Palmer, Courtlandt

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Courtlandt Palmer was born in 1871, to a wealthy New York family. Palmer studied music in Italy with Giovanni Sgambati, a student of Franz Liszt. Although Palmer was not well known, he was highly regarded by critics as well as by professional colleagues. His music was played in concert halls around New York City in the early twentieth century. Palmer was also on the executive committee of the Friends of Music society, which supported new American composers.

From the guide to the Courtlandt Palmer scores, 1907-1949, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.)

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creatorOf Courtlandt Palmer scores, 1907-1949 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Palmer, Courtlandt. Quatuor en la. Eastman School of Music
creatorOf Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908. Papers of Edmund Clarence Stedman [manuscript], 1860-1907. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings [sound recording], 1938-1968 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
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associatedWith Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908. person
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String quartets
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