Music for the White House : scores, sound recordings, miscellaneous materials : 1965-2003 / by Frank Lewin ; with historical annotations and additional lyrics by Amy La Follette Jensen. [1965-2003]

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

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Lady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas on December 22, 1912. Her parents were Thomas Jefferson Taylor and Minnie Pattillo Taylor, and she had two older brothers, Tommy and Tony. Her mother died when she was only five years old, and her Aunt Effie Pattillo moved to Karnack to look after her. At an early age, a nursemaid said she was "as purty as a lady bird," and thereafter she became known to her family and friends as Lady Bird. She graduated from Marshall High School i...

White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

United States Marine Band

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Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, the United States Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Its mission is unique—to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. President John Adams invited the Marine Band to make its White House debut on New Year’s Day, 1801, in the then-unfinished Executive Mansion. In March of that year, the band performed for Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration and it is bel...

Jensen, Amy, 1912-

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Lewin, Frank

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Westminster Choir.

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Lynn, George

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Epithet: the elder; astronomer and antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x000051 Conductor, composer, organist, and teacher. Also noted Music Director for Westminster Choir College and professor at University of Colorado. From the description of George Lynn collection, 1939-1990. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49937968 ...

Somers, Janet S.

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