Papers, 1859-1976.

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Papers, 1859-1976.

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Notices, reviews and programs of African American pianist and his correspondence with Harry T. Burleigh, Roland Hayes, Robert A. Moody, Ossip Gabrilowitch and Susan Lee Warner; includes papers of his son, Warner Lawson and manumission documents of the ancestors of his wife Ida Napier Lawson.

2 boxes (ca. 320 items), 1 v. : ill. ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Hayes, Roland W., 1887-1977

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Roland Hayes (June 3, 1887 – January 1, 1977) was an American lyric tenor and composer. Critics lauded his abilities and linguistic skills demonstrated with songs in French, German and Italian. Earlier African-American concert artists were not recorded because in their day recording companies were only interested in a vaudeville type of singer. Hayes was one of the first to break this barrier and in 1939 he recorded with Columbia. Earlier both Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson had recorded from t...

Lawson, Raymond Augustus, 1875-1959

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Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949

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African American composer H.T. (Harry Thacker) Burleigh was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1866. In 1892, he enrolled in the National Conservatory of Music in New York City where he also took a job as assistant to composer Antonin Dvorak. Burleigh graduated in 1896 and continued teaching sight singing at the Conservatory until 1898. In 1894, he became the first African American to hold the position of baritone soloist at St. George's Episcopal Church in lower Manhattan, a position he held for 50 ...

Warner, Susan Lee, -1921

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Mr. Gilder, perhaps Richard Watson Gilder, 1844-1909, editor The Century. Isa Carrington Cabell, born Charlotte County, Va., educated Mary Baldwin Seminary. Married Edward Carrington Cabell. Began writing for newspapers in 1880. Over her career she was connected with the Baltimore Sun and the Richmond Dispatch. Author, Seen from the Saddle, The Thoughtless Thoughts of Carisabel, and many short stories. From the description of Letters to Mr. Hatfield and Mr. G...

Lawson, Warner, 1903-1971

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Moody, Robert A., 1895-

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Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936

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Born Jan. 26, 1878 in St. Petersburg, the son of a well know jurist. At the age of 10 he was entered in the St. Petersburg Conservatory to study piano under Anton Rubenstein, later studied composition in Vienna under Glazunov and other. In 1896 made his public debut in Berlin and later Europe. Made his first appearance in America at Carnegie Hall, Nov. 12, 1900, and made six transcontinental tours. Met Clara Clemens daughter of Mark Twain when both were studying under Leschistky, and married in ...