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Gerard Béhague

1937 births | 2005 deaths | anthropologists | ethnomusicologists | ethnomusicology | music historians | musicologists | musicology | naturalized citizens of the united states | people from montpellier | tulane university alumni | university of paris alumni


Gerard Henri Béhague (November 2, 1937 in Montpellier, France - June 13, 2005 in Austin, Texas, USA) was an eminent ethnomusicologist and professor of Latin American music. His specialty was the music of Brazil and the Andean countries and the influence of West Africa on the music of the Caribbean and South America, especially Candomblé music. His life-long work earned him recognition as the leading scholar of Latin American ethnomusicology.

Biography

Youth, education and academic positions

Béhague was born in Montpellier, France and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There he studied piano, music theory and composition at the National School of Music of the University of Brazil and the Brazilian Conservatory of Music. He earned a diploma from the latter (19??), a masters degree in musicology from the University of Paris (Sorbonne; 19??), and a Ph.D. in musicology from Tulane University (1966), where he studied under the noted music historian Gilbert Chase.

Malcolm Goldie

1885 births | american soccer coaches | american soccer league (1921-1933) players | american soccer players | bethlehem steel players | clydebank f.c. players | fall river marksmen players | naturalized citizens of the united states | new bedford whalers players | pawtucket rangers players | people from glasgow | scottish footballers | scottish-americans | united states men's international soccer players


Malcolm Goldie (born 1885 in Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish-U.S. soccer outside left who began his career in Scotland before moving to American Soccer League in 1922. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1925.

Playing

Scotland

In 1915, Goldie began his professional career with Scottish Football League club Clydebank F.C.. At the time the club played in the Second Division, but during the war, the loss of players to the military led to the disbandment of the lower divisions and Clydebank played in the Western League. However, in 1917, they won promotion to the First Division where they remained until relegated following the 1921-1922 season. At that point, Goldie left the club and moved to the United States where he signed with Bethlehem Steel F.C. of the American Soccer League (ASL).

Bill Carnihan

1894 births | 1964 deaths | american soccer league (1921-1933) players | american soccer players | bethlehem steel players | naturalized citizens of the united states | new york americans (asl) players | newark skeeters players | partick thistle f.c. players | people from south lanarkshire | scottish footballers | scottish-americans


William D. Carniham (born July 12, 1894 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; died November 16, 1964 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) who earned two caps with the U.S. national team. He began his professional career in Scotland before moving to Bethlehem Steel in the American Soccer League.

Club career

Began with Blantyre Victoria. He then moved to Partick Thistle. In 1922, he moved to the United States where he signed with Bethlehem Steel of the American Soccer League. He was injured in March 1930 > and lost rest of the season. > Bethlehem folded at the end of the 1930 spring season and Carnihan moved to the New York Americans before retiring in 1931. According to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, Carnihan spent time with the Newark Skeeters at some point in his career. >

Alexander Wood (soccer)

1907 births | 1987 deaths | american soccer league (1921-1933) players | american soccer players | brooklyn wanderers players | colchester united f.c. players | fifa world cup 1930 players | leicester city f.c. players | national soccer hall of fame members | naturalized citizens of the united states | nottingham forest f.c. players | scottish footballers | scottish-americans | united states men's international soccer players


Alexander “Alec” Wood (born June 12, 1907 in Lochgelly, Scotland; died July 20, 1987 in Gary, Indiana) is a former U.S.-Scottish soccer defender. Wood began his club career in the United States before moving to England in the early 1930s. He also played all three U.S. games at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Youth

Wood’s parents moved the family to the United States in 1921 when Wood was fourteen years old. His family settled in Gary, Indiana where he attended Emerson High School and gained his U.S. citizenship a year later. He also worked for the local Union Drawn Steel Company.

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