Ella Sheppard
(1851-1914)
American soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of Negro Spirituals
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Ella Sheppard (February 4, 1851 – June 9, 1914) was an American soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of spirituals. She was the matriarch of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee. She also played the organ and the guitar. Sheppard was a friend and confidante of African-American activists and orators Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass.
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4 February 1851
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| Died |
9 June 1914 (aged 63)
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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