Avery Claflin Scores, JPB 06-8. Music Division, The New York Public Library The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
The Avery Claflin Scores contains eight music score reproductions by Claflin.
Avery Claflin was an American composer. He was born on June 21, 1898 in New Hampshire. Claflin went on to study law and banking, and for 35 years he was employed at the French American Banking Corporation in New York. During this time, he also studied music with A.T. Davison at Harvard. After Word War I, Claflin traveled to France, where he met composers, such as Satie, Auric, Poulenc, and Milhaud, all of who became a great influence for him. He retired at the age of 54 and many of his works are dated around or after this time. He wrote four operas, including Hester Prynne (1929 -1933) and La Grande Bretéche (1946 - 1948).
The Avery Claflin Scores contain eight music score reproductions written by Avery Claflin, arranged alphabetically, in one box. Most notable are four dramatic episodes from Hester Prynne (1929) and La Grande Bretéche (1946 -1948).
The Avery Claflin Scores were donated to the Music Division by his son John C. Claflin.
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Several manuscript scores by Avery Claflin are also held by the Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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