Clapp, Philip Greeley, 1888-1954

Composed 1909; revised 1950 and 1955.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1937. First performance Cleveland, Ohio, 1940, Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Grossman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

First version composed 1910-11. This version 1913. First performance Boston, 1914, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Subsequent versions in 1936 and 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1937-38; revised 1939. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 1940, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Hans Koelbel soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed in Cambridge, 1906; orchestrated, 1943, Iowa City, Iowa.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Words by Helen Keller. Composed 1919-24. Revised 1929, 1932-33. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 16 April 1935, University of Iowa Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1935-37; revised 1943. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 23 May 1951, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Written as a tribute to President Theodore Roosevelt.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1945; revised 1947. Dedication: To Mildred.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1916-17. First performance Boston, 6 April 1917, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Revised 1936, 1941, 1944. This is probably the 1944 revision.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed in 2 movements 1912. First performance Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912, Pierian Sodality Orchestra, the composer conducting, Modeste Alloo soloist. Revised, with a 3rd movement added 1940. Dedicated to Modeste Alloo.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Symphony no. 7 composed 1927-29. First performance Boston, 22 March 1931, Peoples' Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Original ms. of the score of band transcription in the Library of Congress.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Philip Greeley Clapp was born in Boston on August 4, 1888. His mother, Florence Greeley Clapp, and his aunt, Mary Greeley James, were his first music teachers of piano. At age 11 he began to study composition under the dean of the Boston University Music Department, John P. Marshall. He continued his education at Harvard, earning his B.A. in 1908, and M.A. in 1909, while studying under Dr. Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. During 1909-1911, Mr. Clapp studied in Germany under a Harvard fellowship, and took his Ph.D. in 1911. Mr. Clapp taught at Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and other schools for the next seven years, before joining the faculty at the University of Iowa. At Iowa, he continued as a composer, and conducted the University Symphony Orchestra, among others. He was hired to organize an official music department, as such instruction was private since 1906. Associated with the University of Iowa as a professor and department head since September 1919, Mr. Clapp became director of the School of Music in 1932, a position he held until his retirement on July 1, 1953. Philip Greeley Clapp died of a heart attack on April 9, 1954. During his 35 years of guidance, the University of Iowa School of Music gained a reputation that attracted students from across the nation, largely for the varied experience, and due to the development of graduate study by Mr. Clapp. The University of Iowa Clapp Recital Hall was named in his honor in 1971.

Composed 1912. First performance Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912, Pierian Sodality Orchestra of Harvard University. Revised 1917-18, and 1925. First performance of complete revised version, Chicago, 1927, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

The 4th revision, 1942-43 and 1947, represents major changes in length, orchestration and tempos. For 2nd version (1913) see callno.: 7221.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed as a concerto for one piano 1922. Revised 1936. Arranged for two pianos in 1941. First performance of this version Iowa City, Iowa, 20 December 1945, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting, Norma Cross and Marshall Barnes soloists.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1931. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 1933, Chicago Little Symphony, George Dasch conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1916-17. First performance Boston, 6 April 1917, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Revised 1936, 1941, 1944. Dedicated to Karl Muck.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned for the Chicago World's Fair, 1933. Composed 1931. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, at the Iowa City Centennial, 1939, by the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1929-30; revised 1934, 1937, 1947, 1950. First performance New York, 7 February 1952, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos conductor. Dedicated to the memory of Max von Schillings.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1948. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 6 May 1979, Iowa City Youth Orchestra, Raymond Comstock conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1939.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1940-42. Last movement revised 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1907-08; reivsed 1932. First performance Waterloo, Iowa, 27 April 1933, Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Edward Kurtz conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.