The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording] 1940-1968
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Halévy, F., 1799-1862
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Libretto by Saint-Georges; opera first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 17 March 1858. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Autographe d'Halévy : fragment de La magicienne : manuscript, [1858?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612871875 F. Halévy was a composer; he wrote the opera La Juive. From the description of Autographed musical score fragment and commentary, 1858. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155888413 Librett...
Andrews, Julie, 1935-
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Dame Julie Andrews DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells on 1 October 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. She has also received three Tony Award nominations. Andrews was made a Disney Legend in 1991, and has been honoured with an Honor...
Tallchief, Maria, 1925-2013
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Maria Tallchief was born Berry Marie Tall Chief on January 24, 1925 to Alex Tall Chief and Ruth Porter Tall Chief. Later she changed the spelling of her last name to Tallchief. She grew up in Fairfax, Oklahoma on the Osage Indian reservation until the family moved to Los Angeles in 1930. The family also included a sister Marjorie (also a ballerina who danced mostly in Europe) and a brother, Jerry. Her early life consisted of both piano and dance lessons, and Maria later chose between ballet and ...
Merman, Ethel, 1908-1984
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Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer known for her distinctive, powerful voice, and for leading roles in musical theatre. Over her distinguished career in theater she became known for her performances in shows such as Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, and Hello, Dolly! The Irving Berlin song "There's No Business Like Show Business", written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun, became Merman's signature song....
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...
Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870
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Irish composer and singer. British composer. Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. (Wikipedia contributors, "Michael William Balfe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_William_Balfe&oldid=1100078344 (accessed September 9, 2022). M. W. (Michael William) Balfe was an Irish composer, singer, and conductor. Balfe began his musical career as a ...
Boulanger, Nadia, 1887-1979
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French composer and music teacher. From the description of [Letter] 1977 October 27 [to] Dear Mr. Wilson 1977. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 755584222 Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was a Parisian composer, music teacher and conductor. From the description of Nadia Boulanger American music scores, 1925-1937 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612769739 French composer and composition teacher. From the d...
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
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Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 (although throughout much of her life she gave her birth date as February 17, 1902) in south Philadelphia. Her father, John Berkley Anderson, sold ice and coal and her mother Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson was a former schoolmistress. She was the oldest of three sisters. She began singing when she was six, in the church choir, and by eight had become a regular substitute, filling in for absent sopranos, tenors and even bass. She was presented in one c...
Menuhin, Diana
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Epithet: wife of Sir Y Menuhin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x00031b ...
Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999
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An American violinist, Yehudi Menuhin was engaged in 1947 by Two Continent Pictures to appear and play in a projected moving picture named Delirium and an associated short movie; and later for a series of short films. He suggested changes in the script and performed the Mendelssohn Concerto for Delirium, but the picture apparently was not completed, nor were the short films although 22 reels were recorded and photographed. From the description of Letters and other papers relating to ...
France
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In 1782 the Continental Congress directed Benjamin Franklin, the American minister to France, to negotiate a convention concerning the exchange of consuls. The convention was signed by Franklin and the French foreign minister, the comte de Vergennes, on 29 July 1784, but rejected by Congress because it did not adhere to the scheme Congress had established. Congress directed Franklin's successor, Thomas Jefferson, to renegotiate, and on 14 November 1788 he and Vergennes's successor, the comte de ...
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
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Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. She was born Margaret Evelyn Hookham on May 18, 1919, to Felix John Hookham and Hilda Acheseon Fontes. She studied at the Vic-Wells Ballet School and made her solo debut in 1935 under the stage name "Margot Fonteyn". She was best know for her artis...
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973
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Catalan violoncellist. From the description of Letters, 1952 July 29 - 1971 Sept. 15, to Milly Stanfield. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378665 From the guide to the Letters, 1952 July 29 - 1971 Sept. 15, to Milly Stanfield, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Catalan cellist, conductor, pianist, and composer. From the description of Autograph note signed on his visiting card, dated : [n.p., Prades?], 6 January 1939, to Mr. ...
Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
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Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during the Big Band era. She achieved even greater success a decade later, in television, mainly as the host of a series of variety programs for the Chevrolet automobile company. ...
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
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Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana on June 9, 1891. As a boy he took lessons in piano and violin, and began writing songs while in prep school. He attended Yale College (Class of 1913), where he composed fight songs that are still used today. After graduating, he went on to Harvard Law School, but he had little interest in law and soon began studying music instead. Porter would later complete his musical education at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. Porter's first Broadway show, See America F...
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945
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Composer and songwriter Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is best remembered for his Broadway and film work including the lovely melodies from Showboat, "Old Man River," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," and "Bill," as well as standards such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "The Way You Look Tonight". The collection consists primarily of show music, including some holograph sketches. There are many full and vocal scores in the hand of Kern's orchestrators and arrangers, especially Frank Saddler and Robert Russ...
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
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Irving Berlin (1888-1989), a writer and composer of popular songs, wrote "I Like Ike", which was used by Eisenhower's staff during the 1952 presidential campaign. Eisenhower presented Berlin with a special gold medal from the U.S. Congress in 1955 in recognition of his patriotic and popular songs. ...
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
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Richard Rodgers, composer and producer, was born in New York on June 28, 1902. He composed his first song, My Auto Show Girl when he was fourteen years old. (This is included in the collection Box 16, Folder 6) In 1918 Rodgers met his first professional partner, Lorenz Hart. Together they presented their first hit show, The Garrick Gaieties in 1925. In 1929 Rodgers and Hart appeared in a two-reel autobiographical short, Masters of Melodyproduced by Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and written and di...
Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982
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Polish pianist, later naturalized American. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [New York], 3 February 1969 and 12 January 1970, to Mrs. [John C.] Hughes, 1969 Feb. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676480 Epithet: pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x0002e6 ...
Oistrakh, David, 1908-1974
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Garner, Erroll
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Ajemian, Anahid
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American violinist. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Mar. 24, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861581 From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, [1977?] [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861329 ...
Rogers, Dale Evans
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Fountain, Pete
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Page, Patti
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Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977
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American singer. From the description of Bing Crosby letter to Harry Ruby, 1964 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080707 From the description of Bing Crosby autograph letter to Joe Roddy, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080729 From the description of Bing Crosby letter to Look magazine, 1944 July 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 716080749 Although Bing Crosby studied law at Gonzaga University in Spokane, he was more interested in playi...
O'Connell, Helen, 1920-1993
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Singer, actress, and television host best known for her work as a vocalist with Bob Eberly and the Jimmy Dorsey band....
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976
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Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898–February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer, she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in Lakmé and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Met...
Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947
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Composed originally for clarinet and piano, 1903.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sarabande et thème varié : pour clarinette basse et piano / Reynaldo Hahn ; orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49980832 Hahn was a French composer. Madeleine-Jeanne Coll Lemaire (1845-1928 ) was a French painter and illustrator of Marcel Proust’s Les plaisirs et les jours . From the guide to the Reynald...
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. ...
Brubeck, Dave
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American pianist, composer, and bandleader. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated Wilton, Conn., 1 August 1999, to Joan Peyser, 1999 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992201 David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (b. 1920), jazz pianist and composer, has enjoyed wide public acclaim in a career that spans the entire second half of the 20th century. A California native, he was early identified as an important proponent of the so-called "West Coast sound," a jaz...
Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955
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Jazz musician. From the description of Autograph card signed : [Indiana?], to Paul G. Klawans, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904397 ...
Lombardo, Guy
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Mcnally, Terrence
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Terrence McNally, playwright and screenwriter. From the description of Frankie and Johnny : screenplay, 1990, September 13 - 1991, February 6. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122627140 Terrence McNally, playwright. From the description of Master class: typescript, 1996. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608431 From the description of Lips together, teeth apart: typescript, 1991. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id...
Villa-Lobos, Heitor, 1887-1959
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (born March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – died November 17, 1959, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".[1] Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His mu...
Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997
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American actor. From the description of Typed invitation : London, to [John Steinbeck], 1943 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775796417 ...
Strayhorn, Billy, 1915-1967
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William "Billy" Strayhorn was born in Dayton, Ohio on November 29, 1915. He spent part of his childhood in Hillsborough, North Carolina. His family eventually moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he studied classical music at the Pittsburgh Musical Institution. At the age of 23, he submitted a musical composition titled "Something to Live For" to Duke Ellington, who subsequently recorded it with Strayhorn as the pianist. Strayhorn worked as the pianist in Mercer Ellington's orchestra for ...
Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967
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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...
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 ...
Nichols, Red
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Ernest F. Loring "Red" Nichols (1905-1965) had a long and productive career as a cornetist, bandleader and recording artist. He was born on May 8, 1905, in Ogden, Utah. He studied music with his father (a professor of music at Weber College) and was performing solo cornet by the age of six. By 1922, he was performing professionally with the Syncopating Five, and soon thereafter established a reputation as a studio musician in New York City. By 1926 Nichols and the small ...
Ives, Charles E., 1874-1954
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The poem by Edwin Markham. Composed 1912. Arranged for voice and piano, 1921 and published as no. 11 of 114 songs. Quotations: The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Hail Columbia; The Red, White, and Blue; The Star-Spangled Banner; America; The Battle Cry of Freedom. Dedicated to Dr. David Cushman Twichell.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Lincoln, the great commoner / Charles Ives. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52368029 Composer. ...
Lewis, Morgan, 1906-1968
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Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...
Boone, Pat
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Clooney, Rosemary
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Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957
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Conductor. From the description of Arturo Toscanini souvenir card, 1952 summer. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 501180914 Italian conductor, considered one of the greatest of the early 20th century. Started his career in Italy and spent much of his later years in the United States. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Toscanini to Mme Emmy Destinn, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872455 Italian conductor. From the descr...
Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987
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Violinist Jascha Heifetz was born on Feb. 2, 1901, in Vilnius, Lithuania. He studied violin with Leopold Auer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He embarked on an international career in 1912, became an American citizen in 1925, and continued to concertize and record until 1972. He died in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 1987. From the description of Jascha Heifetz collection, 1802-1987 (bulk 1911-1974). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71055203 Jascha Heifetz, legendary American vio...
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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Duke Ellington (b. Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, Washington, DC–d. May 24, 1974, New York, NY) was a composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. He began piano lessons at 7 and wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag", in 1914. Ellington became a more serious piano student as a teenager after hearing poolroom pianists in Washington, DC. Ellington moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1920s. He began a regular booking at the Cott...
Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986
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Horne, Lena.
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Singer, actress, performer of stage, films and television. Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917 and began her professional career in 1934 as a chorus girl at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York. In 1935 her career as a singer was launched with the Noble Sissle and later, the Charlie Barnet bands. She toured extensively in the United States and Europe. In the 1940s she appeared at New York's Cafe Society Downtown and from there went to Hollywood where she became the firs...
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
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Louis Armstrong, a jazz musician and entertainer, was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He claimed to have been born on July 4, 1900, which is the date given on his World War I draft card. However, recent research gives good documentation to the August 4, 1901 date, including his baptismal certificate. Some sources also cite 1898 as his birth date. He died on July 6, 1971. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet a...
Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986
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Benny Goodman was born in Chicago, May 30, 1909. He received his first musical training at a local synagogue, and later studied clarinet with Franz Schoepp. Goodman made his debut at the age of twelve, and left home to become a full-time professional clarinetist when he was sixteen. After a decade of performing as a free-lancer and as a member of Ben Pollak's band, Goodman established his first big band in 1934, and soon it achieved unprecedented success. He won great ac...
Beneke, Tex
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Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973
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Mancini, Henry
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Mancini was born on Apr. 16, 1924, in Cleveland, OH; attended Carnegie Tech Music School and Juillard Graduate School; began career after military service in WWII as a pianist with dance bands; studied privately in Los Angeles with Krenek, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Sendrey; staff composer for Universal Pictures, 1952-58; demonstrated his skills as a music arranger and songwriter with The Glenn Miller story (1954), which earned him the first of many Academy Award nominations; subsequently composed...
Casadesus, Gaby
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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...
Hodges, John Cornelius ("The Rabbit"), 1907-1970
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Kert, Larry
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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....
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
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Dizzy Gillespie (born John Birks Gillespie, October 21, 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina - January 6, 1993 Englewood, New Jersey) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer. He joined his first professional band in 1935. In the 1940s Gillespie became a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz....
Roger, Roy
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Verdi, Guiseppe
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Wall, Phil
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Bruneau, Alfred, 1857-1934
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French composer and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 18 April 1893, to Octave Pradels, 1893 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673860 From the description of Autograph letter signed : La Baule-sur-mer, to an unidentified fried, 1921 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522946 From the description of Autograph letters signed (8), dated : [Paris, and other places], 1887-97, to [Louis Gallet], 1887 June 11. (Unknow...
Bryant, Anita, 1940-
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Kapell, William
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American pianist. Born in 1922 in New York City, William Kapell studied with Dorthea Anderson LaFollette at the Yorkville Settlement School, New York, and with Olga Samaroff at the Philadelphia Conservatory and the Juilliard School. He won the Naumberg Award in 1941 and the Town Hall Award in 1942. Kapell married Anna Lou Melson in 1948. As a soloist and recitalist, Kapell performed in North and South America, Australia, Europe, and Israel and recorded for RCA Victor. He...
Markam, Edwin
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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...
Gants, Rudolph
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Oakland
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Ballet, Robert Iglesia
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West Point Glee Club
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Raitt, John, 1917-
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King, Dennis, 1897-1971
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Pinto, Octavio
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Cohan, George M.
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Entertainer. From the description of Scripts of George M. Cohan, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455917 From the description of George M. Cohan play scripts, 1928, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71208762 Dramatic author, composer, manager, and actor. From the description of Letter to Elizabeth Freeman, 1920. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122510230 American composer. ...
Monk, William Henry, 1823-1889
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Godowsky, Leopold
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Epithet: pianist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000274 ...
Obradors, Fernando J.
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d'Hardelot, Guy
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Dubow, Marilyn
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Francis, Arlene
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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Arlene Francis : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565459 ...
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 ...
Bingham
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Kjerulf, Halfdan, 1815-1868
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Originally composed for piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Wiegenlied / Halfdan Kjerulf. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52530302 ...
Reeves, Marjorie.
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Lawrence, Steve, 1935-
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Wa Chung, Kung
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Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967
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In 1955 Waxman was musical director of the Los Angeles Music Festival; in his letter he mentions that it was his 9th season. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1955, 1957, n. d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864758 FRANZ WAXMAN 1906-1967 A Biographical Memoir by John W. Waxman [Photo at right: Last portrait of Franz Waxman, taken by Boris Goldenberg in 1965, for the premiere of The Song o...
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 ...
Scott, Cyril
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Composed 1947.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Hymn of unity : oratorio for chorus, contralto, baritone and orchestra / text & music by Cyril Scott. [1947]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 64695157 Originally composed as a piano solo, 1923; orchestrated 1923.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Souvenir de Vienne / Cyril Scott. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54350713 ...
Strickland, Lily, 1887-1958
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Della Casa, Lisa
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Epithet: Swiss singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0001ce ...
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (19) : London, to "Dear Mardi" [Mrs. John C. Hughes], 1972-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589158 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : London, Hampstead, and Beverly Hills, to Denys [Blakelock], 1958 Dec. 6-1964 May 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870868 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, t...
Forrester, Maureen
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1818-1901
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Lynne, Bambi
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Serano, Lupe
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Peters, Roberta, 1930-2017
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Roberta Peters (b. New York, May 4th, 1930) is an American soprano best known for her long career at the Metropolitan Opera. Her parents recognized her vocal talent early and took her out of school at age 13 to study music full-time. Peters was mentored by Jan Peerce, studied voice with William Hermann and was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera at 19, without previous stage experience. She made her debut in 1950 as Zerlina in Don Giovanni as a last-minute replacement for Nadine Conner (her offici...
Howes, Sally
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Paradise (Paradise Freejahlove)
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O'Connor, Donald.
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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...
Siepi, Cesare
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Churchill, Frank
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Hunt, Louise
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Ford, Mary
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Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x000398 ...
Gruenberg, Louis, 1884-1964
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Commissioned by Columbia Broadcasting Corporation for radio performance. Presented 17 October, 1937 as the first opera composed for radio without any thought of visualization or the additional theatrical elements of costumes, scenery and lighting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Green mansions : a non-visual opera after W.H. Hudson / by Louis Gruenberg. [1937?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 176632275 Composed 1945.--Cf. Fleisher Co...
Piatagorsky, Gregor
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Hollander, Lorin, 1944-
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Mack, Floyd
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Dunhill, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1877-1946
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000270 ...
Monsell, Patrice
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Handel, George Frideric
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Hatton, John Liptrot, 1809-1886
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Epithet: composer and pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0002dc English composer, pianist, and singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Cranch, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665445 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Pimlico July 5 1842, to an unidentified recipient, 1842 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2706...
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...
Lipkin, Seymour
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Herold, Ágnes
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Powell, Jane, 1929-....
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Jane Powell (Suzanne Burce) (b. 1929) was an actress, singer who began her career in 1943 at the age of 13. An appearance was arranged for the young singer on the radio network broadcast of Hollywood Showcase, and about a week later her screen test for MGM was pronounced a success -- Suzanne Burce became Jane Powell. She was under contract with Metro-Goldwyn Mayer to 1957. Motion pictures in which she performed include "Holiday in Mexico," "Royal Wedding," "Athena," "Seven Brides for Seven Broth...
Poldowski
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Serrano, Lupa
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Von Joseph, Harry
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Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
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Holloway, Stanley
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Stanley Holloway (1890-1982) made over 50 films, but he loved performing in the theatre and the comic monologues, for which he was so well known, were first introduced into a Co-Optimists' stage show in 1929. He began his career working in concert parties where he was spotted by Leslie Henson who organised Holloway's first west-end appearance in a Co-Optimists' show. His most notable post-war parts were as the first gravedigger in Olivier's Hamlet film; on stage as Bottom in the Old Vic producti...
Bachelet, Alfred, 1864-1944
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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?], to an unidentified friend, 1919 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270670851 ...
DeKoven
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Sullivan, Brian.
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Curzon, Clifford, 1907-
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Fraser-Simson
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Montemezzi, Italo, 1875-1952
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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Milan, [n.d., ca. 1913?], to Sig. [Giuseppe?] Albinati, [n.d., ca. 1913?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582597 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 14 April 1931, to [Bruno] Zirato, 1931 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270900762 Montemezzi emigrated to California in 1939. He was apparently a friend of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel from at least 1942, when they ...
Moya
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Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930
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Italian conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Padua, 30 December 1915, to an unidentified friend, 1915 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565986 Italian composer. From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1887 July 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919804 ...
Kricka
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Bell Telephone Orchestra
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John Handy III Quintet
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Johnson, J. Rosamund
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Dunemont, Rene
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Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich, 1859-1935
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Corelli, Franco
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Woods, Harry
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White, Clarence Camron
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Hartmann, Arthur.
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Gruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863
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Gay, Sophie, 1776-1852
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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000446.0x0002d6 Epithet: of Sloane MS 3512 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000218 ...
Noble, Ray, 1903-1978
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Ray Noble (1903-1978) was a British big band leader, composer, arranger, and conductor during the twentieth century. Born in Brighton, England, Noble first came to musical prominence as leader of the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra in London, England during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He composed several hit songs recorded by the band, including "Love is the Sweetest Thing". Noble moved to the United States in 1934 and formed the Ray Noble Orchestra, which played and broadcast over NBC Radio at ...
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...
Goulet, Robert
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Sotherland, Joan
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Dvorak, Antonin
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Toselli, Enrico, 1883-1926
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Fleming, Rhonda, 1923-....
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Carroll, Christina
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Gorin, Igor, 1908-1982
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Smith
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Epithet: of Chepstow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x00013e Epithet: Peace Officer, Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000153 Epithet: of Sloane MS 3914 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000151 Epithet: Colonel ...
Sullivan, William S
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McHugh, Jimmy, 1894-1969
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Songwriter. From the description of Reminiscences of James Francis McHugh : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158322 ...
Giordani, Gaetano, 1800-1873
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Nielson, Fiergut
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Bellini, Vincenzo
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Music by V. Bellini, Italian libretto by F. Romani after Carlo Tedaldi-Fores's play Beatrice di Tenda; opera first performed in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice, 16 March 1833. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Cavatine für eine Bassstimme aus der Oper Beatrice di Tenda : mit Piano Forte Begleitung : manuscript, [185-?] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 671538604 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete), dated : [...
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
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During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...
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...
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....
Infante, Manuel, 1883-1958
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Perry
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Epithet: of Add MS 40429 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000355 Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x0002c1 ...
Kirsten, Dorothy, 1917-
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Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo, 1897-1948
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This Pastoreio symbolizes the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem, Toada is a nostalgic song, and Batuque is an Afro-Brazilian dance. Composed 1930. First performance 22 August 1930, Francisco Braga conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Reisado do pastoreio : suite para orchestra sinfonica, op. 65 / by Oscar Lorenzo Fernández. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51785840 Composed 1929; a revised version is extant. First performa...
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
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Lillie, Beatrice, 1894-1989
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Beatrice Lillie, stage star, was born in Toronto, Canada on May 29, 1894. Her first appearances on stage were in 1914 in Canada and in England in musical revues. She made her Broadway debut in Andre Charlot's Revue of 1924 . Miss Lillie's most notable Broadway performances were in The Seven Lively Arts, Inside U. S. A., Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 and High Spirits . She toured the world in An Evening with Beatrice Lillie from 1952 to 1956. Miss Lillie appeared in films and on television. She marrie...
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 ...
Taylor, Deems, 185-1966
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Fox
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 697 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x00036f Epithet: of Add MS 40245 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001345.0x00036d ...
Heuberger, Richard, 1850-1914
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Austrian critic, composer, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Hinterbrühl Sept. 14 1884, to an unidentified Regierungsrath, 1884 Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666235 ...
Bolger, Ray
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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 ...
Fourdrain, Felix
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Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, 1710-1784
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Also published as Sinfonia, D minor. The Bass part is intended only for performance by an orchestra. It is to be omitted for performance by a chamber music ensemble.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Preludio e Fuga : per 2 flauti e quartetto d'archi / W. Friedemann Bach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43249812 Composed ca. 1761.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra : in...
Rameau, ...
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Epithet: notary, of Paris British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000799.0x000270 ...
Levitsky, Mischa
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Mathis, James
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Ponchielli, Amilcare
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Italian composer. From the description of [Draft of Suor Teresa]. [ca. 1880s?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270989968 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Cremona, 26 August 1869, to [Emanuele] Rovelli, 1869 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675101 From the description of [Sketches for Act 3 of La Gioconda]. [1876?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568708 From the description of [Draft of vocal score of I Lituani]. [1874?] (U...
Edwards, Clara, 1887-1974
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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...
Novotná, Jarmila, 1907-1994
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Epithet: Czech soprano British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x00001a Opera singer. From the description of Reminiscences of Jarmila Novotna: oral history, 1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122620578 ...
Herford, Harold
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Sarti, Maria Giovanna, 1966-....
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Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-
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Glazunov, Alexandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1935
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Seefried, Irmgard
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Epithet: Austrian singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x00009b ...
Schola Cantorum
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Waves Singing Platoon
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Gennaro, Peter
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Peter Gennaro, dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, was born November 23, 1919 in Louisiana. He was an acclaimed choreographer for Broadway and television shows, and an accomplished dancer and teacher whose contribution in the early development of jazz dance was significant. Gennaro showed promise as a dancer since childhood, winning his first dance award at the age of four. Growing up, he studied dance with local teachers until his military service during World War ...
Gardner, Erroll
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Rogers, Eileen
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Shepard
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Lehmann, Liza, 1862-1918
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English singer and composer whose full name was Elisabetha Nina Mary Frederica (Lehmann) Bedford. From the description of Letter [n.d.] 28 Abercorn Place, N.W. [London] to Miss Klickman [n.p.] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370436 From the description of Letter [n.d.] Wimbledon [Surrey, England] to [M.S.] Mackinlay[!] [London?] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370434 From the description of Letter [n.d.] Portman Mansions, W. [London] ...
Munroe, L
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Chad Mitchell Trio
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Conti, Richard
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Harrison, Annie
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Georgian State dancers
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Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938
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Leopold Godowsky, American pianist and composer of Polish birth, was born in Soshly, near Vilnius, Feb. 13 1870 and died in New York, Nov, 21, 1938. He was one of the great piano virtuosos at the turn of the century, who wrote works of such technical difficulty that they have been mastered by few pianists. He was also a great teacher and a prolific composer. From the description of Leopold Godowsky collection 1890-1938 1900-1930 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130016 ...
Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915
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Composed originally for piano 1907.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Nuances / A. Scriabin ; arr. by M. Altschuler. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54109302 American pianist, conductor, and composer of Russian birth. From the description of [Album leaf in the hand of Ossip Gabrilowitsch], 1928 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563334 Russian composer. From the description of "Mazurka op 9. ....
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 ...
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...
Nicolai, Otto
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Moskowski
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Agons, Leslie
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Gobbi, Tito
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Epithet: Italian singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000287 ...
Krumbein, ...
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Lippe, ...
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Darch, Bob
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Goodeve
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Lara, Augustin, 1900-1970
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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...
Goldmark, Carl, 1830-1915
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Hungarian composer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Vienna, 30 March 1873, 1873 Mar. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577977 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Baden, 30 June 1870, to an unidentified recipient, 1870 June 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577974 From the description of [Draft of Act 2 of Die Königen von Saba]. [1875?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563944 ...
Bellini, Vincenzo
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Music by V. Bellini, Italian libretto by F. Romani after Carlo Tedaldi-Fores's play Beatrice di Tenda; opera first performed in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice, 16 March 1833. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Cavatine für eine Bassstimme aus der Oper Beatrice di Tenda : mit Piano Forte Begleitung : manuscript, [185-?] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 671538604 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete), dated : [...
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...
Lover, ...
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Velazquez
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Amara, Lucine
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Maddocks, Mat
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McRae, Sheila
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Spillman
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Lohr, Hermann
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Gimsey
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Moffo, Anna
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American soprano. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Feb. 24, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862046 Epithet: American singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000001 ...
United States. Army Air Defense Command. Choral Group
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Bland, James A.
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Barnby, Sir Joseph, 1838-1896
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English conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Windsor, 29 July 1883 and 7 March 1884 to [Joseph Bennett], 1883 July 29, 1884 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671931 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Eaton College, Windsor, to Mrs. Layton, 1889 Nov. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671935 English composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letters signed : E...
Hubay, Jenő, 1858-1937
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Composed 1881. First performance Brussels, 1886, Joseph Dupont conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto dramatique : pour violon et orchestre ou piano / de Jenő Hubay. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52303692 Hungarian violinist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Brussels Feb. 14 1886, to M. [E.?] Zilcken , 1886 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...
Bishop, Henry R.
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Henry R. Bishop, English composer. He served as musical director of the top theatres in London, including and Covent Garden, King's Theatre and Drury Lane. Throughout his career, Bishop composed, contributed to, or arranged around 130 stage works, and selections from some 70 of them were published. These published volumes contain 48 overtures, 190 airs and ballads, 53 display songs, 73 duets and trios, 150 glees and ensemble pieces, and 340 melodramas, marches, and ballet airs. From ...
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 ...
Rounseville, Robert
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Price, Leontyne.
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Ames, Nancy
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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...
Ireland, John, 1879-
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Bell Telephone Chorus
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Tchiakovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
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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...
Leoni, ...
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Chabrier, Emmanuel, 1841-1894
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French composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter from Chabrier to Vincent d'Indy, Paris, 1890 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130420 French composer. From the description of [A draft of Maurice Ravel's orchestration]. [1918?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568816 French composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 7 June 1893, to [Henri Georges Heugel?], 1893 June ...
Kant, Allegra
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Gomes, Carlos
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Granger, Farley
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Dunmore, Jacqueline
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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...
Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887
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Russian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tula, 23 August 1881, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673042 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, 23 May 1886, to an unidentified friend, 1886 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673044 From the description of Autograph envelope, postmarked : St. Petersburg, 20 January 1886, addressed to Théodore Sadoul i...
Nola, Fern Ann
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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...
Hastings
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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x0002d0 ...
Carson, Mindy
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Watson, Susan
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Viniofsky
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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...
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich
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First performed in St. Petersberg at the Mariinsky on 7/19 January 1898. From the description of Adagio (Raymonda) : A. Glazunov : manuscript, [1898?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612868490 Originally composed for horn and piano 1890. For Glazunov's own transcription for horn and orchestra see F.C. no. 539 m. From the description of Rêverie, op. 24, for horn solo and orchestra / Alexander Glazunov ; transcribed by B. Jivoff. [1---?] (Franklin & Marshall Co...
Riley, Alice C. D. (Alice Cushing Donaldson), 1867-1953
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Author of children's rhymes, stories, and one-act plays, of Evanston, Ill.; d. 1953. From the description of Papers, 1895-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962779 ...
Barret, T
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Vilalla, Eduard
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Newly, Anthony
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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...
Farrell, Susan R. (Susan Rosemary), 1956-
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Fracci, Carla
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Engel, Carl
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Engel was president of G. Schirmer, Inc., a music publishing company. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1940. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863213 ...
Marquina, ...
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Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932
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John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to distinguish him from his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford who is also known as "The March King". Among his best-known marches are "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America), "Semper Fidelis" (official march of the United States...
Michaelian, Patricia
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Caldara, Antonio
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Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-
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Caroll
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Casadesus, Jean
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Ender St. Clair
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Entremont, Philippe
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Vienna Boys' Choir
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Montemezzi, Italo, 1875-1952
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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Milan, [n.d., ca. 1913?], to Sig. [Giuseppe?] Albinati, [n.d., ca. 1913?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582597 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 14 April 1931, to [Bruno] Zirato, 1931 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270900762 Montemezzi emigrated to California in 1939. He was apparently a friend of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel from at least 1942, when they ...
Rogers, Roy, 1911-
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Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903
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Austrian composer. From the description of Gudmund's erster Gesang. [1891 Oct. 30?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571339 From the description of Charwoche. [1888 Oct. 8?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571344 From the description of Letter, dated : [Vienna, 1 June 1880], to Mlle. Henriette Lang, Taikowitz, Moravia, [1880 June 1]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873919 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Vienna, 2 March and...
Rossini, Giaocchino, 1858-1924
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Molloy, J. L. (James L.), 1837-1909
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Irish composer. From the description of "Corisande / W.S. Gilbert / James L Molloy" : autograph manuscript, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270567192 From the description of "Eily's Reason. / Song. / by / W.S. Gilbert / Composed expressly for / & sung by / Madame Lemmens-Sherrington / by / James L Molloy" : autograph manuscript, 1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270567195 From the description of "Eily's Reason. / Song. / by / W.S. Gilbert / Composed expr...
Shaw, Martha
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Epithet: née Barkley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0000bc ...
Mallotte, Albert Hay, 1895-1964
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Gade, Jacob, 1879-1963
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Composed ca. 1940.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The last viking : epic tone poem / by Jacob Gade. 1940. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51969981 Composer of Jalousie. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Assens, to James J. Fuld, 1962 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903909 ...
Ruckman, Theodore
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De Falla, Manuel
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Manuel de Falla was a Spanish classical composer. Ricardo Vinès was a Spanish pianist. From the description of [Postcard, 1921 avril 4 to] Ricardo Vinès / Manuel de Falla. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100808 Spanish composer. From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : Granada, 30 December 1922, to O.M. Kling [at J. & W. Chester], 1922 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576695 From the description of Autograph note...
Bream, Julian
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The Grand Brothers and Wendy
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Count Basie and his orchestra
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Adangelo, John
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Constam, Henry
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Given, Nunz
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Chopin, Frederic
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
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Sergei Denham (1896-1970) was a Russian-born banker and director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Leonide Massine (1896-1979) was Russian dancer and choreographer and artistic director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. From the description of Records concerning Leonide Massine, 1939-1969 (inclusive), 1942-1954 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557063 The Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo was a company that existed between 1938 and 1962 under the directorship of Sergei...
Russell, Kennedy
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Novacek, Ottokar, 1866-1900
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Burleigh, Cecil, 1885-1980
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Originally composed for violin and piano in "Five Reminiscences"; arranged Sept. 30, 1923, for the Symphony Club by William F. Happich.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of At twilight, op. 14, no. 1 / Cecil Burleigh ; arr. for string orchestra and harp by William F. Happich. 1923. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45205427 Composed for violin and piano in "Four Small Concert Pieces." Arranged March 1922 for the Symphony Club.--Cf. Fleisher ...
Voohrees, Donald
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Hambro, Leonid
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Wittenpoofs
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Hartman, Paul, 1904-1973
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Paul Hartman was born in 1910 in San Francisco, CA; studied dancing with his aunt, Flora Norris; made stage debut at age of six weeks at the Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco, and first speaking role in the same theater in Johnny comes marching home (1912); graduated from UC Berkeley; became dancer, actor, magician and singer; married dancer, actress, and singer Grace Barrett; they appeared in vaudeville in the act, Hartman and Barrett, and toured the Far East, Europe and the US; in New York, th...
Piatigorsky, Gregor, 1903-1976
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Epithet: cellist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0001fc This transcription 1946.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Variations on a Paganini theme / Gregor Piatigorsky ; orchestral arrangement by Arthur Cohn. [1946] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53194517 ...
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 ...
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...
Blum, Anthony
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Monteverdi, Claudio
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Transcribed 1929; first performance Prague, 5 Sept. 1930.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Madrigali : interpretazioni sinfoniche : dal concerto : settimo libro dei Madrigali / di Claudio Monteverdi ; G. Francesco Malipiero. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52973541 Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000370 ...
Kreisler, Fritz
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Originally composed for violin and piano. Attributed by Kreisler to Pugnani when first published by Carl Fischer in 1910. This transcription 1919.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Praeludium und Allegro / A. Pugnani- F. Kreisler. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52596205 Fritz Kreisler (b. Feb. 2, 1875, in Vienna; d. Jan. 29, 1962, in New York) was a violinist and composer. From the description of Fritz Kreisler colle...
Galloway
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Valdengo, G
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Glenn, Carol
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Dichmont, William
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Pick-Mangiagalli, Riccardo, 1882-1949
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Brown, Lew
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Petit, ...
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Epithet: dramatist; of Add MS 42941 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x0000fc Epithet: ? Wm. Petyt (q. v.) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x0000fb Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...
Aglefski, Andre
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Arne, Michael
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Westminster Choir
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Mignone, Francisco, 1897-
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Drake, Alfred, 1914-
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Wyler, Richard
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Bolgues, Donald
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Stults, R. M.
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Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986
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Hurst, James (Singer)
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Henriot, Nicole, 1925-
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Schmidt, Lucien
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Aguire
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Helmusberger
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Lee, Alfred
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Vieutemps
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Lewis, Al
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Lewis was best known as a writer and director; was an actor in vaudeville, plays, and motion pictures; was a radio writer for Walter O'Keefe, Milton Berle, and Fred Allen; his numerous credits include the motion pictures Ma and Pa Kettle and Our Miss Brooks and the radio and television series Our Miss Brooks. From the description of Collection of radio and television scripts, 1943-1954. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40742281 ...
Martini, Giovanni Battista
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Italian writer on music, teacher, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 15 May 1758, to an unidentified padre in Padua, 1758 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581886 ...
Berry
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Epithet: Jean, Duc de British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x000116 Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x000114 ...
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 ...
Haskell, Jack, 1919-1998
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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...
Baker, John
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Epithet: of Add MS 38463 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001ce Epithet: of Egerton MS 3351 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001d2 Epithet: of Newthorpe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x00037c Epithet: Privy Councill...
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...
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...
Torelli, Giuseppe, 1658-1709
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000160 ...
Cassado
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Haydn, Franz Joseph
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Gifford, Walter F
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Hurst, Eric
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Fauré, Gabriel
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Paganini, Niccolo
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Stanley Freidman
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Caesar, Irving
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Writer of "Swanee" and other songs. From the description of Autograph card signed : [New York], to Irene [Gallagher], 1921 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270935634 Lyricist. From the description of Reminiscences of Irving Caesar : oral history, [195-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122564878 Lyricist and songwriter who served as stenographer and secretary on Henry Ford's Peace Expedition, 1915-1916. ...
Howell, Elizabeth
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Harriman, E. Roland (Edward Roland), 1895-1978
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...
Napoli, Joe
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Bax, Arnold
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English composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), 2 of them partly in Gaelic, dated : [London], to Keith, [n.y.] Apr. 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672058 Composed ca. 1921. Published in Volume I, number 3 (November 1, 1921) of the magazine Fanfare, a Musical Causerie, edited by Leigh Henry and published by Goodwin & Tabb, London.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fanfare (Hasting [sic] at dawn) / Arnol...
Shostakovitch, Dmitri
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The brothers four
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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...
Vichey, Luben
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Sayão, Bidú
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Carroll, Diahann
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Diahann Carroll is the consummate entertainer. So varied and dynamic are her gifts that she continually astounds fans and critics alike with her versatility and magnetism. She is one of America's major performing talents appearing in nightclubs, the Broadway stage, a Las Vegas headliner, motion pictures and television. Diahann Carroll is a Tony Award winner, an Emmy and Grammy nominee, a Golden Globe winner and a Best Actress Oscar nominee.Her television nominations go back to 1963 and in 1968, ...
Orefice, Giacomo
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Champion, Marge
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Biographical Note 1919, Sept. 2 Born Marjorie Belcher, Los Angeles, California 1934 Modeled for Walt Disney's animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1936 Stage debut at the Hollywood Bowl performing with Los Angeles Civic Opera ...
Schutt.
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Hughes, ...
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Epithet: Miss British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000398 Epithet: Ingénieur British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000396 Epithet: of Add MS 41818 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000399 ...
Giraud, ...
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Epithet: Bishop of Vaison British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x000201 ...
Carow, Margret
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Rabey, Rene
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Bridge, Frank
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Arnes, Russell
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Gedda, Nicolai
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Epithet: Swedish singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x00027d ...
Woody Herman big band
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Thome
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Lloyd, Charles, 1938-....
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 669 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x000389 Epithet: of Stowe MS 265 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x000388 Epithet: of Exeter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x000387 Epithet: Bishop of Oxford 182...
Scvartz
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Kreisler, Fritz
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Originally composed for violin and piano. Attributed by Kreisler to Pugnani when first published by Carl Fischer in 1910. This transcription 1919.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Praeludium und Allegro / A. Pugnani- F. Kreisler. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52596205 Fritz Kreisler (b. Feb. 2, 1875, in Vienna; d. Jan. 29, 1962, in New York) was a violinist and composer. From the description of Fritz Kreisler colle...
Red Nichols and his All Stars
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Weill, Kurt
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As a result of the success of his Broadway musical Lady in the dark in 1941, German-born composer Kurt Weill and his wife, the singing actress Lotte Lenya, were able to buy "Brook House," in Rockland County, New York, moving there during their sixth year in the United States. From Brook House, and a couple of addresses in Los Angeles during his trips there, Weill kept in touch, until a month before his death, with his parents, who had emigrated to Israel in 1935. From the description...
Luca, Sergei
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Tourel, Jennie
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Rubinstein, Anton
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Suggested by the drama by Lev Alexandrovich Mey. Composed 1869.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ivan IV (the terrible), op. 79 / Anton Rubinstein. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 76952517 Russian pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Rubinstein to unidentified publisher, London, 1859 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553504 Russian pianist, composer, and teache...
Bartholemew, Marshal
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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...
Tiecher
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Carrol, Ivan
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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...
Rabin, Michael, 1936-1972
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Sound of Music Singers
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The Nicholas brothers
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Liszt, Franz, 1881-1886
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Lawrence, Carol, 1932-
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Decoven
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Vien, Jean
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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 ...
Punce
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Catalani, Alfredo, 1854-1893
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Italian composer. From the description of Le Rouet / (L'arcolajo) / pezzo caratteristico / Per pianoforte a 2 mani / di / Alfredo Catalani. [1878?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562166 ...
Norowit, Nora
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Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008
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Forsythe, John, 1918-
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American ballet theatre
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The American Ballet Theatre is an American ballet company founded by Oliver Smith and Lucia Chase in 1940. From the guide to the American Ballet Theatre Programs, 1940-1979, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Ballet Theatre, an outgrowth of the Mordkin Ballet which started in 1937 as an outlet for the students from Mikhail Mordkin's school, was inaugarated with Richard Pleasant as director in the fall of 1939. Its stated goal was to ...
Wright, Martha
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Thomas, Ambroise
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French composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Thomas to unidentified correspondent, 1858 Aug. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448541 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Thomas to unknown correspondent, 1883 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560725 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Thomas to unidentified correspondent, 1878 Oct. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566400 ...
Brant, Mel
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Dukes of Dixieland
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Morath, Max
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Bergen, Polly, 1930-2014
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Biographical Note Actress/singer Polly Bergen was born July 14, 1930 in Knoxville, TN, making her radio debut at the age of 14 and honing her craft on the summer stock circuit before journeying to Hollywood in 1949. She soon made her feature debut in Across the Rio Grande, quickly followed by roles in no less than three Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis comedies -- At War with the Army, That's My Boy and The Stooge. Increasing dissatisfaction with the ...
Hunt, Lois
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Donaudy, Stefano, 1879-1925
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Spencer.
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Epithet: Alchemist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x0003e8 Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x0001f9 ...
Hayden, Mellisa
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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...
Rossini, Giaocchino
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Harth, Sidney
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Harris, Julie (Julie A.)
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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Julie Harris : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597811 ...
Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-
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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...
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...
Paisiello, Giovanni
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Libretto by the Duke of San Angelo Morbilli; first performed in Rome at the Argentina, carn. 1776. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Sò che frà poco indegno : manuscript, [178-?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612843217 Libretto by Metastasio; first performed in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo, 12 January 1785. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Nell'Antigono S. Carlo Rec.vo [i.e. Recititativo] con duetto Non temer non sono amante : musica del si...
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
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Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist of Jewish ancestry. He had a strong influence in popular music in Europe, and was one of the originators of the operetta, of which he wrote more than one hundred. His works were noted for their elements of satire and parody; two for which he is particularly known are the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld and the opera The Tales of Hoffman . From the guide to the Jacques Offenbach Letter, undated (after 1844)...
LaForge, Frank
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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 ...
Nerie, Patricia
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Tirindelli, P.A.
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Italian violinist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Venice, [1907], to [Guido Alberto] Fano, 1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677743 Epithet: musician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0000ef ...
Maddox, Matt
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Wolfe, Jack A., 1936-
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Dukas, Paul
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French composer. From the description of Correspondence with Paul Poujaud, 1891-1935 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702195521 From the description of L'Ondine et le Pêcheur (Th. Gautier.). [n.d.] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563125 From the description of Variations et finale sur un menuet de J. Ph. Rameau. [between 1899 and 1902] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563130 From the description of [Sketchbook] [manuscript]. (Unknown)...
Chimara
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Alias, Rosolin
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Bereyosova, Svetlana
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Wahl, ...
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Elgar, Edward
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Mana-Succa
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Elwell
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Gillette, Anita, 1936-
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Wyatt, Jane, 1912-
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Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946
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Godard, Henri.
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Sumer, Lydia
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Houseman, Ron
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Seaver, George, 1890-....
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George Seaver was born in Cheltenham in 1890. He was educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and was ordained in 1925. His association with Cheltenham brought him into contact with Edward Adrian Wilson's sister, Ida, and wife, Oriana, who put at Seaver's disposal the primary source material for his three character studies of Wilson, published between 1933 and 1948. His other publications include a biography of Henry Robertson Bowers published in 1938, and a character study of Robert Fa...
Stafford, Jo
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Segovia, Andrés, 1893-
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Pérez Freire, Osmán, 1880-1930
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Nilsson, Birgit
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Epithet: Swedish singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000016 ...
Parys
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Curran, Bob
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Gomez
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Grechaninov, Alexandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956.
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Alexandr Grechaninov was a Russian composer known for liturgical music. From the description of Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov : testimonial from Johannes-Damascenus-Chor für ostkirchliche Liturgie, Essen, 1955. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122534393 ...
Abrahams, R. G.
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Bates, Nora
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Guizar, Tito, 1912-
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Rietsen, Earl
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Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687
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First performed at the court at St. Germain-en-Laye, 3 February 1680. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Proserpine : tragedie mis en musique par monsieur de Luly [sic] surintendant de la musique du roy en 1680 : manuscript, [between 1750 and 1800] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612860198 First performed at the Paris Opéra, 15 February 1686; libretto by P. Quinault, after Torquato Tasso's epic poem Gerusalemme liberata. Cf. New Grove opera. From the d...
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...
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...
Moore, Grace, 1898-1947
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Grace Moore was an opera singer and movie star. She died in a plane crash in 1947. From the description of Papers, 1930-1947. (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 45105591 Grace Moore was an American soprano who sang at the Metropolitan Opera and other opera houses. She married Valetin Parera in 1931 and was also known as Grace Moore Parera. She died in an airplane crash near Copenhagen. From the description of Correspondence, 1936-1947. (New York Publi...
Benny Goodman sextet
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Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003
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Bill Bear Marionettes
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Lettvin, Theodore
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Summary: Theodore Lettvin was born in Chicago on October 29, 1926. He made his debut as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1939) and performed regularly with major U.S. orchestras afterwards. Lettvin also held numerous positions as a teacher including visiting lecturer at the University of Colorado (1956-1957), head of the piano department at the Cleveland Music School Settlement (1956-1968), professor of piano at the New England Conservatory of Music (1968-1977), the Univ...
D'esposito
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Bettis, Valerie, 1920-
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Khachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978
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For another edition with score and parts, see callno.: 231p.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Piano concerto / Khachaturian. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 302275818 Soviet composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Moscow, 16 January 1961, to James Fuld, 1961 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873463 Soviet composer of Armenian descent. From the description of R...
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...
Douglas, Larry
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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....
Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0000fc British composer. From the description of The Roger Quilter collection, 1908-1952 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702173846 ...
Cona, Chanod
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D'Indy, Vincent, 1851-1931
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Bloom, Claire, 1931-....
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English actress. From the description of Typed letter signed : Music Box Theatre, New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1959 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868012 Actress; b. Patricia Claire Bloom. From the description of Claire Bloom collection, 1954-1995 (bulk 1950s-1970s). (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70954215 ...
Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
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Foster, Stephen C
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Ryan, Robert D. (Robert Dean), 1933-
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Mopper, Irving
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Sullivan, Arthur
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Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer well-known for his collaborations with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan sheet music, 1868-1993., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.) Sullivan was an English composer. Gilbert was a English dramatist. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan correspondence with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, 1854-1900., (Houghton Libra...
Romberg, Sigmund
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Arnold, Edward, 1857-1942
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Epithet: of Burn, county Yorkshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0002d0 ...
Sweetland, S
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Belamy, Ralph
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Curtin, Phyllis
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Rachmaninoff - Kreisler
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Aroba, Sonia
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Troop, Bobby
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Davis, Agnes, 1905-1967
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Agnes Davis was a soprano and professor of voice in the Indiana University School of Music. Her career highlights include winning the Atwater Kent singing competition in 1927 and touring with the USO from 1943-1945. From the description of Agnes Davis papers, 1927-1967, bulk 1940-1946. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 45098368 Agnes Davis, the daughter of Colonel W.A. Davis and Lulu Goodall Davis, was born on May 11, 1905 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. ...
Towers, Constance
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Raymond Scott Quintet.
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Tolchi, Maria
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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...
Sands, Tommy, 1937-
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Wright, Eugene J. (Eugene Joseph), 1923-
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Eugene Joseph Wright (b. May 29, 1923, Chicago, IL), nicknamed The Senator, is an American jazz bassist, best known for his work as a member of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, in particular on the group's most famous album, Time Out (1959), with pianist Brubeck, drummer Joe Morello and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond....
Paul, Les
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Dougherty, Celius, 1902-1986
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American composer. From the description of [Selected songs of Celius Dougherty]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702121436 From the description of [Selected songs of Celius Dougherty]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122555578 ...
Dinicu, Grigoras
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Coward, Noël, 1899-1973
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English composer, writer, actor, and producer. From the description of Signature on his visiting card, dated : [n.p., n.d.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899310 Badger's Green opened Jun. 12, 1930. From the description of Letter [1930] Jun. 20 [London] to Maurice Browne [London] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365183 English actor and author. From the description of The Birth of Hope : autograph manuscript signed ...
Ludlow, Conrad
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Jepson, Helen, 1904-
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Arensky, Anton Stepanovitch, 1861-1906
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Russian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Nice], 10/23 March 1905, to Alexander Siloti in St. Petersburg, 1905, 10 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680648 ...
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...
Balanchine, George
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Ballet dancer and ballet and theater choreographer; the major ballet figure in the twentieth century. From the description of Correspondence and contracts, 1949-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533853 George Balanchine (1904-1983) was a Russian-American dancer and choreographer. In 1921 he graduated from the Theatre School in Petrograd. He left Russia in 1924, and the same year he was engaged by Serge Diaghilev as a choreographer for his company Ballet...
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...
Couperin, François
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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 ...
Mera, Lucine
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Homer, Sidney
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Melton, James, 1904-1961
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James Melton, 1904-1961, was a professional vocalist, a popular tenor whose career in radio, television, concert, opera, and motion pictures extended from the late 1920s through the 1950s. He began in radio with NBC in "Roxy's Gang" in 1927. He toured Europe with the Reveler's Quartet and in 1934 toured 28 cities with George Gershwin. His operatic debute was in 1938 as Pinkerton in "Madam Butterfly". In the 1940s he was a leading tenor on network shows such as "Texaco Star Theater", "The Telepho...
Earl twins
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Meister, Barbara, 1932-
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Tárrega, Francisco, 1852-1909
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Coelho, Olgo
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Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich, 1855-1914
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No. 1 composed originally for solo piano, 1890, as part of Two Pieces, op. 24. No. 2 composed originally for solo piano, 1895, as part of Three Preludes, op. 36. This arrangement 1939. First performance Philadelphia, 25 June 1939, Philadelphia Federal Symphony Orchestra, J.W.F. Leman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Two preludes / by Anatole Liadow ; arranged for string orchestra by Bernard Morgan. [1975] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record ...
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...
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
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Inventor and educator. From the description of Check, 1918 Feb. 11. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70954428 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and educator, and members of the related Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. From the description of Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979893 Inventor Alexander Graham Bell became a member of the American Philsophical Society in...
Foster, Addison
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Gilana
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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 ...
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...
Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881-1946
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American composer. From the description of Charles Wakefield Cadman autograph letter to Adolph M. Foerster, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650839439 From the description of Charles Wakefield Cadman autograph letter to Adolph M. Foerster, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650839474 From the description of Charles Wakefield Cadman autograph letter to Adolph M. Foerster, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 650839445 From the description of C...
Stothart, Herbert
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Lauder, Harry, Sir, 1870-1950
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Composer. From the description of Autograph correspondence card signed : Blackpool, 1913 Sept. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903905 ...
Mansion, Francisco
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Gade, Jacob, 1879-1963
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Composed ca. 1940.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The last viking : epic tone poem / by Jacob Gade. 1940. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51969981 Composer of Jalousie. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Assens, to James J. Fuld, 1962 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903909 ...
Karasset, Kita
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Obradores
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Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
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Epithet: American composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000325 American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth. From the description of [Die tote Stadt. Vocal score]. [1920?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566562 Luzi Korngold (born Luise von Sonnenthal) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold married in 1924. After Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel moved to California in 1941, the Korngolds were...
Ives, Burl, 1909-
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DeLuca, Giuseppe
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McDonald, Harl
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Composed 1938. First performance Boston, 30 October 1939, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of San Juan Capistrano : two nocturnes for orchestra / Harl McDonald. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52938443 Composed 1934. First performance Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchestra, 4 October 1935, Leopold Stokowski conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description o...
Woodforde-Finden
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Roy, William
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Epithet: Colonel; of Add MS 38213 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x000143 Epithet: Major-General FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x0001ca Epithet: Colonel; Major -General 1782 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8...
Raksin, David
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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) American film composer. From the description of David Raksin: an oral history interview with Peggy Mayer Sherry for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Weill-Lenya Research Center, Van Nuys, CA, 1991 Oct. 2. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 152674950 ...
Mehta, Molly
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Reinagle
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Kálmán, Imre, 1882-1953
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Reif, ...
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Casedesus, Robert, 1899-1972
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Hayes, Bill
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Holliday
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Williams, Roger, 1961-
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Epithet: of Tangier British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x000022 Epithet: of Stowe MS 132 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x00009b During the early decades of the nineteenth century, Roger Williams ran a ferry in West Springfield, Mass., carrying passengers and freight across the Connecticut River. From t...
Bennett, Johnny
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Epithet: Incumbent of Park Chapel, Chelsea British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000117 Epithet: of Add MS 32484 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x00011b Epithet: of Add MS 36063 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000123 Epith...
Elmo, Cloe
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Allen, Fred, 1894-1956
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Radio comedian and humorist. From the description of Papers of Fred Allen, 1932-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78567150 Nat Hiken was head writer for Fred Allen for seven years and created the character of Sgt. Ernei Bilko. He died in 1968 at the age of 54 (Dec. 8, 1968). From the description of Letters : to Nat Hiken, 1942-1946. (Boston Public Library). WorldCat record id: 39782118 Biographical Note ...
Pinza, Ezio
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Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
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Mahalia Jackson (b. Oct. 26, 1911, New Orleans, LA–d. Jan. 27, 1972, Evergreen Park, IL) was one of the most well-known gospel singers of the 20th century. She began singing in church and when she moved to Chicago at age 16 she continued that. In fact, she refused to sing secular music. In 1947 Jackson signed with the Apollo record label and recorded many hits. She was the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall in 1950. She also performed gospel at the Newport Jazz Festival and sang at ...
Morgan, Jane
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Uppman, Theodore, 1920-
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Reardon, John, 1930-1988
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Resnik, Regina, 1922-....
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Howes, Sally Ann
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Hopkinson, A. (Alan)
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Epithet: of Add MS 38492 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0003a1 ...
Ponchielli, Amilcare
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Italian composer. From the description of [Draft of Suor Teresa]. [ca. 1880s?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270989968 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Cremona, 26 August 1869, to [Emanuele] Rovelli, 1869 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675101 From the description of [Sketches for Act 3 of La Gioconda]. [1876?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568708 From the description of [Draft of vocal score of I Lituani]. [1874?] (U...
Daily, James
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Reznicek, E. N. von (Emil Nikolaus), 1860-1945
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Austrian composer and conductor. From the description of [Vocal score of Donna Diana]. [1894?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568984 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 2 May 1904, to [Victor Hahn at Das kleine Journal], 1904 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676037 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Prague, 16 October 1892, to an unidentified recipient, 1892 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2708984...
Gillet
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Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984
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Arthur Schwartz, composer. Dorothy Fields, lyricist. Betty Smith and George Abbott, librettists. Betty Smith, novelist. David Ives, concert adaptation. From the description of A tree grows in Brooklyn : typescript, 2005. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79468106 Songwriter, producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur Schwartz : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608352 Rob...
Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962
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French composer. From the description of "'Deux Stèles Orientés' / pour voix et flûte / Victor Segalen / Jacques Ibert" : autograph manuscript, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566476 ...
Buffalo Bills (Football team)
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Korbay
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Mull, Michael
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Wylen, Jane
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Macrae, Sheila
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Magalaons, Nicholas
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Boito, Arrigo
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Italian composer. From the description of Arrigo Boito autograph letter to unidentified recipient, [1876?] Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 631767534 From the description of Arrigo Boito autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1876 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 631767557 Italian librettist, composer, poet, and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 1 March 1911, to Sigra. Maria Martucci, 1911 Mar. 1. ...
Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966
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American composer and writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed and autograph letter signed, dated : Stamford, Conn., 28 August 1927 and 1 March 1931, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1927 Aug. 28 and 1927 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676607 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Stamford, Conn., 7 December 1931, to Mrs. [Melbert B.] Cary [Mary Flagler Cary], 1931 Dec. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676604 From...
Mercier, Margaret
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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...
Szymanowsky
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Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-....
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Borge, Victor
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Hollander, Lorin, 1944-
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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 ...
Marks, ...
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Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013
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Concert pianist. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, February 17, 1992. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896057 ...
Cummings, Lucille
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Lenoir, Jean
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Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951
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Sigmund Romberg, prolific American composer and conductor of Hungarian birth, born Nagykanizsa, July 29, 1887; died New York, Nov. 9, 1951 who wrote over 70 operettas and 2,000 songs. From the description of Sigmund Romberg collection 1918-1950 1920-1940 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130015 ...
Beach, H.H.A. Mrs
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Dedicated to Madame Teresa Carreño. First performance Music Hall, Boston, 6 April 1900, Boston Symphony, William Gericke conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto : for pianoforte and orchestra, op. 45 / by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43256910 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., London?, n.d.], to Stanley K. Faye at t...
Adams, Steven
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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...
Ross, Lonnie
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Teyte, Maggie
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Speaks, Oley, 1876-
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Gerr, Robert
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Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977
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Humorist and actor. Real name: Julius Henry Marx. From the description of Groucho Marx papers, 1930-1967 (bulk 1950-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982543 Biographical Note 1890, Oct. 2 Born Julius Henry Marx, New York, N.Y. 1920 Married Ruth Johnson (divorced 1942) ...
Huhn, Bruno
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Kountz, R
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Kroll, William, 1901-1980
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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...
Plimpton, George
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Bach/Saint-Saens
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Penn, Arthur
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Franck, César
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Labelle, Roberta
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Borovsky
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Galagher, Helen
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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 ...
Bay, Emanuel
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Alabieff
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Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-
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Robledo, Julain
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Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
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French composer, 19th century. From the description of Letter from Adolphe Charles Adams to an unknown correspondent. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571784 Adolphe Adam was a French composer. He wrote primarily for the theatre, composing operas, ballets, light operas and vaudeville during his career. He is best known for some of his ballets, such as Giselle and Le Corsaire . From the guide to the Adolphe Adam Papers, undated [1803-1856], (Special Collections R...
Glazunov, Alexandr Konstantinovich
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MacMurrough
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Glover, Charles William, 1806-1863
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Veracini, Francesco Maria, 1690-1768
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x0003b4 ...
Iturbi, Jose
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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 ...
Bixio, C.A.
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Wagner, Richard, 1818-1883
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Sargent, Paul
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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 ...
McRay, Gould
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Pittaluga, Gustavo
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Hue
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Campbell-Tipton, Louis, 1877-1921
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Fontenailles, Hide
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Kremser
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Knapp
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Delibes, Leo, 4d1836-1891
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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...
Von Tisser, Albert; Norowit, Jack
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Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924
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Composed 1884-85. First performance Stuttgart, 8 December 1885, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of 1st concerto for violoncello, op. 8 / by Victor Herbert. [1965?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50216538 Victor Herbert (1859-1924) cellist, co-founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), conductor and composer is best known as the composer of light operas such as Babes in Toyland...
Reichardt, Louis F.
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Tagliavini, Ferruccio, 1913-
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Rolf, Torsten
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Clarke, ...
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Epithet: Dr; incumbent of a living in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x0000fb Epithet: of Sloane MS 2788 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x000100 Epithet: of Add MS 36067 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...
Nutile, Emanuele, b. 1882
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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...
Legrenzi, Giovanni
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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Venice, 1 August 1671, to a patron, 1671 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667208 ...
Greene, Edmund
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Thebom, Blanche
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Operatic mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania in 1915, and began her formal concert career in 1941. She was a member of the Metropolitan Opera through 1967, known for her roles in Wagnerian epics. During this period she also toured extensively, including being the first American to perform at the Bolshoi in Moscow. In 1967 she was appointed head of The Atlanta Opera Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Following that, Thebom taught at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock....
Miller, Anne
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Sjogren
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Smetana, Bedrich
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Hageman, Richard
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Lewis, Richard, 1914-1990
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Carpenter, John Alden
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Epithet: American composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0003d0 John Alden Carpenter (b. Feb. 28, 1876, in Park Ridge, Ill.; d. Apr. 26, 1951, in Chicago, Ill.) was an American composer. From the description of John Alden Carpenter collection, 1891-1961 (bulk 1900-1949). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658833426 John Alden Carpenter was born in 1876 in Park Ridge, Ill. His earlies...
Tosti, Sir Paolo, 1846-1916
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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 92 Finchley Road, N.W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1891 Feb. 2 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125573 Italian song composer and singing teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 15 December 1908, to an unidentified recipient. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677806 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 26 D...
De Koven, Reginald
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Brown, Kelly
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Pugnani, Gaetano, 1731-1798
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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 ...
Kane, Edward
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Heifetz, James
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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.]....
Hook, James
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Epithet: composer, d1827 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00030a Epithet: Dean of Worcester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x00004d ...
Powell, J. V.
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The Jefferson Airplane
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Tex Beneke Orchestra
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Ferrante
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Gold, Ernest
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Epithet: American composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000017 ...
Sweetland, Sally, 1956-
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Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944
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Chaminade was a French composer and pianist. From the description of Note, [19--, to] Madam / C. Chaminade. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 184741800 ...
Mehta, Zubin
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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x0002e7 Conductor. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, February 12, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155891558 Conductor. Mehta has been the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic since 1978. From the description of Correspondenc...
Nikolaidi, Elena, 1909-2002
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Burris, Glen
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Charles, Ernest, 1895-
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DeRose
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Penn, Gene
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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...
Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960
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Foote, Arthur
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Wilder
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Kabalevsky, Dmitri, 1904-
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Cilèa, Francesco, 1866-1950
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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 18 April 1931, to [Giovanni] Tebaldini in Genoa, 1931 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564446 ...
Barrymore, Lionel
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After the engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. First performance Indianapolis, Indiana, 23 November 1946, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Piranesi suite / Lionel Barrymore. c1946. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696866 Barrymore was born as Lionel Blythe on Apr. 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, PA; he became a leading Broadway actor by 1900; began film career in 1909; appeare...
D'Amboise, Jacques
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Svanholm, Set
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Epithet: Swedish singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0000c0 ...
Francois, Jacqueline
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Sacco, John
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Marx, Joseph, 1882-1964
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Marx apparently became a good friend of Alma and Franz in the course of the 1930s, before the Anschluss. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1930-1960. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863921 ...
Metcalf
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Dickenson
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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...
Templeton, Alec, 1910-1963
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Composed originally for piano, 1936. Transcribed 1936. First broadcast performance Chicago, December 1938, Benny Goodman conductor. First concert performance New York, 15 January 1939, members of the New York Philharmonic, Henry Brant conductor, Benny Goodman soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bach goes to town / Alec Templeton ; symphonic arrangement by Henry Brant. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56024505 ...
Corrali, Franko
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White, Francia, 1908-1984
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Knipper, Lev, 1898-1974
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Shallcross, Cecil F
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Browning, John, 1933-
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Kallir, Lillian
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Villella, Edward, 1936-
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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. ...
D'Angelo, Gianna
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MacGimsey, Robert, 1898-1979
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McBride, Patricia, 1946-
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Serendipity Singers
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Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
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Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist of Jewish ancestry. He had a strong influence in popular music in Europe, and was one of the originators of the operetta, of which he wrote more than one hundred. His works were noted for their elements of satire and parody; two for which he is particularly known are the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld and the opera The Tales of Hoffman . From the guide to the Jacques Offenbach Letter, undated (after 1844)...
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 ...
Rogers, James
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Epithet: cotton-weaver, of Rochdale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000b3 Epithet: of Add MS 40413 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000b6 Epithet: of Add MS 44031 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0000b7 Epithet: Ins...
Dell'Acqua
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Duparc, Henri, 1848-1933
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Orchestra music. Originally the first part of Poème nocturne, composed in 1874. Parts two and three, Lutins et follets and Duo: L'aurore, are lost. From the description of Aux étoiles. [1874?] (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092350 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 20 February [n.y., 1881?] to an unidentified friend, 1881? Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566028 From the description of ...
Tozzi, Giorgio
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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982
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Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982), known more commonly as Henry Fonda, was an American film and stage actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. His film career began to gain momentum with roles such as Bette Da...
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...
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...
Bartlett, Ethel
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Whiting, Richard
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Proch, Heinrich
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Austrian conductor, composer, and singing teacher. From the description of Das letzte Lied / an Sephine / von / Proch [manuscript]. 9. September 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568740 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Vienna?], 13 July 1851, to an unidentified recipient, 1851 July 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675149 ...
Hummel
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Keel, Howard, 1919-2004
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Dante, Giana
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Sandoval, Miguel
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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...
LaForge, Frank, 1877-1953
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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...
Wright, Robert Alderson Wright, Baron, 1869-1964
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Epithet: of the Excise, Belfast British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x0001f2 Epithet: of Walthamstow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x0001f3 Epithet: of Morthen, British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000838.0x0001d8 Epithet: senior ...
Del Riego
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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...
Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977
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Dancers, actors and singers Ritchard and Elliott, based in London, made an Australian tour in 1932 with the musicals 'Blue roses' and 'Follow through', and a further visit in 1946 with a season at the Comedy Theatre, starring in a set of three one-act plays and songs by Noel Coward under the title 'Set to music'. From the description of Scrapbooks of Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott, 1931-1946 [manuscript]. 1931-1946. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225109643 ...
Sieczyński, Rudolf, 1879-1952.
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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...
Messager, André
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French composer, conductor, opera administrator, pianist, organist, and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d., 1888?], to an unidentified friend, [n.d., 1888?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873572 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Sauveur les Bains, 9 April [n.y., 1918?], to [Alfred Cortot], [n.y., 1918? Apr. 9]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582357 From the description of Véronique....
Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895
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Austrian composer. From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868881 First performed at the Theater an der Wien, 30 May 1848. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Unter der Erde, oder, Freiheit und Arbeit : Original-Charakterbild mit Gesang in 3 Akten von Carl Elmar, Musik vom Kapellmeister Franz von Suppé : manuscript, [1849?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612859957 Libretto by Josep...
Fleisher, Leon
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Norowit, Jack
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Geta, Nicoli
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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...
New York City Ballet
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The New York City Ballet is the brainchild of Lincoln Kirstein, who envisioned an American Ballet of young native dancers, trained and schooled to perform new, modern repertory. The company now performs 23 weeks of the year under the direction of Peter Martins. For further information see http://www.nycballet.com. From the guide to the New York City Ballet records, 1934-1976, (The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.) The New York City Ballet ...
Speaks, Oley
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Composer of "Sylvia" and other music. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], [19]47 Nov. 1st. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910498 ...
Granados, Enrique, 1867-1916
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Inspired by paintings of Goya.--Cf. Fleisher Collection From the description of Goyescas. IIa. parte : los major enamerados, no. VI : epilogo (serenata del espectra) / E. Granados. c1916. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 229890705 Spanish composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Barcelona, 22 October 1911, to [Georges Jean-Aubry?], 1911 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578196 Spanish composer and ...
Edinger, Christina
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Johannesen, Grant
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Grant Johannesen played with several orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, and at Carnegie Hall. His major interests were the works of French compsers, such as Gabriel Fauré, whose entire body of work he eventually recorded. From the description of The Grant Johannesen papers. 1955-1998. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 228099897 Helen Taylor (1915-1950) was a pianist, composer, and faculty member at the Columbia Teachers College and McCune ...
Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004
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Lieurance, Thurlow
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Composer of "By the waters of Minnetonka" and other songs with Indian themes. From the description of Autograph postcard signed : Boulder, Colo., to Mr. James J. Fuld, 1962 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270907053 American composer who incorporated Native American melodies in some of his work. From the description of Thurlow Lieurance letters to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], 1922 Mar 23 and 1923 Sep 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318545...
Champion, Gower, 1919-1980
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Champion was born in Geneva, IL, June 22, 1919; grew up in Los Angeles, CA; appeared in Broadway musical reviews, including Streets of Paris, Lady comes across, and Count me in, 1939-41; appeared with wife Marjorie Bell (Marjorie Celeste Belcher) as dancing team, Marge and Gower Champion, NYC, 1947; appeared in various movies, including Show Boat, Lovely to look at, Everything I have is yours, Give the girl a break, and Mr. Music; various television appearances on Toast of the town, GE Theatre, ...
Jagel, Frederick
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American tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, [n.d., December 1933?], to Harry Harkness Flagler, [n.d., 1933 Dec.?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578568 ...
Chavales de Espana (Musical group)
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Cassel, Walter
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Oistrakh, Igor, 1931-
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Brahe, May H
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Stevens, Risë (1913-2013).
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American mezzo-soprano. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, July 12, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861600 American mezzo soprano. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 2 January 1962, to Mr. [Joseph] Chouinard, 1962 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270962262 Risë Stevens, 1913-2013 Risë Stevens was born in New York...
Tucker, Richard, 1914-1975
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MacDonald, General
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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000798.0x0000a0 Epithet: of Add MS 37880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000169 ...
Eckert, Karl Anton Florian, 1820-1879
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Benjamin, Hector, 1803-1869
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McKenzie, Gisall
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Glinka, Mikhail
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Teddy Wilson trio
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MacGimsey, Robert, 1898-1979
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Raibin, Michael
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Bellini, Vincenzo
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Music by V. Bellini, Italian libretto by F. Romani after Carlo Tedaldi-Fores's play Beatrice di Tenda; opera first performed in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice, 16 March 1833. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Cavatine für eine Bassstimme aus der Oper Beatrice di Tenda : mit Piano Forte Begleitung : manuscript, [185-?] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 671538604 Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete), dated : [...
Von Joseph, Abner
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Collom, John
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Peerce, Jan
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Jan Peerce (1904-1984) was a noted American tenor. He was born on Jun. 3, 1904 and died on Dec. 15, 1984 in New York. He was engaged as a singer at Radio City Music Hall in 1932, and made his operatic debut in Philadelphia as the Duke in Rigoletto on May 14, 1938. His Metropolitan Opera debut was on Nov. 29, 1941, as Alfredo in La traviata . In addition to opera, he also sang musical theater, most notably in Fiddler on the Roof, and Jewish religious and secular music. His final appearance at the...
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.]....
Kila, Elashia
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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...
Paul, Walter
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Borowski, Ludwig Ernst, 1740-1831
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Lehár, Franz
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De Falla, Manuel
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Manuel de Falla was a Spanish classical composer. Ricardo Vinès was a Spanish pianist. From the description of [Postcard, 1921 avril 4 to] Ricardo Vinès / Manuel de Falla. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100808 Spanish composer. From the description of Autograph postcard signed, dated : Granada, 30 December 1922, to O.M. Kling [at J. & W. Chester], 1922 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576695 From the description of Autograph note...
Ball
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Harris, Barbara (Vocalist)
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Tucci, Gabriella
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Pick-Mangiagalli, Riccardo
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Eakin
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Spoliansky, Mischa
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Rait, John
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Bushkin, Joe
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Kenya, Sandor
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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
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Ella Fitzgerald (b. April 25, 1917, Newport News, VA–d. June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, CA) was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After tumultuous teenage years, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country, but...
Carlysle, Kevin
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Yale Glee Club
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Kaye, Robert, 1956-
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Delius, Rosalyn
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Desmond, Johnny
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Rose, David
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Epithet: formerly of British Guiana British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x0003c4 Biography Rose was born in Malden, Massachusetts on March 10, 1910; BS, MA College of Art (1934); exhibited in one man and group exhibit shows; layout artist Walt Disney Studios (1936-40); served with Signal Corps, U.S. Army (1943-45); illustrator and designer at various film...
Duparc, Henri, 1848-1933
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Orchestra music. Originally the first part of Poème nocturne, composed in 1874. Parts two and three, Lutins et follets and Duo: L'aurore, are lost. From the description of Aux étoiles. [1874?] (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092350 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 20 February [n.y., 1881?] to an unidentified friend, 1881? Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566028 From the description of ...
Drdla
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Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-19136
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Stoska, Polyna
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Boito, Arrigo
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Italian composer. From the description of Arrigo Boito autograph letter to unidentified recipient, [1876?] Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 631767534 From the description of Arrigo Boito autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1876 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 631767557 Italian librettist, composer, poet, and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 1 March 1911, to Sigra. Maria Martucci, 1911 Mar. 1. ...
Sibella
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Roberto, Francesca
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The New Christy Minstrels
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Koechlin, Charles, 1867-1950.
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Roger Wagner chorale
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Nelson, Jean
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Manning, ...
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Flemming, ...
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Godovsky
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Lecouna, Ernesto, 1896-1963
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Fabray, Nanette
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Duparc, Henri, 1848-1943
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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...
Burleigh, Harry T.
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Alfano, Franco, 1875-1954
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Italian composer. From the description of [Das Meer hat seine Perlen]. 3 giugno 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561482 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bologna, 22 March 1920, to a lawyer, 1920, 22 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680503 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Novara, [1904 or later], to an unidentified friend, [1904?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873120 Franco Alfa...
Weinberger, Jaromir
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Mana-Zucca
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Bloom, Rube
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Bloom (1902-1976) was a musical composer who wrote the songs "Give Me the Simple Life," "Penthouse Serenade" and "Songs of the Bayou" among others. From the description of Papers, 1926-1974. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31493510 ...
Zimmermann, Chas. A. (Charles A.), 1862-1916
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Jacobi, Frederick, 1891-1952
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Composed 1919. First performance by the National Symphony Orchestra of New York, 29 April, 1921, Artur Bodanzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The eve of Saint Agnes : symphonic prelude after the poem of Keats / by Frederick Jacobi. [1952]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 166329353 Written for the Juilliard Alumni. Composed 1939. First performance New York, 1939, Juilliard Alumni Association, Charles Lichter conductor. Ade...
Watching all the girls go by
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Hume, ...
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Epithet: Miss; of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000102 Epithet: of Cheltenham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000104 Epithet: of Bristol British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x000103 ...
Mitchells, Christie
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Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924
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Composed 1884-85. First performance Stuttgart, 8 December 1885, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of 1st concerto for violoncello, op. 8 / by Victor Herbert. [1965?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50216538 Victor Herbert (1859-1924) cellist, co-founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), conductor and composer is best known as the composer of light operas such as Babes in Toyland...
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...
Swarthout, Gladys, 1904-
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Ganis, Brian
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Cossin, Ruth Anne
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Bennett, Robert Russell
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Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982
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Heymann
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Bill Evans trio
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Nero, Robert
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Collins, Dorothy
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Actress; of Los Angeles. Full name: Allene Dorothy Stone Collins; born 1905, died 1974. From the description of From sawdust to stardust : a story of Fred Stone / by Dorothy (Stone) Collins, [not after 1974]. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 49725781 ...
Ponce, Manuel M. (Manuel María), 1882-1948
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Composed 1938. Si Algún Ser is the name of a popular Mexican song. For a revised version of this movement see callno.: 4180.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Instantáneas mexicanas. [4], Si algún ser / M.M. Ponce. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53235252 Composed 1938. Cielito Lindo is a popular Mexican song. For original version of this movement see callno.: 4177.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of...
Moody, James, 1925-2010
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Gray, Delores
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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...
Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
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Boyer was born Aug. 28, 1899 in Figeac, France; studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and drama at the Paris Conservatory; after his stage and film debuts in 1920, he became a matinee idol on stage; moved between Hollywood, France, and Germany from 1929-1934, and permanently moved to Los Angeles in 1934; developed career as a great lover and lead actor in films produced in France and Hollywood; married English actress Pat Paterson; active during WWII in cementing Franco-American relations and headi...
Pinza, Claudia
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D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-
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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...
Lemon
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Di Capua, Eduardo, 1864-1917
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968
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Composer. From the description of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco autograph letter to Robert Raphael, 1959 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426069522 From the description of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco autograph letter to Robert Raphael, 1959 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426069519 From the description of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco autograph letter to Robert Raphael, 1959 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426069523 From the description of Mario...
Shevalier, Maurice
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Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
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Carl Sandburg once called Burl Ives "America's Great Ballad Singer." From the 1940s to the 1960s, his diverse talents and spirited performances made him one of America's best-loved entertainers. The traditional repertoire of American folk tunes represented in his performances was considerably different from the popular music of the day. His presence on the musical scene not only served to sustain an awareness of neglected American folk songs, but would contribute to the resurgence of interest in...
Fresnell, Art
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Kreisler, Fritz, 1897-1962
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Vale
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Wylerstand, Donald
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Pestalozza, Alberto
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Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966
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American composer and writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed and autograph letter signed, dated : Stamford, Conn., 28 August 1927 and 1 March 1931, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1927 Aug. 28 and 1927 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676607 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Stamford, Conn., 7 December 1931, to Mrs. [Melbert B.] Cary [Mary Flagler Cary], 1931 Dec. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676604 From...
Haven, Gloria de
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Bayly - Sandoval
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Batsini
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Poldini, Ede
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Hungarian composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Bergeroc (près Vevey), 11 February 1926, to an unidentified recipient, 1926 Feb. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873632 ...
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
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Olefsky, Paul
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Manomac, Ed
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Weaver, Donald F., 1957-....
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Ronald
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Hanna, Jill
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Hirt, Al
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Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970
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Newman was born on Mar. 17, 1901 in New Haven, CT; became pianist, composer, and conductor; studied with Sigismond Stojowski, Reuben Goldmark, George Wedge, and Arnold Schoenberg; at age 13 he played piano at the Strand Theatre in NY, and was a pianist, accompanist, and conductor in vaudeville, and later in Broadway musicals; moved to Hollywood in 1930; appeared as a guest conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony; became...
Mangiagaglia
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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...
Grey, Dolores
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Laredo, James
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Vitali, Tomaso Antonio, 1663-1745
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Epithet: composer and violinist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x000151 ...
Kern, Jerome
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Elman, Mischa
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American violinist of Russian birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed and typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 24 November and 16 December 1915, to [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1915 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566179 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 18 April 1931, to William van den Burg, 1931 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874462 ...
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 1913-1990
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Van Heusen was born in Syracuse, NY on Jan. 26, 1913 as Edward Chester Babcock; adopted his professional name Van Heusen (taken from the name of the shirt company) at the age of 16 when he became a radio pianist, singer, and announcer; wrote college shows at Syracuse Univ. and studied singing with Howard Lyman; replaced Harold Arlen as composer at the Cotton Club in Harlem in 1933 and worked as a pianist and song plugger for Tin Pan Alley; met Jimmy Dorsey in 1938 while working for Remick Publis...
Krips, Josef
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Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946
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Carrie Jacobs-Bond, a native of Wisconsin, lived in Chicago, Illinois about 1895-1920. She was a musician, composer and lyricist of sentimental songs, and music publisher. She moved to California in 1920. From the description of Papers, 1939. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 85582219 Composer, of Iron River, Mich. (1889-1896), Janesville, Wis., Chicago, Ill., and California. From the description of Carrie Jacobs-Bond estate and museum c...
Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725
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Ms. of the original toccata for harpsichord is in the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, Milan. This transcription for full orchestra, 1945; first performance Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 11 September 1945, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defaw conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Tocatta nona / Alessandro Scarlatti ; orch. by Leon Stein. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54030281 Italian composer. From th...
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], ...
Streich, Rita, 1920-1987
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Drigo, Ricardo
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Eddy, Nelson, 1901-1967
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Desmond, Paul, 1924-1977
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Paul Desmond is widely considered one of the great alto saxophonists in jazz history. He was an essential member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet in the 1950s and 1960s. As a member of the Quartet, Desmond wrote "Take Five," the best selling jazz single in history. Desmond was born Paul Emil Breitenfeld in San Francisco on November 25, 1924. He played piano, clarinet, and saxophone while growing up, but focused on alto saxophone during his professional career. Desmond and Brubeck formed the core of t...
Stock
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Anders, Keith
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Armond, Steve
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Silver
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Mattei, Tito
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Epithet: pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000093 Italian pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 28 April 1883, to J[oseph] Bennett, 1883 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582032 ...
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...
Darst, Glenn
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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...
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...
Wallace, Chaney
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Morini, Erica
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Fenner, Belle
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Angelana, Anthony Blume
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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 ...
Costly, Doug
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Hodges, Eddie, 1947-
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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. ...
Fernandez, Royes
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Nemara, Lucy
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Bunker, Larry
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Martin, Mary, 1913-
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Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950
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Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950) was a German-born conductor and composer in the U.S. From the description of Walter Damrosch presentation volume, 1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517384 From the guide to the Walter Damrosch presentation volume, 1928, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to "My dear and heaven sent Isadora ...
Fresnel, Haru
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Geehl, Henry Ernest
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0002cb Composed 1900. First performance at the Guildhall School of Music, London, December 11, 1901.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite Espagnole / composed by Henry E. Geehl. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51958982 ...
Wilkenson
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Kalmanoff
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Peters, Lori
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Henderson, Florence
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Reger, Max
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German composer, 20th century. From the description of 2 autograph letters signed from Reger to unknown correspondents; + 1 postcard signed from Reger to Henriette Schelle, Weiden, letters both 1900, postcard 1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566386 German composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Leipzig, 31 May 1907, to Herr [Norbert] Salter, 1907 May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675940 From the description of Da...
Grasse, Edwin
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Hely-Hutchinson
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Bolat, Jorge
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Goldmark, Carl, 1830-1915
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Hungarian composer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Vienna, 30 March 1873, 1873 Mar. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577977 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Baden, 30 June 1870, to an unidentified recipient, 1870 June 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577974 From the description of [Draft of Act 2 of Die Königen von Saba]. [1875?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563944 ...
Lange-Müller, Peter Erasmus
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Cresan, Clifford
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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 ...
Aguirre, Juliano
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Novaes, Giumar
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Harrem, Tim
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Yuscavitch, Igor
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Miller, Mildred, 1924-
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Cowles
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Schneider, Alexander
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Israel, Chuck
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Goya, ...
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Stainer, John, 1840-1901
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English musicologist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Oxford Oct. 2 1898, to Mr. [Samuel] Aitken, 1898 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270670042 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : "On tramp," 9 April 1897, to Mr. [James A.] Moonie, 1897 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873766 English organist and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford Union Society, t...
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...
Traetta-Trucco
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Hi-Los (Musical group)
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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...
Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972
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Charles Rudolf Friml was born on Dec. 7, 1879 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and piano with Josef Jiránek at the Prague Conservatory (1900-3); was accompanist for the violinist Jan Kubelík on tours of Europe and the US (1900-6); settled in the US in 1906, performing his First piano concerto with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra; gained a reputation for his keyboard improvisations, character pieces, lyrical salon dances, etudes, violin a...
Rubinstein, Anton
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Suggested by the drama by Lev Alexandrovich Mey. Composed 1869.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ivan IV (the terrible), op. 79 / Anton Rubinstein. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 76952517 Russian pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, from Rubinstein to unidentified publisher, London, 1859 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553504 Russian pianist, composer, and teache...
Simionato, Giulietta
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Arne, Thomas
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Originally composed for string orchestra, 1738. First performance of masque at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 4 March 1738. This arrangement 1923. Based on Milton's "Comus". Adapted by John Dalton.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance from Comus, in F / Thomas Augustine Arne ; arranged and edited by Adam Carse. [192-] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696273 The pastiche ballad opera in 3 acts with libretto based on the play by Isaac Bi...
Hollender, Loren
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Oboler, Arch, 1909-1987
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Arch Oboler (1907-1987) was a radio writer and producer during the first half of the twentieth century. He wrote and produced a number of popular radio shows during the 1930s and 1940s, including "Arch Oboler's Plays" (1939-1940, 1945), "Plays for Americans" (1942), "Everything for the Boys" (1944), and "Arch Oboler Special" (1945). From the description of "Arch Oboler's yesterday, today, and tomorrow" audio tapes, 1939-1945. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCa...
Warfield, William
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Opera singer and educator William Caesar Warfield was born on January 22, 1920 in West Helena, Arkansas to Robert and Bertha McCamery Warfield. Warfield first developed vocal skills by singing in the choir of his father's Baptist church. During his childhood, the Warfield family moved to Rochester, New York, where he took formal voice lessons. In 1938, during his senior year at Washington High School, Warfield won the District Award for the National Music Educators' League vocal competition, whi...
The Elevens
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Masurin McMorgan, Margo
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Hatfield, Lansing
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Singher, Martial
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Biography Baritone Martial Singher was born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France on August 14, 1904. He studied singing at the Paris Conservatory with Andre Gresse and made his debut in 1934. He sang with the Paris Opera, and the Opera Comique until leaving occupied France for New York in 1940. Upon arriving in New York he was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera, but didn't start singing until 1943 due to immigration difficulties. He has a successful...
Sinding, Christian, 1856-1941
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Norwegian composer. From the description of Telegram, dated : Oslo Jan. 29 1927, to [Harry] Harkness Flagler, 1927 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669851 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 17 November 1897, to an unidentified recipient, 1897 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873745 ...
Sandberg, Carl, 1878-1967
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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...
Kresta, John
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Arditi, Luigi, 1822-1903
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Italian conductor, composer, and violinist. From the description of "Il Bacio." : autograph manuscript, 1863 July 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561508 From the description of [Il bacio] : autograph manuscript, 1880 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270957626 From the description of Signature, dated Birmingham, 12 October 1864., 1864, 12 October. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680641 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London, ...
Cook, Barbara
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Martin-Blaine
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Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948
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Austrian composer of operettas, including "The Merry Widow." Born in Hungary. From the description of Franz Lehar calling card [manuscript], 1914 Jun 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 301965214 Austrian composer and conductor of Hungarian origin. From the description of Autograph note on his visiting card, dated : [Vienna, n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873500 From the description of Autograp...
Mendelssohn Glee Club.
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Achron
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Wild, Patricia, 1944-
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Duel, Morton
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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...
Keel, Frederick, 1871-1954
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Jones, Shirley
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Price, Florence, -1944
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Nerini
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Cavalli, Pier Francesco, 1602-1676
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Crespin, Régine
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Sarasate, Pablo de 1844-1908
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Originally composed for violin and piano and first published Paris, possibly 1883.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Carmen fantasy / Pablo de Sarasate. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54026312 Dedicated to Maria Cristina, Queen Regent of Spain.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of [Spanische Tänze], op. 42 / Pablo de Sarasate. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54026388 ...
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...
Del Riego, Teresa, 1876-1968
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Macrae, Gordon
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Thayer, William Armour
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Kreutzer, Rodolphe
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From the opéra bouffon in 1 act, libretto by Sewrin; first performed in Paris by the Opéra Comique in the Théâtre Feydeau, 29 October 1808. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of Jadis et aujourd'hui, finale : manuscript, [after 1808] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 754376652 From the opéra bouffon in 1 act, libretto by Sewrin; first performed in Paris by the Opéra Comique at the Théâtre Feydeau, 29 October 1808. Cf. New Grove online. Fro...
O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-....
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Blaufuss, Walter
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Columbus Boys' Choir
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Fairfax, Lee
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Fuchs, Joseph
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Cassidy, Jack, 1927-1976
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Arlen, Harold
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Kingston trio
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Ochs, Siegfried
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Born in Frankfurt in 1858, Siegfried Ochs first studied medicine and chemistry before devoting himself entirely to music. In 1882, he founded the Philharmonischer Chor Berlin (Berlin Philharmonic Choir), which soon became renowned as one of the finest choral groups in Germany. He died in Berlin in 1929. From the guide to the Siegfried Ochs Collection, 1888-1922, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...
Walker, William
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Epithet: cali printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x00039d Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel; Royal Marines British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x0000b9 Epithet: of Sloane MS 1968 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x0000c3 Epithe...
Stewart, Paula
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Viniovsky
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McNair, Barbara, 1934-2007
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Barbara McNair (b. March 4, 1934, Chicago, IL–d. Feb. 4, 2007, Los Angeles, CA) was an American singer and theater, television and film actress. She studied music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago....
Humperdinck, Englebert, 1854-1921
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Bayes, Nora, 1880-1928
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Scott, Raymond
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x0003a9 ...
Von Tisser, Albert
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Previn, André, 1929-
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American conductor, pianist, and composer of German birth. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [s.l., 26 January 1968], to Ray Pitts [1968, Jan. 26]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270952249 Conductor, composer, pianist. From the description of Interview conducted by Dick Cavett, Apr. 27, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861658 ...
Hampden, Walter, 1879-1955
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American actor, director, manager, promoter, and critic. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890-1955] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155508085 Hampden was an American actor. From the description of [Letter] 1930 Jun. 19, 16 Gramercy Park, New York [to] Marjory P. Nield / Walter Hampden. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231685962 ...
Iturbi, Amparo
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McCracken, James, 1927-
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Moszkovsky
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Gorme, Edye
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David, Félicien, 1810-1876
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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 15 November 1852, to Jules Perton[?] et Cie, 1852 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565393 From the description of [Symphony in E flat. Scherzo; arr.] : autograph manuscript, 1846 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562927 From the description of Ballet / Félicien David. [manuscript]. [n.d.] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562920 From the description of [Draf...
Decurtis
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Paganini, Nicoló, 1782-1840
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Modernairs (Musical group)
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Sadero, Geni, 1886-1961
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Morley, Thomas
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Epithet: of Add MS 14398 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x0002c3 ...
Douglas, Scott (Composer)
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Lipton, Bill
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Tassinari, Pia
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Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960
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American baritone, Leonard Warren (1911-1960), was a leading performer with the Metropolitan Opera for over twenty years, whose significant accomplishments have been overshadowed by his dramatic death onstage during a performance. As a member of the first generation of American-born opera singers to develop a truly international reputation, his success also helped to solidify their position within that prestigious company. Born Leonard Warenoff, the son of Russian immigr...
Canteloube, Joseph, 1879-1957
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First performed in Paris at the Opéra, 26 June 1933. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Vercingétorix : epopée lyrique en 4 actes : poème de Etienne Clémental et J.H. Louwyck, musique de Joseph Canteloube (1930-1931) : manuscript, 1932, Mai. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232649264 Opera first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 26 June 1933. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Vercingétorix : epopée lyrique. 1. Fanfare / de MM....
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...
Randall, Sharon
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Luboshutz, Pierre, 1891-1971
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Pianist. From the description of Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff collection, 1936-1980. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70922521 ...
Spear, ...
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Harmon, Johnny
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D'Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931
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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...
Sinigaglia, Leone
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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : [Turin] Nov. 1 1920, to Ferruccio Foà in Milan, 1920 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669855 ...
Ponce, Daniel
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Gibson, Barbara
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Cimara
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Marshall, Charles, 1857-1927
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Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921
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Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer. From the description of Postcard, 1920 Sept. 18, Berlin, to Mary Wurm, Dresden. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517477 From the guide to the Postcard, Berlin, to Mary Wurm, Dresden, 1920 Sept. 18, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) German composer and teacher. From the description of Postcards signed (10, 9 with initials), dated : Paris June 1 1900, to the Fürstin Bibesco, 1900 J...
Nemenoh, Jaima
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Christiansen, Lew
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Benjamin, Arthur
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Turina, Joaquín, 1882-1949
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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 ...
Densmore
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Helmsberger, Josef
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Tosti, Francesco
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Culman
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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...
Scott, John, Lady, 1810-1900
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Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967
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British stage, screen, and radio actor; b. in Johannesburg, South Africa. From the description of Basil Rathbone collection, 1924-1950. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925636 Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Basil Rathbone : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512788 Huxley was an English novelist and Rathbone an English actor. Rathbone played a character in The giaconda smil...
Brune, Eric
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Thomas, John Charles
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Le Gran Ballet Canadian
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Chaminade, Cecile
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French pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], 20 May [n.y.], to an unidentified friend, [n.y.] May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564287 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to [Joseph Bennett?], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564278 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564282 Fren...
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 ...
Ion & Sylvia
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Bruch, Max
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Strauss, Johann
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Epithet: the younger, composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0003de Epithet: Composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x00000c ...
Tucker, Richard
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Richard Tucker (1895-1958), architect turned photographer, photographed Broadway plays, musicals and revues of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, mostly in their pre-Broadway tryouts in Boston. From the guide to the Richard Tucker photographs, 1934-1951, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Epithet: Alderman of Weymouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x0003db ...
Warren, Harry, 1893-
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Moskovski
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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 ...
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. ...
Young, Robert, 1943-
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Epithet: of Add MS 37903 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000368 Epithet: Hierosolymitanus'; son of Sir Peter Young British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000367 Epithet: theologian and orientalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x00...
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...
Anthony, Charles, 1929-2012
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Attorney in Gouverneur, N.Y. From the description of Legal papers, 1836-1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155471713 ...
Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925
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German pianist and composer of Polish descent. From the description of "En automme" : autograph manuscript, 1892 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270567233 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 14 October [1909], to M. [Johan?] Svendsen, 1909 Oct. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582677 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582680...
Croft, ...
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Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x00024e ...
Sgambati, Giovanni
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Italian composer, pianist, and conductor. From the description of "Vecchio Minuetto" : autograph manuscript, 1904 Feb. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569529 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to an unidentified maestro, [year is unclear, 1900-1914?] Apr. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669783 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, 16/3 October 1903, to Sig. [Giuseppe?] Perosio, 1903 Oct. 16. (Unknown)...
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, 1710-1784
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Also published as Sinfonia, D minor. The Bass part is intended only for performance by an orchestra. It is to be omitted for performance by a chamber music ensemble.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Preludio e Fuga : per 2 flauti e quartetto d'archi / W. Friedemann Bach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43249812 Composed ca. 1761.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra : in...
Flegier
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Boulanger, Lili
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x00031a ...
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 ...
Norman Luboff Choir
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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
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Senofsky, Berl, 1925-
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Wyler, Gretchen
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Exaudet, André Joseph, approximately 1710-1762
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Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921
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Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer. From the description of Postcard, 1920 Sept. 18, Berlin, to Mary Wurm, Dresden. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517477 From the guide to the Postcard, Berlin, to Mary Wurm, Dresden, 1920 Sept. 18, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) German composer and teacher. From the description of Postcards signed (10, 9 with initials), dated : Paris June 1 1900, to the Fürstin Bibesco, 1900 J...
Gary, John
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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...
Starr, Susan, 1942-
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Concert pianist. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, July 5, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896333 ...
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...
Levy, Ernest, 1925-2009
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All-Stars (Musical group : Eddie Condon)
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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 ...
St. John, Robert
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Nesbitt, John
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Epithet: of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x000141 ...
Bartlett, J. C. (James Carroll), 1850-1929
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Strauss, Richard
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Kent, Allegra
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Duncan, Todd
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Robert Todd Duncan was born February 12, 1903, in Danville, Kentucky to John and Lettie Duncan. Music was a part of his life from an early age. His mother, a music teacher, began giving him piano lessons when he was five. Duncan credited the discovery of his vocal talent to a later piano teacher and it eventually replaced piano as his instrument of choice. At the age of 17, Duncan attended a Roland Hayes concert in Louisville, Kentucky. According to Duncan, he was so moved by the pe...
Delibes, Leo
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Jones, Jack, 1938-
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Glare, Janet
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Moran, Max
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Kelly, Paula, 1949-
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Scott, Martha, 1914-2003
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Esposito, Anthony.
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Denza, Luigi 1846-1922
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Composer of Funiculi-funiculà. From the description of Autograph card signed : Dublin , 1910 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903908 Italian composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 22 December 1900, to Remigio Turolla, 1900 Dec. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565751 ...
Red Nichols & the 5 Pennies
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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...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968
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Composer. From the description of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco autograph letter to Robert Raphael, 1959 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426069522 From the description of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco autograph letter to Robert Raphael, 1959 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426069519 From the description of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco autograph letter to Robert Raphael, 1959 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426069523 From the description of Mario...
Land, Michael, 1968-
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Le Grenei
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Robards, Jason
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Styne, Jule, 1905-1994
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Previews began Oct. 20, 1980, at the Palace Theatre, New York, N.Y. After 8 performances it closed without ever opening officially. Charles Kimbrough and Jack Weston were in the cast album released by Original Cast Records. From the description of One night stand / music and scoring by Jule Styne ; book and lyrics by Herb Gardner, 1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 764469120 Composer of "Gypsy" and other music. From the description of Autograph ...
De Curtis, Ernesto, 1875-1937
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Meyers, Bernard
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Lennon Sisters
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Nevin, Ethelbert
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Geiger
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Le Pupe de Paris
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Uggams, Leslie
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Nägeli, Hans Georg, 1773-1836
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Swiss composer, music publisher, and administrator. From the description of Letter signed, with autograph postscript, dated : Zurich, 8 May 1826, to Herr Reichel at the office of the Allgemeine Zeitung in Augsburg, 1826 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582814 ...
Apollo Boys Choir of Dallas
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Wall, Philip
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Durante, ...
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Benny Goodman trio
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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 ...
Hall, Al, 1915-1988
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Guridi, Jesús, 1886-1961
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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...
Field, Gracie
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Massey, Raymond
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Green, Martin
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Epithet: Professor Emeritus of English Tufts University USA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x0002a3 ...
Watts, Wintter
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Stratas, Teresa
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Preston, Robert
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Epithet: of Craigmillar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x000283 Epithet: of Preston, county Mid Lothian? British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x000284 ...
Kohansky
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Hoffmann, Josef, 1831-1904
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Cardillo, S. (Salvatore)
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Hedgcock, Walter W. (Walter William), 1864-1932
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Epithet: organist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x00032d ...
Pennario, Leonard
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Bogin, Abba, 1925-2011
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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...
Haydn, Melissa
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Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943
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Landori, Veronique
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Gourmae, Ede
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Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972
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Epithet: of Add MS 39101 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000371 ...
Hain, William
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Vandenberg, Marylin
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Purcell, Henry
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Blaufuss, Walter, 1883-
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Alanzo, Alicia
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Grainger, Percy
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Melbourne-born pianist and composer who spent much of his working life in the United States. From the description of Letter to Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart [manuscript]. 1949. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793948 From the description of Postcards from Percy and Rose Grainger, 1916-1925 [manuscript]. 1916-1925. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271311978 Percy Aldridge Grainger, 1882-1961 was an Australian Composer/Pianist. Rose an...
Blume, Scott
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Kazan, Lane
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Janis, Byron
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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
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Whiffenpoofs
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McGuire Sisters
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D'Indy, Vincent
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Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-
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Thompson, Basil, 1937-2004
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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 ...
Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980
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Composer, Performer, and Author. Niles was born in Louisville in 1892. Coming from a musical family, Niles began to play the dulcimer at an early age. As a teenager he worked with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky. During this time he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War I and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. Aft...
Minstrel, Christie
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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...
Farrell, Eileen
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Fearis, John S
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Westendorf
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Raskin, Judith
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Judith Raskin was born June 21, 1928, daughter of Harry Raskin and Lillian Mendelsohn Raskin. Both her parents were public school teachers and instilled in their only child a love of music, the subject Judith Raskin majored in when she came to Smith College in 1945. She graduated from Smith in 1949 and received an honorary degree in 1963. While at Smith, Raskin studied with Anna Hamlin, continuing her lessons with Hamlin even after graduation as she began pursuing her career in oper...
Traubel, Helen
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Laton, Bernie
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Jobin, Raoul
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Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
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French composer, 19th century. From the description of Letter from Adolphe Charles Adams to an unknown correspondent. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571784 Adolphe Adam was a French composer. He wrote primarily for the theatre, composing operas, ballets, light operas and vaudeville during his career. He is best known for some of his ballets, such as Giselle and Le Corsaire . From the guide to the Adolphe Adam Papers, undated [1803-1856], (Special Collections R...
Wrightson, Earl
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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893
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During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...
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...
Paxson
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Warren, Elenor Rahmek
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Rosenblum, Jean
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Warren, Harry
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"Harry Warren, was born Salvatore Guaragna Warren, on December 24th, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York (died 22 September 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA.) One of the most important of all the popular film composers, Warren is probably best remembered for the innovative 30s film musicals he scored with lyricist Al Dubin. A son of Italian immigrants, from a family of 12, Warren taught himself to play accordion and piano, and joined a touring carnival show in his teens. Later, he worked in a variety o...
Whittemore & Lowe
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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 ...
Ippolitov-Ivanov
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Melchior, Lauritz
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Danish tenor, later naturalized American. From the description of Autograph letter signed and autograph letter in the third person, dated : New York, 18 February 1936 and 9 March 1937, to Harry [Harkness] Flagler (and to Mr. & Mrs. Flagler), 1936 Feb. 18 and 1937 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582159 ...
Steffi, Edwin
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Armbruster, Robert, 1896-1994
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Longas
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Hayes, Helen
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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:/...
Kullman, Charles, 1903-1983
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Branon, Walter
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Palmer, Peter, 1931-
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Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960
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Born in Bakersfield, California (USA) on November 16, 1896, baritone Lawrence Tibbett began his career as an actor as well as a singer in performances of light operas and also in churches. Tibbett's teachers were Joseph Dupuy and Basil Ruysdael in Los Angeles and Frank La Forge and Ignaz Zitomirsky in New York. Tibbett's study in New York led to his Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of Lewicki in Boris Godunov in 1923. Following shortly after his Met debut he sang the role of Valentin in Faus...
Rogers, Ginger
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Simon, Pierston
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Harvuot, Clifford, 1917-
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Dykes, John Bacchus, 1823-1876
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Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895
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Austrian composer. From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868881 First performed at the Theater an der Wien, 30 May 1848. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of Unter der Erde, oder, Freiheit und Arbeit : Original-Charakterbild mit Gesang in 3 Akten von Carl Elmar, Musik vom Kapellmeister Franz von Suppé : manuscript, [1849?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612859957 Libretto by Josep...
Bell Telephone Male Chorus
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Eberle, Ray
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Pavek, Janet
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Wood, Hayden
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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...
Riggi, Rougetto
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Grainger, Percy
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Melbourne-born pianist and composer who spent much of his working life in the United States. From the description of Letter to Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart [manuscript]. 1949. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793948 From the description of Postcards from Percy and Rose Grainger, 1916-1925 [manuscript]. 1916-1925. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271311978 Percy Aldridge Grainger, 1882-1961 was an Australian Composer/Pianist. Rose an...
Bob Hamilton Trio
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Böhm, Carl, 1844-1920
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0001d1 German pianist. From the description of Autograph document signed, dated : Berlin, January 1898, 1898, January. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672922 ...
Konishisaki, Taka
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Raff, Joachim, 1822-1882
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Composed 1873. First performance St Petersburg, 13 March 1875.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sinfonietta, op. 188 / J. Raff. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53114797 Originally composed for horn or violoncello and piano, 1873, as the first of Zwei Romanzen, Op. 182. First performance of orchestrated version Wiesbaden, 5 December 1873, Karl Müller-Berghaus conductor, Zschernek soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. Fr...
Rummel, Walter Morse
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Epithet: pianist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0000e6 ...
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...
Jacobson, ...
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Paladilhe, Emile, 1844-1926.
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French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674212 Emile Paladilhe, French composer. Opera, with libretto by François Coppée. First performed 1872; vocal score published 1872. From the description of [Fragments from Le passant]. [circa 1872] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775719477 ...
Berger-Bos
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Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010
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Since 1997 Australia Post has commemorated Australia Day with a special stamp issue honouring the achievements of great Australians. The 2004 Australian Legends Award honours Dame Joan Sutherland. From the description of Commemorative stamps [manuscript]. 2004. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 224190442 Australian soprano. From the description of Signature, dated : New York, [n.d.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967646 ...
Rasbach, Oscar, 1888-1975
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San Francisco Opera.
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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 ...
London, George, 1920-1985
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Bagley
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Wiell, Kurt
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Stern, Isaac, 1920-
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MacCarther, Edwin
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Bizet, Georges, 1837-1875
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Weill, Kurt
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As a result of the success of his Broadway musical Lady in the dark in 1941, German-born composer Kurt Weill and his wife, the singing actress Lotte Lenya, were able to buy "Brook House," in Rockland County, New York, moving there during their sixth year in the United States. From Brook House, and a couple of addresses in Los Angeles during his trips there, Weill kept in touch, until a month before his death, with his parents, who had emigrated to Israel in 1935. From the description...
Kosin, Ruth Ann
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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...
Enesco, Georges
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Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884
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Czech composer. From the description of Partially printed document signed, dated : [n.p., Prague?], 15 March 1871, 1871 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270902301 Czechoslovakian composer. From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1862 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569555 ...
Slovinska, Mia
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Bazzini, Antonio, 1818-1897
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Italian composer. From the description of Antonio Bazzini autograph letter to Giovanni Ricordi. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 569658726 Italian violinist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, to Sonzogno, 1878 Nov. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672075 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Milan, 2 August [19]79, to Agostino Bonalda in Brescia, 1879 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...
Davidson, John
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Epithet: Deputy Controller General India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00014e Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000318 Epithet: of Add MS 35615 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0000a1 Epithet: of Abe...
Stewart, Sandy
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Serradell
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Arizon Boys Choir
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Mason, Lowell
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Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991
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American actor. From the description of Papers, 1918-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507649 Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Ralph Bellamy: oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608208 American actor and author; b. Ralph Rexford Bellamy; d. 1991. From the description of Ralph Bellamy collection, 1926-1988. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70971107 ...
Krull, Rudolf
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De Hamilton, Olivia
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Dunn, Elaine
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Hubbell, Raymond
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Moore, Tom
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Francis, Connie
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Iturbi, Jose, 1895-
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Carr, Gary
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Glaz, Herta, 1908-
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Reger, Max
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German composer, 20th century. From the description of 2 autograph letters signed from Reger to unknown correspondents; + 1 postcard signed from Reger to Henriette Schelle, Weiden, letters both 1900, postcard 1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566386 German composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Leipzig, 31 May 1907, to Herr [Norbert] Salter, 1907 May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675940 From the description of Da...
Met Opera Ensemble
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Tuchi
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Angeles, Victoria de los
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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...
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...
Howe
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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0001cd ...
Blair, Janet
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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 ...
Pierne, Gabriel
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Fibich, Zdeněk, 1850-1900
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A fragment of Am Abend (V Podvečer), callno.: 285. Composed 1893; first performance Prague, 8 April 1985, Adolf C̆ech conductor. First performance of this arrangement broadcast over Station WQXR, New York, 1938, Eddy Brown conductor. For Kubelík and Janota's transcription for violin and small orchestra see callno.: 808v. From the description of Poem / Z. Fibich ; transcribed by Arcady Dubensky. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42693751 Compose...
Dix, Robert
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Rawl, Tommy
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Munsel, Patrice, 1925-
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Laurence, Carol
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Marshall, Peter Lawrence, 1953-
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Horsman
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Robinson, Ray
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Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924
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French composer. From the description of 3e Valse Caprice. Aout 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563225 From the description of Letters to Paul Dukas, 1903-1923 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702195517 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Evian-les-Bains, to unidentified friends, 1916 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576781 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Monte Carlo, 1 ...
Nero, Peter, 1934-
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Pianist. Graduate of Brooklyn College, 1956. From the description of Musical score, [ca.1966] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456086 ...
Tadlock, Tad
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Dukas, Paul
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French composer. From the description of Correspondence with Paul Poujaud, 1891-1935 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702195521 From the description of L'Ondine et le Pêcheur (Th. Gautier.). [n.d.] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563125 From the description of Variations et finale sur un menuet de J. Ph. Rameau. [between 1899 and 1902] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563130 From the description of [Sketchbook] [manuscript]. (Unknown)...
Ilgenfritz
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Lincke, ...
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Stickles
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Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972
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Charles Rudolf Friml was born on Dec. 7, 1879 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and piano with Josef Jiránek at the Prague Conservatory (1900-3); was accompanist for the violinist Jan Kubelík on tours of Europe and the US (1900-6); settled in the US in 1906, performing his First piano concerto with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra; gained a reputation for his keyboard improvisations, character pieces, lyrical salon dances, etudes, violin a...
Kalman, Imre
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Brockman, Thomas
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Epithet: of Swingfield, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x000286 ...
Fevrier
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Kahn, Percy B. (Percival Benedict), 1880-1968
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Sjoberg
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Lenis, Ethel
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Salta
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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: ...
Entisher, Herante
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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...
Baxter, Frank
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Brian, Donald
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Case, Allan
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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 ...
Snyder, Ted
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Bizet, George, 1838-1835
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Rodgers, Richard
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Voorhees, Donald, 1926-
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Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887
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Russian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tula, 23 August 1881, to an unidentified recipient, 1881 Aug. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673042 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, 23 May 1886, to an unidentified friend, 1886 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673044 From the description of Autograph envelope, postmarked : St. Petersburg, 20 January 1886, addressed to Théodore Sadoul i...
Vene
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Benny Goodman Orhcestra
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Morman Tabernacle Choir
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Spilman
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Head, Dominic.
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Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x000179 ...
Ward, Samuel A., 1847-1903
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Cullins, Dorothy
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Wagner, Richard, 1966-
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Sanderson, W. (Wilfred)
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Page, Janis
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Scarlatti, Doménico 1685-1757
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This transcription made 1942. First performance Chicago, 10 December 1942, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hans Lange conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite : for string orchestra / by Domenico Scarlatti ; orchestrated by Harold Byrns. [1942?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54449931 For another arrangement of "Tempo di ballo," see callno.: U-4915.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite galante / D....
Novoa, Salvador
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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...
Robert Shaw chorale
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Mikeshina, Ariadne
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Somes, Michael, 1917-1994
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Tebaldi, Renata
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Epithet: Italian singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0000c7 ...
Roland, Judy
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Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987
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North American Defense Command. Band
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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) ...
Gagliano, Marco da 1582-1643
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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x00014a ...
Layton, Turner, 1894-1978
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Cowlman
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Moss, Katie
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Heflin, Van, 1910-1971
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Larson, ...
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Montamezzi, Italo, 1875-1952
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Mer, Jean
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Dussault, Nancy
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