Papers of Thomas Simmons, 1940-1966.

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Papers of Thomas Simmons, 1940-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32959118

The collection contains musical settings by Simmons for traditional ballads collected by Winston Wilkinson, as well as for troubadour songs and miscellaneous lyrics. Of interest are a musical play "The wife of Usher's well" in collaboration with Frank Baer, John Powell's introduction to Wilkinson's Blue Ridge ballads, and Cecil Sharp's arrangement of "Fanny Blair." Correspondents include Frank Baer, Elio Gianturco, Sarah Cecil Stafford, and Winston Wilkinson.

100 (ca.) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7346693

University of Virginia. Library

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Baer, Frank

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Powell, John, 1882-1963

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American pianist and composer. From the description of "Sonata Teutonica." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568733 From the description of Papers : of John Powell, 1888-1979. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793227 Pianist and composer. From the description of Papers of John Powell [manuscript] : regarding Powell and the Norfleet and Scott families, 1845-1957. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810702 John Powell Fo...

Simmons, Thomas H.

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American composer. From the description of Papers of Thomas Simmons, 1940-1966. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959118 ...

Wilkinson, Winston

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Winston Wilkinson is a black Mormon attorney who works for the U.S. Department of Education. From the description of Oral history, 1986-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486644 Winston Wilkinson was hired in 1934, along with John Stone, by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., of the University of Virginia, to transcribe music. (Stone was hired to collect folk songs.) Funding for this activity came from the Civil Works Administration, a New Deal program. Along with his wife, Marie, ...

Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James), 1859-1924

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Epithet: folk music collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001a9 English musician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dragonfield, Uxbridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1914 Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662515 English folk music collector and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Dragonfield, Uxbridge, ...

Stafford, Sarah Cecil,

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Gianturco, Elio, 1900-

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