“Apart from a fabulous technique, she worked from the words, from the text,” Ms. Andriesen said. “She could color her voice.”

A 1990 recording by Ms. Alexander and the pianist Roger Vignoles of Aaron Copland’s song cycle of 12 Emily Dickinson poems was lauded for the great tenderness and delicacy she brought to

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