Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916

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Composed ca. 1910. First performance at the unveiling of a bas-relief tablet in memory of the composer, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 29 April 1921, Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphonic poem / W.W. Gilchrist. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51998064

Text based on Psalm 46, God is our refuge and strength.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The forty sixth psalm. [188-?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 83979603

Composed 1891. First performance Philadelphia, 17 May 1892, joint concert by Manuscript Music Society and Philadelphia Symphony Society, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony, no. 1, in C / by W.W. Gilchrist. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694040

Original score lost. Composer's original sketches found posthumously, then edited and reconstucted by Happich, 1933. First performance Philadelphia, 13 April 1933, Symphony Club of Philadelphia, William F. Happich conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony 2 in D / W.W. Gilchrist ; ed. and reconstructed by William F. Happich. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51998087

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. Heart's delight [microform] / by W. Gilchrist. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. De Profundis. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. Symphony 2 in D / W.W. Gilchrist ; ed. and reconstructed by William F. Happich. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. The rose / [poetry by] J.R. Lowell. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. "All service ranks the same with God" / music by W. W. Gilbert ; 1st scene Browning's Pippa passes. Baylor University Libraries, Moody Memorial Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. Symphony, no. 1, in C / by W.W. Gilchrist. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. Suite for piano and orchestra / William Wallace Gilchrist. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. The knight of Toggenberg : alto solo and women's chorus. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
referencedIn A.P. Schmidt Company. A.P. Schmidt Company archives, 1869-1958 (bulk 1895-1920). Library of Congress
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. An Easter idyl : being a condensed narrative of the sufferings, death and resurrection of Our Lord with meditations thereon. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. The forty sixth psalm. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gilchrist, William Wallace, 1846-1916. Symphonic poem / W.W. Gilchrist. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
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correspondedWith A.P. Schmidt Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 person
associatedWith Happich, William F. person
associatedWith Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 person
associatedWith Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805 person
associatedWith Sousa Archives for Band Research. corporateBody
associatedWith Sousa Preservation Project. corporateBody
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Band music, Arranged
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with orchestra
Penitential Psalms (Music)
Psalms (Music)
Psalms (Music)
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra
Songs with band
Suites (Piano with orchestra)
Symphonic poems
Symphonies
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Birth 1846-01-08

Death 1916-12-20

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