Little Orchestra Society concert recordings collection [sound recording] 1947-1957

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Little Orchestra Society concert recordings collection [sound recording], 1947-1957

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Little Orchestra Society concert recordings collection [sound recording] 1947-1957

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Abstract

The collection consists of concert recordings, made for Mr. Scherman, from late 1947 to late 1957.

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The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316735

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Argentine composer. From the description of "Los peones de hacienda, del ballet Estancia.", 1947 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919811 First performance by the Orquesta del Servicio Oficial de Difusión Radio Eléctrica (SODRE), Montevideo, Uruguay, July 18, 1941, Lamberto Baldi conducting, Hugo Balzo (to whom the work is dedicated) at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concierto argentino : para piano y orquesta / Alberto E. Gin...

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Op. III, L'estro armonico [Harmony of the soul], consisting of 12 concerti for various ensembles, probably composed ca. 1703. First published 1712 by Estienne Roger, Amsterdam. This concerto (no. 11) became the basis for J.S. Bach's organ concerto after Vivaldi, BWV 596. This arrangement dedicated to Thor Johnson. For a more stylistically authentic edition see callno.: 1622s. For other orchestral transcriptions of this concerto see callnos.: 3897 and 515, respectively.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. ...

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Roseman, Ronald

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First performance by the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden, Germany, 29 April 1930, the composer conducting, Carl Flesch, soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for violin and orchestra / Nicolai T. Berezowsky. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42890645 Violinist, conductor, member of the Coolidge String Quartet, composer in the burgeoning era of "American music." From the description of Nicolai Bere...

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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

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Montlack, Sol

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Glazer, Frank

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Delius, Frederick

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Dello Joio, Norman

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Composed 1949. First performance La Jolla, California, 21 August 1949, Musical Arts Society, Nicolai Sokoloff conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of New York profiles : a suite for orchestra / Norman Dello Joio. 1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207262 Composed 1945. First performance Pittsburgh, 4 January 1946, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description ...

Thompson, Hugh, 1915-

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Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859

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Composed 1835. First published as Violin Concertino No. 2.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Zweites Concertino für Violine, Op. 92 / Spohr. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54951426 Composed 1839. First published as Violin Concertino No. 3, with the sub-title Sonst und Jetzt.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concertino no. 3 for violin and orchestra, op. 110 / L. Spohr. [19--?] (Franklin & Marsh...

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Price, Erwin.

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Storch, Ben

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Bergey, Carol

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Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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The Serenade from which this movement is taken originally composed for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, 1781; second version, with the addition of 2 oboes, in 1782 (see callno.: 2329). This transcription 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Adagio, K. V. 375 / Mozart ; transcribed by Zoltán Fekete. [c1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42631243 Composed originally for solo piano, 1788. This transcription 1986.--Cf. Fleisher C...

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Poulenc, Francis

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Composer. From the description of Francis Poulenc autograph letter to [Jay S. Harrison], [1953] July 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 476902904 French composer. From the description of Discours du Général / (Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel) / Francis Poulenc / (1921). Avril 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568728 From the description of Autograph note signed on his visiting card, dated : [Paris, n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unkn...

Suk, Josef

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Dvorák, Antonín, 1841-1904

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Antonín Dvořák was a Bohemian composer. In 1892 he accepted an invitation to head the National Conservatory in New York. He returned to Prague in 1895. From the description of Receipt : to The National Conservatory of Music of America, 1894 Apr. 26. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615912 Antonín Dvořák was a Bohemian composer. In 1892 he accepted an invitation to head the National Conservatory in New York. He returned to Prague in 1895. From ...

Druary, John

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Granados, Enrique, 1867-1916

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Inspired by paintings of Goya.--Cf. Fleisher Collection From the description of Goyescas. IIa. parte : los major enamerados, no. VI : epilogo (serenata del espectra) / E. Granados. c1916. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 229890705 Spanish composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Barcelona, 22 October 1911, to [Georges Jean-Aubry?], 1911 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578196 Spanish composer and ...

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Morgenstern, Sam.

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Sam Morgenstern was an American vocal coach, conductor, composer, and author. From the guide to the Sam Morgenstern papers, ca. 1920-1989, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) ...

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Composed 1938. First performance at a Promenade Concert, by the British Broadcasting Co. Symphony Orchestra, London, Aug. 18, 1938, in Queen's Hall, Sir Henry J. Wood conductor, composer at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto no. 1 in D major for piano and orchestra / Benjamin Britten. [1928]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43291276 Composed 1939. First performance by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New...

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Epithet: of Add MS 33531 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000bb Epithet: Commissioner for Dornoch Burghs, county Sutherlandshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000b9 Epithet: Miss; authoress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0...

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Rawsthorne, Alan

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Alan Rawsthorne was born in 1905 in Haslingden, Lancashire. After initial studies in dentistry and architecture, he entered the Royal Manchester College of Music in 1925, where he was a pupil of the pianist Frank Merrick and the cellist Carl Fuchs. He left in 1929 with diplomas in performance and teaching (the latter with distinction). His piano studies were continued abroad, notably under Egon Petri. On his return to England in 1932 he taught at Dartington Hall School and also comp...

Wolf, Hugo

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Szigeti, Joseph

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Williamson, John Finley, 1887-1964

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Jacobi, Frederick

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McChesney, Ernest, 1912-1991

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Nordoff, Paul

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Composed 1938. First performance St. Louis, 6 December 1940, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite for orchestra / by Paul Nordoff. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53089008 Originally composed for piano, 1933; orchestrated 1933-35.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Variations on a Bavarian dance theme : for orchestra / Paul Nordoff. [19--] ...

American Concert Choir.

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Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003

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Merriman, Dan

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Rubes, Jan

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Nelsova, Zara

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Stader, Maria, 1911-1999

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Maria Stader (born November 5, 1911, Budapest – died April 27, 1999, Zürich) was a Hungarian-born Swiss lyric soprano, known particularly for her Mozart interpretations. ...

Howland, Alice

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Farrow, Norman

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Schulman, Julius

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Hurley, Laurel

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Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975

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English composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [London], 7 June [1921] and 22 May [1922], to Mme [Louise] Alvar Harding, 1921 June 7 and 22 May [1922]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672855 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d., 1915-1924], to Mr. [Otto M.] Kling [at J. & W. Chester], [n.d., 1915-1924]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672860 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [...

Bozza, Eugène, 1905-

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Goss, Robert (Robert V.), 1950-

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Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960

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American baritone, Leonard Warren (1911-1960), was a leading performer with the Metropolitan Opera for over twenty years, whose significant accomplishments have been overshadowed by his dramatic death onstage during a performance. As a member of the first generation of American-born opera singers to develop a truly international reputation, his success also helped to solidify their position within that prestigious company. Born Leonard Warenoff, the son of Russian immigr...

Tcherepnin, Alexander, 1899-1977

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Composed 1938. First performance Paris, 17 April 1940.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite géorgienne / Alexandre Tcherepnine. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54314154 Commissioned by John Sebastian. Composed 1953. First performance Venice, 11 September 1956, Orchestra di Teatro Fenice, Fabien Sevitzky conductor, John Sebastian soloist. Dedicated to John Sebastian.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description o...

Wagenaar, Bernard, 1894-1971

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Completed 1935. First performance New York, 23 January 1937, Juilliard Graduate School Orchestra, the composer conducting. Received the Juilliard Publication Award, 1942.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Third symphony / Bernard Wagenaar. [1935] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758759 Composed 1930. First performance New York, 10 November 1932, New York Philharmonic, Arturo Toscanini conductor. Dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Gardner...

Suanholn

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Pritchett, ...

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Kesteren, John van 1921-2008

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Bible, Frances

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Vronsky, Vitya

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Alarie, Pierette, 1921-

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Trinity Church Choir

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James, Philip

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Philip James, (1890-1975), American composer of choral and orchestral music, was born on May 17, 1890 in Jersey City, N.J., to a Welsh father and German mother. At an early age, he began piano, violin, and theory lessons, and served as choirboy in several New Jersey churches. He was deeply involved in the liturgy and music of the Episcopal Church and composed his first hymn at the age of ten. From 1904 to 1909 he studied organ with J. Warren Andrews and in 1907 began advanced harmon...

Flam

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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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From the partita no. 2 for solo violin by J.S. Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bach's chaconne / transcribed for large orchestra by Louis Gesensway. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 144609295 Arranged 1856. First performance same year at the Philharmonic concerts, Vienna, von H. Esser conductor. Elgar's coda added subsequently.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata : für die Orgel / compon...

Dunn, Mignon

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Addison, John, 1920-1998

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00024a ...

Hodges

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Epithet: of Add MS 35624 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x000222 ...

Williams, Clifton

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Hillis, Margaret, 1921-

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The Four Heathertones

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Firkušný, Rudolf, 1912-

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Brooke, Paige

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Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962

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French composer. From the description of "'Deux Stèles Orientés' / pour voix et flûte / Victor Segalen / Jacques Ibert" : autograph manuscript, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566476 ...

Singher, Martial

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Biography Baritone Martial Singher was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France on August 14, 1904. He studied singing at the Paris Conservatory with Andre Gresse and made his debut in 1934. He sang with the Paris Opera, and the Opera Comique until leaving occupied France for New York in 1940. Upon arriving in New York he was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera, but didn't start singing until 1943 due to immigration difficulties. He has a successful...

Galjour, Warren

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

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Kinlock, Louisa

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Schumann, Robert

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Originally composed for solo piano, 1833-1835. Collaborative orchestration of the score, 1908-1909, for the use of the Russian Imperial Ballet. No indication is given of each collaborator's contribution. First performance as a ballet St. Petersburg, 1910. First concert performance, Boston, 25 November 1938, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Carnival / Robert Schumann ; orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazounov, Li...

Lewis, Brenda, 1921-

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Arensky, Anton Stepanovitch, 1861-1906

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Russian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Nice], 10/23 March 1905, to Alexander Siloti in St. Petersburg, 1905, 10 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680648 ...

Méhul, Etienne Nicolas

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From the opera in 2 acts with libretto by Jean Nicolas Bouilly. First perforamnce Opéra-Comique, Paris, 5 April 1802.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ouverture d'une Folie / musique de Méhul. [18--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52951715 From the opera in one act with libretto by François Benoît Hoffman. First performance Opéra-Comique, Paris, 29 July 1802.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ouverture...

Ayars, Ann

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Krall, Heidi

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Warfield, William

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Opera singer and educator William Caesar Warfield was born on January 22, 1920 in West Helena, Arkansas to Robert and Bertha McCamery Warfield. Warfield first developed vocal skills by singing in the choir of his father's Baptist church. During his childhood, the Warfield family moved to Rochester, New York, where he took formal voice lessons. In 1938, during his senior year at Washington High School, Warfield won the District Award for the National Music Educators' League vocal competition, whi...

Pergolesi

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Stover

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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788

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Composed 1788, originally for cembalo, piano and orchestra. This edition for 2 pianos and orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Konzert in Es dur für zwei Klaviere und Orchester / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ; herausgegeben von Heinrich Schwartz. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 48242544 German composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 6 December 1767, to [Georg Michael Telemann i...

Strauss, Richard

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Knowles, Paul

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Callura

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Creston, Paul, 1906-1985

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Composed 1937. First performance at the Fourth Yaddo Music Period, by the Yaddo Orchestra, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1937, the composer conducting, Louis Porter (violin), Robert Silberberg (flute), soloists.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Partita / Paul Creston. 1937. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207062 Composed 1938 in memory of the composer's first child, Paul Julian Creston. First performance by the Pittsburgh Symphon...

Kleinsinger, George, 1914-1982

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American composer. From the description of "Song of the Broad-Axe / George Kleinsinger / Text by Whitman" : autograph manuscript, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566540 ...

Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek

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Composed originally for solo piano 1836, as one of 12 Êtudes in Op. 25.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Etude de F. Chopin op. 25, no. 7 for cello solo and orchestra / by Jules de Swert. [1931?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49608220 Composer. From the description of Frédéric Chopin autograph letter to Julian Fontana, 1839 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 440301778 From the description of Frédéric Cho...

Auber, Stefan

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Stefan Auber (1903-1986) was a cellist. He was born in Vienna, where his father was his first teacher, and made his performance debut at the age of eight. Later, he was a student of the cellist Julius Klengel. In the late 1930s, he immigrated to the United States, where he enjoyed a successful career as a chamber music, orchestral, and solo performer. He played for three years with the violinist Rudolf Kolisch's quartet, which took part in the first recording of Arnold Schoenberg's ...

Labate, Bruno, 1883-1968

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Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991.

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Chilean pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Wittenburg, 30 August 1926, to Herr [Alexander Maria] Schnabel, 1926, 30 August. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680676 ...

Ritter, Melvin

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Beal, Wilfred

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Israel, Theodore

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Lhévinne, Rosina

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Rosina Lhevinne (1880-1976) was a Russian-born pianist and pedagogue who taught at the Juilliard School and privately in New York City. She was married to pianist Josef Lhévinne. From the description of Rosina Lhevinne papers, 1871-1976. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122597985 Rosina Lhevinne (1880-1976) was a Russian-born pianist and pedagogue who taught at the Juilliard School and privately in New York City. She was married to pianist Josef Lhévinne. ...

Pleyel, Ignatz

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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

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English composer, teacher, writer, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Norfolk,] 1 February 1921, to H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1921 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677908 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dorking, [n.d.], to Dr. Myers, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677911 From the description of Letter in the third person, dated : [London], 19 February [1926], to Mme [Louise] Alvar, 1926 Fe...

Kohn, ...

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Maynor, Dorothy

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Singer. From the description of Reminiscences of Dorothy Maynor : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309733402 ...

Feldman, Herbert.

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British author, lawyer, and businessman, of Karachi, Pakistan. From the description of Papers, 1954-1976. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562143 ...

Groen, Nil

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Olivero, Magda

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Epithet: Italian singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000022 ...

Gusikoff, Isadore

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Weber, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

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Composed 1809, originally for viola and orchestra. Rewritten 1813 for bassoon and orchestra and given the op. no. 35. First performance Prague, 18 February 1813, G.F. Brandt soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Andante e rondo ongarese : for solo bassoon, op. 35 / Carl Maria von Weber. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56969197 Originally composed 1806 -- lost. Revised 1815.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the desc...

Dobbs, Mattiwilda

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Garfield, Bernard

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Principal bassoonist with Philadelphia Orchestra, 1957- . From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, October 31, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896073 ...

Daniels, Danny, 1924-

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Alexander, Josef

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Puccini, Giacomo

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An Italian opera composer, Giacomo Puccini at the time of this letter was overseeing the production of La Fanciulla del West at the Teatro Grande, Brescia. The recipient, Antonio Bettolacci, was Puccini's personal business agent. From the guide to the ALS, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Bettolacci, Torre del Lago, 1911 Aug. 19, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the description of ALS, 1911 Aug. 19, from Giacomo [Puccini], Brescia, to Antonio Be...

Mason, Daniel Gregory

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Eminent American musician and composer. From the description of Papers, 1894-1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122681505 Composed 1935-36. First performance New York, 17 November 1937, New York Philharmonic Society, John Barbirolli conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 3 : Lincoln, op. 35 / Daniel Gregory Mason. 1937. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50555507 ...

Nagle, Robert

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De Costa, Albert

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Nagel, Robert

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Swanson, Howard

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Alonge, Raymond

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Hovhannes, Alan

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Rabb, Ellis

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Carter, Sara, 1899-1979

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Poleri, David

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Lessaro, John

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Henderson, Mary, 1912-

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Wigglesworth, Frank, Jr

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Tomasow, Jan

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Serwin, Violet

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Sammartini, Giuseppe, 1695-1750

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Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von 1739-1799

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Austrian composer and violinist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Johannisberg, 5 December 1782, to an unidentified recipient, 1782 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565855 Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x00004b Symphony first published in Paris, 1767.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sinfonia delle cinq...

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer. During the years 1964 and 1965 Copland wrote, conducted, narrated, and hosted a series of twelve television programs entitled Music in the 20s = Music in the Twenties. The transcripts described in this collection were transcribed from filmed interviews recorded live at the WGBH studios in Boston, Mass. between 1964 Nov. 11 and 1965 Jan. 26. These unedited, preliminary tape recordings later formed the basis of the series...

Monschino

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Janácek, Leoš

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Haieff

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Kleinsinger, George, 1914-

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Franceschi, Vera

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Silva, Luigi, 1903-1961

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Violoncellist, teacher, and musicologist, born in Milan, Italy; performed as soloist and with the Quartetto di Roma, the Mannes-Gimpel-Silva Trio, and other chamber music groups; taught at the Eastman School of Music, Julliard School of Music, Mannes College of Music, Peabody Conservatory, Hartt College of Music, and Yale University. From the description of Papers, 1922-1961. (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 26945745 ...

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000089 Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849. From the description of Luisa Miller : melodramma tragico in tre atti / sinfonia musica del Sigr. Mo. Giuseppe Verdi. [ca. 1850] (Yale University). WorldCat record id...

Rusager, Knudage

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Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991.

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Chilean pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Wittenburg, 30 August 1926, to Herr [Alexander Maria] Schnabel, 1926, 30 August. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680676 ...

Diehl, ...

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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Composer. From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Count Franz von Brunswick, [1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622425 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Josef Blöchlinger, [1819 Aug.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622372 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to the Chevalier Josef de Varena, 1812 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622275 From the description...

Moussorgsky

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Dvorak, Antonin

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Tucker, Richard, 1914-1975

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Ulanowsky, Paul, 1908-1968

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Hufstader Singers

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Siepi, Cesare

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Schumann, Robert

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Gimpel, Bronislav, 1911-1979

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Tunder, Franz

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Oberlin, Russell, 1928-

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Stamitz, ...

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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Frugoni, Orazio, 1921-1997

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Berger, Erne, 1900-

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Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924

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French composer. From the description of 3e Valse Caprice. Aout 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563225 From the description of Letters to Paul Dukas, 1903-1923 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702195517 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Evian-les-Bains, to unidentified friends, 1916 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576781 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Monte Carlo, 1 ...

Starer, Robert

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Cunningham, Davis

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Vuataz, Roger

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Frank, Philipp, 1884-1966

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Frank taught physics and mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Philipp Frank, 1952-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973039 ...

Kentner, Louis

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Bartlett, Ethel

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Westminster Choir

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Hufstader, Robert

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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

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Luboshutz, Pierre, 1891-1971

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Pianist. From the description of Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff collection, 1936-1980. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70922521 ...

Avshalomov, Jacob

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Jacob Avshalomov (1919- ) graduated from Reed College in 1943 and married Doris Felde, also class of '43. He played percussion and cello in the Portland Junior Symphony before earning advanced degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Avshalomov taught music at Columbia University from 1946 to 1954 before returning to Portland to become the Conductor of the Portland Junior Symphony, retiring after 40 years in 1994. From the description of Jacob Avshalomov Papers, 1954-2000. 1954-2000...

Monteverdi, Claudio

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Transcribed 1929; first performance Prague, 5 Sept. 1930.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Madrigali : interpretazioni sinfoniche : dal concerto : settimo libro dei Madrigali / di Claudio Monteverdi ; G. Francesco Malipiero. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52973541 Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000370 ...

Ferrier, Kathleen, 1912-1953

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Sarasate, Pablo de 1844-1908

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Originally composed for violin and piano and first published Paris, possibly 1883.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Carmen fantasy / Pablo de Sarasate. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54026312 Dedicated to Maria Cristina, Queen Regent of Spain.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of [Spanische Tänze], op. 42 / Pablo de Sarasate. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54026388 ...

Stern, Isaac

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Mozart, Franz Xaver, 1791-1844

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Austrian composer. From the description of [Douce amitié fille du ciel!] [manuscript]. 23 mars [1]843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270567716 Epithet: composer, son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00017e Composers. From the description of Franz Xaver Mozart and Carl Thomas Mozart autograph letter to Johann Anton André, 1826 June 7. (Unknow...

Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936

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Italian composer. From the description of "Voici Noël! / per soprano. / Ottorino Respighi" : autograph manuscript, 1919 Aug. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568953 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Abetone Serrabassa, 19 August 1925 and 7 August 1926, and [n.p.], 23 August 1933, to Claudio [Guastalla], 1925 Aug. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676008 From the description of "Partitura / Maria Vittoria / Atto Io. [Atto 2o. / Quadr...

Glazunov, Alexandr Konstantinovich

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Vose, Madelyn

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Moll, Margaret

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Spearman, Rawn

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Lorengar, Pilar

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Shumsky, Oscar

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Malone, Patrick

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Lopatnikoff

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Rounseville, Robert

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Kaplan, Sol

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Composed 1939.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra / Sol Kaplan. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52496499 Sol Kaplan (1919-1990) was a music composer and conductor during the twentieth century. Kaplan composed soundtracks for numerous movies between the 1940s and 1970s, including "The Victors" (1963), "The Young Lovers" (1964), and "Living Free" (1972). He also composed music for several television ...

Rogers, Emmy

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Nardini

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Stich-Randall, Teresa, 1927-2007

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Epithet: American singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0000b4 ...

Russell, Shirley, 1935-

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Kobart, Ruth, 1924-2002

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Ruth Kobart (April 24, 1924 – December 14, 2002) was an American performer, whose six-decade career encompassed opera, Broadway musical theatre, regional theatre, films, and television. Born Ruth Maxine Kahn in Des Moines, Iowa, Kobart studied opera at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and made her professional debut as the Witch in an off-Broadway production of Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel. She frequently toured with the NBC Opera Theatre (NBCOT) and the New York ...

Columbia University Chorus

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Fried, Howard (Tenor)

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Lister, Laurier

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Bobo, Elizabeth

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Brock, Julius, 1847-1888

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Ravel, Maurice

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000308 Maurice Ravel was a French composer; the apparent recipient, Toscanini, was a conductor. From the guide to the ALS, to [Arturo Toscanini], 1930 Sept. 9, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the description of ALS, 1930 Sept. 9, to [Arturo Toscanini]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122682742 ...

Williams, Camilla, 1922-

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Foldi, Andrew, 1920-

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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

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Hector Berlioz was a French composer. From the description of Letter : from M. Berlioz, Paris, to Monsieur Busset, ingénieur, Dijon, Côte d'Or, 1836 Oct. 9. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626765 From the guide to the Letter : from M. Berlioz, Paris, to Monsieur Busset, ingénieur, Dijon, Côte d'Or, 1836 Oct. 9, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) French composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed...

Tcherepnin, Ming Lee

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Paisiello, Giovanni

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Libretto by the Duke of San Angelo Morbilli; first performed in Rome at the Argentina, carn. 1776. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Sò che frà poco indegno : manuscript, [178-?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612843217 Libretto by Metastasio; first performed in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo, 12 January 1785. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Nell'Antigono S. Carlo Rec.vo [i.e. Recititativo] con duetto Non temer non sono amante : musica del si...

Morini, Erica

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Passani, Émile, 1905-1974

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Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario

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Nikolaidi, Elena, 1909-2002

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Salzedo, Carlo, 1885-1961

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Driscoll, Loren

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Panitz, Murray

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Kreiselman

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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., n.d., 1874?], to [Choudens], [1874?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270977098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to [Ernest Reyer], n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672788 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to M. Ruelle, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672792 From the description of Autograp...

Castellano, Laura

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Rose, Leonard

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American cellist and pedagogue. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Aug. 28, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861769 ...

Piston, Walter

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Prokofiev, Sergei

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Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. From the description of Letters : to Fatima Hanoum Samoilenko and Boris Nikolaevich Samoilenko, 1919-1936. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612846006 Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian composer. From the description of Letters to Ephraim F. Gottlieb, 1920-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477994 Sergey Prokofiev was a Russian composer. From the description of Postcard ...

Barzin, Leon

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American conductor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (25), postcards signed (2), and Christmas card signed, dated : Woodstock (N.Y.), New York, Paris, Munich [and other places], to Mrs. Melbert B. Cary [i.e. Mary Flagler Cary], 1931-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672027 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [Paris], to Langdon van Norden, 1958 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672032 Violinist. ...

Evans, Edith, Dame, 1888-1976

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [London] and [Kent], to Denys Blakelock, 1960 Mar. 7 and 1962 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870775 Epithet: afterwards Booth , actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0001b7 ...

Boccherini, Luigi, 1743-1805

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Composed 1761. This edition after a J.F. Peter autograph copied in 1771, now in the Moravian Music Foundation Archives.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Divertimento in B♭ / L. Boccherini. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42554106 The present concerto is not to be confused with the composer's Violoncello concerto No.1 in E-flat major, Gérard no. 474. This edition from photocopies of ms. parts discovered in the Naples (Italy) Co...

Pleyel, Ignaz, 1757-1831

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Composed 1792. First performance, 12 March 1792.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sinfonie concertante for piano and violin / by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53154389 Simultaneously published 1790 in separate versions for viola and for violoncello. This edition 1983.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Viola concerto no. 12 in D, op. 26 / Ignaz Pleyel ; ed[itor] J. Wolfgang Gran...

Judd, Mary

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Joachim

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Epithet: hieromonachus British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x00037d Epithet: Patriarch of Jerusalem British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0000f2 Epithet: of Sloane MS 3426 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000035 ...

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012

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Epithet: baritone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0003e6 German baritone. From the description of Typewritten document, dated : [Berlin, 1967], sent to Mrs. Herbert S. Seligmann, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270907077 ...

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975

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Kimes, Stanley

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James, Judith

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Francescatti, Zino, 1902-1991

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French violinist; d. 1991. From the description of Zino Francescatti collection, 1936-1997 (bulk 1936-1991). (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70954214 Born on January 10, 1910 in Lyon, the French conductor and composer, Jean Martinon entered the Lyon and Paris conservatoires to study the violin. At Lyon, his teacher was Maurice Foundray and at the Paris Conservatory, he studied violin technique with Jules Boucherit. While at the Paris conservatory, Marti...

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädt...

Rowe, Genevieve

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Gramm, Donald

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Mayer, William

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Epithet: at Corfu British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000369 ...

Enesco, Georges

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Scott, Norman, 1928-

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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986

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English tenor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Aldeburgh-on-Sea, [24 January 1978 and 1 August 1980], to Francis [S. Mason, Jr.] in New York, 1978 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674854 Tenor Epithet: singer Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000288 ...

McCollum, John

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Souzay, Gerard, 1918-

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Robertson

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Epithet: of Add MS 33979 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00002b Epithet: Mrs; wife of W Robertson, steward to Sir H Verney British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000024 ...

Dohnanyi

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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Most material is from the oratorio; see Callno. 7087. This arrangement 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphonic suite no. V : the triumph of Truth : based on / Handel ; free arrangement by Zoltan Fekete. c1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50064356 From the opera in three acts, librettist unknown. Composed 1707 or 1708.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance of the sailors : from Rodrigo / G.F. H...

Simoneau, Leopold

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Elgar, Edward

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Shapiro, Harvey

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Warner, Genevieve

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Bach, Giovanni, 1892-

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composer of baroque music, organ technician, master of harpsicord, organ and violin, whose talents were largely unrecognised in his lifetime but have been celebrated ever since. From the guide to the Copy of Johann Sebastian Bach, Twenty Four Preludes and Fugues, c.1800, c.1800, (University of St Andrews) ...

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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The German opera composer Richard Wagner was at the beginning of his career at the time of this letter. From the description of Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, [1896?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571065 From the guide to the Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1896?, (The New York Public Library. Music Divisio...

Trinity Church Radio Choir

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Tippett

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Adrian, Max, 1902-1973

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Bell, William

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California gold miner. From the guide to the Letter to John H. Bell, 1850, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: Commissioner of the Sick and Hurt Seamen's Office; afterwards Steward of Greenwich Hospital British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x00000a Epithet: of the Irish Ordnance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/810...

Kubik, Gail

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Covello

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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

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During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...

Cilèa, Francesco, 1866-1950

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 18 April 1931, to [Giovanni] Tebaldini in Genoa, 1931 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564446 ...

Shostakovich, Dmitri

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Nos. 20, 7, 21, 14 and 6, respectively, of Twenty Four Preludes for Piano, op. 34, composed 1932-33. Arranged 1936.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Five preludes : from 24 piano preludes by D. Shostakovich, op. 34 (nos. 20, 7, 21, 14, 6) / arr. by Lan Adomian. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54108995 From the opera, "The nose" in 3 acts with libretto by the composer in conjunction with Y. Zemyatin, G. Ionin and A. Preys after G...

Foley, Madeline

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Saeverud, Harald

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Kelley, Norman

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Parella, John

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Perry, Julia, 1924-1979

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Composer and lecturer. From the description of Julia Perry papers, 1962-1980. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972597 ...

Martin, Frank, Prof. Dr.

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Epithet: RE; engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x0003ac ...

Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725

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Ms. of the original toccata for harpsichord is in the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan. This transcription for full orchestra, 1945; first performance Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 11 September 1945, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defaw conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Tocatta nona / Alessandro Scarlatti ; orch. by Leon Stein. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54030281 Italian composer. From th...

Matthews, Helen

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Flissler, Eileen

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Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001.

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Concert violinist. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, January 27, 1992. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896054 Epithet: American violinist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0000f9 Born on January 10, 1910 in Lyon, the French conductor and composer, Jean Martinon entered the Lyon and Paris conservatoires to stu...

Enesco, Georges

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Farrell, Eileen

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Orrego-Salas, Juan

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Rachmaninoff

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The Sharretts

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Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

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Epithet: German singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x00037f ...

Pizzetti

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Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978

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American actress and singer. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1956 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868285 ...

Avshalomov, Aaron, 1894-1965

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Russian-American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Shanghai, 27 August 1934, to Mr. [Melbert Brinkerhoff] Cary, 1934, 27 August. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680766 Composed 1948.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for flute and orchestra / A. Avshalomoff. 1948. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42720570 Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundatioin. Composed 1953. De...

Miranda, Tony

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Miranda was principal French horn, American Symphony Orchestra; Sharon Moe, his wife, also played the French horn in ASO and was a composer. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, June 10, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861565 ...

Gabrielli, Giovanni

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Novaes, Guiomar

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Epithet: Brazilian pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0003e2 ...

Roth, Jerome

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Prokofiev, Sergei

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Moll, Marquita

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Arne, Thomas

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Originally composed for string orchestra, 1738. First performance of masque at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 4 March 1738. This arrangement 1923. Based on Milton's "Comus". Adapted by John Dalton.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance from Comus, in F / Thomas Augustine Arne ; arranged and edited by Adam Carse. [192-] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696273 The pastiche ballad opera in 3 acts with libretto based on the play by Isaac Bi...

Riegel, Kenneth

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Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-

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London, George, 1920-1985

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Shapiro, Wallace

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Curtin, Phyllis

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Hambro, Leonid

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Hatfield, Hurd, 1918-1998

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Thomson, Virgil

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The hymn is How Firm a Foundation, words and music commonly ascribed to Robert Keene. The melody is also called Geard. Also quoted Yes, Jesus Loves Me and For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. Composed 1926-28. First performance New York, 22 February 1945, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony on a hymn tune / Virgil Thomson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56078995 Composer. ...

Smith, Kenneth Leslie, 1946-

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Choral Art Society

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Rossini, Giaocchino

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Hess, William

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Ponce, Manuel

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Grist, Reri

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London, George, 1920-1985

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Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960

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Leclair

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Magaloff, Nikita

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Bruckner, Anton

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Southwick, Janet

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Moore, Douglas

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Harrell, Mack

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Rogier, Frank

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Hollander, Lorin, 1944-

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Avery, Lawrence

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Ryan, William B. F.

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Howland, Paul

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Meyerowitz, Jan

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Kroll, William, 1901-1980

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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986

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Roman, Yvette

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Sheridan, Frank, 1898-1962

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Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903

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Austrian composer. From the description of Gudmund's erster Gesang. [1891 Oct. 30?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571339 From the description of Charwoche. [1888 Oct. 8?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571344 From the description of Letter, dated : [Vienna, 1 June 1880], to Mlle. Henriette Lang, Taikowitz, Moravia, [1880 June 1]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873919 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Vienna, 2 March and...

Berger, Erna, 1900-1990

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Leroy, Rene, 1898-

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Piatagorsky, Gregor

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Iden, Nancy May

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

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Composed 1888-89. Scenario by Marius Petipa and I.A. Vsevolozhsky. Based on Perrault's fairy tale. First performance Maryinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, 27 Jan. 1890, R. Drigo conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of La belle au bois dormant : ballet, op. 66 / Tschaikowsky. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 41964015 Russian composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Tchaikovsky to C...

Tortelier, Paul, 1914-1990

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Montlack, Saul

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Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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Kabalevsky, Dmitri

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Metcalf, William, 1934-

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Chausson, Ernest

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Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich, 1732-1795

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German composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bückeburg, 12 July 1785, to Breitkopf in Leipzig, 1785 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270670830 ...

Roman, Josette

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Vanni, Gian Berto, 1927-

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Kaufman, Louis, 1905-1994

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Louis Kaufman, b. 1905, Art collector, musician. From the description of Oral history interview with Louis Kaufman, 1985 Feb. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007157 Louis Kaufman (b. May 10, 1905, in Portland, Oregon; d. Feb. 9, 1994, Los Angeles, Calif.) was a violinist. His wife, Annette Leibole Kaufman was a pianist who served as his accompanist for more than fifty years. From the description of Louis Kaufman collection, 1925-2008. (Unk...

Jonson, William

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Epithet: son of Roger Jonson of Tideswell Mylnehowse British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001084.0x000075 ...

Françaix, Jean, 1912-1997

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Composed 1934. Later incorporated into a ballet score called À la Françaix, with choreography by George Balanchine.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sérénade pour petit orchestre / Jean Franc̦aix. 1934. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51893500 French composer and pianist. From the description of "Le Plage." 18 Février 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563251 ...

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay

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Piston, Walter, 1894-1976

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Walter Hamor Piston (1894-1976) was a noted 20th-century American composer. He earned his Harvard AB 1924 and served as Walter W. Naumberg Professor of Music at Harvard from 1948-1960. From the description of Letters from Walter Piston to Carl Miller, 1954, 1968. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063913 Composed 1957. First performance Boston, 7 March 1958, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch conductor, Joseph de Pasquale soloist. Dedicated to Joseph de Pasqua...

De Falla, Manuel

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Manuel de Falla was a Spanish classical composer. Ricardo Vinès was a Spanish pianist. From the description of [Postcard, 1921 avril 4 to] Ricardo Vinès / Manuel de Falla. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100808 Spanish composer. From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : Granada, 30 December 1922, to O.M. Kling [at J. & W. Chester], 1922 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576695 From the description of Autograph note...

Clementi, Muzio, 1752-1832

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English composer, keyboard player and teacher, music publisher, and piano manufacturer of Italian birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 15 June 1818, to Mme Lehmann (née Bilguer) in Berlin, 1818 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564496 From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Birmingham, 17 August 1829, 1829 Aug. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564500 Sonata first published 1795. This arrangement 1951.-...

Der Derian, Suzanne

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Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

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Note at end says "Original mss. in Weimar--date 1851. First published by Meyer in 1854--later by Litolff. Never been orchestrated--either by Liszt or anyone else."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Scherzo and March / Franz Liszt ; orchestrated by Arthur Hartmann. [c1934]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 69683005 Composed originally for solo piano, 1849, on the deaths of Prince Felix Lichnowsky, Count Ladislaus Teleky and Count Lajos Ba...

Rathaus, Karol

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00030e ...

Gusinoff, Isadora

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Mannes, Leopold

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Composed 1924-26. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 23 January 1928, Rochester Philharmonic, Howard Hanson conductor. Mannes won the Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship, 1925, for this and other works.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite for orchestra : "breve ma grave" / Leopold D. Mannes. 1924. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52907988 Leopold Mannes, born Dec. 26, 1899, New York, and died Aug. 11, 1964, Vineyard Haven, Mass. American ...

Haydn, Franz Joseph, 1732-1809

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Ravel, Maurice

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Sadowski, Robert.

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Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005

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Herbert, Ralph

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Little Orchestra Society

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Thomas Scherman (1917-1979) was the director of the Little Orchestra Society, which he had just recently founded, earlier in the same year, in New York City. He was the son of Harry Scherman (1887-1969), the founder of the Book of the Month Club, and Harry's wife Bernadine. The Scherman family had a friendly relationship with Alma Mahler; Harry and Bernadine Scherman had first become acquainted with Alma in Vienna. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1947. (Univers...

Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0001cd Gerald Finzi (1901-56) was a composer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Autograph and copyists' manuscripts of Gerald Finzi's, Requiem da camera, 1924-84, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) From the guide to the Music manuscripts of Gerald Finzi, [ca. 1945-56], (Universit...