Object details
Object number
ARC.007760
Creator(s)
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Manuscript Club
(founded Boston, 1888)
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publisher
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Margaret Ruthven Lang
(Boston, 1867 - 1972, Boston)
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contributor
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Arthur Williams Foote
(Salem, 1853 - 1937, Boston)
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contributor
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Owen Wister
(Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860 - 1938, Saunderstown, Rhode Island)
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contributor
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Clara Kathleen Rogers
(Cheltenham, England, 1844 - 1931, Boston)
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contributor
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Clayton Johns
(New Castle, Delaware, 1857 - 1932, Boston)
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contributor
Title
Autographed Concert Program
Date
19 January 1888
Medium
Ink on paper
Object Case
Musicians Case
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed in ink: Clara Kathleen Rogers / Clayton Johns / Owen Wister / Clayton Johns / Margaret Ruthven Lang / Arthur Foote
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.
Gallery
Yellow Room
Bibliography
Julia 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
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