Collection of Music Manuscripts, ca. 1798-1869.

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Collection of Music Manuscripts, ca. 1798-1869.

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A group of eleven manuscript scores that were formerly part of the Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (see RLIN ID PAUGEBA0605-C). It includes songs and piano music; a few are holographs.

2 boxes (11 ms. scores).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8251731

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Keffer, Edward I. (Edward Iungerich), 1862-1933

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Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia

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The Musical Fund Society was founded in 1820 in Philadelphia by John K. Kane, Dr. Robert M. Patterson, Dr. William P. DeWees, and a number of noted professional musicians, including composer and conductor, Benjamin Carr. It had two purposes: "the relief of decayed musicians and their families, and the cultivation of skill and diffusion of taste in music." From 1824 to 1924 the Society owned and occupied Musical Fund Hall, where it produced musical concerts as well as rented the space to other or...