Summer's rain and winter's snow : for sop. with accomp. of piano / words by R. W. Gilder ; music by Henry Holden Huss. [19--?]

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Huss, Henry Hodlen, 1862-1953

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Huss, Henry Holden, 1862-1953

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Also known as Rhapsody.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphonisches Fantasie Stück für Clavier und Orchester / von Henry Holden Huss. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52333060 Composed for piano, 1902. Transcribed 1939. First performance Washington, D.C., 15 March 1942, National Symphony Orchestra, Francis Garziglia conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of La nuit : poem for orchestra / Henry...

Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

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Gilder authored the book, THE NEW DAY, A POEM IN SONGS AND SONNETS... (New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1876) in which this is tipped in. It contains the bookplate of Brainerd. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, [1876?] Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398276 Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909), American poet and editor, served as editor-in-chief of Scribner's Monthly and its successor The Century Illustrated Monthly...