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giles.enders

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Gustavus Johnson 1856-1932
« on: Friday 17 June 2011, 12:09 »
Little piece of ephemera.  I recently discovered Gustavus Johnson 1856-1932 composer and pianist , was born in Hull England.  English mother, Swedish father.  My interest was and is that he wrote a piano concerto in 1893.  He spent most of his musical life in Minneapolis, where he taught, composed and promoted concerts.

Gareth Vaughan

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Re: Gustavus Johnson 1856-1932
« Reply #1 on: Friday 17 June 2011, 18:26 »
Does this concerto exist?

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Re: Gustavus Johnson 1856-1932
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 June 2011, 21:18 »
though unlikely (the title seems very much to imply a collection of solo works) it -could- be among the collection of 15 scores (unidentified in the online catalog) by Johnson under the title "Collection of piano music composed by Gustavus Johnson, 1889-1910" at the Minnesota Historical Society Library...
I see that a performance of it was praised in the Minneapolis Times ca.1899, and this duplicated in "Music" in that year (June 1899 issue).
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Re: Gustavus Johnson 1856-1932
« Reply #3 on: Friday 17 June 2011, 21:20 »
Well, Minnesota is a good place to start looking, I suppose.

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Re: Gustavus Johnson 1856-1932
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 18 June 2011, 15:41 »
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Well, Minnesota is a good place to start looking, I suppose.
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Which I'm sure won't happen often......

Jerry