Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble [sound recording]. 2003.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

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Richard Rodgers, composer and producer, was born in New York on June 28, 1902. He composed his first song, My Auto Show Girl when he was fourteen years old. (This is included in the collection Box 16, Folder 6) In 1918 Rodgers met his first professional partner, Lorenz Hart. Together they presented their first hit show, The Garrick Gaieties in 1925. In 1929 Rodgers and Hart appeared in a two-reel autobiographical short, Masters of Melodyproduced by Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and written and di...

Rollins, Sonny

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Jazz composer and saxophonist Sonny Rollins was born on September 7, 1930 in New York City. His parents, immigrants from the U.S. Virgin Islands, raised him in Manhattan's central Harlem and Sugar Hill neighborhoods. Rollins received his first alto saxophone at seven years old; and was heavily influenced by saxophonist Charlie Parker by the time he enrolled at Edward W. Stitt Junior High School. Rollins switched to tenor saxophone, and was mentored by pianist Thelonious Monk.Upon graduating from...

Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

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Jazz musician. From the description of Autograph card signed : [Indiana?], to Paul G. Klawans, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904397 ...

Smith, Claude T., 1932-1987

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Claude Thomas Smith, a prominent American educator, conductor, and composer, was born in Monroe City, Missouri on March 14, 1932 to Claude Melvin and Harriet Thomas Smith. The family moved twice in Smith's early years: to Kansas City shortly after his birth and to Carrollton, Missouri around the time that he entered school. Smith took dancing lessons in both locations, and began piano lessons and participated in school music and theater productions while living in Carrollton. Durin...

Barduhn, Dave

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Britten, Benjamin

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Composed 1938. First performance at a Promenade Concert, by the British Broadcasting Co. Symphony Orchestra, London, Aug. 18, 1938, in Queen's Hall, Sir Henry J. Wood conductor, composer at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto no. 1 in D major for piano and orchestra / Benjamin Britten. [1928]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43291276 Composed 1939. First performance by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New...

Flory, Med, 1926-

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Rudkin, Ron

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Berry, John

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Taylor, Mark (Mark Alan), 1950-

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Schickele, Peter

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Composed 1975. First performance Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 5 May 1975, The Mostovoy Soloists, Peter Schickele conductor, John Ferrante counter tenor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Maiden on the moor lay : for counter tenor or contralto and chamber orchestra / Peter Schickele ; text, anonymous English, 14th cent. ; translation [by] Brian Stone. [1975] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54053621 Composed 1958. Awarded Honorabl...

Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943

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Harris, Matt.

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Kalyn, James

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Beckenstein, Jay

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