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Susannah Armstrong Coleman Collection, 1912-1953 [collection]
- Title
- Susannah Armstrong Coleman Collection, 1912-1953 [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1912-1953
- Bulk: 1930-1949
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 1 ft.
- 3 boxes
- Abstract
- Susannah Armstrong Coleman (1897-1985) was an American pianist, composer and teacher. Born in Chicago, Coleman began her musical studies locally with Hilda Brown before earning a bachelor's degree at the Northwestern University School of Music in 1919. There she studied piano with Victor Garwood, Josef Lhevinne, and Arne Oldberg, the latter with whom she also studied composition. She continued her piano studies abroad with Artur Schnabel from 1924-1925. Between 1930 and 1946, Coleman composed extensively while in summer residence on fellowship at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. She moved to New York in 1934 and married former Colony Fellow Laurence Vail Coleman four years later. The couple spent the remainder of their lives in the Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia, areas while also travelling extensively throughout Europe and the Carribean. Over the course of her lifetime, Susannah Coleman won prizes for numerous compositions, including awards from Mu Phi Epsilon for her Blue Symphony and Mother Goose Suite.
- Contents Note
- Music manuscripts, organizational publications, correspondence, programs, photographs, biographical notes, clippings, and miscellaneous items.
- Preferred Citation
- Susannah Armstrong Coleman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
- Women Composers
- Women in the Performing Arts
- Coleman, Susannah Armstrong
- Oldberg, Arne
- Pi Kappa Lambda
- Mu Phi Epsilon
- Call Number
- ML31.C65
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu009014
Last Updated: 02-01-2011