The Henry Gilbert Papers 1821-1980 (inclusive)

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The Henry Gilbert Papers 1821-1980 (inclusive)

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer Henry Gilbert (1868-1928)

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Abt, Franz Wilhelm, 1819-1885

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000284 German composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Brunswick, to an unidentified recipient, 1870, 20 March. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680399 From the description of Franz Abt autograph letter to Henry Charles Litolff, 1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 503597651 From the description o...

Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Met...

Wallace, William Vincent, 1812-1865

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Epithet: Irish violinist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x000121 ...

Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952

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Edward Sheriff Curtis, American photographer and ethnologist, was born near Whitewater, WI, in 1868 and grew up in Seattle, WA. Fascinated with the Indians and their way of life he embarked on lifelong career dedicated to presenting "the very spirit of the Indian peoples" in photographs, film, recordings and print. George Bird Grinnell, an authority on Indians, appointed him Official Photographer to the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899. Curtis' dream of a comprehensive written and photographic...

Crouch, F. Nicholls

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English composer and cellist; b. in London, 31 July 1808; d. Portland, Me., 18 Aug. 1896; imigrated to the United States in 1849; resided in Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Md., and Portland, Me. From the description of Words and music to Paddy Aroon, an Irish ballad, by F. N. Crouch, 1852. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 304576645 Anglo-American musician and composer; best known for the music to "Kathleen Mavourneen." From the description of F....

Schubert, Franz

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

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951

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Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949. Koussevitzky's appointment as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was the beginning of a golden era for the ensemble that would continue until 1949. Over that 25-year period, he built the ensemble's reputation into that of a leading American orchestra. ...

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

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Italian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], to "il principe di Colobrano" in Naples, 1841 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565897 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Vienna, 13 June 1843], to [Gaetano] Cobianchi in Paris, 1843 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565892 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Naples, 13 October 1831, to his father, Andrea Doniz...

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 ...

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

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Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) was an American conductor, who led the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, American Youth Orchestra, New York City Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, and American Symphony Orchestra. His career began with studies at the Royal College of Music in 1896 when Stokowski was just 13. He performed as an organist and choral director for several years in England,...

Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963

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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) Reiner was born in Budapest in 1888. He graduated from the Budapest Academy of Music in 1908 where he studied with Bela Bartok. Various conducting and directing appointments followed in Budapest and in Dresden, including that of chief conductor of the Royal Opera House in Dresden for 1914-1922. An acquaintan...

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. ...

Ormandy, Eugene

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0001db Conductor; Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-1980. From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213481085 From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsyl...

Monteux, Pierre

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Griffes first met the French-born conductor Pierre Monteux in October 1916. When Monteux was appointed the conductor for the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1919, he began to program contemporary music, despite the objections of both the orchestra and the public who were accustomed to a German repertory. Griffes' The pleasure-dome of Kubla Khan was premeiered by Monteux and the orchestra in Boston, November 28, 1919, and repeated the following month at New York City's Carnegie Hall, December 4 and ...

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. ...

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...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923

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Alice Cunningham Fletcher was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and social scientist who studied and documented Native American culture. She credited Frederic Ward Putnam for stimulating her interest in Native American culture. From 1881, Fletcher was involved with the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, an Indian boarding school with a primary objective of assimilating Native American children and youth into Euro-American culture. In 1881, Fletcher traveled to live with and ...

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Roeckel, ?

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Gabussi, V.

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Gabriel-Marie,...

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HALL, MARY L.

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Greenleaf, Benjamin, 1786-1864

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Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959

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

Sullivan, Arthur S.

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Ayres, Frederic, 1876-1926

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Hallen, Andreas, 1952-

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Stransky, Josef

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Seiniger, S.

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Harmati, Sándor 1892-1936

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American violinist, conductor, and composer of Hungarian birth. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4), typewritten letter signed, and telegram dated : Omaha Feb. 13 1928, New York, February-March [1933], and Paris Apr. 18 [n.y.] to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1928 Feb. 13 and 1933 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665357 Composed 1924-25.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Primavera : episodes of youth : symphonic variation...

Ranck, Edwin Carty, 1879-

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Hiles, Henry, 1826-1904

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Beach, John Parsons, 1877-1953

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John Parsons Beach was born in Gloversville, New York, on October 11, 1877. The nephew of Cyrus Northrop, he studied piano at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and became a piano instructor at the University of Minnesota. In 1910 he went to Europe where he took lessons in composition with André Gédalge and piano with Harold Bauer in Paris, and Gian Francesco Malipiero in Venice. Returning to Boston, he took additional lessons with George Chadwick, Clayton Johns, and Charles Martin Loeffler...

Hauptmann, M.

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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...

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...

Humiston, William Henry, 1869-1923

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American organist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 25 Sept. [1923], to Herr Dünnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel], 1923 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666511 ...

Moore, G. F. (George F.)

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Möller, Heinrich

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Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995

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Composed 1933. First performance Hollywood Bowl, 13 July 1933, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fragment of chorus from "Orestes" of Euripides : from a conjectural version (400 B.C.) / arranged by Nicolas Slonimsky. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54759973 Movements 1-6 and 8 originally composed 1928 in Studies in Black and White for piano. Transcribed and Valse added, 1941. First performance Buenos Aire...

Buck, Dudley, 1839-1909

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Composed c. 1879. First performed Music Teachers' National Assoc., Indianapolis. This work is not connected to Buck's 1868 organ work, "Concert variation on The Star-Spangled Banner".--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Festival overture : on the American national air, the star spangled banner / Dudley Buck. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43310428 American composer and organist. From the description of Autograph letter...

Bodanzky, Artur, 1877-1939

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Napravnik, E.

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Smith, David Stanley, 1877-1949

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

Messager, André Charles Prosper

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000158 ...

Klingemann, ?

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Worcester, J. E.

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Franck, César

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Wohlfahrt, F.

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Chopin, Frédéric

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Strachan, John, 1778-1867

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Epithet: of HMS 'Sapphire.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x00011a Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000118 Epithet: Archdeacon of Brechin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000114 John Strachan was a...

Mengelberg, Willem

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Bysterus Heemskerk, a violinist, was Mengelberg's assistant and archivist. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1938-1947. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863936 ...

Petri, J. F.

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Robinson, Thomas Porter, 1905-

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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...

Raymond, E.

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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...

Warren, John C.

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Freer, Eleanor Everest

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Hatton, John L.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...

Franz, Robert

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000107 ...

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...

Wörmser, A.

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Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935

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Peterborough (Hillsborough Co.), N.H. poet. From the description of Papers, 1928. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36405152 Robinson was an American poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1882-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365637 From the description of Letters to Harry de Forest Smith, 1888-1936 (inclusive), 1890-1900 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505878 From the description...

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 ...

Loomis, Harvey Worthington, 1865-1930

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Rosey, George.

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Celnart, Mme.

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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...

Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625

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Epithet: organist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00032d Second movement is transcribed from Dainty Fine Bird, No. 9 of Gibbons' First Set of Madrigals and Mottets [sic] of 5 Parts: Apt for Viols and Voyces, first published London, 1612. This transcription 1948. First performance New York, 11 December 1948, New York Philharmonic, Walter Hendl conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. ...

Pogner, ?

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Turner, Tom

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Jackson, George Pullen (1874-1953)

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Jackson was born on Aug. 20, 1874 in Monson, ME; student, Royal Conservatory of Music, Dresden, 1897-98, Vanderbilt Univ., 1900-01; Ph. B (1904) and Ph. D (1911), Univ. of Chicago; post-graduate work at Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Munich, and Univ. of Bonn; taught German at various institutions beginning in 1905; became assoc. professor of German (1918-26), professor (1926-43), and emeritus at Vanderbilt Univ.; President, University Philharmonic Society, Grand Forks, ND, 1913-18; founded Nashvill...

West, William N.

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Epithet: of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x00004c Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x00004d ...

Patterson, Frank, 1871-1966

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Darrell, R. D. (Robert Donaldson), 1903-1988

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Lincoln, Joseph Crosby, 1870-1944

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American writer. From the description of Papers of Joseph Crosby Lincoln [manuscript], 1905-1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805787 Massachusetts author. From the description of Letter : Hackensack, N.J., to Mr. and Mrs. Fenhagen, [Baltimore, Md.], 1911 Oct. 26. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141459 American author. From the description of Letter to Karl O. Thompson [manuscript], 1929 Octo...

Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James), 1859-1924

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Epithet: folk music collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001a9 English musician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dragonfield, Uxbridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1914 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662515 English folk music collector and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Dragonfield, Uxbridge, ...

Stoeckel, Carl, 1858-1925

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American patron of music. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Norfolk, Conn. May 30 1914, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1914 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270670152 Epithet: musical patron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x000043 ...

Whiting, Arthur

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Silcher, Friedrich, 1789-1860

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German composer and folksong collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tübingen Nov. 10 1856, to a named but unidentified recipient, 1856 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669844 ...

Martens, Frederick H.

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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...

Monroe, Joe

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Osborn, Eric Francis.

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Vilanova, Ranieri

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Atherton, Percy Lee, 1871-1944

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Mifflin, Lloyd

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Locke, Matthew, 1621 or 1622-1677

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x000172 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0000c5 Matthew Locke (1621 or 2-1677) was a composer. In 1653, he collaborated with Christopher Gibbons to write the opera Cupid and Death; he was also known for his instrumental and keyboard music, as well as for having written part...

Sonneck, O.G.

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Epithet: of the Library of Congress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000030 American musicologist, librarian, editor, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 9 December 1927, to Mrs. [E.P.] Simons, 1927 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873752 Musician, historian, and librarian. From the description of Papers of Oscar Geor...

Phelps, George Turner, 1867-1920.

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Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857-1944

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Edgar Stillman Kelley was a distinguished American composer of the early 20th century. A pianist, conductor, scholar, teacher, lecturer and author he captured the hearts and minds of audiences and critics around the world. Born in 1857 in Sparta, Wisconsin, he was surrounded by music, art and literature. His mother was an accomplished musician who gave Edgar his first piano lessons and inspired Edgar to pursue a professional career in music. He received formal lessons from noted mus...

Stow, G. G.

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Guy?, Hamilton W.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Shepherd, Arthur

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Epithet: Lord Mayor of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x000275 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 7808 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000f2 Although born in Paris, Idaho, 125 miles north of Salt Lake City in the colorful Bear Lake Valley, Arthur Shepherd has always been claimed by Utah as one of its ...

Cornell, J. H.

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Heilman, William Clifford

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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 ...

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...

Ruggles, Carl, 1876-1971

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American composer. From the description of Carl Ruggles Papers, 1894-1981 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122501161 From the description of Carl Ruggles Papers, 1894-1981 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702189342 Painter; Coral Gables, Fla., and Arlington, Vt. From the description of Christmas card and note to E.P. and Constance Richardson, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557460 Charle...

Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton), 1821-1889

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Henry Barton Dawson was an American editor, historian and antiquarian bookseller. From the description of Henry B. Dawson papers, 1859-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122465987 From the guide to the Henry B. Dawson papers, 1859-1892, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Henry Barton Dawson (1821–1889) was an American journalist, historian and temperance reformer. From the guide to the Henry B. Dawson Letter, 1864, (Speci...

Gilbert, Elizabeth Yolande

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Janequin, Clément

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Gilbert, Helen Kalischer.

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Cuney-Hare, Maud, 1874-1936

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Maud Cuney-Hare (1874-1936), concert pianist, writer, and lecturer, born in Galveston, Texas. From the description of Maud Cuney-Hare collection, 1900-1936. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477479 ...

Ney, Lou

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Allen, George B.

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Diehl, Louis

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Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952

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Originally composed for two pianos, 1912; this version 1931. Won First Prize and awarded a nationwide broadcast in the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition, 1939. First performance in a broadcast by the CBS Orchestra, New York, May 28, 1939, Howard Barlow conducting, Karl Ulrich Schnabel and Helen Fogel soloists.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symbolistic study, no. 6 : Mountain vision : concerto in one movement for piano, second piano and string orchestr...

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...

Lester, William

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Epithet: attendant at Philharmonic Society concerts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x000194 ...

Cole, Rossetter G.

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This suite is a concert arranged from the 3 act opera, composed 1919-1927. Orchestration completed in 1931. First performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, Jan. 9, 1936, Frederick Stock conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite from the maypole lovers / Rossetter G. Cole. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45205275 Originally composed for organ under the title "Fantaisie Symphonique," 1911; orchestrated 1914...

Gardiner, William

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Epithet: surveyor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x000340 Epithet: Mayor of Hertford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x0003e8 Epithet: of Add MS 34894 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x0002fd Epithet: of Sloane MS 3299 ...

White, Elsie Fellows

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Eubank, Earle Edward

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Lambord, Benjamin

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Hale, Philip, 1854-1934

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American music critic. From the description of Letter, 1929 Nov. 24, Boston, to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904183 From the description of Philip Hale letter to William M. Payne [manuscript], 1896 December 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 741779873 Philip Hale studied organ and piano as a boy, graduated from Yale University (A.B., 1876) and then apprenticed in a law office in Albany, N.Y., passing the New York Ba...

Gray, H. W. (Harold Willard), 1868-1950.

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Lalo, Édouard Victor Antoine

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Strachauer, Hermann

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Fiedler, Max, 1859-1939

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German conductor and composer. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : [Essen], 5 January 1917, to Frl. Tona Kietzen in Berlin, 1917 Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577320 ...

Cherubini, Luigi

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Navarro, Rafael

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Ries, Franz

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German violinist and music publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 3 January 1924, to Herr Dünnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel], 1924 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676111 ...

Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935

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Peterborough (Hillsborough Co.), N.H. poet. From the description of Papers, 1928. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36405152 Robinson was an American poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1882-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365637 From the description of Letters to Harry de Forest Smith, 1888-1936 (inclusive), 1890-1900 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505878 From the description...

Emerson, Frederick

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Chwala, ?

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Shapleigh, Bertram, 1871-1940

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Clergyman

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Lully, Jean Baptiste

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Epithet: junior; second son of J B Lully British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x0001dd Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x00024b ...

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002a1 French writer. From the description of Travel notes, ca. 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148606 Gustave Flaubert, a 19th century French novelist, known primarily for his first novel Madame Bovary, published in 1857 and for his collected letters. From the description of Doria: manuscript, [ca. 1851]. (Temple...

Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923

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American critic and writer on music. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 18 April [n.y., 1915 or later], to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1928 July 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578972 ...

Müglin, Heinrich

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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...

Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879

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George Stillman Hillard was a Boston lawyer, politician, and author. As a lawyer he practiced practiced in partnership with Charles Sumner, and served both in the Massachusetts legislature as well as U.S. district attorney for Massachusetts. He also wrote extensively and edited a number of periodicals. From the description of George Stillman Hillard letters, 1840-1866. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 711612596 American lawyer and biographer. ...

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 ...

Maker, F. C.

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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...

Coon, Oscar

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Rising, J. A.

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Knight, J. S.

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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...

Ryan, Marah Ellis

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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...

Mosenthal, Joseph, 1834-1896

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Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937

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American music critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York] Dec. 27 1915, to Mrs. H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1915 Dec. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665586 ...

MacDowell, Marian, 1857-1956

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Philanthropist, musician, and cofounder of the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, N.H. Born Marian Griswold Nevins; married composer Edward MacDowell (1861-1908) in 1884. From the description of Marian MacDowell papers, 1876-1969 (bulk 1908-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979848 Biographical Note 1857, Nov. 22 Born, New York, N.Y. ...

Gerrish, William H.

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Danks, H. P.

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Neuendorff, Adolf, 1843-1897

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White, Paul D.

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Krawutschke, Robert

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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...

Converse, F. S. (Frederick Shepherd), 1871-1940

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Commissioned by the St. Louis Masque and Pageant Society in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis. Composed 1914. First performance on Art Hill in Forrest Park, St. Louis, 28 May 1914, by the Pageant Drama Association.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of No. XXXVIII : finale. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51497053 Composed 1898. First performance Munich, 14 July 1898. Dedicated to the composer's wif...

Shepherd, Arthur

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Epithet: Lord Mayor of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x000275 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 7808 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000f2 Although born in Paris, Idaho, 125 miles north of Salt Lake City in the colorful Bear Lake Valley, Arthur Shepherd has always been claimed by Utah as one of its ...

Hill, Edward Burlingame

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Composed 1931. First performance, Boston, 25 April 1932, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conductor, Jesús María Sanromá soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concertino in one movement for piano and orchestra, op. 36 / by Edward Burlingame Hill. 1931. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52297708 Composed 1916-17. First performance, New York, 17 February 1918, New York Symphonic Society, Walter Damrosch conductor.--Cf. ...

Eastman, George, 1854-1932

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Holst, Gustav

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

Foote, Arthur, 1853-1937

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American composer, organist, pianist, and piano teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, [n.d., 1909?], to Mr. Stemberg , n.d., 1909?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577474 Composed 1907, originally as the second movement of the Suite for String Orchestra in E major, Op. 63, but later replaced by the present Pizzicato and Adagietto, (see callno.: 142s).--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Theme and variations / Arthur Fo...

Saerchinger, César (1889-1971).

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Colburn, Warren, 1793-1833

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Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929

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Serge Diaghilev was a Russian ballet impresario, the founder, producer and artistic director of Ballets Russes. In his late years he turned to book and manuscript collecting. He built up a collection of rare Russian printed books, manuscripts and scores. From the description of Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938 (inclusive), 1925-1929 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80095680 From the guide to the Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938...

Abbot, John M.

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Minè, A. i. e., Miné, A.

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Batiste, Antoine Édouard

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La Manna, ?

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Gilbert, Benjamin Franklin, 1828-1894.

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Harkness, Albert, 1822-1907

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Nesvera, Jos.

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Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926

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Thomas, J. R.

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Swinton, William

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Jonas, Ernst

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Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857-1944

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Edgar Stillman Kelley was a distinguished American composer of the early 20th century. A pianist, conductor, scholar, teacher, lecturer and author he captured the hearts and minds of audiences and critics around the world. Born in 1857 in Sparta, Wisconsin, he was surrounded by music, art and literature. His mother was an accomplished musician who gave Edgar his first piano lessons and inspired Edgar to pursue a professional career in music. He received formal lessons from noted mus...

Florence, W. J.

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Handel, George Frideric

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Narodny, Ovan

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Wagner, Richard, 1966-

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Woodbridge, William C. (William Channing), 1794-1845

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William Channing Woodbridge was born in Medford, Massachusetts on December 18, 1794. After graduating from Yale College in 1811, he began his teaching career as a principal in Burlington, New Jersey and then as a teacher in the asylum for the deaf and dumb in Hartford, Connecticut. He devised a system for teaching geography and published a textbook on the subject. In 1831, he purchased an education journal which he published as the American Annals of Education and Instruction . He helped make th...

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...

Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirévich

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Leslie, Herbert

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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 ...

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 ...

Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap), 1868-1928

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American musician. From the description of Envelope, addressed to William Chauncy Langdon, Cambridge, Massachusetts, [ca. 1917-1918]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122615678 Composed 1926. First performance by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia, March 16, 1928, Pierre Monteux conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Nocturne / Henry F. Gilbert. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51998015 American co...

White, Edward L.

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Tours, Berthold

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Epithet: organist violinist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x00020e ...

Dunn, James, 1959-

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Epithet: Prebendary of Killabegs, diocese British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000002 ...

Howard, A. P.

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Schwerké, Irving, 1893-1975.

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

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

Speyer, Leonora, 1872-1956

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Poet and author. Born Leonora von Stosch; married Edgar Speyer. From the description of Leonora Speyer papers, 1917-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980981 Leonora Speyer (1852-1956) was a violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. She was awarded the honor in 1927 for her book of poetry, Fiddler's Farewell . Other works by Speyer include A Canopic Jar (1921), Naked Heal (1931), and Slow Wall (1939). From the guide to th...

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.]....

Smallens, Alexander, 1889-1972

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Alexander Smallens was a Russian-born American conductor. He accompanied the Anna Pavlova Ballet Company on a tour to South America (1915-1916) and worked on the staffs of the Boston Opera, Chicago Opera, Philadelphia Opera, and Philadelphia Orchestra. From 1947 to 1950 he was music director of Radio City Music Hall, New York. For many summers he conducted concerts at Lewisohn Stadium, New York. He conducted the premiere of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in Boston in 1935 and later took it on tour in...

Gallo, Stanislao

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Campana, Fario

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Longyear, Katherine Marie Eide

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Delibes, Leo

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Wagner, A.

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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], ...

Dolores

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Flood, William H. Grattan (William Henry Grattan), 1859-1928

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Maeder, J. Gaspard (James Gaspard), 1809-1876

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Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995

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Composed 1933. First performance Hollywood Bowl, 13 July 1933, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fragment of chorus from "Orestes" of Euripides : from a conjectural version (400 B.C.) / arranged by Nicolas Slonimsky. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54759973 Movements 1-6 and 8 originally composed 1928 in Studies in Black and White for piano. Transcribed and Valse added, 1941. First performance Buenos Aire...

Clifton, Chalmers, 1889-1966

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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...

Lucantoni, G.

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Schilling, Fred

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Farnsworth, Charles Hubert, 1859-1947

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Born in Kayseri, Turkey, the son of Rev. Wilson A. Farnsworth and Caroline E. Palmer Farnsworth, missionaries; educated by his parents in Turkey and began his musical training with his mother; spent a brief time in the Newtonville, Mass., high school; for eight months traveled as a ship's boy on a sailing vessel to Chile; upon his return to the U.S. studied piano with Benjamin D. Alien, whose daughter Charlotte he married in 1890; became an organist in Worcester, Mass., and continued to read wid...

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...

Svendsen, Johan S.

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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...

Mason, Daniel Gregory

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

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965

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American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic progression. He was interested in electric instruments and composed pieces with sounds on tape. From the description of Autograph letters to François Bernouard, 1907-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872672 American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic pro...

McDowell, Edward A. (Edward Allison), 1898-1975

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Dykema, Peter W. (Peter William), 1873-1951

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Ryan, Desmond (Barrister-at-law)

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003a9 ...

Braga, G.

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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 ...

Wellings, Milton

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Forsyth, Cecil

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Epithet: of New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0001f5 ...

Howard, John Tasker

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City planner. From the description of John Tasker Howard papers, 1934-1983. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072327 ...

Clapp, Philip Greeley, 1888-1954

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Composed 1909; revised 1950 and 1955.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of A song of youth : (after Hermann Hagedorn's poem, A troop of the guard) / Philip Greeley Clapp ; words by Edgar Allan Poe. [1950] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451823 Composed 1937. First performance Cleveland, Ohio, 1940, Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Grossman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture to a comedy...

Humphrey, R. L.

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Schelling, Ernest

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Composed originally for string quartet and published by Carl Fischer. This arrangement 1936. First performance Philadelphia, 26 February 1936, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and Composers' Laboratory, Isadore Freed conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Tarantella : for chamber orchestra / Ernest Schelling. [1943?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54616029 American pianist, conductor, and composer. From the descripti...

Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956

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Rupert Hughes was born in Lancaster, MO on January 31, 1872, and grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. He attended the Western Reserve Academy, and received a BA from Adelbert College, Cleveland, in 1892, and an MA from Yale University in 1893. His writing career began with a book for boys which was serialized in the highly regarded St. Nicholas magazine, and he was an assistant editor for several magazines. He eventually wrote more than 50 books. Hughes served in the New York National Guard during the Spani...

Mason, Daniel Gregory

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

Spalding, Walter R.

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Spalding graduated from Harvard in 1887 and taught music at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Walter R. Spalding, ca. 1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973189 ...

O'Connor, William P.

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Sydenham

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Manley, Frederick

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Phelps, George Turner

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Marston, G. W.

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Costa, Michael

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Gilman, Lawrence.

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American music critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 1 December 1934, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1934 Dec. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577872 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Geneva, New York, etc., to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Dec. 25-1910 May 26 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589421 Lawrence Gilman, American author and music critic, was born on July 5, 1878 in Flushing, New York to A...

Robinson, Donald Jay

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Kanazireff, V.

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Handel and Haydn Society

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Smith, M. F. H.

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Makechnie, H. P.

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MacLaren, Donald

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Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956

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Rupert Hughes was born in Lancaster, MO on January 31, 1872, and grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. He attended the Western Reserve Academy, and received a BA from Adelbert College, Cleveland, in 1892, and an MA from Yale University in 1893. His writing career began with a book for boys which was serialized in the highly regarded St. Nicholas magazine, and he was an assistant editor for several magazines. He eventually wrote more than 50 books. Hughes served in the New York National Guard during the Spani...

Nelson, S.

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Goäte, W. B.

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Hopkins, Edward J.

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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay

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Murphy, Janette Robinson

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Smith, Dexter

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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...

Farrant, R.

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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...

Reese, Gustave, ed.

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Gilchrist, W. W.

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Narodny, Ivan

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Writer and political activist. From the description of Letters : to Montgomery Evans, 1926-1936. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83603468 ...

Kayser, H. E.

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Löhr, Frederic N. (Frederic Nicholls), 1844-1888

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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) ...

Gatti-Casazza, Giulio, 1869-1940

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Italian impresario. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 3 April 1935, to Miss Vandy Cape, 1935 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874469 ...

Martin, George C.

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English organist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 4 Amen Court, St. Paul's, E.C., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1900 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125352 ...

Adams, Daniel

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Donovan, Richard, 1891-1970

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Inspired by Carl Sanburg's poem Smoke and steel. Composed 1932.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Smoke and steel : symphonic poem for orchestra / by Richard Donovan. 1932. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 44393299 American composer. From the description of The Richard Donovan papers, 1913-1971 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702191441 From the description of The Richard Donovan papers, 1913-1971 ...

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809

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

Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953

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Biographical Note 1864, Oct. 30 Born Elizabeth Penn Sprague, Chicago, Illinois, to Albert Arnold and Nancy Ann Atwood Sprague circa 1872 Began piano lessons with Regina Cohn Watson 1891 Married Frederic Shurtleff Coolidge (died 1915) ...

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...

Gumbert, F.

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Gilman, Lawrence.

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American music critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 1 December 1934, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler, 1934 Dec. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577872 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Geneva, New York, etc., to F.A. Duneka, 1909 Dec. 25-1910 May 26 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589421 Lawrence Gilman, American author and music critic, was born on July 5, 1878 in Flushing, New York to A...

Downs, Samuel M.

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Wesley, Samuel Sebastian, 1810-1876

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Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born on 14 August 1810. At the age of nine he became a choirboy at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London, singing to George IV in Brighton at the Royal Pavilion. At the age of fifteen in 1826 he was appointed organist of St. James's Chapel, Hampstead Road, and in 1829 organist of St. Giles's Church, Camberwell. In 1832 he became the organist at Hereford Cathedral where he stayed until 1835 when he became organist and sub-chanter of Exeter Cathedral. At Exeter h...

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...

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...

Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952

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Originally composed for two pianos, 1912; this version 1931. Won First Prize and awarded a nationwide broadcast in the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition, 1939. First performance in a broadcast by the CBS Orchestra, New York, May 28, 1939, Howard Barlow conducting, Karl Ulrich Schnabel and Helen Fogel soloists.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symbolistic study, no. 6 : Mountain vision : concerto in one movement for piano, second piano and string orchestr...

Lilienthal, A. W. (Abraham Wolf), 1859-1928.

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Furness, Clifton Joseph, 1898-1946

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Furness earned his Harvard AM in 1928. From the description of A study of the development of interest in folk ballads in the eighteenth century / Clifton Joseph Furness. January 1929. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075837 Editor and scholar of Walt Whitman's life and writings. From the description of Correspondence, 1940. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155478873 Clifton Joseph Furness, was born in She...

Boswell, Janes

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Downes, Olin

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American music critic. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (2), dated : New York, 22 April 1932 and 16 June 1939, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1932 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565951 Olin Downes (1886-1955), American music critic with the Boston Post (1906-1924) and the New York Times (1924-1955). From the description of Olin Downes manuscripts, [ca. 1926-1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476554 From the description of O...

Murray, Frank Waldo

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Schaper, Gustav

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Bixby, Samuel

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Goetz, Hermann Gustave

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Kindler, Hans, 1892-1949

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Hans Kindler (1892-1949) was an American cellist and conductor. He played with the Philadelphia Symphony for many years and founded the National Symphony Orchestra in 1931; he was its conductor until 1949. Theresa Russell was an American suffragist. Her husband Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) was an American journalist, politician and author. He wrote several books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas (1928). ...

Dvorák, Antonín

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Westerhout, Nicola van, 1857-1898

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Italian composer and pianist of Dutch parentage. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : Naples, 6 April 1886, to Ferdinando Fontana in Milan, 1886 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679142 ...

Capen, C. L.

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Gilbert, Henry

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Epithet: of Locko; MP for county Derbyshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x000023 ...

Rogers, Benjamin

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Epithet: organist and composer, d1698 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000187 ...

Ranck, Edwin Carty, 1879-

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Macfarren, G.A. (George Alexander), 1813-1887

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English composer, professor of Music at Cambridge University and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to John Simon, 1878 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 770045477 English composer; principal of Royal Academy of Music; professor at Cambridge. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 7 Hamilton Terrace, N.W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1876 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2701...

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 ...

Smetana, Bedrich

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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...

Indy, Vincent d'

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x000321 ...

Barlow, Howard, 1892-1972

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Jeanette Thomas Barlow (1891-1977) was a Portland, Or. native and an actress (stage name Ann Winston). From the guide to the Jeanette and Howard Barlow papers, 1850-1972, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Orchestra conductor. From the description of Reminiscences of Howard Barlow : oral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608228 Conductor. From the description of Reminiscences, Novem...

Birchard, Clarence C.

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Breil, Joseph Carl, 1870-1926

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Lippitt, F. J.

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McLain, Margaret Starr

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Seaver, E. P.

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Klein, B. Cecil

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Du Mont, Henry, 1610-1684

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Russell, Henry

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Epithet: Resident at the Peshwa's court British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c1 ...

Langley, Allan Lincoln, 1892-1949.

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Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...

Purcell, Henry

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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...

Longyear, Katherine E. and Rey M.

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Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee), 1874-1949

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Educator. From the description of Papers of Edward L. Thorndike, 1900-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84052750 Educational psychologist. Throndike was a professor of educational psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, 1901-1940, a leading figure in educational psychology, and a developer of educational and psychological tests. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890-1973], [ca. 1890-1941] (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Sparling, H. Halliday (Henry Halliday)

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Dempster, W. R.

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Bull, John

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Epithet: art restorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x0001ca Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x0001da Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x000188 Epithet: Comptroller of the Mint ...

Keller, M.

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Burdett, G. A.

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Monroe, Lewis B., Mrs.

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Walton, George A. (George Augustus), 1822-1908

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Loeffler, Charles Martin, 1861-1935

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Composed 1915. First performance Boston, 2 March 1917, Boston Symphony, Carl Muck conductor. Dedicated to Mr. & Mrs. Carl Stoeckel.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Hora mystica : symphony in one movement for grand orchestra and men's voices / composed by Ch. M. Loeffler. 1915. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52731937 Charles Martin Loeffler was born on January 30, 1861. His place of birth is disputed; he claimed to be Alsatian, bu...

Kotzschmar, Hermann

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McGlinchee, Claire

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Reay, Samuel

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Parker, Horatio W.

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Text is the German poem by Count Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg, translated into English by the composer's mother, Isabella Parker. Composed 1884. First performance Munich, 1884. Dedicated to Jules Jordan.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ballade von Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg / komponirt von H.W. Parker. [18--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53114434 Text is the poem by J. de Beaufort, in French with English translatio...

Lockyer, J. Nor

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Rabaud, Henri.

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Composed for the Paris Conservatory competition of 1901, originally for clarinet and piano. Dedicated to Monsieur Charles Turban.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Solo de concert : pour clarinette et orchestre à cordes / Henri Rabaud. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53114589 French composer and conductor. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Boston, 8 April 1919, to George Engles, 1919 Apr. 8. ...

Callcott, J. G.

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