DE PAUR, LEONARD

DE PAUR, LEONARD. Choral conductor (18 November 1914 in Summit, New Jersey). He received his musical education at the Institute of Musical Art (now Juilliard School of Music) and Columbia University Teachers College. His early professional experience was obtained with the Hall Johnson Choir (1932-36), for which he served as an assistant conductor. Thereafter he was musical director for the Negro Unit of the Federal Theatre Project in New York (1936-39), including the Orson Welles...