Richard P. Condie
| Richard P. Condie | |
|---|---|
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| Personal details | |
| Born | July 5, 1898 |
| Died | December 22, 1985 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University New England Conservatory of Music |
| Occupation |
conductor Musician |
| Title | Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
Richard P. Condie (July 5, 1898 – December 22, 1985)[1] was the conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1957 to 1974.
Condie was a graduate of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1923 and the New England Conservatory of Music in 1928. He became assistant conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 1937. He taught at the McCune School of Music in Salt Lake City, at BYU in Provo, Utah, Utah State University in Logan Utah and at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. After he became director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir he formed a relationship with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Their most famous collaboration was the production of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in 1958 which won a Grammy Award.
Notes
- ↑ Hicks, Michael (2000). "Condie, Richard P.". In Arnold K. Garr; Donald Q. Cannon; Richard O. Cowan. Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book.
References
- "New Conductors Appointed for Tabernacle Choir", Ensign, September 1974, pp. 94–95
- Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, (Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, Richard O. Cowan, and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, November 2000) ISBN 1-57345-822-8
Further reading
- Alder, Vicki (2008), Under My Baton: Richard P. Condie With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Salt Lake City, Utah: Promontory Pub. Co., ISBN 0-9626559-5-3.