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During [[Otto Klemperer]]’s first season as conductor of the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] (LAP), the LAOS performed [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]’s [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9]] with the orchestra under his baton in 1934.<ref name=”Crawford”>{{cite book|year=2009|page=43-45, 213|title=A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s émigrés and Exiles in Southern California|last= Crawford|first= Dorothy L|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|isbn=9780300127348}}</ref> After Richard Lert became the LAOS’s conductor in 1935, the choir because the official chorus for the LAP concerts.<ref name=”Crawford”/> In 1940 the LAOS and the LAP performed the world premiere of [[Elinor Remick Warren]]’s oratorio ”The Passing of King Arthur” under the baton of [[Albert Coates (musician)|Albert Coates]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Arthurian Encyclopedia|page=506|year=1996|publisher=[[ Garland Publishing]]|isbn= 978-0815323037|first= Norris J.|last= Lacy}}</ref> On October 14, 1941 the LAOS sang the world premiere of [[Igor Stravinsky]]’s [[Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner|adaptation of ”The Star-Spangled Banner”]] with the [[Works Progress Administration]] Symphony Orchestra under the baton of [[James Sample (conductor)|James Sample]] at the [[Hollywood Bowl]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Annotated Catalogue of the H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection: Donated by Him to the University of British Columbia Library. H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection|editor-first=Susan|editor-last=Quirk|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Library]]|year=2002|isbn=978-0888652218|page=229}}</ref>

During [[Otto Klemperer]]’s first season as conductor of the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] (LAP), the LAOS performed [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]’s [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 9]] with the orchestra under his baton in 1934.<ref name=”Crawford”>{{cite book|year=2009|page=43-45, 213|title=A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s émigrés and Exiles in Southern California|last= Crawford|first= Dorothy L|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|isbn=9780300127348}}</ref> After Richard Lert became the LAOS’s conductor in 1935, the choir because the official chorus for the LAP concerts.<ref name=”Crawford”/> In 1940 the LAOS and the LAP performed the world premiere of [[Elinor Remick Warren]]’s oratorio ”The Passing of King Arthur” under the baton of [[Albert Coates (musician)|Albert Coates]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Arthurian Encyclopedia|page=506|year=1996|publisher=[[ Garland Publishing]]|isbn= 978-0815323037|first= Norris J.|last= Lacy}}</ref> On October 14, 1941 the LAOS sang the world premiere of [[Igor Stravinsky]]’s [[Performances and adaptations of The Star-Spangled Banner|adaptation of ”The Star-Spangled Banner”]] with the [[Works Progress Administration]] Symphony Orchestra under the baton of [[James Sample (conductor)|James Sample]] at the [[Hollywood Bowl]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Annotated Catalogue of the H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection: Donated by Him to the University of British Columbia Library. H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection|editor-first=Susan|editor-last=Quirk|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Library]]|year=2002|isbn=978-0888652218|page=229}}</ref>

[[Anthony Collins (composer)|Anthony Collins]] briefly served as conductor of the chorus in 1944.<ref>{{cite news|title=Collins Takes on Oratorio Directorship|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|date= December 31, 1944|page= 21}}</ref> However, [[World War II]] interrupted the activities of the chorus. In 1947 [[Maurice Goldman (composer)|Maurice Goldman]] was appointed associate conductor of the LAOS and the choir resumed performing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oratorio Society Will Resume Performing|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|date= April 27, 1947|page= 25}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

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The Los Angeles Oratorio Society (LAOS) was a choir in Los Angeles, California that was founded in 1893.[1] The choir was established by its first conductor, F. A. Bacon, who was a professor at the USC Thornton School of Music.[2] The choir was largely made up of singers who had previously participated in two different Chautauquas, one organized by Charles E. Day and the other by Bacon.[3] In 1899 the business side of the chorus was taken under the management of Lynden Behymer. By 1904 the chorus had come under the music leadership of conductor Julius Jahn with Behymer still as business manager.[4]

John Smallman became the LAOS’s conductor in 1912.[5] On 30 April 1926 composer Percy Grainger conducted the LAOS in performances of Grainger’s Fathers and Daughters and Marching Song of Democracy.[6] On March 17, 1934 the chorus performed the world premiere of Scott Bradley‘s oratorio Thanatopsis based on the poem by William Cullen Bryant. The composer conducted the premiere performance which was given at at the Philharmonic Auditorium.[7]

During Otto Klemperer‘s first season as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP), the LAOS performed Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Symphony No. 9 with the orchestra under his baton in 1934.[8] After Richard Lert became the LAOS’s conductor in 1935, the choir because the official chorus for the LAP concerts.[8] In 1940 the LAOS and the LAP performed the world premiere of Elinor Remick Warren‘s oratorio The Passing of King Arthur under the baton of Albert Coates.[9] On October 14, 1941 the LAOS sang the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky‘s adaptation of The Star-Spangled Banner with the Works Progress Administration Symphony Orchestra under the baton of James Sample at the Hollywood Bowl.[10]

Anthony Collins briefly served as conductor of the chorus in 1944.[11] However, World War II interrupted the activities of the chorus. In 1947 Maurice Goldman was appointed associate conductor of the LAOS and the choir resumed performing.[12]

  1. ^ Raymond Kendall (January 1961). “Music in Old Los Angeles”. The Musical Courier. 163 (1): 11.
  2. ^ “Musical Mention”. Los Angeles Times. April 11, 1894. p. 10.
  3. ^ Smith, Catherine Parsons (2007). Making Music in Los Angeles: Transforming the Popular. University of California Press. pp. 42, 51, 269. ISBN 9781433708909.
  4. ^ Smith, Catherine Parsons (1994). ““Popular Prices Will Prevail”: Setting the Social Role of European-Based Concert Music”. In Lorza, Steven (ed.). Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology. Musical Aesthetics and Multiculturalism in Los Angeles. Vol. X. Ethnomusicology Publications, University of California, Los Angeles. p. 210.
  5. ^ Crawford, Dorothy L. (1995). Evenings On and Off the Roof: Pioneering Concerts in Los Angeles, 1939-1971. University of California Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780520088917.
  6. ^ Pleskun, Stephen. A Chronological History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions. Xlibris Corp, Hobart. p. 342. ISBN 9781465382269.
  7. ^ Goldmark, Daniel (2005). Tunes for ‘Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon. University of California Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780520236172.
  8. ^ a b Crawford, Dorothy L (2009). A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s émigrés and Exiles in Southern California. Yale University Press. p. 43-45, 213. ISBN 9780300127348.
  9. ^ Lacy, Norris J. (1996). The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. p. 506. ISBN 978-0815323037.
  10. ^ Quirk, Susan, ed. (2002). Annotated Catalogue of the H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection: Donated by Him to the University of British Columbia Library. H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection. University of British Columbia Library. p. 229. ISBN 978-0888652218.
  11. ^ “Collins Takes on Oratorio Directorship”. The Los Angeles Times. December 31, 1944. p. 21.
  12. ^ “Oratorio Society Will Resume Performing”. The Los Angeles Times. April 27, 1947. p. 25.

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