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1 online resource (328 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Early History -- The Männerchor Tradition and the English Catch Clubs -- The Glee Club of London (1787) -- Collegiate Glee Clubs in America -- Birth of the Rutgers College Glee Club -- Composition of "On the Banks of the Old Raritan" (1873) -- Howard Newton Fuller (1854-1931) -- 1872-79: Fits and Starts -- 1880-95: Stable Leadership -- Loren Bragdon's Leadership in the 1890s -- Loren Bragdon (1856-1914) -- The Rutgers Songbook (Song of Rutgers) -- Alma Mater -- 2. New Directions |
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George W. Wilmot (Musical Director/Leader, 1895-1906) -- Raymond W. Smith (Leader, 1906-11) -- Collaborative Efforts -- Merger -- New Leadership -- 3. The Modern Era: Rutgers at 150 -- Howard D. McKinney, '13, as Director -- World War I -- Paul Leroy Robeson, '19 (1898-1976) -- Peacetime Pursuits: The Development of the Musical Clubs -- The Jazz Bandits: Success after Rutgers -- Rutgers University -- 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 "Soup" Walter, '32 |
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World War II: An Unwelcome Detour -- Glee Club Discography: From the Vicissitudes of War to European Tours -- Postwar -- Lake Minnewaska: An Idyllic Location for Work and Recreation -- 5. Prestige and Travel -- The 1950s: The University Choir -- Howard Decker McKinney (1889-1980) -- The 1960s: International Travel -- Glee Club on the Road: Sixty Years of International Travel -- Glee Club and the Gridiron: Early Involvement and a Continuing Tradition -- Soup Bowl: A Modern Glee Club Tradition, 1967-Present -- The 1970s: The Centennial Year (1972) |
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The 1980s: Walter's Retirement-New Directors and Directions -- Francis Austin ""Soup"" Walter (1910-2000) -- Frederic Hugh Ford (b. 1939) -- 6. Into the New Millennium -- The 1990s: Patrick Gardner, 1993-Present -- Patrick Gardner (b. 1953) -- The New Millennium -- The 2010s -- 2020: The Glee Club in the Era of COVID-19 -- Beyond to the 150th-Anniversary Celebration -- Christmas in Carol and Song: A Rutgers Tradition for over One Hundred Years -- Student Leadership: A Glee Club Hallmark -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rutgers University. Glee Club -- History.
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Rutgers University. Glee Club. |
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History. |
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Glee clubs -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick -- History.
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Glee clubs. |
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New Jersey -- New Brunswick. |
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MUSIC / General. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chapman, David F. A History of the Rutgers University Glee Club New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press,c2022 9781978832237 |
| ISBN |
1978832265 |
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9781978832268 (electronic book) |
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