Julia Smith Papers 1965-1967

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Julia Smith Papers 1965-1967

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Born in Denton, Texas, Julia Smith (1905-1989) graduated from North Texas State Teachers College (now the University of North Texas) and studied at St. Mary's Institute of Musical Art in Dallas. She next attended the Julliard School of Music in New York and later received her Master's degree and Ph.D. from New York University. Smith performed as a pianist and wrote, taught, and lectured on music. Her compositions included operas, symphonic, piano, and choral works. was commissioned by the U.S. Navy Band for its inaugural concert of 1965 and completed in collaboration with Cecile Vashaw. Remember the Alamo Musical scores, printed material, photographs, and a letter make up the Julia Smith papers, documenting the composition and performance of . Four versions of the score are included, along with programs and clippings related to the performance. President Lyndon B. Johnson, to whom the work was dedicated, expresses his appreciation in a letter to the leader of the Navy band. Remember the Alamo

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Vashaw, Cecile, 1909-1985

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Educator, author, conductor of the Toledo (Ohio) Youth Orchestra and frequent collaborator with composer Julia Smith. ...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Smith, Julia, 1905-1989

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While some sources give Julia Smith's birth date as 1911, her birth certificate confirms a date of January 25, 1905 in Caldwell, Texas, to James Willis Smith and Julia Miller Smith of 1105 Mulberry Street in Denton, Texas. She took her first piano lesson from her mother, and later studied piano with Harold von Mickwitz of Dallas while she was a student at North Texas State Teachers' College. Smith graduated in 1930 with a degree in English and went to New York to study piano performance at the ...