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Basso Joseph T. Macpherson, circa 1927 March

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Title	Basso Joseph T. Macpherson, circa 1927 March
Personal name	MacPherson, Joseph T., 1899-1991
Topical entry	Performing Arts Music Popular Culture Entertainment Singers--Tennessee--Nashville Male singers--Tennessee--Nashville Opera singers Entertainers--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description	An autographed hand-signed photograph of Joseph T. Macpherson, a Metropolitan Opera Company bass-baritone, from Amqui, Tennessee. This photograph is inscribed to his Nashville voice teacher Signor G. S. de Luca with the notation: "To Signor G. S. de Luca, my sincere Friend and only Teacher, to whom I owe all appreciation for his devoted service and interest in my behalf-Faithfully, Joseph T. Macpherson" and dated "March 1927." Macpherson studied under Signor de Luca for three years at Ward-Belmont college until he joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1926. He made his debut in December of that year as the Pharaoh in Aida. On April 22, 1927 the singer returned triumphantly to Nashville for a recital at the Ryman Auditorium and was given a hero's welcome. Macpherson decided to return to Nashville after the 1931-32 season with the Metropolitan Opera Company. In Nashville, he worked at WLAC and WSM radio stations, and the Tennessee Inspection Bureau, later known as the Insurance Office of Tennessee. Macpherson was a longtime member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ. He died at age nine-two on 4 September 1991 and was survived by two sons, four grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 7 x 9 in.
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	ca. 1927-03
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	P-2658
Relation	Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection
Coverage	1920-1929
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks P-2658