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after the conclusion of the latter's Monday evening concert on August 18, 1913. He later wrote about the concert: "Indeed, the tower seemed a living being, opening its lips in the mysterious night to pour out a great and noble message of song to all mankind." Rice and Denyn became long-time friends.
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resigned and serving until 1898. In 1903, he was a candidate for mayor of Albany, and in 1914 a candidate for
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in 1918. Rice became an authority on carillons in the United States; in addition to his books, he gave 35 lectures in several cities, published articles in magazines, spoke on radio programs, and presented exhibition material on the subject between 1912 and 1922.
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in America and Europe and authored three books on the topic.
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808:Singing Bronze: A History of Carillon Music
778:The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
765:"A Register of Honorary Members, 1936-1996"
704:Singing Bronze: A History of Carillon Music
666:"A Guide to the William Gorham Rice Papers"
507:. Albany: States Service Magazine Company.
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278:(1892–1979), who became a law professor at
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