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David N. Johnson Zheng Cirino

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. David N. Johnson (born 28 June 1922, San Antonio, Texas) (died 2 August, 1987 in Tempe, Arizona) was an American organist, composer, educator, choral clinician, and lecturer. He studied organ and composition at Curtis Institute of Music (1940-1942). Between 1942 and 1946 he served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps/Air Corps in India, Burma, and China, receiving a Meritorious Service Award and campaign ribbons. He continued his music studies at Trinity University (Texas) (BMus 1950) and Syracuse University (MMus 1951, PhD 1956). He also held the associate certificate from the American Guild of Organists (AAGO). He was a lecturer at Syracuse University (1951). From 1960-1967, he was college organist of Boe Chapel and organ instructor at St Olaf College, Northfield MN. He was music department chair at St Olaf stolaf.edu 1965-1967. In 1967, he succeeded Arthur Poister as professor of music, university organist and director of music in Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University. He later moved to Arizona in 1969, where he taught at Arizona State University, Tempe, and served at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix. He died in Tempe on August 2, 1987.