Miscellaneous musical scores : manuscript, 1676-1942.

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Miscellaneous musical scores : manuscript, 1676-1942.

Musical scores of works by various composers, including Johann Christoph Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Edward Burlingame Hill, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Antonio Lotti, Roger Sessions, and Richard Wagner. Also includes a few letters written by other composers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7797361

Houghton Library

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Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985

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Composer and educator Sessions graduated from Harvard and studied under Horatio Parker at Yale. In 1926 he won a Guggenheim Professorship and worked at composition in Europe until 1933 as a winner of the American Rome Prize. He held posts at Princeton (1935), Berkeley, CA (1945), Princeton again (1953), and the Julliard School (1965). Among his compositions are four symphonies, several operas, a notable violin concerto (1935), and chamber music. His best known work remains his early BLACK MASKER...

Lotti, Antonio, -1740

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Italian composer. From the description of Messa a quatro / Del Sige. Antonio Lotti Maestro della Ducal / Capella di S. Marco. [between 1736 and 1739] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566743 Antonio Lotti (c. 1667-1740), composer, was born in Venice, and studied under Legrenzi. He spent his career at St Mark's Cathedral in Venice, starting as an organist, before becoming maestro di cappella in 1736. He visited Dresden on the invitation of the Crown Prince of Saxony, 1717-171...

Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, 1710-1784

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Also published as Sinfonia, D minor. The Bass part is intended only for performance by an orchestra. It is to be omitted for performance by a chamber music ensemble.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Preludio e Fuga : per 2 flauti e quartetto d'archi / W. Friedemann Bach. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43249812 Composed ca. 1761.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra : in...

Krebs, Johann Ludwig, 1713-1780

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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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The German opera composer Richard Wagner was at the beginning of his career at the time of this letter. From the description of Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, [1896?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571065 From the guide to the Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1896?, (The New York Public Library. Music Divisio...

Bach, Johann Christoph, 1642-1703

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Hill, Edward Burlingame

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Composed 1931. First performance, Boston, 25 April 1932, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky conductor, Jesús María Sanromá soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concertino in one movement for piano and orchestra, op. 36 / by Edward Burlingame Hill. 1931. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52297708 Composed 1916-17. First performance, New York, 17 February 1918, New York Symphonic Society, Walter Damrosch conductor.--Cf. ...