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Joel Carter (1913–2000), a member of the University of North Carolina Music Department faculty, was musical director of the Chapel Hill Choral Club from 1949 to 1963. The club had been founded in 1921 under the Chapel Hill Community Club and came under the Music Department's leadership in the early 1930s.
Source: UNC Libraries: Chapel Hill Choral Club Records, 1925-1966 (#5100)
1913–2000 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
1 work about Joel Carter is indexed here, as is one work by Carter.
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Recording of the University of North Carolina Glee Club performing Carolina songs, credited to Joel Carter and made in 1957. The Southern Historical Collection issued a disc copy in 2001, whose insert misnames 'Carolina victory' as the Carolina fight song. Topics include students' songs at Chapel Hill and music at the university.
Two items stand for the Chapel Hill Choral Club across 1925 to 1966, with the bulk of the dates falling between 1948 and 1963. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5100. Topics include choral societies and concerts in Chapel Hill, music societies in North Carolina, the university's Department of Music, and Joel Carter, 1913 to 2000.
Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Carter, Joel, 1913-2000.
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