Hi Paul, Julia Bishop forwarded to me your response to choirs enquiry. Many
thanks, Bruce Johnson.
>On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Ed Cray wrote:
>
>> Which reminds me that Bob De Cormier (and others) organized
>> left-wing-oriented choirs in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
>>
>> And if you go overseas, there are important choir traditions with serious
>> social implications in Wales, in the former Soviet Union and its
>> one-time satellites (the Bulgarian Women's Choir, for one).
>
>And choirs sang freedom songs during the civil rights movement; check out
>"Voices from the Civil Rights Movement", a Smithsonian/Folkways 2-CD set
>that is brilliantly organized & annotated.
>
>Peace.
>Paul
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