Cantata Singers records 1936-1971

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Cantata Singers records 1936-1971

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20422

The Cantata Singers was one of the first groups in the United States to attempt authentic performances of Baroque music and set a standard for basing performances on expert direction supported by methodical research. The Cantata Singers Records consists of those records which the non-profit organization retained over the course of some 37 years in operation including materials related to their concerts as well as correspondence, administrative files, minutes of the organization’s meetings, financial records, and documentation of their incorporation.

16 linear feet; 29 boxes

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316553

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Mendel, Arthur, 1905-1979

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After graduation from Harvard University (B.A. 1925), Mendel went to Paris, where he studied with Nadia Boulanger (1925-1927). He was music critic of THE NATION (1930-1933), literary editor for G. Schirmer (1930-1938), editor of the American Musicological Society's journal (1940-1943), and editor for Associated Music Publishers (1941-1947). He was also an active translator. From 1936 to 1953 he conducted the Cantata Singers, one of the first groups in the USA to give authentic performances of Ba...

Cantata Singers (New York, N.Y.)

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The Cantata Singers was an amateur choir born out of professional scholarship and a desire to recreate authentic performances of the music of Bach and his predecessors with an emphasis on chamber chorus, chamber orchestra, and the acoustics of a stone-walled church. Cantata Singers was founded in 1934 as Cantata Society of New York by Paul Boepple (1896-1970) as an adjunct of the Dalcroze School, of which Boepple was then director, and changed to Cantata Singers in 1936....

Mann, Alfred, 1917-2006.

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Boepple, Paul, 1896-1970

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