Christopher A. Reynolds collection of women's song, circa 1800-1950.

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Christopher A. Reynolds collection of women's song, circa 1800-1950.

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This collection contains over 2200 songs and song publications mostly published between 1850 and 1950. The collection is primarily made up of songs, but there are also many works for solo piano as well as a anthems and part songs. In addition there are books written by the women song composers, a letter written by Virginia Gabriel in the 1860s, and four letters by Mrs. H.H.A. Beach to James Francis Cooke from the 1920s. Professor Reynolds' description of his project and a searchable database containing references to songs may be found on his web site.

8.4 linear ft.

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7870567

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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University of California, Davis. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.

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Biography Biographical Narrative Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) was a short story writer, poet, and novelist. At the height of his career he was considered one of the best-known American writers of the nineteenth century. He held a variety of jobs during his early years. In Brooklyn until 1854, he worked in a lawyer's office and a counting house; later in San Francisco from 1854-64, he work...

Reynolds, Christopher A.

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Christoper A. Reynolds received his PhD from Princeton University. He is Professor of Music at the University of Californa, Davis and author of "Papal Patronage and the Music of St. Peter's, 1380-1513" (1995) and "Motives for Allusion: Context and Content in Nineteenth-Century Music" (2003). He avidly began to research and collect women's songs in 1993. The collection includes songs that were owned by Eleanor Lee Kingman, the grandmother of Christopher Reynolds. A native Californian, she was bor...

Online Archive of California

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