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The Conan Archival Project The Music Collection of Robert J. Conan, Jr., Ph.D. 1996 Index Bob Conan’s parents bought this piano on December 19 th , 1945 from the Clark Music Company in Syracuse, New York. As of August 2018 it currently resides in the home of Paul Conan Jr. The index in this document was meticulously compiled by Bob in 1996. It contains an alphabetical listing of his music collection which he kept at his winter home in Tampa, FL. There are about 25 boxes of Bob’s records & sheet music stored in Syracuse that might not be included in this index. Paul B. Conan Jr. [email protected] August 2018 Bob Conan Jr – Music Collection Index 1 Copyright © 2018 Paul B. Conan Jr. Introduction Dr. Robert James Conan Jr. (Bob) was born to Helen Marie O’Brien and Robert James Conan Sr. on October 30 th , 1924 in Syracuse, New York. Bob was born into a musical family and was introduced to music at a young age. His father, Bob Sr., played the violin and lived in LaFayette, New York. He graduated from high school at the Pompey Academy and then enrolled at Syracuse University to study music. He later became a violinist with the Syracuse Symphony, and then a businessman. In around 1917 when he was in his early twenties, Bob Sr. earned money by playing the violin at weddings. He thought his performances would be better if he could find someone to accompany him on the piano. He met a young lady from Marcellus named Helen who played the piano. Helen taught school for 2 or 3 years at a one room schoolhouse on Route 20 near Marcellus. She had a mix of about 25 students from 1 st grade up to 6 th grade. Helen and Bob Sr. played a few weddings together, she the piano and he the violin. Music became their bond, and they got married in 1919. When Bob Jr. was a young child in the 1920s and 1930s his parents would have “musicals” at their home and at their friends’ homes too. Helen and Bob Sr. would take turns singing and playing the violin and piano. Bob Jr.’s mother taught him how to play the piano and it became one of his lifelong passions. Bob Jr. graduated from Most Holy Rosary High School in 1942. When his brother Paul graduated from “Rosary” in 1947, Bob wrote the music for the graduation ceremony. Bob enrolled at Syracuse University in the fall of 1942 and graduated on April 30 th , 1945. It took him 2 years and 8 months to complete his 4 year Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He began teaching Chemistry at Syracuse University on July 3 rd , 1945, while also pursuing his Master’s degree. Bob then moved to the Bronx to attend Fordham University and work towards his Ph.D. As a first year Fordham student he met someone who could play the violin. Music was their primary source of entertainment, and they frequently played Beethoven and Mozart sonatas on the piano and violin. Bob started teaching at LeMoyne College on September 19 th , 1949, which was five days before he earned his Ph.D. at Fordham on September 24 th . While teaching at LeMoyne Bob met Father Jennings who suggested that they start an orchestra. It developed into a 40-piece orchestra with a full compliment of strings, most of the woodwinds, and trumpets, etc. Bob was the conductor of the orchestra, and they had concerts and would play at Christmas. In the 1940s and 1950s Bob began buying Classical Music records and Classical sheet music. He would listen to his records and play his sheet music almost every day. He continued to collect music recordings throughout his life and never threw anything out. When he died on November 8th , 2002 at the age of 78 he had amassed a huge assemblage of music. Bob Conan Jr – Music Collection Index 2 Copyright © 2018 Paul B. Conan Jr. This document contains a 200+ page inventory of Bob’s music collection, and it must have taken him a long time to organize, alphabetize, and type it. This checklist was discovered after he passed away. As of August 2018, Bob’s enormous record and sheet music collection still exists and is being stored in boxes. It was Bob’s hope that his collection would find a good home in a music library or university, or with a passionate collector who enjoys classical music and other recordings as much as he did. Hopefully a suitable home will be found. One additional note is required to explain the subtitle on the first page of Bob’s checklist, which reads “Recordings in Florida”. After Bob retired from LeMoyne College as a professor, he continued living at his house at 263 Robineau Road in Syracuse, New York during the summer and fall. He spent the winter and spring at his house in the Seminole Heights section of “Old” Tampa. He had inherited the house of his uncle Donald O’Brien and aunt Lucy when they passed away. Donald O’Brien was the brother of Bob’s mother, Helen O’Brien. Bob would drive his car to Florida and bring some of his music records from Syracuse to Tampa. As he did throughout his life, Bob frequently listened to his records and also played music on his electric keyboard in Tampa. He also expanded his collection by purchasing additional records and music books at flea markets in Florida. The index or checklist within this document refers to his “Recordings in Florida” which were numerous. However, Bob also kept a large collection of records and sheet music at his house in Syracuse. His Syracuse music collection, which is currently in storage, might not be included in this checklist. There is currently no known checklist of his “Recordings in Syracuse”. This piano was played by Bob and his mother Helen at their home in Syracuse. “Krakauer Brothers was an American manufacturer of handmade, high-quality pianos, founded in 1869 in N.Y.C. by the Jewish immigrant Simon Krakauer, his son David and his brother Julius.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakauer_Brothers Bob Conan Jr – Music Collection Index 3 Copyright © 2018 Paul B. Conan Jr. Table of Contents The Conan Archival Project............................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 2 Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................ 4 Bob’s Collection of Recordings – Musicians or Topics Beginning with the Letter: A .................................................................................................................................................. 5 B .................................................................................................................................................. 9 C ................................................................................................................................................ 42 D ................................................................................................................................................ 54 E ................................................................................................................................................ 62 F ................................................................................................................................................ 64 G ................................................................................................................................................ 70 H ................................................................................................................................................ 81 I ................................................................................................................................................. 92 J ................................................................................................................................................. 95 K ................................................................................................................................................ 97 L.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 101 M.……………………………………………………………………………… .................... 109 N.…………………………………………………………………………… ..................... …127 O.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 129 P.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 132 Q.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 144 R.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 145 S.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 155 T.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 179 V.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 187 W.……………………………………………………………………………… .................... 195 Y.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 201 Z.……………………………………………………………………………… ..................... 202 Historical Collections – Early and Later …Part I – 138 B.C. to 1575 A.D..………… .. ……203 Historical Music Collection ....................... Part II – 1576 A.D. to 1699 A.D.………………210 Historical Collections of Music …………. Part III – 1700 A.D.. to 1945 A.D ........... ..……217 Bob Conan Jr – Music Collection Index 4 Copyright © 2018 Paul B. Conan Jr. Bob’s Collection of Recordings A RECORDINGS IN FLORIDA AUGUST 1996 FREC1.;2 PAGE -means the number of the page on the written list. * Indicates have Score in Florida; number following the * gives the page # in the lists of scores and copies. page dell' ABACO, EVARISTO (1675-1742) Concerto da Chiesa in b Op.2 #8 LP w. Frescobaldi 109 ADAM, ADOLPHE Giselle - Cpmplete Ballet LP 309 Overture "Si J'etais Roi" LP w. Chabrier 186 ADAM, JOHN Harmonielehre