Stanley R. Avery papers
Scope and Content Note
Collection includes letters, postcards, photographs, and other materials recieved by Avery from musciains, composers, and conductors, dating 1902-1960. Correspondence includes letters from Sergei Rachmaninoff, Edward MacDowell, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Leopold Stokowski, and Engelbert Humperdinck.
Dates
- circa 1902-1960
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open and available for use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright is retained by the copyright holders.
Biographical Note
Stanley R. Avery (1897–1967) was an American composer and organist born in Yonkers, New York. He studied organ, musical composition, and choir teaching in New York before continuing his studies in organ and composition in Berlin. He worked in New York and Berlin until he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1910. Avery was the choirmaster and organist at St. Mark's Church, Minneapolis from 1910 to 1950. During this time he also directed the music program at the Blake School for Boys.
His compositions include one-act operas, operettas, oratorios, and comic operas, including "The Quartet, "Katrina," "The Merry Mexican," "Ichabod Crane," and "The Raising of Lazarus." Avery also frequently composed incidental music and other works for chamber piano and violin, and songs.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
Includes letters to and photographs of American composer Stanley R. Avery. Notable correspondents include Sergei Rachmaninoff, Edward MacDowell, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Leopold Stokowski, and Engelbert Humperdinck.
Physical Location
Mezzanine
Acquisition
Donated to the Performing Arts Archives in 1996.
Processing Information
Processed by Performing Arts Archives staff in 1996.
- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960
- Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Theater Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Stanley R. Avery papers
- Author
- Kathryn Hujda
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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