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Additional authors

1. Brockway, Howard, 1870-1951.

Description

1. 0.42 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

1. The Barton Cantrell correspondence contains letters to and from Cantrell concerning his research on American composers.

Subject

1. Personal correspondence
2. Composers > United States
3. Music > United States > History and criticism

Genre/Form

1. Personal correspondence.

Call number

1. JPB 16-15

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use (note)

1. For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography (note)

1. Barton Cantrell (1930-1985) was a musicologist who specialized in American classical music.

Author

1. Cantrell, Barton, 1930-1985, author.

Title

1. Barton Cantrell correspondence,.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use

1. For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography

1. Barton Cantrell (1930-1985) was a musicologist who specialized in American classical music. He was born in 1930 in Dallas, Texas to Robert Jefferson Cantrell and Mattie Sue Cantrell. Cantrell was involved with music from a young age, having played the cello in his high school orchestra, and winning state-wide piano competitions at the age of 17. He went on to attend North Texas State College School of Music as a member of the class of 1951. Around 1953, Cantrell moved to New York City where he spent the next thirty years. After working for Tiffany and Co. for a short time and touring as an accompanist for a concert singer, he lived off of a small inheritance. Cantrell devoted his time to studying and travel as he went to meet the family members and heirs of late composers. Cantrell assisted The New York Public library by sharing his knowledge of American classical music, working with scores and providing rare material. Specifically, he located and recovered the extensive collections of both Henry Holden Huss and Caryl Florio (William James Robjohn). Cantrell contributed brief articles to The New Grove Dictionary about Peter Albrecht von Hagen Jr. and Howard Brockway, and donated items to the New York Public Library including the book, "Americana." He also compiled copies of his own extensive research notes titled: "Guide to Some American Music" and "Guide to some American Operas", copies of which are located in the Library of Congress and the Dallas Public Library. Cantrell was instrumental in assembling the collection of works by Caryl Florio which he sold to the New York Public Library. In 1972, Cantrell delivered an address at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Barton Cantrell died on July 27, 1985 in Dallas, Texas.

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Occupation

1. Composers.

Added author

1. Brockway, Howard, 1870-1951.

Research call number

1. JPB 16-15