Frederick E. Moncrieff sound recordings, 1961.

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Frederick E. Moncrieff sound recordings, 1961.

Recordings of 2 WUOM broadcasts of University of Michigan Symphony Band concerts in Russia during the 1961 tour. Also 2 tapes of interviews with tour participants including Gregory Munson, William Revelli, and George Cavender.

4 reel-to-reel recordings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7032725

Bentley Historical Library

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Revelli, William D. (William Donald), 1902-1994

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Conductor of bands and professor of wind instruments at the University of Michigan. From the description of William D. Revelli papers, 1907-1994 (bulk 1935-1991). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83661323 William D. Revelli, "the Chief" to his many students, was born in Spring Gulch, Colorado, February 1902. The son of Italian immigrants, Giovanni (later anglicized to John) and Rose Bonino, William Donald was the third of seven children. In 1904, Jo...

Munson, Gregory W.

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University of Michigan. Symphony Band.

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The University of Michigan Symphony Band undertook a historic concert tour in 1961, at the height of the cold war, through the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the Near East. This was a United States State Department cultural exchange tour that lasted 15 weeks and which remains the longest State Department sponsored tour in history. The Band was directed by renowned conductor William D. Revelli, and traveled accompanied by Frederick Moncrieff, business manager for the to...

Cavender, George

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Moncrieff, Frederick E.

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Frederick E. Moncrieff was born September 25, 1922, in Detroit, Mich. He worked as an editor, writer, photographer, and manager for the University of Michigan News and Information Services between 1946 and 1966. Moncrieff served as business manager and press representative for the University of Michigan Symphony Band tour of the Soviet Union and the Near East in 1966. From the description of Frederick E. Moncrieff papers, 1947-2000, bulk 1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat recor...