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John Duke & the American Art Song

"Marking a Century: Music at Smith (1909-2009)" - February 9, 2010 (Marlene Wong)

Catalogs and Chronologies

The John Duke Papers 1913-1984 - Finding Aid by Smith College Archives
Catalog of Songs from the John Duke Papers - Finding Aid by Smith College Archives
Appendix I: By Song Number
Appendix II: Alphabetical by Title
Appendix III: Alphabetical by Poet
Appendix IV: Bibliography of compositions by John Duke

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John Duke (1899-1984)

"Just Spring - Art Songs of John Duke" by 2002 New World Records / Biographical and program notes by Donald Wheelock
Composer Donald Wheelock also authored the text to Penguin Geometry (1980).
"John Duke" by Oxford Music Online / Ruth Friedberg
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"John Duke" (permalink - Oxford Music Online)
"John Duke" by Song of America : Celebrating 250 years of American song (Thomas Hampson)
"John Duke" by PBS I Hear America Singing (Thomas Hampson)
"John Duke" by Smithipedia / Alexandra Ghiz

Selected Bibliography

The selected writings of John Duke, 1917-1984 / edited by Ruth C. Friedberg, Robin Fisher by 2007 Scarecrow Press
Call Number: Josten ML60 .D86 2007
Selected writings from journals, lectures, concert reviews, personal letters, and articles by the American art song composer John Duke are collected here, revealing the composer's clear insight about the music of his time.
The writings and art songs of John Duke: 1917-1945 / Robin Fisher by 2001 University of Texas, Austin DMA thesis
Call Number: Josten ML410.D865 J85 2005a
A musical and poetic investigation of John Duke's "Six Poems by Emily Dickinson" and "Four Poems by Emily Dickinson" by 2005 U. of Washington DMA thesis / Katherine Kyong-Sook Jun
Call Number: Josten ML410.D865 J85 2005a
An examination of the musico-poetic aspects of the songs of John Duke / Elizabeth Elaine Burk by 1988 University of Texas, Austin DMA thesis
Call Number: Josten ML410.D865 B87 1988a
The John Duke papers / by Maida Goodwin
Call Number: Josten Ref ML410.D865 G6 1986
Catalog of papers in the Smith College Archives.
The compositional aesthetic and harmonic vocabulary of the solo songs of John Duke / James Don McManus by 1986 University of Texas, Austin Ph.D. music thesis
Call Number: Josten MT121.D85 M35 1986a
American art song and American poetry / by Ruth C. Friedberg by 1981-1984 Scarecrow Press
Call Number: Josten ML2811 .F75
v. 2. Voices of Maturity
[Friedberg: new ed. in prep for 2011]
A study of selected songs by John Duke / by Deborah Royal Dwyer by 1983 Smith College M.A. thesis
Call Number: Josten Storage MT115.D858 D99; Neilson Thesis MUS0 .D9774
A singer's guide to the songs of John Duke / presented by Earl Compton by 1974 Eastman School of Music D.M.A. thesis
Call Number: Josten ML410.D865 C6 1974a
"The recent songs of John Duke," NATS Bulletin 36, no. 1 (Sept./Oct. 1979): 31-36. by Ruth C. Friedberg
Call Number: Josten Storage ML27.U5 N2652 v.36-37 1979/81
"The songs of John Duke," NATS Bulletin 19, no. 4 (May 1963): 8-13. by Ruth C. Friedberg