Van Vactor, David, 1906-1994

Commissioned by the Saidenberg Symphonietta, 1937. Composed 1938. First performance Chicago, 7 February 1938, Saidenberg Symphonietta, Daniel Saidenberg conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Five bagatelles for strings / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394729

Composed 1940. First performance Ravinia Park, Illinois, 13 July 1940, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting, Milton Preves, violist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto for viola / by David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394689

Composed 1929-30. First peformance Ravinia Park, Illinois, 5 July 1931, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Eric DeLamarter conductor, Alternate title: Five Small Pieces for Large Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Five little pieces for big orchestra / by David Van Vactor. [1930] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394733

Composed 1941. First performance under the title, Gothic Impressions, Chicago, 26 February 1941, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Variazioni solénne / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56525054

Originally titled Fanfare: Salute to Russia. Commissioned by Fabien Sevitzky, 1943. Composed 1943. First performance Indianapolis, 23 January 1943, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fanfare for orchestra / by David van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394718

Suggested by the story by Edgar Allan Poe. Composed 1932. First performance Chicago, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Eric DeLamarter conductor. Received honorable mention in the Gustavus Swift Composition Contest, 1935.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The masque of the red death / by David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394737

Composed 1931-32. First performance Chicago, 26 February 1933, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Eric DeLamarter conductor, Caroline Solfronck, flutist. Dedication to Ernest Liegl.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto for flute / by David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394687

Commissioned by Roy Harris for the Summer Music Festival at Colorado Springs College. Composed 1947. First performance Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs College Orchestra, Roy Harris conductor, the composer as soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Pastoral and dance for flute and strings / D. Van Vactor. 1947. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394757

Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1934. Composed 1934-35. First performance Chicago, 4 April 1935, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock conductor, Joseph Vito harpist, Ernest Liegl, Emil Eck and the composer flutists. Dedicated to Frederick A. Stock.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto grosso for three flutes, harp and orchestra / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394696

Commissioned by the Ravinia Festival Association, 1938. Composed 1938. First performance Ravinia Park, Illinois, 21 July 1938, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphonic suite / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394771

Composed 1928. First performance Rochester, New York, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 17 May 1928, Howard Hanson conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Chaconne for string orchestra after Bach / David Van Vactor. [1928] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394682

Composed 1936-37. Won a prize in the New York Philharmonic's American Composer's Contest, 1937-38. First performance New York, 19 January 1939, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony in D / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394775

Composed 1933. First performance Chicago, 28 January 1934, Chicago Civic Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Passacaglia and fugue / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394755

Commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra. Composed 1956. First performance Louisville, Kentucky, 20 February 1957, the Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney conductor. Dedicated to Robert Whitney, a former colleague of the composer in the conducting class of the Civic Orchestra in Chicago.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fantasy, chaconne and allegro / David Van Vactor. 1956. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394726

Composed 1955-58 (under a Guggenheim grant for 1957-58). First performance Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, 3 April 1959, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Willaim Steinberg conductor. The second movement is an elegy for the composer's youngest sister.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony no. 2 [i.e. 3] / David Van Vactor. [1958] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394777

Commissioned by the 6th U.S. Marine Corps. Composed 1943. First performance Indianapolis, 27 March 1943, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Music for the Marines / Van Vactor. [1943] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394742

Composer; longtime conductor of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra; founder of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee.

From the description of Van Vactor Collection, 1922-1979. (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 33476667

Collection of various teaching pieces and exercises.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of [Miscellany for strings] / D. Van Vactor. [1945-1971]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 70963826

Composed 1934. First performance Chicago, 20 June, 1937, Illinois Symphony of the Works Progress Administration, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Ouverture to a comedy / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394747

First performance, December 19th, 1941 by Indianapolis Symphony, Fabien Sevitzky, conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Credo / David Van Vactor ; text by Booth Tarkington. [1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 70963858

Composed 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto for violin, C major / by David Van Vactor. 1950. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 193774427

Commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Composed 1940. First performance under the title Overture to the Taming of the Shrew, Indianapolis, 14 March 1941, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Overture to "The taming of the shrew" / David Van Vactor. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56394752

For complete Walden symphony (no. 4) see callno.: U-2641.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Prelude to the universe. 1971. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 70875802