Poems for music. Series II. After poems by Robert Hillyer and Shakespeare. For soprano and orchestra. [c1958]
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Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961
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Robert Hillyer was born in East Orange and he taught English and rhetoric at Harvard for several decades. In 1934 he won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for "The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer." From the description of Correspondence-Manuscripts, 1937-1943. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 727944299 Hillyer graduated from Harvard in 1917 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Robert Silliman Hillyer, 1940-1945 (inclusi...
Barlow, Wayne, 1912-1996
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Based on two Carolina mountain folk songs. Composed 1938. First performance Rochester, 28 October 1938, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Robert Sprenkle oboist, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of The winter's passed : rhapsody for oboe and strings / by Wayne Barlow. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43250392 Composed 1934. First performance Rochester, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor.--Cf. Flei...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...
