Dr. Marion Verhaalen, a faculty member of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and member of the School Sisters of St. Francis of Milwaukee, holds a doctorate degree from Teachers College at Columbia University and is an experienced teacher of music. A scholar of Brazilian composers, Verhaalen has traveled widely in Brazil on research and teaching trips. In 1969, Verhaalen spent ten months in Brazil sponsored by a grant from the Organization of American States to conduct research for her dissertation on composers Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993) and Francisco Mignone (1897-1986). Both Guarnieri and Mignone were distinguished composers, performing their works in Brazil and internationally. Verhaalen interviewed the two extensively, studied their various musical works and influence on Brazilian music, and also collected music from other twentieth-century Brazilian composers on her first and subsequent trips in Brazil.
In 1970, Verhaalen organized a four-day music festival at Alverno College in Milwaukee in honor of Camargo Guarnieri and twentieth-century Brazilian music. The composer attended at Verhaalen’s request. Verhaalen’s dissertation, entitled
Written works, research materials, concert programs, musical compositions, correspondence, and audiovisual material created or collected by Marion Verhaalen in her research on 20th-century Brazilian music. Arranged in four subgroups representing Marion Verhaalen, Camargo Guarnieri, Francisco Mignone, and 33 other Brazilian Composers.
The first subgroup, Marion Verhaalen, illuminates her research activities for her doctoral dissertation and her subsequent publications, including collected scholarly articles, audio recordings, and news clippings. Also included are eight articles she authored on the music of Guarnieri. Correspondence and news clippings in English and Portuguese highlight Verhaalen’s role in organizing the Alverno College Festival of Brazilian Music in 1970.
The second subgroup, Camargo Guarnieri, contains published and holograph scores of Guarnieri’s works for orchestra, piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, and voice. Includes correspondence of Guarnieri and Vera Silvia Guarnieri documenting their relationship with Marion Verhaalen. Guarnieri is represented through clippings and interview transcripts detailing his musical activities and personal life. Predominantly in Portuguese.
The bulk of the third subgroup, Francisco Mignone, contains published and holograph works for solo piano. Includes notes and interviews, and printed material analyzing Mignone’s compositions.
In subgroup four, Other Brazilian Composers, each composer is represented by his or her music and in some cases, biographical material and catalog of works.
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Also includes printed program in folder 25.
Also includes printed program in folder 25.
Also includes printed program in folder 25.
Also includes printed program in folder 25.
Also includes printed program in folder 25.
Materials can also be found on the network drive at F:\BLAC Archives\Digital Archives\Verhaalen
Includes "The Solo Piano Works of M. Camargo Guarnieri" by David A. Boltz, 1965, and "Guarnieri's Ponteios for Piano" by Watler DeWald, 1969.
Includes "An Analysis and Discussion of Mignone's Sonatina #4" by James T. Poulos, 1963, and "A Comprehensive Pedagogical Approach to the Performance of Selected Unpublished Two-Piano Duets by Francisco Mignone" by Cherilyn Louise Charfauros, 1990.