National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings [sound recording] 1938-1968

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National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings [sound recording], 1938-1968

Title

National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings [sound recording] 1938-1968

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http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20444

Abstract

The collection consists of recordings of concerts and rehearsals of the National Ochestral Association between the years 1938 and 1968. The collection also includes intermission features with various soloists.

Extent

26 linear ft. sound discs; 322 sound tape reels

Holding Repository

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

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6316739

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Epithet: composer, d1960 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0002df Ernő Dohnányi was a Hungarian musician, composer, and educator. He showed early promise, and achieved world-wide acclaim as a piano virtuoso, introducing many lesser-known works to audiences. He also taught music, and was the key figure in reshaping Hungary's musical culture. After World War II, political pressures forced hi...

Schubert, Franz

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Composed originally for piano four hands, 1928. This orchestration 1984. For Felix Mottl's transcription see callno.: 826.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fantasy in F minor, op. 103 / by Franz Schubert ; orchestrated by Roman Pawlowski. 1984. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55011151 From the opera by Franz Schubert, libretto by Franz van Schober; first performed in Weimar at the Hoftheater, 24 June 1854. Cf. New Grove online. ...

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911

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Gustav Mahler was a Romantic composer. Mahler displayed his musical gifts at an early age. For much of his life composing was necessarily a part-time activity while he earned his living as a conductor. Aside from early works such as a movement from a piano quartet composed when he was a student in Vienna, Mahler's works are generally designed for large orchestral forces, symphonic choruses and operatic soloists. ...

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999

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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

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Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and...

Huberman, Bronisław, 1882-1947

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Polish violinist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York Dec. 10 1942, to Mr. [Dannie] Heineman, 1942 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666484 Epithet: violinist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x000145 ...

Hovhaness, Alan, 1911–2000

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American composer of Armenian-Scottish descent. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 13, 1980 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862291 From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, [Apr. 8, 1977] [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861703 Composer. From the description of Alan Hovhaness autograph letter to Serafina, 196...

Ardévol, José, 1911-1981

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Composed 1947. First performance La Habana, January 1948, Orquesta Filarmónica de La Habana, Juan José conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite cubana no. 1 : para orquesta / José Ardévol. [1947]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42695941 Composed 1949. First performance Cologne, 25 May 1953, Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg Radio, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of...

Cordero, Roque, 1917-2008

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Composed 1939. First performance Panama City, 1942, National Orchestra of Panama, Herbert de Castro conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Capricho interiorano = (Capriccio of the interior) / by Roque Cordero. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51464460 Composed 1945. First performance Panama City, 14 September 1955, National Orchestra of Panama, Roque Cordero conductor. Honorable mention: Reichhold Music Award, Detroit, 1947...

Galindo, Blas

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Composed 1940.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Preludios para orquesta / Blas Galindo. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51970152 ...

Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-2022

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Aurelio de la Vega was born in La Habana, Cuba, November 28, 1925, educated at De La Salle College, Havana, 1940-1944 (B.A. in Humanities); University of Havana, 1944-1946 (M.A. in Diplomacy); Ada Iglesias Music Institute, Havana, 1951-1958 (M.A. in Musicology, 1956; Ph.D. in Composition, 1958) and studied composition privately with Fritz Kramer in Havana (1943-1946) and Ernst Toch in California (1947-1948). After occupying important positions in his native land (Editorial Secretary of Conservat...

Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963

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Paul Hindemith (born 16 November 1895 in Hanau; died 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. Gertrud Hindemith (born Rottenberg) was the wife of Paul Hindemith; they were married in 1924. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, n. d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863460 ...

Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983

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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...

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921

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Composer. From the description of Camille Saint-Saëns autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1913 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 476902751 Saint-Saëns was known to have been composing the opera between 1881-1882. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Draft of the libretto of Henry VIII : manuscript, undated [between 1880 and 1883]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232649239 French composer, pianist, organist, and writer. ...

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965

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Composed 1916-18. The original ms. had a pencilled-in note saying: "This is the only copy anywhere." See note from Mrs. Cowell 19 Nov. 1959: "The first symphony is a student work, and I hope earnestly for it not to be performed." This is a facsimile of the composer's holograph score, according to Bill Lichtenwanger.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in B minor / Henry Cowell. 1918. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207014 Compo...

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Italian pianist and composer. From the description of Letters 1901-1920. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 703895285 German-Italian composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Berlin?], 22 June 1923, to Herr Dünnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel] 1923 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674030 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 8 March 1924, to a Herr Präsident, 1924...

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Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and educationist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and autograph postcards signed (2), dated : Budapest, Paris, London, and Brussels, 1948 and 1950, to Sir Ivor Atkins in Worcester, 1948 June 4 and 1948 June 2 and 1950 Feb. 8 and 1948 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578936 From the description of "Uj esztendőt köszöntő" : autograph manuscript, 1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566555 ...

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945

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Commissioned by the Basel section of the International Society for Contemporary Music. Composed originally as Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion 1937. Orchestrated 1940 as this Concerto. First performance London, 14 November 1942, Royal Philharmonic Society, Adrian Boult conductor, Louis Kentner and Ilona Kabos soloists.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra / Béla Bartók. [194-?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record i...

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

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Russian born composer and conductor. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. 1931-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723194 Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer. From the description of Sketchbook, [1917?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465769 Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, set to the libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, was inspired by William Hogarth's series of paintings. Stravinsky had wan...

Sowerby, Leo

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American composer and church musician. From the description of [Organ symphony. Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1951 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569572 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Chicago, 13 March 1953, to Joseph Chouinard, 1953 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270962032 Composed 1926-27. Chicago, 29 March 1929, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Frederick Stock coductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the ...

Schuman, William

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An American composer and educator, William Schuman was instructor at Sarah Lawrence College (1935-45), president of the Juilliard School of Music (1945-1962), director of publications for G. Schirmer (1945-1952), and president of Lincoln Center (1962-1968). In the 1970's he was chairman of the Norlin Foundation and of the MacDowell Colony. He was a founding director of the Charles Ives Society and a member of the board of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Naumburg and K...

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Schnabel, Artur

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Miller, Mitch, 1911-2010

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Oboist, conductor, record producer. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Jan. 9, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861488 Music industry executive and producer. Born July 4, 1911. Head of pop A&R for Columbia Records, 1950-1961. Covered many Nashville songs for the pop market, including "Cold, Cold Heart" (recorded by Tony Bennett), "This Ole House" (recorded by Rosemary Clooney), and "Singing th...

Harris, Roy, 1898-1979

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Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation for the Rockefeller FIlm Project. Composed as film score 1940-41. First performance (recording for the film) New York, 21 January 1941, Roy Harris conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of One-tenth of a nation / Roy Harris. [1940?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 226966329 Composed 1949-51. First performance Wilmington, North Carolina, 21 March 1984.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. F...

Petri, Egon

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German pianist of Dutch descent, later naturalized American. From the description of Autograph postal card signed signed, dated : [Berlin, 6 August 1923], to Otto Eckermann, 1923 Aug. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674933 Epithet: pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000243 ...

Casadesus, Robert‏ (1899-1972).‏

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Composed 1933. First performance Warsaw, April 1934, Walerian Bierdiajew conductor, the composer and his wife Gaby Casadesus soloists. Dedicated to E[mile] R[obert] Blanchet.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto pour 2 pianos et orchestra, op. 17 / Robert Casadesus. [1933] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45205819 French pianist and composer. From the description of "Introduction / et / Polonaise / pour Violoncelle / av...

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984

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Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was an American composer of three symphonies and numerous vocal works, noted for his choral work. He was a 1920 graduate of Harvard University. He became assistant professor of music and choir director at Wellesley College, received a doctorate in music from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, and taught at the Curtis Institute of Music (serving as its director, 1941-1942), the University of Virginia, and Harvard University....

Diamond, David, 1915-2005

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By Unknown - ebay.com, front of photo, back of photo, Public Domain, Link David Leo Diamond (1915-2005) was a gay, Jewish American composer of classical music....

Brill, Toba

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Appleton, Vera

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Toch, Ernst

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A native of Vienna, Toch emigrated to Great Britain in 1933 and shortly later to the U.S. After the war he stayed in Europe for a time and then returned to the U.S. in 1952. Lilly Toch (née Zwack) was Ernst's wife; they married in 1916. Ernst and Lilly appear to have been good friends of Alma Mahler. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1948-1963. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864622 Austrian composer, pianist, and teacher, n...

Palmer, Earl

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Barnett, John, 1917-

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Ricci, George

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Gluck/Wagner

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Stretch, Mary

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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...

Scott, Tom

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The poet, Tom Scott, was born in Glasgow on 6 June 1918. He was the son of a Clydeside boilermaker. In the Depression years of the 1930s, the family moved from Glasgow to St. Andrews where an uncle of Tom had a stonemason's business. After a brief apprenticeship to a butcher, Tom became an apprentice stonemason. His poetic spirit first manifested itself in his singing voice (described variously as tenor, or bass). During the Second World War, although a pacifist, he contributed to t...

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949

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Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a German composer. From the description of Richard Strauss audiocassette, undated [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391808 This work was premiered in Munich on November 28, 1883, Hermann Levi conducting. Lahee's Annals of Music in America and Mueller's compendium of the repertoire of 27 major U.S. orchestras make no mention of a U.S. performance. Theodore Thomas conducted the world premiere of Richard Strauss's second sympho...

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...

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920

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Originally composed for piano 1916 as No. 4 of Roman Sketches, Op. 7. Later transcribed for orchestra. First performance of orchestral version Philadelphia, 19 December 1919, Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Clouds / Charles T. Griffes. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52093517 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], ...

Aks, Harold

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Eckelman, Nathan

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Kabayao, Marcelita Lopez

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Salmond, Felix, 1882-1959

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Sarser, Sebe

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Berezowsky, Nicolai, 1900-1953

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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...

Gnieweck, Cecilia

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Thiollier, Joel

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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...

Fiorato, Hugo

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Poto, Loretta

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Ciompi, Giorgio

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Suzowsky, Sylvia

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Bogin, Abba, 1925-2011

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Gold, Ernest, 1921-1999

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Ernest Gold (1921-1999) was a film music composer who worked for various studios and independant producers. From the guide to the Ernest Gold papers, circa 1950-1995, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Gold was a film composer. From the description of Papers, ca. 1970. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51605365 ...

Summers, Lydia

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Istomin, Eugene

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Concert pianist. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, October 8, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896059 ...

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0001c0 Composed originally for solo piano 1893. This orchestration 1979. From the description of Sonata für pianoforte, op. 12 / Jean Sibelius ; orchestrated [by] Albert B. Conkey. 1979. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 41962755 Finnish composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dat...

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai 1844-1908

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Russian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 22 May 1907, to Albert Carré, 1907 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676159 From the description of "[N. Rimskiy-Korsakov'. Op. 51. / 1897.g. / N 4. / Krasavitsa. / (Dlya nizkago ili srednyago golosa.) / Pushkin.']" : autograph manuscript, 1897 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569004 From the description of Kamennïy gost'. Der steinerne Gast. Vstupleniye -- Vorspiel...

Dranoff, Loretta

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Hubeau, Jean

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Carillo, Ines

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Mayer, William, 1925-

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Suggested by two unidentified lines of poetry: "Fresh is the snow, and beautiful the footprints left there ... ", and "Of fireflies and a summer night ..." Composed 1959. First performance New York, 12 February 1961, Orchestra of America, Richard Korn conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Two pastels : for orchestra / William Mayer. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52926707 Originally composed as the slow movement of the co...

Berwald, Franz, 1796-1868

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Composed 1842.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Wettlauf : etude för stor orkester / Franz Berwald. 1842. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43299779 ...

Couperin/Barnett

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Milstein, Nathan, 1903-1992

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Flagler, Harry

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Nadien, David, 1928-

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Rathaus, Karol, 1895-1954

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The legacy of Polish-born composer Karol Rathaus, who emigrated to the U.S. via Vienna, Berlin, Paris, and London in 1938 and after a brief career as a Hollywood film composer, became professor of composition and chairman of the music department at Queens College (CUNY), Flushing, New York. From the description of Archives, 1938-1974. 1938-1974. (Queens College). WorldCat record id: 36750911 Salisbury Cove is near Bar Harbor, Maine. Composed 1949. First performance St. Louis...

Arnell, Richard, 1917-2009

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Ballet suggested by T.S. Eliot's The waste land, "April is the cruellest month..." Commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the Festival of Britain, 1951. Composed 1951. First performance of ballet Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, 8 May 1951, John Larchberg conductor, choreography by John Cranko. First performance of the orchestral suite Vancouver, British Columbia, 10 June 1957, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Chamber Orchestra, John Avison conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. ...

Coe, Martha

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Loeb, Alfred

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Gutchë, Gene, 1907-

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Gene Gutchë was born Romeo Maximilian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche on July 3, 1907 in Berlin, Germany (he dropped the “s” from his last name when he began composing because he thought it would be easier for Americans to pronounce). His father, a fruit importer, was French and his mother was Polish. As a boy, Gutchë took piano lessons in Zurich with Marie Magniani and Ferruccio Busoni. His father did not encourage him to pursue his passion for music, however, and instead urged him to study ...

Weisgall, Hugo

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Hugo Weisgall was born at Eibenschütz (Ivanice), Moravia on October 13, 1912 and emigrated to the United States as a child. Growing up in Baltimore, his first musical influence was his father, Adolph J. Weisgal (1885 - 1981), a cantor for the Chizuk Amuno Congregation in that city. Becoming an American citizen in 1926, his formal musical education began at the Peabody Conservatory (1927 - 1932). In the years that followed (1932 - 1941) he worked periodically with Roger Sessions, stu...

Hawthorne, Joseph

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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...

Fichandler, William

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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...

Avary, Lawrence

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Adler, Clarence, 1886-1969

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Tarjus, Blanche

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deBaratta, Maria M

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Bilotti, Anton, 1906-1963

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Composed 1936. First performance in New York by the National Orchestral Association, Mar. 21, 1938, Leon Barzin conducting, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra / Anton Bilotti. c1937. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43264825 ...

Borgen, Irena

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Friedman, Erick

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Zeitlin, Zvi

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Hourigan, Virginia

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Schwieger, Hans, 1906-2000

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Krarchmalnick, Jacob

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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...

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai 1844-1908

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Wieniawski, Henri

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Polish violinist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Brussels, 2 January 1876, to M. [E.] Zilcken, 1876 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679202 Polish violinst and composer. From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1854 May 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270944301 ...

O'Connell, ...

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Epithet: Captain in the Duke of Brunswick's Guarcls British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x00027f ...

Harman, Carter

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Barraine, Elsa, 1910-1999

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Composed 1931.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of 1ère symphonie / Elsa Barraine. 1931. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43250303 ...

Bailey, Marcia

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Schrade, Robert

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Tartini, Giuseppe

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Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and theorist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Padua, 3 October 1766, to Giovanni [i.e. Johann] Gottlieb Nauman[n] in Venice, 1766 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676572 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Padua, 12 March 1750, to an unidentified count, 1750 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676575 Originally published 1734.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. Fro...

Wolfe, Paul

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Degolier

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Avakian

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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...

Kraus, Lili, 1903-1968

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Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, 1876-1948

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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer. From the description of Quartetto in la minore per 2 violini, viola, e violoncello / di Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Monaco, Gennaio 1895. 1895 January. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775721388 From the description of Quartetto in C-dur per due violini, viola, e vcello / di Ermanno Wolf, Luglio-Agosto 1893. 1893 July-August. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775852037 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph lette...

Driscoll, Loren

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Renner, David

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Rosenberg, Sylvia

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Magnan, Elaine

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Alloo, Modeste

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Kunicki, Raymond

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Schapiro, Maxim

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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 ...

Shostakovich, Dmitri

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Szigeti, Joseph

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Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) was an American violinist of Hungarian birth. He studied first with his father, then with Jeno Hubay. He settled in the United States in 1940 and became a citizen in 1951. His true strength was contemporary music, and he often forced concert managers to include contemporary pieces in concert programs. He was friends with Bartok and several other prominent composers, many of whom dedicated works to him. He played a Guarneri violin, and held his bow in the old fashioned ...

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...

DeHolesch, Greer

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Waldteufel, Emil, 1837-1915

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French composer, pianist, and conductor. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : Grandcamp-les-Bains (Calvados), 6 January 1899, to M. Evelie, doublebass player in Paris, 1899 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270678946 ...

Gregory, Michael (Michael G.)

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Hamvas, Lewis

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Delvincourt, Claude

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National Orchestral Association (U.S.)

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The National Orchestral Association (NOA) was founded in 1930 by Leon Barzinto give student musicians an opportunity to gain experience. A New York Timesarticle of December 7, 1930 defined the purposes of the N.O.A. as, "To furnishthe American orchestral instrumentalist with the same practical opportunities in training and routine which have been open to the European-born players; to supply this training as post-graduate work which the directors of the organization asser...

Zallo, Eugene

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Trelep, Shirley

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Sigurdson, Gary

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DeCray, Marcella

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Holly, Joan

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Lipovetsky, Leonidas

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Grishman, Alan

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Kneeland, Hopeton

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Bradford, Fred

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Lockwood, Normand, 1906-2002

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Composer who studied in Europe with Nadia Boulanger, also faculty-composer at several colleges and universities including Columbia, Yale, and University of Denver. From the description of Normand Lockwood collection, 1921-1996. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49937993 ...

Eiger, Walter, 1917-

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Cherubini, Luigi, 1760-1842

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Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was an Italian composer and music instructor. He was a child music prodigy who went on to write many popular operas as an adult. He moved to France in 1785, where he continued to live and work, successfully surviving the tumultuous regime changes of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. After the end of the eighteenth century, Cherubini's operatic work was less successful and so he began composing church music. In 1822, he became director of the prestigious Conser...

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...

Vero, Betty

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Brandell, Rose

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Hall, Olivia

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Hoskins, Mrs

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Liadoff-Glazounoff

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LaPlante, Rita

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Sarrica, Marianna

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Princeton Universty. Chapel Choir

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Garbousova, Raya, 1905-

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Colbentsen, Oliver, 1927-

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Windman, Vivian

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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 ...

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 ...

Rossini, Giaocchino, 1858-1924

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Bate, Stanley

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Stanley Bate (1903-1972) taught at the Art Student League, becoming an emblematic figure of New York in the 1950's. Alternating figuration and abstraction, he deployed on canvas a silent universe with very soft tones, where the anonymous subjects carry the imprint of cubism and Primitive art. Biographical source: http://www.operagallery.com/artist/BATE_896;0.aspx From the guide to the Stanley Bate Papers, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literatu...

Mancinelli, Aldo

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Wilson, Marguerite

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Byman, Barnett

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Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899

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Composed 1854.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Nachtfalter Walzer, Op. 157 / Johann Strauss (the younger). [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55503504 From the operetta in 3 acts with libretto by Josef Braun, "F. Zell" (pseudonym of Camillo Walzel), and Richard Genée after Victorien Sardou's comedy, Piccolino. Composed circa 1872. First performance Theater an der Wien, Vienna, 1 March 1873.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. F...

Whittemore & Lowe

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Renardy, Ossy, 1920-1953

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Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959

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Composer, violinist, conductor, and photographer Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880, in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1894 he began the study of music theory and composition with Emile Jacques-Dalcroze at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, who advised him to continue violin instruction under Louis Etienne-Reyer at the same institution. He studied violin under Franz Schörg of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Belgium, in 1896, and composition in Frankfurt under Ivan Knorr from 1899 to 1901, whereupo...

Garey, Deanne

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McDonald, Pat

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Mittler-Battipaglia, Diana

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Tosar errecart, Hector A. (Hector Alberto), 1923-

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Flagella

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Lees, Benjamin

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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, Martinon took composition with Albert Roussel and Vincent d’Indy. After completing the composition courses, he studied conducting with Charles Munch and Désormière. He graduated from ...

Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994

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Commissioned by the Louisville Philharmonic Society under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Composed 1953. First performance Louisville, 16 October 1954, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney conductor. Dedicated to the Louisville Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Introduzione e gioco delle ore / Vittorio Rieti. [1953] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53472383 Originally composed as Chess Serenade, suite for two pian...

Chadwick, George Whitefield

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George Whitefield Chadwick (b. Lowell, MA, 13 November 1854; d. Boston, MA, 4 April 1931) was an American composer, teacher, organist and conductor. Beginning in 1872, Chadwick studied organ with George E. Whiting, piano with Carlyle Petersilea , and theory with Stephen A. Emery at the New England Conservatory in Boston. In 1876 Chadwick accepted a faculty position within the music program at Olivet College in Michigan. A year later Chadwick went to Germany where he studied with Karl Reinecke, S...

American Music Festival

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Giannini, Vittorio, 1903-1966

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Composed 1946.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto grosso for string orchestra / Vittorio Giannini. 1946. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51987515 Composed 1931. First performance by the National Youth Administration Symphony Orchestra, New York, June 23, 1940, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite for orchestra / Vittorio Giannini. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). ...

Grande, John

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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Roussel, Albert

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Albert Roussel (1869-1937), French composer. From the description of Albert Roussel letters to Blanche Roussel, 1914-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162549 From the description of Albert Roussel letters to Blanche Roussel, 1914-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82841856 Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x00002a The work was composed in 1927--Cf. G...

Goldsand, Robert, 1911-1991

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Malotte, Albert Hay

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Malotte was born May 19, 1895 in Philadelphia, PA.; was a choristor at St. James Episcopal Church; studied with W.S. Stansfield, and later in Paris with Gordon Jacob; moved to Hollywood, where he became a member of the music staff of the Walt Disney Studios; composed the scores for some of Disney's "Silly symphonies" and "Ferdinand, the Bull"; composed the popular setting of the The Lord's Prayer (1935); also set to music the 23rd Psalm and other religious texts; he died on Nov. 16, 1964 in Los ...

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...

Lessner, George

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Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840

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Italian violinist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Parma, 12 July 1836, to Laz[z]aro Rebizzo in Paris, 1836 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674189 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 28 February 1831, to the banker [J.G.] Caccia, 1831 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674180 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 28 February 1829, to Ignaz Moscheles in London, 1829 Feb...

Kohon, Harold

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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...

Gevaert, F. A. (François Auguste), 1828-1908.

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Belgian musicologist, teacher, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Brussels, 3 October 1894, to an unidentified president, 1894 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577816 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 22 June 1854, to [Emile Perrin], 1854 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873349 From the description of Autograph letter signed (fragment), dated : Brussels, 22 May 1890, to an unidentif...

Koutzen, Nadia, 1930-

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Concert violinist (daughter of Boris Koutzen). From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, November 22, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896362 ...

Rossin, Alfred

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Von Biber

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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 ...

Abram, Jacques

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American pianist. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Jan. 14, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861484 ...

Graeler, Louis, d. 1987

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Dessoff Choirs

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In 1924, Austrian émigré and musician Margarete Dessoff (1874-1944) and pianist Angela Diller (1877-1968), founder of the Diller-Quaile School of Music, established the Adesdi Chorus of Women's Voices. In 1928, Dessoff created the mixed voice A Cappella Singers of New York. She united these choirs in 1930 as the Dessoff Choirs, and officially incorporated them into a membership organization in 1934. Dessoff was one of the first women to conduct concerts at the major concert venues o...

Kabram, Diane

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Jenkins, Newell

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Brant, Henry, 1913-2008

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Composed 1933. First performance, New School for Social Research, New York, Oct. 16, 1933, American Chamber Orchestra, Bernard Hermann, conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Lyric piece / Henry Brant. 1933. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43284603 Composed 1945. In memory of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dedication : in memory of a great man / Henry Brant. 1945. (Fr...

Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste

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Belgian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Grétry to M. de Croise, Secrétaire du Roy, Paris, 1789 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122639601 From the description of Autograph note signed from Grétry to unidentified correspondent, Paris, 1809 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560768 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Grétry to "Citoyen Ministre, " Paris, c1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510940 ...

Azova, Ludmilla

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Olefsky, Paul

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Graitzer, Murray

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DeRosa, Ottavio

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Hancock, David, 1927-

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Chausson, Ernest

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Ernest Chausson was a French composer. Octave Maus was a Belgian art critic, writer and lawyer. From the description of [Postcard] 1895 juin 13 [to] Octave Maus / Ernest Chausson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 184954772 Wife of Ernest Chausson. From the description of Autograph note signed with initials on her visiting card, dated : [n.p., Paris, n.d.], to M. [Alfred] Cortot, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564340 French composer. ...

Repp, Ellen

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Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

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American composer. From the description of [Sonata, piano. Draft] : autograph manuscript, 1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561604 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], to Mr. [Seymour] Peck, 1966 Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671896 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, with two autograph postscripts, dated : Mount Kisco, N.Y., 27 April 1957, to Niccolò [i.e. Nikolay Malko], 1957 Apr. 27. (Unknown). WorldC...

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...

Zegler, Manuel

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Sinclair, Natalie

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Grieg, Edvard

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Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer, and Edward MacDowell was an American composer. From the description of Letter : Kopenhagen, to Edward MacDowell, New York, 1901 Apr. 8. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364004 From the guide to the Letter : Kopenhagen, to Edward MacDowell, New York, 1901 Apr. 8, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Grieg was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Johannes Wolf was a musical historian and specialist in the ...

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...

Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892.

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Extracted from the ballet Namouna 1885. Dedicated to Pablo de Sarasate.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fantaisie-ballet pour violon solo et orchestre / E. Lalo. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50416505 French composer most noted for the opera Le roi d'Ys, Symphonie espagnole and the Cello Concerto in D minor. From the description of [Admission pass] / E. Lalo. [1888] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251966...

Wagneaar, Bernard, 1894-1971

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Rosen, Jerome

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Richardson, Alexander D., 1896-1978

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Ellenoff, June

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Rudie, Robert

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Webster, Beveridge, 1908-

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Lishner, Leon, 1913-

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Constantinides, C

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Landau, Leonore

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Rivier, Jean, 1896-

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Lubin, Ernest

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The themes are: Yankee Doodle, Jeanie with the light brown hair, Turkey in the straw. Composed 1940. First performance ca. 1948, Sidney Blackman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of A divertimento on American themes / Ernest Lubin. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52803605 Composed 1948. First performance over Station WNYC, New York, 13 February 1957, National Orchestral Association, Hugo Fiorato conductor.--Cf. Fleisher C...

Kahan, Jose

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Etler, Alvin

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Composed 1938. First performance at the Fifth Yaddo Music Period, by the Yaddo Chamber Orchestra, Sept. 10, 1938, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Arthur Shepherd conducting--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Music for chamber orchestra / Alvin Etler. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51782357 Etler was born Feb. 19, 1912 in Battle Creek, Iowa. He studied at the University of Illinois and the Cleveland Institute of Music with Arthur Shephe...

Suk, Josef, 1874-1935

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Composed 1891-92. First performance Prague, 9 July 1892.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dramatickʹa ouvertura op. 4 / Josef Suk. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55676153 ...

Mannes School of Music. Chorus

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Morini, Erica

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Schumann, Elisabeth

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Vardi, Emanuel

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Emanuel Vardi (1917-2011) is considered to be one of the greatest violists of the twentieth century, giving concerts and teaching across the United States and in Europe. Emanuel Vardi was born April 21, 1917, in Jerusalem to musician parents, Joseph and Anna Jaffa Vardi, a violinist and pianist respectively. As they both taught at the Conservatory, it was only natural that by the age of three, Emanuel was receiving lessons on both instruments from his parents. The family...

Shure, Leonard

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Elmore, Robert

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Enesco, Georges

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Fuchs, Joseph

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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. ...

Phipps, Anne

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Bloch, Jozef

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Lamoree, Valarie

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Weber, David

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Bercovici, Ludmilla

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d'Ambrosio, Mirella

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Schiff, Helen

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Cohen, Dorothy.

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Mozart, Leopold

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Austrian composer. From the description of Sketch. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919846 Epithet: composer and violinist, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0001e8 South German-Austrian composer, violinist, and theorist, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Salzburg, 6 July 1778, to...

Maiskovsky

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Haubiel

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Jones, Carol

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Cortes, Leonora

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Goodman, Saul (percussionist)

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Timpanist. From the description of Reminiscences of Saul Goodman : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738381 ...

Levy, Ernst, 1895-

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Ernst Levy was a prolific composer and arranger of music, author and piano virtuoso. He served on the faculty at the University of Chicago from 1951 to 1954. . Levy was born in Basel, Switzerland November the 18th, 1895. He studied with Raoul Pugno, Egon Petri and Basel Conservatory mentor and colleague Hans Huber. In Basel Levy taught extensively, becoming Huber's successor of the virtuoso class at the Conservatory in 1917. Moving to Paris in 1925, Levy cont...

Carlson, Jane

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Wilkins, Frederick, 1908-1968

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Sammartini, Giovanni Battista, 1700 or 1701-1775

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Svendsen, Johan S. (Johan Severin), 1840-1911

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Composed 1881. First performance Christiania, 30 October 1881. Dedicated to Halvard Emil Heyerdahl, a friend of the composer.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Romance, op. 26, violin and orchestra / J.S. Svendsen ; orchestrated by S. Laciar. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55739327 Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Copenhagen Aug. 26 1900, to the o...

Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-

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Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, 1710-1736

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0002e3 Italian composer. From the description of [Mass in F major ; version 2]. [1734?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568681 From the description of Mesa á Cinque / Voci / Due Canti Alto Tenore, e Basso / Del fu / Sig:e Gio: Batta / Pergolesi. [1732?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568677 From the description of Sta...

Katims, Milton, 1909-2006

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American violist and conductor. From the description of Interview conducted by Ben Grauer, Dec. 31, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861594 Milton Katims (1909-2006) was a violist and orchstra conductor who led the Seattle Symphony Orchestra from 1954-1976. From the description of Milton Katims collection of musical scores, circa 1913-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 244963442 ...

Broiles, Mel

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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 ...

Sagul, Edith

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Blacher, Boris, 1903-1975

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German composer of Baltic descent. From the description of La Vie / (Life) / a modern Ballet / by Robert Falconer / Musik [sic] by Boris Blacher / Score. / B. Blacher / Berlin--Steglitz / Buggestr. 21. [1938?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561889 Composed 1940. First performance Hamburg, 18 October 1942, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Konzert für Streichorchester, op. 20 / Boris Blach...

Nies-Berger, Edouard

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Pike, Alfred

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Entremont, Philippe

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Winston, Linda

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Duke, John (Bassist)

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Epithet: of Campton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x000235 Epithet: Lieutenant -Colonel of the Devonshire Militia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x000233 Epithet: of Stowe MS 210 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/...

Glenn, Carroll

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Moore, Richard, active 1607-1631

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Epithet: cook British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x0002ff Epithet: of Sloane MS 3215 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000306 Epithet: of Add MS 40263 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000303 Epithet: Juslice of QB, Ireland,...

Hambro, Leonid

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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 ...

Primrose, William, 1904-

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Alexander, Joseph.

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Bakst, Ryszard, 1926-1999

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Cimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801

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From L'olimpiade, libretto by Metastasio; first performed in Vicenza for the inauguration of the Eretenio Theatre, 10 July 1784. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Aria nel Sig'r Cimarosa : Se cerca se dice : manuscript, [between 1784 and 1815] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 259948545 Italian composer. From the description of Questo soave affetto che voi chiamate amore. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562313 From the description of Messa...

Foster, Stephen Collins

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Stephen Collins foster was born in Pittsburgh in 1826. He wasnaturally inclined to music and he wrote over one hundred and seventy songs in his short life. He traveled to New Orleans and New York to compose music but still came back to Pittsburgh, where he died in 1864. From the description of Stephen Foster Collins collection 1931-1932 [typescripts]. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48010401 Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchest...

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 ...

Weinrich, Carl

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Piston, Walter

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Budnevich, Ruth

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Feuermann, Emanuel, 1902-1942

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Charpentier, Gustave

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0000b3 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 21 September 1926, to an unidentified recipient, 1926 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564312 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], 7 February 1900, to an unidentified friend, 1900 Feb. 7. (U...

Kappell, William

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White, D. J. B. (Donald James Butt), 1917-

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Einem gen. v. Rothmaler, Karl v., 1853-1934

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Tarp, Svend Erik 1908-

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Quach, Helen

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Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in London on August 15, 1875 to African and English parents. He studied composition (with Charles Villiers Stanford) and violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies in 1897, he held a variety of posts as a conductor and teacher, while pursuing a career as a composer. The best known of his many works is the cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast . Coleridge-Taylor's growing international fame took him to the United States three times, and he ...

Lavin, Avram

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Koutzen, Boris, 1901-

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Shapiro, Harvey

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Bertolino, Lillian

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Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00020d I Rantzau, with a libretto by Guido Menasci and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on a play by Émile Erckmann, was first performed in Florence in 1893. A vocal score was published by Sonzogno (Milan, 1892). From the description of Sol che il sole risplenda. 1894 Nov 1-2. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092344 Italia...

Aitken, Webster

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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...

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

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English composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Malvern, 12 April [n.y.], to [Plunket?] Greene. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566154 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, 15 August 1904, to [Samuel Aitken], 1904 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566140 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, Christmas Day 1902, to Mrs. [Louise Alvar] Harding, 1902 Dec. 25. (Unknown). Wo...

Resnick, Herbert

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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...

Delman

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Pfohl, James

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Dukelsky

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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 ...

Marcault, Jacqueline

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Goldstein, Nathan

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Rameau, Jean-Philippe

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Epithet: composer and theorist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000091 Source of the gavotte not identified. Possibly from a keyboard work.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Rameau's gavotte / [Rameau ; arrangé] pour orchestre à cordes [par] Berthold Tours. [1932?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53226282 Taken from various harpsichord works....

Olsen, S.

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WQXR quartet

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Trimble, Lester, 1923-1986

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Composed 1950. First performance Great Hall, Cooper Union, New York 13 March 1959, Music in the Making Orchestra, David Brockman conductor. First performance of this revised version, Carnegie Hall, New York, 14 April 1964, National Orchestra Association, John Barnett conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in 2 movements / by Lester Trimble. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56193239 ...

Guevara, Armando

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Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012

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Jones, Charles

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Epithet: Solicitor to the Admiralty British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x00012a Epithet: American composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00002d Epithet: of Add MS 32863 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x000217 Epithet: S...

Lederman, Arnold

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Bergsma, William Laurence, 1921-

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Verderber, Walter

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O'Malley, Christopher

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Wagner, Joseph, 1900-1974

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Originally composed for two pianos, 1935. This version 1937, originally having the title Processions medieval. First performance, under the present title, Columbus, Ohio, 16 December 1946, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Izler Solomon conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Processions medieval : a choreographic episode / Joseph Wagner. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56758834 Transcribed 1956 from String Quartet in C minor, co...

Slater, Constance

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Rosen, Myor

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Glazounov

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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Chávez, Carlos, 1899-

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Haydn, Franz Joseph

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Goldberg, Alla

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Kallir, Lillian

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Phillips, Harvey, 1929-2010

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Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From the guide to the Robert Russell Bennett papers, 1911-1981, (Music Library) Harvey Phillips has performed as tuba soloist throughout the world. His music career began as a teenager with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Band. From 1950-71 Phillips maintained a freelance career in New York City, performing, recording and broadcasting with famous artists, conductors, bands and orch...

Shumsky, Oscar

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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...

Bruce, Mary Evelyn

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Stimer, David

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Grutman, Norman Roy

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Southwick, Janet

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Braunstein, Jack

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Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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Kitain, Anatole, 1903-1980

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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...

D'Albert, Eugene

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Bagarotti, Giovanni

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Violinist; summer resident of Seal Harbor, Me. From the description of Mozart violin Sonata no. 7, [198-] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971412 ...

Winter, Betty

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Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich, 1859-1935.

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Composed 1928. Dedicated "To the memory of the great Schubert." Incorporates a quotation of the theme of Schubert's C major Quintet.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of An episode from the life of Schubert : symphonic picture for large orchestra (tenor voice ad libitum), op. 61 / Ippolitov-Ivanov. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50245308 Composed 1882. First performance St. Petersburg, 23 January 1883, Rubinstein Concerts, the com...

Spelman, Timothy Mather

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Comosed 1934-35. First performance Rochester, New York, 19 October 1936, the Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in G minor / Timothy Mather Spelman. 1934. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54883735 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Harrison, N.Y. Mar. 12 1937, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1937 Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Manes, Stephen

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Jacob, Gordon

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00035f ...

Correa, Enrique

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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Rabin, Michael, 1936-1972

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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...

Skilling, Cricket

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Nagata, Setsuko

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Owen, Lynn

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Greenhouse, Bernard, 1916-2011

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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809

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Possibly composed by 1778-79. This symphony exists in several different versions. This edition is based on parts published by Siéber, Paris, 1786, which lack the minuet and trio listed in Hoboken.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 53 : (L'Impériale) / by Joseph Haydn ; edited by Alfred Einstein. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50181222 Composed before 1781. Authenticity doubtful. For other editions see callnos. 11...

Hersh, Paul

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Bohn, Jean

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Leoncavallo, Ruggero

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Italian composer. From the description of Roland 2d. acte / [musical quotation] / R. Leoncavallo / Berlin 17. XII. 1904., 1904 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270975715 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Leoncavallo to "Paolo, " Brissago, 1901 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595413 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, [ca. 22 June 1896], to M. [Max] Abraham, 1896 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987

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Revised 1937. First performance of revised version by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New York, April 7, 1938, John Barbirolli, conducting, the composer at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Piano concerto no. 2 : in F♯ minor / Abram Chasins. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42693718 American pianist, composer, writer, and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed and Typewritte...

Duparc, Henri, 1848-1943

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Mathieu

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Ward, Robert, 4d1917-

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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...

Perlman, Itzhak, 1945-

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Izhak Perlman (b. Aug. 31, 1945, Tel Aviv, British Palestine) is a violisit, conductor, music teacher. He studied at the Julliard School under Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay. In 1958 and 1964 he perfomred on the Ed Sullivan Show and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963. He currently teaches at the Julliard School and is the founder Perlman Music Program. In the early 2000s, Perlamn began conducting in early 2000s. He plays the Soil Stradivarius violin of 1714, Guarneri del Gesu 1743 'Sauret', a...

Sagul Trio

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Bosmans, Henriette

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Corelli, Arcangelo, 1653-1813

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Riisager, KnudÅge

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Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012

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Hans Werner Henze is a German composer. Gert von Gontard (1906-1979) was a German author and editor who lived in the United States after the 1940's. From the description of Letters to Gert and Hilde von Gontard, 1974 Aug. 25-1975 Sept. 19. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122314117 Hans Werner Henze is a German composer. From the description of Correspondence to Heddy Baum, 1973 Feb. 12-1990 Dec. 10. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86...

Egk

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Holst, Gustav

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Gustav Holst (1874-1934), composer and music teacher, was born in Cheltenham, and educated at the local grammar school and at the Royal College of Music. He taught at St Pauls Girls School, and composed many pieces, most notably The Planets. His daughter Imogen was educated at St Pauls and the Royal College of Music, and was among other appointments Director of Music at Dartington Hall, Devon. She wrote on a number of musical themes, but most significantly her father and Benjamin Britten, she be...

Hautzig, Walter

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Stein, Gladys

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Menasce, Jacques de 1905-1960

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Elwell, Herbert

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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...

Jolivet, André, 1905-1974

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Albanese, Licia

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Epithet: singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000295 ...

Weiner, Stanley, 1935-

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Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981

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Composed 1921.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto : for organ, strings and harp, op. 22, no. 3 / Howard Hanson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52170318 Composed for the Chopin Centennial, UNESCO, Paris 1949.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Pastorale for solo oboe, strings and harp / Howard Hanson. c1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52170353 American compos...

Schermanski, Roger

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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...

Blackman, Charles

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Oratorio society of New York

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Lawrence, Marjorie

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Marjorie Lawrence (February 17, 1907 - January 13, 1979) was an Australian soprano, particularly noted as an interpreter of Richard Wagner's operas. She later served on the faculty of the School of Music at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Lawrence was born at Deans Marsh, south of Winchelsea, Victoria. She won a number of vocal competitions when aged in her teens. In 1932 she made her operatic debut in Monte Carlo as Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser. On 25 February 1933, she made her f...

Skolovsky, Zadel

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Lopatnikoff, Nikolai, 1903-1976

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From the opera in three acts and ten scenes. Composed 1930-32. Suite extracted 1933.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Danton suite : suite from the opera "Danton," op. 20 / Nikolai Lopatnikoff. [1965] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52833186 Nikolai Lopatnikoff (b. Mar. 16, 1903, in Revel (now Tallinn), Estonia; d. Oct. 7, 1976, in Pittsburgh) was a composer. His family settled in Heidelberg after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and in ...

Munz

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Schreiber, Frederick C.

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Born in Vienna, Austria, on January 13, 1895, Schreiber first studied the piano at the age of eight. He attended the Humanistic High School, followed by Vienna University and the Vienna State Academy of Music, which culminated in a diploma for mastery of composing, conducting, piano and violoncello. Schreiber actively composed music throughout his life, beginning at the age of ten and continuing well into his late 80s. During World War I, Schreiber served in the Austrian...

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 Cour...

Travers, Patricia, 1927-

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Saeverud, Harald

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Gusikoff

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Clodes, Maria

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Brehm, Alvin

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Gottlieb, Howard

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Drucker, Stanley.

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Barth, Hans, 1897-1956

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Composed 1925 as part of a longer version of what now are Concertos Op. 11 nos. 1 and 2. Revised 1928 and arranged as a separate concerto. May be played in combination with Concerto op. 11 no. 1.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra : op. 11 #2 / Hans Barth. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696905 Composed 1925 as part of a longer version of what now are Concertos Op. 11 nos. 1 and 2. Revised 1928 ...

Dumler, Martin G. (Martin George), 1868-1958

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Britten, Benjamin

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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...

Juilliard School. Chorus

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Freed, Isadore

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Composed 1941-42.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 1 / Isadore Freed. [1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51909473 Originally composed as a children's suite for piano, 1933; transcribed for orchestra, 1936. First performance (of first 8 movements) by the Philadelphia Civic Symphony Orchestra of the WPA, Philadelphia, June 12, 1938, at Mitten Hall, the composer conducting. First complete performance by the National Symp...

Nicolai, Otto

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List, Eugene

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Fuchs, Lillian, 1902-1995

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Gould, Morton

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Composed 1934. First performance Jan. 2, 1936, Philadelphia, at a concert for Youth, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Chorale and fugue in jazz / by Morton Gould. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51998771 American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist (b. Dec. 10, 1913 in New York; d. Feb. 21,1996 in Orlando, Florida). From the description of Morton G...

Pascanu, Alberto

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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...

Dibiase, Edoardo J

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Glière, Reinhold.

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Ballet in 3 acts with scenario by M.T. Kurilko. Composed 1926-27. First performance Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 14 June 1927. Ballet later revised in 1949, and title changed from Krasnyĭ mak (The Red Poppy) to Krasnyĭ Tsvetok (The Red Flower). For excerpts from the ballet see callnos. 2499, 2575, 2398, 6399, 2502, 4215, 2579, 2928, 2500, 2929.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Pavot rouge. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49802744 ...

Hess, William

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Simon, Louis F

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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

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Wallace, Virginia

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Kobayashi, Kenji (Violinist)

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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

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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...

Hollander, Lorin, 1944-

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Wagner, Richard, 1966-

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Guion, David W. (David Wendell), 1892-1981

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American composer. From the description of David Wendell Guion Collection ca. 1902-1937. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122481668 Composer, pianist. Born in 1892 in Ballinger, Texas. Received musical training in Texas, Illinois, and Vienna, Austria. Taught music at various institutions, including Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, Texas; Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas; and Chicago Musical Co...

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...

Perticaroli

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Arriaga

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Krokowsky, Vishka

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Mottl

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Morris, Harold, 1890-1964

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Composed 1929. First performance New York, New York Chamber Music Society, 10 January 1932, Carolyn Beebe conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Variations on the American Negro spiritual, I was way down a-yonder (dum-a-lum) : for chamber orchestra / Harold Morris. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53022685 Composed 1938. First performance NBC broadcast, New York, 25 May 1939, Frank Black conducting, Philip Frank soloist. Won...

Kozuscko, Collette

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Yun, Kisun

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Frezin, Adolphe

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Matthen, Paul

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Pierné, Gabriel, 1863-1937

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French composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bézu-St.-Eloi (Eure), 20 June 1916, to an unidentified recipient, 1916 June 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675004 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Herblay, 25 April 1899, to the director of primary instruction, 1899 Apr. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675000 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : the Hague, 27 April 1922, t...

Smith, David Stanley, 1877-1949

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Composed 1921; revised 1930. First performance New Haven, 22 February 1931, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting, Georges Barrère soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fête galante : fantasy for flute and orchestra, op. 48 / David Stanley Smith. [1930] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54802064 Composed 1928. First performance Cleveland, 8 January, 1931, Cleveland Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher C...

Brown, Allen

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Senofsky, Berl, 1925-

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Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857

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Russian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Berlin?, n.d.], to M. d'Olfers, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577906 From the description of ["Canon of awakening from fairy dream."]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919816 From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p, Paris?, n.d.], to Adolphe Henselt, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577902 From the description of Autograph note on his visit...

Kramer, Ethel

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McGrath, William

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Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich, 1904-1987

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Russian composer, pianist, and writer on music. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Moscow, 5 February 1938, to Nikolay Andreyevich [Malko], 1938 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578709 From the description of "Quartet N 2" : autograph manuscript, 1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566525 Composed 1934. First performance Moscow, 25 December 1934, Moscow Philharmonic, Albert Coates conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. Fr...

Fall, Harriett

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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...

River

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Handel, George Frideric, 4d1685-1759

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Jordan, Irene, 1919-

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Regules, Marisa

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Dowis, Jeanneane

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Propp, Sandra

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Cohen, Arthur, 1830-1914

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Garber, Herbert

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Beattie

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MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908

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American composer, pianist, and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland, 3 July 1903, to Horatio Parker, 1903 July 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581435 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], 25 November 1904, to Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1904 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581431 From the description of Letter signed : Boston, [n.d.], to Mr. Story, [n.d.]....

Arkus, Albert

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Feldman, Marion

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Sussman, Ettel, 1930-....

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Smith, Leona

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Tcherepnine

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Stringfield, Lamar

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Composed 1927. First performance Washington, DC, 14 February 1928, the Washington National Opera Association, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The seventh queue : an imaginary ballet for full orchestra, opus 38 / by Lamar Stringfield. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55651199 Composed 1924 as No. 1 of Indian Sketches, originally for flute and sting quartet. Orchestrated 1924. First performance New York, 6...

Lasson, Guy

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Billings, William, 1746-1800

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William Billings was a ship captain. From the guide to the Journals of the Ship Apollo, 1789-1791, 1789-1791, (American Philosophical Society) Originally composed for chorus. "I am the rose of Sharon" and "Lamentation over Boston" are from Billings' "The Singing-Master's Assistant," published by Edes & Gill, Boston, 1778. "The Lord is risen" is from Billings' "The Suffolk Harmony," published Boston, 1786. Arranged 1976. First performance Free Library of Philadelphia, 17 ...

Riegger, Wallingford

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Composed for piano 4-hands, 1932. Transcribed 1938.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance suite : I Evocation / Wallingford Riegger. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53784085 Commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund. Composed 1947. First performance New York, 16 May 1948, CBS Symphony, Dean Dixon conductor. Received the New York Music Critics' Circle Award for the 1947-48 season and the Walter W. Naumburg Recording Award.--Cf. F...

Henry, Sheldon

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Wummer, Mildred Hunt

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Graham, Jean

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Carlton, Jean

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Posselt, Ruth, 1911-2007

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Sheridan, Frank, 1898-1962

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Magnes, Frances

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Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881

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Russian composer. From the description of "[Khovanshchina / narodnaya muzïkalnaya drama. / M. Musorgski / 6ya Kartina / Sosnovïy bor' Skit'. Lunnaya noch.']." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919862 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : near the Dnieper Estuary (Bug-Ingul), Nikolayev, and Kherson, 3-15 August 1879, to Maria Fyodorova and to Pavel and Sergei Naumov, 1879 Aug. 3-15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270902292 Text in Russian by Coun...

Barber, Samuel

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Epithet: American composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x00006a Epithet: Reverend; Fellow of the Meteorological Soc British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00008a ...

Jorjorian, Neure

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Reif, Paul, 1910-1978

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Ruyneman, Daniel, 1886-

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Pachucki, Lois

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Gron, Niels

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Kerdijk

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Bizet, Georges, 1837-1875

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Delius, Frederick

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003c0 Commissioned by Basil Dean in 1920 as incidental music to James Elroy Flecker's play. Composed 1920-23. First performance Hessische Landes-Theater, Darmstadt, 1 June 1923. Full version His Majesty's Theatre, London, 23 September 1923, Eugene Goosens conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Hassan / F. Delius. 1923....

Ribla, Gertrude

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American soprano Gertrude Ribla (real name, Ribler, 1914-1980), who entered the field of international opera in an unlikely manner, ultimately enjoyed a varied and distinguished career as a soprano, and, later, as a music teacher. A native New Yorker, Ribla did not come from a musical background, but first became interested in singing and acting as a student at Bryant High School in Long Island City. Ribla was working as a typist in 1935, when she entered a singing conte...

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1974

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Composed 1931. First performance Rochester, 9 December 1932, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto grosso : for small dance band and symphony orchestra / Robert Russell Bennett ; in the form of "Sketches from an American Theatre." [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42886632 Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From th...

Walton, William, 1902-1983

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William Walton composed the Sinfonia Concertante while living in London with the Sitwell family. Walton dedicated the three movements of the work to Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell. The Sinfonia Concertante was first published in 1928 and revised in 1943. From the description of Sinfonia concertante : for orchestra with pianoforte (quasi obbligato) / by William Walton. [ca. 1927] (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092340 English composer. From the de...

Raney, Carolyn

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Brott, Alexander

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Composed 1951.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Prelude to oblivion (atomic style) / A. Brott. [195-?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43299407 Commissioned by Pierre Monteux and received its concert premiere with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Monteux's direction on 24 January, 1956.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Analogy in anagram / Brott. 1955. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat recor...

Ganz, Isabelle

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Halvorsen, Johan

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Norwegian violinist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bergen Feb. 14 1898, to an unidentified recipient, 1898 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665316 ...

Warburg, Gerald

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Poto, Attilio

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American Brass Quintet

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Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909

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Composed originally for solo piano ca. 1896. Added to the First Suite Espanola ca. 1918. This is the same piece as Op. 232, Chants d'Espagne, No. 1, Prélude. Transcriber of this orchestration not known.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite espanola no. 1 : No. 5, Asturias, leyenda / Isaac Albéniz. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 48088231 Spanish composer. From the description of Première Rapsodie Espagnole. / d...

Foldes, Andor

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Epithet: pianist and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0001d9 ...

Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003

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French conductor and composer. From the description of Huit bagatelles pour le piano / Manuel Rosenthal. .... [1923-1924] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569021 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, M...

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, 1714-1787

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From the opera in 2 acts with libretto by Marco Coltellini after a play by Carlo Sigismondo Capece. First performance Burg Theater, Vienna, 30 January 1765. This work was later used as the Overture to Armide (callno.: 4406).--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture : Il Telemaco osia [sic] L'isola di Circe / Gluck. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49863952 18th century German opera composer. From the description of ...

D'Indy

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Dranoff, Murray

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George, Russell

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Shermanski, Roger

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Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969

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Douglas Moore was a composer and teacher; Ethan Ayer wrote song lyrics which were set by Moore for the 1961 theatrical production of The wings of the dove, based on the novel by Henry James. From the guide to the Letters to Ethan Ayer, 1960 and undated., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Composed 1931. First performance under original title, Overture Babbit, New York, 11 December 1932, Manhattan Symphony Orchestra, th...

Kovar

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Eisler, Edith

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Golschmann, Vladimir, 1893-1972

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American conductor of French birth and Russian descent. From the description of Autograph letters signed (6), dated : Columbus, New York, and St. Louis, 1924-1942, to Harry Harkness Flagler (one is to Mrs. Flagler), 1924-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578042 ...

Schkaff, Sonia

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Masselos, William

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American pianist. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Apr. 24, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861759 ...

Otis, Cynthia

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Shostakovich, Dmitri

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Gilberg, Ellen

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Kennan

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Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741

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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. ...

Dahl, Ingolf, 1912-1970

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Weldon, Elaine

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Twerdowsky, Avron

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Altmann, Bernardo

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Liadow

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Riley, John

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Epithet: of the West Marylebone Club British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000121 ...

deVeritch, Nina

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Hines, Theodore

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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...

Martinu, Bohuslav 1890-1959

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Composed 1946. First performance Basel, Switzerland, 21 January 1947.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata e due canzoni / B. Martinů. [1946] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52855434 Commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Composed 1942. First performance Boston, 13 November 1942, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 1 / by B....

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

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Claude Debussy (b. 22 August 1862–d. 25 March 1918) was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France he attended the Conservatoire de Paris originally to study piano before switing to composition. His orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899), Images (1905–1912). In 1904 he rose to international fame for his opera Pelléas et Mélisande. He also composed two books of Préludes a...

Neumann, ...

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Epithet: Procureur du Roi at Luxemburg British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x000222 ...

Reicha, Joseph, 1752-1795

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Lawrence, Eleanor (Eleanor C.)

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Bach/Lubin

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Vieuxtemps, Henri, 1820-1881

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Dedicated to the composer's friend Joseph Servais. First published Paris, posthumously, possibly 1883.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto no. 2 for violoncello and orchestra, op. 50 / H. Vieuxtemps. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56564217 First published posthumously Paris, 1883. Dedicated to Jeno Hubay.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto no. 7 for violin and orchestra, op. 49 / H. Vie...

Serr, Harriett

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Ropartz, Guy (Joseph Guy Marie), 1864-1955

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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. ...

Siegmeister, Eli, 1909-

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Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005

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McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964

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McPhee was born on Mar. 15, 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; graduated from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD (1921) and studied in Paris with Paul Le Flem (1924-6) and in New York with Edgard Varèse (ca. 1927); he was based in the US from 1926, except for the years he spent in Indonesia; went to Bali in the early 1930s after having heard recordings of Indonesian music, where he composed the toccata Tabuh-Tabuhan; his books A house in Bali (1946), Dance in Bali (1948), and Music in Bali (1...

Eger, Joseph 1925-

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French horn player and assistant conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 28, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861634 ...

Gnieveck, Cecilia

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Winston, Johnny

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Gipps, Ruth

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Composed 1965. First performance London, 19 March 1966, London Repertoire Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 3, op. 57 / by Ruth Gipps. 1965. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52075880 Composed 1948.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Song for orchestra, op. 33 / by Ruth Gipps. 1948. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52006557 Composed ...

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

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The Five etudes-tableaux orchestrated by Respighi are originally from Rachmaninoff's op. 33 and 39 for piano solo. From the description of 5 etudes tableaux / S. Rachmaninoff ; orchestration de Ottorino Respighi. 1930. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092347 Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer and pianist. From the description of Sergei Rachmaninoff letter, New York, to Princess Maria Dimitriv Gagarin, 1942 May 4. (Pennsylvania State University Lib...

Kurtz, Arved

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Palmer, Georgette

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Feldman, Harold

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Baker, Julius, 1915-2003

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Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

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Jules Massenet was a French composer. From the description of Letters, [ca. 1874-1909]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122616188 From the description of Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, [18--?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571050 From the guide to the Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, 18--?, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the comédie lyrique in three act...

Stone, ...

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Gendron, Maurice

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Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

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This version 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite from the opera : the Fairy queen / Henry Purcell ; selection and orchestration by Harold Byrns. 1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53445289 From the opera composed ca. 1689. Transcribed 1936.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Passacaglia : from Dido and Aeneas / Henry Purcell ; transcribed by Charles O'Connell. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall Colle...

Tripp, Paul

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Flissler, Joyce

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Fuleihan, Anis

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Commissioned by and composed for the Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta 1940. First Performance Philadelphia, 6 February, 1941, by the Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta, Fabien Sevitsky conductor, the composer soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ceremonial : variations for piano and string orchestra / Anis Fuleihan. [1940]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51896700 Composed 1939. First performance by the Philharmonic-Sy...

Giordano, Umberto

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Opera, with a libretto by Salvatore Di Giacomo, first performed in Palermo in 1910. From the description of Mese Mariano. [ca. 1910] (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092365 From the description of Mese Mariano, [ca. 1910]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 54656367 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577875 From the ...

Ward, Robert, 1917-2013

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Originally composed for string quartet, 1937; arranged 1937-40. First performance Detroit, July 1941, Merrill String Ensemble, Celia Merrill conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Andante and scherzo for strings / Robert E. Ward. [1937-1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56906096 Composed 1937 for a symphony in E minor, not completed. First performance Rochester, New York, April 1938, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson con...

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-

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Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 25, 1896. As a boy, he took lessons in piano and organ, and soon found work as a church organist. He attended public schools and then Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, a junior college. In 1917 he enlisted in the Army, but World War I came to an end before he could be sent to Europe. After his discharge from the military, Thomson attended Harvard, where he sang in the Glee Club and studied with Edward Burlinga...

Delibés, Léo 1836-1891

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From the opera in 3 acts with libretto by Edmund Gondinet and Phillip Gille after Pierre Loti's novel Rarahu. Composed 1881-82. First performance Opéra-Comique, Paris, 14 April 1883.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Duo / paroles de Ed Gondinet et Ph. Gille ; musique de Léo Delibes. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207214 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to ...

Haydn, Franz Joseph, 1732-1809

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Korn, Richard, 1908-1981

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Shostakovich, Dmitri

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Flotow, Friedrich, 1812-1883

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German opera composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Flotow to M. Joly; autograph manuscript signed. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122289428 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Flotow to unidentified theatre director, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122395543 German composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris, n.d., ca. 1849?], to M. [Alphonse?] Royer, n.d., ca. 1849?. (Unk...

Rappeport, Phyllis.

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Graton, Fernand

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Harrell, Mack

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Prokofiev, Sergei

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Phillips, Burrill

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Composed 1935. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 3 April 1935, Eastman School Little Symphony Orchestra, Karl Van Hoesen conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony concertante : for small orchestra / Burrill Phillips. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53194490 Based on Mexican children's game-songs collected by José Limón. Commissioned by she Julliard School for José Limón's students. Composed 1968-69.--Cf. Fleisher...

Shapiro, Eudice

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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 ...

Franck, César, 1822-1890

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From the second of the Composer's Six Pièces Pour Grand Orgue, which were composed between 1860 and 1862. The original organ piece was dedicated to Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Andante, from Grande pièce symphonique, op. 17 / César Franck ; orch. by Charles O'Connell. [1950-1961?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49947367 French composer, teacher, and organist of Belgian birth. From the d...

Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952

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German violinist and composer. From the description of Nocturno / für / Saxophon und kleines Orchester / über ein / Negro Spiritual / ("Swing low, sweet Chariot") / Adolf Busch Op. 58a. 26. Juli 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562109 ...

Haydn, Franz

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Collegiate Chorale.

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The Collegiate Chorale was named after the space in which it held its first rehearsals: the Marble Collegiate Church. It was founded in 1941 by Robert Shaw, and has since had performances with many notable conductors including Toscanini, Beecham, Bernstein, Koussevitzky, Maazel, Mehta, and Mitropoulos. From the guide to the Collegiate Chorale collection of performance recordings, 1944-1974, (The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.) ...

Frijsh, Povla, 1881-1960

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Burkhart, Herman

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Freeman, Ruth, Dr.

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Schaefer, Nancy

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O'Hara, Carol

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Alexander, Josef

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Notkoff, Robert

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Lev, Ray, 1912-1968

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Laruccia, Dominick

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Doolittle

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Vaz, Dominic

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Averill, Dorothy

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Margolies, Jacques

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Koutzen, George

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Mason, ...

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Epithet: Royal Visitor of Sees British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x0000bd Epithet: of the Commissariat in Germany British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x0000bb ...

Moynagh, Joan

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Frost, Lesley

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Zukofsky, Paul

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In advance of Perspectives of New Music's forum on problems and discrepancies in conventional notation practice, American violinist and composer Paul Zukofsky sent a questionnaire using the organization's letterhead to 70 composers. He received 25 replies, but based his presentation on only 8 of them. From the description of Responses to questionnaire and drafts of summary for Perspectives of New Music forum on notation practice, 1966-1967. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record ...

Saminsky, Lazare, 1882-1959

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American composer, conductor, and writer on music of Russian origin. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5), dated : New York, Rye, and Menthon St. Bernard, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], including 1924 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668709 Commissioned by the League of Composers, 1936. Composed 1936. First performance National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C., 17 February 1937, the composer c...

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai 1844-1908

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Field, Joan

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Hess, Myra

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English pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York Apr. 25 1932, to Mrs. Melbert Brinckerhoff [i.e. Mary Flagler] Cary, 1932 Apr. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666224 Epithet: DBE, pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00028c ...

Simoes, Lidia

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François, Samson, 1924-1970

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De Almeida, Orlando

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Karlsrud, Edmond

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Mainino, Franco

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Lipman, Samuel

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Warfield, Sandra

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Epithet: American singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000132 ...

Taylor, Thomas

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Epithet: of Add MS 33278 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x00039e Epithet: of Stowe MS 209 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x0003a7 Epithet: Master of the Grammar School, Marlborough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x00039c ...

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 ...

Heilner, Irwin, 1908-

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Weber, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

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Binder, A. W.

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Second movement originally composed for piano, 1932; entire suite composed 1936-38.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Three Palestinian pioneer pictures : for large orchestra / A.W. Binder. 1937-1938. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43265649 Composed 1938. First performance Town Hall, New York by the Moritz Chamber Orchestra, Nov. 22, 1938, Edvard Moritz conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concertan...

Helmann, Aleksandr

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Firestone, Idabelle

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Mitchell, Jeanne

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Blumenthal, Naomi Ruth

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American Theatre Wing Opera Workshop Park Opera Guild

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Perlman, Sandra

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Siegel, Henry

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In 1976, Dr. Mario E. Jascalevich wad indicted for five murders. Two of Jascalevich's colleagues at Riverdell Hospital in Oradell, N.J. - Dr. Stanley Harris, a surgeon, and Dr. Allan Lans, an osteopathic physician - suspected him of murdering their patients with curare. In January 1976 a series of articles about a "Doctor X" suspected of murdering patients at Riverdell Hospital appeared in the New York Times, and the Bergen County Prosecutor's office reopened its case. The major que...

Carey, Malbert, Mrs

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Shaw, Robert, 1916-

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Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843

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Lawyer and author of THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. From the description of Letter, 1812 Dec. 22. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 25160695 Francis Scott Key was the composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner." From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1808-1814. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190846542 Francis Scott Key was composer of the Star Spangled Banner. From the description of Francis ...

Mathis, James

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WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

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Radio station WNYC is the oldest municipally owned and operated non-commercial radio station in the United States. WNYC was credated in the early 1920's by the City government with the expectation that it would provide instruction, enlightenment, entertainment, and recreation to the residents of New York City. The station has played a unique and active role in the interaction between government and citizen, presenting a wide range of programming, with a special emphasis ...

Bonner, Eugene MacDonald

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Composed 1925. First performance by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New York, April 2, 1939, John Barbirolli conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of White nights : prelude for orchestra / Eugene Bonner. [192-]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42622927 ...

Fiorillo, Dante

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Kaufmann, Louis

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Garrisi, Petra

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Faull, Ellen

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Harth, Sidney

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Boepple, Paul, 1869-1970

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Weisman, Vladimir

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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...

Lee, Dai-Keong, 1915-

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Composed 1941-42.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 1, 1942 / by Dai-Keong Lee. [1942] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52722069 ...

Tichman, Herbert L

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Brahms

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German Romantic composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Fritz Simrock, Rome, 1881 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448491 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Elise. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541007 19th century German Romantic composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to unidentified correspondent, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12...

Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

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Composer; d. 1978. From the description of William Grant Still papers, 1937-1969. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972606 Epithet: composer and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000212 William Grant Still was a prominent African-American composer. Verna Arvey, Still's wife, was a journalist and musician who collaborated with her husband on many compositions. ...

Giovad, Bodil

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Hadley, Henry, 1871-1937

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Composed 1906. First performance Berlin, 27 December 1907, Berlin Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. III / Henry Hadley. [1906] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52137491 Henry Hadley was an American composer and conductor, founder of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors. From the description of Papers, 1898-1965 (inclusive), 1927-1937 (bulk). (New Yo...

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809

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Kroll, William, 1901-1980

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Piszel, Giza

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Grieg, Edvard

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Somach, Beverly

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Zandonai

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Salzedo, Carlo, 1885-1961

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Schuster, Joseph, 1903–1969

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Vladimir, Brenner

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Laufer, Joyce

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Feuerman, Emanuel

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Steinberg, ...

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Epithet: of Add MS 37647 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000178 ...

Zayde, Jascha

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Mamorsky

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Schechtman, Selma

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Rey, Maria

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Churgin, Anna

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Urban, Bela

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Saminsky, Lazare, #d1882-1959

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Hain, William

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Lesur, Daniel

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Chihara, Paul

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Chihara was born on July 9, 1938 in Seattle, WA; began studying the violin at age eight; studied composition with Robert Palmer at Cornell Univ. (where he also received his MM in English literature); studied with Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood, Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and Ernst Pepping in Berlin; was an associate professor of music at UCLA, where he founded and directed the Twice ensemble and conducted the Collegium musicum; his compositions, often reflecting his interest in Oriental music, in...

Cimara

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Baron, Sidney

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Byman, Isabelle

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Tureck, Rosalyn

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American pianist, student of Olga Samaroff Stokowski. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Apr. 3, 1979 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861755 Pianist, clavichordist and harpsichordist known for her interpretation of the works of J.S. Bach. From the description of Rosalyn Tureck collection, 1893-1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652112 From the guide to the Ros...

Katz, Murray

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Park Opera Guild

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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...

Wagner, Richard, 1818-1883

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Kerne, Donald

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Torelli, Giuseppe, 1658-1709

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000160 ...

Rawsthorne, Alan, 1905-1971

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x00002f ...

Corelli, Arcangelo

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Italian composer and violinist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Rome, 22 April 1705, to his brother Ippolito in Faenza, 1705 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564634 Pieces are arrangements of movements from: op. 5, no. 4; op. 5, no. 10; op. 5, no. 9; op. 5, no. 5. Arranged 1918.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Four pieces / by A. Corelli ; arranged in form of a Suite, in A major for string orchestra by Wm. F. H...

Malipiero, Riccardo, 1914-2003

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Italian composer. From the description of Riccardo Malipiero / Sinfonia cantata / per grande orchestra e baritono / 1956. [1955-1956] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566881 ...

Viotti, Giovanni-Battista 1755-1824

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Italian violinist and composer Giovanni Viotti is best known for his Violin Concerto No. 22 in A minor. Viotti spent much of his life after 1782 in Paris and London. He fled the French revolution in 1792, but was unwelcome in England as a suspected Jacobite between 1798-1801, after which he returned to London and remained there except for the years 1818-1822 in Paris. An early teacher and colleague in Italy was Gaetano Pugnani. His friends and patrons in London were the Chinnery family. ...

Powell, ...

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Shirley, George

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Epithet: of Stanton Harold British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x00012b Epithet: writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x00009e ...

Ravina, Oscar

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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...

Wilkus, Frederick

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Simon, Abbey

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Rhodes, Samuel

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Bruch, Max, 1838-1920

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000142 American music critic Arthur M. Abell, 1868-1958, was Berlin correspondent for the Musical Courier from 1893 to 1918 and later published Talks with Great Composers, his reminiscences of conversations with Brahms, Strauss, Puccini, Humperdinck, Bruch, and Grieg. He knew many musicians both obscure and famous, and as a former violinist himself, esp...

Wuorinen, Charles

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Haien, Jeannette

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Hersh, Ralph

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Wilson, Mortimer, 1876-1932

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Wilson was born on Aug. 6, 1876 in Chariton, IA; studied in Chicago with Jacobsohn, Gleason, and Middelschulte (1894-1900); taught theory at University School of Music in Lincoln, NE (1901-7); spent 3 years in Leipzig, Germany, studying with Sitt and Reger; was at the Atlanta Conservatory in 1911 and conducted the Symphony Orchestra; taught at Brenau College, Gainesville, GA (1916-18); was consulting editor for the National Academy of Music in NY; wrote The rhetoric of music (1907); composed 5 s...

Steinert, Alexander, 1900-1982

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Composed 1934. First performance Boston, 8 February 1935, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto sinfonico / Alexander Steinert. [1934] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55074777 Composed 1925-36. First performance Boston, 15 October 1926, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conductor. Awarded Prix de Rome, 1927.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. ...