Albertus L. Meyers
{{Short description|American music conductor (1890–1979)}}
Albertus L. Meyers (1890 – May 15, 1979) was an American music conductor and cornet player from Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was the bandmaster of the Allentown Band for fifty years, from 1926 to 1976. He was also a friend and exponent of John Philip Sousa.{{cite news|title=Albertus Meyers, dean of nation's bandmasters, dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/281685471/ |newspaper=The Morning Call |date=May 16, 1979 |pages=B1, B6|via=Newspapers.com}}
Career
At Carnegie Hall in 1969, he conducted the Marching 97 in Camino Real, Introduction and Pasodoble for Band composed by Lehigh University professor Jonathan Elkus.{{cite journal |title=Lehigh–Yale Concert Bands |journal=Bravo/Carnegie Hall |date=April 10, 1969 |volume=VIII |issue=8 |publisher=Carnegie Hall}} He had played cornet on the opening day celebration of the bridge in 1913.{{cite news |last1=Whelan |first1=Frank |title=The 8th Street Bridge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/282534438/?terms=Meyers |newspaper=The Morning Call |date=August 17, 1981 |page=D1 |via=Newspapers.com }} The Allentown Band continues to pay tribute to his memory with concerts honoring him.{{cite news |title=Allentown Band performs tribute to Bert Meyers |url=https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-gp-allentown-band-bert-meyers-concert-0907-20140906-story.html |newspaper=The Morning Call |date=September 6, 2014}}
Legacy
In 1974, the Eighth Street Bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania was renamed the Albertus L. Meyers Bridge in Meyers' honor.{{Cite news |last=Whelan | first=Frank| title=Bridge named after musician – Albertus L. Meyers also was conductor of Allentown Band. | newspaper=The Morning Call | pages=B7 | date=June 8, 2005 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/284367312/ |via=Newspapers.com }}
Discography
- The Allentown Band salutes the great German march writers.{{Cite AV media |last1=Meyers |first1=Bert |title=The Allentown Band salutes the great German march writers. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16988670 |medium=Music LP |date=1973}}
- The Allentown Band plays marches for Bert's 85th birthday.{{Cite AV media |last1=Meyers |first1=Bert |title=Das Musikkorps der Stadt Allentown spielt märsche zu Berts 85 geburtstag – The Allentown Band plays marches for Bert's 85th birthday. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17351043 |medium=Music LP |date=1975}}
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Category:20th-century American conductors (music)
Category:Musicians from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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