Blake Stern

Blake Stern (June 25, 1917 – December 22, 1987) was an American tenor, best known as an oratorio singer, and a professor emeritus of music at Yale University, where he taught voice.

He was born in Logan, Iowa. A graduate of Grinnell College in 1940,[1] he was an intelligence officer in the US Navy during World War II. After the war, he enrolled at Juilliard School in New York City before becoming an esteemed teacher at the Yale faculty for 32 years.[2] One of his notable pupils was tenor John Stewart. During his career he performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall and toured the world.

References

  1. ↑ "Biographical Sketch". Yale University. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Blake Stern, Singer and Teacher, 70". New York Times. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.


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