Joseph Schillinger collection of noncommercial recordings 1937-1943

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Joseph Schillinger collection of noncommercial recordings, 1937-1943

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Joseph Schillinger collection of noncommercial recordings 1937-1943

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http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20470

Abstract

These noncommercial acetate disc recordings were collected by Schillinger, and in many instances recorded by him as well. Works by Schillinger in the collection include many of his piano compositions and improvisations. Other composers prominently represented include Will Bradley, Carmine Coppola, Henry Cowell, Clarence Cox, Rosalino De Maria, Belle Fenstock, Edwin Gerschefski, George Gershwin, Lyn Murray, and Lazar Weiner.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316764

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Moorhouse, Chauncey

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Phillips. H., 1949-

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Brahms

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Bach, Giovanni, 1892-

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

Saturday Night Swing Club

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Weiner, Lazar, 1897-1982

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Composed 1938.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Prelude & fugue / Lazar Weiner. 1938. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56992271 ...

Anderson, Marian

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Levant, Oscar

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Pianist, composer, and writer. From the description of Printed renewal option with typed details, between Oscar Levant and Anna Sosenko, signed by both : [New York?], 1945 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270916053 ...

Cox, Clarence

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World War I soldier; a second lieutenant in the 52nd Coast Artillery Corps Battery from Amherst County, Va. From the description of Papers of Clarence E. Cox, 1918-1960. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51564948 ...

Leeman, George

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Kirn, Howard

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Mason, Doxie

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Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra.

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Bizet, George, 1838-1835

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Katims, Milton

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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...

Deep Rhythm Boys

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Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981

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Hoagy Carmichael was born in Bloomington, Indiana, November 22, 1899, the son of Howard Clyde and Lida Mary (Robinson) Carmichael. He earned a LLB from Indiana University in 1926, and married Ruth Mary Meinardi on March 14, 1936. He was the composer of many hit songs, namely Stardust (1927), and became the star of both his own radio program (Tonight at Hoagy's) and his own television show (Saturday Night Review). His acting credits include the films To Have and to Have Not, Johnny Angel, Canyon ...

Val Olman Orchestra

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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.]....

Akst, Harry, 1894-1963

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Composer of "Dinah" and other songs. From the description of Autograph card signed : [n.p.], to Irene [Gallagher], 1923 Feb. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906634 ...

De Maria, Rosalino

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Ruby Newman Orchestra

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Churchill, Frank

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Wallenstein, Alfred, 1898-1983

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Alfred Franz Wallenstein was born in Chicago on October 7, 1898. Raised in Los Angeles, he studied music with composer Ferde Grofé's mother, Elsa Johanna Bierlich von Grofé, who was a professional cellist, and with Julius Klengel. Wallenstein joined the San Francisco Symphony as a cellist at age 17, and went on to play cello for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic under Arturo Toscanini. Toscanini encouraged him to pursue conducting, and hi...

Bradley, Will

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Toch

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Nemenoff, Jaime

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Mercer, Johnny

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Johnny Mercer (1910-1976) was born John H. Mercer in Savannah, Georgia, the son of George Anderson Mercer. He was educated in Savannah public schools and at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia. He worked with his father in the real estate loan business before heading to New York in 1929 with the Savannah Town Theater group for a National Little Theater contest. He remained in New York to try for a stage career. He became a well-known lyricist and moved to California, where he produced many hit s...

Macleish, Archibald

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) was an American poet. Kaiser is a professor of comparative literature at Harvard. From the description of Letters to Walter Jacob Kaiser, 1955-1957 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367921 MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard (1949-1962). From the description of Scratch : manu...

Royal, Ted, 1904-1981

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Ted Royal (1904-1981) was an arranger, conductor, and composer for Broadway musicals, radio programs, big bands and film. Royal arrived in New York City in the fall of 1935, after stints as a silent movie accompanist, and in vaudeville and radio. He soon found work as an arranger for band leaders such as Al Katz and Isham Jones, creating new orchestrations for popular songs, including Jones' I'll see you in my dreams (1936) and Swingin' down the lane (1936). Royal also h...

Four Vagabonds

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Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969

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< Born Vladimir Alexandrovitch Dukelsky, Parafianove, Minsk 1916 1919 Studied composition with Reinhold Glière and Marian Dombrovsky at the Kiev Conservatory 1920 Fled the Revolution with his family, settling first in Constantinople ...

Burke, John, 1915-1975

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Epithet: genealogist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0000b4 Epithet: 4th son of Ulick, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde Title: Viscount Burke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x0000ba Biographical/Historical Note Lieutenant commander, United S...

Bland, James A.

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Knight

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Epithet: of the Army Medical Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00039a Epithet: of Add MS 15856 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000397 Epithet: Captain; Folkestone volunteer Artillery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descripti...

New York philharmonic

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The Philharmonic Society of New York is one of the predecessors of the New York Philharmonic. From the description of Scores, [ca. 1842-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155513361 Orchestra based in New York, NY. From the description of Collection of broadcast concerts [sound recording], 1934-1955. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687015 From the guide to the New York Philharmonic collection of broadcast concerts [sound recording], 1...

Salon Swing Band

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Bave, Edwin

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Bay, Victor

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Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986

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Harold Arlen, composer was born in Buffalo, New York in 1905. He composed the music for such well-known songs as: "Over the Rainbow", "Stormy Weather", "That Old Black Magic", and "Blues in the Night". Among his collaborators were: E. Y. Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Fields and Leo Robbin. From the guide to the Harold Arlen papers, 1947-1967, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Harold Arlen, composer. From the description o...

Radio City Orchestra

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Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00022a English conductor. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2) and postcard signed, dated : Brighton & Hove (Sussex), 7 August 1937, and [n.p.], 18 and 28 April 1938, to Mrs. [Melbert B.] Cary, 1937 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671906 From the description of Autograph letter signed and postcard si...

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...

Reisenberg, Nadia

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Pianist, chamber musician and teacher. Ms. Reisenberg studied with Leonid Nikolayev, Alexander Lambert and Josef Hofmann. She concertized extensively and is known for her legendary performances of all twenty-seven Mozart concertos played in consecutive weekly broadcasts with Alfred Wallenstein and the WOR Mutual Radio Symphony Orchestra. She gave the New York premiere of the Rimsky-Korsakov piano concerto and the first performance of Vincent d'Indy's Symphony on a French...

Schillinger, Joseph

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Commissioned for radio performance by RCA, 1930. Composed 1930.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of North-Russian symphony, op. 22 / Joseph Schillinger. [1930] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54053672 Joseph Schillinger was a composer and teacher of musical composition who combined the study of aesthetics and the study of science in such theoretical writings as the "Schillinger System of Musical Compositon" and "The Mathematical Basis of ...

Young, Victor, 1900-1956

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Composer of "Sweet Sue" and other songs. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Mrs. Cooper, 9/11/47. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910520 Victor Young was an important arranger, conductor, music director and American composer known for his musical scores of many movies which won a number of awards including an Academy Award. From the description of Collection, 1900-1956. (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 2762972...

Levene, Henry

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Norman Cloutier Orchestra

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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623

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Both originally composed for keyboard (harpsichord or virginal). The Pavane composed ca. 1612 and published as no. 6 in the collection Parthenia. The Gigg published as A Giff F. Tr[egian], no. 180 in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book compiled probably after 1621. For Leslie Russell's transcription of the Earle of Salisbury's Pavane for string orchestra see FLC callno.: 2370s.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The Earle of Salisbury's pavane ; A gigg / William Byrd ; arr. ...

Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936

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

Jerry Sears Orchestra

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Ink Spots

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Drigo, Ricardo

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Leith Stevens Harmonies

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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...

Berliner Philharmoniker.

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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 ...

Bach, Johann Christian, 1735-1782

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First modern performance Sheffield, England, 6 January 1940, John Parr Chamber Concerts, O.C. Owrid conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of [Sinfonia no. 6 in B♭ for wind instruments]. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50749644 First published in London between 1772 and 1777 by Peter Welcker. Dedicated to the Elector Palatine, Carl Theodor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Divertimento à une flut...

Sterrett, Paul

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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...

Chávez, Carlos

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Church of the Air

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Hollander, Frederick

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Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994

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Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a Black American singer, songwriter, dancer, bandleader, conductor and actor. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the ea...

League of Composers Brass Septet

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New York Civic Orchestra

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Burnett, Ernie, 1884-1959

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NBC symphony orchestra

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Morris

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Fenstock, Belle 1914-

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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...

Luboschutz, Pierre

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Gerschefski, Edwin, 1909-

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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...

Page, Gale

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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...

Hirsch, Louis A. (Louis Achille), 1881-1924

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Lud Gluskin Orchestra

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Jordan, Steve, 1919-1993

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Ellington, Willis

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Schrecker

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Prima, Louis, 1910-1978

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Harris, Roy, 1945-

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Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963

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Cuban composer. From the description of "1 Tres Miniaturas / Campanilla / Bell-flower / Lecuona / 1943 / N.Y." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919828 ...

Kress, Karl

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Johnny McGhee Orchestra

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Cui, César.

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Russian composer and critic of French descent. From the description of "Ptitsï / Belyayevskaya." : autograph manuscript, 1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562417 Russian composer. From the description of Autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., n.d.], n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564781 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., St. Petersburg?], 8 February 1886, to an unidentified recipient, 1886 Feb. 8. (Unknown). Wo...

Stock, Frederick

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Mayers, William Frederick, 1831-1878

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Epithet: Chinese scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0002c6 ...

Scott, Hazel

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Gerschefski, Edwin

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Johnson, James P. (James Peter), 1929-

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James P. Johnson was born in Yankton, South Dakota, on June 2, 1930. He grew up in Muleshoe and Lubbock, Texas. He left Texas to attend Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, graduating in 1952. That same year he went into the Marine Corps. As a jet pilot, he served a ten-month tour of combat duty in Korea. Discharged from the Marines in 1956, he moved to Colorado to attend the University of Colorado Law School. He later was a prosecuting attorney in the 8th Judicial Distric...

McKinley

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Cowell, Henry.

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Wagner, Richard, 1966-

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Novacek

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Coppola, Carmine, 1910-1991

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

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NYA Symphony

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Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997

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Chaplin (1912- ) is a music composer, conductor and arranger and motion picture producer. He was associate producer for the film "The Sound of Music," producer for the film "Star!" and associate producer and music director for the film "West Side Story." From the description of Papers, 1955-1968 (bulk 1961-1968). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 29631615 ...

Irving Miller Orchestra

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Levine, Henry

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Percy Faith Orchestra

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Cage, John, 1912-1992

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John Cage was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He studied composition with Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, and Arnold Schoenberg. In 1938 he began working as an accompanist for dance and a teacher at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. It was here that he first met the dancer Merce Cunningham, with whom he would have a lifelong working relationship. Together they were responsible for a number of radical innovations in musical and choreographic compositions, such as the...

Negro Male Chorus of the Tuskegee Institute

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Bennett, Robert Russell

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Ford Symphony Orchestra.

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Paul Lavalle Orchestra

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Sullivan, Joe

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Hubbell, Raymond

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Gellert, Harry

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Scotto, Vincent

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Colum-Hughes

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Lynn Murray Chorus & Orchestra

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Brown, Nacio Herb, 1896-1964

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Composer of "Singin' in the rain" and other songs. From the description of Autograph card signed : [n.p.], [193-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906647 ...

Fenstock, Belle

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Harry Simeone Chorus

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Zaret, Hy

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Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1880-1942

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Thomas Wood Stevens was an artist, teacher, author, and theater director. He served has head of the Illustration Department at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1903-1911; he was cofounder of Blue Sky Press, 1899-1907; he served as head of the Drama Department at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1913-1925; then at the Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Memorial Theatre, 1925- 1930; he was the director of various university and community theaters, and of the Globe Theatre Shakespearean productions perfo...

Sears, Charles

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Coolidge String Quartet

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Raymond Paige Orchestra

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Harrison, Lou

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An American composer, Lou Harrison was born in 1917 and taught at Black Mountain College from 1951 until 1952. From the guide to the Lou Harrison Papers., 1946-1971, (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .) Epithet: American composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00001f ...

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 ...