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Mary Howe papers

Title
Mary Howe papers, 1884-1972.
Author
Howe, Mary, 1882-1964.
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Additional Authors
  • Howe, Walter Bruce, 1879-1954.
  • Hull, Anne.
  • Kindler, Hans, 1892-1949.
  • Strickland, William.
  • Huntington Hartford Foundation.
  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
  • MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.)
  • National Federation of Music Clubs.
  • National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.)
Description
36.3 linear feet (72 boxes)
Summary
The Mary Howe papers document the life and career of the American composer, pianist, and patron of music.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Correspondence.
  • Photographs.
  • Programs.
  • Scrapbooks.
  • Scores.
Note
  • The Mary Howe papers were reprocessed in 2005, incorporating materials that had been described formerly in the catalog as Selections and List of musical works.
Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Biography (note)
  • Mary Howe (1882-1964) was an American composer, pianist, and patron of music in Washington, D.C.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Call Number
JPB 04-39
OCLC
NYPG05-A10118
Author
Howe, Mary, 1882-1964.
Title
Mary Howe papers, 1884-1972.
Biography
Mary Howe (1882-1964) was an American composer, pianist, and patron of music in Washington, D.C. Born Mary Carlisle, she studied piano in Germany and the United States and received a degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory in 1922. As a pianist, she toured in a two-piano team with Anne Hull from 1917-1935. A prolific composer, Howe worked in many genres and often reorchestrated the same composition for multiple settings. She also created many song settings for poems, in addition to her other orchestral work. Howe and her husband, Walter Bruce Howe, were prominent Washington socialites and were among the co-founders in 1931 of the National Symphony Orchestra. Howe was close friends with the orchestra's first music director, Hans Kindler and also had a significant working relationship with the conductor, William Strickland. She was active in numerous local and national organizations, including the National Federation of Music Clubs and she was also a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Towards the end of her life, Howe was on the board of the National Cultural Center (later renamed the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts).
Location of Other Archival Materials
See also the Mary Howe collection of noncommercial recordings (*L(Special) 90-18) in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Indexes
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
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Finding Aid
Occupation
Composers.
Music patrons.
Pianists.
Added Author
Howe, Walter Bruce, 1879-1954.
Hull, Anne.
Kindler, Hans, 1892-1949.
Strickland, William.
Huntington Hartford Foundation.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, N.H.)
National Federation of Music Clubs.
National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.)
Research Call Number
JPB 04-39
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