Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
|---|---|
| Creator: | Spross, Charles Gilbert |
| Title: | Charles Gilbert Spross Papers |
| Dates: | 1907-1982 |
| Quantity: | 1 cubic foot (3 boxes) |
| Abstract: | Drafts of sheet music, scrapbooks, and biographical ephemera related to Charles Gilbert Spross's career as a pianist, accompanist, and composer. |
Biographical Note
Charles Gilbert Spross (1874-1961) was a pianist, accompanist, and composer. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, studied under Franz Xavier Scharwenke and Carl V. Lachmund, and traveled the world to accompany a number of opera singers, violinists, and other musicians.
TopScope and Content Note
Drafts of sheet music, scrapbooks, and biographical ephemera related to Charles Gilbert Spross's career as a pianist, accompanist, and composer.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Subjects:
- Composers--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
- Musicians--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
- Pianists--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
Document Types:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Printed ephemera
- Scrapbooks
- Sheet music
VCL Categories:
- Music
Encoding Information
Encoded by Laura Streett, February 2011. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, February 2023.
TopAdministrative Information
Preferred Citation
Charles Gilbert Spross Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Processed by Laura Streett, February 2011. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, February 2023.
Acquisition Information
The scrapbooks and most of the sheet music were a gift of R. Philip Hart, 2010 [M2011-011]. Additional material was transfered from the Vassar College Music Library in 2010 [M2010-011]. A gift of seven pieces of sheet music came from the New England Conservatory in 2015. Additional sheet music and ephemera were a gift of James F. Eilers, Jr. in 2023 [M2023-006].
Container List
| Folder 1.01 | Award, "A Citation of Honor to Charles Gilbert Spross, Music Director," First Congregational Church, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1955 May 1 |
| Folder 2.01 | Clippings about Charles Gilbert Spross, undated [photocopies] |
| Folder 1.02 | Printed ephemera and programs, 1982 |
| Box 3 | Scrapbook, 1907-1975 |
| Box 3 | Scrapbook, 1911-1961 |
| Sheet Music - Autograph Manuscript | |
| Folder 1.03 | Hart, Gertrude Spross, "Whimsies", 1938 February |
| Folder 2.02 | Puccini, Giacomo, "La Tosca," [arranged?] by Charles Gilbert Spross, undated |
| Folder 2.03 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "I Will Extol Thee, O' Lord," sacred duet for soprano and tenor, undated |
| Folder 1.04 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Invocation to Life", undated |
| Folder 2.04 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Invocation to Life," for violin, viola, and cello, undated |
| Folder 1.05 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Let All My Life Be Music", undated |
| Folder 1.06 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorrée", undated |
| Folder 1.07 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Non [Nobis?] Dominé, 1.) accompaniment", undated |
| Folder 2.05 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Polacca Brilliante (for 2 pianos)", undated |
| Folder 1.08 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Thy Will Be Done" / "I Will Life Up Mine Eyes" / "Blow Ye the Trumpet in Lion" / "Like As the Hart" [2 drafts], undated |
| Folder 1.09 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Yesterday and Today", circa 1932 |
| Sheet Music - Published | |
| Folder 2.06 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Ask Me No More," Cincinnati: The John Church Company, undated |
| Folder 1.10 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "The Day is Done," Cincinnati: The John Church Company, circa 1914 |
| Folder 1.11 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Invocation to Life," Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., circa 1930 |
| Folder 2.06 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Let All My Life Be Music," Philadelphia: The John Church Company, undated |
| Folder 1.12 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Minor and Major," Cincinnati: The John Church Company, circa 1920 |
| Folder 2.07 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Minor and Major," Cincinnati: The John Church Company, 1926 February, undated |
| Note: Annotated by Spross and dedicated to soprano Genia Zielinska. Includes printed ephemera about Zielinska. | |
| Folder 2.06 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Through a Primrose Dell," Cincinnati: The John Church Company, circa 1910 |
| Folder 2.06 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Will O' the Wisp," Cincinnati: The John Church Company, circa 1909 [2 copies] |
| Folder 2.06 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "The Wind" / "Living and Dying" / "Love Planted My Rose," Cincinnati: The John Church Company, circa 1907 |
| Folder 2.06 | Spross, Charles Gilbert, "Yesterday and Today," Philadelphia: The John Church Company, circa 1908 |
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Details
Drafts of sheet music, scrapbooks,
and biographical ephemera related to Charles Gilbert Spross's career as a pianist,
accompanist, and composer.
