| LC control no. | n 80122905 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | DePreist, James, 1936-2013 |
| Variant(s) | De Preist, James, 1936-2013 DePreist, J. (James), 1936-2013 Preist, James de, 1936-2013 De Priest, James, 1936-2013 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1936-11-21 |
| Death date | 2013-02-08 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Scottsdale (Ariz.) |
| Affiliation | Wharton School National Symphony Orchestra Association (Washington, D.C.) Oregon Symphony Juilliard School |
| Profession or occupation | Conductors (Music) Educators African American conductors (Music) |
| Found in | Rachmaninoff, S. The sea and the gulls [SR] p1988: label (James DePreist, conductor) Handy, D.A. Black conductors, 1995: p. 86 (James Anderson DePreist; b. Nov. 21, 1936, Philadelphia, PA.) RLIN, Sept. 21, 2006 (hdg.: DePreist, James, 1936-; De Preist, James, 1936-; De Preist, James; De Priest, James, 1936- [sic]; DePriest, James [sic]; usage: James DePreist, James dePreist, James De Preist, James de Preist, J. De Preist, DePreist, James DePriest [sic], James De Priest [sic]) New York times WWW site, Feb. 11, 2013 (in obituary published Feb. 9: James DePreist; b. James Anderson DePreist, Nov. 21, 1936, Philadelphia; d. Friday [Feb. 8, 2013], Scottsdale, Ariz., aged 76; pioneering conductor) African American National Biography, accessed January 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (DePreist, James; composer, arranger, orchestral conductor, music educator; born 21 November 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; bachelor in pre-law and master's from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1958, 1961); studied musical history, theory of harmony and orchestration at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music; entered the Mitropoulos and became the first American to win first prize and first African American to conduct a major symphony; was an assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic (1965-1966); debuted in Europe at a Rotterdam Philharmonic Promenades concert (1969); later was an associate conductor of the National Symphony in Washington, DC (1971), music director of Quebec Symphony (1976); community leader, laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony, and director of orchestral studies at Juilliard in New York (2004); honors include, thirteen honorary doctorates, Insignia of Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit of Monaco; died 08 February 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States) |
| Associated language | eng fre |
| Invalid LCCN | n 89650880 |
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