Title: Seven Mother Goose Songs, for Concert Use" by Louis Edgar Johns. A Reproduction of the Holograph Score, for Voice and Piano, Originally Penned in Ink Most Likely by a Copyist.
Description: Circa [1925]. [1925]. - Quarto, 13-3/4 inches high by 10-5/8 inches wide. Printed self-wraps consisting of loose signatures. What is offered here is the contemporary score for voice and piano for the composer Louis Edgar John's "Seven Mother Goose Songs". The title followed by the 10-page score is reproduced from the holograph score onto 6 sheets of Carl Fischer music paper. The score and lyrics appear to have been penned in ink, probably in the hand of a copyist. The pages are slightly soiled with creases to the edges and some chips and tiny tears along the bottom edge of the leaves. There are short slits along the top and bottom of the cover signature's spine. Good.
Born in Doylestown, Pennsyvania, the composer Louis Edgar Johns (1886-1964) was professor of music at Skidmore College from 1923-1956. Head of the college's piano department, he had studied piano and composition in Europe under Theodor Leschetizky, Engelbert Humperdinck and Xaver Scharwenka. He also taught piano at Germany's Lowe-Konservatorium. In addition to overtures and songs, Johns composed an opera, "The Elfin Inn".
From the library of Louise Llewellyn Jarecka (1880-1954), concert singer & writer. The wife of the composer Tadeusz Jarecki. A student of Marcella Sembrich, Jarecka was invited by President Wilson to sing at the White House. During the 1920's and 1930's she sang with many European Orchestras and in the Polish Opera.
RARE. Good .
Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; COMPOSITIONS; ORIGINAL; REPRODUCTION OF A HOLOGRAPH SCORE; SEVEN MOTHER GOOSE SONGS; FOR CONCERT USE; LOUIS EDGAR JOHNS; SHEET MUSIC; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; LYRICS; COPYIST'S HAND.
- Book number: 96246
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