Westminster Choir
Westminster Choir College (WCC) is a historic conservatory of music currently operating on the campus of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Rider's College of Arts and Sciences, the college under which the historic institution has been reorganized, consists of Westminster Choir College as well as three additional schools. The Choir College was previously an independent school, located first in Dayton, Ohio (1926–1929), then Ithaca, New York (1929–1932), and for most of its history in Princeton, New Jersey (1932–2020). It merged with Rider University in 1992, continuing to occupy the historic campus in Downtown Princeton. Rider University controversially attempted to monetize and sell the school in 2019, an issue under ongoing litigation by numerous plaintiffs. After a failed sale to Kaiwen Education Technology (formerly Jiansu Zhongtai Steel Structure Company), a for-profit enterprise owned solely by the Chinese government, Rider abandoned the Princeton campus and moved Westminster's programs to the University's main campus in Lawrenceville. WCC educates students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for careers in music education, voice performance, pedagogy, music theory, composition, conducting, and sacred music. Professional training in musical skills with an emphasis on performance is complemented by studies in the liberal arts. The school's proximity to New York City and Philadelphia provides students with easy access to the musical resources of both cities. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1920
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
Notes: Victor ledgers state the address of the choir as "The Westminster Choir School - c/o John Finley Williamson of Princeton, N.J."
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | MS-75055 | 16-in. | 2/8/1933 | Westminster Choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, with announcements | Vocal group | |
Victor | MS-75056 | 16-in. | 2/8/1933 | Westminster Choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, with announcements | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-010300 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-010301 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Victor | CS-010302 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Victor | CS-010303 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Victor | CS-010304 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Victor | CS-010305 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Victor | CS-010306 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Victor | CS-010307 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
Decca | L 11566 | 6/11/1959 | Glorious is Thy name | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11567 | 6/11/1959 | Soul of Christ | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11568 | 6/11/1959 | Holy, Holy, Holy | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11569 | 6/11/1959 | I will lift up mine eyes | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11570 | 6/11/1959 | Of the light of the dawn | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11571 | 6/11/1959 | If Thou but suffer God | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11572 | 6/11/1959 | For Thine is the Kingdom | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11573 | 6/11/1959 | Open wide our hearts | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11574 | 6/11/1959 | Where shall I come before the | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11575 | 6/11/1959 | Hallelujah, amen | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11576 | 6/11/1959 | I sing the mighty power of God | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11577 | 6/11/1959 | May the words of my mouth | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11578 | 6/11/1959 | Sheep and lambs | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11579 | 6/11/1959 | If God be for us | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
Decca | L 11580 | 6/11/1959 | Spirit divine attend our pray | Westminster Choir | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Westminster Choir," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103273.
Westminster Choir. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103273.
"Westminster Choir." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Westminster Choir - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81093447
Wikidata: Westminster Choir - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3567531
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/146198786
MusicBrainz: Westminster Choir - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b62ae2c9-c448-4286-be35-dfd2ad2a7f03
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