Mildred Couper Papers, 1897-1974

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Mildred Couper Papers, 1897-1974

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Papers of Santa Barbara-based composer Mildred Couper an early proponent of quarter-tone music. The collection includes musical scores, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence (including correspondence with her Husband Richard Couper and grandfather Thomas Ball), personal writings, financial documents, concert programs, recordings and other documents.

7.5 l.f.; (14 boxes); 27 disc recordings

eng,

University of California, Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6660093

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Mildred Couper, 1887-1974

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Biography Mildred Couper was born in 1887 in Buenos Aires to British parents. She began her formal musical training at the age of 13 as a pianist at the Williams Conservatory in Buenos Aires. Couper graduated from the Karlsruhe Conservatory in Baden, Germany in 1907. She also studied with piano with Moszkowski, Sgambati, and Alfred Cortot in Paris, Rome, and New York, respectively. Couper studied art in Paris at the Grand Chaumiere and at ano...

Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911

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American sculptor. From the description of Sheet music, ca. 1900. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 76881995 From the description of Price list of statuary, ca. 1890. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 76881920 American sculptor From the guide to the Thomas Ball letters and miscellany, 1890-1892, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Sculptor, miniature and portrait painter, musician; Boston, Mass., Florenc...

Couper, Richard.

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