Crys Armbrust

Life

Born: 12 April 1940

Biography

Crys Armbrust holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance and 19th century British Literature from the University of South Carolina, where he also taught and served as the founding Assistant Principal of USC’s arts- and humanities-based residential program, Preston College.

His literary research focuses on 17th-and 19th century British literatures, the book trade, and women devotional poets. Published work appears in “The Huntington Library Quarterly,” “Renaissance Papers,” “The George Herbert Quarterly,” “English Language Notes,” and the “The Dictionary of Literary Biography.”

Armbrust has strong collateral interests, too, in music composition, organ performance, choral conducting and art history. He has served as Music Director for numerous Carolina churches, directing choral performances and residencies at the Washington National Cathedral, St. Albans Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.

His published work in art history focuses on the civic iconography of German humanist Albrecht Durer. Further, he is researching the use of Masonic iconography by 17th century English caricaturist William Hogarth.

Concurrently, Armbrust serves as the Founder and Executive Director of the Eunice Waymon-Nina Simone Memorial Project (www.ninasimoneproject.org) and as Economic Development Director for the Town of Tryon, North Carolina (www.exploretryon.com).

See also: Crys Armbrust's editor page.

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• Abide with me (Eventide) ( )
• Corpus Christi Antiphon (Animarum cibus)   (  )
• Evening Service in G Major (Lord Carey Service)   (  )
• Extreme Unction ( )
• God be in my Head ( )
• I am All  (  )
• Rise Up, My Love  (  )

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Publications

“Anna Letitia Waring.” Dictionary of Literary Biography 240: Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century British Women Poets. Ed. William B. Thesing. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 305-307.

“Sarah Fuller Flowers.” Dictionary of Literary Biography 240: Victorian Women Poets. Ed. William B. Thesing. Detroit: Gale, 1999. 3-7.

“Tennyson’s Political Readers: W.J. Linton’s The National and the Chartist Literary Canon.” Victorian Periodicals Review 26.4 (1993): 199-202.

“Tennyson, Grosart, and Spenser: A Victorian Connection.” English Language Notes 29.3 (1992): 47-49.

“David Nutt.” Dictionary of Literary Biography 106: British Literary Publishing Houses, 1820-1880. Ed. Patricia Anderson. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 228-29.

“Robert Herrick and Nineteenth-Century Periodical Publication: The Gentleman’s Magazine and The National: A Library for the People.” George Herbert Journal 14.1&2 (Fall 1990-Spring 1991); 113-127.

“Humanist Re-Presentations of ‘Glory’ and ‘Magnificence’ in Spenser’s Faerie Queene.” Renaissance Papers (1990): 27-44.

“Nineteenth-Century Re-Presentations of George Herbert: Publishing History as Critical Embodiment.” Huntington Library Quarterly 53.2 (1990): 131-51.

Presentations(selected)

“Popular Music as Cultural Embodiment.” North Carolina Museum of History. Raleigh, NC. 26 January 2008.

“The Making of a Diva: Nina Simone and Music as Social Protest.” American Association of University Women. Tryon, NC. 22 October 2007.

“Eunice Waymon & Nina Simone: ‘Caught in a World Few People Understand.’” Polk County Historical Association. Columbus, NC. 6 February 2007.

“‘Holy Peter’s Feast’: A Re-reading of the Sexual, Religious, and Historical Allusions in Faustus.” [with Thomas Dabbs]. Third International Marlowe Conference. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. 1 July 1993.

Citations

“Nina Simone Sculpture to be Erected in NC.” JazzTimes. http://jazztimes.com/articles/25730-nina-simone-sculpture-to-be-erected-in-n-c.

“Simone in Bronze.” Jazzizz. http://www.jazziz.com/jazziz-weekly/2009/11/04/simone-in-stone/.

“Nina Simone Memorialized in North Carolina Hometown.” Downbeat. August 2009: 15.

“Nina Simone Sculpture Preview.” Jet. March 2-9: 22.

“Nina Simone Put A Spell on Us.” Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas. Charlotte: Novello Festival Press, 2008. 71-73.

“Nina Simone: Tryon Celebrates a Timeless Talent.” Mountain Traditions. Fall/Winter 2007: 66-80.

“Carolina Chanteuse.” Our State. September 2007: 92-98.

Performances(selected)

Voices for Hospices 2007. Benefit for WNCAP (Western North Carolina AIDS Project). Tryon Fine Arts Center. 6 October 2007.

St. Albans Cathedral; St. Albans, England. Choir-in-Residence. 1-3 August 2006.

Canterbury Cathedral; Canterbury, England. Formal concert. 4 August 2006.

St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; Windsor, England. Choir-in-Residence. 7-8 August 2006.

Carnegie Hall; New York, New York. Handel’s Messiah. 27 November 2005.

Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC. Formal concert. 6 February 2005

Voices for Hospices 2005. Benefit for Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Holy Cross. Tryon, NC. 8 October 2005.

External links

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http://youtu.be/TDnetoA4XkY. Piazzolla "Ave Maria". Crys Armbrust, organ with Joseph Pullara IV, trumpet.

http://youtu.be/DixDAFo-eu8. "Nobody's Fault But Mine". Simone (daughter of Nina), vocals with Crys Armbrust, piano. Introduction by Pam Stone.

http://youtu.be/bpK00_vy2EI. "Fanfare for Nina" by Crys Armbrust.

http://youtu.be/TY3Csg30MsE. "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from SOLOMON by GF Handel. The Chancel Players, conducted by Crys Armbrust.

http://youtu.be/aNUlENWMjZc. "Everything Must Change". Nina Simone. Pictorial essay with especial reference to Tryon, NC, birthplace of Simone.

http://youtu.be/MfZ730864iU. "Toccata in b minor". Eugene Gigout. Crys Armbrust, organ.