Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edgar Allan Poe poetry review of William Cullen Bryant
Collection — Box BW-13: [Barcode: 31151030055580]
Identifier: MS-0278
Abstract
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet and story writer. The collection consists of a bound reprint of "A Notice of William Cullen Bryant" by Poe, which appeared in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review, IV, 203-205, dated May, 1840.
Dates:
1840 May
Found in:
Special Collections
John C. French collection of sheet music based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe
Collection
Identifier: MS-MUS-034
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of music inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe--including both vocal settings of Poe's actual text as well as instrumental programmtic pieces more loosely based on a particular work of Poe--dating from 1865 to 1957. There are published and manuscript copies, as well as a few photostatic copies. Especially well-represented are the original manuscripts of Joseph Holbrooke, an English composer working in the first half of the 20th century, whose long-standing...
Dates:
1865 - 1957
Found in:
Special Collections