1940s World War II All-African American de Paur\'s Infantry Chorus program-RARE
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1940s World War II All-African American de Paur\'s Infantry Chorus program-RARE:
$21.99
1940s World War II All-African American de Paur\'s Infantry Chorus program-RARE!
DescriptionCheck it out...Here\'s a classic scarce 9\" wide by 12\" tall multi-paged official program from the Circa-1942 World War II Era patriotic stage concert featuring an All- African American male chorus. Front cover features a real photo image of the choral group in military inspired garb and forming a \"V for Victory\" formation titled: \"de Paur\'s Infantry Chorus. Leonard de Paur Conductor. America\'s Great New Chorus\"-Program opens to more great real photo images of the members and is stuffed full of info, history and the planned program / order of concert songs. Has an ad for the group\'s latest record album available on Columbia Records on the back cover. A great vintage item. How many of these survived?Here is some info / history on Mr. de Paur and his group:Leonard Etienne De Paur (November 18, 1914 – November 7, 1998) was an African-American composer, choral director, and arts administrator. Leonard De Paur was born in Summit, New Jersey to Hettie Carson de Paur and Ernst Leonard. His musical studies began at the Manual Training Institute in Bordentown, New Jersey. He attended with Frederick Work, brother of John Wesley Work II and uncle of John Wesley Work III. De Paur began to compose and arrange while he was a member of the Hall Johnson Choir. He sang in the baritone section and served as assistant conductor alongside Jester Hairston. In 1936, De Paur became the musical director of the Negro Unit of the Federal Theater Project in New York City. During this time he was also enrolled at Columbia University and later went on to study at the Institute of Musical Arts, now the Juilliard School. De Paur enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942, was promoted to Lieutenant, and became the music director of the play Winged Victory. During a stint in the infantry, he was assigned to an all male-chorus. The De Paur Infantry Chorus was made up of 35 men from the 372nd Glee Club. Their performances consisted of art song repertory, Caribbean folk music, spirituals, work songs and military songs. In 1946, the De Paur Infantry Chorus was signed to Columbia Artists Management and Columbia Records. The chorus now consisted of men from the 372nd Glee Club, other branches of Armed services, and civilians. For ten years the De Paur Infantry Chorus was the top performing group at Columbia. In 1957, De Paur discontinued the chorus and produced the De Paur Opera Gala, which featured Virgil Thomson\'s Four Saints in Three Acts, George Gershwin\'s Porgy and Bess and Oscar Hammerstein\'s Carmen Jones. In the early 1960s, the De Paur Chorus was formed to tour 18 African nations under the United States Information Agency. Shortly after the chorus disbanded in 1968, De Paur became the associate director of the Lincoln Center International Choral Festival. A few years later he was named the director of community relations. He created the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival and the Community Holiday Concert Series. He retired from the Lincoln Center in 1988. During his career De Paur received honorary Doctor of Music degree from Lewis and Clark College. He was the recipient of the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit and an honorary member of the Morehouse College Glee Club. De Paur died in Manhattan on November 7, 1998.This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.75 postage is required.
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1940s World War II All-African American de Paur\'s Infantry Chorus program-RARE:
$21.99