John Parsons Beach scores, JPB 83-43, Music Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
The John Parsons Beach scores represent the work of a little-known American composer.
John Parsons Beach was born in Gloversville, New York, on October 11, 1877. The nephew of Cyrus Northrop, he studied piano at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and became a piano instructor at the University of Minnesota. In 1910 he went to Europe where he took lessons in composition with André Gédalge and piano with Harold Bauer in Paris, and Gian Francesco Malipiero in Venice. Returning to Boston, he took additional lessons with George Chadwick, Clayton Johns, and Charles Martin Loeffler. He held various teaching jobs, finally settling in Pasadena, California. Beach died in Pasadena, on November 6, 1953.
The John Parsons Beach scores contain a number of scores created during the life of this composer and teacher. They are arranged in a single series, each work housed in a separate folder.
The John Parsons Beach scores consist of a single series and arranged alphabetically by title.
This collection contains the scores that were part of the estate of John Parsons Beach. They were presented as a gift to the Music Division by his widow in September 1970.
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