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title: The Westminster Singers (Arabic and English poster distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-westminster-singers-arabic-lebanon-1959/
description: A black and green concert poster with a group photograph of about twenty-five singers in evening dress, announcing two concerts by The Westminster Singers
section: Collection
---

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# The Westminster Singers (Arabic and English poster distributed in Beirut)

A black and green concert poster with a group photograph of about twenty-five singers in evening dress, announcing two concerts by The Westminster Singers at the American University of Beirut Assembly Hall on 26 and 27 April, with free tickets. The tell is glittering generalities: the choir is billed in superlatives as 'one of America's foremost choral groups' and among the best-known in the United States, with no measure given.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (Arabic and English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
جوقة وستمنستر الغنائية
من أشهر فرق الغناء في الولايات المتحدة
تحيي حفلاتها في قاعة الاجتماعات - اسمبلي هول - بالجامعة الأميركية في بيروت
في ٢٦ و ٢٧ نيسان الساعة ٨:٣٠ مساء
تطلب التذاكر مجاناً من الجامعة "وست هول"، والمكتبة الأميركية

THE WESTMINSTER SINGERS
One of America's foremost choral groups
Concerts at American University of Beirut Assembly Hall
April 26 and 27 at 8:30 PM
Free Tickets are available at West Hall, AUB, and the American Library
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The Westminster Choral Choir, one of the most famous choirs in the United States, gives its concerts in the Assembly Hall at the American University in Beirut on 26 and 27 April at 8:30 in the evening. Tickets are requested free from the University 'West Hall' and the American Library. [English text as printed.]
```

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