Piano Music of North America (Canada & the USA)

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Charles Trowbridge Haubiel was born in Delta, Ohio, in 1892 and died in Los Angeles in 1978. His career encompassed activity as a teacher, composer, pianist, conductor, lecturer, and publisher. After completing his education in this country and in Europe, Haubiel was invited to join the faculty of the Institute of Musical Art of New York (the Julliard Foundation) in 1920 and that of New York University in 1923. In 1935 he founded the Composer's Press to promote the work of American composers. He served as president of that organization until 1966 at which time it was taken over by the Southern Music Company
Haubiel's output as a composer includes 3 operas, 20 symphonic works, and many solo, choral, and chamber compositions. A number of his works have won him recognition and awards. Written in a neo-Romantic style, his music is distinguished by its fine craftsmanship. The honorary Doctor of Music degree was conferred upon him by Southwestern Conservatory.

"His music has been described as a combination of Johannes Brahms and Claude Debussy."
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American rhapsody : a musical interpretation of the poem "O, you 48 states" by Raymond Duncan
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Duration: 9:35

I had issue after issue trying to scan the front cover of the score, below is a photograph of it.
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Published 1964 by Composers Press in Hollywood, Calif
Includes biographical and historical preface.
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The third movement of Charles Wakefield Cadman's Prairie Sketches, Op21 - A Legend of the Plains. I only have this one movement.
Cadman_Prairie Sketches, Op21 No3 - A Legend of the Plains.pdf
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Does anyone have any biographical information on the late
19th. century composer Edward Hoffman please? This choice
of thread doesn't necessarily imply that he was an American.
He may have been British.
http://www.loc.gov/search/?q=hoffman+ed ... ated+music
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Edward Hoffman Andrews, "famous pianist" in New-York was the youngest brother of the other famous pianist Richard Hoffman Andrews (1803-1891), to whom Gottshalk dedicated the Banjo. Richard and Edward were born in Manchester but emigrated early to the States where they had all their career. Richard did not become a U.S. citizen. I am not sure, but I believe that Edward was a U.S. citizen. He was mainly remembered for a piece the Mocking Bird.
Richard wrote musical recollections:
http://archive.org/stream/somemusicalre ... 0/mode/2up
You can read an account of their early appearance in a concert in Manchester:
http://books.google.fr/books?id=FJMPAAA ... ws&f=false
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Thank you JS for your detective work.
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per her wiki (bio and works list), looks like one of only two keyboard solos by her (and even then, the other seems to be an arrangement, have not come across that one yet...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_G._Curran

Pearl G Curran - Wedding Music (for Piano or Organ Solo)
Curran, Pearl G - Wedding Music for Piano Or Organ, a solo.pdf
*out of print and not available for purchase to my knowledge and confirmed via amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wedding-Music-p ... B0000CURQ7

PS Sibley has some of her vocal works FYI
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/viewCo ... ameId=8823
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Scriabinoff wrote:per her wiki (bio and works list), looks like one of only two keyboard solos by her (and even then, the other seems to be an arrangement, have not come across that one yet...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_G._Curran

Pearl G Curran - Wedding Music (for Piano or Organ Solo)
Curran, Pearl G - Wedding Music for Piano Or Organ, a solo.pdf
*out of print and not available for purchase to my knowledge and confirmed via amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wedding-Music-p ... B0000CURQ7

PS Sibley has some of her vocal works FYI
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/viewCo ... ameId=8823
A number of Mendelssohn and Wagner knock-offs were published as the traditional "Here Comes the Bride" and There Goes the Bride" were banned from many churches due to their secular nature. Blessing (her Thanksgiving song) was fairly popular and was arranged for various choral ensembles as well as for solo piano by William Stickles. (See Schirmer's Favorite Sacred Songs Transcribed for the Piano.) Other of her songs also appeared in choral transcriptions. Thanks for her Wedding Music.
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MERRITT JOHNSON (1902- 1978)
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Merritt Johnson grew up in Dunkirk, Ohio. He received his bachelor of music degree at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1925 and a masters of music degree at Oberlin in 1934. While an undergraduate he also taught part time and played the organ in both theater and church near his home town of Dunkirk. Early in his career, he decided to study with great teachers in preference to seeking degrees, and hence had studied with such famous musicians as Josef Lhevinne, Egon Patri, Wilhelm Middleschuldt, Leo Sowerby and Darius Milhaud. During the summer months early in his career he also attended school at Cornell University, Mills College and the American Conservatory in Chicago, IL. Mr. Johnson began teaching at Wesley College, the University of North Dakota, and in 1933 moved to Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he taught piano and organ, as well as harmony, counterpoint, ear training, keyboard harmony and composition. For twenty-five years Mr. Johnson was head of the piano department and for several years Director of the N.S.C. Symphony Orchestra. For forty-five years he played with the Orchestra, and for that same period was organist for the Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Aberdeen. For several years he also served as director of the church choir .

Through his years of teaching and playing, Mr. Johnson also composed extensively and published over twenty-five selections and books. He learned that his compositions have been used in the Moscow Conservatory of Music and throughout Europe, as well as Turkey, Alaska and Canada. Honors came through the years. He was the first South Dakota composer commissioned to create a work for the National Music Teachers Assn. of which he served as a board member of the North Central District for two years. He was also commissioned to write a selection for the All-State Orchestra and Chorus Festival in 1972. This was "The Prairie", for which his wife Katherine wrote the words before her death the previous year. The Fall 1971, issue of the "South Dakota Musician" was dedicated to him, and as Professor Emeritus, he was named Teacher of the Year in 1973 as he retired from a lifetime of college work. He was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and honored by Theta Nu of Phi Alpha Sinfonia. He was a past Dean of the South Dakota Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He had been a member of the Aberdeen Rotary Club since 1933 and was a longtime member of the Aberdeen Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Yelduz Shrine. Merritt Johnson passed away May 10, 1978, in Aberdeen. His two daughters have followed him in musical careers, Mitta Angel in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Marcy Chanteaux in the Detroit Symphony.
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Johnson, Merritt - Suite for Piano.pdf
Suite For Piano (c. 1970)
I. Intro
II. Tranquillo
III. Scherzetto
IV. Waltz
V. Barcarolle
VI. Toccatina

Humble request, any other music by him, see the back matter for a list of his other piano works, which is more than a few!
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Scriabinoff wrote:MERRITT JOHNSON (1902- 1978)
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Merritt Johnson grew up in Dunkirk, Ohio. He received his bachelor of music degree at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1925 and a masters of music degree at Oberlin in 1934. While an undergraduate he also taught part time and played the organ in both theater and church near his home town of Dunkirk. Early in his career, he decided to study with great teachers in preference to seeking degrees, and hence had studied with such famous musicians as Josef Lhevinne, Egon Patri, Wilhelm Middleschuldt, Leo Sowerby and Darius Milhaud. During the summer months early in his career he also attended school at Cornell University, Mills College and the American Conservatory in Chicago, IL. Mr. Johnson began teaching at Wesley College, the University of North Dakota, and in 1933 moved to Northern State College in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he taught piano and organ, as well as harmony, counterpoint, ear training, keyboard harmony and composition. For twenty-five years Mr. Johnson was head of the piano department and for several years Director of the N.S.C. Symphony Orchestra. For forty-five years he played with the Orchestra, and for that same period was organist for the Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Aberdeen. For several years he also served as director of the church choir .

Through his years of teaching and playing, Mr. Johnson also composed extensively and published over twenty-five selections and books. He learned that his compositions have been used in the Moscow Conservatory of Music and throughout Europe, as well as Turkey, Alaska and Canada. Honors came through the years. He was the first South Dakota composer commissioned to create a work for the National Music Teachers Assn. of which he served as a board member of the North Central District for two years. He was also commissioned to write a selection for the All-State Orchestra and Chorus Festival in 1972. This was "The Prairie", for which his wife Katherine wrote the words before her death the previous year. The Fall 1971, issue of the "South Dakota Musician" was dedicated to him, and as Professor Emeritus, he was named Teacher of the Year in 1973 as he retired from a lifetime of college work. He was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and honored by Theta Nu of Phi Alpha Sinfonia. He was a past Dean of the South Dakota Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He had been a member of the Aberdeen Rotary Club since 1933 and was a longtime member of the Aberdeen Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Yelduz Shrine. Merritt Johnson passed away May 10, 1978, in Aberdeen. His two daughters have followed him in musical careers, Mitta Angel in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Marcy Chanteaux in the Detroit Symphony.
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Johnson, Merritt - Suite for Piano.pdf
Suite For Piano (c. 1970)
I. Intro
II. Tranquillo
III. Scherzetto
IV. Waltz
V. Barcarolle
VI. Toccatina

Humble request, any other music by him, see the back matter for a list of his other piano works, which is more than a few!

Thanks for the scan of MJ's piano suite. The only piece of his I have in my library is one of the organ miniatures--I made a scan of it and I'll post it in the appropriate section.
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Jim, thank your very much for the MERRITT JOHNSON "Suite for Piano". I've played through this several times already and it is very good. I hope more of his music can be uncovered as he definitely deserves a wider audience and this posting will surely help.
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