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Title: J. David Moses University of Illinois Band Papers, 1930-2005

ID: 26/20/259

Primary Creator: Moses, David J. (1915-1998)

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Organized into one series, Series 1, Newspaper Clippings, Concert Programs, University of Illinois Research and Music, ca. 1930-2005.

Date Acquired: 03/26/2024

Subjects: Band Musicians, Bands

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of newspaper clippings, concert programs, a framed photoggraph, a John Philip Sousa information packet, vinyl record LPs, a yearbook, and a poster, related to J. David Moses's time with the University of Illinois Concert Band.

Biographical Note

James David Moses, Jr. was born in Lyon County, Kansas on May 4th, 1915 to John David Moses, Sr. and and May Jones Moses.

Moses was the President of the UIUC Concert Band from 1936 to 1937 and played the BB-flat bass along side Mark H. Hindsley, a cornet player and the Assistant Director of the Concert Band during his Senior year. He receieved a degree in Commerce and Law, and was involved with Concert Band (1, 2, 3, 4) and Alpha Delta Phi. The following year J. David Moses played at the Annual Grand Concert Band for the American Bandmasters Association with the University of Illinois Concert Band.

He married Wanteta M. Moses (1918-2024) on June 5, 1943 in Mt. Pulaski, IL and lived in Decatur, IL where they opened a music shop, Macon Music Inc. from 1946 to 1980.

James David Moses passed away on May 4, 1998 in Macon County, Illinois. He is survived his son, James D. Moses, and daughter, Gail LeFever Wright, as well as five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Subject/Index Terms

Band Musicians
Bands

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Gail Wright

Acquisition Method: Gift. The items were donated by Gail Wright, J. David Moses and Waneta M. Moses' daughter.

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Series 1: Newspaper Clippings, Concert Programs, University of Illinois Research and Music, ca. 1930-2005

Consists of newspaper clippings, concert programs, a framed photoggraph, a John Philip Sousa information packet, vinyl record LPs, a year book, and a poster, related to J. David Moses's time with the University of Illinois Concert Band.

Box 1

Folder 1: The Illio of 1937 Yearbook, 1937
Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings and Concert Programs, ca. 1930-2005
Folder 3: Vinyl LPs - The University of Illinois Concert Band, undated: Mark H. Hindsley, conductor; "Illinois Loyalty" Guild, "Three in One (Pride of the Illini, March of the Illini, Hail to the Orange)" King-Alford Hill, "Tap Roots (Part II - The Civil War and Reconstruction)" Skinner, "Masquerade Suite (1: Mazurka, 2: Gallop)" Khachaturian, "Serenata" Anderson, "Oskee-Wow-Wow" Green and Hill, "Tap Roots (Part I - The South Before the Civil War - Cotton Plantation Scene)" Skinner, "George Washington Bicentennial March" Sousa, and "University of Illinois March" Sousa.
Folder 4: Vinyl LP - The University of Illinois Concert Band, undated: Albert Austin Harding, conductor; "Death and Transfiguration" Stauss, "Funiculi-Funicula" Denza-Lang, "Oksee-Wow-Wow" Hill, and "Illinois Loyalty" Guild.
Folder 5: John Philip Sousa - A Picture Biography, Part I, Helen Sousa Abert, undated: Written by Helen Sousa Abert as told to Al G. Wright.
Folder 6: University of Illinois Concert Band Photograph, March 1937

Oversize Portfolio Case 1

Item 1: Poster "Concert Posture Chart for Band and Orchestra Musicians", 1951