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Honoring the Memory of Joseph Robert Farrell, 1977-10-14

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Scope and Contents

Held in Sewall Hall, Room 301 on October 14, 1977. This memorial service was sponsored and coordinated by the Shepherd School, and primarily by Professor Paul Cooper, who was Joe's composition professor.

This digitized recording contains a wav master file and an mp3 access copy. Contents include: Improvisations For Organ, Joseph Farrell; Honoring The Memory Of Our Friend, Samuel Jones, Dean of the Shepherd School; "Bois De Boulogne" for solo piano, Lisa Willis; "Clouds...Clouds That Play, Clouds That Rain, Joseph Farrell, flute duet performed live by Jamie Johnson and Linda Routh; "Journeys for String Quartet", Joseph Farrell, performed by Roxanna Johnson, violin; Steven McMillan, violin, Gayle Garcia, viola; and Lous Roberts, cello; "Landscape", excerpt from Symphony N. 4, Paul Cooper, performed by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Samuel Jones conducting; "Bird Of The Stars", Marcos Hutchison, a poetic tribute to his friend Joe Farrell; Taped Music - songs written by Joseph Farrell, a selection of 3 songs recorded by his band; Honoring Tthe Memory Of A Young Musician, Robert Patten, Associate of Baker College; Intermission Taped Music Of Joseph Farrell - a selection of 13 songs

Dates

  • Creation: 1977-10-14

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

The majority of this collection is digitized material. Please contact woodson@rice.edu for more information. Physical material kept onsite at Woodson Research Center.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Files (1 folder)

From the Collection: 2.33 Gigabytes (Nearline access: UA0447aip_001 (2.33 GB))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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