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100 1 a| Barr, Cyrilla.=| ^A394967;

245 10 a| Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge :b| American patron of music /c| Cyrilla Barr ; foreword by Gunther Schuller.;

300 a| xxiv, 436 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Published in Cooperation with the Music Division of the Library of Congress.;

504 a| "Commissions, dedications, and prize-winning compositions": pages 353-364.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-412) and index.;

505 0 a| Prelude: The Atwoods and the Spragues -- Coming of age -- Enter Frederic -- Marriage and motherhood -- From the "Gold coast" to the "Magic mountain" -- Chatelaine of a great estate -- The eye of the storm -- Severed moorings -- Interlude: Testing the waters -- Grand lady of the Berkshires -- Enter the archangel -- The eagle sings -- Peripatetic patron -- Donna Elizabetta -- An American Maecenas at home -- Slings and arrows -- Digression: the diaspora -- The Four Horsemen of the ApoCoolidge -- Too much Anno Domini -- Finale Ultimo -- Postlude: the legacy -- Appendix A. Coolidge medalists ; Appendix B. Commissions, dedications, and prize-winning compositions.;

520 a| Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge supported the work of this century's greatest composers, including Copland, Milhaud, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky. While some music aficionados may recognize her name and her more public works as a patron of the arts, previously undisclosed insights about her private life will come as a revelation to all. This biography, written by the head of the Department of Musicology at the Catholic University of America, offers a scholarly approach and draws upon letters and diaries.;

600 10 a| Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague,d| 1864-1953.=| ^A417216;

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Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge : American patron of music / Cyrilla Barr ; foreword by Gunther Schuller.

Author/creator	Barr, Cyrilla
Other author	Library of Congress. Music Division.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1998.
Description	xxiv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953. Women music patrons--United States. --Biography. Music patrons--United States. --Biography.

Contents	Prelude: The Atwoods and the Spragues -- Coming of age -- Enter Frederic -- Marriage and motherhood -- From the "Gold coast" to the "Magic mountain" -- Chatelaine of a great estate -- The eye of the storm -- Severed moorings -- Interlude: Testing the waters -- Grand lady of the Berkshires -- Enter the archangel -- The eagle sings -- Peripatetic patron -- Donna Elizabetta -- An American Maecenas at home -- Slings and arrows -- Digression: the diaspora -- The Four Horsemen of the ApoCoolidge -- Too much Anno Domini -- Finale Ultimo -- Postlude: the legacy -- Appendix A. Coolidge medalists ; Appendix B. Commissions, dedications, and prize-winning compositions.
Abstract	Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge supported the work of this century's greatest composers, including Copland, Milhaud, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky. While some music aficionados may recognize her name and her more public works as a patron of the arts, previously undisclosed insights about her private life will come as a revelation to all. This biography, written by the head of the Department of Musicology at the Catholic University of America, offers a scholarly approach and draws upon letters and diaries.
Local note	Little-323989--305131024566-
General note	Published in Cooperation with the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
Bibliography note	"Commissions, dedications, and prize-winning compositions": pages 353-364.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-412) and index.
LCCN	97031635
ISBN	0028648889

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