Last night I stole away alone / text by Celia Thaxter ; music by Fred'k Caldecott Slee. [between 1900 and 1943]

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Last night I stole away alone / text by Celia Thaxter ; music by Fred'k Caldecott Slee. [between 1900 and 1943]

1 ms. score ([5] p.) ; 35 cm.

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Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894

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American poet and water-colorist. From the description of Letters, 1872-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233101484 Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet and essayist who lived much of her life in the Isles of Shoals, at first on White Island and later in a large cottage her brothers built for their parents on the island of Appledore, in which she eventually died. The family ran a hotel, Appledore House, which, along with Celia's cottage, burned...

Slee, Frederick Caldecott, 1870-1954

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Frederick Caldecott Slee was a successful corporate lawyer in Buffalo, N.Y. While at Harvard pursuing his law degree, he also studied music theory, composition, and performance. He later furthered his music education by studying under Ernest Schelling and Walter Damrosch in New York City and Nadia Boulanger at the Sorbonne in Paris. An accomplished musician who played viola, violin, piano and cello, Slee formed a string quartet that performed locally in Buffalo. He composed more than three dozen...