- Description
- 1 linear ft.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Musical scores.
- Biographies.
- Brochures.
- Clippings.
- Programs.
- Source (note)
- Biography (note)
- Renzo Viola, born Lorenzo Viola in Sicily in 1889, was a piano teacher and composer in New York City and in Lindenhurst, Long Island. He composed music for the silent movie, The Trifling Woman ; invented an educational toy piano named Alice in Musicland ; founded the Long Island Harmony Band and the L.I. Drum Corps ; and wrote songs for the Rotary Club.
- Language (note)
- Chiefly in English ; several items in Italian.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- JPB 92-60
- Author
Viola, Renzo, 1889-1976.
- Title
Renzo Viola papers, 1915-1991.
- Summary
Manuscript scores of Renzo Viola's compositions (including more than 25 songs for which he wrote both words and music, and more than 35 piano pieces), arrangements, sketches, and exercises ; 2 published scores ; brochures, clippings, biographical sketch by Viola V. Joy.
- Biography
Renzo Viola, born Lorenzo Viola in Sicily in 1889, was a piano teacher and composer in New York City and in Lindenhurst, Long Island. He composed music for the silent movie, The Trifling Woman ; invented an educational toy piano named Alice in Musicland ; founded the Long Island Harmony Band and the L.I. Drum Corps ; and wrote songs for the Rotary Club.
- Language
Chiefly in English ; several items in Italian.
- Indexes
Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Composers.
Pianists.
- Research Call Number
JPB 92-60