John Watts Papers 1945-1982

Rorem, Ned, 1923-

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Composer and author. From the description of Oral history conducted by Vivian Perlis, March 31, 1997. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155905487 Commissioned by Nikolai Sokoloff and the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla, California. Composed 1956. First performance La Jolla, California, 5 August 1956, Nikolai Sokoloff conductor. Dedicated to Nikolai Sokoloff and the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla, California.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. Fr...

Cope, David, 1941-....

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Palmer, Robert, 1915-2010

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Composed 1938. First performance Rochester, 20 October 1938, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor, John Celentano soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Poem for violin and small orchestra / Robert Palmer. 1938. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53114350 Robert M. Palmer was the Given Foundation Professor Emeritus of Music at Cornell University. He was born in Syracuse in 1915. After basic studie...

Watts, John, 1930-1982

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John Watts was born July 16th, 1930. He received his BA from the University of Tennessee, his Masters in Musicology from the University of Colorado and completed doctoral studies at the University of Illinois and Cornell University. Some of his teachers included Cecil Effinger, Roy Harris, John Krueger, Robert Palmer, Burrill Phillips and David Van Vactor. In 1950 Watts entered military service and served for two years as a clarinetist, dance band pianist and arranger in the 75th and 179th Army ...

Foreman, Laura

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Laura Foreman was a dancer, choreographer, visual artist, writer and director of dance at New School University. She lived and worked in New York City from the mid-1960s until her death. Foreman worked primarily in dance for the first decade of her time in Manhattan, operating both the Laura Foreman Dance Company and Composers' and Choreographers' Theatre with her husband, John Watts. In the late 1970s she began working in more abstract performance and visual art. Perhaps her most well-known pie...

Composers & Choreographers Theatre.

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Reilly, Jack, 1932-

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Effinger, Cecil, 1914-1990

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Commissioned by St. Louis Little Symphony, 1945. Composed 1945. First performance St. Louis, Missouri, 29 June 1959, St. Louis Little Symphony, Stanley Chapple conductor. Received the Walter W. Naumberg Award, 1959.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Little symphony no. 1, op. 31 / Robert L. Sanders. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51689611 Composer, violinist, oboist, educator and inventor of the Musicwriter (typewriter for musi...

Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977

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The complex and diverse prose of Anaïs Nin mirrors her life. She published nonfiction, journals, short stories, novels, and erotica, and worked as a model, a dancer, and a psychoanalyst. Most of her prose was influenced by surrealism, and features an experimental style and psychological themes. The publication of her diaries, begun at the age of eleven as an open letter to her departed father, brought her fame and made her a sought-after lecturer. Her artistic prose, colorful life, and relation...

Doolittle, Joyce, 1928-

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Levy, Robert, 1943-

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Bunnell, Charles Ragland, 1897-1968

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Painter, educator; Kansas City, Mo. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Bunnell, 1964 Nov. 10 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82466268 ...

Clark, Robert Keys

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Albright, William

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William Hugh Albright was born in Gary, Indiana in 1944. He received his early training at Juilliard and Eastman School of Music, and he earned three degrees from the University of Michigan: Bachelor of Music (Composition) in 1966, Master of Music (Composition) in 1967, and Doctor of Musical Arts (Composition) in 1970. He studied composition with Ross Lee Finney and Leslie Bassett at Michigan, with George Rochberg while he was at the University of Pennsylvania, and with Olivier Mess...

Rose, Griffith, 1936-

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Korte, Karl

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