Letters received, 1860 March 9-1903 Nov.

Wallace, William Vincent, 1812-1865

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Epithet: Irish violinist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x000121 ...

Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924

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Italian pianist and composer. From the description of Letters 1901-1920. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 703895285 German-Italian composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Berlin?], 22 June 1923, to Herr Dünnebeil [at Breitkopf & Härtel] 1923 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674030 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 8 March 1924, to a Herr Präsident, 1924...

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Edward Everett was an American statesman, clergyman, and orator, as well as professor of Greek at Harvard University and president of Harvard University, 1846-1849. Everett was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard with highest honors in 1811, completing an M.A. in Divinity in 1814. After a brief stint as a minister, Harvard offered him the newly created position of Professor of Greek; brilliant but untrained, Everett went to Göttingen to prepare for...

Wasielewski, Wilhelm Joseph ˜vonœ 1822-1896

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Melba, Nellie

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Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell. In 1882 she married Charles Nesbit Frederick Armstrong, who died in 1948. From the description of Papers concerning Mitchell and Armstrong families [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225791512 Mrs Helen Porter Armstrong, soprano singer, was born in, and derived her non de plume from Melbourne. She first appeared in opera in 1887 after concentrating for many years on her piano playing and made her final appearance in...

Leitch, Robert.

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Reeves, Sims, 1818-1900

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British singer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grange Mount, Upper Norwood ; and elsewhere, to Arthur Sullivan, 1869 Dec. 13 to 1897 May 17, a dn 1 undated letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125357 English tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 22 July 1858, to [Mr. William Sterndale? Bennett], 1858 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675918 From the description of Clipped signature, da...

Thayer, Alexander Wheelock

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Music critic for the New York Tribune; United States consul at Trieste; author of a biography on Beethoven. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1878. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 84691863 From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts (Large), n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 84691922 Epithet: writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descript...

Lang, B. J. (Benjamin Johnson), 1837-1909

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American composer, organist and conductor. From the description of Letters received, 1860 March 9-1903 Nov. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 655778786 ...

Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892

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Rose Terry Cooke was born in West Hartford, Conn., graduated from the Hartford Female Seminary in 1843, and married Rollin H. Cooke in 1873. She published her poems, 1860-1886, and wrote humorous short magazine stories mainly describing New England life. From the description of Letters and poem, 1864-1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35059217 Cooke was a life-long opponent of the women's rights movement and women's suffrage. Fro...

Materna, Amalie, 1844-1918.

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Austrian soprano. From the description of Signature, dated : Bayreuth, 28 August 1882, 1882 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582020 From the description of Autograph note signed Amalie Friedrich Materna, dated : Bayreuth, 16 August 1886, to an unidentified recipient, 1886 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873560 ...

Lamoureux, Charles, 1834-1899

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x00038f French conductor and violinist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Paris May 25 1899, to [Jules Massenet], 1899 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667113 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5), dated : [London], to M. [Joseph] Bennett, 1881 Mar. 11, 17, and 30 and n.d. (Unknown). Wo...

Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894

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German pianist and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 3 October 1860, to [Julius] Schuberth, 1860 Oct. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673905 German conductor and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 20 February 1873, to an unidentified recipient, 1873 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270673934 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 6 Janua...

Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905

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Founder and first music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1891-1905). From the description of Theodore Thomas memorabilia collection, 1845-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961879 Founder and first music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1891-1905), known at the time as the Chicago Orchestra. From the description of Theodore and Rose Fay Thomas Felsengarten collection, 1814-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70963346 Chicago Sy...

Strong, Templeton, 1856-1948

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Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907

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Richard Mansfield (1857-1907) was an actor of the late 19th century. He was born in Helgoland, Germany, into a family that excelled in the performing arts. His mother was the prima donna Hermine Rudersdorff (1822-1882), and his grandfather, the violinist Joseph Rudersdorff (1788-1866). His father, Maurice Mansfield, was a London businessman. Richard Mansfield began his stage career touring the English provinces in Gilbert and Sullivan and made his first appear...

Hildebrandt, Eduard, 1818-1869

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Damrosch, Leopold, 1832-1885

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German-American violinist, conductor, and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 21 October 1878, to S.M. Knevals, 1878 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565339 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 7 February 1873, to S. Kauffmann, Frabrikbesitzer in Breslau, 1873 Feb. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565335 The Damrosch family is a German-American family of musicians that ...

Lenbach, Franz ˜vonœ 1836-1904

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Seidl, Anton, 1850-1898

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Anton Seidl was a noted Wagnerian conductor and chorus master. He was born in Pest, Hungary, was a member of Wagner's household from 1872 to 1878, during which time he served as Wagner's musical secretary and later as conductor of the Richard Wagner Theater in Beyreuth. He was a close friend of Wagner's and had much to do with the spread of his music and influence through Europe and America. From the guide to the Collection of Musical Autographs, 1870-1943, (Columbi...

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

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Jules Massenet was a French composer. From the description of Letters, [ca. 1874-1909]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122616188 From the description of Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, [18--?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571050 From the guide to the Letter: from Jules Massenet, written on a calling card, 18--?, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) From the comédie lyrique in three act...