Letter from J.C. Deagan to Percy Grainger, Chicago, 19 October 1916

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Title

Letter from J.C. Deagan to Percy Grainger, Chicago, 19 October 1916

Description

Grainger enjoyed ‘liberty of the factory’ of J.C. Deagan, as he worked closely with the instrument maker to develop instruments specific to the new orchestral timbres he was seeking to create. In this letter, Deagan writes to Grainger regarding the latter’s search for ‘low tones’ to enrich the tuned percussion ensemble. Grainger’s requests for lower sounding marimbas never really materialized but his desire to include these bass extensions foretells the age of the five octave marimbas that are popular today.

Source

Grainger Museum Collection

Identifier

2016/13-11
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Citation

J.C. Deagan (instrument maker), “Letter from J.C. Deagan to Percy Grainger, Chicago, 19 October 1916,” Grainger Museum Online, accessed April 20, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/409.

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