Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Peloquin, C. Alexander (Charles Alexander)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Peloquin, C. Alexander (Charles Alexander), 1918-1997
Other form(s) of name
- Peloquin, Charles Alexander
- Charles Alexander Peloquin
- C. Alexander Peloquin
- Alex Peloquin
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Description area
Dates of existence
1918-1997
History
C. Alexander Peloquin was a composer of liturgical music who was one of the earliest to begin to write in a style that reflected the changes brought about by the Second Vatican Council. He spent many years as composer-in-residence at Boston College and directed student choral ensembles. He composed music for some of Merton's "Freedom Songs", poems inspired by Negro spirituals. The songs were originally intended to be sung by African-American baritone Robert Williams. Merton and Peloquin had trouble at a time with claims that Williams made over copyright of the songs.