The first annual Christmas concert [sound recording]. 1988.

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

NCSA Orchestra.

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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Most material is from the oratorio; see Callno. 7087. This arrangement 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphonic suite no. V : the triumph of Truth : based on / Handel ; free arrangement by Zoltan Fekete. c1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50064356 From the opera in three acts, librettist unknown. Composed 1707 or 1708.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance of the sailors : from Rodrigo / G.F. H...

Parker, Alice, 1925-....

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Parker, composer, conductor, and teacher, was educated at Smith and the Juilliard School, and was a long-time collaborator with Robert Shaw. She is the founder and director of Melodious Accord, a 16 voice professional choir. A composer whose works span all choral forms, from opera to cantata, from sacred anthems to settings of contemporary poets, she has been commissioned by groups such as Chanticleer, the Vancouver Chamber Singers, and the Atlanta Symphony. From the description of A...

Young, Cornelius.

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Leontovych, M. (Mykola), 1877-1921

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Denham, Ellen.

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Nichols, Lisa (Lisa Ann).

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Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915

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William Hayman Cummings, English singer and musical antiquary. He was the first to unite the music of Mendelssohn's Festgesang with Charles Wesley's hymn 'Hark! the herald angels sing'. From the description of William Hayman Cummings manuscript material : 1 item, 1878 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 677020996 William Hayman Cummings was an English organist, composer, singer and writer, author of Purcell (1881), a biographical dictionary (1892) and other works ...

Sabatino, Eric.

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Whalum, Wendell

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Bardy, Sandra.

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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

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Hector Berlioz was a French composer. From the description of Letter : from M. Berlioz, Paris, to Monsieur Busset, ingénieur, Dijon, Côte d'Or, 1836 Oct. 9. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626765 From the guide to the Letter : from M. Berlioz, Paris, to Monsieur Busset, ingénieur, Dijon, Côte d'Or, 1836 Oct. 9, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) French composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed...

Guess, Alphie.

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Kerr, Robert (Robert Morton)

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Britten, Benjamin

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Composed 1938. First performance at a Promenade Concert, by the British Broadcasting Co. Symphony Orchestra, London, Aug. 18, 1938, in Queen's Hall, Sir Henry J. Wood conductor, composer at the piano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto no. 1 in D major for piano and orchestra / Benjamin Britten. [1928]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43291276 Composed 1939. First performance by the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New...

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741

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Op. III, L'estro armonico [Harmony of the soul], consisting of 12 concerti for various ensembles, probably composed ca. 1703. First published 1712 by Estienne Roger, Amsterdam. This concerto (no. 11) became the basis for J.S. Bach's organ concerto after Vivaldi, BWV 596. This arrangement dedicated to Thor Johnson. For a more stylistically authentic edition see callno.: 1622s. For other orchestral transcriptions of this concerto see callnos.: 3897 and 515, respectively.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. ...

Davis, Katherine, 1892-1980

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Composer of songs, piano and organ music, cantatas, children's operettas, choruses, operas, and "Carol of the Drum" ("The Little Drummer Boy"). Born in St. Joseph, Missouri to Jessie and Maxwell Davis, 1892. Resident of Concord, Mass., where she first moved in 1920 and where she built a house on Bow Street after the death of her mother in 1947. Graduated from Wellesley College in 1914, having received Billings Prize for musical composition. Studied at New England Conservatory and (i...

Onorati, Henry

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Marsh, Robert.

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Praetorius, Michael, 1571-1621

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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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From the partita no. 2 for solo violin by J.S. Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bach's chaconne / transcribed for large orchestra by Louis Gesensway. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 144609295 Arranged 1856. First performance same year at the Philharmonic concerts, Vienna, von H. Esser conductor. Elgar's coda added subsequently.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata : für die Orgel / compon...

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1974

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Composed 1931. First performance Rochester, 9 December 1932, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto grosso : for small dance band and symphony orchestra / Robert Russell Bennett ; in the form of "Sketches from an American Theatre." [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42886632 Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchestrator and conductor. From th...

Moses, Fredric

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Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000384 Born on January 10, 1910 in Lyon, the French conductor and composer, Jean Martinon entered the Lyon and Paris conservatoires to study the violin. At Lyon, his teacher was Maurice Foundray and at the Paris Conservatory, he studied violin technique with Jules Boucherit. While at the Paris conservatory, Martinon took composition with A...

Simeone, Harry

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Bergstone, Fredrick.

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Brahms

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German Romantic composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Fritz Simrock, Rome, 1881 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448491 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Elise. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541007 19th century German Romantic composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to unidentified correspondent, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12...

Almeida, Larry.

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Cantata Singers (North Carolina School of the Arts)

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Redner, Lewis H., 1831-1908

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