Sidney Robertson Cowell correspondence, 1936-1973.

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

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Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014

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Pete Seeger (1919-2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. As a member of the Weavers, Seeger was often heard on the radio in the early 1950s, most notably on their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene". In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes. A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs include "Where Have ...

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965

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Composed 1916-18. The original ms. had a pencilled-in note saying: "This is the only copy anywhere." See note from Mrs. Cowell 19 Nov. 1959: "The first symphony is a student work, and I hope earnestly for it not to be performed." This is a facsimile of the composer's holograph score, according to Bill Lichtenwanger.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in B minor / Henry Cowell. 1918. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207014 Compo...

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983

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Architect, inventor, scientist, teacher, philosopher, creator of the geodesic dome and the Dymaxion car. From the description of Letter, 1958 Feb. 10, Clemson, S.C. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33018576 Mark Burginer is a California-based architect, whose interest in Buckminster Fuller's synergetic geometry led to some correspondence between them during the early 1980s. From the description of Letters to Mark Burginger, 1980-1981. (Unknown)...

Bronson, Bertrand Harris, 1902-1986

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Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Bertrand H. Bronson collection, ca. 1700-ca. 1987. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214992393 From the description of Bertrand H. Bronson broadside ballads collection, ca. 1720-ca. 1820. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214962038 Bertrand Bronson taught in the English Department for 43 years. He was a Rhodes Scholar, Guggenheim fe...

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958

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Edward Weston, (American, 1886-1958), was born in Highland Park, Illinois and from an early age was involved with photography. He studied at the Illinois College of Photography in 1908, afterwards moving to Los Angeles to work for a commercial portrait studio and eventually starting his own. Weston exhibited his works in many salons and exhibitions, making his works known in the photographic community. In 1929 Weston moved to Carmel, California, where he would spend the rest of his...

Radin, Paul, 1883-1959

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Dr. Paul Radin is considered to be one of the formative influences in contemporary anthropology and ethnography in the United States and Europe. He was born in Lodz (Russian Poland) on April 2, 1883, the son of a reform rabbi and scholar. In 1884, his family moved to Elmira, New York, and then to New York City in 1890. Educated in the public school system, Radin entered the College of the City of New York as a sub-freshman at the age of fourteen, graduating in 1902. After a brief stint in gradua...

Ennis, Séamus

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Spivacke, Harold, 1904-1977

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Musicologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Harold Spivacke : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587332 Biographical Note Harold Spivacke was born July 18, 1904 in New York City. He studied at New York University, where he received his B.A. in 1923 and his M.A. in 1924. He attended the University of Berlin and received his Ph.D. in 1933, magna cum laude, wi...

Edgar, Marjorie, 1889-1960

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Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995

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Henry Cowell was an American composer; his wife, Sidney Cowell, was an ethnomusicoloist. From the description of Anniversary pieces [list] : music by Henry Cowell for his wife, 1941-1965, 1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431873 From the description of Cowell family music box [list], 1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532987 Sidney Robertson Cowell (b. June 2,1903, in San Francisco, California; d. February 23, 1995, in Shad...

Bloch, Suzanne

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Lutenist and daughter of Ernest Bloch. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 2, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861479 ...

Asch, Moses

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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. ...

Lowens, Irving

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American musicologist, music critic, and librarian. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Washington, D.C., 26 October 1964, to James J. Fuld, 1964 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874495 Irving Lowens (1916-1983) was a music critic, musicologist, librarian, and educator based in the Washington, D.C. area. He is notable for his role as Chief Music Critic of the Washington Star newspaper (1960-1978), his tenure as Assistant Head of ...

Korson, Rae

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Taylor, Archer, 1890-1973

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Professor at Washington University, St. Louis (1915-1925), University Chicago (1925-1939), University of California, Berkeley (1939-1957). From the description of Archer Taylor papers pertaining to folklore, [ca. 1939-ca. 1973]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233603554 Memoirs of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of The Mediaeval Academy of America ---from Speculum (July, 1974), pp. 606-08 Archer Taylor, a Fe...

Hand, Wayland D. (Wayland Debs), 1907-1986

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Folklorist. Wayland Hand was active in the folklore field from about 1937-1986. From the description of The Wayland Hand collection of superstition and popular belief on index cards, 1937?-1986? (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 69242470 Wayland Debs Hand (1907-1986) was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He immigrated to the United States and attended the University of Utah where he received his B.A. and M.A. in German. He received a PhD in Germanic Languages from th...

Powell, Laurence, 1899-1990

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Composed 1923; revised 1930. First performance (of revised version), Madison, Wis., 20 May 1931, Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra, Sigfrid Prager conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Keltic legend / Laurence Powell. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53324243 Composed 1933. First performance Little Rock, Ark., 18 March 1937, Little Rock Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From t...

Green, Archie

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Archie Green, American folklorist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas, b. 6-29-1917. From the description of [The Archie Green Collection at the Rare Book Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.] [1876?]-1987. WorldCat record id: 156850892 Anglo-American singer Sarah Ogan Gunning (1910-1983) from Knox County, Ky., known for her performances of traditional ballads and songs, as well as her own compositions on the poverty and social conditi...

Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981

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Art historian; San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Alfred Victor Frankenstein interview, 1965 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220193439 Music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. From the description of Alfred Frankenstein collection, [ca. 1930-1932]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 39146032 Art critic, art historian; San Francisco, Calif. Died 1981. From the description of Alfred Victor Frankenst...

Herzog, George, 1901-1983

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Halpert, Herbert, 1911-2000

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Hulme, Kathryn, 1900-1981

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Kathryn Hulme (1900-1981) was the author of the bestseller The Nun's Story (1956) and seven other books, including The Wild Place (1952) and Undiscovered Country (1966), a memoir of her years as a pupil of Gurdjieff. From the description of Kathryn Hulme papers addition: correspondence with Brandt & Brandt, 1973-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179148 From the description of Kathryn Hulme papers, 1846-1981 (bulk 1945-1981). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132854...

Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959

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Composer, violinist, conductor, and photographer Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880, in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1894 he began the study of music theory and composition with Emile Jacques-Dalcroze at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, who advised him to continue violin instruction under Louis Etienne-Reyer at the same institution. He studied violin under Franz Schörg of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Belgium, in 1896, and composition in Frankfurt under Ivan Knorr from 1899 to 1901, whereupo...

Payne, C. Robert

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Edinger, Dora

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Seeger, Charles, 1886-1979

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Musicologist. From the description of Ballad of Hattonchatel : manuscript and typescript poem, 1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981474 Seeger was born on Dec. 14, 1886 to American parents in Mexico City; graduated from Harvard University, 1908; taught music at UC Berkeley (1912-19), the Institute of Musical Arts, N.Y. (1921-33), and the New School for Social Research, N.Y. (1931-35); served as asst. director, Pan American Union (1941-53); visiting prof., Yale Univ. (19...

Dusenbury, Emma

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Claflin, Avery

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American composer, served on the boards of the Contemporary Music Society and the American Symphony Orchestra. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Apr. 10, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861476 American composer; served on the boards of the Contemporary Music Society and the American Symphony Orchestra. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 17, 1977 [sound...

Karpeles, Maud, 1885-1976

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Epithet: folk-song collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x00024b ...

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...

Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980

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Author and folklorist. From the description of Vance Randolph book typescripts, 1947-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84232113 The Collector Vance Randolph was a self-educated folklorist who made a living as a professional writer. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1892, he was educated as a scientist: as an undergraduate, he studied biology, and then in graduate school at Clark University, in psychology. As a graduate stu...

Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978

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American anthropologist. From the description of Letter 1968 June 12. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38156541 Anthropologist. From the description of Collection re Margaret Mead, 1978-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131863 Anthropologist, author, and educator. From the description of Margaret Mead papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996 (bulk 1911-1978). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068917 M...

Perlis, Vivian.

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) ranks among the most widely respected of all American composers. Born in Brooklyn to a Russian Jewish family, Copland studied with Rubin Goldmark in New York and Nadia Boulanger in France. His music, which drew upon sources as disparate as jazz, neoclassicism, folk music, and serialism, helped establish an American musical vocabulary, and his most popular works, such as Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man, have reached audiences far beyond the...

Cage, John, 1912-1992

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John Cage was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He studied composition with Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, and Arnold Schoenberg. In 1938 he began working as an accompanist for dance and a teacher at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. It was here that he first met the dancer Merce Cunningham, with whom he would have a lifelong working relationship. Together they were responsible for a number of radical innovations in musical and choreographic compositions, such as the...

Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990

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Ernst Bacon, 1898-1990, was an American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. From the description of Papers, 1962-1976 (inclusive), 1972-1976 (bulk). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122639945 From the guide to the Ernst Bacon papers, 1962-1976 (inclusive, 1972-1976, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Composed 1937. First performance Chicago, 5 February 1940, Illinois Symphony Orchestra of the Works Progress Administration, the compos...

Grainger, Percy

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Melbourne-born pianist and composer who spent much of his working life in the United States. From the description of Letter to Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart [manuscript]. 1949. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793948 From the description of Postcards from Percy and Rose Grainger, 1916-1925 [manuscript]. 1916-1925. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271311978 Percy Aldridge Grainger, 1882-1961 was an Australian Composer/Pianist. Rose an...