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English
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The Anthem in America : 1900-1950
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Denton, Texas
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North Texas State University
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Ph.D. diss.
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"During the first half of this century, a wealth of anthem literature was published and performed in the United States that, as a result of the deluge of new publications since those years, has been either forgotten or is unknown to modern church musicians. The purpose of this study is to make the best of this music known, for much of it is still both suitable and desirable for contemporary worship. The research is grouped into six chapters that are entitled: "The Quartet Anthem," "Anthems in the Anglican Tradition," "Prominent Choral Ensembles and the Dissemination of the Anthem," "Anthems by Prominent Music Educators," "Anthems in the Russian Style," and "The Negro Spiritual." General discussions include a history of the Quartet Choir; the establishment of the English Choral Tradition in America; the development of collegiate a cappella choirs from Northwestern University, St. Olaf College, and Westminster Choir College; the history of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Collegiate Chorale; the history of choral singing in American high schools and colleges; the history of Russian sacred choral music and the publication of such in America; and the history of the Negro spiritual. Biographical sketches of the major composers and detailed analyses of selected anthems from each comprise the majority of the study. Composers discussed include Dudley Buck, Harry Rowe Shelley, Raymond H. Woodman, William H. Neidlinger, William C. Macfarlane, Horatio Parker, T. Tertius Nobel, J. Sebastian Matthews, H. Alexander Matthews, Seth Bingham, H. Everett Titcomb, Joseph W. Clokey, Philip James, T. Frederick H. Candlyn, Leo Sowerby, Peter Christian Lutkin, F. Melius Christiansen, Morten J. Luvaas, Leland B. Sateren, David Hugh Jones, George Lynn, Clarence Dickinson, Van Denman Thompson, Carl F. Mueller, Nobel Cain, Robert Shaw, Dmitry Bortnyansky, Alexandr Kastal'sky, Alexandr Grechaninov, Pavel Chesnokov, Harry T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, and William L. Dawson." [Author's abstract]