Edwin Franko Goldman papers

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Edwin Franko Goldman papers

1895-circa 1977 (majority 1919-circa 1977)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1760

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 City in 1918; this tradition continued under other directors including Goldman's son, Richard Franko Goldman, who led the band from 1956-1979. Goldman championed the performance of neglected band music and gave the American premieres of a number of important works, including commissioned pieces from many contemporary composers including Ottorino Respighi, Percy Grainger, Morton Gould, and Virgil Thomson. The collection contains press-books of clippings, programs, press releases, correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs related to the Goldman Band's annual summer concerts in New York, NY; and correspondence, articles, administrative records, conference programs, committee reports, and memorabilia related to Goldman's tenure as president of the American Bandmasters Association.

18.50 linear feet

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7687246

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

American Bandmasters Association

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d774g (corporateBody)

In the summer of 1928, Edwin Franko Goldman, leader of the Goldman Band; Victor Grabel, conductor of the Chicago Concert Band; and Captain William Stannard, Leader of the United States Army Band, met in Columbus, Ohio to discuss ways of easing the problems facing the leaders of America's professional and military bands. That August, Captain Stannard recorded his vision for the American Bandmasters Association in a letter to Albert Austin Harding, Director of Bands at the University of...

Goldman, Edwin Franko

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h52pj (person)

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...

Edwin Franko Goldman Band

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nd1v68 (corporateBody)