From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blake Stern
Blake Stern
Blake Stern (1917 – 22 December 1987) was an American [2] "Blake Stern, Singer and Teacher, 70". New York
tenor, best known as an oratorio singer, and a professor Times. 24 December 2011.
emeritus of music at Yale University where he taught http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/24/obituaries/
voice. blake-stern-singer-and-teacher-70.html. Retrieved
He was born in Logan, Iowa. A graduate of Grinnell 23 November 2011.
College in 1940,[1] he was an intelligence officer in the US Persondata
Navy during World War II. After the war, he enrolled at
Name Stern, Blake
Juilliard School in New York City before becoming an es-
teemed teacher at the Yale faculty for 32 years.[2] One of Alternative names
his notable pupils was tenor John Stewart. During his ca- Short description
reer he performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall and Date of birth 1917
toured the world.
Place of birth
Date of death 22 December 1987
References Place of death
[1] "Biographical Sketch". Yale University.
http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/fedora/get/
music:misc.0307/PDF. Retrieved 23 November
2011.
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Categories:
• American tenors
• 1917 births
• 1987 deaths
• Yale University faculty
• Grinnell College alumni
• Juilliard School alumni
• People from Harrison County, Iowa
• American music biography stubs
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