Myers, Gordon

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Musician, singer, vocal pedagogue, composer, arranger, historian, author and humorist.

From the description of Gordon Myers collection, 1975-1998. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49937664

Gordon Myers, former Professor of Music, was born in 1919, earned an undergraduate degree in music from Cornell College in Iowa (1941), a master's degree (1948) and an Ed.D. (1965) from Teachers College, Columbia University, and taught at Trenton State College from 1968 to 1985.

From the description of Oral history interview with Gordon Myers, 1987. (Trenton Free Public Library). WorldCat record id: 664372423

Baritone, composer, and educator. Myers composed a setting of James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones for solo voices, mixed chorus, solo trombones, and orchestra [i.e. brass ensemble]. The score and an analysis were submitted in 1965 to Columbia University, Teachers College, as a doctoral dissertation.

From the description of Gordon Myers papers relating to God's trombones, 1964-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81618805

From the description of Gordon Myers papers relating to God's trombones, 1964-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152891

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United States
New Jersey
United States
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with band
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with band
Humorous songs
Music
Oral history collection
Sacred songs (Medium voice) with piano
Songs (Medium voice) with piano
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Composers
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Birth 1919-05-09

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