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Texas Federation of Music Clubs organized
On this day in 1915, twenty-two Texas music clubs came together to form
the Texas Federation of Music Clubs in Brownwood, during the annual
meeting of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. The TFMC was designed
to establish a center to aid communication and cooperation for Texas
musical organizations and to make music an integral part of the civic,
social, educational, and religious life of Texas. Lucil Manning Lyons,
president of the Fort Worth Harmony Club, became the TFMC's first
president. By 1918, when the TFMC was chartered under Texas law,
forty-eight clubs were enrolled. During its first thirty years the Texas
Federation of Music Clubs distinguished itself with music education and
appreciation campaigns and with the promotion of musical therapy and
musical performance. The organization achieved particular recognition
for these efforts during the Great Depression and both world wars, and
in public education. Nevertheless, TFMC membership and activities
diminished significantly in the post-World War II era. No records for
federation activities since the 1960s have surfaced.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- TEXAS FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS
- TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
- LYONS, LUCIL MANNING
- PROGRESSIVE ERA
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