Spartanburg in Spartanburg County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Carlos Moseley/Peter Cooper

— Spartanburg Music Trail —

Carlos Moseley Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, February 21, 2025

1. Carlos Moseley Marker

Inscription.
Carlos Moseley
1914-2012
Carlos DuPré Moseley earned worldwide distinction in a long career as Managing Director, President, and Chairman of the Board of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. A recipient of South Carolina's Order of the Palmetto, he was a founder of the Friends of the School of Music at Converse University and a generous patron of Converse, Wofford College, and the Chapman Cultural Center

Peter Cooper
1970-2022
A Wofford College graduate, Peter Cooper helped establish the Spartanburg Music Trail and authored Hub City Music Makers, a history of Spartanburg's music heritage. In Nashville, he became one of the nation's premier music journalists, a Grammy nominated musician, and senior director of the Country Music Hall of Fame His writing won the admiration of legends such as Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, and Kenny Chesney.

Erected by Spartanburg Philharmonic.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Entertainment.

Location. 34° 56.9′ N, 81° 56.099′ W. Marker is in Spartanburg,

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South Carolina, in Spartanburg County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street and Daniel Morgan Avenue (South Carolina Route 296), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 225 W Main St, Spartanburg SC 29306, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Arthur Prysock/Ira Tucker (within shouting distance of this marker); Cantrell Wagon Building (within shouting distance of this marker); James Reese / Fayssoux McLean (within shouting distance of this marker); 175th Anniversary Spartan Lodge No. 70 A.F.M.

Peter Cooper Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, February 21, 2025

2. Peter Cooper Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); Downtown Spartanburg Pocket Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Masonic Temple (within shouting distance of this marker); Spartanburg Water Works (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Spartanburg Town Clock (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spartanburg.

Also see . . .
1. Carlos Moseley. Biography on the Spartanburg Music Trail site.

Moseley began serious study of the piano in New York, as a scholarship student of the noted concert pianist and teacher Olga Samaroff. In the summer of 1941, while a student at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood, he performed with the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra under the direction of fellow student Leonard Bernstein...

His years with the New York Philharmonic encompassed the Music Directorships of Dmitri Mitropoulos, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, and Zubin Mehta, and he conceived and put into operation the enormously successful free public concerts in the parks of New York City. In recognition of Moseley’s role in creating the free park concerts, the City of New York named its
Photographed by Mark Parker, February 21, 2025

3. Carlos Moseley / Peter Cooper Marker at intersection of West Main St. and Daniel Morgan Ave.
mobile outdoor concert shell and platform—large enough for a full orchestra and chorus—the “Carlos Moseley Music Pavilion.”

(Submitted on February 22, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

2. Peter Cooper. Biography from the Spartanburg Music Trail site

Cooper worked as a producer or studio performer with Tom T. Hall, Todd Snider, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Bobby Bare, Duane Eddy, Ricky Scaggs, Kenny Chesney, Jim Lauderdale, and many more.

He wrote texts for the Spartanburg Music Trail signs and website, and he lent his voice to the audio version of the trail.

(Submitted on February 22, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 146 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 22, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.