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GU ltKKT C H VSl, APPOINTEDTO LiIIIKAKV OF CONG K ESSHilbert Chase, son nf Cum. Hilbert Chase, I'. X, X. and grandson of the Inti- Capt. Win. T. i*lmso. will head I In* Division c»r La I in American tuttsio ;il lho Library nl* Congress. Wushlng-toii. If. C.The .Mush; Division of tho Library Ilf Congress. which lust youi* served as host to I lit* C-mit'creme ou Inter American itelnlions in the Field of A111 sir. continues in develop iis artivii ios in this s|*|101*0, Through a specialappropriation ami with I ho eooperut ion of I ho Inlor-DupnrlJuontal Committee for inter-American relations, tho Music Division has boon able to atbl In its stall’ a s|X*ciiit assistant in tho Mold of Latin American music.Tho specialist ehlt;sen to till tiiis up point mciil is (i illici t Chase, mi authority on Hispanic music. Air. Chase will make mi analytical survey of the material oil I.alan American music available ia the Library of Congress ami in other American libraries and will vooiunmeml ways and menus bywhich ihis material may fie made morereadily accessible to the general public, as well as to students in this field. Me will compile various bibliographical lisis and will gather material for a 'Tiuidc to Latin America Music.*’ Hewill also assist in building up the Latin American collcclhm of the .Music Mi-visioit in a maximum point of completeness.Horn in Havana. Air. Chase has spoken Spanish since childhood andhas been a frequent contributor toCuban anti Spanish journals. Ho has travelled extensively in Spain and is at present preparing for the press a book en The Music of Spa in,” with a sec-lion on SpanislcAmerican music, lie was for six years music critic of the Continental -Dully Mail in Paris and correspondent for “Musical America. More recently he was associate editor of die “Internalioiml Cyclopedia of Music anil Musicians and of ihe Ith edition of “Baker's Hi ♦‘graphical Dictionary of Musicians. For |he past ten years tie has been a regular contributor to the leading musical periodicals nf Murope and America,
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Kilmarnock Rappahannock Record
Kilmarnock, Virginia, US
Thu, Oct 31, 1940
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