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Call Number: SC0726
Creator:
Colby, Edward E., (Edward Eugene)
Creator:
Crosten, William L. (William Loran), 1909-2001.
Title: Putnam Aldrich Festschrift papers
Dates: 1969-1977
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: 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.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
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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
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Putnam Aldrich Festschrift Papers (SC0726). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
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.
Aldrich, Putnam.
Aldrich, Putnam.
Colby, Edward E., (Edward Eugene)
Stanford University. Department of Music.