Edwin Franko Goldman autograph collection, 1823-1954.

Benedict, Julius, 1804-1885

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German-English composer, conductor, and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 2 Manchester Square, [London], to Sir George Grove, [n.y.] Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125514 English composer and conductor of German birth. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7), dated : [London], to Richard Peyton, 1870 Feb. 7-Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672208 From the description of Autograph letter signed, ...

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Gilmore, P. S. (Patrick Sarsfield), 1829-1892

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Patrick Sarsfield (P.S.) Gilmore was born in County Galway, Ireland, on December 25, 1829, and later became known as the "Father of the American Concert Band." Gilmore organized and staged two music festivals in Boston, Massachusetts: the National Peace Jubilee (1869) and the World's Peace Jubilee (1872). He conducted bands and integrated woodwinds into what had traditionally been brass bands. He led the New York Twenty-seventh Regiment Band for almost 20 years. Gilmore also a...

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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The Serenade from which this movement is taken originally composed for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, 1781; second version, with the addition of 2 oboes, in 1782 (see callno.: 2329). This transcription 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Adagio, K. V. 375 / Mozart ; transcribed by Zoltán Fekete. [c1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42631243 Composed originally for solo piano, 1788. This transcription 1986.--Cf. Fleisher C...

German, Edward, 1862-1936

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Sir Edward German was an English composer. From the description of Edward German collection. [1907]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848476 English composer, 20th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from German to Ivimey. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448664 British composer. From the description of "'Fallen Fairies.'" : autograph manuscript, 1909 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705...

Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890

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Danish composer. From the description of Signature : n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577617 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Rome, 10 May 1844, to the ladies at Salomon's house, 1844 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577606 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 10 August 1876, to an unidentified recipient, 1876 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577612 From the description of ...

Delibés, Léo 1836-1891

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From the opera in 3 acts with libretto by Edmund Gondinet and Phillip Gille after Pierre Loti's novel Rarahu. Composed 1881-82. First performance Opéra-Comique, Paris, 14 April 1883.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Duo / paroles de Ed Gondinet et Ph. Gille ; musique de Léo Delibes. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207214 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to ...

Chambers, William Paris, 1854-1913

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O'Neill, Charles, 1882-1964

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Chabrier, Emmanuel, 1841-1894

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French composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter from Chabrier to Vincent d'Indy, Paris, 1890 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130420 French composer. From the description of [A draft of Maurice Ravel's orchestration]. [1918?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568816 French composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 7 June 1893, to [Henri Georges Heugel?], 1893 June ...

Raff, Joachim, 1822-1882

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Composed 1873. First performance St Petersburg, 13 March 1875.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Sinfonietta, op. 188 / J. Raff. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53114797 Originally composed for horn or violoncello and piano, 1873, as the first of Zwei Romanzen, Op. 182. First performance of orchestrated version Wiesbaden, 5 December 1873, Karl Müller-Berghaus conductor, Zschernek soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. Fr...

Miller, George

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George Miller was a clock maker working in Germantown, Penn. From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, 1765. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258649 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1760-1790. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258653 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, ca. 1770. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 668258639 From the description of Tall case brass dial clock, 1760-...

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

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The Five etudes-tableaux orchestrated by Respighi are originally from Rachmaninoff's op. 33 and 39 for piano solo. From the description of 5 etudes tableaux / S. Rachmaninoff ; orchestration de Ottorino Respighi. 1930. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092347 Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer and pianist. From the description of Sergei Rachmaninoff letter, New York, to Princess Maria Dimitriv Gagarin, 1942 May 4. (Pennsylvania State University Lib...

Bennett, William Sterndale, 1816-1875

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William Sterndale Bennett was an English composer, conductor, and teacher of music. He wrote most of his best compositions in Leipzig, where he befriended Mendelssohn and Schumann. He later curtailed composition in favor of education, first as Professor of Music at Cambridge and later as Principal of the Royal Academy of music; he was also conductor of the London Philharmonic. His piano music remains a prime example of Victorian musical tastes. From the description of William Sternda...

Delius, Frederick

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0003c0 Commissioned by Basil Dean in 1920 as incidental music to James Elroy Flecker's play. Composed 1920-23. First performance Hessische Landes-Theater, Darmstadt, 1 June 1923. Full version His Majesty's Theatre, London, 23 September 1923, Eugene Goosens conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Hassan / F. Delius. 1923....

Franz, Robert, 1815-1892

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Louisa Loring Dresel (1864-1958) was the daughter of the composer Otto Dresel. From the description of Letters to Louisa Dresel, 1890-1892. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84446689 From the description of Letters to Otto Dresel, 1845-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78354156 Robert Franz was a German song composer. He studied music at Dessau from 1835 to 1837 under Schneider. After a period of great personal deprivation he won the attention of the masters Mendels...

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich

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First performed in St. Petersberg at the Mariinsky on 7/19 January 1898. From the description of Adagio (Raymonda) : A. Glazunov : manuscript, [1898?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612868490 Originally composed for horn and piano 1890. For Glazunov's own transcription for horn and orchestra see F.C. no. 539 m. From the description of Rêverie, op. 24, for horn solo and orchestra / Alexander Glazunov ; transcribed by B. Jivoff. [1---?] (Franklin & Marshall Co...

Bantock, Granville, Sir, 1868-1946

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x0003e3 English composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Birmingham, to Richard Peyton 1907 May 8 and June 5, and 1909 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671885 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Kings Norton, to Mr. Dunnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel] 1912 Feb. 24. (Unkn...

Lecocq, Alexandre Charles

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La fille de Madame Angot (with libretto by Clairville, V. Koning and P. Siraudin) was first performed in Brussels at the Fantaisies-Parisiennes, 4 December 1872. Cf. New Grove opera. From the description of La Fille de Madame Angot, opéra bouffe en 3 actes : de Clairville Siraudin Konig : musique de Charles Lecoq [i.e. Lecocq] : valse arrangée par Henri Boyer : manuscript, [after 1872] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 733097409 Libretto by Meilhac and Halévy; fir...

Randegger, Alberto

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Italian-English conductor, singing teacher, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 17 Duke Street, Manchester Square, to Arthur Sullivan, 1880 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125472 English conductor, teacher, and composer of German and Italian descent. From the description of Autograph letters signed (17), dated : [London], Oxford and [n.p.], 1873-1900 [and n.d.], to [Joseph] Bennett, 1872-1900 [and n.d.], including 1872 July...

De Koven, Reginald, 1859-1920

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American composer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [New York], 15 February 1910, to Harry Harkness Flagler, 1910 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565680 Reginald De Koven was an important and noted American composer and music critic. From the description of Collection, 1861-1920. (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 276166112 ...

Holst, Gustav

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Gustav Holst (1874-1934), composer and music teacher, was born in Cheltenham, and educated at the local grammar school and at the Royal College of Music. He taught at St Pauls Girls School, and composed many pieces, most notably The Planets. His daughter Imogen was educated at St Pauls and the Royal College of Music, and was among other appointments Director of Music at Dartington Hall, Devon. She wrote on a number of musical themes, but most significantly her father and Benjamin Britten, she be...

Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907

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Hungarian-German violinist and composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 13 Airlie Street, Campden Hill, W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.y.] Mar. 26 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125464 Canadian tenor and opera impresario of Welsh and Irish descent. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Salzburg, 18 July [n.y.], to an unidentified recipient, 1937 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578670 C...

Chaminade, Cecile

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French pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], 20 May [n.y.], to an unidentified friend, [n.y.] May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564287 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to [Joseph Bennett?], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564278 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564282 Fren...

Brüll, Ignaz, 1846-1907

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Austrian pianist and composer. From the description of 5 Chorlieder für Männerchor componirt von Ignaz Brüll. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562095 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 21 October 1875, to an unidentified friend, 1875 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673850 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 11 January 1880, to Herr Baron [von Kaskel?], 1880 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Reinecke, Carl

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Carl Reinecke was born in Denmark, and lived much of his life in Germany. A popular composer, an influential pianist, and respected instructer, he wrote books about Mozart and Beethoven, cadenzas to the concertos of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, and taught some of the most acclaimed composers of his time. From the description of Carl Reinecke postal cards, 1889-1893. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51464340 Composed 1908. First performance Londo...

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

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During his London sojourn, 1870-75, French composer Charles Gounod lived at the residence of English soprano Georgina Weldon. From the description of Letters received, 1792-1905. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485989 From the guide to the Letters received, 1792-1905, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Libretto by Emile Augier; first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 16 April 1851. Cf. New Grove online. From the description ...

Plunkett Green, Harry.

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Bruch, Max, 1838-1920

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000142 American music critic Arthur M. Abell, 1868-1958, was Berlin correspondent for the Musical Courier from 1893 to 1918 and later published Talks with Great Composers, his reminiscences of conversations with Brahms, Strauss, Puccini, Humperdinck, Bruch, and Grieg. He knew many musicians both obscure and famous, and as a former violinist himself, esp...

Costa, Michael, 1808-1884

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Sir Michael Costa was an Italian-English conductor and composer of operas. From the guide to the Contract : London, 1844 Feb. 14, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Italian-English composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 55 Eccleston Square, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1862 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125570 Michael Costa, English conductor and composer of Italian birth, became director of mus...

Bruneau, Alfred, 1857-1934

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French composer and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris], 18 April 1893, to Octave Pradels, 1893 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673860 From the description of Autograph letter signed : La Baule-sur-mer, to an unidentified fried, 1921 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522946 From the description of Autograph letters signed (8), dated : [Paris, and other places], 1887-97, to [Louis Gallet], 1887 June 11. (Unknow...

Dvorák, Antonín, 1841-1904

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Antonín Dvořák was a Bohemian composer. In 1892 he accepted an invitation to head the National Conservatory in New York. He returned to Prague in 1895. From the description of Receipt : to The National Conservatory of Music of America, 1894 Apr. 26. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615912 Antonín Dvořák was a Bohemian composer. In 1892 he accepted an invitation to head the National Conservatory in New York. He returned to Prague in 1895. From ...

Herold, Ferdinand

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French composer of Alsatian descent. From the description of [Sketches for Zampa] [manuscript]. [1831?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566392 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?] Dec. 8 1829, to M. [Pierre Honoré] Janet, 1829 Dec. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666172 French composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris, n.d., ca. 1831?], to Eugène Monvel, [n.d., ca. 1831?]. ...

Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924

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Composed 1884-85. First performance Stuttgart, 8 December 1885, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of 1st concerto for violoncello, op. 8 / by Victor Herbert. [1965?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50216538 Victor Herbert (1859-1924) cellist, co-founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), conductor and composer is best known as the composer of light operas such as Babes in Toyland...

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

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Note at end says "Original mss. in Weimar--date 1851. First published by Meyer in 1854--later by Litolff. Never been orchestrated--either by Liszt or anyone else."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Scherzo and March / Franz Liszt ; orchestrated by Arthur Hartmann. [c1934]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 69683005 Composed originally for solo piano, 1849, on the deaths of Prince Felix Lichnowsky, Count Ladislaus Teleky and Count Lajos Ba...

Goldman, Edwin Franko

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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...

Henselt, Adolf ˜vonœ 1814-1889

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German pianist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Salzbrunn Nov. 19 1832, to Franz, Graf von Pocci in Munich, 1832 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666142 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Berlin?] Sept. 13 1864, to [Hans von Bülow?], 1864 Sept. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666139 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : St. Petersburg, May 1851, to [Hector Berlioz]...

Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936

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Italian composer. From the description of "Voici Noël! / per soprano. / Ottorino Respighi" : autograph manuscript, 1919 Aug. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270568953 From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Abetone Serrabassa, 19 August 1925 and 7 August 1926, and [n.p.], 23 August 1933, to Claudio [Guastalla], 1925 Aug. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270676008 From the description of "Partitura / Maria Vittoria / Atto Io. [Atto 2o. / Quadr...

Millöcker, Carl, 1842-1899

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Austrian composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 26 October 1891, to an unidentified recipient, 1891 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582543 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vöslau, 27 July [n.y., 1873-1876?], to an unidentified recipient, [n.y., 1873-1876?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582541 From the description of Le Viceamiral / Ouverture. [1886?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270567184...