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Edith Borroff papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borroff
Abstract

Musicologist, Composer, Author, Professor, Pianist, Vocalist, and Lecturer, Edith Borroff lived from 1925 to 2019, boasting a career that spanned at least 7 books and over 60 compositions.

Dates: 1800-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-1999

Felix Borowski Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter,...
Dates: 1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956

Frederic Grant Gleason papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gleason
Abstract Composer, musician, music critic for the Chicago Tribune (1887-1891) and other newspapers, and director of Chicago Auditorium concerts. Papers include correspondence, diaries, sketch books, scrapbooks, programs, clippings, literary manuscripts, photographs, and other memorabilia, providing a valuable portrait of Chicago's late-19th-century musical world. Correspondents include Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler, Jules Massenet, Johann Strauss, Giuseppe...
Dates: 1852-1908

Hamilton Forrest papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Forrest
Abstract

Correspondence, music and lyrics (including scripts with stage directions), newspaper clippings, photographs, and programs pertaining to Hamilton Forrest, a 20th-century composer known for his arrangements of American folksongs, most notably “He’s Got the Whole Word in His Hands.”

Dates: 1940-1951

Irwin Fischer Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Fischer
Abstract

Irwin Fischer (1903-1977), composer, professor, conductor, and musician. Enjoyed a long career teaching at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Also worked as an organist for the Chicago Symphonic Orchestra and various churches, a conductor for the National Youth Symphony, South Side Symphony, and West Suburban Symphony. Known primarily for scores such as the Hungarian Set (Pearly Bouquet) and Symphony I.

Dates: 1903-1992; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1977

John Alden Carpenter Letters to Remsen Bird

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-164
Abstract

Six letters to friend Remsen Bird and his wife mostly regarding Carpenter’s “Carmel Concerto”. Also, a review of the concerto from the Monterey Peninsula Herald, Nov. 21, 1949.

Dates: 1947-1950

May O'Donnell papers

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Identifier: Dance-MS-O'Donnell
Abstract

Material relating to the career of modern dancer May O’Donnell, consisting of advertising and announcements, articles, reviews, programs and photographs. Also a few miscellaneous items, some of which relate to O’Donnell’s husband, musician Ray Green.

Dates: 1934-1996

Mina Hager Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hager
Abstract

Material relating to the career of mezzo-soprano Mina Hager (Mrs. Fred Heidenson), including incoming correspondence from John Alden Carpenter and others, programs, clippings and other memorabilia. Also, practice and demo tapes, sound recordings (78 rpm and 45 rpm, LP) and a collection of manuscript and published sheet music, mostly by John Alden Carpenter.

Dates: 1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970

Patrice Michaels papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Michaels
Abstract

Personal and professional papers of composer and performer (soprano and instrumentalist) Patrice Michaels. Professional material includes programs, scores, audio, and publicity about Michaels' performances. Personal papers include communication between Michaels and her mother in law, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, about Michaels' song cycle about Ginsburg's life and career.

Dates: 1973-2020

Rudolph Ganz Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Ganz
Abstract

Works, correspondence to and from prominent musical figures, family correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, artifacts, and a couple of recordings of this world-renowned concert pianist, composer, conductor, and educator.

Dates: 1864-2013

Thorvald Otterström Papers

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Otterström
Abstract Collection of sheet music, correspondence, photographs, programs, advertisements, reviews, and notes belonging to the Danish-born Chicago composer and teacher Thorvald Otterström. Sheet music includes Otterström's original published compositions, manuscripts, and notes, in addition to works that he arranged and ghostwrote for his contemporary composers. Photographs include portraits from 1910 until his death 1942. Otterström's correspondence regarding art, philosophy, music, and literature...
Dates: 1904-1952

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Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910 1
Beach, Amy, 1867-1944 1
Bergersen, Baldwin, 1914-2000 1
Bird, Remsen Du Bois, 1888-1971 1
Bloomfield-Zeisler, Fannie, 1863-1927 1
Borowski, Elsa 1
Borowski, Felix, 1872-1956 1
Borroff, Marie 1
Chicago Musical College 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 1
Fairbank, Janet, 1903-1948 1
Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997 1
Floersheim, Otto, 1853-1917 1
Forrest, Hamilton, 1901-1963 1
Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972 1
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020 1
Gleason, Frederic Grant, 1848-1903 1
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 1
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 1
Green, Ray, 1908-1997 1
Hager, Mina 1
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 1
Illinois Music Teachers Association 1
Indy, Vincent d', 1851-1931 1
Kerby, Marion 1
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908 1
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 1
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Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 1
Michaels, Patrice 1
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 1
Mills Music, Inc. 1
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 1
Music Teachers National Association 1
National Youth Orchestra 1
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) 1
O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004 1
Otterström, Thorvald, 1868-1942 1
Roosevelt University 1
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921 1
Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 1
South Side Symphony Orchestra (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 1
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 1
Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905 1
University of Wisconsin 1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958 1
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 1
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 1
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Williams, Kathryn 1
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