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Ernst Bacon Collection, 1907-1990 [collection]
- Title
- Ernst Bacon Collection, 1907-1990 [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1907-1990
- Bulk: 1930-1980
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 16 ft.
- 54 boxes
- Abstract
- Ernst Bacon, composer, music theorist, pianist, and conductor was born on May 26, 1898. He was the son of Dr. Charles S. Bacon and Maria von Rosthorn Bacon, herself a Viennese-trained musician. He studied at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, also privately with Alexander Raab, Glenn Dillard Gunn, Ernest Bloch, and Karl Weigl. At age 19 he published an article, "Our Musical Idiom." Largely ignored at the time, this article is now recognized as the first complete listing of all scalar and harmonic possibilities in the twelve-tone equal-tempered system. A multi-faceted musician, Bacon composed and conducted symphonies, operas, piano concertos, musical theater, ensemble and solo instrumental and vocal works. He concertized as a pianist in Europe and America, and he conducted the WPA orchestra in California from 1935 to 1937. He taught and administered at Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester(1926-27), Syracuse University's music department (1945-47), and Converse College in South Carolina (1938-45).
- Contents Note
- Music, writings, correspondence, iconography, and other materials.
- Preferred Citation
- Ernst Bacon 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
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- Subjects
- Composers
- Bacon, Ernst
- Bloch, Ernest
- Chadwick, George Whitefield
- Persichetti, Vincent
- Sandburg, Carl
- Wilder, Thornton
- Call Number
- ML31.B23
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Finding Aid
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003006
Last Updated: 01-25-2011