[Noah
Greenberg; Baritone Marvin Hayes of Abbey Singers on Decca LP cover]
Bill, today's post has some useful
African American subtexts -
http://www.overgrownpath.com/2012/01/classical-music-needs-more-noah.html
Best
wishes for 2012,
Bob
Excerpt from post:
“Pro Musica
rose to prominence at a time when institutional racism was an
accepted feature of American classical music. Despite this musicians
of colour featured in the various Pro Musica line-ups. African
American bass baritone Marvin Hayes
performed with several of Greenberg's ensembles in the early 1960s
and can be seen on the cover of the Abbey Singers' Decca disc above.
Fellow African American and percussionist Frederick
King joined Pro Musica's
instrumental group in 1963 and took part in their Russian tour the
following year; he is playing with Greenberg's Renaissance Band in
the footer photo. In 1963 Greenberg met with James
Meredith, the first black student to
attend the University of Mississippi, and in 1965 Pro Musica gave a
benefit in Greenville SC for the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People.”
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