Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “To Sing Out the Future of Our Beloved Fatherland”
- 2 Pieśni o ziemi naszej (Songs of Our Land)
- 3 The Convention of “Unhappy Memory”
- 4 “Active Duty”
- 5 “Cultural Care”
- 6 World War II and a New Immigration
- 7 The Czechlewski Years: The Ideological Organization Redefined
- 8 Polish American Choral Culture
- 9 “Let Poland Be Poland!”
- 10 Quo Vadis Polish Song in North America?
- Appendix A PSAA National Officers
- Appendix B National Conventions
- Appendix C Individual Choirs
- Appendix D Honorary Members
- Appendix E Compositions of Antoni Małłek Celebrating the Holy Trinity Immigrant Neighborhood in Chicago
- Appendix F Membership
- Appendix G Hlond Trophy Winners
- Appendix H Children’s Choirs
- Appendix I Selected Biographies
- Appendix J Competition Songs, Winning Choirs, and Free Selection at National Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix K Guest Artists and Selections Performed at National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America, 1905–1998
- Appendix L Songs Sung by Choirs at Concerts of the National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix M PSAA Districts and Choirs—1999
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix C - Individual Choirs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “To Sing Out the Future of Our Beloved Fatherland”
- 2 Pieśni o ziemi naszej (Songs of Our Land)
- 3 The Convention of “Unhappy Memory”
- 4 “Active Duty”
- 5 “Cultural Care”
- 6 World War II and a New Immigration
- 7 The Czechlewski Years: The Ideological Organization Redefined
- 8 Polish American Choral Culture
- 9 “Let Poland Be Poland!”
- 10 Quo Vadis Polish Song in North America?
- Appendix A PSAA National Officers
- Appendix B National Conventions
- Appendix C Individual Choirs
- Appendix D Honorary Members
- Appendix E Compositions of Antoni Małłek Celebrating the Holy Trinity Immigrant Neighborhood in Chicago
- Appendix F Membership
- Appendix G Hlond Trophy Winners
- Appendix H Children’s Choirs
- Appendix I Selected Biographies
- Appendix J Competition Songs, Winning Choirs, and Free Selection at National Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix K Guest Artists and Selections Performed at National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America, 1905–1998
- Appendix L Songs Sung by Choirs at Concerts of the National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix M PSAA Districts and Choirs—1999
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This list, as complete as possible, is based upon earlier lists of member choirs and the minutes of the national conventions. Because of splits, choirs dropping out and rejoining at a later date, and the demise of individual choirs, numbers were sometimes reassigned to different choirs. This accounts for the listing of different choirs under the same number. Choirs noted with * are included in the Wykaz Chorów należących do Związku Śpiewaków Polskich w A[meryce]. od dnia 1go Czerwca 1920 r. w Chicago, ILL. The entries cover the years 1921–1926, with No. 161 as the highest assigned choir number. Those marked with + are listed in a record book from which the first pages have been torn out. The entries cover the years 1911–1916, with 90 as the highest assigned choir number.
No. 1—*+Chór Chopina, Chicago, IL. Male. District I. Founded July 3, 1888. Joined the PSAA May 12, 1889. Led by Antoni Małłek, several members left the Chopin Choir and formed their own society as Choir No. 22 of the Polish Singers Alliance of America, which, after a few years, ceased to exist. On July 17, 1904, the Chopin Choir merged with the W. Żeleński Choir (No. 39) PSAA and on August 1920 with Chór Braci De Reszke (No. 69). On March 2, 1908 Gr. 938 of the PNA was founded. The two societies separated on May 7, 1917.
No. 2—Chór Harmonia, Milwaukee, WI
No. 2—*+Towarzystwo Śpiewu im. Bolesława Dembiński, South Chicago, IL. Male. The Society was founded on September 28, 1896 at Immaculate Conception Parish. The Choir apparently left the PSAA for a period, and returned in 1921, being assigned the vacant No. 2. District II from 1932. Listed at the 33rd Convention in 1962 as suspended.
No. 3—Chór Harmonia, LaSalle, IL
No. 3—Chór Lutnia, Milwaukee, WI
No. 3—+Chór Kalina, Buffalo, NY. As listed at 18th National Convention in 1913. Female choir was organized with the assistance of the Polskie Koło Śpiewackie in Buffalo, NY, on May 1, 1901. The Choir belonged to the PSAA from its very beginning, and when the PSAA joined the PNA in 1907, Kalina was one of the first choirs to apply, and was assigned No. 906.
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- The Polish Singers Alliance of America 1888-1998Choral Patriotism, pp. 196 - 213Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2005