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Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was a composer of musical theater and popular music and an avid collector of rare books. His NYTimes obituary notes that "at one time it was said that he was better known in the bookshops than in the marts of the musical trade."<ref>''New York Times,'' November 12, 1945. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0127.html</ref> Kern's books were disposed at auction in January of 1929. Although Kern's collection was composed primarily of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century first editions of American and British authors, the Folger has at least six of his works, ranging from 1556 to 1664.<ref> See also Arthur Freeman, "The Jazz Age Library of Jerome Kern," in ''Under the Hammer: Book Auctions Since the Seventeenth Century,'' ed. Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2001. [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=119159|Shelfmark Z284 .U63 2001.]</ref> | Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was a composer of musical theater and popular music and an avid collector of rare books. His NYTimes obituary notes that "at one time it was said that he was better known in the bookshops than in the marts of the musical trade."<ref>''New York Times,'' November 12, 1945. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0127.html</ref> Kern's books were disposed at auction in January of 1929. Although Kern's collection was composed primarily of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century first editions of American and British authors, the Folger has at least six of his works, ranging from 1556 to 1664.<ref> See also Arthur Freeman, "The Jazz Age Library of Jerome Kern," in ''Under the Hammer: Book Auctions Since the Seventeenth Century,'' ed. Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2001. [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=119159| Shelfmark Z284 .U63 2001.]</ref> | ||
===Notable items now at the Folger=== | ===Notable items now at the Folger=== | ||
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Thomas Middleton, ''The Spanish gipsie.'' London: T[homas]. C[hilde]. and L[eonard]. P[arry]. for Robert Crofts, 1661. [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=155129| Shelfmark: M1987] | Thomas Middleton, ''The Spanish gipsie.'' London: T[homas]. C[hilde]. and L[eonard]. P[arry]. for Robert Crofts, 1661. [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=155129| Shelfmark: M1987] | ||
Henry Falkland, ''The mariage night''. London: W. G[odbid] for R. Crofts, 1664. [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=135376|Shelfmark: F315 c.1] | Henry Falkland, ''The mariage night''. London: W. G[odbid] for R. Crofts, 1664. [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=135376| Shelfmark: F315 c.1] | ||
===Kern bookplate=== | ===Kern bookplate=== | ||
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Revision as of 13:22, 3 March 2015
Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was a composer of musical theater and popular music and an avid collector of rare books. His NYTimes obituary notes that "at one time it was said that he was better known in the bookshops than in the marts of the musical trade."[1] Kern's books were disposed at auction in January of 1929. Although Kern's collection was composed primarily of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century first editions of American and British authors, the Folger has at least six of his works, ranging from 1556 to 1664.[2]
Notable items now at the Folger
James Shirley, The Maides Revenge, a Tragedy. London: T[homas]. C[otes]. for William Cooke, 1639 [i.e. 1640]. Shelfmark: STC 22450
Thomas Middleton, The Spanish gipsie. London: T[homas]. C[hilde]. and L[eonard]. P[arry]. for Robert Crofts, 1661. Shelfmark: M1987
Henry Falkland, The mariage night. London: W. G[odbid] for R. Crofts, 1664. Shelfmark: F315 c.1
Kern bookplate
- ↑ New York Times, November 12, 1945. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0127.html
- ↑ See also Arthur Freeman, "The Jazz Age Library of Jerome Kern," in Under the Hammer: Book Auctions Since the Seventeenth Century, ed. Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2001. Shelfmark Z284 .U63 2001.