Chalmers Clifton
Chalmers Dancy Clifton (April 30, 1889, Jackson, Mississippi – June 19, 1966, New York City)[1] was an American conductor and composer. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he wrote a number of orchestral works, and some chamber music as well. He served on the jury deciding the Pulitzer Prize in Music for a number of years. He was a founder and first musical director of the American Orchestral Society and during the 1920s, he helped young musicians in New York prepare for being in orchestras across the country.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "MusicSack". Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ "Chalmers D. Clifton, a Founder Of Orchestral Society, Is Dead". New York Times. June 21, 1966. p. 43.
- Howard, John Tasker (1939). Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of It. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
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