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This tribute to Archibald T. Davison '06, James E. Ditson Professor of Music, is not merely a sentimental birthday gift; it is another credit to the man who has devoted 43 years to popularizing worthwhile music at Harvard and who now plans to retire at the year...
...basic philosophy that has characterized Davison's teaching career, which has appeared in his reformation of the Glee Club and throughout his theory of musical education, is best illustrated in a discussion of his earliest work, the Concord-Series of Song Books...
...Davison's collaborator in arranging these song books was Thomas W. Surette '93 whom he, first met when asked to help organize a system of music training in the Boston public schools. Critics acclaimed this series as "revolutionizing the whole method of secondary school music...
...after earning his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. (the second in music ever awarded at Harvard) in less than six years, Davison settled down at the College as an instructor with vague notions of composing orchestral music. Encouraged by Dr. Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Davison composed his "Tragic Overture," an orchestral piece founded on Hawthorne's gruesome tale of Rappacini and the sacrifice of his daughter. Performed by the BSO, the overtime brought favorable reviews which praised Davison's "uncrring taste and exceeding skill in the handling of thematic material and the arrangement of orchestral color...
...Davison was appointed conductor of the Chapel Choir and the reformation began. Some of the choir boys who were also in the Glee Club began to like "Doc" and asked him if he would also take over the "coaching duties" of the Club...