A Guide to the Thomas Simmons Music Collection 1940-1966 Simmons, Thomas, Music Collection 4824-f

A Guide to the Thomas Simmons Music Collection 1940-1966

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 4824-f


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
4824-f
Title
Thomas Simmons Music Collection 1940-1966
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of ca. 100 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Thomas Simmons Music Collection, Accession #4824-f, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the library by David Baker of Hartford, Connecticut on March 16, 1988.

Biographical/Historical Information

American composer.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains musical settings by Simmons for traditional ballads collected by Winston Wilkinson, as well as for troubadour songs and miscellaneous lyrics. Of interest are a musical play "The wife of Usher's well" in collaboration with Frank Baer, John Powell's introduction to Wilkinson's Blue Ridge ballads, and Cecil Sharp's arrangement of "Fanny Blair".

Correspondents include Frank Baer, Elio Gianturco, Sarah Cecil Stafford, and Winston Wilkinson.

Contents List

"The Ballad of Sharon McTarish" n.d.
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"Blue Ridge Ballads" 1948-1956, n.d.
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"The Caterpillar who became a Butterfly" n.d.
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"The Channerin Worm" n.d.
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"The End" n.d.
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"The Linden Tree" 1950
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"Madeline" n.d.
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"Sonatine" 1963
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"Troubador Song" 1960-1962
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"The Wife of Usher's Well" 1961-1966
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Miscellaneous Music Scores n.d.
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