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Ernst Bacon Collection

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Ernst Bacon, composer, pianist, and conductor, was born on May 26, 1898. He was the son of Dr. Charles S. Bacon and Maria von Rosthorn Bacon, herself a Viennese-trained musician. He studied at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, and also privately with Alexander Raab, Glenn Dillard Gunn, Ernest Bloch, and Karl Weigl. Among the numerous awards and grants he received are the Bispham Award, the Ditson and the League of Composers Commission, the Pulitzer fellowship, a Guggenheim fellowship, and grants from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, American Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers, and The National Endowment for the Arts. A multi-faceted musician, Bacon composed and conducted symphonies, operas, piano concertos, musical theater, ensemble and solo instrumental and vocal works. In addition, he concertized as a pianist in Europe and America, and he conducted the WPA orchestra in California from 1935 to 1937. He taught and administered at Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester (1926-27), Syracuse University's music department (1945-47), and Converse College in South Carolina (1938-45).

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General

Span Dates: 1907-1990
Bulk Dates: 1930-1980
Major Language(s): English
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 6,000
Number of Containers: 54
Linear Feet: 16
Contents: Materials in the Ernst Bacon Collection span his entire ninety-one year life. They include five series: Music, Writings, Correspondence, Iconography, and Miscellaneous materials. The bulk are music, writings, and correspondence (particularly letters from Ernest Bloch, G. Whitefield Chadwick, Vincent Persichetti, Carl Sandburg, and Thornton Wilder).
Processing History: Processed, 1997
Provenance: 30 ms. deposited by Ernst Bacon, 1983. Bulk of material bequest, Ernst Bacon, 1991.

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions: Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: Ernst Bacon Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress