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Author:   David F. Chapman
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 27.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9781978832237

ISBN 10:   1978832230
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   20 June 2022
Recommended Age:   From 16 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword  Introduction  Chapter 1   Early History  The Männechor Tradition and the English Catch Clubs  The Glee Club of London  Collegiate Glee Clubs in America  The Rutgers College Glee Club  Birth of the Rutgers College Glee Club  Composition of “On the Banks of the Old Raritan” (1873)  Sidebar – Howard Newton Fuller (1854-1931)  1872-1879 – Fits and Starts  1880-1895 – Stable Leadership  Loren Bragdon’s Leadership in the 1890s  Sidebar – Loren Bragdon (1856-1914)  Sidebar – The Rutgers Songbook (Songs of Rutgers)  Sidebar – Alma Mater  Chapter 2 – New Directions  George W. Wilmot (Musical Director/Leader, 1895-1906)  Raymond W. Smith (Leader, 1906-1915)  Collaborative Efforts  Merger  New Leadership  Chapter 3  The Modern Era – Rutgers at 150  Howard D. McKinney, ’13 as Director  World War I  Sidebar – Paul Leroy Robeson, ’19 (1898-1976)  Peacetime Pursuits – The Development of the Musical Clubs  Sidebar- The Jazz Bandits – Success after Rutgers  Rutgers University  Chapter 4 - Change in Focus  The Demise of the Mandolin Club and the Rise of The Musical Clubs  Leadership from Within  The Assistant Director – F. Austin Walter, ’32   World War II – An Unwelcome Detour  Sidebar – Glee Club Discography – From the Vicissitudes of War to European Tours  Post-War  Sidebar – Lake Minnewaska – An Idyllic Location for Work and Recreation  Chapter 5 – Prestige and Travel  The 1950s – The University Choir  Sidebar – Howard Decker McKinney (1889-1980)  The 1960s – International Travel  Sidebar – Glee Club on the Road – Sixty Years of International Travel  Sidebar – Glee Club and the Gridiron – Early Involvement and a Continuing Tradition  Sidebar – Soup Bowl – A Modern Glee Club Tradition – 1967-Present  The 1970s – The Centennial Year (1972)  The 1980s – Walter’s retirement – New Directors and Directions  Sidebar – Francis Austin “Soup” Walter (1910-2000)  Sidebar – Frederic Hugh Ford  Chapter 6 – Into the New Millennium  Sidebar – Patrick Gardner (b. 1953)  Patrick Gardner – 1993-Present  The New Millennium  The 2010s  2020 – the Glee Club in the Year of Covid-19  Beyond to the 150th Anniversary Celebration  Sidebar – Christmas in Carol and Song – A Rutgers Tradition for Over 100 years  Sidebar – Student Leadership – A Glee Club Hallmark  Epilogue  Index 

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DAVID F. CHAPMAN received his Ph.D. in historical musicology from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Jersey, where he teaches courses in music history and literature, performance practice, and ethnomusicology. He is the author of the monograph Bruckner and the Generalbass Tradition and is currently preparing an edition of Anton Bruckner's Nullte Symphony (WAB 100) for the New Bruckner Collected Works series.

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