Description
Collection documents the collection of essays by his former students in honor of Putnam Aldrich (Essays On Musical Style and
Performance Practice) and includes drafts of the papers contributed, bibliographies, several photographs, and correspondence
of W. L. Crosten and Edward Colby with the authors.
Background
Putnam Aldrich, noted harpsichordist, joined the Stanford University faculty in 1950. A graduate of Yale, he earned his advanced
degrees in music at Harvard. He was the founder of the Ph.D. program in music at Stanford and taught counterpoint, the history
of baroque music, and harpsichord. After his retirement in 1969 he moved to France, where he died in 1975.
Restrictions
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is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Availability
This collection is open for research.