Recording of Herbert Fromm's Cantata "Balak", 1980.
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Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
Fromm Music Foundation
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Established by Paul Fromm (1906-1987) in 1952 to support contemporary music, the Fromm music Foundation was transferred to Harvard in 1972 and became the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University. From the description of Awards and honors of Paul Fromm, 1960-1976 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76977288 The Fromm Music Foundation was founded in 1952 in Chicago by Paul Fromm (1906-1987); it moved to the Music Department at Harvard University in 1972....
Fromm, Herbert J.
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Herbert Fromm was a composer, choir conductor, organist and pianist. Fromm was born in Kitzingen, Bavaria on February 23, 1905. From 1925-29 he studied at the State Academy of Music at Munich, graduating with honors. He was assistant conductor at two State opera theaters, first Bielefeld (1930-31) then Würzberg (1931-33). Along with other Jewish artists, after 1933 Fromm was prohibited by the Nazi government from taking part in Germany's cultural life. He then became active with several Jewish ...
Fromm, Paul, 1906-1987
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Paul Fromm (September 28, 1906 – July 4, 1987) was a Jewish Chicago wine merchant and performing arts patron through the Fromm Music Foundation. The Organum for Paul Fromm was composed by John Harbison in his honor. Born in Kitzingen, Germany to a prominent family of vintners, Fromm was an early supporter of contemporary classical music in that country after he was exposed to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in the early 1920s. He attended concerts at the Donaueschingen Festival further deepening hi...
