John Alden Carpenter Letters to Remsen Bird
Scope and Content of the Collection
Five letters to Carmel, California, resident Remsen Bird, president of Occidental College, and one to Bird’s wife Helen, mostly about Carpenter’s music. Also, a newspaper review from the Monterey Peninsula Herald, Nov. 21, 1949, of “Carmel Concerto” performed by the New York Symphony Orchestra.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1950
Creator
- Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951 (Person)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The John Alden Carpenter Letters to Remsen Bird are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The John Alden Carpenter Letters to Remsen Bird are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
Biography of John Alden Carpenter
American composer.
Born in Park Ridge, Illinois in 1876, Carpenter was raised in a musical household. After graduating from Harvard, he concentrated on studying musical composition while at the same time working in his family’s business, a Chicago shipping-supply company.
Carpenter’s many works can be recognized as distinctly American. These include piano pieces, songs, ballet scores and orchestral suites. Among his best-known scores are the jazz-inspired Krazy Kat and for the ballet Skyscrapers.
Carpenter died in Chicago in 1951.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
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.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Collection Stack Location
1 1 2
Provenance
Unknown.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Subject
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the John Alden Carpenter Letters to Remsen Bird, 1947-1950
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Virginia Hay Smith
- Date
- ©2009.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 08/17/2011: Revisions, additions, and updates were made.
Repository Details
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