1968.St.Olaf Choir.Founder Melius Christiansen.Bergmann.Music.College.Minnesota

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i000000 1968.St.Olaf Choir.F.Melius Christiansen.Bergmann.Music Description : MUSIC MASTER OF THEMIDDLE WESTTHE STORY OF F. MELIUS CHRISTIANSENAND THE ST. OLAF CHOIRBYLEOLA NELSON BERGMANNWITH A NEW FOREWORD BY FREDERICK FREEDMANVASSAR COLLEGEDA CAPO PRESS . NEW YORK . 1968DESCRIPTION:Hard Cover. Very Good/ No Dust Cover.1944/1967 edition with a new preface.5 5/8 X 8 3/4".[iv], v-vii, [v], iii-v, [iii], 230 pages. Index.Cover of brown cloth with title in gilton the spine. Cover is clean, bright gilt.Slight edge and corner rubbing.Binding and hinges are very good.No writing or bookplate.Interior is clean and tight.An important biography of one ofAmerica's great choristers. F. Melius Christiansen (April 1, 1871-June 1, 1955) was a Norwegian-born violinist and choral conductor in the Lutheran choral tradition.Frederick Melius Christiansen, the son of a Norwegian factory worker, was born in Eidsvold , municipality in Akershus county, Norway and emigrated to the United States at the age of 17. He settled in Washburn, Wisconsin . He studied at Augsburg College . In 1897, he returned to Europe to study three years at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany .In 1901, Christiansen was recruited by St. Olaf College president John N. Kildahl . The St. Olaf Choir was founded as an outgrowth of the St. John's Lutheran Church Choir in Northfield. For the next 30 years, Christiansen led the St. Olaf Choir, striving for perfect intonation, blend, diction and phrasing. He was a skilled conductor, directing bands and choirs alike. He assumed direction of the St. Olaf Band in 1903, and took the ensemble on tour to Norway in 1906 to play for King Haakon VII , making it the first college music ensemble to conduct a tour abroad. Though his first love was the violin, he received international fame as founding director of the St. Olaf Choir of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota , USA from 1912 to 1944. Christiansen was considered a pioneer in the art of a cappella (unaccompanied) choral music. Christiansen composed and arranged over 250 musical selections and his choral techniques were spread throughout the U.S. by St. Olaf graduates. The great Christiansen choral tradition is a recognized feature of American Lutheranism. The St. Olaf Choir, a 75 voice mixed ensemble, is the touring a cappella choir of St. Olaf College , Northfield, Minnesota . Officially founded in 1912 by music faculty member F. Melius Christiansen as the St. Olaf Lutheran Choir, it began as an outgrowth of the local St. John's Lutheran Church , where Christiansen was organist. The choir was composed at least partly of students from the nearby St. Olaf campus. The St. Olaf Choir is a pioneer of a cappella singing in the United States , born out of Christiansen's appreciation of the style he studied while at Thomasschule zu Leipzig . Along with F. Melius Christiansen, permanent directors have included Olaf Christiansen, Kenneth Jennings and the choir's current conductor, Anton Armstrong (since 1990). The choir tours for two weeks domestically every year in February, during the college's week-long interim break and the first week of second semester. In the summer of 2005, the St. Olaf Choir, St. Olaf Band and St. Olaf Orchestra traveled on a joint tour to Norway , celebrating the college's Norwegian heritage and the centennial of Norway's independence. During the summer of 2009 the choir toured the British Isles for the first time in its history. ALL ITEMS PACKED WITH GREAT CARE AND SHIPPED PROMPTLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST! Shipping : WE SHIP WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS OF PAID PURCHASE. WE PACK EXTREMELY WELL BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY PREFERENCES, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!Attention International Buyers:We ship First Class International or Priority Mail international and state the value as the price paid. We do not ship as gifts or at lower value than the amount paid. We abide b... read more

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