William Kapell Collection

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

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Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) was an American conductor, who led the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, American Youth Orchestra, New York City Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, and American Symphony Orchestra. His career began with studies at the Royal College of Music in 1896 when Stokowski was just 13. He performed as an organist and choral director for several years in England,...

Villa-Lobos, Heitor, 1887-1959

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Heitor Villa-Lobos (born March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – died November 17, 1959, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".[1] Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His mu...

Ormandy, Eugene

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0001db Conductor; Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-1980. From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213481085 From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsyl...

Hendl, Walter

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Pianist and conductor. Director of the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 1964-1972. From the description of Walter Hendl papers, 1964-1972. (University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music). WorldCat record id: 30480373 ...

Istomin, Eugene

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Concert pianist. From the description of Oral history conducted by Sharon Eisenhour, October 8, 1991. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155896059 ...

Kapell, William

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American pianist. Born in 1922 in New York City, William Kapell studied with Dorthea Anderson LaFollette at the Yorkville Settlement School, New York, and with Olga Samaroff at the Philadelphia Conservatory and the Juilliard School. He won the Naumberg Award in 1941 and the Town Hall Award in 1942. Kapell married Anna Lou Melson in 1948. As a soloist and recitalist, Kapell performed in North and South America, Australia, Europe, and Israel and recorded for RCA Victor. He...

Samaroff, Olga

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Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer. During the years 1964 and 1965 Copland wrote, conducted, narrated, and hosted a series of twelve television programs entitled Music in the 20s = Music in the Twenties. The transcripts described in this collection were transcribed from filmed interviews recorded live at the WGBH studios in Boston, Mass. between 1964 Nov. 11 and 1965 Jan. 26. These unedited, preliminary tape recordings later formed the basis of the series...

Page, Tim, 1954-....

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Hess, Myra

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English pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York Apr. 25 1932, to Mrs. Melbert Brinckerhoff [i.e. Mary Flagler] Cary, 1932 Apr. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666224 Epithet: DBE, pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00028c ...

Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963

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Playwright; New York, N.Y. From the description of Clifford Odets sketches. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 42743828 Clifford Odets was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1906. He left school at age fourteen and worked as an actor in local New York theater groups and traveling stock companies until 1930. That same year the Group Theatre was formed. As one of the founding members, Odets continued acting, but found new release for his creativity in writing pl...

Chasins, Abram, 1903-1987

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Revised 1937. First performance of revised version by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New York, April 7, 1938, John Barbirolli, conducting, the composer at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Piano concerto no. 2 : in F♯ minor / Abram Chasins. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42693718 American pianist, composer, writer, and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed and Typewritte...

Thomson, Virgil

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The hymn is How Firm a Foundation, words and music commonly ascribed to Robert Keene. The melody is also called Geard. Also quoted Yes, Jesus Loves Me and For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. Composed 1926-28. First performance New York, 22 February 1945, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony on a hymn tune / Virgil Thomson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56078995 Composer. ...