Westminster Choir
Westminster Choir College (WCC) is a historic conservatory of music, currently operating on the campus of Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Rider's College of Arts and Sciences (the college under which the historic institution has been reorganized) consists of Westminster Choir College and an additional three schools. From 1926 to 1929, WCC was an independent school located in Dayton, Ohio; it was then moved to Ithaca, New York (1929–1932), before relocating to Princeton, New Jersey (1932–2020), for much of its operating history. In 1992, the college merged with Rider University, continuing to occupy the historic campus in Downtown Princeton. In 2019, Rider University (controversially) attempted to monetize and sell the school, an issue under ongoing litigation by numerous plaintiffs. After a failed sale to Beijing-based Kaiwen Education Technology (formerly Jiansu Zhongtai Steel Structure Company), a for-profit enterprise with numerous financial burdens of its own—and owned solely by the Chinese government—Rider abandoned the Princeton campus and moved Westminster's programs to the University's main campus in Lawrenceville. In September 2024, the Princeton municipal council moved to purchase the campus through eminent domain for $50 million. |
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
Notes: Victor ledgers state the address of the choir as "The Westminster Choir School - c/o John Finley Williamson of Princeton, N.J."
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | MS-75055 | 16-in. | 2/8/1933 | Westminster Choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, with announcements | Vocal group | |
| Victor | MS-75056 | 16-in. | 2/8/1933 | Westminster Choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, with announcements | Vocal group | |
| Victor | BS-010300 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | BS-010301 | 10-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | CS-010302 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | CS-010303 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | CS-010304 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | CS-010305 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Symphony for voices on poems of Walt Whitman | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | CS-010306 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Victor | CS-010307 | 12-in. | 5/20/1937 | Motet for double choir | Westminster Choir ; John Finley Williamson | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | Vocal group | |
| Decca | L 11566 | 6/11/1959 | Glorious is Thy name | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11567 | 6/11/1959 | Soul of Christ | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11568 | 6/11/1959 | Holy, Holy, Holy | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11569 | 6/11/1959 | I will lift up mine eyes | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11570 | 6/11/1959 | Of the light of the dawn | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11571 | 6/11/1959 | If Thou but suffer God | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11572 | 6/11/1959 | For Thine is the Kingdom | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11573 | 6/11/1959 | Open wide our hearts | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11574 | 6/11/1959 | Where shall I come before the | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11575 | 6/11/1959 | Hallelujah, amen | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11576 | 6/11/1959 | I sing the mighty power of God | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11577 | 6/11/1959 | May the words of my mouth | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11578 | 6/11/1959 | Sheep and lambs | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11579 | 6/11/1959 | If God be for us | Westminster Choir | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | L 11580 | 6/11/1959 | Spirit divine attend our pray | Westminster Choir | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Westminster Choir," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103273.
Westminster Choir. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103273.
"Westminster Choir." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Westminster Choir - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81093447
Wikidata: Westminster Choir - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3567531
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/146198786
MusicBrainz: Westminster Choir - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b62ae2c9-c448-4286-be35-dfd2ad2a7f03
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/559413 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/559413
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