Sheet Music Collection 1898-1970

Lehmer, Derrick Norman.

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Professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, Derrick Norman Lehmer was also an accomplished writer of poems and sonnets, and composer of numerous songs, many based on American Indian lore, and two operas. From the description of Derrick Norman Lehmer musical compositions, 1926-1937. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 38295444 Derrick Norman Lehmer (July 27, 1867-September 8, 1938) was an American mathematician and nu...

Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957

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Frances Theresa Densmore was born on May 21, 1867 in Red Wing, Minnesota. She studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music from 1884 to 1887. Her professional interest in the music of Native Americans dates from the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1905, she made her first visit to the Minnesota tribes and in 1907 began to record Indian music under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. During her fifty years with the Bureau, she recorded near...

Hewitt, James, composer.

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Whybark, Joseph N., composer.

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Yaw, Ellen Beach, 1869-1947

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Langstroth, Ivan, 1887-1971

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Ivan Shed Langstroth, born 1887 in Alameda, Calif., American composer, pianist, and teacher. After study in Berlin, he taught and composed in Vienna, then in New York until his death in 1971. From the description of Ivan Langstroth collection, 1910-1968 (bulk 1945-1968) (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 38133463 American composer, pianist, and teacher, Ivan Shed Langstroth (1887-1971), was perhaps best known for his compositions for organ...

Siringo, Charles A., 1855-1928

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Siringo was a cowboy and author who also worked for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency in the early 20th century. From the description of Charles Siringo papers 1896-1928. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37235952 Siringo wrote A Texas Cowboy, A Cowboy Detective, Two Evil Isms, Lone Star Cowboy, and Riata and Spurs. Pinkerton's Detective Agency suppressed the publication of Two Evil Isms, and charged Siringo with criminal libel, causing him to flee Chic...

Clark, Frederic Hoarce, composer.

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Lieurance, Thurlow

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Composer of "By the waters of Minnetonka" and other songs with Indian themes. From the description of Autograph postcard signed : Boulder, Colo., to Mr. James J. Fuld, 1962 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270907053 American composer who incorporated Native American melodies in some of his work. From the description of Thurlow Lieurance letters to Will Owen Jones [manuscript], 1922 Mar 23 and 1923 Sep 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318545...

Farwell, Arthur, 1872-1952

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

Kincaid, Bradley, composer.

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DeAssereto, Marquis, composer.

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Strinker, Bertha Bauer, composer.

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Mulligan, Andrew, composer.

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Smith, Emily (Composer)

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Stuntz, Laura E. R., composer.

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Mondragon, Roberto A., composer.

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Montell, John Bartow, composer.

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Norton, Ellen, composer.

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Delgado, Felipe, composer.

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Clark, Lester, composer.

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Baldwin, Anita May, 1876-1939

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Daughter of Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin (1828-1909). Baldwin had made fortune by getting key holdings in Comstock Mines at two dollars per share (1870) then selling out (1872) at $1,800 per share. He invested some of his money in Rancho Santa Anita development in San Gabriel Valley. There he planted substantial vineyards and created largest racing stable in U.S. Anita Baldwin's letter written at Santa Anita to San Francisco friend. Content focuses on upcoming Rose Parade (1914). Fr...

McCoy, William Johnston, 1848-1926

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James, George Wharton, 1858-1923

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Lecturer and writer on the Southwest. Author of numerous works, including Picturesque Pala (Pasadena, Calif. : Radiant Life Press, c1916) From the description of Letter : San Diego, Calif., to [Edward E.] Ayer, 1916 June 24. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38133245 George Wharton James was born on September 27, 1858 to a lower class family in Gainsborough, England, and died as a wealthy man on November 8, 1923 in San Francisco, California. He grew up studying literat...

Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa), 1847-1927

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Biographical/Historical note Dr. Joseph Amasa Munk was born on November 9, 1847 in North Georgetown, Ohio. He joined up with the Union Army from 1864-1865 and fought in the Civil War. When the war was over, he attended Mt. Union College in Ohio from 1865-1866 and then the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, graduating in 1869. While attending Mt. Union College, he met Emma S. Beazell, and they married in 1873. While in school, Munk also...

Espinel, Luisa, composer.

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Southwest Museum of the American Indian

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Biography / Administrative History Materials for this collection were acquired by Southwest Museum and Library staff or through various Library donations. The donations include some of the Library's earliest donors, such as Charles Fletcher Lummis, Joseph Amasa Munk, and George Wharton James. This is an open collection and new materials added are predominately in the English language. When deemed appropriate, individual items from this collec...

Zenda, Lawrence, composer.

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Grunn, Homer, 1880-1944

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Grunn was born on May 5, 1880 in West Salem, WI; attended Stern's Conservatory, Berlin, studying with Emil Liebling, A. Brune, and Ernest Jedlicka; had his debut as a concert pianist in Chicago, 1900; taught piano at the Chicago Musical college, 1903-7; moved to Los Angeles in 1910; soloist with Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and People's Orchestra, 1913-15; co-founded Brahms Quintet, 1910; soloist with Los Angeles Chamber Music Society; president, California Society of Composers, 1937-38; compo...

Alliot, Laurena, compiler.

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Braun Research Library.

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Materials for this collection were acquired by Southwest Museum and Library staff or through various Library donations. The donations include some of the Library's earliest donors, such as Charles Fletcher Lummis, Joseph Amasa Munk, and George Wharton James. This is an open collection and new materials added are predominately in the English language. When deemed appropriate, individual items from this collection have been or will be moved to another manuscript collection or cataloged individuall...

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in London on August 15, 1875 to African and English parents. He studied composition (with Charles Villiers Stanford) and violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies in 1897, he held a variety of posts as a conductor and teacher, while pursuing a career as a composer. The best known of his many works is the cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast . Coleridge-Taylor's growing international fame took him to the United States three times, and he ...

Millan, Amalia, composer.

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Wood, Burdette, composer.

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Hoffman, Myrtle R., composer.

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Cox, Frank, Mrs., composer.

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Beach, H.H.A. Mrs

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Dedicated to Madame Teresa Carreño. First performance Music Hall, Boston, 6 April 1900, Boston Symphony, William Gericke conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto : for pianoforte and orchestra, op. 45 / by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43256910 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., London?, n.d.], to Stanley K. Faye at t...

Jeançon, Jean Allard

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Southwest museum Los Angeles, Calif.

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Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921

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Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, compiler.

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Frankenstein, E. F., composer.

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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...

Morse, Theodore F., 1873-1924

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Sterling, George, composer.

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Smith, Robert Elmer, 1868-

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Gaut, Helen Lukens, composer.

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Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, compiler.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Robert Lewis (later changed to "Louis") Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on November 13, 1850. He attended the University of Edinburgh intending to become a civil engineer like his father, but ill health curtailed his studies and prompted him to travel to warmer climates. This inspired Stevenson to write stories, novels and essays about his travels. While in France he met American artist Fanny Osbourne. The two fell in love, and in 1879 Stevenson traveled to California, where he...

France, Leila, composer.

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Temple, J. Gordon, composer.

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Hammond, Virginia E., composer.

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Blakeslee, S. Earle, 1883-1972

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Greenough, Eliza Mahala

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Thornhill, Kate, 1894-1982

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Baldwin Piano Company, compiler.

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Miller, Horace Alden, 1872-1941

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Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920

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Originally composed for piano 1916 as No. 4 of Roman Sketches, Op. 7. Later transcribed for orchestra. First performance of orchestral version Philadelphia, 19 December 1919, Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Clouds / Charles T. Griffes. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52093517 American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], ...

Stewart, Humphrey John, composer.

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Fowler, Herman H., composer.

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Miller, Juanita Joaquina, 1880-1970

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Juanita Joaquina Miller was the daugter of Joaquin Miller and wife Abbie Leland Miller. She was born in New York City in 1880. Miss Miller lived at Joaquin Miller's locally famous home, "The Hights," in Oakland, California, and was an active participant in the Oakland peforming arts community until the 1960s. From the description of Juanita Joaquina Miller papers, 1896-1963. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26754639 From the description of Juanita Jo...