The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Manuscript music compositions, 1880-1985.

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The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Manuscript music compositions, 1880-1985.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00093/catalog

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A portion of an archive of twentieth-century American music, collected by the German-American musicologist, Hans Moldenhauer.

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155 boxes, 13 volumes (65 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383249

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Siegfried Sassoon was a British novelist, poet, and biographer. From the description of Siegfried Sassoon collection of papers, [1905]-1975 bulk (1915-1951). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533686 From the guide to the Siegfried Sassoon collection of papers, 1905]-1975, 1915-1951, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Siegfried Sassoon was an English writer, best remembered for the...

Kerr, Harrison, 1897-1978

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Dance Sonata composed 1938, for 2 pianos, timpani and percussion; first performed at Bennington College Festival, August 1938. Orchestrated 1940 as Dance Suite; first performed Rochester, 27 October 1942, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance suite / Harrison Kerr. [1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52569871 Material derived from the opera The Tower of Kel, composed 19...

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. ...

Mendelssohn, Nathan

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Argento, Dominick

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Composed 1954-55. First performance Rochester, New York, 2 July 1958, Kilbourn Hall Chamber Orchestra, Eastman School of Music, Frederick Fennell conductor, Richard Woitach soloist. Dedication: "and again, for C."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Divertimento for piano and string orchestra / Dominick Argento. 1955. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696224 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, d...

Schuller, Gunther, 1925-2015

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The son of German immigrants, Gunther Schuller was born in New York on November 22, 1925. His professional music career began as a horn player, performing with the American Ballet Theater, as principal horn in the Cincinnati Symphony (1943-1945) and with the Metropolitan Opera from 1945-1959. Schuller's jazz career also began as a French horn player on Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool recording (1949-1950). As an educator, Schuller first taught at the Manhattan School of Music from 1950-1953. Fro...

Moldenhauer, Hans, 1906-1987

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Hans Moldenhauer was born in Mainz, Germany, on December 13, 1906 and died in November 1987 in Spokane, Washington. He completed five years of study of music under Hans Rosbaud at the Mainz Municipal College of Music. In 1918 he immigrated to the United States, where he settled in Spokane, Washington. After serving in the United States Army he returned to Spokane and was Whitworth College’s first student under the G. I. Bill and earned a bachelor’s degree in music in 194...

Ryterband, Roman, 1914-1979

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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

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Richard Rodgers, composer and producer, was born in New York on June 28, 1902. He composed his first song, My Auto Show Girl when he was fourteen years old. (This is included in the collection Box 16, Folder 6) In 1918 Rodgers met his first professional partner, Lorenz Hart. Together they presented their first hit show, The Garrick Gaieties in 1925. In 1929 Rodgers and Hart appeared in a two-reel autobiographical short, Masters of Melodyproduced by Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and written and di...

Stout, Alan

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Hovhaness, Alan, 1911–2000

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American composer of Armenian-Scottish descent. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 13, 1980 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862291 From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, [Apr. 8, 1977] [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861703 Composer. From the description of Alan Hovhaness autograph letter to Serafina, 196...

Cordero, Roque, 1917-2008

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Composed 1939. First performance Panama City, 1942, National Orchestra of Panama, Herbert de Castro conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Capricho interiorano = (Capriccio of the interior) / by Roque Cordero. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51464460 Composed 1945. First performance Panama City, 14 September 1955, National Orchestra of Panama, Roque Cordero conductor. Honorable mention: Reichhold Music Award, Detroit, 1947...

Galindo, Blas

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Composed 1940.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Preludios para orquesta / Blas Galindo. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51970152 ...

Halffter, Rodolfo, 1900-1987

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Vega, Aurelio de la, 1925-2022

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Aurelio de la Vega was born in La Habana, Cuba, November 28, 1925, educated at De La Salle College, Havana, 1940-1944 (B.A. in Humanities); University of Havana, 1944-1946 (M.A. in Diplomacy); Ada Iglesias Music Institute, Havana, 1951-1958 (M.A. in Musicology, 1956; Ph.D. in Composition, 1958) and studied composition privately with Fritz Kramer in Havana (1943-1946) and Ernst Toch in California (1947-1948). After occupying important positions in his native land (Editorial Secretary of Conservat...

Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963

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Paul Hindemith (born 16 November 1895 in Hanau; died 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. Gertrud Hindemith (born Rottenberg) was the wife of Paul Hindemith; they were married in 1924. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, n. d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863460 ...

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

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Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983

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Argentine composer. From the description of "Los peones de hacienda, del ballet Estancia.", 1947 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919811 First performance by the Orquesta del Servicio Oficial de Difusión Radio Eléctrica (SODRE), Montevideo, Uruguay, July 18, 1941, Lamberto Baldi conducting, Hugo Balzo (to whom the work is dedicated) at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concierto argentino : para piano y orquesta / Alberto E. Gin...

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996

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American composer, teacher, conductor, and flutist. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [New York?], 11 September 1981, to Mr. Allen, 1981 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874496 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 22 July 1992, to Joseph Chouinard, 1992 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270930274 Composer. From the description of Reminiscences of Otto Luening : oral history, 1979. ...

Clarke, Henry Leland

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Henry Leland Clarke, composer and professor of music, was born in New Hampshire in 1907. He received his undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, where he studied composition with Gustav Holst; later he studied under Nadia Boulanger, Hans Weisse, and Otto Luening. Clarke taught at a number of colleges and universities, including the University of Washington. He retired from the University of Washington as professor emeritus in 1977 and died in 1992. In addition to h...

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965

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Composed 1916-18. The original ms. had a pencilled-in note saying: "This is the only copy anywhere." See note from Mrs. Cowell 19 Nov. 1959: "The first symphony is a student work, and I hope earnestly for it not to be performed." This is a facsimile of the composer's holograph score, according to Bill Lichtenwanger.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in B minor / Henry Cowell. 1918. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207014 Compo...

Villa-Lobos, Heitor, 1887-1959

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Heitor Villa-Lobos (born March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – died November 17, 1959, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".[1] Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His mu...

Webern, Anton

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Austrian composer. From the description of Anton Webern / Das Augenlicht / von / Hildegard Jone / für / gemischten Chor / u. / Orchester / Op. 26 / Klavierauszug / von / Ludwig Zenk. [1935?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571148 From the description of Stefan George / VII. Ring / A. v. Webern op. 2. [1908-1909?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571211 From the description of Vier Lieder / für / Gesang und Orchester / von / Anton Webern / op. 13 / Partitur. [19...

Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997

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Mother Teresa Bojaxhiu, born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje, then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire and lived most of her life in Kolkata, India. In 1950, she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation. Teresa received a number of honors, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was canonised on 4 September 2016, and the anniversary ...

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 ...

Sowerby, Leo

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American composer and church musician. From the description of [Organ symphony. Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, 1951 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270569572 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Chicago, 13 March 1953, to Joseph Chouinard, 1953 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270962032 Composed 1926-27. Chicago, 29 March 1929, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Frederick Stock coductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the ...

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. ...

Carter, Elliott

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Composer and writer on music. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 8, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861514 Commissioned by the Ballet Caravan, 1939. Composed 1939. A suite called "Suite from Pocahontas, ' consisting of 4 excerpts drawn from this ballet and provided with new endings and introductions, received the Juilliard Publication Award, 1940. First performance by the Ballet Caravan, in ...

Crumb, George, 1929-

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George Crumb (b. Oct. 24, 1929, in Charleston, W.V.) is an American composer. From the description of George Crumb papers, 1956-2011 (bulk 1965-2003). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778991658 Composer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : Philadelphia, to George Watras, 1979 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270911566 American composer. From the description of "VOX BALAENAE / FOR THREE MASKED PLAYERS / (Electric Flute, ...

Rochberg, George

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Composed in 1949; revised in 1957.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Capriccio / George Rochberg. [1957?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 236485838 Originally part of Symphony no. 1. Composed as a separate work, 1949. First performance New York, 23 April 1953, New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos conductor. Winner of the 8th annual George Gershwin Memorial Award, 1952.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of ...

Rorem, Ned, 1923-

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

Foss, Lukas

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Lukas Foss (b. Aug. 15, 1922, in Berlin; d. Feb. 1, 2009, in New York City) was an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. From the description of Lukas Foss papers, circa 1926-2000 (bulk 1936-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130018 Composed 1955-58. First performance Pittsburgh, 24 October 1958, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony of chorales : for orchestra : ...

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

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Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...

Ansermet, Ernest, 1883-1969

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Swiss conductor. From the description of Document signed, dated : London, 14 June 1921, 1921 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873879 The Orchestre symphonique de Paris was founded in 1929; Calvocoressi prepared the French translation of Boris, eventually for performances in Paris at the Salle Gaveau, 31 December 1935. Cf. Loewenberg, A. Annals of opera. From the description of Letter : to M.D. Calvocoressi, Paris, [between 1929 and 1935] Mar. 20. (Harva...

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Grofé, Ferde, 1892-1972

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American composer Ferde Grofe (1892-1972) is best known for his Grand Canyon Suite and for his orchestration of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. From the description of Ferde Grofé collection, ca. 1890-ca. 1960 (bulk ca. 1920-ca. 1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128295 Composed 1933. First performance New York, Carnegie Hall, 25 January 1933, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Paul Whiteman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Tabloid : ...

Harris, Roy, 1898-1979

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Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation for the Rockefeller FIlm Project. Composed as film score 1940-41. First performance (recording for the film) New York, 21 January 1941, Roy Harris conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of One-tenth of a nation / Roy Harris. [1940?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 226966329 Composed 1949-51. First performance Wilmington, North Carolina, 21 March 1984.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. F...

Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984

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Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was an American composer of three symphonies and numerous vocal works, noted for his choral work. He was a 1920 graduate of Harvard University. He became assistant professor of music and choir director at Wellesley College, received a doctorate in music from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, and taught at the Curtis Institute of Music (serving as its director, 1941-1942), the University of Virginia, and Harvard University....

Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962

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Poet. Married Una Call Kuster in 1913. From the description of Papers of Robinson Jeffers, 1924-1941 (bulk 1924-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130961 Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet and dramatist. Born in Pittsburgh in 1887, he graduated from Occidental College in 1905. He married Una Call Jeffers (1884-1950) in 1913, and they had three children. His inspiration came from his wife, their home that he built in 1919, Tor House, and the rugged Big Sur...

Thom Gunn.

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Isamitt, Carlos, 1887-1974

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William Blake

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Howard Thurman.

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Ricardo Viñes.

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Joseph Szigeti.

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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946

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African-American poet, anthologist, translator, playwright and an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen was graduated from De Witt Clinton High School in New York City and from New York University in 1925. While attending NYU he held a part-time job as a doorman at the Grolier Club, a New York City bibliophile society. He took post-graduate work at Harvard University and received an M.A. From the description of TLS : Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Frederick B. Coykendall, ...

P. B. Shelley.

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Kelsey, Verne, 1897-

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Louis McNeice.

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Joyce, James, 1882-1941

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James Augustus Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a borough of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of ten children who survived infancy. In 1888 he was enrolled at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school near Dublin, where he stayed until 1891. Thereafter he attended Belvedere College, and then University College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1902 with a major in Italian. While at UCD Joyce wrote a paper in defense of Henrik Ibsen's drama called Drama and Life, which was ...

Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol.

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Carl Sandburg.

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Juvenal Galeno.

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Margot Blank

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Joan Strommer.

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Lia Cimaglia Espinosa

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Sophocles

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Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995

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Originally composed for piano, 1946. Transcribed 1958. First performance Vienna, 1958, State Orchestra of Vienna, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Kaleidoscope : six short pieces for small orchestra, op. 19a / by Miklós Rózsa. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53893399 Hungarian-born musician/composer Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907-July 23, 1995) studied in Leipzig under Hermann Grabner and Theodor Kroye...

Ficher, Jacobo

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Text is a poem by Arminda Ralesky. Composed 1969.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Kadisch : cantata para solistas, coro y orquesta, op. 112 / Jacobo Ficher ; poema de Arminda Ralesky. 1969. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 85607486 Composed 1956.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sexta sinfonia : op. 86 / Jacobo Ficher. [1956] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 49800180 Composed...

Alexander Schreiner.

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Fuleihan, Anis

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Commissioned by and composed for the Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta 1940. First Performance Philadelphia, 6 February, 1941, by the Philadelphia Chamber String Simfonietta, Fabien Sevitsky conductor, the composer soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ceremonial : variations for piano and string orchestra / Anis Fuleihan. [1940]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51896700 Composed 1939. First performance by the Philharmonic-Sy...

Rathaus, Karol, 1895-1954

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The legacy of Polish-born composer Karol Rathaus, who emigrated to the U.S. via Vienna, Berlin, Paris, and London in 1938 and after a brief career as a Hollywood film composer, became professor of composition and chairman of the music department at Queens College (CUNY), Flushing, New York. From the description of Archives, 1938-1974. 1938-1974. (Queens College). WorldCat record id: 36750911 Salisbury Cove is near Bar Harbor, Maine. Composed 1949. First performance St. Louis...

Peter Davies.

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Eduard Mörike.

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Traiger, Laurence

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Phillips, Burrill

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Composed 1935. First performance Rochester, N.Y., 3 April 1935, Eastman School Little Symphony Orchestra, Karl Van Hoesen conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony concertante : for small orchestra / Burrill Phillips. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53194490 Based on Mexican children's game-songs collected by José Limón. Commissioned by she Julliard School for José Limón's students. Composed 1968-69.--Cf. Fleisher...

Boaz Piller.

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Raspacol

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Ethel Collins.

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Irwin Edman.

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Josten, Werner, 1885-1963

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Ballet based on René Maran's novel. Composed 1930-31.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Batouala : poèm chorèographique d'après le veritable roman nègre par René Maran / musique par Werner Josten. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52467074 Composed 1936. First performance Boston, 13 November 1936, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony / Werne...

J. P. (Jens Peter) Jacobsen.

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Poné, Gundaris, 1932 -.

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Imbrie, Andrew, 1921-2007

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American composer and educator. Studied with Roger Sessions at Princeton (BA 1942), and Berkeley (MA 1947). He was a fellow at the American Academy of Rome (1947-9). He taught at UC Berkeley from 1949 until his retirement in 1991. He won many awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship (1953-54, and 1960-61), Alice M. Ditson Fellowship (1946-7), and Naumburg Recording Award (1960). He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1980 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences....

McCowen, Robert

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Heiden, Bernard.

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Van Slyck, Nicholas

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Douglas Malloch.

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Mercedes Orrego de Ugarte

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Kelly, Robert Glynn

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1961. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36988573 ...

Horne, Frank

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Mendes, Gilberto, 1922-

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Tuthill, Burnet, 1888-1982

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Composed 1962, at Robert Zimmerman's request. First performance Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, 12 December 1962, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor, Robert Zimmerman soloist. Dedicated to Robert Zimmerman.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for double bass and wind orchestra / by Burnet Tuthill. [1962] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56339011 Composed 1933. First performance National Mus...

Aeschylus

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Walter de la Mare.

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Boulding, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ewart), 1910-1993

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Professor of economics at the University of Michigan, director of the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution, fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and participant in the Society of Friends, the National Council of Churches Department of the Church and Economic Life, and peace and disarmament groups. From the description of Kenneth Ewart Boulding papers, 1880-1968. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423346 Kenneth E...

Nordoff, Paul, 1909-

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O. Spadaro

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Bornschein, Franz C. (Franz Carl), 1879-1948

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Composed 1935. First performance Baltimore, 23 February, 1936 Ernest Schelling conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Leif Ericson : for symphony orchestra / Franz C. Bornschein. 1935. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43270152 Composed 1922 as Three Persian tone poems. First performance of that version Baltimore, the Lyric Theatre, 10 December 1922, the composer conducting. Rewritten in present form 1940. Also known as Feast of Lig...

Weigl, Karl 1881-1949

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Suggested by the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation. Composed 1942-45. First performance Carnegie Hall, New York, 27 October 1968, American Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conductor. Inscribed: "In memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt" (work completed 16 April 1945, the day of Roosevelt's death). Dedicated to the people of the United Nations.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Apocalyptic symphony (fifth symphony) for full orchestra / Karl Weigl. [19--] (Fra...

Weigel, Eugene, 1910-

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Weigl, Vally, arr.

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N. Nahlik.

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Dimitri Tiomkin.

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Darzdis, Volfgang, 1906-1962

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Andrade, Mário de, 1893-1945

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Mário de Andrade (b. Oct. 9, 1893, São Paulo, Brazil–d. Feb. 25, 1945, São Paulo, Brazil) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer. He is considered one of founders of Brazilian modernism and was influential in Brazilian literature. He studied piano at the Music and Drama Conservatory of São Paulo; published first book of poetry 1917 and his novel, Macunaíma, in 1928....

Tersine, Mary, S. N. J. M., Sister.

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E. L. Safford

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Osvaldo Sosa Cordero

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Bennett, Robert Russell, 1974

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Composed 1931. First performance Rochester, 9 December 1932, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto grosso : for small dance band and symphony orchestra / Robert Russell Bennett ; in the form of "Sketches from an American Theatre." [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42886632 Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From th...

John Kirkpatrick.

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W. B. (William Butler) Yeats.

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Anderson, T.J.

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T. J. Anderson , born in 1928- is a composer and professor emeritus in the Department of Music, Tufts University. From the description of T. J. Anderson, papers, 1955-1997 1955-1997. (Tufts University - Tisch Library). WorldCat record id: 631177356 Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr. was born 17 August 1928 in Coatesville, Pa.; received degrees from West Virginia State College, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Iowa; and served eight years as chair of the Dept. of ...

William Spencer.

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Constantinides, Dinos

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Dinos Constantinides was born in Ioannina, Greece on May 10, 1929. He studied musical theory and violin in Athens at the Greek Conservatory and violin at the Julliard School in New York City. Constantinides also received a Master's degree in music from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in Composition from Michigan State University. For ten years, he played in the violin section of the State Orchestra in Athens, Greece. Constantinides began teaching at Louisiana State University in 1967. In 1986, he...

Dexter Allen.

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

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Poet and author. From the description of Papers of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1873-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067921 Paul Laurence Dunbar of Dayton, Ohio, was an African-American writer of fiction, poetry, and plays. Dunbar is widely acknowledged as the first important black poet in American literature. He also worked at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, as an assistant clerk, 1897-1898. From the description of Paul Laurence Dunbar letters and leaf...

Nordenstrom, Gladys, 1924-

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Friedrich Hacker.

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Bruno Maderna

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Burge, David, 1930-2013

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Gerald Gould.

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Rothmüller, Aron Marko, 1908-1993

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Aron Marko Rothmüller was a singer, composer, musicologist and voice teacher. He was born December 31, 1908 in Trnjani, Croatia and moved to Zagreb when he was about two years old. Rothmüller studied violin, piano and music theory as a youth, then majored in conducting and music composition at the Zagreb Music Academy. Rothmüller went to Vienna in the Autumn of 1928, where he studied musical composition with Alban Berg and, in 1929, voice with Franz Steiner. He remained with both teachers unt...

Sir William Watson

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Solomon Grundlinger.

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Kelsey, Verne.

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Keller, Homer, 1915-

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Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945

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Arthur Symons was an English critic and poet. From the description of Arthur Symons collection. [1906-1929]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800282 Epithet: poet and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0001cd Arthurs Symons was an accomplished poet, critic, short story writer, travel writer, playwright, and editor. An important figure in the developmen...

Weigl, Etta Ruth

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Mader, Jerry.

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Stevenson, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1883-

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Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635

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Blank, Alan, 1925-

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Raul Ferrao

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Lamer.

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Robert Creely.

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Weigl, Vally

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Robert Mc. Cowen.

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Nin-Culmell, Joacquín, 1908-

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Floyd, Carlisle

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Susannah 1949 Slow Dusk 1955 Susannah 1958 Wuthering Heights 1962 The Passion of Jonathan Wade 1963 The Sojourner and Mo...

Joyce Kilmer.

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Harry Kobialka.

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Richard Davidson.

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Kelsey, Verne, arr.

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Cascarino, Romeo

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From the opera in 3 acts with libretto by Peggy Oppenlander about the founding father of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. Composed 1955-65; totally revised 1972-1973. First performance Philadelphia, 14 November 1975, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Sidney Rothstein conductor. For other excerpts from this opera see callnos. 8275 (Prison interlude) and 8276 (Sea interlude).--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of William Penn : Prelude (Cross and crown) / libretto by Peggy O...

Dello Joio, Norman

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Composed 1949. First performance La Jolla, California, 21 August 1949, Musical Arts Society, Nicolai Sokoloff conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of New York profiles : a suite for orchestra / Norman Dello Joio. 1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207262 Composed 1945. First performance Pittsburgh, 4 January 1946, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description ...

Franz Werfel.

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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...

Boone, Charles

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Prater, Jeffrey

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Composed 1973. First performance Terre Haute, Indiana, 28 April 1974, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Oleg Kovalenko conductor. Won a competition sponsored by The Contemporary Music Festival, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, April 1974.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Kinetics / by Jeffrey Prater. c1973, 1978. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53324298 ...

Bauer, Harold, 1873-1951

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Harold Bauer, born Apr. 28, 1873, Kingston-on-Thames, near London, died Mar. 12, 1951, Miami, Fla. Throughout his career he was regarded as one of the greatest living pianists, a successor to the tradition of Liszt, Paderewski, and Brahms, and a celebrated interpreter of the music of Schumann, Brahms, and Franck. He was one of the first to champion the music of Debussy and of Ravel. Bauer also had considerable fame in chamber music, performing with Pablo Casals, Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, ...

Eleanor Farjeon.

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Chadwick, George W. (George Whitefield), 1854-1931.

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Mieczyslaw Horszowski.

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B. Traven.

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Tchermichovski, Saul

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S. (Salvatore) Cardillo

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Caba, Eduardo 1890-1953

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Lenore Marshall.

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Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967

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Jean Toomer (born Nathan Pinchback Toomer; December 26, 1894 – March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and modernism. His reputation stems from his novel Cane (1923), which Toomer wrote during and after a stint as a school principal at a black school in rural Sparta, Georgia. The novel intertwines the stories of six women and includes an apparently autobiographical thread; sociologist Charles ...

Avshalomov, Jacob

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Jacob Avshalomov (1919- ) graduated from Reed College in 1943 and married Doris Felde, also class of '43. He played percussion and cello in the Portland Junior Symphony before earning advanced degrees from the Eastman School of Music. Avshalomov taught music at Columbia University from 1946 to 1954 before returning to Portland to become the Conductor of the Portland Junior Symphony, retiring after 40 years in 1994. From the description of Jacob Avshalomov Papers, 1954-2000. 1954-2000...

Hebbel, Friedrich, 1813-1863

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Joseph Haydn.

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Kennan, Kent Wheeler, 1913-2003

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Completed 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concertino : for an American going to war : for piano and orchestra / Kent Kennan. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52569407 Refers to the flea market in Rome. Composed 1938. First performance Rochester, 5 January 1939, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Il campo dei fiori : for solo trumpet and small or...

Barnstone, Willis, 1927-....

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Palen, Lewis Stanton, 1876-....

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Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994

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Commissioned by the Louisville Philharmonic Society under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Composed 1953. First performance Louisville, 16 October 1954, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney conductor. Dedicated to the Louisville Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Introduzione e gioco delle ore / Vittorio Rieti. [1953] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53472383 Originally composed as Chess Serenade, suite for two pian...

Brimguer, Estela

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Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950

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Poet and author. From the description of Edna St. Vincent Millay papers, 1832-1992 (bulk 1900-1950). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066360 American poet. From the description of ALS : Camden, Maine, to Eleanor Morgan Patterson, 1916 June 15. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442927 From the description of Photograph of Edna St. Vincent Millay [manuscript], 1920 August. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812089 ...

Dashkin, Samuel

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Carl Sandberg.

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Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy.

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Weiss, Adolph, 189101971.

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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...

Mary Carolyn Davies.

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Wilfred Owen.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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Vally Weigl.

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Franco, Johan, 1908-1988

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Composed 1937. This work was later used as the last movement of the composer's Symphony II.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Introduczione e scherzo : for clarinet (B♭) and chamber orchestra / Johan Franco. 1937. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51893569 Composed 1932. First performance by the Utrecht Municipal Orchestra, Utrecht, Holland, March 6, 1933, Henri Van Goudoever conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the desc...

Paul Heyse.

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Moore, Francis S., arr.

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Bostelman, Otto.

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David Madden

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Forte, Vicente

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Robert Herrick.

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Harry Woodbourne.

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A. E. (Alfred Edward) Housman

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Schwartz, Paul, 1907-

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Paul Jackson.

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Yannis Ritzos.

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Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987

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Texts are six of Aesop's fables. Composed 1943. First performance Philadelphia, 20 April 1945, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor, Robert Grooters narrator.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fables : for narrator and orchestra, 1943 / Vincent Persichetti. 1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53180868 Commissioned by Anthony di Bonaventura. Composed 1962. First performance Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2 Augus...

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837

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Edward, Lear

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Joseph von Eichendorff

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Lester Luther.

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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Estrada, Carlos, 1909-1970

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First performance 26 September 1964, Municipal Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Estrada conductor, Laura Mendez soprano soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Robaïyat, op. 46 / Carlos Estrada ; [texte] de Omar Khayyam; traduction de Franz Toussaint. [1955]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 76789267 First performance 26 May 1937, Orquesta de Camara de Montevideo, composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the descript...

Maurice Ravel

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Clark, Ted R.

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Weaver, Powell, 1890-1951

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Composed 1925. First performance Boston, 14 April 1929, Boston Women's Symphony Orchestra, Ethel Leginska conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The little faun / by Powell Weaver. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56943994 Composed 1947. First performance Kansas City, Missouri, 14 Octorber 1947, Kansas City Philharmonic, Efrem Kurtz conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fugue for strings / ...

Ornstein, Leo

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Russian-born composer. From the description of The Leo Ornstein papers, 1892-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 86117693 From the description of The Leo Ornstein papers, 1892-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702191292 Nocturne and dance commissioned as one complete work by the League of Composers, 1935. Composed 1936. First performance St. Louis, 12 February 1937, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann conduct...

Moore, Francis S.

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Willi Reich

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Lerae Britain.

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Garcia Lorca

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Giovanni D. Picchi.

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Segal, Charles M.

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Melfin W. Jones.

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McCarthy, Merrick F.

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Blank, Allen

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Kahn, Erich Itor, 1905-1956

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Originally composed as Suite Bretonne for piano 4-hands, 1940-42, in the alien detention camp at Gurs, France. First performance of this orchestral version Baden-Baden, Germany, 1949 or 1950, Südwestfunk Orchester, Hans Rosbaud conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite bretonne / Erich Itor Kahn. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52472602 Erich Itor Kahn was a German-American pianist and composer. From the des...

Walter Dietiker.

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Karl Weigl

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Reed, H. Owen, 1910-2014

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Composed 1940. First performance as Overture: 1940, Rochester, N.Y, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Overture / Owen Reed. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53706507 ...

Adolph Weiss.

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Koichi Kihara.

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Thomas, Hardy

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Meyerowitz, Jan, 1913-1998

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Johann Sebastian Bach's

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Malcolm Cowley.

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Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand, 1825-1898

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Partch, Harry, 1901-1974

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Biography Harry Partch was born in Oakland, CA on June 24, 1901; both his parents had been Presbyterian missionaries in China who endured the Boxer Rebellion. By the age of 20, he had moved through parts of the Midwest and East Coast, then back through Northern and Southern California before settling in San Diego in 1964. He began his early musical training playing clarinet, harmonium, viola, piano, and guitar and composing music using a temp...

William Congreve.

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Bayer, Michael

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E. Tagliaferri

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Toni Leutwiler

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Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977

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Loren Corey Eiseley was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1907. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a B.S. degree in English and geology/anthropology in 1933. He received an A.M. degree in anthropology in 1935 and a Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937. In 1937, Eiseley married Mabel Langdon. The Eiseleys moved to Kansas, then Ohio, then Pennsylvania, where Eiseley held a number of administrative posts at universities. He was active in several professional and aca...

Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969

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Douglas Moore was a composer and teacher; Ethan Ayer wrote song lyrics which were set by Moore for the 1961 theatrical production of The wings of the dove, based on the novel by Henry James. From the guide to the Letters to Ethan Ayer, 1960 and undated., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Composed 1931. First performance under original title, Overture Babbit, New York, 11 December 1932, Manhattan Symphony Orchestra, th...

Epstein, David (1930- ).

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Smith, Leland, 1925-

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Denise Levertov.

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Herberto Padilla

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Beryl Barnett.

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Britain, Radie, 1903-

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Biography Britain was born on March 17, 1903 in Amarillo, Tex.; she studied piano and received her B.M. from the American Conservatory in Chicago, 1924; studied music theory in Munich; several of her choral compositions were awarded prizes of the National Federation of Music Clubs, the National League of American Penwomen and other organizations; compositions include A heroic poem, Light, Ubiquity (music drama), Southern symphony, Chipmunks f...

Katzman, Nathan

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Olga Coelho.

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Berger, Arthur 1912-

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Lantz, Christopher

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Armando Valladares.

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DeVoto, Mark

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Professor of music at Tufts Univerity and son of Bernard DeVoto, composer and writer, and coauthor of HARMONY. From the description of Remarks for a conference, "Devoted to the American West: The century of Bernard DeVoto, " 1997 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122586156 ...

Ruger, Morris Hutchins

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Morris Hutchins Ruger was an American composer, author, and teacher. He taught at many institutions including several small southern schools; the School of Music at Brenau College; the Community College in San Bernardino, California; the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Arts; Long Beach City College; and California State University at Long Beach. Some of Ruger's most well known operas include "Westward Ho Ho!," "Gettysburg" which was broadcast nationally by NBC, and "The Scarlet Letter." Ru...

Hermann Hesse.

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Earle, Betty

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Borbolla, Carlos.

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Reese, Lizette Woodworth, 1856-1935

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Miss Lizette W. Reese (1856-1935) taught school in Baltimore, Maryland for 45 years. She retired in 1921 and concentrated her efforts as a poetess. Many collections of her poems were published in book form. From the description of Papers, 1928-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498089 American writer. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Baltimore, Maryland, to Wilbur Needham, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1923 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat r...

Kenneth Patchen.

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Chopin, Frédéric

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Gail Young Rice.

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James Stephens.

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Tadeusz Dobranski.

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Detlev Freiherr von Liliencron.

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Langston, Hughes

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(James) Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902-May 22, 1967), an African-American writer, poet, playwright and columnist made influential contributions in his life and work during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's. In 1925 Hughes won first prize in the poetry section of the 1925 Opportunity magazine literary contest, which launched his literary career. His first volume of poetry appeared in 1926. In 1942, he became a columnist for the African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender. Hughes used t...

John Ellerton.

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Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153

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Epithet: Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Clairvaux British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0000d0 ...

Conrad Aiken

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Noble, T. Tertius (Thomas Tertius), 1867-1953.

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Thomas Noble of Westfield, Mass., was father of Aaron Noble, a soldier during Abercromby's Ticonderoga campaign. Thomas Noble's other son John was a weaver and school teacher. From the description of Deed of the sale of land by Thomas Noble to John Noble, 1761. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228770299 Epithet: organist of York Minster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ar...

Chard Powers Smith.

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Robert Burns.

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Surinach, Carlos

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Title refers to the Desert Fathers, early Christian monks who were nicknamed "Athletae Dei." Composed 1960. First performance 54th Street Theatre, New York, 27 April 1960, Martha Graham and Company.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Acrobats of God : ballet for chamber orchestra / Carlos Surinach. [1960] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55739155 Composed 1945. First performance Barcelona, Spain, 8 April 1945, Barcelona Municipal Orchestr...

Revueltas, Silvestre

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Originally composed 1935 for the film Redes, about the fishermen of Alvarado, near Veracruz, Mexico. Film also known as The Wave. First performance of this suite Barcelona, Spain, 7 October 1937 at a concert sponsored by the Committee Against War and Fascism. Performed as a ballet, Palacio des Bellas Artes, Mexico City, November 1951, Ballet Mexicano, book and choreography by Jose Limon. Limon renamed the ballet "El Grito" (The Scream) for its first New York performance at Juilliard Concert Hall...

Viñes, Ricardo 1875-1943

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The Catalan pianist Ricardo Viñes, born February 5, 1875, in Lérida, Spain, was well known for his exceptional technique, his large repertoire, and his affinity for the music of his time. After a period of study with pianist Juan B. Pujol in Barcelona, Viñes went to Paris in 1887. With the exception of his several concert tours throughout Europe and South America, Viñes remained in Paris for most of his life. From the description of Ricardo Viñes collection of music manuscripts,...

W. C. (William Christopher) Handy

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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924

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Franz Kafka (b. July 3, 1883, Prague, Czech Republic–d. June 3, 1924, Klosterneuburg, Austria) was a novelist and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible social-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absur...

Morgenstern, Christian

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Robert Graves.

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Gilbert, Pia, 1921-

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Violet Alleyn Storey.

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Gould, Morton

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Composed 1934. First performance Jan. 2, 1936, Philadelphia, at a concert for Youth, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Chorale and fugue in jazz / by Morton Gould. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51998771 American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist (b. Dec. 10, 1913 in New York; d. Feb. 21,1996 in Orlando, Florida). From the description of Morton G...

Radio Frankfurt.

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Pentland, Barbara, 1912-2000

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Calusdian, George

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Weisgall, Hugo

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Hugo Weisgall was born at Eibenschütz (Ivanice), Moravia on October 13, 1912 and emigrated to the United States as a child. Growing up in Baltimore, his first musical influence was his father, Adolph J. Weisgal (1885 - 1981), a cantor for the Chizuk Amuno Congregation in that city. Becoming an American citizen in 1926, his formal musical education began at the Peabody Conservatory (1927 - 1932). In the years that followed (1932 - 1941) he worked periodically with Roger Sessions, stu...

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926

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Rilke wrote to Werfel in 1913 after reading Werfel's first 2 books of poems, Der Weltfreund and Wir sind. They met for the first time in the same year. Ruth Siebe-Rilke was the daughter of Rilke and Clara Westhoff; here she signs her name Ruth Fritzsche-Rilke. She was at that time the administrator of the Rilke family archive, located in Fischerhude, near Bremen, Germany. (More recently the archive has been located in Gernsbach.) From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werf...

Castro, José María, 1892-1964

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From the ballet in three acts, based on Six poems for Georgia by Eduardo Mallea, from his Stories for a desperate Englishwoman. Composed 1937. First performance Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, 2 June 1939, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Georgia : ballet sobre un cuento poemático de Eduardo Mallea / José María Castro. 1939. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45206158 Composed 1934. Awarded prize of $1500 and first...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0002ea ...

Robert Schumann.

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Blackie, John Stuart

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Epithet: Professor of Greek at Edinburgh University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x0000b4 ...

Holzmann, Rudolph, 1910-

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Clarissa Ryterband.

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Eunice Tietjens.

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Riegger, Wallingford

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Composed for piano 4-hands, 1932. Transcribed 1938.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance suite : I Evocation / Wallingford Riegger. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53784085 Commissioned by the Alice M. Ditson Fund. Composed 1947. First performance New York, 16 May 1948, CBS Symphony, Dean Dixon conductor. Received the New York Music Critics' Circle Award for the 1947-48 season and the Walter W. Naumburg Recording Award.--Cf. F...

Fain, Sammy

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Sammy Fain and Victor Young, composers. Book by Sig Herzig and lyrics by Harold Adamson. From the description of Around the world in 80 days: typescript, 1962 November, 26. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122466847 ...

Bélanger, Greg

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Read, Gardner, 1913-2005

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Originally composed for French horn and piano, 1934, as op. 31. Transcribed for viola and piano, 1940, as op. 31a. This transcription 1946.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Poem : for horn in F, or viola, with string orchestra accompaniment, op. 31b / Gardner Read. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53334385 Composed 1940-42. Awarded first prize in the Paderewski Fund Prize Competition, 1943. First performance Boston, 26 November 1...

Vera Brittain.

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Strang, Gerald, 1908-1983

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Formerly, the 2nd movement was cataloged as callno.: 3076, the 3rd & 4th movements as callno.: 4220. All 4 movements consolidated under callno.: 3117, and the other 2 numbers re-assigned.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony / Gerald Strang. [1938] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55210730 ...

Smit, Leo, 1921-1999

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American pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph documents (2), dated : Buffalo, 17 February [1976, and n.d.], 1976 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270962013 Composer, pianist, and educator, Leo Smit was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1921. After studies at Curtis Institute of Music, he worked as a rehearsal pianist with George Balanchine's American Ballet in 1930-32. He made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 1939. Smit taught at Sarah Lawrence College...

Stephen D. Hawes.

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Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962

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Hermann Hesse was a German writer, popular but often politically out of step in his native country. His social criticism, and especially his focus on the individual and inner spirituality, contributed to extraordinary popularity in America in the 1960s. From the description of Hermann Hesse letter to D. Kilham Roberts, 1950 January 9. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49344033 German author. From the description of Zwölfe Gedichte vo...

Joachim Ringelnatz.

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Wallace, Stevens

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Amengual Astaburuaga, René, 1911-1954

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Rudolf List.

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Creamer, Henry, 1879-1930

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John Keats.

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Olga Praguer Coelho

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Jex, David

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Broqua, Alfonso, 1876-1946

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First performance, Teatro Solís, Montevideo, 30 June 1910, the composer the conductor, Luisa Valdés soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Tabaré, op. 3 / musica de Alfonso Broqua ; poema de Juan Zorrilla de San Martin. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43299076 ...

Robert Herruk.

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Giuseppe Ungaretti.

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Rose Brandel.

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Layton, Turner, 1894-1978

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George, Herbert

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Sendrey, Albert Richard, 1911-

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A. Bernstein

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Creston, Paul, 1906-1985

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Composed 1937. First performance at the Fourth Yaddo Music Period, by the Yaddo Orchestra, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1937, the composer conducting, Louis Porter (violin), Robert Silberberg (flute), soloists.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Partita / Paul Creston. 1937. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207062 Composed 1938 in memory of the composer's first child, Paul Julian Creston. First performance by the Pittsburgh Symphon...

Oliveira, Jocy De

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Roman Ryterba.

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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...

Tacucian, Ricardo, 1939-

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Wood, William, 1937-

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McBride, Robert

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Commissioned by the Ballet Caravan, 1937. Originally composed for piano, 1937; orchestrated 1937. First complete performance New York, 12 December 1937, Radio City Orchestra, Erno Rapee conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Show piece : ballet / Robert McBride. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52938290 Composed 1934. First performance Tucson, 7 May 1935, University of Arizona Chamber Orchestra, Henry Johnson, Jr. conductor....

Porter, Kenneth Wiggins, 1905-1981

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Kenneth Wiggins Porter was a professor of history at several colleges and conducted research on African-American frontiersmen and cowboys, Black Seminoles, and American folklore and folk history. He also wrote poetry and was a Socialist, maintaining an active correspondence with both groups of people. Born in Kansas, Porter graduated from Sterling College in Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926, and obtained his Master of Arts degree the following year from the ...

Gesualdo, Carlo, principe di Venosa, approximately 1560-1613

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Cope, David, 1941-....

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Tremblay, George, 1911-1982

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Composed 1949. First performance Hamburg, 1962, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Frederic Balazs conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in one movement / by George Tremblay. [1949] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56193227 George Amede Tremblay was born on January 14, 1911 in Ottawa, Canada. His early musical training came from his father who was organist and general music director at the Basilica in Ottawa. He beg...

J. W. Mader.

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Gustav Holst's

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Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997

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Originally composed as the slow movement of Sonata, for cello and piano; transcribed for string orchestra, 1940 at the request of Dmitri Mitropoulos. First performance by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis, Apr. 4, 1941, Dmitri Mitropoulos (to whom the work is dedicated) conducting--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Slow piece for string orchestra / Ross Lee Finney. 1940. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51793878 Commissioned...

Milan, Luys

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Jeanne Couët

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Wolfgang, Amadeus Mozart

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Gabriela Vidal Tagle

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Hans Sachs.

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Santoro, Claudio, 1919-

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William Stafford.

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Joseph Achron

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Blank, Margot.

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Hantzopoulos, Kostas

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Heinrich Politzer.

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Mader, Jerry, 1944-

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Castro, Juan José, 1895-1968

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Composed 1931. First performance Buenos Aires, 22 July 1931, Colón Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sinfónia / Juan José Castro. 1931. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45206238 From the ballet in 4 parts with story by Fifa Cruz de Caprile and choreography by Paul Petroff. Composed 1934-35. First performance Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 17 July 1937, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collecti...

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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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 ...

Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1872-1942

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American Composers Alliance Library.

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Linth, Henri

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Souviron, Clara

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Drew, James

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Stevens, Halsey, 1908-1989

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Biographical Note Halsey Stevens was born on December 3, 1908, in Scott, New York. Educated at Homer Academy as a youth, Stevens took to composing at a young age and completed his first work, The Frogs at School, sometime around 1920-1921. He studied composition with William Berwald at Syracuse University, earning his B.A. in 1931 and his M.M. in 1937. Shortly after graduation, Stevens accepted a position as associate professor of music at Da...

Allen, Steven, 1967-

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Biography / Administrative History In 1957, New York based Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation made a historic business decision when they sponsored the formation of Fairchild Semiconductor in Palo Alto, California. A group of eight scientists and engineers involved in solid-state electronics had developed a method of mass-producing silicon transistors using a double diffusion technique and a chemical etching system called the "mesa" ...

Boatwright, Howard

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American violinist, conductor, and composer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Syracuse, N.Y., 13 November 1964, to Joseph Chouinard, 1964 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906389 ...

Graves, Richard Perceval

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tz756b (person)

Saminsky, Lazare, 1882-1959

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j9653k (person)

American composer, conductor, and writer on music of Russian origin. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5), dated : New York, Rye, and Menthon St. Bernard, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1924, 1927, 1943 [and n.d.], including 1924 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668709 Commissioned by the League of Composers, 1936. Composed 1936. First performance National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C., 17 February 1937, the composer c...

Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zh7gbm (person)

American poet. From the description of The Voluble Wheel Chair (for Eugène--March 31,1952) : Baltimore : autograph poem signed, written for Eugène Reynal, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612668 American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 16 March 1962, to Mr. Miller, 1962 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874504 American poet Ogden Nash was born in New York and raised along the east coast. Afte...

John Dunne.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v55jf (person)

Owen, Wilfred

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b137wz (person)

Sappho

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sq90z5 (person)

Epithet: of Papyrus 739 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000492.0x0001a5 ...

Dahl, Ingolf, 1912-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x5tc4 (person)

George Gordon, Lord Byron

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j24j4d (person)

Bostelmann, Otto

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn79jk (person)

Emily Dickinson.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gp2wfd (person)

Lanao, Ulises.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x48fm2 (person)

Ernest Bloch's

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Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n877ts (person)

Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647940411 Harte served as editor of the Overland Monthly, 1868-1870. From the description of ALS, 1869 April 17 : San Francisco, to Mrs. Emily Gould, Rome. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16700642 From the description of ALS, 1868 July 5 : San Francisco, to [Emily Gould]. (Copley Press, J S Copl...

Krane, Sherman, 1927-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v44rb (person)

Clara Fischer.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p985sj (person)

Yardumian, Richard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ks6q57 (person)

Dedicated to William Kincaid, principal flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Epigram : for flute and strings / Richard Yardumian. [1943-1951]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 70963634 Commissioned by Fordham University for their 125th anniversary. The world premiere was given in Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York on March 31, 1967.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of...

Sir Walter Scott.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b12rc2 (person)

Gene Rochberg.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw604k (person)

Tamkin, David

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v9fc5 (person)

Werner Antenen.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62376xq (person)

Stanislaw Edward Nahlik.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq5sf6 (person)

Casanova, Giacomo

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq68n2 (person)

Josef Luitpold.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j820zv (person)

Jello Patocchi.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s31h11 (person)

Arnold Weinstein.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn8nrw (person)

Fred Cogswell.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn8wrp (person)

Andrew Schiller.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n14njm (person)

Turner, Thomas, 1937-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w51t1c (person)

Drareg, Ivor.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6625fsz (person)

Christy MacKaye.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6333c82 (person)

Bloch, Suzanne

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62806cm (person)

Lutenist and daughter of Ernest Bloch. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 2, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861479 ...

Elinor Hoyt Wylie.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nx330d (person)

Dorothy Quick.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69b2mqp (person)

Olga Levertoff.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m186f3 (person)

Yale University.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r8240t (corporateBody)

Billingsly, William.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63w3gd1 (person)

Kirchner, Leon

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g836x (person)

Leon Kirchner (1919 - 2009) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. Born in Brooklyn, NY, to Russian Jewish immigrants, his family moved to Los Angeles when he was nine years old. He studied with Ernst Bloch while attending the University of California at Berkeley. Bloch recommended Kirchner to Arnold Schoenberg, who became Kirchner's primary mentor and influence; he also studied with Roger Sessions. Kirchner was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1948, after which he taugh...

Griffis, Elliot

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Composed 1925; rev. 1940. First performance by the WNYC Concert Orchestra of the WPA, New York, Jan. 28, 1940, broadcast over Station WNYC, Macklin Marrow conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of A Persian fable : ballade for orchestra / Ellis Griffis. 1940. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52093618 Composed 1925-26. Rewritten 1931 and again 1934.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Paul Bunyan, Colossus : ...

Else Lasker-Schüler

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x7778r (person)

McKenzie, Wallace

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pw91g3 (person)

Chávez, Carlos, 1899-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67x92n2 (person)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t732jt (person)

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...

Gibert, Pia, 1921-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk3pnz (person)

Gabrieli, Andrea

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq9b74 (person)

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...

Isidor M. Gross.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b9969z (person)

José Martí

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t578v5 (person)

Sharp, Earl Cranston, 1888-

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Serly, Tibor

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Composer, conductor, and instrumentalist. From the description of Letters from Tibor Serly to Henry Pleasants, 1931-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435462 From the guide to the Tibor Serly letters to Henry Pleasants, 1931-1951, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Composed 1931. First performance Budapest, 13 May 1935, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in 3 movements...

Edith Segal.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mt77xb (person)

McIntyre, Paul, 1931-

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Pedro Silva

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w643196w (person)

Orrego-Salas, Juan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fp37fm (person)

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tn817d (person)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer. During the years 1964 and 1965 Copland wrote, conducted, narrated, and hosted a series of twelve television programs entitled Music in the 20s = Music in the Twenties. The transcripts described in this collection were transcribed from filmed interviews recorded live at the WGBH studios in Boston, Mass. between 1964 Nov. 11 and 1965 Jan. 26. These unedited, preliminary tape recordings later formed the basis of the series...

Nancy Cicco.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64s24qt (person)

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Composer. From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Count Franz von Brunswick, [1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622425 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Josef Blöchlinger, [1819 Aug.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622372 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to the Chevalier Josef de Varena, 1812 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622275 From the description...

Adair, Loren W., 1904-

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Frank, René, 1910-1965

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Frederika Blankner's

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Coerne, Louis Adolphe, 1870-1922

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Cecile-Daigle, M. Anne, Sister.

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Headley, Hubert Klyne, 1906-1995

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Prokofiev, Sergey

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Allende, Pedro Humberto, 1885-1959

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First performance Santiago, 27 November 1942, Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, Armando Carvajal conductor, Fredy Wang soloist. Awarded second prize at the Music Festival, Santiago 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concierto sinfónico : para violin y orquesta en Re / Pedro Humberto Allende. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42632837 Composed 1915. First performance Teatro Unión Central de Santiago, Chile, 15 August 1915, Santi...

Helen Hoyt.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p5m57 (person)

Powell, Mel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m61x3c (person)

American composer and teacher. From the description of "Mood for Clarinet / by / Mel Powell." : autograph manuscript. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568736 ...

Coelho, Olga

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s31h4c (person)

Vera Peters.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hg1bhj (person)

George, Stefan,

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Pedrell, Carlos, 1878-1941

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Blank, Allan, 1925-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d80gqh (person)

Commissioned by Stanley Hoffman.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Six significant landscapes : for soprano and chamber groups : 1972-1974 / Allan Blank. c1974. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 181163827 Composed 1964-1969.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Music for orchestra / Allan Blank. [1969]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 181335585 Allan Blank was born in New York in 19...

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

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Claude Debussy (b. 22 August 1862–d. 25 March 1918) was one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France he attended the Conservatoire de Paris originally to study piano before switing to composition. His orchestral works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894), Nocturnes (1897–1899), Images (1905–1912). In 1904 he rose to international fame for his opera Pelléas et Mélisande. He also composed two books of Préludes a...

Bolcom, William

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American composer, pianist, and author. From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3), and Autograph letter signed, dated : Ann Arbor, 12 and 28 April 1981, and 21 June 1988, and [New York, 15? May 1988], to Jim Fuld, 1981 Apr. 12 and 28, 1988 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874434 William Bolcom is a composer and pianist. Joan Morris is a mezzo-soprano. They are both members of the University of Michigan School of Music faculty. Bolcom and Morris have giv...

Humbert Wolfe.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w636338s (person)

Frederika Blankner.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv6510 (person)

Kraft, William

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d2mxr (person)

Biography Kraft was born on Sept. 6, 1923, in Chicago, IL; BS (1951) and MA (1954) in composition, Columbia Univ.; percussionist, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (LAPO), 1955-81; became the music director of the LA Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Players in 1955; became director of LAPO New Music Group in 1981; composer-in-residence, LAPO, 1981-85; recipient of Guggenheim fellowships (1967 & 1972), NEA grants (1975, 1977, 1979), and an...

Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60r9r0x (person)

Composer; d. 1978. From the description of William Grant Still papers, 1937-1969. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972606 Epithet: composer and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000212 William Grant Still was a prominent African-American composer. Verna Arvey, Still's wife, was a journalist and musician who collaborated with her husband on many compositions. ...

Kaufmann, Walter, 1907-1984

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h6gsv (person)

A native of Bohemia, Kaufmann was a composer and conductor. After traveling to Bombay in 1934 to study Indian music, he was forced to remain there indefinitely due to the threat of the Nazis and their occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939. In India he composed music for films; directed a chamber music society; and from 1937 to 1946 was the director of musical programs for All India Radio, Bombay. He later wrote on Indian music, which also influenced his own compositions. In 1946 he went to Englan...

Van Slyck, Nicholas, arr.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jv4bm4 (person)

Bricken, Carl.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf7s0j (person)

Frances Frost.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65c42b0 (person)

Theresa von Paradis

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DeLone, Peter, 1928-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z17691 (person)

E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nx3w0x (person)

Anton Machleder.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bm5zk7 (person)

Walter Fischer.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mx6qcm (person)

Farberman, Harold, 1929-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v989vn (person)

Harold Farberman is an American composer. From the description of ALS, [19--} Sep. 16, to Patricia Neway. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652283 From the guide to the ALS, to Patricia Neway, 19--] Sep. 16, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) ...

Search, Frederick Preston

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k66q95 (person)

Frederick Preston Search, 1889-1959, cellist, conductor, and composer, actively identified with the musical life of Carmel, Calif. From the description of Frederick Preston Search collection, 1910-1957. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 38133460 Transcribed 1938 from String Quartet No. 6, composed 1932. First performance Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 20 September 1939, Jack Joy Concert Orchestra, Jack Joy conductor.--Cf. Fleishe...

Papantōníou, Zacharías L., 1877-1940

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Elston, Arnold, 1907-1971

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Arnold Elston was Professor of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Arnold Elston musical compositions and papers, 1937-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81375521 Biographical Sketch Arnold Elston was born in New York on September 30, 1907. He died in Vienna on June 6, 1971. From the guide to the Arnold Elston Musical Compositions and Papers, (The Music Library) ...

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings

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E. Granados

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f3gxt (person)

Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hq40bq (person)

American Poet. From the description of Little Orphant Annie. Last stanza : AMsS, [s.d.]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540708 James Whitcomb Riley was an American poet, journalist, and lecturer. From the description of James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964] bulk (1878-1915). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122363959 From the guide to the James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964, 1878-...

Suner, Ernesto

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sg79np (person)

Cesar de Sá

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d078h7 (person)

Harold Rustigian.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg49gh (person)

Henri Faust.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rg9b3c (person)

Rabindranath Tagore.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69x414n (person)

Tadeusz Dobrzanski.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd50wx (person)

Bacon, Ernst, 1898-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p4b09 (person)

Biography Ernst Bacon was born in 1898 in Chicago, but moved to the San Francisco area in the 1920s and soon occupied a prominent role in the musical life of Northern California. Under his directorship, the San Francisco Federal Music Project achieved widespread popular acclaim, as the papers in the collection attest. Many Bay Area citizens and reporters supported Bacon in his conflict with the State and National Directors of the Federal Musi...

Weber, Ben, 1916-1979

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv0r8z (person)

American composer. From the description of Interview conducted by Matthew Paris[?], [1978?] [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862035 ...

Hermann Löns.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6848bcs (person)

Souris, George, 1949-

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Lear, Edward, 1812-1888

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq06cj (person)

English painter and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 61 Promenade des Anglais [Nice], to Lady Duncan, 1865 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129778 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : Cairo, Cannes, Paris, San Remo, and Botzen, to Mrs. (later Lady) Digby Wyatt, 1866 Dec. 30-1871 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598498 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Villa Tennyson, San Remo, to Wilkie [Col...

Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bk1f67 (person)

Composed 1921.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto : for organ, strings and harp, op. 22, no. 3 / Howard Hanson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52170318 Composed for the Chopin Centennial, UNESCO, Paris 1949.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Pastorale for solo oboe, strings and harp / Howard Hanson. c1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52170353 American compos...

Hughes, Langston

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Swift, Richard, 1927-2003

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Professor Emeritus, Department of Music, University of California, Davis. From the description of Papers, 1947-1992. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30106867 ...

Rommy Ryand.

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Modesta Gina de Carrasco

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Bach, Giovanni, 1892-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fg5tgs (person)

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) ...

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64x8921 (person)

Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 25, 1896. As a boy, he took lessons in piano and organ, and soon found work as a church organist. He attended public schools and then Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, a junior college. In 1917 he enlisted in the Army, but World War I came to an end before he could be sent to Europe. After his discharge from the military, Thomson attended Harvard, where he sang in the Glee Club and studied with Edward Burlinga...

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...

Cohen, Jerome D., 1936-

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Heiden, Bernhard

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Composed 1938. First performance Detroit, 16 April 1941, Michigan Symphony Orchestra of the WPA, Valter Poole conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony / Bernhard Heiden. 1954. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52243170 Composed 1949. First performance Art Institute Auditorium, Detroit, 7 December 1949, Little Symphony of Detroit, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto f...

Sheila Raphael.

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Braulio de Carvalho

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Pisk, Paul Amadeus

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Epithet: writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00007e ...

Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964

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Musician, lecturer, editor, poet, biographer, and writer of non-fiction. From the description of Correspondence, 1872-1964. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122547538 Robert Haven Schauffler, author, lecturer, and musician, was born of American missionary parents in Brünn, Austria, on April 8, 1879. The family returned to the U. S. two years later, where Shauffler later attended Northwestern Univ...

Unidentified composer.

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Keith, Joseph Joel

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Joseph Joel Keith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. He was a member of the Poetry Society of America, president of the Los Angeles, California Branch of the P.E.N., and was managing editor of the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards. His works include: "Across the Dark" (1964), "Aloha, Polynesia: Hawaiian Poems" (1967), "Durable Fire" (1949), "The Hearth Lit: Poems" (1946), "Inner Pilgrim" (1939), "The Long Nights: Poems" (1944), and "The Proud P...

Gross, Robert, 1914-

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Becker, John J.

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John Joseph Becker, 1886-1961, was an American composer. From the guide to the List of musical works by John J. Becker, 195-?, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) John Joseph Becker was an ultramodernist composer, conductor, and educator. He was born in Henderson, Kentucky on January 22, 1886 and he spent most of his life in the Midwest. Indeed, he has been called the “Midwestern Musical Crusader”. His early teachers included Alexander von Fielitz and...

Kanitz, Ernest, 1894-1978

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Paz, Herberto.

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John Lyly.

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Piston, Walter, 1894-1976

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Walter Hamor Piston (1894-1976) was a noted 20th-century American composer. He earned his Harvard AB 1924 and served as Walter W. Naumberg Professor of Music at Harvard from 1948-1960. From the description of Letters from Walter Piston to Carl Miller, 1954, 1968. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063913 Composed 1957. First performance Boston, 7 March 1958, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch conductor, Joseph de Pasquale soloist. Dedicated to Joseph de Pasqua...

Bauer, Marion, 1882-1955

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Marion Eugenie Bauer was born in Walla Walla, Washington on Aug. 15, 1882. She taught at New York University, 1926-1951, and was affiliated with the Juilliard School of Music, 1940-1955. She was a founding member of the American Music Guild, the Society of American Women Composers, and the American Composers Alliance. Initially she wrote songs and music for piano solos, but later she branched out and wrote orchestral and chamber music. She died in South Hadley, Massachusetts Aug. 9, 1955. ...

W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden.

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Richard Barnes in Pisk's hand.

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Tagore, Rabindranath

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Epithet: Indian poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00014a ...

Julien Poydras.

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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 ...

Kate Hammond.

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D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence.

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Golde, Walter, 1887-1963

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Heinrich Infeld.

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Mcrae, John

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Nina Nahlik.

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Arias, Clotilde

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Aileen Carlyle

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Coates, Gloria

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Commissioned by the South German Radio Stuttgart.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 7 / by Gloria Coates. c1990. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45205097 Gloria Kannenberg Coates, 1938- , American composer and music director. She studied music composition at Columbia University with Jack Beeson and Otto Luening. From the description of Gloria Coates papers, 1970-1986. (Columbia Universit...

Turner, Nancy Byrd

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Huntington Burdick.

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Lewis, Malcolm, 1925-

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Guy B. Simeone.

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Cleomenes Camfos

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Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924

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Composed 1884-85. First performance Stuttgart, 8 December 1885, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of 1st concerto for violoncello, op. 8 / by Victor Herbert. [1965?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50216538 Victor Herbert (1859-1924) cellist, co-founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), conductor and composer is best known as the composer of light operas such as Babes in Toyland...

Cohen, Jerome D., 1936-

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Etler, Alvin

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Composed 1938. First performance at the Fifth Yaddo Music Period, by the Yaddo Chamber Orchestra, Sept. 10, 1938, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Arthur Shepherd conducting--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Music for chamber orchestra / Alvin Etler. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51782357 Etler was born Feb. 19, 1912 in Battle Creek, Iowa. He studied at the University of Illinois and the Cleveland Institute of Music with Arthur Shephe...

Felix Halpern.

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Beeson, Jack Hamilton, 1921-

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Hoffmann, Rudolph Stephan (1878-1939).

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Patricia Benton.

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Lackner, Stephan

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Sylvia Kaufman.

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Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995

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Composed 1940. First performance Rochester, 16 April 1940, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor, Robert Sprenkle.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for oboe / Ulysses Kay. 1940. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52529397 Composed 1946. First performance Washington, D.C., 9 May 1948, National Gallery Orchestra, Richard Bales conductor, Leonard Shifrin soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the descriptio...

Klaus, Kenneth Blanchard, 1923-1980

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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

Binder, A. W.

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Second movement originally composed for piano, 1932; entire suite composed 1936-38.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Three Palestinian pioneer pictures : for large orchestra / A.W. Binder. 1937-1938. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43265649 Composed 1938. First performance Town Hall, New York by the Moritz Chamber Orchestra, Nov. 22, 1938, Edvard Moritz conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concertan...

Tamkin, Alex

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Octavio Armand.

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Juan Vega A.

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Nancy Bird Turner.

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Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894

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English-Italian poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hastings, to Miss Howitt, [1864 Dec. 26?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657751 Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) was an English poet. From the description of Sirs, ye are brethren, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 365128412 Christina Georgina Rossetti, English poet. From the description of [Letter and poem] / Christian G. Rossetti. [1876] (Smith College). W...

Perle, George, 1915-2009

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Commissioned by Walter Trampler. Composed 1962. First performance Museum of Modern Art, New York, 10 May 1962, Composers Showcase concert, Arthur Weisberg conductor, Walter Trampler soloist. Dedicated to Walter Trampler.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Serenade for viola and solo instruments / by George Perle. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53180840 An American composer and theorist, George Perle received his Ph.D. degree in 1...

Guarnieri, Camargo

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Originally composed for piano solo, 1946. This transcription 1947.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Três dansas para orquestra : No. 3 Dansa negra / Camargo Guarneri. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52155967 Originally composed for piano solo sometime between 1931-1935.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Ponteios no. 5 / Camargo Guarnieri. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: ...

Baron Robert GilbertVansittart.

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James Thomson.

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Weiss, Adolph, 1891-1971

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Suggested by Goethe's "Die Geheimnisse." Composed 1922. First performance Rochester, New York, 1 May 1925, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor. --Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of I segreti : tone poem for large orchestra / Adolph Weiss. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 57122744 ...

Selden-Goth, Gisella, 1884-

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Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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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...

Louis Stevenson.

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Zinniker, Otto, 1898-

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Rhys Carpenter.

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Heinz Politzer.

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Kessner, Daniel, 1946-

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Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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African-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian. From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author. ...

Křenek, Ernst

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Krenek was an Austro-American composer. Robert Holliday was the director of the Hamline University Choir, St. Paul, Minn. Krenek was chair of the Hamline University Music Dept. the first six years of Holliday's tenure as director. From the description of Letters : to Robert Holliday, 1943-1976. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33996728 Commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra. Composed 1954. First performance Louisville, Kentucky, 12 February 1955, ...

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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Henry David Thoreau (b. July 12, 1817, Concord, Massachusetts-d. May 6, 1862, Concord, Massachusetts), American author, lecturer, naturalist, student of Native American artifacts and life, transcendentalist, land surveyor, and life-long resident of Concord, Massachusetts. He was an active opponent of slavery and a social critic. He graduated from Harvard College in 1837....