- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 83-272", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19991", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"19--?", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1999", "certainty"=>"questionable"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"[Songs. Selections] / Katherine Ruth Heyman"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"25 folders of ms. music ; 38 cm."}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Music Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Katherine Ruth Heyman Songs is the work of an American woman piano soloist and composer who flourished in the first decades of the twentieth century."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Katherine Ruth Heyman Songs, JPB 83-272, Music Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Heyman, Katherine Ruth", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Katherine Ruth Heyman was a pianist and composer.</p> <p>She was born in Sacramento, California, in 1877. Her father was <span class=\"persname\">Arnold Heyman</span>, a noted violinist and pupil of <span class=\"persname\">Louis Spohr</span>. Her first teacher was her father, and she made her debut when she was six years old. A period of study in Berlin lasted from 1981 to 1894, where she studied piano with <span class=\"persname\">Heinrich Barth</span>, and harmony with <span class=\"persname\">L. Tortilowius</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Hugo Kaun</span>. In Vienna she studied with various students of Leschetizky, and continued her theoretical studies in London with <span class=\"persname\">Adolph Mann</span>. Upon her return to the United States, she studied theory with <span class=\"persname\">Carrie Alchin</span> of Dayton, Ohio, and <span class=\"persname\">Arthur Farwell</span>, among others. She made her professional debut as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on October 13, 1899. From 1905 through 1915 she made London her home base from which she could tour European cities. She was especially proud of her successes in St. Petersburg as well as other cities in Russia. It was while living in England that her songs first became known to singers. While living there she befriended Ezra Pound, and set some of his verses to music. He dedicated his poem <span class=\"title\">Scriptor ignotus</span> to her.</p> <p>After her return to the United States she continued to concertize. Her programs reflected a strong interest in contemporary music, probably an outgrowth of her compositional desires. She became a champion of Scriabin's piano music, often devoting half or all of her recitals to his work. Her support of contemporary music extended beyond her recitals to lectures. In 1921 she became director of music at the Knox School in Cooperstown, New York and published several of her lectures as<span class=\"title\">The Relation of ultra-modern to archaic music</span> (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1921). She continued to give recitals and lectures, and in 1928 she founded the <span class=\"corpname\">Groupe Estival pour la Musique Modern</span> in Paris. In 1934 she began to appear regularly in New York City where she settled.</p> <p>Katherine Ruth Heyman died at age 65, on September 28, 1944 of a heart ailment on her way to St. Luke's Hospital in New York City.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Katherine Ruth Heyman Songs collection represents a significant part of the composer's output. They range from the 1980s while she was still learning her craft, to a decade before her death, with the bulk falling around the time of her concert tours. The varied selection of text probably reflects her tours to various foreign cities, as it represents her level of intellectual sophistication. Included is a song with a text by her friend Ezra Pound.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Songs are arranged alphabetically by title.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Katherine Ruth Heyman Songs were donated to the Music Division apparently by the composer or her estate.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Scores of Katherine Ruth Heyman have been cataloged individually and appear in CATNYP: http://catnyp.nypl.org</p> <p>The Music Division's clipping file on Katherine Ruth Heyman contains a number of reviews, programs, and other material from Heyman's estate.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Martha Grutchfield; machine-readable finding aid created by Robert Kosovsky.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to copy or publish please contact the Music Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Heyman's personal copy of poems by Ezra Pound is located in the Brown University library.</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"Chiefly holographs (some signed)"}
{"value"=>"For voice and piano"}
{"value"=>"Contents list in first folder"}
- date_start
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1900
- keydate
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1900
- date_end
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1999
- date_inclusive_start
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1900
- date_inclusive_end
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1999
- extent_statement
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25 folders of ms. music ; 38 cm.