History of the Rutgers University Glee Club

History of the Rutgers University Glee Club

Chapman, David F.

Rutgers University Press

06/2022

324

Dura

Inglês

9781978832237

15 a 20 dias

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Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1

Early History



The Maennechor 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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Glee Club; Rutgers University; performance culture; concerts; singing; songs; college; university; singing culture; choir; music; song; student singing; Maennechor Tradition; English Catch Clubs; On the Banks of the Old Raritan; Loren Bragdon; Patrick Gardner; student-run organizations; Howard D. McKinney; Raymond W. Smith; George W. Wilmot; choir gowns; songbooks