Kenneth Wright papers.

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Kenneth Wright papers.

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The Kenneth Wright papers consist of musical scores and arrangements, programs and posters of performances, correspondence, notes, articles, student work, and recordings of musical performances. 2008ua038: [identification of item], Kenneth Wright papers, University of Kentucky Archives.

4.3 cu. ft. 9 boxes.

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Wright, Eleanor M.

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Hindesmith, Paul, 1895-1963.

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Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980

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Composer, Performer, and Author. Niles was born in Louisville in 1892. Coming from a musical family, Niles began to play the dulcimer at an early age. As a teenager he worked with a surveying team in eastern Kentucky. During this time he kept a notebook in which he recorded lyrics and music of old folk songs known in the area. Niles served as a U.S. Army pilot in World War I and made numerous reconnaissance flights until he suffered serious injuries in a plane crash. Aft...

Guignol Theatre (Lexington, Ky.)

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University of Kentucky. College of Fine Arts. School of Music.

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Wright, Kenneth, 1913-2008.

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Dr. Kenneth Richard Wright was a longtime professor of music theory and composition at the University of Kentucky and a violin and viola teacher to generations of students. He received a bachelor degree in economics from Hastings College, and a master and doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. He played in the Kansas City Philharmonic from 1935 to 1938; the Rochester Philharmonic from 1939 to 1941; and the New Orleans Symphony in the summers of 1945 and 1947. Since Septemb...