James Monroe Deems manuscript musical scores, undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Deems, James M. (James Monroe), 1818-1901
- Abstract:
- James Monroe Deems was a musician, composer, teacher and native of Baltimore, Maryland. Collection includes three manuscript musical scores for piano. One entitled "Glissando March, Jas. M. Deems" (3 pp.), may have been written by Deems. Another score entitled "Pas-de-deux" (7 pp.) bears the penciled notations "Auber, Performed by Mad. Celeste, Arranged by Jas. Deems." The third score (2 pp), untitled, is a march. It may or may not relate to Deems.
- Extent:
- 1.2 Linear Feet (3 items)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11569
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection includes three manuscript musical scores for piano. One entitled "Glissando March, Jas. M. Deems" (3 pp.), may have been written by Deems. Another score entitled "Pas-de-deux" (7 pp.) bears the penciled notations "Auber, Performed by Mad. Celeste, Arranged by Jas. Deems." The third score (2 pp), untitled, is a march. It may or may not relate to Deems.
- Biographical / historical:
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James Monroe Deems was a musician, composer, teacher and native of Baltimore, Maryland. He studied cello under Dotzauer in Dresden, taught and played in Baltimore, and was music instructor at the University of Virginia (1849-1858). He served in the Civil War (becoming a brigadier general), then resumed his musical work in Baltimore. He wrote and opera, a comic operetta, and the oratorio "Nebuchadnezzar."
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Processed by Alice L. Poffinberger, January, 2018
Accessions described in this collection guide: 11-10-82
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], James Monroe Deems Manuscript Musical Scores, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.