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Brand/Publisher: Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, United States, official college music and institutional printing.
Item: Vintage 1940 printed concert program and souvenir booklet for the Lenoir Rhyne College A Capella Choir of Hickory, N.C., featuring a front cover photographic portrait of the robed student choir grouped in a church interior with pews and altar backdrop.
Front image and credits: Below the large black-and-white choir photograph the layout prints the heading Lenoir Rhyne College A Capella Choir Hickory, N.C. 1940, followed by a four row roster of choir members with their home towns, a note listing individuals not in the picture, and a credit line for Kenneth B. Lee, Director, along with choir officers Herman Cauble, Cecil Carpenter, Joan Whitener, and George Warlick Jr.
College description page: Reverse side carries a full page essay headed Lenoir Rhyne College describing the institution's Lutheran heritage, mission in Christian higher education, academic programs in liberal arts, professional and pre-professional fields, teacher training, and its emphasis on dramatics, music, and other campus activities and organizations.
Program contents: Interior pages present the formal concert program listing a choral prelude with organist Helen M. Stahler and works such as Agnus Dei by Kalinnikoff, Cherubic Hymn by Gretchaninoff, a Bach selection on the theme of church music, and later pieces by Christiansen including A Carpenter Cut the Manger's Wood, Easter Bells, Hosanna, and Benediction, along with the chorale Praise to the Lord and optional number O Praise Ye God by Tschaikowsky.
Era/Type/Subject: Authentic pre-World War II 1940 American college music ephemera, type multi-page sacred choral concert program and group photo booklet issued for the Lenoir Rhyne College A Capella Choir in Hickory, North Carolina; subject higher education history, Lutheran college life, student choir performance, and organ and vocal sacred music; unit of sale is one complete program booklet as shown.
