Talk:List of Tabernacle Choir music directors

Years
Would be nice to put years of service next to each name. --Eustress (talk) 07:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Agreed. And I'd say that years of service are essential, not just desirable.  Plus I'd like to see them in a sortable table, like this:


 * {|class="wikitable sortable"

!Name !! Years !! class="unsortable"|Notes
 * John Parry || 1847-1854|| Organized choir, was Baptist preacher prior to conversion
 * Stephen Goddard || 1854-1856 || --
 * James Smithies || 1856-1862 || --
 * Charles John Thomas || 1862-1865 || First director to lead the choir in the current Salt Lake Tabernacle building in regular performances
 * Robert Sands || 1865-1869 || Led Choir in first performance in Salt Lake Tabernacle
 * George Careless || 1869-1880|| Composed a number of LDS hymns, many of which are still used today
 * Ebenezer Beesley || 1880-1889 || Composed 11 hymns, which are still included in the current LDS hymnal
 * Evan Stephens || 1890-1916 || Never married, but was sealed to two women. Composed a number of LDS hymns
 * Anthony C. Lund || 1916-1935 || Implemented European choral sound in choir, made choir's first electrical recordings on the Victor Label
 * J. Spencer Cornwall || 1935-1957 || Directed choir in its first performances abroad, authored one hymn
 * Richard P. Condie || 1957-1974 || Collaberated with the Philadelphia Orchestra, their recording of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1958) winning a Grammy Award
 * Jay E. Welch || 1974 || Served only six months, resigning due to an undisclosed illness
 * Jerold Ottley || 1974-1999|| Led the choir in nearly 1300 broadcasts of Music and the Spoken Word. Also led the choir in more than 30 commercial recordings and more than 20 major tours in addition to regular concerts in Salt Lake
 * Craig Jessop || 1999-2008 || Directed a number of musical groups outside of the Choir, led Choir to win a Special Recognition Award from the International Radio and Television Society Foundation and a National Medal of Arts
 * Mack Wilberg || 2008-present || Prolific and published commercial composer
 * }
 * Anthony C. Lund || 1916-1935 || Implemented European choral sound in choir, made choir's first electrical recordings on the Victor Label
 * J. Spencer Cornwall || 1935-1957 || Directed choir in its first performances abroad, authored one hymn
 * Richard P. Condie || 1957-1974 || Collaberated with the Philadelphia Orchestra, their recording of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1958) winning a Grammy Award
 * Jay E. Welch || 1974 || Served only six months, resigning due to an undisclosed illness
 * Jerold Ottley || 1974-1999|| Led the choir in nearly 1300 broadcasts of Music and the Spoken Word. Also led the choir in more than 30 commercial recordings and more than 20 major tours in addition to regular concerts in Salt Lake
 * Craig Jessop || 1999-2008 || Directed a number of musical groups outside of the Choir, led Choir to win a Special Recognition Award from the International Radio and Television Society Foundation and a National Medal of Arts
 * Mack Wilberg || 2008-present || Prolific and published commercial composer
 * }
 * Jerold Ottley || 1974-1999|| Led the choir in nearly 1300 broadcasts of Music and the Spoken Word. Also led the choir in more than 30 commercial recordings and more than 20 major tours in addition to regular concerts in Salt Lake
 * Craig Jessop || 1999-2008 || Directed a number of musical groups outside of the Choir, led Choir to win a Special Recognition Award from the International Radio and Television Society Foundation and a National Medal of Arts
 * Mack Wilberg || 2008-present || Prolific and published commercial composer
 * }
 * Mack Wilberg || 2008-present || Prolific and published commercial composer
 * }
 * }


 * It sorts by their last names, not their first. If no one objects within a day or so, I'll shove it in the article. &mdash; Frecklefσσt | Talk 00:08, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Sortable
My esteemed colleague, Grsz11, removed the sortable characteristic from the director table, saying it didn't do much. I contend that it does do much. The list is long and hard to read through. I think being able to sort by last names or dates (in either direction) is a desirable feature and I'd like to leave it in. If it interferes with anything, I'd like to hear about it. Anyone else in favor of removing it? &mdash; Frecklefσσt | Talk 17:47, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorting would be useful for many fields, and a long list. This is neither. The whole list can be seen in a single view, and there is only one sortable field (apart from the default - years). I really don't care either way though.  Grsz 11  18:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

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