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Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Wennerberg Chorus

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Wennerberg Chorus records

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Identifier: MSS 232
Abstract Augustana College's Wennerberg Male Chorus was formed in October 1901. Gustav Andreen, then president of Augustana College, had requested that a male chorus be organized to participate in the Gunnar Wennerberg Festival to be held the following December. The group eventually merged with the all-female Oriole Chorus in 1931 to form the Augustana College Choir, although the male members of the choir did continue to perform separately as the Wennerberg Chorus until the mid-1960s. The Wennerberg...
Dates: 1901-1933 and undated

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