Hammond, Richard, 1896-1980

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1896-08-26
Death 1980-12-02
Americans

Biographical notes:

Composed 1952. This suite of divertimenti is suggested by the Venice of Guardi's painting, but not by individual pictures.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Suite after Guardi : divertimenti coregrafichi : for orchestra / by Richard Hammond. 1952. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595242

Composed 1956.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Mass for chorus & orchestra / Richard Hammond. 1956. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595306

Composed 1953.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Cantique for orchestra / Richard Hammond. 1953. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595364

Composed 1949. Suggested by a windswept and desolate hill outside Salem, where the witches were executed, and where their storm-tossed spirits dwell with the memory of happier days and their cruel fate.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Gallows hill : scherzo for orchestra / Richard Hammond. 1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595323

Composed 1940.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Unto the hills : suite for orchestra / Richard Hammond. 1940. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595162

Served on the board of directors of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony; California neighbor of Stokowski with and without Gloria Vanderbilt.

From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Mar. 15, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861579

Composed 1959.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of A cantata of psalms : for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra / by Richard Hammond. 1959. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595370

Composed 1958.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Dance suite for orchestra / Richard Hammond. 1958. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595356

Composed 1957.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Cantata : for solo tenor, chorus and orchestra / by Richard Hammond. 1957. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595383

Composed 1951.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The resurrection : cantata dramatique for soloists, chorus & orchestra / words by Natalie Hays Hammond ; music by Richard Hammond. 1951. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595279

Composed 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Four divertissements after Rousseau : for orchestra / by Richard Hammond. 1950. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595337

From the description of Ohio pastoral : suite for orchestra / Richard Hammond. 1950. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595283

Composed 1955.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Four poems for orchestra / by Richard Hammond. 1955. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595330

Composed 1954.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Elizabethan cantata : for solists, chorus and orchestra : on poems of the Elizabethan poets / by Richard Hammond. 1954. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595346

Composed 1949.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Triptych : for orchestra / Richard Hammond. 1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595184

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Subjects:

  • Cantatas
  • Cantatas, Secular
  • Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
  • Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
  • Dance music
  • Masses
  • Orchestral music
  • Real property
  • Scherzos (Orchestra)
  • Suites (Orchestra)

Occupations:

not available for this record

Places:

  • California--French Camp (as recorded)
  • French Camp (Calif.) (as recorded)