Claude Almand

Claude Marion Almand (May 31, 1915 – September 12, 1957) was a musician and professor of music at several American universities. Almand was a professor at the University of Louisville from 1948 to 1953. In 1953, he was appointed the dean of Stetson University's School of Music.

Early life and education

Almand was born on May 31, 1915 in Winsboro, Louisiana to Claude F. Almand and Pearl Harrison.[1] He attended the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago from 1934 to 1935.[1] He received a Masters in Music degree from Louisiana State University in 1938.[1] He received his doctoral degree from the University of Rochester in 1940.[1]

Personal life

On July 27, 1950, he married Lenoir Patton.[1]

Career

Almand also served for a time on the faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in their music division.

Selected works
  • Pondy Woods (1938)
  • The Legend of the Last Isle (1939)
  • The Waste Land (1940)

Death and legacy

Almand died on September 12, 1957.[1]

Lenoir Patton Almand, who was also an accomplished musician and Stetson University faculty member, made gifts during her lifetime and an estate gift to endow the Almand Chair of Composition in Stetson's School of Music in Claude Almand's honor.[2]

References
  1. Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Who Was Who in American History, the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 9 ISBN 0837932017 OCLC 657162692
  2. "Pianist's gift to Stetson endows Chair of Composition - Orlando Business Journal".


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