Skip to main content

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1882 - 1961

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Chicago Business Men's Orchestra Records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-154
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings and programs of this orchestra, established in 1921, which was composed of men working in Chicago business firms. Later renamed the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

Dates: 1941-1962

Felix Borowski Papers

 Collection
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

Frederick A. Stock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Stock
Abstract

Incoming correspondence to Frederick A. Stock, second conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Also photographs of Stock rehearsing at Interlochen Music Camp, early 1940s.

Dates: 1904-1940s

John Alden Carpenter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carpenter
Abstract

Correspondence, mostly incoming, to American composer John Alden Carpenter, wife Rue W. Carpenter and daughter Genevieve; also material relating to Carpenter’s works; a miscellany of personal records; and a collection of photographs, many of them of well-known musicians.

Dates: 1890-1964; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950

Filtered By

  • Subject: Manuscripts, American X

Additional filters:

Subject
Musicians -- Correspondence 3
Composers -- Correspondence 2
Conductors (Music) -- Correspondence 2
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 2
Manuscripts, American 2