Miscellaneous musical scores andcomposers' papers, 1676-1942.

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Miscellaneous musical scores and composers' papers, 1676-1942.

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Miscellaneous musical scores andcomposers' papers, 1676-1942.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01186/catalog

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Music scores, musical fragments, and letters and other papers of variouscomposers.

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1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384319

Houghton Library

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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

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

Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985

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Composer and educator Sessions graduated from Harvard and studied under Horatio Parker at Yale. In 1926 he won a Guggenheim Professorship and worked at composition in Europe until 1933 as a winner of the American Rome Prize. He held posts at Princeton (1935), Berkeley, CA (1945), Princeton again (1953), and the Julliard School (1965). Among his compositions are four symphonies, several operas, a notable violin concerto (1935), and chamber music. His best known work remains his early BLACK MASKER...

Mr. William R. McAllaster

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Giuseppina Pellico

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Hill, Edward Burlingame

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

Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, 1710-1784

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Also published as Sinfonia, D minor. The Bass part is intended only for performance by an orchestra. It is to be omitted for performance by a chamber music ensemble.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Preludio e Fuga : per 2 flauti e quartetto d'archi / W. Friedemann Bach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43249812 Composed ca. 1761.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra : in...

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...

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädt...

Bach, Giovanni, 1892-

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composer of baroque music, organ technician, master of harpsicord, organ and violin, whose talents were largely unrecognised in his lifetime but have been celebrated ever since. From the guide to the Copy of Johann Sebastian Bach, Twenty Four Preludes and Fugues, c.1800, c.1800, (University of St Andrews) ...

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk, 1778-1837

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Austrian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Hummel to Sir George Smart, London, 1833 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122369537 Austrian pianist, composer, teacher, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Weimar Dec. 12 1822, to Cappi & Diabelli in Vienna, 1822 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666515 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Stuttgart Oct. 31 ...

Kirnberger, Johann Philipp, 1721-1783

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German theorist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Berlin?], 22 February [1782], to an unidentified recipient, 1782 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578842 ...

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...

Piero Maroncelli

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Adamson, Stephen

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Varèse, Edgard, 1883-

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Rev. Paul V. Rattigan

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John Robertson

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Anna Pell.

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Mario Aspa

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Randall Thompson.

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Agricola, Johann Friedrich, 1720-1774

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E. S. Whitney Thompson

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Henry Bixly Hill

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Hässler, Johann Wilhelm

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German organist, pianist, and composer. From the description of Document signed, dated : Erfurt June 18 1787, 1787 June 18 and 1787 July 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665433 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Erfurt Feb. 3 1778, to an unidentified Magister, 1778 Feb. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665429 ...

William R. McAllaster.

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Henning, Ervin

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Hon. Raymond S. Wilkins

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Pellico, Silvio, 1789-1854

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000372 Italian patriot and author from Turin. From the description of Silvio Pellico papers, [18--]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39522086 ...

Kibrick, Herbert

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Bach, Johann Christoph, 1642-1703

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Martin

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 2812 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x000338 Epithet: of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x000337 Epithet: of Aragon Title: of Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/810...

Lotti, Antonio, -1740

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Italian composer. From the description of Messa a quatro / Del Sige. Antonio Lotti Maestro della Ducal / Capella di S. Marco. [between 1736 and 1739] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566743 Antonio Lotti (c. 1667-1740), composer, was born in Venice, and studied under Legrenzi. He spent his career at St Mark's Cathedral in Venice, starting as an organist, before becoming maestro di cappella in 1736. He visited Dresden on the invitation of the Crown Prince of Saxony, 1717-171...

Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000089 Opera with a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Friedrich von Schiller's play Kabale und Liebe, premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on December 8, 1849. From the description of Luisa Miller : melodramma tragico in tre atti / sinfonia musica del Sigr. Mo. Giuseppe Verdi. [ca. 1850] (Yale University). WorldCat record id...

Armstrong, Harry

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Gerard, Richard H., 1876-1948

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Composer and post office employee. From the description of Typewritten card with a verse of Sweet Adeline, signed : [n.p.], [191-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270907028 ...

Mr. Stephen Adamson.

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Rust, Johann Ludwig Anton, 1721-1785

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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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The German opera composer Richard Wagner was at the beginning of his career at the time of this letter. From the description of Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, [1896?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571065 From the guide to the Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1896?, (The New York Public Library. Music Divisio...

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