Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts School of Music Walden String Quartet Admin... Finding Aid Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts School of Music Walden String Quartet Admin... Finding Aid By Noah Lenstra
[Printer Friendly] | [ Email us about these records]Title: Walden String Quartet Administrative Records, 1945-1975
ID: 12/5/50
Primary Creator: Walden String Quartet (Urbana, Ill) (1934-1979?)
Extent: 0.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Financial records and correspondence are arranged chronologically and repertoire index is alphabetical by composer.
Date Acquired: 05/29/2009
Subjects: Instrumental music, Music, School of, Musical Repertoires, Music business
Formats/Genres: Financial Records
Languages: English
Contains financial records, tax returns, account ledgers, programs, performance repertoire index, and correspondence documenting the management of the University of Illinois' Walden String Quartet between 1945 and 1975, as well as an LP recording String Quartet #2 by William Bergsma and Triptych for soprano and string quartet, by Arthur Shepherd (sung by Marie Kraft).
Founded in 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio with violinists Homer C. Schmitt (1911-80) and Bernard M. Goodman (b 1914), cellist Robert H. Swenson (b 1910) and the viola player LeRoy Collins, who was replaced by five more players in the first 14 years of the group's existence before John C. Garvey (b 1921-2006) became the viola player in 1948. All of the original members played in the Cleveland Orchestra. The quartet was based initially in Cleveland, then moved to Cornell University (1946-7), and eventually established its residency at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign beginning in 1947.
Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source: Unidentified
Acquisition Method: Transfer from Bernard Goodman.
Published by Margaret Carfray, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Band members: Homer Schmitt, violin; Bernard Goodman, violin; George Poinar, viola; and Robert Swenson, cello