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Paul Callaway was born on 16 August, 1909 in Atlanta, Illinois, is an American organist and choral conductor (1909–1995). Discover Paul Callaway's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Occupation Organist, Choirmaster, Composer, and Conductor
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 16 August 1909
Birthday 16 August
Birthplace Atlanta, Illinois
Date of death 1995
Died Place Washington, D.C.
Nationality United States

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1909

Paul Smith Callaway, (August 16, 1909 – March 21, 1995) was a prominent American organist and choral conductor, particularly well known for his thirty-eight years at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., between 1939–1977.

Born in Atlanta, Illinois, in 1909, Callaway attended Westminster College, Missouri, and subsequently studied organ with T. Tertius Noble (1930–1935), followed by studies with Leo Sowerby at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and then Marcel Dupré in Paris.

1930

While pursuing his advanced studies, Callaway was organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas Chapel in New York (1930–1935) and later St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan (1935–1939).

1939

On September 1, 1939, Callaway became organist and choirmaster at the Washington National Cathedral, where he founded the Cathedral Choral Society in 1941.

1944

composed in December 1944 for the Cathedral Choral Society.

1946

During World War II, Callaway was drafted into the Army as a bandmaster in the South Pacific., returning in May 1946.

1950

During his tenure at the Cathedral, Callaway expanded the music program's support of American liturgical music and also oversaw considerable expansion of the organ in the 1950s–1970s as construction of the Cathedral's nave was completed.

He was quite short in stature, necessitating the installation of a custom-made adjustable pedalboard operated hydraulically so that the diminutive organist could comfortably reach the pedals of the Washington Cathedral's organ.

In addition to his principal duties at the Cathedral, Callaway frequently served as a guest conductor at prominent venues.

1956

A friend of Leonard Bernstein and Ned Rorem, he was also active in opera and a frequent guest conductor of the Lake George Opera Company (now Saratoga Opera) and was the founding musical director of the Opera Society of Washington in 1956, now the renowned Washington National Opera.

He was a guest conductor of Washington's National Symphony Orchestra and also conducted the world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's ballet, The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore in 1956.

Callaway was the founding music director of the Washington National Opera in 1956.

1960

He played the solo organ part in the world premiere of Samuel Barber's Toccata Festiva in 1960 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy.

1962

At New York City's Riverside Church in December 1962, he conducted the world premiere of John La Montaine's religious opera Novellis Novellis about the Annunciation.

Other La Montaine operas conducted by Callaway at their world premiers were The Shephardes Playe and Play of Herode.

1966

On April 17, 1966, Callaway directed the 51-voice choir of the Washington National Cathedral at Westminster Abbey in London.

It was the first time an American choral group had sung there and an American flag was raised outside the Abbey for the occasion.

1974

Callaway's works include The Great Organ of Washington Cathedral, recorded in 1974, An hymne of heavenly love, composed in the late-1930s while at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids., and "Hark! the Glad Sound!"

1977

In 1977, Callaway was appointed an Honorary Officer of The Order of the British Empire (OBE) and invested by Ambassador Peter Jay on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II.

Upon Callaway's retirement as the Cathedral's third organist and choirmaster in 1977, he was succeeded by assistant organist Richard Wayne Dirksen, the Canon Precentor.

Washington Post music critic Paul Hume said of Callaway at the time, "It seems incontrovertible that he has had a larger influence on the musical life of this city than any other person".

Callaway then served as organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Washington.

1995

By the time of his death in 1995, he was acclaimed for his great influence on the musical life of the nation's capital.

He was a member of the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes in Washington, where his requiem was held following his death from cancer on March 21, 1995.

A memorial tuba rank was installed on the organ of the Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes in his memory.