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and the Gregg Smith Singers on the Professional Chorus in the United States.” DMA dissertation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1993. Mussulman, Joseph A. Dear People…Robert Shaw: A Biography. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 1996. Neuen, Donald. “Heads and Shoulders above the Rest.” Choral Journal 36 (1996): 4, 5. Parker, Alice. The Anatomy of Melody. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2006. _____. Email communications with author, May 18, 2009 through March 15, 2012. _____. Interview with author, Chicago, IL, March 11, 2011. _____. “Parker-Shaw Memories.” Choral Journal 36 (1996): 15-18. _____. Reflections on Song: My Musical World. New York: Melodious Accord, Inc., 2005. _____. “Remembering Robert Lawson Shaw.” The Voice of Chorus America 22 (1999); 13. _____. Telephone interviews with author: May 27, 2009; September 6, 2010; March 11, 2011; July 29, 2011; and March 15, 2012. _____. Works List: 1948-2007. Hawley, MA: Alice Parker Music Company, 2007. Pegg, Carole. "Folk music." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Accessed May 16, 2009 and June 19, 2010. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/09933. Robinson, Ray. “Robert Shaw: A Tribute.” Choral Journal 39 (1999): 33, 83. Schisler, Charles. “Robert Shaw at Seventy: Tribute to a Titan,” Choral Journal 26 (1986): 15- 20. Shaw, Robert. “Worship and the Arts,” The Robert Shaw Reader, Robert Blocker, ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Swan, Howard. “The Development of a Choral Instrument: Schools of Choral Singing in America,” Harold A. Decker and Julius Herford, ed., Choral Conducting: A Symposium. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973. 72
APPENDIX I PARKER-SHAW WORKS CATALOGUED BY GENRE The Robert Shaw Chorale recorded seventeen albums containing arrangements of Alice Parker and Robert Shaw for the RCA Victor Corporation. The list of these recordings below includes each album’s title, date of release, the number of Parker-Shaw arrangements and/or editions on the recording, the number of selections on the album by other arrangers (where applicable), and the RCA album number. Robert Shaw Chorale Recordings Containing Parker-Shaw Arrangements 82 Title of album RCA Victor album number 73 Year released Number of P-S arrangements on album Number of P-S editions on album A Treasury of Easter Songs RCA LM 1201 1950 10 7 Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol II RCA LM 1711 1952 20 4 Sweet and Low (TTBB) RCA LM 1800 1954 4 0 With Love from a Chorus (TTBB) RCA LM 1815 1954 16 0 My True Love Sings RCA LM 1998 1956 20 2 Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. I RCA LM 2139 1958 18 5 A Mighty Fortress RCA LSC/LM 2199 1958 15 0 Deep River RCA LSC/LM 2247 1958 2 0 A Stephen Foster Songbook RCA LSC/LM 2295 1959 16 0 A Chorus of Love RCA LSC/LM 2402 1960 15 0 What Wondrous Love RCA LSC/LM 2403 1960 18 1 Sea Shanties RCA LSC/LM 2551 1961 16 0 Twenty-Three Glee Club Favorites RCA LSC/LM 2598 1962 7 0 Songs of Faith and Inspiration RCA LSC/LM 2760 1964 1 Parker 0 I’m Goin’ to Sing RCA LSC/LM 2580 1964 16 0 Sing to the Lord RCA LSC/LM 2942 1967 16 Parker 0 Irish Folk Songs RCA LSC/LM 2992 1968 16 Parker 0 These seventeen recordings may be grouped into nine musical genres: I. Easter and Christmas carols 1. A Treasury of Easter Songs 2. Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. II 82 Alice Parker, “Parker-Shaw Memories,” Choral Journal 36, no. 9 (April, 1996): 17. Mussulman’s discography differs on some of the dates. (Joseph A. Mussulman, Dear People…Robert Shaw: A Biography, (Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 1996: 251-256)
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APPENDIX I<br />
<strong>PARKER</strong>-SHAW WORKS CATALOGUED BY GENRE<br />
The Robert Shaw Chorale recorded seventeen albums containing arrangements of Alice<br />
Parker and Robert Shaw for the RCA Victor Corporation. The list of these recordings below<br />
includes each album’s title, date of release, the number of Parker-Shaw arrangements and/or<br />
editions on the recording, the number of selections on the album by other arrangers (where<br />
applicable), and the RCA album number.<br />
Robert Shaw Chorale Recordings Containing Parker-Shaw Arrangements 82<br />
Title of album RCA Victor<br />
album number<br />
73<br />
Year<br />
released<br />
Number of P-S<br />
arrangements<br />
on album<br />
Number of P-S<br />
editions on<br />
album<br />
A Treasury of Easter Songs RCA LM 1201 1950 10 7<br />
Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol II RCA LM 1711 1952 20 4<br />
Sweet and Low (TTBB) RCA LM 1800 1954 4 0<br />
With Love from a Chorus (TTBB) RCA LM 1815 1954 16 0<br />
My True Love Sings RCA LM 1998 1956 20 2<br />
Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. I RCA LM 2139 1958 18 5<br />
A Mighty Fortress RCA LSC/LM 2199 1958 15 0<br />
Deep River RCA LSC/LM 2247 1958 2 0<br />
A Stephen Foster Songbook RCA LSC/LM 2295 1959 16 0<br />
A Chorus of Love RCA LSC/LM 2402 1960 15 0<br />
What Wondrous Love RCA LSC/LM 2403 1960 18 1<br />
Sea Shanties RCA LSC/LM 2551 1961 16 0<br />
Twenty-Three Glee Club Favorites RCA LSC/LM 2598 1962 7 0<br />
Songs of Faith and Inspiration RCA LSC/LM 2760 1964 1 Parker 0<br />
I’m Goin’ to Sing RCA LSC/LM 2580 1964 16 0<br />
Sing to the Lord RCA LSC/LM 2942 1967 16 Parker 0<br />
Irish Folk Songs RCA LSC/LM 2992 1968 16 Parker 0<br />
These seventeen recordings may be grouped into nine musical genres:<br />
I. Easter and Christmas carols<br />
1. A Treasury of Easter Songs<br />
2. Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. II<br />
82 Alice Parker, “Parker-Shaw Memories,” Choral Journal 36, no. 9 (April, 1996): 17. Mussulman’s discography<br />
differs on some of the dates. (Joseph A. Mussulman, Dear People…Robert Shaw: A Biography, (Chapel Hill, NC:<br />
Hinshaw Music, 1996: 251-256)
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