CLARENCE C. BIRCHARD
(c.1866-1946)
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From The New York Times, Thursday, February 28, 1946:
"Clarence C. Birchard, founder and president of the Boston music and textbook publishing company that bears his name, died today in his home here [Carlisle, Mass.]. His age was 80.
Among the composers whose works he had published were Bloch, Cadman, Converse, Copland, Hadley, Hanson, Loeffler and Stoessel. Mr. Birchard was a pioneer in the community singing movement and published several million copies of a collection of community songs.
In 1926 Mr. Birchard offered prizes of $1,000 each for the best religious cantata for adult voices and for the best piece of chamber music by an American composer."
Mr. Birchard was an highly influential member of the Conference. The following speaches can be found in MSNC proceedings: Music for Individual and Social Life (1923), The School Salesman of Today (1927), The Need of Choral Music in a Democracy (1928) and Our American Composers and Publishers. His philosophy is probably best summed up in the following quote:
"We are teaching music not to make musicians but to make Americans"
This information was compiled by Brian Cardany.
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