"It made me feel connected to something bigger than myself," Fishburne said, adding that his black-and-white photo of Norman revealed someone energetic, whimsical and vulnerable. "So I am here at the request of Jessye's family to grieve with you, to say thank you to God for sharing her with us and the world, to celebrate her life, her good words, her accomplishments, and to praise her for using her talents, her gift, her compassion, her intellect to lift all of us up a little higher."

Fishburne, 58, said he wasn't a close friend of Norman's, but said she would visit him when he performed onstage.

"I would always, always be incredibly grateful and humbled by her praise, and now I finally understand this feeling I couldn't describe then. It was something familial about the way that she spoke with me and dealt with me. I felt like she was one of my aunts. And so in fact I have learned since yesterday that in fact she is."

Norman died Sept. 30 at age 74. The trailblazing performer was one of the rare black singers to attain worldwide stardom in the opera world and her passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor.

Several people spoke passionately onstage as they remembered Norman and honored her life.

Georgetown University sociologist and author Michael Eric Dyson proudly said: "(Jessye) was black girl magic before the term ever existed. Before there was Oprah and before there was Beyoncé and before there was Michelle Obama, there was Jessye Norman."

"When she arrived, when she made an entrance, we knew that God had blessed us with a majestic diva," he continued. "When she spoke it was tremendous. She spoke unafraid and unapologetic about being black in America, yet she attained the summit and the heights of ecstatic proclamation as one of the world's greatest singers — and yet she never forgot where she came from."

Clive Gillinson, the executive and artistic director of New York's Carnegie Hall — where Norman was on the board — called the icon "one of the greatest singers who ever lived, not just of our day"; Norman's goddaughter, Lydia Saylor, recalled stories of Norman giving her vocal lessons and said her godmother gave her her first job out of college; and Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. May told the attendees, "May we in the city of Augusta take this day and forever allow it to make us better because of the life of one Augusta daughter."

Other speakers included civil rights activist Vernon Jordan, childhood friends and Norman's brother, nephew, goddaughter and niece-in-law. Performers included Metropolitan Opera mezzo soprano J'Nai Bridges, jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, musical director and arranger Damien Sneed and the glee clubs at Morehouse College and Spelman College. Students of the Jessye Norman School of the Arts, which Norman founded in 2003 in Augusta to provide a free fine arts education to disadvantaged children, sang Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" at the service, which was livestreamed.

Norman was a wide-ranging performer who knew no limits. She sang at such revered houses as La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera, performing title roles in works like "Carmen," ?Aida" and more. She sang the works of Wagner, but was not limited to opera or classical music, performing songs by Duke Ellington and others as well.

In an interview she profoundly said, "Pigeonholing is only interesting to pigeons."

Norman was born on Sept. 15, 1945, in Augusta in segregationist times. She studied at Howard University, the Peabody Conservatory and the University of Michigan. She made her operatic debut in 1969 in Berlin, wowing audiences on stages in Milan, London and New York thanks to her shining vocals, no matter the language. The New York Times described her voice as "a grand mansion of sound."

In 1997, at age 52, Norman became the youngest person ever to earn the Kennedy Center Honor in the organization's 20-year history at the time. She received her National Medal of Arts from then-President Barack Obama and has earned honorary doctorates from a number of prestigious schools, including Juilliard, Harvard and Yale.

Hundreds paid their respects to Norman during visitation Thursday and Friday at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church and Augusta named a street for her Friday just outside the Jessye Norman School of the Arts.

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Posted: 07 Oct 2019 09:36 AM PDT

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