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| Size | About 3300 items (27.5 linear feet) |
| Abstract | Composer of symphonic works based on American folklore, and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship winner, conductor, flutist, teacher, and promoter of local and regional musical groups, chiefly in North Carolina. Stingfield's papers include correspondence, mostly 1940-1956, with colleagues and friends, poets and dramatists with whom he collaborated, publishers, and pupils; typed and mimeographed books of plays, historical operas, and other works for which he composed music; and miscellaneous writings for articles, speeches, and lyrics. Correspondents include Robert Russell Bennet, William Berney, Percy Goetschius, Edwin Franke Goldman, Morton Gould, Paul E. Green, Thor Johnson, Richard Korn, Ernest La Prade, Geoffrey O'Hara, Winfred Overholser, Jan Peerce, John Powell, Howard Richardson, Arthur Shepherd, and Leopold Stokowski. Works represented include Carolina Charcoal, Mountain Song, Mountain Blood, Sodom, Tennessee, Born Climbin', and John Henry. |
| Creator | Stringfield, Lamar. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
Composer of symphonic works based on American folklore, and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship winner, conductor, flutist, teacher, and promoter of local and regional musical groups, chiefly in North Carolina.
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Stingfield's papers include correspondence, mostly 1940-1956, with colleagues and friends, poets and dramatists with whom he collaborated, publishers, and pupils; typed and mimeographed books of plays, historical operas, and other works for which he composed music; and miscellaneous writings for articles, speeches, and lyrics. Correspondents include Robert Russell Bennet, William Berney, Percy Goetschius, Edwin Franke Goldman, Morton Gould, Paul E. Green, Thor Johnson, Richard Korn, Ernest La Prade, Geoffrey O'Hara, Winfred Overholser, Jan Peerce, John Powell, Howard Richardson, Arthur Shepherd, and Leopold Stokowski. Works represented include "Carolina Charcoal," "Mountain Song," "Mountain Blood," "Sodom, Tennessee," "Born Climbin'," and "John Henry."
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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