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Peter Christian Lutkin, dean of the Northwestern University School of Music, helped popularize a cappella music in the United States by founding the Northwestern A Cappella Choir in 1906. The A Cappella Choir was "the first permanent organization of its kind in America." [48] [49] An a cappella tradition was begun in 1911 by F. Melius ...
The RPI Glee Club of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, established in 1873, was one of the earliest known collegiate a cappella groups. [2] The longest continuously operating group is thought to be The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, [3] which was formed in 1909 to create a musical group with a more "modern" sound than that of the Yale Glee Club, and named for the lyrics to Little Nemo, a ...
The St. Olaf Choir is a premier a cappella choir based in Northfield, Minnesota.Founded in 1912 by Norwegian immigrant F. Melius Christiansen, the choir has been influential to other church and college choirs for its performance of unaccompanied sacred music. [1]
The Sistine Chapel Choir, as it is generally called in English, or officially the Coro della Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina in Italian, is the Pope's personal choir. It performs at papal functions in the Sistine Chapel and in any other church in Rome where the Pope is officiating, including St. Peter's Basilica .
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... This is a list of notable professional a cappella groups that have an article ...
Trois Chansons, M 69, is a composition by Maurice Ravel for a cappella choir, set to his own texts. Ravel began the composition in December 1914 in response to the outbreak of World War I, in which he hoped to be enlisted to fight for France.
Cappella SF; Chanticleer (ensemble) Chapter 6 (band) Chicago a cappella; UNAM Choir; Chorus of the Chesapeake; The Christians (band) Cimorelli; Cinderella Acappella; The Coats; Comedian Harmonists; Committed (vocal group) Contemporary A Cappella Society; Cottontown Chorus; Crawley Chordsmen; Cuarteto Zupay
The Wartburg Choir is a select auditioned a cappella choir from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Founded in 1937, the choir became one of the first American college groups to tour Europe. The Wartburg Choir performs sacred music from all historical periods and styles and often premieres new works by contemporary composers.