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Ethelbert Nevin (1862 - 1901)

 


U.S. postage stamp from the
American Composers series of 1940
featuring Nevin on the 10¢ stamps.

The other composers in the stamp series are:
1¢ Stephen Foster
2¢ John Phillip Sousa
3¢ Victor Herbert
5¢ Edward MacDowell
10¢ Ethelbert Nevin

 

          

TRANSCRIPTION

Sept.[ember] 9th
1899 1

 My dear Mr. Murray2

       It seems to
me the best key
for the transposed
edition of The Nightingale’s
Song3  would be F.
Will you be good
enough to have printed
on the A-flat ed.[ition]
“Original Key” – as
a transposition takes
some of the brilliancy
away—With greetings,

faithfully yours,

Ethelbert Nevin

NOTES:

1) This date was on a Saturday

2) Mr. Murray may possibly have been an editor for The John Church Company (Boston)

4) Opus 28,Nos.1,3,4,5,6,7,8

A Necklace of Love, op. 28, no. 1, [New York] John Church, 1899
Mon dèsir, op. 28, no. 3.  Eng. words by Jacques, Ahrem, Cincinnati : John Church, c1899.
The Nightingale's Song; op. 28, no. 4. Words by Alvin, Hovey King. Italian trans. by Alice F. Schmall, 
      [Cincinnati] The John Church Co., c1899.
Sleeping and Dreaming, Op. 28. No. 5, lyrics by Robert P. Nevin. New York : John Church Co., c1899.
La lune blanche, Op. 28. No. 6, [New York] John Church Co., c1900.
Ein Heldenlied, opus 28, no. 7, New York] John Church, 1900
Ein Liedchen, opus 28, no. 8, [New York] John Church, 1900

 
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin was born November 2, 1862 in Edgeworth, PA. He died in New Haven, CT 
on February 17, 1901.

REV. 03/09/2005

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