Lamar Stringfield Marker

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Raleigh in Wake County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lamar Stringfield
— 1897 ~ 1959 —

By F. Orion Pozo, May 1, 2008

1. Lamar Stringfield, 1897-1959 Marker

Inscription.
Musician and composer. First conductor of the N.C. Symphony, 1932-38. Boyhood home 3 blks. E.

Erected 1988 by N.C. Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number H 94.)

Location. 35° 46.972′ N, 78° 38.077′ W. Marker is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. Marker is on North Person Street near E. Jones Street, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. In front of the North Carolina Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association building and across the street from the Governor's Mansion. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 N. Person St., Raleigh NC 27601, United States of America.

Regarding Lamar Stringfield. Lamar Stringfield, a native Carolinian flautist, studied at the Institute of Musical Art. In 1928, he received a Pulitzer Prize for the orchestral suite From the Southern Mountains. He organized the Institute of Folk Music at the University of North Carolina in 1930 and was the first conductor of the North Carolina Symphony from 1932 to 1935. Stringfield, at the time teaching music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, assembled an orchestra of 48 volunteer musicians from sixteen communities and conducted an experimental concert on May 14, 1932, in Hill Hall Auditorium. By 1935, the Symphony had performed more than 140 concerts in 50 towns and cities around North Carolina.

In 1935, Mr. Stringfield left to become Assistant Conductor at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. He was with the Knoxville Symphony (1946-47) and was the Music Director for the Charlotte Symphony (1945-1946 and 1948-49). Some of his works include Carolina Charcoal (1952), The Legend of John Henry (1932), From the Southern Mountains (1927), and Indian Sketches for a flute and string quartet.