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Susannah Armstrong Coleman CollectionProcessed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress1992
Biographical NoteSusannah Armstrong Coleman (1897-1985) was an American pianist, composer, and teacher. Born in Chicago, Coleman began her musical studies locally with Hilda Brown before earning a bachelor's degree at the Northwestern University School of Music in 1919. There she studied piano with Victor Garwood, Josef Lhevinne, and Arne Oldberg, the latter with whom she also studied composition. She continued her piano studies abroad with Artur Schnabel from 1924-1925. Between 1930 and 1946, Coleman composed extensively while in summer residence on fellowship at the MacDowell Colony in Peterboro, New Hampshire. She moved to New York in 1934 and married former Colony member Laurence Vail Coleman four years later. The couple spent the remainder of their lives in the Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia, areas while also travelling extensively throughout Europe and the Carribean. Over the course of her lifetime, Susannah Coleman won prizes for numerous compositions, including awards from Mu Phi Epsilon for her Blue Symphony and Mother Goose Suite.
Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Susannah Armstrong Coleman Collection spans the period 1912-1953; the bulk of the materials date from 1930-1949. The collection includes music manuscripts, organizational publications, correspondence, programs, photographs, biographical notes, clippings, and miscellaneous items. Correspondence principally consists of greeting cards from Mrs. Coleman's friends and acquaintances. The clippings focus on collegiate programs and the activities of her instructors at the Northwestern University School of Music. Pamphlets and publications of Mu Phi Epsilon and Pi Kappa Lambda portray Coleman as an invested member who actively contributed to organizational events. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the Susannah Armstrong Coleman CollectionThe Susannah Armstrong Coleman Collection is organized into nine series:
Return to the Table of Contents Container ListMusicThe bagpipe manBarterBlue symphonyChimes (variations)Debate : for pianoDebate : for two pianosDuskFour compositions: Slumber song ; Hunting song ; Bells ; Chinese danceIntroit and differenciaThe King of China's daughterMen and wheatMissal themeMother Goose suiteThe noise of watersOh, where have you been Billy Boy?The oxenPastoral suitePrelude, G sharp minorPromenadePyrenees legendRock-a-bye babyQuietly goneSea shellSeven suite for pianoTrio-andante con motoWhen that I was and a little tiny boyPublicationsMu Phi Epsilon, June 23-26, 1948Pi Kappa Lambda, 1918-1937The Triangle, 1947-1950The Washington Season, Winter 1948-1949YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association), 1942-1943CorrespondenceBrown, Ray B.Clutcher, Ruth RowGarwood, VictorKing, BerthaKlein, Dr. CharlotteLutkin QuintetteLutkin, Lelah and PeterOldberg, ArneProgramsPrograms, 1912-1926Recital by pupils of Miss Hilda B. Brown, The Woman's Library Club, Glencoe, Illinois, June 15, 1912Northwestern University School of Music, Evanston, Illinois, Thirty-ninth students' recital, Music Hall, Orrington Avenue and University Place, May 17, 1917Northwestern University School of Music, Evanston, Illinois, Forty-fourth students recital, Music Hall, Orrington Avenue and University Place, May 23, 1918Northwestern University School of Music Evanston, Illinois, Sixth alumni recital, Music Hall, Orrington Avenue and University Place, May 1, 1919Northwestern University School of Music, Evanston, Illinois, Third alumni recital, December 6, 1920Glencoe Men's Club entertainments recital, February 4, 1921Glencoe Men's Club entertainments recital by Mr. Attilio Baggiore, tenor, assisted by Miss Susannah Armstrong, pianist, Miss Bertha Hagen, accompanist, February 4, 1921Northwestern University School of Music Evanston, Illinois, Twenty-fifth student recital, March 25, 1924Enlightenment, a pageant commemorating the quarto-centennial anniversary of the birth of New Trier Township High School, June 14 and 15, 1926Enlightenment, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1926Programs, 1927-1953Northwestern University School of Music, Thirty-second student recital, June 9, 1927Northwestern University School of Music, First alumni recital, December 8, 1927Dedication exercises, Central School auditorium, Glencoe, Illinois, May 31, 1929A spring festival, Saturday evening, April 27, 1935Recital by new members of the faculty of Gardner School, Friday evening, October 25, 1935The National Association for American Composers and Conductors, Steinway Concert Hall, March 16, 1937Elizabeth Layman Anning, pianist, Katherine Hamilton, violinist, Susannah Armstrong at the piano, November 9, 1937Friday Morning Music Club, Fifty-fifth season, Friday, February 28, 1941Friday Morning Music Club, Fifty-sixth season, Friday, February 27, 1942Friday Morning Music Club, Fifty-seventh season, February 12, 1943Friday Morning Music Club, Fifty-eighth season, December 10, 1943Arts Club of Washington, March, 2, 9, 12, 16, 23, 28, 29, 30, 1944Friday Morning Music Club, Fifty-eighth season, March 3, 1944Arts Club of Washington, February 1, 1945Friday Morning Music Club, Fifty-ninth season, April 6, 1945Friday Morning Music Club, March 15, 1946The Arts Club of Washington, in a program for two pianos, April 11, 1946Friday Morning Music Club, February 14, 1947275th concert, National Gallery of Art, September 21, 1947Arts Club of Washington, May 13, 1948Arts Club of Washington, November 18, 1948Friday Morning Music Club, Friday, November 26, 1948The Phillips Gallery, December 13, 1948The Phillips Gallery, December 11, 1949Carnegie Recital Hall, February 13, 1951The Arts Club, February 22, 1951The Phillips Gallery, song recital, March 3, 1952The Arts Club, January 22, 1953The Friday Morning Music Club, Sixty-seventh season, February 6, 1953First annual program of original compositions by the students of N.T.H.S. harmony classes, undatedPhotographsTrophy from an original composition contest of Mu Phi EpsilonTwo portraits of Susannah Armstrong ColemanCertificates and Academic PapersPi Kappa Lambda member certificateMu Phi Epsilon demission certificateExamination papers 3 p.Biographical NotesNotes prepared for various short biographiesClippingsClippings of Susannah Armstrong Coleman and her teachersMiscellaneousBiography and portrait of Arne OldbergReturn to the Table of Contents |
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