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Manuel's first professional association was as a tenor singer to pianist Gavin Williamson (1897–1989). In 1916 at the University of Chicago, the two men discovered a common interest in harpsichord as a concert instrument. In the 1920s, there were fewer than 50 harpsichords in the United States, most
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to produce two instruments for their use. With these instruments, they initiated concert tours of the United States, and also worked as teachers of harpsichord, piano and voice. The two frequently played with the
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in Iowa, where he studied in both the academic and music departments. Following his graduation, he traveled to Vienna to study organ, piano and singing, and then to London. After a time teaching at the
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Philip Manuel was of Portuguese and British descent. He began the study of music at a military school with piano teachers who traveled from town to town. He attended
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instead of spectacles, and tended to stick out his tongue during crucial moments of a musical programme.
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as concert instruments. In the spring of 1935, the duo were the first professionals to play Bach's
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located in museums. Manuel and Williamson went to Paris, where they studied for many years with
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Bach Concerto in C major for 2 Harpsichords and Strings/ Couperin: Musette de Taverny
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Bach: Concerto in C major for 3 Harpsichords and Strings / Rameau: Les cyclopes
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American pianist, harpsichordist and music educator (1893–1959)
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and music educator. With pianist, organist and harpsichordist
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American pianist, organist, harpsichordist and music educator
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Manuel died in Chicago at age 66. Notable students include
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Harpsichord in America: A Twentieth-Century Revival
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Two men opposite, hands raised above invisible keyboards, signatures below in bottom right; another unidentified signature in the bottom right of the picture.
Gavin Williamson
Canton
Chicago
harpsichordist
Gavin Williamson
harpsichords
Concerto for Four Harpsichords
Grinnell College
University of North Dakota
pince-nez
Wanda Landowska
Pleyel et Cie
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
National Broadcasting Company
Lili Chookasian
American Organist
American Guild of Organists




"Letters, Volumes 1–2"
Time




Duo-pianism: a dissertation
OCLC

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