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Nov 22, 2013 · Despite his administration's well-deserved reputation for support of the arts, John F. Kennedy didn't have much of an ear for classical music. In fact, the 35th president was nervous that when classical ensembles would play at the White House, he wouldn't know when the concert had ended.
In November 1963, classical music was called on to help the nation deal with the emotional fallout in a more elemental way. It often is when tragedy leaves us without...
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Nov 18, 2013 · Timeline: JFK's Legacy to Classical Music. Nov 18, 2013 · by Brian Wise. John F. Kennedy wasn't the first U.S. president to show an appreciation for classical music or the first to host performers at the White House: John Adams brought the Marine Band to the executive mansion in 1801.
On January 20, 1961, JFK was sworn in as president. Robert Frost—the first poet in the history of our country to be invited to a presidential inauguration—wrote a poem for the occasion, in which he called the Kennedy presidency “the glory of a next Augustan age…of a power leading from its strength and pride, of young ambition eager to be tried…a golden age of poetry and power ...
JFK enjoyed literature and poetry, especially the work of the Romantic era English poet Lord Byron and the American Robert Frost. Jacqueline Kennedy loved poetry as well and was also deeply committed to both music and the visual arts. There is little evidence that JFK was particularly sophisticated about the arts.
At the Cathedral. 12:13 p.m.: The bronze doors of the cathedral close and the requiem mass commences. The choral music during the mass was sung by the St. Matthew's Choir, Eugene Stewart, organist and choirmaster, the tenor soloist was Luigi Vena. The program was as follows: "Subvenite" (choir); "Pie Jesu," Leybach (tenor solo), "Ave Maria ...
Nov 22, 2003 · Nov. 22, 1963, marked a turning point in U.S. history. Forty years ago John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and Americans realized life would never be the same. Along with the 40th anniversary of JFK&…
