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Renzo Viola papers

Title
  1. Renzo Viola papers, 1915-1991.
Author
  1. Viola, Renzo, 1889-1976.

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Details

Description
  1. 1 linear ft.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Music
  2. Musical sketches
Genre/Form
  1. Musical scores.
  2. Biographies.
  3. Brochures.
  4. Clippings.
  5. Programs.
Call number
  1. JPB 92-60
Source (note)
  1. Joy, Violet
Biography (note)
  1. 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)
  1. Chiefly in English ; several items in Italian.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
  1. Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
Processing action (note)
  1. Cataloged
Author
  1. Viola, Renzo, 1889-1976.
Title
  1. Renzo Viola papers, 1915-1991.
Biography
  1. 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
  1. Chiefly in English ; several items in Italian.
Indexes
  1. Preliminary finding aid in the repository.
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Occupation
  1. Composers.
  2. Pianists.
Research call number
  1. JPB 92-60
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