Carrie Mayer papers, 1920-1948.

Whitmer, T. Carl (Thomas Carl), 1873-1959

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Composed 1950 at the request of Mihail Stolarewski. First performance Pittsburgh, May 1950, Chatham College Orchestra, Mihail Stolarewski conductor. Dedicated to Mihail Stolarewski and the P.C.W. [Pennsylvania College for Women, later Chatham College] Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Miniature suite for small orchestra / by T. Carl Whitmer. [1950] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 57235484 First performance Philadelphia, 20 Ma...

Gaul, Harvey B. (Harvey Bartlett), 1881-1945

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Dramamount Singers.

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Mayer, Carrie Mina.

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Contralto, pianist, and music teacher, Carrie Mina Mayer (1899-1999) was active in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the late 1920s and 1930s. She performed with the Dramamount Singers, a musical group directed by T. Carl Whitmer. She also was a member of the chamber ensemble, the Pittsburgh Trio, which also included the violinist, Emil O. Wolff and the cellist, Joseph Derdeyn. Carrie Mayer's notable teachers included Harvey B. Gaul and Ernestine Schumann-Heink, who endors...

Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936

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Born in Austria in 1861, the well-known opera singer Madame Schumann-Heink performed in the great opera houses of Germany, England and America. She became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1905, toured widely in this country, and was very active during World War I performing for U.S. servicemen. In later years she made numerous radio broadcasts and appeared in the 1935 movie Here's to romance. She died in Hollywood in 1936. From the description of Ernestine Schumann-Heink collecti...

Pittsburgh Trio.

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