Newberry collection of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century composers, 1830-1930.

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Servais, Adrien Francois, 1807-1866

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Dedicated to Arcadie de Rachmaninoff.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fantaisie burlesque ou le carnaval de Venise : pour violoncelle avec acc. de grand orchestre de quatuor ou de piano, op. 9 / par F. Servais. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54409361 Belgian cellist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rotterdam, [7 February 1837], to M. Eckhout [i.e. Jacques Joseph Eeckhout] in The Ha...

Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894

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German pianist and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 3 October 1860, to [Julius] Schuberth, 1860 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673905 German conductor and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 20 February 1873, to an unidentified recipient, 1873 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673934 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 6 Janua...

Franchomme, Auguste, 1808-1884

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French cellist and composer. From the description of [Allegretto, violoncello, piano] : autograph manuscript, 1843 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563258 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris, 17 May 1870, to [Robert-Emile] Bockmühl, 1870 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577497 From the description of [Album leaf] : autograph manuscript, [1837 June]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270941938 ...

Cimarosa, Domenico, 1749-1801

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From L'olimpiade, libretto by Metastasio; first performed in Vicenza for the inauguration of the Eretenio Theatre, 10 July 1784. Cf. New Grove. From the description of Aria nel Sig'r Cimarosa : Se cerca se dice : manuscript, [between 1784 and 1815] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 259948545 Italian composer. From the description of Questo soave affetto che voi chiamate amore. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562313 From the description of Messa...

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...

Dvorák, Antonín, 1841-1904

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Antonín Dvořák was a Bohemian composer. In 1892 he accepted an invitation to head the National Conservatory in New York. He returned to Prague in 1895. From the description of Receipt : to The National Conservatory of Music of America, 1894 Apr. 26. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615912 Antonín Dvořák was a Bohemian composer. In 1892 he accepted an invitation to head the National Conservatory in New York. He returned to Prague in 1895. From ...

Brahms

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German Romantic composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Fritz Simrock, Rome, 1881 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448491 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Elise. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541007 19th century German Romantic composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to unidentified correspondent, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12...

Newberry, Andrew Todd

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Piatti, Alfredo, 1822-1901

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Composed ca. 1845.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Airs baskyrs : scherzo, op. 8 / A. Piatti. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53194521 Italian cellist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 17 April 1891, to Sigra. Filippi, 1891 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674984 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Cadenabbia, Lake Como, 3 October 1...

Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923

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French author. From the description of Letters, 1912-1967. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36272534 Julien Viaud, who would later assume the pseudonym of Pierre Loti, was born born January 14, 1850 in Rochefort, France. Because of family financial and legal problems, Loti was allowed to follow in his late older brother's footsteps and enroll in the naval academy at Brest in 1867. During his time as a naval officer, Loti traveled widely and gathered material fo...

Topper, David L.

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Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897

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Alphonse Daudet was a nineteenth century French novelist and dramatist. From the description of Alphonse Daudet letter to mon cher monsieur Colhynon, ca. 1872 and 1950. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40804528 Daudet was a French novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and a leading figure in the nineteenth-century school of French Naturalism. Adolphe Belot was a prolific French author and dramatist. Fromont jeune et Risler ainé is a comic dra...

Dragonetti, Domenico, 1763-1846

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Epithet: double-bass player and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0003b3 ...

Wieniawaley, Heinrich, 1835-1880.

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Kreutzer, Conradin, 1780-1849

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German composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Riga, 31 December 1848, to an unidentified recipient, 1848 Dec. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578989 From the description of [Das Nachtlager von Granada. Romanze mauresque] : autograph manuscript, 1843 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566584 From the description of [Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles] [manuscript]. 1ten Septemb. 1848. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...