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Samuel P. Warren CollectionProcessed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress2006
Biographical NoteSamuel Prowse Warren was born in Montreal, Quebec on February 18, 1841, the son of organ builder Samuel Russell Warren (1809-1882). At the age of 12, he had shown enough musical ability to give his first organ recital at St. Stephen's Chapel in Quebec and to be appointed as organist at the American Presbyterian Church, a position that he held until he went to Berlin at age 20 to study organ and theory with Karl August Haupt, piano with Gustav Schumann, and instrumentation with Wilhelm Wieprecht. After returning to Montreal, he moved to New York, where he gave his first public recital in January 1866. Later that year he was appointed organist of All Souls Unitarian Church, a position he held until April 1868. He played at Grace Episcopal Church from 1868 to 1874 and at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church from 1874 to 1876. He returned to Grace Church in 1876 and remained at this position until 1894. While at Grace Church, Warren took an active part in the musical life of New York City, especially in the realm of organ and both sacred and secular vocal music. He established a weekly series of organ recitals and was organist for Leopold Damrosch's Oratorio Society from 1874 to 1879. He conducted the New York Vocal Union from 1880-1888. In 1895 Warren accepted a position as organist at the First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, and one year later participated in the founding of the American Guild of Organists, becoming an honorary president of the Guild in 1902. He died in East Orange on October 7, 1915. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Samuel P. Warren Collection consists of correspondence, concert and recital programs, church service programs and related materials that were either collected by Warren himself or given to him by his students, colleagues and others in the New York City and throughout the United States. The collection spans the years from 1850 to 1914, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1880-1910. The letters in the collection, all of which are addressed to Warren, are from a variety of sources, including a number of Warren's pupils who later received some fame in their own right, such as William Crane Carl, Gerrit Smith, William C. Macfarlane, Frederick T. Steinway, and W. C. Hammond. There is also correspondence from colleagues and friends such as Dudley Buck, H. Clarence Eddy, H. E. Krehbiel, and Horatio Parker, Gustave Schirmer, and C. M. Widor. Among the programs in the collection are a chronological series of church service bulletins that outline Warren's work at Holy Trinity Church and Grace Church in New York and First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, dating from 1874 until his death in 1914. Many of these items are annotated, and taken as a whole provide a glimpse of Warren's church music activities Sunday by Sunday for 40 years. Especially interesting are the handwritten service notes containing hymn numbers for weekday services for which a printed program was not prepared. The collection also contains important concert and recital programs from New York's major concert halls of the period. Noteworthy programs include those from: Carnegie Hall, featuring concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Manuscript Society of New York, the Musical Art Society of New York, the Russian Symphony Society, and recitals by Paderewski; Chickering Hall, with programs featuring Hans von Bülow, Vladimir de Pachmann, the Mendelssohn Glee Club, and the New York Vocal Union; and the Metropolitan Opera House, with performances by the Philharmonic Society of New York and the Damrosch Opera Company. This collection was processed by Michael Ferrando, Technician and Robert Saladini, Music Specialist, December 1992. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the Samuel P. Warren CollectionThe Samuel P. Warren Collection is organized in 3 series: Return to the Table of Contents Container ListCorrespondenceLetters addressed to Samuel P. Warren that were purchased by the Library from Mrs. Joan Southward of New York in 1939 for $50 (acquisition number 572578, formerly cataloged as ML94.W37). Arranged by name of correspondent. Alexander, J. I.Baldwin, Edward J.Buck, DudleyCarl, William CraneDawson, P. M.Domestic and Foreign Missionary SocietyEddy, ClarenceEspagne, FranzEvans, John M.Hammond, W. C.HuntingtonKennedy, Dion W.Krehbiel, Henry E.MacFarlane, William C.Mason, WilliamParker, Horatio W.Parsons, Albert RossPotter, Henry C. Rev.Ritter, LouisSchermerhorn, William C.Schirmer, GustaveSmith, GerritStavers, G. E.Steinway, Fred T.Steinway, WilliamWidor, Charles-MarieWoodruff, A. D.MiscellaneousProgramsThese concert and recital programs are from New York's major concert halls of the period. Noteworthy programs include those from: Carnegie Hall, featuring concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Manuscript Society of New York, the Musical Art Society of New York, the Russian Symphony Society, and recitals by Paderewski; Chickering Hall, with programs featuring Hans von Bülow, Vladimir de Pachmann, the Mendelssohn Glee Club, and the New York Vocal Union; and the Metropolitan Opera House, with performances by the Philharmonic Society of New York and the Damrosch Opera Company. Among the programs in the collection are a chronological series of church service bulletins that outline Warren's work at Holy Trinity Church and Grace Church in New York and First Presbyterian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, dating from 1874 until his death in 1914. Many of these items are annotated, and taken as a whole provide a glimpse of Warren's church music activities Sunday by Sunday for 40 years. Especially interesting are the handwritten service notes containing hymn numbers for weekday services for which a printed program was not prepared. Arrangement is by country, state, city, location, ensemble. United StatesCaliforniaOaklandMethody Meetin HouseUnitarian ChurchSan FranciscoFirst Congregational ChurchTemple Emanu-elColoradoDenverSaint John's CathedralConnecticutGreenwichChrist ChurchHartfordAsylum Hill Congregational ChurchCenter ChurchFourth ChurchMiss Haines's School, WoodsidePearl Street Congregational ChurchMeridenMethodist Episcopal ChurchMiddletownWesleyan UniversityNew BritainSouth ChurchNew CanaanSaint Mark's ChurchNew HavenCenter ChurchTrinity ChurchWillis C. Shelton Music HallYale University, Marquand ChapelNew LondonFirst Baptist ChurchNorfolkCongregational ChurchNorwalkFirst Congregational ChurchNorwichTrinity M. E. ChurchStamfordPresbyterian ChurchStamford M. E. ChurchWinstedLitchfield County Choral UnionDistrict of ColumbiaWashingtonCongregational ChurchIllinoisChicagoApollo Musical ClubAuditoriumCentral Music HallFirst Congregational ChurchFirst Methodist Episcopal ChurchFirst Presbyterian ChurchHershey Music HallMcCormick's HallOrchestra HallTrinity ChurchUnity ChurchWorld's Columbian ExpositionIndianaBloomingtonGrace M. E. ChurchIndianapolisRobert's Park ChurchRichmondFirst Methodist Episcopal ChurchSouth BendFirst Methodist ChurchIowaDubuqueCongregational ChurchMarylandBaltimoreBrown Memorial Presbyterian ChurchMassachusettsBerkeleyBerkeley TempleBostonBoston Music HallChurch of the AdventMendelssohn Quintette ClubNew England Conservatory of MusicOld First ChurchPeace JubileeSecond ChurchShawmut ChurchSouth Congregational ChurchTremont TempleCambridgeHarvard CollegeCambridgeportPilgrim ChurchEast NorthfieldNorthfield SeminaryFall RiverCentral Congregational ChurchGreat BarringtonCongregational ChurchTown HallHolyokeSecond Congregational ChurchLawrenceEliot Congregational ChurchFirst Free Baptist ChurchLexingtonTown HallNew BedfordNorth Congregational ChurchNewtonGrace ChurchNorth AdamsBaptist ChurchOur Lady of the Sacred Heart ChurchNorth AmherstCongregational ChurchNorthamptonFirst Church of ChristSaint John's ChurchSmith CollegeSouth HadleyMount Holyoke CollegeSpringfieldCity HallWellesleyCongregational ChurchWellesley CollegeWest BrookfieldCongregational ChurchWorcesterMechanic's HallMichiganDetroitDetroit Conservatory of MusicFort Street Presbyterian ChurchGrand RapidsJohnson, Dr. G. R.MinnesotaSt. PaulHouse of Hope ChurchMississippiCorinthPresbyterian ChurchMissouriColumbiaStephens CollegeKansas CityCalvary Baptist ChurchGrand Avenue M. E. ChurchSt. LouisSecond Baptist ChurchMercantile Library HallNew JerseyAsbury ParkFirst Methodist Episcopal ChurchAtlantic CityChurch of the AscensionElizabethThird Presbyterian ChurchWestminster ChurchHightstownBaptist ChurchPresbyterian ChurchJersey CityClaremont Presbyterian ChurchFirst Presbyterian ChurchSecond Presbyterian ChurchTabernacleMadisonWebb Memorial ChurchMontclairCongregational ChurchFirst Congregational ChurchPresbyterian ChapelMorristownHumphrey's, Dr.New BrunswickConservatory of MusicMasonic HallSecond Reformed ChurchNewarkChurch of the RedeemerFirst Presbyterian ChurchMiner's TheatrePark HallOrangeFirst Presbyterian ChurchMusic HallOrange Valley ChurchShepard School of MusicWest HobokenFirst Presbyterian ChurchNew YorkAlbanyBattershall, Rev. Walton W.Fourth Presbyterian ChurchSaint Peter's ChurchBinghamtonStone Opera HouseBloomfieldFirst Presbyterian ChurchBrighton BeachBrighton Beach Music HallBrooklyn12th Street Reformed ChurchAcademy of DesignArt AssociationAssociation HallAthenaeumBaptist TempleBrooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn TabernacleChurch of the Holy TrinityClarendon HotelClinton Avenue Reformed ChurchEmmanuel Baptist ChurchEmmanuel ChurchFranklin Avenue Presbyterian ChurchGerman Evangelical ChurchGrace Church, Brooklyn HeightsLafayette Avenue Presbyterian ChurchLong Island Historical SocietyNew York Avenue M. E. ChurchPhillips, Mr.Plymouth ChurchReformed ChurchSaint Ann's-on-the-HeightsSaint John's ChurchSaint Luke's ChurchSaint Mary's P. E. ChurchSaint Michael's ChurchSimpson M. E. ChurchStrong Place Baptist ChurchVan Dyke, Mrs. A. V. B.Westminster Presbyterian ChurchBuffaloDelaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal ChurchPresbyterian ChurchSaint John's Episcopal ChurchSaint Paul's ChurchWestminster ChurchClifton SpringsMethodist Episcopal ChruchCornwallLibrary HallFishkill LandingReformed ChurchGenevaMemorial St. Peter's ChurchGouverneurUnion HallGreat NeckMethodist Episcopal ChurchLong Island CityCathedral of the IncarnationLowvilleRoscoe HallMiddletownGrace ChurchMount VernonOld Baptist ChurchNew RochelleNew Rochelle TheatreTrinity ChurchNewburghNewburgh Opera HouseNew York CityAcademy of MusicPhilharmonic Society of Brooklyn ConcertsPhilharmonic Society of New York ConcertsOther PerformancesAdams Memorial ChurchAeolian Hall, 362 5th Ave.Aeolian Hall, 694 Main St.All Souls' ChurchAllen, Dr. T. F.American Institute of Applied MusicArion HallAssembly Hall, 15 6th AvenueAssembly Hall, 109 E. 22nd StreetAssociation HallBaptist TabernacleBarnum's HippodromeBerkeley Lyceum, West 44th St.Booth's TheatreBrick Presbyterian ChurchBroadway Tabernacle ChurchBroadway TheatreCalvary ChapelCalvary ChurchCarnegie HallBoston Symphony Orchestra ConcertsManuscript Society of New York ConcertsMusical Art Society of New York ConcertsOratorio Society of New York ConcertsPaderewski ConcertsPeoples Symphony ConcertsPhilharmonic Society of New York ConcertsRussian Symphony Society ConcertsSymphony Concerts for Young PeopleSymphony Society of New York ConcertsOther PerformancesCarnegie LyceumCentral Park GardenCentral Presbyterian ChurchChamber Music HallChickering HallEmilio Agramonte ConcertsBoston Symphony Orchestra ConcertsDr. Hans von Bülow Conducts Symphony ConcertsVladimir De Pachmann's ConcertsEnglish Glee Club ConcertsJosefy ConcertsManuscript Society of New York ConcertsMendelssohn Glee Club ConcertsMorgan Harp and Organ MatineesNew York Vocal Union ConcertsNew York Philharmonic Club ConcertsVocal Society of New York ConcertsVocal Union of New York ConcertsOther PerformancesChrist ChurchChrist Church, Sherman SquareChurch of Saint Francis of AssisiChurch of Saint John the EvangelistChurch of Saint Mary the VirginChurch of Saint Vincent FerrerChurch of the AscensionChurch of the DisciplesChurch of the Divine PaternityChurch of the Heavenly RestChurch of the Holy CommunionChurch of the Holy SpiritChurch of the Holy TrinityChurch of the IncarnationChurch of the Most Holy RedeemerChurch of the PuritansChurch of Zion and St. TimothyCollege of the City of New YorkColumbia TheatreColumbia UniversityCooper Union AuditoriumDaly's TheatreDe Garmo HallDecker Brothers WareroomsElk's Hall, Columbus CircleFifth Avenue Baptist ChurchFifth Avenue Presbyterian ChurchFifth Avenue TheatreFirst Baptist ChurchFirst Presbyterian ChurchFive Points House of IndustryFourth Avenue Presbyterian ChurchFourth Presbyterian ChurchFrench TheatreGarden TheatreGilmore's Concert GardenMr. Gould's Piano WareroomsGrace ChapelGrace Church [Episcopal], Broadway and 10th St.Grace HallGrace M. E. Church, 7th AvenueGrace M. E. Church, 104th StreetGrammar School #50Grand Central PalaceHammerstein's VictoriaHardman's HallHarlem Hall, HarlemHarvey's 14th Street TheatreHoly Trinity Church, HarlemHoly Trinity Church, Lenox AvenueHotel AstorHotel SavoyHudson TheatreIrving HallJudson Memorial ChurchKnabe HallLenox Lyceum, Madison Ave. and 59th St.Lyceum TheatreLyric HallMadison Avenue Presbyterian ChurchMadison Avenue Reformed ChurchMadison Square GardenMadison Square Presbyterian ChurchManhattan Opera HouseManuscript Society of New York Club RoomsMarble Collegiate ChurchMason and Hamlin HallMasonic TempleMendelssohn ClubMendelssohn Glee Club HallKneisel Quartet ConcertsEdward MacDowell Fund ConferenceMendelssohn Glee Club ConcertsOther PerformancesMendelssohn HallBen Greet PlayersBoston Symphony Quartet ConcertsKneisel Quartet ConcertsMacDowell Association Mid Winter Public MeetingManuscript Society of New York ConcertsOther PerformancesMetropolitan Opera HouseBoston Symphony Orchestra ConcertsChicago Orchestra ConcertsDamrosch Opera Company PerformancesMaurice Grau Opera Company PerformancesOratorio Society of New York ConcertsPhilharmonic Society of New York ConcertsSymphony Society of New York ConcertsOther PerfomancesNational Conservatory of MusicNew Amsterdam TheatreNew Century Drawing RoomNew Lyceum TheatreNew Music HallNew TheatreNew York College of MusicNew York HippodromeNew York Institute for the BlindNew York TheatreNiblo's GardenNormal CollegeOrpheus Glee ClubPacker InstituteMiss PerinePilgrim Congregational ChurchPresbyterian Assembly HallPresbyterian HallReformed Church, HarlemRiverside Baptist ChurchRobinson's HallRoss Street Presbyterian ChurchRutgers Presbyterian ChurchSaint Agnes Chapel, Trinity ParishSaint Andrew's ChurchSaint Augustine's ChapelSaint Bartholomew's ChurchSaint Chrysostom's ChapelSaint Francis Zavier[sic]Saint George's ChurchSaint James ChurchSaint John's Chapel, Trinity ParishSaint John's Methodist ChurchSaint John's M. E. ChurchSaint Joseph's HallSaint Mark's ChurchSaint Michael's ChurchSaint Nicholas GardenSaint Paul's ChapelSaint Philip's P. E. ChurchSaint Thomas ChurchScharwenka Conservatory of MusicSchermerhorn, EdmundScotch Presbyterian ChurchSecond Church of ChristSeventh Regiment ArmorySherry'sSouth Church, 5th and 21st. St.South Reformed ChurchStandard HallSteck HallSteinway HallSteinway Hall bound programsChurch Music Association ConcertsAnnette Essipoff ConcertsMarie Krebs ConcertsNew York Chorus Society ConcertsNew York Mozart Club ConcertsOratorio Society of New York ConcertsAnton Rubinstein ConcertsSymphony Society of New York ConcertsTheodore Thomas and his Orchestra ConcertsVocal Society of New York ConcertsOther PerformancesStuyvesant TheatreTabernacle Baptist ChurchTammany Grand TheatreTelharmonic HallTemple Emanu-elTerrace Garden TheatreTonküstler VereinTrinity ChurchUnion League TheatreUniversity Place Presbyterian ChurchWaldorf-AstoriaWallack'sDr. Wild's (Bond St.) ChurchMrs. Wood'sWood's MuseumYoung Apollo ClubYoung Men's Christian Association HallZion Church[Unidentified]17 West 28th St.53rd St. Baptist Church64 West 19th St.434 Madison Ave.536 West End Ave.585 Broadway, New YorkOgdensburgEagle HallOssiningFirst Presbyterian ChurchOssining-on-HudsonMiss Fuller's SchoolOswegoChrist ChurchPiermontReformed ChurchPotsdamPotsdam Opera HousePoughkeepsieChrist ChurchCollingwood Opera HousePoughkeepsie LyceumPoughkeepsie Opera HouseVassar CollegeRochesterSaint Andrew's ChurchSaint Peter's ChurchWilkins, Herve D.RyeChrist ChurchSailors Snug HarborRandall Memorial ChurchSaratoga SpringsFirst Presbyterian ChurchTemple Grove SeminarySyracuseCrouse CollegePark ChurchTarrytownChrist ChurchFirst Reformed ChurchSaint Mark's ChurchSecond Reformed ChurchTroyMusic HallValatiePresbyterian ChurchWappingers FallsAcademic HallMcKinlay, JohnWatertownFirst Presbyterian ChurchSaint Patrick's ChurchUniversalist ChurchWashington HallYonkersFirst Presbyterian ChurchSaint John's ChurchWarburton HallOhioCincinnatiCollege of Music of CincinnatiHopkins HallClevelandPilgrim Institutional ChurchColumbusWesley ChapelOberlinOberlin Conservatory of MusicPainesvilleLake Erie CollegeSydneyMethodist Sunday SchoolPennsylvaniaBethlehemMoravian ChurchChambersburgFirst Lutheran ChurchEastonSecond Presbyterian ChurchHarrisburgPine Street Presbyterian ChurchLancasterSaint John's Lutheran ChurchLehighLehigh UniversityPhiladelphiaAmerican Academy of MusicCalvary Presbyterian ChurchChurch of Our Saviour, JenkintownChurch of the Holy TrinityDrexel InstituteEvangelists' P. E. ChurchFirst Baptist ChurchFirst New Jerusalem ChurchFirst Presbyterian Church, GermantownGrace P. E. ChurchHolland Memorial Presbyterian ChurchHorticultural HallOxford Presbyterian ChurchSaint Mark's ChurchSaint Matthew's Church, Throop Ave.Saint Phillip's ChurchSaint Stephen ChurchWanamaker AuditoriumPittsburghCarnegie Music HallFirst United Presbyterian ChurchSaint Paul's CathedralReadingChrist CathedralGrace Lutheran ChurchSouth BethlehemPark Memorial ChurchScrantonFirst Presbyterian ChurchPennsylvannia Avenue Baptist ChurchSecond Presbyterian ChurchSimpson M. E. ChurchWellsboroMethodist ChurchWilkes-BarreFirst Presbyterian ChurchRhode IslandProvidenceCentral Congregational ChurchBlackstone HallSouth CarolinaGaffneyLimestone College HallOther countriesCanadaOntarioOttawaEastern Methodist ChurchSaint Andrew's ChurchTorontoCathedral Church of St. JamesMetropolitan ChurchShaftsbury HallQuebecMontrealActon ValeAlbert HallAmerican Presbyterian ChurchArt Association of MontrealBeaver HallChurch of Saint James the ApostleChrist Church CathedralEmmanuel ChurchMcGill CollegeMechanic's HallQueen's HallSynod HallWindsor HallWinter CarnivalEnglandLondonExeter HallRoyal Albert HallSaint Anne's Church, SohoSaint James's HallFranceParisSalle Albert-Le GrandMexicoMexico CityConservatory TheatreUnion Evangelical ChurchScotlandEdinburghInternational Exhibit of 1890MiscellaneousIdentified by name onlyBaptist Church of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.Brick Church, Rochester, N.Y.Cathedral of the Holy CrossCentral ChurchCentre ChurchChurch of Our Lady of VictoryChurch of St. John the EvangelistChurch of the Holy CommunionChurch of the NativityChurch of the TransfigurationCollegiate ChurchConcordia Opera HouseFirst Baptist ChurchFirst ChurchFirst Congregational ChurchGerman Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel ChurchJordan HallLinden HallMartini Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMasonic Opera HouseMemorial HallMetropolitan ChurchNew Brattle Church (Boston, Mass.)New M.E. ChurchNew Second Congregational ChurchNorman, Mr. VanThe "Old First" Presbyterian Church of New YorkOld Stone ChurchPeddie Memorial ChurchThe People's ChurchPilgrim Congregational ChurchPotter HallRoseville M. E. ChurchSeeley's HallSt. James Episcopal Church (Chicago, Ill.)St. James Roman Catholic ChurchSt. John's P.E. ChurchSt. Michael's ChurchTomlinson HallTompkins Avenue Congregational ChurchTownsend, Mr. IsaacTrinitarian Congregational ChurchTrinity M.E. ChurchUniversalist ChurchWilson College ChapelWoolsey HallZion P.E. ChurchClippingsGerman Langauge ProgramsLecture Recital on Edward MacDowellOther Performances identified by performer only (A-Z)Scrapbooks, 1849 December 5 to 1876 DecemberScrapbooks of Samuel P. Warren. Arrangement is chronological. Scrapbook 1 (December 5, 1849 to May 31, 1869)Scrapbook 2 (March 1869 to June 7, 1873)Scrapbook 3 (January 16, 1902 to September 27, 1903)Scrapbook 4 (1868 to June 10, 1870)Scrapbook 5 (December 31, 1868 to December 1876)Scrapbook 6 (January 8, 1870 to December 15, 1870)Scrapbook 7 (August 17, 1854 to March 4, 1863)Return to the Table of Contents |
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