Edward MacDowell collection, 1880-1967.

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Edward MacDowell collection, 1880-1967.

Contains musical works by MacDowell in both manuscript and printed form. Also includes correspondence from MacDowell to his mother, a notebook, a book of musical sketches, a four-page note on MacDowell by Philip Hale, letters from Marian MacDowell to Robert Manton, magazine articles and mewspaper clippings, information about the MacDowell Colony, photographs, and a scrapbook commemorating Peterborough's celebration of Marian MacDowell's 95th birthday.

4 boxes (1.33 cubic ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7339278

UNH Durham, Dimond Library

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MacDowell (Peterborough, N.H.)

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MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDowell Colony (or simply "the Colony") but the Board of Directors voted to remove "Colony" from the name in an effort to remove "terminology with oppressive overtones". After Edward MacDowell died in 1908, Marian MacDowell established the artists' residency pr...

MacDowell, Marian, 1857-1956

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Philanthropist, musician, and cofounder of the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, N.H. Born Marian Griswold Nevins; married composer Edward MacDowell (1861-1908) in 1884. From the description of Marian MacDowell papers, 1876-1969 (bulk 1908-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979848 Biographical Note 1857, Nov. 22 Born, New York, N.Y. ...

MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908

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American composer, pianist, and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland, 3 July 1903, to Horatio Parker, 1903 July 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581435 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], 25 November 1904, to Mr. [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1904 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270581431 From the description of Letter signed : Boston, [n.d.], to Mr. Story, [n.d.]....

Hale, Philip, 1854-1934

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American music critic. From the description of Letter, 1929 Nov. 24, Boston, to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904183 From the description of Philip Hale letter to William M. Payne [manuscript], 1896 December 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 741779873 Philip Hale studied organ and piano as a boy, graduated from Yale University (A.B., 1876) and then apprenticed in a law office in Albany, N.Y., passing the New York Ba...

Manton, Robert W., 1894-

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University of New Hampshire Professor of Music and composer of choral, piano, and orchestral works. From the description of Robert W. Manton papers, 1914-1968. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32296280 ...