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Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857-1944)
TRANSCRIPTION
Manuscript sample [see above] "New England Symphony1" is followed by: NOTES: 1. Stillman's second symphony, call the New England Symphony, Op. 33, (premiered on June 3, 1913 at Norfolk Festival, the occasion for which, according to Ewen, it was composed), is one of his best known works. Individual movements are named for statements taken from William Bradford's Mayflower diary. Groves 5th ed. erroneously reports the date of this work as 1922. which this letter clearly refutes. 2. The identity of Miss Dorothy Holloway is unsure. Conjecture: Was it a Welsh (?) writer and actress by the same name? Her credits: play actress in Boris (1928), Greenglade (1928), Wrong Numbers (1928), 13, Simon Street (1928) and story writer of film, Song of Freedom (1936). 3. This date was April 4, 1915. Kelley was at Western College for Women (Miami College) in Oxford, Ohio since 1910.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857-1944) was a prolific composer of program music. Kelley was born in Sparta, Wisconsin, (USA) and studied in Chicago and Stuttgart. Kelley taught at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music for more than 20 years. He also wrote Chopin, the Composer (1913) and The History of Musical Instruments (1925). Rev. 01/05/2005 |
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