[78-L] Another info request

[Don Chichester]

I was in high school in Hempstead, NY, in the late '40s, and Harry Robert Wilson was onvited to lead our school choir (in which I was then a tenor) at a big concert.  Quite a thrilling event.
 
Don Chichester
 
> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 00:10:59 -0400
> From: dlh at donnahalper.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Another info request
> 
> On 10/4/2013 7:50 PM, Peter Fraissinet wrote:
> > OCLC gives the date as 1956.
> >    
> This date makes sense: in 1956-1957, there were several newspaper 
> stories about performances of new music by the Concert Choir of Teachers 
> College, Columbia University -- they evidently were well-known locally, 
> gave radio concerts, and performed at various venues.  One article I 
> found about them said their director was Harry Robert Wilson. (Found 
> lots about him-- he was a Professor of Music Education, a composer, and 
> a conductor, in addition to directing the activities of the Columbia 
> Teachers College choir.)
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