LEONARD DEPAUR'S INFANTRY CHORUS PROGRAM 1954 Black singing group

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LEONARD DEPAUR'S INFANTRY CHORUS PROGRAM
the de Paur Infantry Chorus, an all-male, all-African-American choral group that was organized and conducted by
Leonard E. de Paur
(1914-1998), a gifted conductor and composer who founded the Lincoln Center Out of Doors programs in New York City. While serving in the U.S. Army infantry in World War II, de Paur was assigned to an all-male chorus – that experience led to de Paur’s founding the de Paur Infantry Chorus after the war. The chorus’ members initially were 35 men from the Army’s 372nd Glee Club, though later on men from other branches of the Armed Services and even civilians were included. The chorus performed a repertory of art songs, military songs, Caribbean folk music and traditional spirituals. Signing with Columbia Records in 1946, the chorus soon began a 10-year reign as Columbia’s top-performing group.
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