This old photo from the early 1900s shows the site of Robert Capen's house at the corner of Park and Seaver Streets in Stoughton, Massachusetts.
The Capen house is where famed Boston composer
and singing-master, William Billings,
taught his singing school in 1774.
Billings was the best known New England composer in 18th century America.
Most descriptions of early singing schools fail to provide a list of pupils.
But the one held in Stoughton does provide all the names.
It is believed to be the only New England singing school with all the pupils listed.
In previous books and articles it is mentioned that there were 48 pupils in this singing school. That is incorrect. There were actually 49 pupils in the Billings singing school, consisting of 18 young males and 31 young females.
One of them, Jacob French (1754-1817), later became a composer himself. The names of all the pupils in this 1774 singing school are listed in Music in Stoughton: A Brief Survey.
Twelve years later in the Robert Capen house,
twenty-five men met to formally organize the Stoughton Musical Society.
This group still survives and is now the oldest choral society in the United States.
The Town of Stoughton, located approximately 20 miles south of Boston,
is known as "The Birthplace of American Liberty."
On August 16, 1774 Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Joseph Warren met at Doty's Tavern to begin writing the Suffolk Resolves. The final meeting was held at Vose's Tavern in nearby Milton. John E. Flynn in his Stoughton history booklet,
Beyond the Blew-Hills, claimed that this document "electrified a discordant Congress
in Philadelphia with the boldest statement ever made
on the continent."
Key Events in the 18th Century
1762: First known singing meetings listed in Capt. Samuel Talbot's diary but no musical organization had been formed at this time.
1774: Singing school taught by famed Boston composer, William Billings (1746-1800). One of the pupils in his singing school was Lucy Swan, who he married and they returned to Boston, where they both lived the remainder of their lives. [This Billings singing school was re-created in "A Stoughton Musicfest" in 1990 -- see description below under the 20th Century heading.]
1786: Oldest choral society in America founded on November 7, when 25 men were listed as members of "The Stoughton Musical Society." At this time it was exclusively a men's chorus, and their first president was Elijah Dunbar, a graduate of Harvard College. There were a list of nine "Rules and Regulations" but it was not a Constitution. Admission to the Society was 2 shillings.
1787: In October, the Stoughton Musical Society's first Constitution was written and approved. It was written just a few weeks after the US Constitution had been written in Philadelphia.
1790: First singing contest held in America between the First Parish Church Choir from Dorchester, Massachusetts and The Stoughton Musical Society Chorus of 20 "selected male voices." The Stoughton men first sang a chorus by Stoughton's own Jacob French. Then the Stoughton male chorus easily won the contest after singing Handel's mighty "Hallelujah Chorus," from memory and without any instrumental accompaniment -- an incredible achievement for its time! Here is what was written about this singing contest in the 1878 SMS music collection:
Confident in their ability and ready to test it, they challenged the Stoughton singers to a trial. The challenge was accepted; a meeting arranged. It was held in a large hall in Dorchester, and, says a narrator, who was one of the singers, 'The hall was filled with prominent singers, far and near, including many notables from Boston.' The Dorchester contestants had a 'bass viol' and female singers. The Stoughton party consisted of twenty selected male voices, without instruments, and led by Squire Elijah Dunbar, the president of the Stoughton Musical Society, who was not only one of the most accomplished singers of his day, but distinguished for his commanding presence and dignified bearing. The Dorchester party sang an anthem, recently published, executing it with grace and precision. The Stoughton party followed with Jacob French's new anthem, 'The Heavenly Vision,' rendered without book or notes. The applause was unbounded as they took their seats. Again the Dorchester choir sang; then, to close the tournament, the Stoughton choir sang, without book, Handel's grand 'Hallelujah Chorus,' recently published in the country by Isaiah Thomas. The Dorchester singers acknowledged defeat...
So endeth this incident of the olden time.
1794: First mention of using musical instruments: flute and bass viol mentioned in church records.
The Two Musical Societies
1. The Old Stoughton Musical Society
This is the oldest surviving choral society in the United States of America.
This society was originally known as the Stoughton Musical Society.
It has the oldest constitution of any musical organization in America, written in October of 1787, just a few weeks after the U.S. Constitution.
This choral group added the prefix "Old" when they were officially incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1908.
They accepted singers from all the surrounding towns, including Avon, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, Randolph and other places.
Two hundred years later to the date, on November 7, 1986, the OSMS bicentennial concert was held at Stoughton High School. The same major choral work was performed as at the Centennial Concert in 1886 -- Franz Joseph Haydn's "The Creation." Also performed was a tune titled "Stoughton" by William Billings.
In 1994, thanks to the efforts of musicologist and composer Roger Hall, this choral society was listed in The Guinnes Book of Records.
Mr. Hall also sumitted the information to the Chase's Calendar of Events, which currently had this entry:
"OLD STOUGHTON MUSICAL SOCIETY: ANNIVERSARY. Nov. 7, 1786.
Founded at Stoughton, MA, the Stoughton Musical Society
is the oldest choral society in the United States."
For additional information, see this article:
Stoughton Musical Society
2. The Musical Society in Stoughton
This choral society was organized on January 1, 1802.
Only town residents could join that group.
For many years they claimed to have been founded in 1762,
but there are no records to support it.
One of their officers was so dishonest that he painted over the original signboard with the 1802 date and put in 1762 instead,
bringing great dishonor to him and the MSIS history.
This deed didn't go unpunished.
After years of incorrectly claiming they were the "oldest choral society in America," the Musical Society in Stoughton continued to lose members until they finally dwindled down to only
a few members and it was disbanded in 1982.
It should be mentioned that there are many traces of the incorrect beginning date for the MSIS. For example, look at the illustration at this link, which incorrectly states that the Musical Society in Stoughton began in 1762 instead of 1802:
Stoughton History
Actually both musical societies had singers who were attending singing meetings in 1762 in Stoughton, but there was no musical organization established at that time.
Composers born in Stoughton during the 18th century:
- Supply Belcher (born: 1751/ died: Farmington, Maine, 1836)
- Samuel Capen (born: 1745/ died: Canton, Massachusetts, 1809)
- Edward French (born: 1761/died: Sharon, Massachusetts, 1845)
- Jacob French (born: 1754/died: Simsbury, Connecticut, 1817)
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The 19th Century
Key Events in the 19th Century
1802: Second musical society founded on January 1 as: "The Musical Society in Stoughton" (MSIS).
1829: First tunebook published in Boston, The Stoughton Collection of Church Music, with over 300 pages of music.
1844: The Stoughton Musical Society consisted of men only until 1844, when women were invited to join, after the serving of alcohol during rehearsals was abolished.
1872: E.A. Jones performs as a violinist in the orchestra of 1,500 musicians, led by the famous Viennese waltz composer, Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) at the World's Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival in Boston.
1878: Second tunebook published in Boston, The Stoughton Musical Society's Centennial Collection of Sacred Music. Reprinted with new introduction and index by Roger Hall, by DaCapo Press in New York in 1980.
1881: Completion of the cantata, Song of Our Saviour, by E.A. Jones. It was originally titled as The Nativity Hymn and received an honorable mention in a national music competition in 1879. The cantata was never performed during the lifetime of Jones and received its world premiere over one hundred years later in a Stoughton concert in May of 1992. An article about this concert featured in The Boston Globe newspaper.
1886: Centennial observance of The Stoughton Musical Society on June 9, with Gov. George D. Robinson and Lt. Gov. Oliver Ames in attendance. Evening concert held in Stoughton Town Hall.
1887: First oratorio by a local composer, Easter Concert, by Edwin Arthur Jones, was performed on April 11 in Town Hall. The oratorio was published in a piano-vocal score by White & Smith in Boston in 1890.
1893: The Stoughton Musical Society is the only New England choral group to perform early American music at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. Two concerts given on August 14 and 15, with several thousand people in the audience. The reviews were very complimentary.
This musical society published two large collections of choral music:
Description from the 1929 OSMS history:
"At the 122nd Annual Meeting, Jan. 1, 1908, at Randolph [Massachusetts], a meeting was called at 3 o'clock for the purpose of organizing the Society into a corporate body. Due notice was given the press and special notices and posters sent out. Mr. Edwin A. Jones reported for the committee, and read the Constitution and By-Laws as prepared. The articles were taken up separately...The Constitution and By-Laws were then adopted as a whole."
CONSTITUTION OF THE
OLD STOUGHTON MUSICAL SOCIETY
ADOPTED AT RANDOLPH, JAN. 1, 1908
PREAMBLE
We, the Members of the the Old Stoughton Musical Society, wishing to revise the original Constitution adopted Nov. 7, 1786 [see 1786 and 1787 above], in order that it may conform more nearly to the needs of the Society in its present environment, do hereby adopt the following as our Constitution and By-Laws to supercede all previous regulations, viz"
Article 1. Object
The object of this Society shall be as heretofore and always, the preservation, cultivation, and practice of the music of the earlier native composers, together with general musical and antiquarian activity.
Article II. Meetings
Article III. Officers
Article IV. Duties of Officers
Article V. Vice President
Article VI. Clerk
Article VII. Trustees
Article VIII. Directors
Article IX. Chorister [Conductor]
Article X. The Vice Chorister
Article XI. Membership
Article XII. Amendments
This Constitution has been changed many times since its approval in 1908, mostly to amend the articles due to the lack of members to serve in various posts.
1926: Both musical societies perform in the Town of Stoughton's Bicentennial celebration. There were 150 singers and 35 musicians from MSIS and OSMS who performed on August 22 at the Pageant Grounds behind Stoughton High School.
1936: 150th Annual Meeting and Sing given at The First Congregational Church in Stoughton on January 1, 1936. The concert features soloists and chorus. George Sawyer Dunham is the Chorister (or Conductor) and Laura Shafer Gebhardt is Assistant Chorister and Accompanist. Laura Gebhardt's piece, "Flag of All Our Country" is performed (composed for the 100th anniversary of the Town of Stoughton).
1975: Release of LP album: An Appeal to Heaven (Old North Bridge Records) - featuring Musical Society of Stoughton and Old Stoughton Musical Society singers. This LP is now out-of-print.
1978: OSMS First Fall Music Festival held in Bridgewater on October 14 and 15. Organized by OSMS Vice President, Roger Hall, the theme was:
"Musick of Old New England." The festival concluded with a concert of music by early New England composers, such as Billings and Ingalls.
1980: OSMS Second Fall Music Festival held on November 22 and 23. Festival Theme: "Musick in Old Boston." The final event was a concert of music by Billings, E.A. Jones and other 18th and 19th century American composers. In addition, there was a new a song arranged by Roger Hall for Boston's Jubilee 350 celebration and titled: "O Boston!" This song is included on the CD that accompanies the songbook titled: The Stoughton Songster.
1981: Concert given by the Old Stoughton Musical Society in celebration of the Stoughton Town Hall Centennial on November 22. Some of the pieces were by local composers, including the premiere of an anti-war song set to a Stoughton poem written in 1814 by a teenage girl, Esther Talbot. The music was composed by Roger Hall, and is available on this CD:
Come, Gentle Peace
To hear the First Performance of the song, click on the link in this box...
1982: Concert: "Musick of George Washington's Time" celebrating 250th anniversary of the birth of George Washington and also the birth of composer, Franz Joseph Haydn. The concert conducted by Earl Eyrich featurng soloists, chorus and instrumental works. Concert address given by OSMS Historian, Roger Hall.
1986: The Old Stoughton Musical Society Bicentennial Concert held at Stoughton High School exactly two hundred years later on November 7. The featured musical work was "The Creation," an oratorio by Franz Joseph Haydn. The commemorative program booklet has a congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan, an entry in The Congressional Record by Hon. Joseph Moakley, and letters from Sen. Ted Kennedy, State Sen. William Keating, State Rep. Marjorie Claprood.
In celebration of this OSMS Bicentennial, Roger Hall wrote a special hymn. He also composed a 18th century style fuging tune titled "Dedication," based on words found in the 1794 tunebook of William Billings and this fuging tune was premiered in a concert, "Choral Music in New England," at the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, Massachusetts.
There was a plaque to be installed on the Stoughton Historical Society Building in Stoughton Square. It reads: "On November 7, 1786, America's oldest musical society was organized near this spot. This plaque placed on the occasion of the 200th anniversary in 1986."
To mark the OSMS Bicentennial, there was a proclamation issued by Gov Michael Dukakis that November 7th be designated as "Old Stoughton Musical Society Day" in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Letters of congratulations were also received from President Ronald Reagan, Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Hon. Joseph Moakley,
and others.
1987: Bicentennial celebration of the U.S. and OSMS Constitutions (both written several weeks apart in 1787) at the Stoughton Public Library on October 8. The program included a State Proclamation delivered by Sen. William R. Keating, readings from portions of the U.S. Constitution, and a new play written and directed by Roger Hall about the Stoughton Musical Society titled: The Grand Constitution. The actors in the play were Bert Anderson (as Sam Capen) and Wayne Olem (as Elijah Dunbar). Songs were performed by eight singers from the Old Stoughton Musical Society and the pianist was Richard Hill.
To hear two of the songs featured in The Grand Constitution,
click the links inside this box...
1990: A special musical program was given at the Stoughton Public Library, titled:
"A Stoughton Musicfest - A Celebration of Local Composers and Musicians"
This program featured a re-creation of an 18th century singing school, with actor Skip Maloney portraying William Billings, also music by Oliver Shaw, Jacob French, Edwin Arthur Jones, Frank W. Reynolds, F. William Kempf and Roger Hall. In addition, there were a combined Elementary School chorus singing two patriotic songs, and several instrumental ensembles from Stoughton High School, directed by Ronald Christianson. Some of this music is available in publications listed below. A videotape (or DVD-R) of this "Stoughton Musicfest" program is also available.
Composers active in Stoughton during the 20th century:
- Laura Shafer Gebhardt (born: 1885/ died Stoughton, 1959)
- F. William Kempf (born: 1901/ died: Stoughton, 1950)
- Frank W. Reynolds (born: 1887/died: Stoughton, 1975)
- Roger Hall (born: 1942)
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Stoughton Makes Music
Thanks to the efforts of musicologist and composer Roger Hall, the Old Stoughton Musical Society has been listed as America's oldest choral society in
The Guinness Book of Records and Chase's Calendar of Events.
For many years Mr. Hall was the Historian and Vice-President of the OSMS.
He also served as Music Director for several years and
composed several commemorative pieces.
To read about his preservation efforts, click on this link:
Saving Local Music
Mr. Hall is currently Director of the
New England Music Archive [NEMA]
and
Society for Earlier American Music [SEAM].
He is available to present his entertaining and educational programs
for your college, school or organization.
For more information click on this link:
Lectures and Workshops
Up until 1980, it was the custom to sing some of the same favorite
early New England tunes each year
in OSMS concerts.
Mr. Hall has compiled lists of the most performed music
during the 19th and 20th centuries:
Most Performed American Music (1879-1979)
1. NEW JERUSALEM - Jeremiah Ingalls (76 performances)
2. MAJESTY - William Billings (75 performances)
3. CHESTER - William Billings (74 performances)
4. VICTORY - Daniel Read (66 performances)
5. INVITATION - Jacob Kimball (64 performances)
6. TURNER - Abraham Maxim (64 performances)
7. EASTER ANTHEM - William Billings (54 performances)
8. CONFIDENCE - Oliver Holden (42 performances)
9. ODE ON SCIENCE - Jezaniah Sumner (42 performacnes)
10. NEW BETHLEHEM - Edward French (39 performances)
Most Performed American Composers (1976-1986)
1. William Billings (34 performances)
2. Edwin A. Jones (15 performances)
3. Oliver Shaw (15 performances)
4. Stephen Foster (12 performances)
5. George W. Chadwick (9 performances)
6. Charles Ives (8 performances)
7. Jeremiah Ingalls (6 performances)
8. Jacob French
(5 performances)
9. Lowell Mason (5 performances)
10. Charles T. Griffes (4 performances)
With its long unbroken chain of amateur choral performance
of American music from the 18th century onward,
this Massachusetts town deserves the honor of being designated as...
Singing Stoughton!
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Bibliography
SOURCES for the above information:
Hall, Roger L. E.A. Jones: His Life and Music, 1984.
Hall, Roger L. Music in Stoughton: A Brief Survey, 1989.
Hall, Roger L. Singing Stoughton: Selected Highlights from America's Oldest Choral Society, 1985.
Hall, Roger L., editor. The Stoughton Musical Society's Centennial Collection of Sacred Music -- Boston: Ditson & Company, 1878/ Reprint, DaCapo Press, 1980. Introduction and Indexes by Roger Hall.
"This reprint is a most welcome offering for anyone interested in examining our native musical heritage, particularly those concerned with the choral tradition...This volume should furnish hours of pleasant singing --
useful in the church, concert hall and the home."
--from a review by David P. McKay, The Hymn, 1982
Standish, Lemuel, editor. The Old Stoughton Musical Society: An Historical and Informative Record of the Oldest Choral Society in America.
Stoughton, Massachusetts, 1929.
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Stoughton Music Publications
Music in Stoughton: A Brief Survey
This pamphlet written by by musicologist and composer Roger L. Hall features highlights of Stoughton's music history from 1762 to 1987. It covers the first singing meetings to the activities of the Old Stoughton Musical Society and Stoughton High School music program.
The pamphlet also includes all the names in the historic early singing school taught by Boston composer,
William Billings, in 1774.
In addition there are illustrations of an 1829 Stoughton tunebook, a concert announcement for the benefit of the Johnstown Flood of 1889, and a song titled "Peace" composed by Roger Hall and set to an 1814 anit-war poem written by a Stoughton teenage girl, Esther Talbot.
Also available with the pamphlet is a CD-R titled...
The Stoughton Harmony
Here are the track titles:
1. Invitation (1793) - Jacob Kimball
2. Chester (1778/ 1786) - William Billings
3. Majesty (1778) - William Billings
4. David's Lamentation (1778) - William Billings
5. Charity Anthem (1781) - William Billings
6. The Dove (1805) - Samuel Capen
7.
The Heavenly Vision (1786) - Jacob French
8. New Bethlehem (1799) - Edward French
9. Coronation (1793) - Oliver Holden
10. Confidence - Oliver Holden
11.
Mount Vernon (1803) - Oliver Holden
12.
Northfield - Jeremiah Ingalls
13. New Jerusalem (1796) - Jeremiah Ingalls
14.
Victory (1793) - Daniel Read
15. Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims - Temperance song
16. Jehovah's Praise - Edward L. White
17. The Lord is King (1890) - Edwin A. Jones
18. Easter Carol (1892) - Charles Ives
19. Peace (1981) - Roger Hall (First Performance)
20. Yankee Song (1788, arr. by Roger Hall) - from the 1987 play, The Grand Constitution
21. Ode to George Washington (1789, arr. by Roger Hall) - from the play The Grand Constitution
Nos 1-16 are included in The Stoughton Musical Society's Centennial Collection
of Sacred Music (1878 / reprinted in 1980)
Many of the selections are also included in one of the most popular collections in 19th century America: Father Kemp's Old Folks Concert Tunes (3 editions: 1860/ 1874/ 1917) -- music copies available for extra charge.
Father Robert Kemp (1820-1897)
To order the Music in Stoughton pamphlet with
The Stoughton Harmony CD-R,
go to the
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The Stoughton Songster
A collection compiled and edited by Roger L. Hall and featuring the words to 12 songs performed in Stoughton concerts between 1980 and 1990.
All the songs are included on the accompanying CD-R.
Included are songs by Stoughton composers: Edwin A. Jones, Frank W. Reynolds, F.William Kempf, and Roger Hall. Also there are original versions of "Yankee Doodle" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
The 12 songs and hymns included in The Stoughton Songster:
1. Pilgrim Poet: "O Boston!" (text: William Bradford/ tune: OLD HUNDRED) -- edited and arranged by Roger Hall for the 350th anniversary of the City of Boston in 1980.
2. Hymn Tune: "Stoughton" (music by William Billings, 1770/ edited by Roger Hall) -- written for the Bicentennial of the Old Stoughton Musical Society in 1986.
3. American Revolution:
"Father and I Went Down to Camp" (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)
4. US Constitution: "The 'Vention did in Boston meet" (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)
5. Song: "Ode to George Washington" (text: Samuel Low/ tune: GOD SAVE THE KING, edited by Roger Hall,1982) -- sung at the Innauguration of
the First U.S. President in 1789.
6. Patriotic Hymn: "My Country 'Tis of Thee" (text: Samuel Francis Smith, 1831/
tune: GOD SAVE THE KING)
7. Civil War Song: "John Brown's body lies a-mould'ring in the grave " (text: C.S. Hall, 1861/ tune: GLORY, HALLELUJAH,1861)
8.Civil War Song: "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (text: Julia Ward Howe, 1862/ tune: GLORY, HALLELUJAH)
9. Commemorative Song: "Old Stoughton" (Edwin Arthur Jones, 1886)
10. Children's Song: "Lullaby" (Frank W. Reynolds, 1922)
11. Folk Song: "Barbara Allen" (arranged by F. William Kempf, 1942)
12. Anti-War Song: "Peace"(poem: Esther Talbot, 1814 / music: Roger Hall, 1981)
To order this collection with accompanying CD-R, write to:
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CDs and DVDs
These historical recordings and programs
are available on CD-Rs and DVD-Rs
CD-R 1: Music in Old New England, 1778 - 1878 (21 tracks)
Radio broadcast highlights from the Old Stoughton Musical Society's First Fall Music Festival
in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on October 14-15, 1978.
Music by William Billings, Batholomew Brown, Samuel Capen, Lewis Edson, James Hewitt, Jeremiah Ingalls, E.A. Jones, Nahum Mitchell, Oliver Shaw, and military pieces.
CD-R 2: Ten Town Tunes: Music from Stoughton, 1770 - 1990 (21 tracks)
Tunes by William Billings, Jacob French, E.A. Jones, Roger Hall, F. William Kempf, Frank W. Reynolds, and Oliver Shaw. Also additional choral music by Roger Hall.
Each CD-R is available for $15.00, including shipping.
To order, write to:
Stoughton CD
Now and Then: Music from Stoughton
Three programs on one DVD-R
1: A Centennial Salute to Stoughton Square (1986)
Hosted byy Roger Hall
A TV program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Stoughton Square and interviews with Selectman Roy Cohen and Town Historian Howard Hansen, plus rare black & white movies from the 1920s, and music from the 19th and 20th centuries.
2: Two Hundred Years of Music in Stoughton (1986)
Hosted byy Roger Hall
TV program honoring the Bicentennial of the Old Stoughton Musical Society, founded November 7, 1786. The program includes a music exhibit at the Stoughton Historical Society with local historian, Howard Hansen. Also highlights from concerts by the Old Stoughton Musical Society.
3. Old Stoughton and The Grand Constitution (1987)
Written and produced byy Roger Hall
A program celebrating the 200th anniversaries of the U.S. Constitution and The Stoughton Musical Society Constitution, both written in 1787.
Featuring readings from the U.S. Constitution, a State Proclamation presented by Sen. William R. Keating, and a short historical play.
The play concerns the writing of the Stoughton Musical Society's Constitution, written two weeks fter the U.S. Constitution, and now the oldest constitution of any performing musical organization in America. Music by William Brown, Francis Hopkinson, Alexander Reinagle, William Billings, and other anonymous tunes, including an "Ode to George Washington.".
A Stoughton Musicfest:
A Celebration of Local Composers and Musicians (1990)
on one DVD-R
Written and produced by Roger Hall
A program honoring the 200th anniversary of the first singing contest in America in 1790 between the Stoughton Musical Society and First Parish Choir in Dorchester.
This program was videotaped at the first performance on May 10, 1990 at the Stoughton Public Library and includes local musicians performing some music by local composers.
Narrator: Marion Wroble.
Actor Skip Maloney portrays Boston composer, William Billings, teaching a singing school for the school students. Two tunes are performed: CHESTER and STOUGHTON.
Premiere of a revised version of the song titled "Peace," sung by a vocal quartet: Elizabeth Trueblood, soprano; Carol Mezzanotte, alto; Sally MacKerron, female tenor; Roger Hall, bass; with Donna Hieken, flute, and Richard Hill, piano.
Two songs arranged by Roger Hall: "Yankee Doodle" and "Ode to George Washington" -- performed by the 30 voice chorus from all six Stoughton elementary schools, directed by Carol Mezzanotte.
Two Stoughton High School student instrumental ensembles, directed by Ronald Christianson.
Now and Then: Music From Stoughton
and
A Stoughton Musicfest
are available for $20.00 each, including shipping.
To order, write to:
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Links
American Music Preservation
American Music Timeline, Part One
American Music Recordings Collection [AMRC]
New England Music
Remembering Edwin A. Jones
Society for Earlier American Music [SEAM]
Other Stoughton links
Lori McKenna (national recording artist)
Music from Stoughton
Old Stoughton Musical Society History
Snyder's Stoughton (Local News)
Stoughton History
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