Henry Leland Clarke letters, 1915-1987 (bulk 1930-1986).

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Henry Leland Clarke letters, 1915-1987 (bulk 1930-1986).

The papers consist primarily of the personal correspondence of Henry Leland Clarke. The letters, which include related materials such as articles and a photograph, document his longstanding relationships with numerous composers and musicologists, as well as with some of his teachers and fellow students at Harvard University. Major correspondents include Nadia Boulanger, David Boyden, Norman Cazden, Archibald T. Davison, Felix Lee De Cola, Johnny Green, H. Wiley Hitchcock, Harrison Kerr, Boris Kremenliev, Paul Henry Lang, Otto Luening, Hans Moldenhauer, Zygmunt Mycielski, Earl Robinson, Robert L. Sanders, Virgil Thomson, and G. Wallace Woodworth. Also included is correspondence from his wife, Julia, with elected officials concerning such issues as the Vietnam War, nuclear proliferation, and labor.

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Kerr, Harrison, 1897-1978

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Dance Sonata composed 1938, for 2 pianos, timpani and percussion; first performed at Bennington College Festival, August 1938. Orchestrated 1940 as Dance Suite; first performed Rochester, 27 October 1942, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance suite / Harrison Kerr. [1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52569871 Material derived from the opera The Tower of Kel, composed 19...

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Boulanger, Nadia, 1887-1979

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French composer and music teacher. From the description of [Letter] 1977 October 27 [to] Dear Mr. Wilson 1977. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 755584222 Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) was a Parisian composer, music teacher and conductor. From the description of Nadia Boulanger American music scores, 1925-1937 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612769739 French composer and composition teacher. From the d...

Moldenhauer, Hans, 1906-1987

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Hans Moldenhauer was born in Mainz, Germany, on December 13, 1906 and died in November 1987 in Spokane, Washington. He completed five years of study of music under Hans Rosbaud at the Mainz Municipal College of Music. In 1918 he immigrated to the United States, where he settled in Spokane, Washington. After serving in the United States Army he returned to Spokane and was Whitworth College’s first student under the G. I. Bill and earned a bachelor’s degree in music in 194...

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996

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American composer, teacher, conductor, and flutist. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [New York?], 11 September 1981, to Mr. Allen, 1981 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874496 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 22 July 1992, to Joseph Chouinard, 1992 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270930274 Composer. From the description of Reminiscences of Otto Luening : oral history, 1979. ...

Clarke, Henry Leland

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Henry Leland Clarke, composer and professor of music, was born in New Hampshire in 1907. He received his undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, where he studied composition with Gustav Holst; later he studied under Nadia Boulanger, Hans Weisse, and Otto Luening. Clarke taught at a number of colleges and universities, including the University of Washington. He retired from the University of Washington as professor emeritus in 1977 and died in 1992. In addition to h...

Davison, Archibald T. (Archibald Thompson), 1883-1961

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Epithet: alias Bodkin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000213.0x0002d1 Davison graduated from Harvard (A.B., 1906) and taught music at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Archibald Thompson Davison, 1887-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973043 Musicologist Epithet: Professor of Music, Harvard University British Library ...

Sanders, Robert L., 1906-1974

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Commissioned by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra under a Ford Foundation grant. Composed 1954-55 under a Guggenheim Fellowship. First performance Knoxville, Tennessee, 10 November 1959, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, David Van Vactor conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in A / Robert L. Sanders. 1955. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53971175 Composed 1935-36. First performance New York, 26 February 1939, New York Philhar...

Robinson, Earl, 1910-1991

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Green, Johnny, 1908-1989

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Conductor, arranger, and composer Johnny Green, Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s. Among his most well known original compositions are such songs as Body and soul; Out of nowhere; and I cover the waterfront. Beginning in 1942, he served for the next three decades as music director for several Hollywood motion picture studios, chiefly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the course of his career, he won Academy Awards for his work orchestrating, a...

Mycielski, Zygmunt

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Hitchcock, H. Wiley

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H. Wiley Hitchcock was an American musicologist who did much to advance the study of American music in the United States. Born in Detroit in 1923, he received his BA from Dartmouth College in 1944 and his MM from the University of Michigan in 1948, after which he studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He returned to Michigan, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1954 and began his teaching career. In the early 1960s he moved to New York, where he was professor of music at Hunter College,...

Kremenliev, Boris, 1911-1988

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Composed 1940. First performance NBC Radio, 18 April 1940, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Pràvo Horò / Boris Kremenliev. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52610754 Composed 1952-53.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bulgarian rhapsody / Boris Kremenliev. 1953. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52610728 ...

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. ...

Cazden, Norman, 1914-1980

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American composer. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1923-1980]. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 26710813 Norman Cazden, composer, performer, teacher, theorist, folklorist, and prolific writer, was born in 1914 and died in 1980. Raised in New York City he studied at several colleges, Julliard School of Music, New York City College, and Harvard University. He taught at several universities namely Julliard School of Music, Vassar College, Peabody Cons...

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Clarke, Julia Newbold.

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Boyden, David D. (David Dodge), 1910-1986

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American musicologist; Professor of Music, University of California, Berkeley 1938-1975. From the description of David D. Boyden papers, 1922-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77738082 Biography David Dodge Boyden (b. Westport, CT, 10 Dec 1910; d. Berkeley, CA, 18 Sep 1986). American musicologist. He studied at Harvard (BA 1932, MA 1938) and at Columbia Universities, and the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut. From 1...

De Cola, Felix Lee

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Láng, Paul Henry, 1901-1991

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Musicologist, Avalon Professor of Humanities, Columbia University, 1933-1970. From the description of Paul Henry Lang papers, 1947-1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 626908658 Musicologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Paul Henry Lang : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736579 American musicologist of Hungarian birth. From the description...

Woodworth, G. Wallace

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Woodworth graduated from Harvard in 1924 and taught music at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George Wallace Woodworth, 193?-1969 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973226 ...