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Creator
Kremer, Brainerd
Call number
JPB 06-44
Physical description
3.7 linear feet (4 boxes)
Preferred Citation

Brainerd Kremer Scores, 1939-1963. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Repository
Music Division
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Brainerd Kremer was a prolific arranger and composer. He published several music books for piano and organ. Included in the collection are lead sheets, sketches and piano/vocal scores. There is some published sheet music.

Biographical/historical information

James Brainerd Kremer III was born ca. 1907 in Montclair, New Jersey to J. B. Kremer II and Josephine Kremer.

Kremer composed and arranged nearly one hundred pieces of music. He was the author of several piano and organ music books including, 34 Christmas Songs and Carols, For All Organs(1962), 39 Steps; An Exciting, New, Amazingly Simple Self Instructor For Piano Or Organ (1962), Chord Studies; Simplified Course In Keyboard Harmony Which Will Enable You To Have Fun Playing Your Favorite Tunes The Way You'd Like To, (1957), Folk Song Solo-ettes, With Chord Symbols And Pictures For All Instruments(1963) and Solo-ettes For All Instruments With Chord Symbols and Pictures (1962).

Kremer was also a devoted student of stamps and the postal history of France. His long-out-of-print book, French Philatelic Facts was re-published in Billig's Philatelic Handbook, Vol. 29, ca. 1962.

Kremer married Emily Carpenter. They had one child, Suzanne Kremer. Brainerd Kremer died Nov 2, 1963.

Scope and arrangement

The collection contains musical scores composed and arranged by Brainerd Kremer. Included as well are also draft manuscript pages that were eventually published. His published music books in this collection include: 39 Steps to Play The Piano,34 More Hit Parade Extra's For All Organs,Another 34 Hit Parade Extras for All Organs, and Kremer's Chord Studies. There are also published sheet music, and unpublished sketches, lead sheets and piano/vocal scores.

Arrangement

Alphabetical.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Pratt, Emily C. Kremer, 1994

Processing information

Processed by Leslie Reyman; Machine-readable finding aid created by Leslie Reyman.

Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.