- Description
- 2 letters.
- Summary
- Letter of Dec. 25, 1904: Griffes describes Christmas in Berlin, his friends and fellow residents at his pension, the gifts he received and sent to his family in Elmira, N.Y., and copying out his Sonato for piano as gifts for friends. Letter of July 17, 1905: Griffes writes about possibly trying to see and audition for the pianist/composer Conrad Ansorge, a recent bout of successful practice on the piano and playing for his friends Emil Joël and Frau Joël, and traveling in Berlin.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
- Series Statement
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Subjects
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Hand-written in ink.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography (note)
- Between 1903 and 1907, Charles Griffes studied music in Berlin, Germany. He was a student at the Stern Conservatory from 1903-1905 and studied composition with Engelbert Humperdinck and piano with Gottfried Galston, 1905-1906. His Sonata in F Minor for piano was written in 1904. In 1907 he returned to the United States to become the Director of Music at the Hackley School, Tarrytown, N.Y.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- *MNY-Amer. (Griffes)
- OCLC
- NYPW99-A199
- Author
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920.
- Title
Letters to his mother, Mrs. Wilbur G. Griffes.
- Imprint
[between 1904 and 1905]
- Series
Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Additional Formats
Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography
Between 1903 and 1907, Charles Griffes studied music in Berlin, Germany. He was a student at the Stern Conservatory from 1903-1905 and studied composition with Engelbert Humperdinck and piano with Gottfried Galston, 1905-1906. His Sonata in F Minor for piano was written in 1904. In 1907 he returned to the United States to become the Director of Music at the Hackley School, Tarrytown, N.Y.
- Processing Action
Cataloged 19990817 m
- Source
MUS
1.1\a m
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Manuscripts
- Local Subject
Joël, Emil.
- Research Call Number
*MNY-Amer. (Griffes)