Durham, Lowell M.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1917 - 1992
Biographical History
Citation:
UPB Files, MSS 8150, February 1, 2013 (born on March 4, 1917 to George H. Durham and Nellie Marsden; 1941, he received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Utah, married Betty Dee Divers on April 26, 1941; received a Master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1942, and a Ph.D. from there in 1945; post-doctoral work was completed at Columbia University and NYU; returned to the University of Utah in 1946 as a faculty member; served in executive positions on the Music Critics Association and the American Musicological Society; music critic for the Salt Lake Tribune; musical director of KSL; Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah in 1955; retired in 1964; had three children: Lowell M., Jr., Susan, and Thomas L. Durham.)Ancestry.com, February 19, 2013 (Lowell M. Durham, b. 1917). (Durham died on November 10, 1992 in Salt Lake City; born March 4, 1917 in Utah.)
AncientFaces.com, February 19, 2013 (Lowell M. Durham). (born in Utah March 4, 1917.)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lowell M. Durham sheet music, 1945-1990
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8150 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains loose sheet music for compositions by Durham and others. Includes several copies of Durham's piece "Lyric Folk-Scape, Op. 19," as well as the works like "Once in Royal David's City," and "Calm as a Summer's Morn." Also contains copies of music composed by Crawford Gates, such as "Promised Valley," and "O Lord, Do Not Despise Me." There are a few pieces arranged by Durham which were composed by his father, George H. Durham, like the composition "A New England Pastoral Sketch."...
Dates:
1945-1990