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- Birth nameJoseph Ross Flummerfelt
- Joseph Flummerfelt was born on February 24, 1937 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. He was a composer, known for Great Performances (1971), Stills of the Movement: The Civil Rights Photojournalism of Flip Schulke (2009) and Liberty Weekend (1986). He died on March 1, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- He was a prominent American choral conductor. He was the chorus master of the New York Philharmonic, preparing nearly 600 choral performances with the orchestra from 1971 through 2016. He trained generations of singers and conductors at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey.
- His father was a funeral director, and his mother was a piano teacher and church organist.
- He graduated from DePauw University in Indiana, where he studied organ and church music. He undertook further studies with several influential figures, including Nadia Boulanger.
- I do long for those moments where everything is in place, where everything is flowing, and then the real truth comes from the source - whatever that is: God, the creative impulse, it doesn't matter what you call it. And suddenly, things happen, which you couldn't have planned. Real beauty is being created because all of the forces are perfectly lined up and a profound innermost connection is manifested.
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