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Kathryn McCarthy was a music teacher in Buffalo, N.Y. She was a lecturer in music at the University at Buffalo Evening School, 1929-1936 and director of music theory in the First Settlement School in Buffalo. Studied piano and music literature with Evelyn Choate, elementary theory with Mary Howard, took a director's course at Cornell University, 1913, courses at New York University, 1915, instrumentation and composition at Columbia University, studied composition, instrumentation, and pedagogy with Hugo Leichtentritt in Berlin, 1914, piano with F. Mufchim in Petrograd, 1921, composition, instrumentation, and pedagogy with Jean Gallon in Paris, piano with E. Monod in Paris, and studies with A. Madley Richardson and Arthur Newstead in New York City.
The Kathryn McCarthy Papers contain ten folders of materials related to McCarthy's music lessons in composition, counterpoint, and the Schillinger System. Teachers of McCarthy included A. Madeley Richardson (1868-1949) and Richard Benda (d. 1978).
The collection is arranged in two series:
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 1 | 1 | Lesson book labeled "Kathryn McCarthy, Counterpoint,
Composition"
1911-1921 1 bound notebook |
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The contents are primarily text, with a small number of musical examples, and seem to be notes taken during classes. Pages are filled through the page stamped "p. 291". The notebook is also inscribed inside the front cover: "London, 1911, Berlin, 1914, Paris, 1921." |
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II. Correspondence,
1950-1955
Folders 2-10 |
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Arranged in rough chronological order. |
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| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 1 | 2 | Kathryn McCarthy to Richard Benda,
March 9, no
year 1 manuscript leaf |
| 1 | 3 | Richard Benda to Kathryn McCarthy,
October 5, 1950 and October 23, 1950 2 typescript letters (2 leaves) |
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Cover letters sent from Benda with an outline of lessons (not included) and an audio recording (also, not included). |
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| 1 | 4 | Richard Benda letter to Kathryn McCarthy,
June 8, 1955  View a digital version of this item1 manuscript letter (2 leaves, 3 leaves of music) |
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Letter accompanied by musical examples. |
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| 1 | 5 | Richard Benda letter to Kathryn McCarthy,
June [unclear date], 1955 1 manuscript letter (1 leaf) |
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Postcard from Benda requesting confirmation for receipt of material |
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| 1 | 6 | Richard Benda letter to Kathryn McCarthy,
September 6, 1955 View a digital version of this item 1 manuscript letter (1 leaf, 2 leaves of music) |
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Letter accompanied by musical examples. |
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| 1 | 7 | Richard Benda letter to Kathryn McCarthy,
December, 1955 1 manuscript letter |
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Christmas card |
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| 1 | 8 | Advertisement for Richard Benda's course, Strata
Harmony, Composition, Orchestration for Radio, Film, Television,
undated View a digital version of this item 1 printed leaf |
| 1 | 9 | Advertisement for Richard Benda's course, An Important
Advance in Schillinger Instruction, undated View a digital version of this item 1 printed leaf |
| 1 | 10 | Advertisement for Richard Benda's course, The
Schillinger System in Accordion Instruction, undated View a digital version of this item 1 printed leaf |
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
Lessons. A. Madeley Richardson. Treasure Room M1 R393 l.
Two volumes of composition studies based on models by Beethoven, Handel, Bach and Haydn, inscribed by Kathryn McCarthy, 1924.
