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During a rehearsal shortly after he had become coach, Davison asked the members to try a little Mendelssohn piece called "Der Jagers Abschied." They did it "out of curosity," and they liked it. After Mendelssohn came Bach and Palestrina and finally Stravinsky...
...club officers decided there was not enough time during rehearsals to sing "Polly Wolly Doodle All the Day" and determined to convert the Club into a genuinely ambitious choral organization. Davison agreed with the plan to separate from the instrument clubs and the big switch from "the Bullfrog on the Bank" to Bach was made...
...first reactions to the move were varied with some critics and alumni applauding Davison's guidance and others calling him an imposter, stating that the Glee Club was now a schola cantorum, devoting itself too seriously to ambitious music...
...decisive victory for Davison's new Glee Club came in 1921 when the French premier invited the Club to give concerts in France. The unprecedented European tour of France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany established the Club's worldwide reputation and earned Davison the Paume Academique medal from the French government...
Locally the Club gained prestige performing in concerts with the Boston Symphony and soloists Fritz Kreisler and Frieda Hempel. Meanwhile the Boston critics began to applaud Davison's new reformation in musical education. In 1926 Davison published "Music Education In America" which substantiated the fact that his achievements were not just "unusual stunts...