Papers, 1895-1958.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1895-1958.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28410436

Correspondence, publications, course materials, photos, concert and recital programs, printed and ms. music (scores and parts), and other papers, relating to arrangement of standard orchestral literature for symphonic band; the campaign for a new band building at University of Illinois; band contests, camps, and clinics, including the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan; instrument purchases and inventories; band auditions; and other topics. Organizations represented include American Bandmasters Association, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) Band Alumni Association, University Band, and University Orchestra. Includes Harding's transcriptions of orchestral music by Richard Strauss and others, and music by other arrangers and composers, including Harry Alford, Herman Bellstedt, Carl Busch, and Mayhew Lake. Correspondents include Harry Alford, Carl Busch, Herbert L. Clarke, Edwin Franko Goldman, Percy Grainger, Joseph Maddy, A.R. McAllister, and Frank Simon.

50.3 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7258457

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Related Entities

There are 12 Entities related to this resource.

Lake, Mayhew, 1879-1955

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md9rwq (person)

Busch, Carl, 1862-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gt5kgn (person)

Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From the guide to the Robert Russell Bennett papers, 1911-1981, (Music Library) Carl Busch (1862 -1943) was a Danish born conductor, composer, educator and collector of music instruments.�?  During his distinguished career, he served as the conductor of the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and was knighted by the King of Denmark for his efforts to promote Scandinavian music in the United States. He co...

Simon, Frank, 1889-1967

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr2ccp (person)

Grainger, Percy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63j3c1d (person)

Melbourne-born pianist and composer who spent much of his working life in the United States. From the description of Letter to Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart [manuscript]. 1949. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793948 From the description of Postcards from Percy and Rose Grainger, 1916-1925 [manuscript]. 1916-1925. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271311978 Percy Aldridge Grainger, 1882-1961 was an Australian Composer/Pianist. Rose an...

Bellstedt, Herman

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65h8sdg (person)

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm1cj6 (person)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a German composer. From the description of Richard Strauss audiocassette, undated [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391808 This work was premiered in Munich on November 28, 1883, Hermann Levi conducting. Lahee's Annals of Music in America and Mueller's compendium of the repertoire of 27 major U.S. orchestras make no mention of a U.S. performance. Theodore Thomas conducted the world premiere of Richard Strauss's second sympho...

Harding, Albert Austin, 1880-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61s04b6 (person)

Director of University Bands, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Papers, 1895-1958. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28410436 Albert Austin Harding was asked to direct the University of Illinois Band by the head of the School of Music in the spring of 1905 while he was still a senior in the College of Engineering. Harding accepted and was officially a member of the faculty in the fall of 190...

Maddy, Joseph E. (Joseph Edgar), 1891-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cn7vcq (person)

Clarke, Herbert L. (Herbert Lincoln), 1867-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q24xtg (person)

Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945), cornetist, composer, bandleader and educator was considered the King of the cornet in his day. He first studied the violin at the age of 5 and at 13 began playing professionally in the Philharmonic Society Orchestra of Toronto. At the same time he began to study the cornet and soon began to play it professionally in a restaurant band and in the Queen's Own Regimental Band. After a move to Indianapolis, Clarke learned to play the viola and subsequently ...

Goldman, Edwin Franko

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h52pj (person)

American composer and conductor of military bands. From the description of Edwin Franko Goldman autograph collection, 1823-1954. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422799 Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956), a founder of the American Bandmasters Association and its first president, was a composer, scholar, and prominent conductor. In 1911 he formed his own band which began a summer concert series, later know as the Guggenhiem Memorial Concert Series, in New York Ci...

Alford, Harry L.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63j4xx2 (person)

McAllister, A. R.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf47v8 (person)