Beverst, George Edward 7.jan.1930-10.feb.2007 USA NY, New York Manhattan - Michigan, Detroit Sterling Heights
pianist, organist, choral conductor, photographer, graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit, 1958 recipient of the Junior Year in Munich Scholarship Fund Wayne State University, teacher at Harper Woods High School in Detroit, 1981 bass singer in the Jewell Chorale in Detroit, 1990 received the German-American of the Year award from the G-A Chamber of Commerce, 1965-2007 conductor in Detroit of the german choirs 1965 GBU Saxonia Chor, Concordia Chor, Reingold Mannerchor, Deutschen Kinderchor, 1981-2007 Carpathia Chor, died at St John Macomb Hospital Center in Detroit Warren, buried at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Michigan ; son of restaurant waiter/entertainer George William Beverst (Germany, Bremerhaven 6.mar.1897-4.mar.1985 Massachusetts, Boston Roxbury) and Katherine A Bann (Pennsylvania, Girardville 1905-) ; 1967 he married soprano Carmen Kynaston ; a1996 he married Carmen Claire Kaselitz Moore

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[] Variations and chorales for the church year, seven sets of arrangements of familiar hymn tunes. Organ
pub Sacred Music Press, Dayton Ohio 1968
[] 1 - Wie schon leuchtet der morgenstern. based on the tune by Philipp Nicolai
[] 2 - St Anne. based on the tune by William Croft
[] 3 - Herzliebster Jesu. based on the tune by Johann Cruger
[] 4 - Nun danket alle Gott. based on the tune by Johann Cruger
[] 5 - Lasst uns erfreuen. based on the tune from Geistliche Kirchengesange
[] 6 - So nimm denn meine hande. based on the tune by Friedrich Silcher
[] 7 - Lobe den Herren. based on the tune from Stralsund Gesangbuch
[] The one hundredth psalm. Mixed choir and organ
pub Sacred Music Press, Dayton, Ohio 1972

[] Chorale on All creatures of our God and King. Organ
pub Lorenz Publishing Co. 2007

[] Prelude and lament for Manhattan. Piano
Postlude Chorale on "All creatures of our God and King"

[] Molly Malone. Choir and piano
arr of an Irisch traditional

[] Legacy. Documentary short about the Canadian sculptor George Laithwaite, Goderich, Ontario
film by Marvin Bernstein and Harrison Engle

[] Meditation "O take my hand"
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