Eric Thacher Clarke, 1919 - 1920
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other ephemera from the paper of Eric Clarke, a British-German musician resident in the United States. The materials relate to a contest Clarke is advertising for the best new musical round composition: there are several letters to American musical publications asking them to print an advertisement for the competition, as well as a copy of the announcement itself, and several letters related to the entries. Also included are copies of The New Music Review and Church Music Review, December 1919, and a pamphlet called Musical Opinion, undated but printed in London.
Dates
- 1919 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Eric Thacher Clarke (1890-1968) was a British-German musician and author, brother of violinist and composer Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) and prominent biochemist Hans Thacher Clarke (1887-1972). Clarke was resident in Detroit, Michigan by 1919 and later lived in New York City. In 1935 he published Music in Everyday Life, based on a study he undertook for the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He died in Washington DC in 1968.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu