Autographed Concert Program
publisher
Manuscript Club
(American, founded 1888)
contributor
Margaret Ruthven Lang
(Boston, 1867 - 1972, Boston)
contributor
Arthur Williams Foote
(Salem, 1853 - 1937, Boston)
contributor
Owen Wister
(Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860 - 1938, Saunderstown, Rhode Island)
contributor
Clara Kathleen Rogers
(Cheltenham, England, 1844 - 1931, Boston)
contributor
Clayton Johns
(New Castle, Delaware, 1857 - 1932, Boston)
Date19 January 1888
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007760
eMuseum ID723505
EmbARK ObjectID33540
Other NumberU1w355
TMS Source ID17023
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb Commentary
This program is from the first meeting of the Manuscript Club, a social music club whose first meeting was held at Isabella Stewart Gardner’s home at 152 Beacon Street. Venues like the Manuscript Club were excellent opportunities for female composers, such as Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1962), to promote their work. Lang’s signature can be found on the second page of this program, alongside other prominent Boston musicians like Clayton Johns.
BibliographyNotesJulia Row Harbutt, "From Isabella's Music Room to Symphony Hall: Composer Margaret Ruthven Lang," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 September 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-music-room-symphony-hall-composer-margaret-ruthven-lang
MarksNotesSigned in ink: Clara Kathleen Rogers / Clayton Johns / Owen Wister / Clayton Johns / Margaret Ruthven Lang / Arthur Foote
Ignace Jan Paderewski
26 February 1892
Boston Symphony Orchestra
16 December 1917
