This poster advertises an MIT Choral Society concert that took place at the Freie Universität Berlin on July 3, 1962. The poster forms part of a collection of historical correspondence and other documents held by the Audio Communication Group, Technische Universität Berlin. The fact that it was preserved along with technical and organizational correspondence illustrates the multifaceted connections that existed between the audio technology research group at the Technische Universität (located in West Berlin, like the Freie Universität) and research institutions in the United States. The concert program featured a mix of canonical German-speaking composers (Bach, Bruckner) and contemporary American academic music (Ives, Copland), emphasizing the cultural links between the two countries. The MIT Choral Society existed between 1923 and 1989, when it became the MIT Concert Choir.

The poster’s text is as follows:

Freie Universität Berlin. Auditorium Maximum, Henry-Ford-Bau, Dahlem, Garystr. 35
Dienstag, den 3. Juli 1962, 19 Uhr
Konzert der M.I.T. Choral Society
Cambridge/USA
unter Mitwirkung von Mitgliedern des Berliner Philharmonischen Orchesters
Charles Ives, The Sixty-Seventh Psalm
Joh. Seb. Bach, Motette Nr. 1 “Singet dem Herrn”
Aaron Copland, In the Beginning
Anton Bruckner, Messe in c-moll
Veranstaltung im Rahmen des Universitäts-Sommerfestes
Solistin: Helen Boatwright Sopran
Leitung: Musikdirektor Prof. Klaus Liepmann

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Website describing the history of the MIT Concert Choir and its predecessor, the MIT Choral Society

Nikita Braguinski