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Barth, Hans, composer, pianist; b. Leipzig, Germany, June 25, 1897. ASCAP 1949. To U.S. 1903; naturalized 1912. Educ: private tutors and teachers; Leipzig Cons., scholarship; also some study in Berlin. At age of twelve gave concerts in New York. Inventor of portable one-quarter tone piano; exponent of one-quarter tone music in U.S. Concertized throughout U.S. and Europe. Appeared with Philadelphia Orch.; Cincinnati Orch.; Philh. Orch. of Havana, Austin (Texas) Orch.; and Springfield (Mass.) Orch. Fellow three years at MacDowell Colony, Peters-borough, N.H.; also Dean of Judges, Nat'l Guild of Piano Teachers. Works: Concerto for Orchestra and Quarter-tone Piano; Peace Symphony, a comic Opera; Miragia, Piano Concerto; Nine Etudes for Piano and Orch.; two piano sonatas, Op. 7 and Op. 17. Also: Fan-Ones With Golden Locks"; "Save Me the Waltz." Home: Jacksonville, Fla. and Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Bartholomew, Marshall, composer, choral conductor; b. Belleville, 111., March 3, 1885. ASCAP 1924. Educ.: Columbia High School, South Orange, N.J., Cutler School, New York; graduate Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Univ., 1907; Music Dept., Univ. of Pa., 1909; Kaiserliche Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin, 1912-14. Teachers: Horatio Parker, Yale; Hugh Clark, Univ. of Pa.; Humperdinck and Wolfe, Berlin. Advanced study in conducting with Hess, Schwarz, and Coates, and in singing with Schoen-Rene 1910-14. World War I, relief worker in war prison camps Germany and Russia, and on U.S. entry, 1917, director of Music Bureau, National War Work Council. Executive director Intercollegiate Music Council, U.S., for several years; 1930 organized and became president International Student Musical Council representing fifteen countries. In 1939 member Music |
Committee, Cultural Division, U.S. State Department for which toured South America 1940. Directed tour Yale Glee Club through South American cities 1941. From 1921 director Yale Glee Club, and from 1939 voice teacher, Yale School of Music. Conductor Univ. Glee Club, New York, 1923-28, and Univ. Glee Club of New Haven 1924-28, again 1939-48. Student of American folk songs of which has collected many from original sources. Works: "Song in the Night"; "April Song"; "The Call of Spring"; many other choral works and large number songs for children and young people. Collaborated on English adaptation Moliere-Gounod grand opera he Medecin Malgre Lui, under English tide "The Frantic Physician." Address: 1929 Yale Station, New Haven, Conn.
Bartok, B61a, composer, pianist, author; b. Nagy Szent Mikl6s, Hungary, March 25, 1881; d. New York, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1945. ASCAP 1946. Educ.: in music with L. Erkel, Poszony; 1899-1903 at Royal Acad, in Budapest (Thomans Koessler) where he was professor of piano from 1907 to 1940. Professor and teacher in Budapest; also toured Europe and U.S. as pianist, playing own works and also interpreting music of other celebrated composers. From 1941 U.S. resident. Teacher Columbia Univ. Made vast collection of traditional melodies of Hungary, Roumania and Arabia, many of which he prepared for publication. Author of many articles based on research on folklore and folk songs; one of great recognized scholars of folk music. Analyzed the Pary collection of Serbian Folk Songs; also wrote book on Hungarian Folk Music. Works: six String Quartets; three Piano Concertos; two Violin Sonatas; two Suites for orch.; four Orchestra pieces; Two Portraits for orch.; Two Images for orch.; Cantata Prof ana; Violin Concerto; Viola Concerto; Con- |
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