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Hood, Helen, 1863-1949. Helen Hood scrapbook, 1882-1904.

Title: Helen Hood scrapbook, 1882-1904.

The scrapbook contains Hood's concert and recital programs, newspaper clippings about her concerts, and concert programs featuring her musical compositions; letters from musicians; and Arthur P. Schmidt song catalogs containing listings of her works. Includes programs from a tour in Germany and flowers and ivy from the graves of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schubert. She received letters from musicians complimenting her work and requesting songs, from lawyer Richard Henry Dana inviting her to join the New England Conservatory of Music visiting committee, from composer Moritz Moszkowski (and a mss. score), from Eugene Field giving permission to set his "A Cornish lullaby" to music, from Albert Becker, and from Helen Louise Thayer-Bryant. Includes her appointment notices to the advisory council of the Woman's Branch of the Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (198 p.) ; 31 cm.

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Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women's Song, circa 1800-1985

Title: Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women's Song circa 1800-1985

Christopher A. Reynolds, Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis, has identified and collected sheet music written by women composers active in North America and England. This collection contains over 2200 songs and song publications mostly published between 1850 and 1950. The collection is primarily made up of songs, but there are also many works for solo piano as well as anthems and part songs. In addition there are books written by the women song composers, a letter written by Virginia Gabriel in the 1860s, and four letters by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach to James Francis Cooke from the 1920s.

ArchivalResource: 8.4 linear feet

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1t1nf085 View