Roger Baker papers

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Roger Baker papers

1954-1967

Letters to Baker from Aaron Copland, W. H. Auden, Baron Henry-Louis de la Grange, Carlos Chavez, and others; and printed materials.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6800987

Archives of American Art

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p55kjv (person)

Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

La Grange, Henry-Louis de, b. 1924

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Baroness Emily de la Grange was Henry-Louis's mother. Susie Danziger of New York City was assisting La Grange in his research and wrote an inquiry to Isolde Klarmann. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Adolf Klarmann, ca. 1954-1979. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863749 ...

Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978

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Composed 1925. First performance by the Orchestre Straram, Paris, Jun 11, 1931, Nicolas Slonismky conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Energía / Carlos Chávez. [1925] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45206586 Mexican composer. From the description of Album leaf. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919783 Conductor. From the description of Autograph card signed : [n.p.], [ca. 1960]. (Unknown). Wor...

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...

Baker, Roger, 1925-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw97wq (person)

American painter. From the description of Autograph and typed letters signed (10) : various places, to Herbert Cahoon, 1948-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270972431 Painter; b. West Va., 1925. From the description of Roger Baker papers, 1954-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640533 ...