Clapp, Philip Greeley, 1888-1954

Composed 1909; revised 1950 and 1955.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of A song of youth : (after Hermann Hagedorn's poem, A troop of the guard) / Philip Greeley Clapp ; words by Edgar Allan Poe. [1950] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451823

Composed 1937. First performance Cleveland, Ohio, 1940, Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Grossman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Overture to a comedy / Philip Greeley Clapp. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451803

First version composed 1910-11. This version 1913. First performance Boston, 1914, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Subsequent versions in 1936 and 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony in E minor / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1913] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451848

Composed 1937-38; revised 1939. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 1940, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Hans Koelbel soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fantasy on an old plainchant : for violoncello and orchestra / Philip Greeley Clapp. [1939] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451779

Composed in Cambridge, 1906; orchestrated, 1943, Iowa City, Iowa.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Bridal ballad / Philip Greeley Clapp ; words by Edgar Allan Poe. [1943] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 154208275

Words by Helen Keller. Composed 1919-24. Revised 1929, 1932-33. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 16 April 1935, University of Iowa Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of A chant of darkness / words by Helen Keller ; music by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1933] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451715

Composed 1935-37; revised 1943. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 23 May 1951, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Written as a tribute to President Theodore Roosevelt.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Heroic symphony (no. 10) / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1943] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51461833

Composed 1945; revised 1947. Dedication: To Mildred.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of A hill rhapsody / Philip Greeley Clapp. [1947] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451792

Composed 1916-17. First performance Boston, 6 April 1917, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Revised 1936, 1941, 1944. This is probably the 1944 revision.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony no. 3 in E-flat ( E♭ major) / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1944?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 86222194

Composed in 2 movements 1912. First performance Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912, Pierian Sodality Orchestra, the composer conducting, Modeste Alloo soloist. Revised, with a 3rd movement added 1940. Dedicated to Modeste Alloo.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Dramatic poem : for trombone + orch. / Philip Greeley Clapp. [1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451730

Symphony no. 7 composed 1927-29. First performance Boston, 22 March 1931, Peoples' Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Original ms. of the score of band transcription in the Library of Congress.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Scherzo from symphony no. 7 / Philip Greeley Clapp ; arr. by the composer. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 156992407

Philip Greeley Clapp was born in Boston on August 4, 1888. His mother, Florence Greeley Clapp, and his aunt, Mary Greeley James, were his first music teachers of piano. At age 11 he began to study composition under the dean of the Boston University Music Department, John P. Marshall. He continued his education at Harvard, earning his B.A. in 1908, and M.A. in 1909, while studying under Dr. Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. During 1909-1911, Mr. Clapp studied in Germany under a Harvard fellowship, and took his Ph.D. in 1911. Mr. Clapp taught at Harvard University, Dartmouth College, and other schools for the next seven years, before joining the faculty at the University of Iowa. At Iowa, he continued as a composer, and conducted the University Symphony Orchestra, among others. He was hired to organize an official music department, as such instruction was private since 1906. Associated with the University of Iowa as a professor and department head since September 1919, Mr. Clapp became director of the School of Music in 1932, a position he held until his retirement on July 1, 1953. Philip Greeley Clapp died of a heart attack on April 9, 1954. During his 35 years of guidance, the University of Iowa School of Music gained a reputation that attracted students from across the nation, largely for the varied experience, and due to the development of graduate study by Mr. Clapp. The University of Iowa Clapp Recital Hall was named in his honor in 1971.

From the description of Papers of Philip Greeley Clapp, 1879-1992. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 231685104

Composed 1912. First performance Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912, Pierian Sodality Orchestra of Harvard University. Revised 1917-18, and 1925. First performance of complete revised version, Chicago, 1927, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Summer : prelude for orchestra / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1925] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451830

The 4th revision, 1942-43 and 1947, represents major changes in length, orchestration and tempos. For 2nd version (1913) see callno.: 7221.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony no. 2 in E minor / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1947]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 79617963

Originally composed as a concerto for one piano 1922. Revised 1936. Arranged for two pianos in 1941. First performance of this version Iowa City, Iowa, 20 December 1945, University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting, Norma Cross and Marshall Barnes soloists.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto in B minor : for two pianofortes with orchestra / Philip Greeley Clapp. [1941] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451721

Composed 1931. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 1933, Chicago Little Symphony, George Dasch conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of A highly academic diversion on seven notes : (A, B, C, D, E, F, G without corrupting chromatics) / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1931] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451784

Composed 1916-17. First performance Boston, 6 April 1917, Boston Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting. Revised 1936, 1941, 1944. Dedicated to Karl Muck.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony in E flat / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [1917] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451852

Commissioned for the Chicago World's Fair, 1933. Composed 1931. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, at the Iowa City Centennial, 1939, by the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The pioneers : Symphony no. 9 in E flat minor / by Philip Greeley Clapp. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451892

Composed 1929-30; revised 1934, 1937, 1947, 1950. First performance New York, 7 February 1952, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos conductor. Dedicated to the memory of Max von Schillings.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony no. 8 (in C) / Philip Greeley Clapp. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451887

Composed 1948. First performance Iowa City, Iowa, 6 May 1979, Iowa City Youth Orchestra, Raymond Comstock conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Open road : concert overture / Philip Greeley Clapp. c1948. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451798

Composed 1939.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Prologue to a tragedy / Philip Greeley Clapp. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451814

Composed 1940-42. Last movement revised 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony no. 11 / Philip Greeley Clapp. [1950]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 122374880

Composed 1907-08; reivsed 1932. First performance Waterloo, Iowa, 27 April 1933, Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Edward Kurtz conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony no. 1 in E / Philip Greeley Clapp. 1932. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 51451843