Arne Oldberg Collection circa 1887-1962

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...

Szell, George

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American conductor of Austro-Hungarian birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., 1944], to Mr. Little, [1944]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873790 Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000213 ...

Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927

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American painist of Austrian origin. From the description of Autograph letter signed, autograph postcard signed, and typewritten letter signed, dated : Chicago, 8 March and 19 April 1910, and 4 April 1925, to Harry Harkness Flagler (and to Mr. & Mrs. Flagler), 1910 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679447 Pianist, of Chicago, Ill.; b. Fannie Bloomfield; married Sigmund Zeisler. From the description of Papers, 1882-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: ...

Northwestern university

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During World War II, Northwestern offered its facilities for use by the War Department. The Army, Navy, and Civil Aeronautics Administration operated eleven training programs at Northwestern in addition to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (N.R.O.T.C.) established in 1926: the Navy V-7, Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School; the Navy V-5, Naval Aviation Prepatory Program; the Navy V-1, Accredited College Program; the Naval Training School (Radio); the Army Signal Corps Officers Training Scho...

Gleason, Frederic Grant, 1848-1903

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Composer, musician, music critic for the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers, and director of the Chicago Auditorium Theater concerts. Frederic Grant Gleason was born in Middleton, Connecticut, on Dec. 18, 1848. He studied composition at Hartford, Connecticut under Dudley Buck, and continued his musical education in Leipzig, Berlin, and London, from 1869 to 1875. After a brief return to Connecticut to be a church organist, Gleason moved to Chicago in 1877 to teach at th...

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...

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...

Liebling, Emil, 1851-1914

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Chicago symphony orchestra

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Formed 1891 as the Chicago Orchestra; 1913, name changes to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From the description of General film and videorecordings collection, 1934-[ongoing] (bulk 1971-[ongoing]). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963621 Scores were kept in the orchestra's music library, with markings intact; annotations have been added to the score's cover to indicate which scores had markings by Reiner. From the description of Fritz Reiner marked scores collec...

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...

Oldberg, Arne, 1874-1962

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Composed 1925. First performance Chicago, 18 March 1927, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony #3, opus 41 / Arne Oldberg. [1925] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53081686 Arne Oldberg (b. July 12, 1874, in Youngstown, Ohio; d. Feb. 17, 1962, in Evanston, Ill.) was a composer, musician and music professor. He joined the Northwestern University piano faculty in 1897, was appointe...

Middelschulte, Wilhelm, 1863-1943

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German organist and composer. Middelschulte studied with August Knabe in Soest, and August Loeschhorn and August Haupt at the Royal Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin, and in 1891, he moved to Chicago to become Organist and Director of Music at Holy Name Cathedral. Following his recitals at the Columbian Exposition of 1893, Theodore Thomas invited him to play with his Chicago Orchestra, which later became the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Middelschulte held ...

Leschetizky, Theodor, 1830-1915

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Polish pianist, teacher, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna Nov. 18 1883, to an unidentified recipient in Paris, 1883 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667305 From the description of Autograph letter signed on his visiting card, dated : [Vienna, n.d.], to Sarazate [i.e. Pablo de Sarasate], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667301 From the description of "Tarantella, op. 39, No. 5. Th. Leschetizky" : autogra...

Oldberg, Oscar, 1846-1913

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Oscar Oldberg was born January 22, 1846 in Alfta, Helsingland, Sweden, the son of Pastor Andrew and Fredrika (Ohrstromer) Oldberg. He was educated in public schools and by private tutors and later attended the Gymnasium of Gelfe. In 1861 he began working in a drug store and studying pharmacology with Sir F.W. Helleday in Falum. In 1865 he became a licensed pharmacist and moved to the United States. Oldberg worked as a pharmacist in New York for two years. In 1869 he join...