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  Augustus Juilliard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Augustus D. Juilliard (April 19, 1836 - April 25, 1919) was an American businessman whose philanthropy built the renowned conservatory of dance, music, and theatre in New York City that bears his name.
Augustus D. Juilliard died in 1919 and his will included gifts to hospitals, museums and other charitable causes but the vast majority of his estate was designated for the advancement of music in the United States.
Augustus Juilliard is interred in the family mausoleum at the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York.
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 Juilliard Founder Augustus Juilliard
Augustus Juilliard's father, Jean Nicolas Juilliard, was a shoemaker and both Jean Nicolas Juilliard and his wife, Anna (Burlette) Juilliard were Huguenots, or Protestants, from Burgundy.
Juilliard was a very genial and charming man and has been described as "possessing outstanding executive ability, high character, unusually keen business sense and a forceful, commanding personality." Augustus Juilliard had an extremely wide range of interests including a love of music and was greatly sought for his sound judgment and advice.
Augustus D. Juilliard died on April 25, 1919 at the age of eighty-three and was buried in a mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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 Juilliard School
The Juilliard School is a music academy in New York City.
The Juilliard School traces its roots to the Institute of Musical Art founded by Dr. Frank Damrosch[?] in 1905 at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street.
In 1926 it merged with the Juilliard Graduate School which had been founded in 1924 with a bequest made by a textile manufacturer, Augustus D. Juilliard[?], becoming the Juilliard School of Music.
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 The Juilliard School and its History at 100
In 1919, the IMA's greatest source of competition was born with the death of Augustus Juilliard.
Augustus D. Juilliard was a very wealthy textile merchant and in his will he left a previously unheard of amount of money as a bequest to support and create a music school.
The Juilliard School is now the pre-eminent performing arts school in the world striving to prepare and educate young artists in their art forms and develop their talents, which will allow them to enrich their communities and through their communities, the entire world.
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When Juilliard died in April, 1919 at the age of 83, he left a bequest in his will calling for the establishing of what was to be known as the Juilliard Musical Foundation.
Juilliard's ascendancy to the top position among the world's performing arts schools really began in the immediate post-World War II years.
The distinguished composer, William Schuman, became President of Juilliard in July, 1945 and he instituted a number of far-sighted innovations including the founding of the Juilliard String Quartet and the establishing of the Juilliard Dance Division.
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 Jazz News :: The Juilliard Jazz Quintet - "Celebrating Juilliard's First 100 Years"
The Juilliard Jazz Quintet - "Celebrating Juilliard's First 100 Years" Five of jazz's brightest stars convene to celebrate one of the most revered and prestigious institutions in the world for the study of the arts.
At the time The Juilliard School was founded in 1905 (as the Institute of Musical Art), the idea of establishing a music academy in America to rival the European conservatories was a novel one.
Juilliard, a wealthy textile merchant, died in 1919, his will contained the largest single bequest for the advancement of music at that time.
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 Juilliard | The Juilliard Journal Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In conjunction with the unveiling, the Juilliard Musical Foundation celebrated the opening of its home at 49 East 52nd Street with an exhibition of paintings by American artists, October 15-November 5.
Juilliard alumna and soprano Shirley Verrett and baritone Robert Merrill made special appearances, while the chairwoman of Juilliard’s board, Mrs.
Willson was enrolled in the flute program of the Institute of Musical Art, Juilliard’s predecessor institution, during the 1920-21 academic year, where he studied with Georges Barrère.
www.juilliard.edu /journal/capsule_1001.html   (375 words)

  
 History Channel Search Results
The school was named the Juilliard School of Music in 1946, when it was formed by the amalgamation of the Institute of Musical Art and the Juilliard Graduate School.
In 1968 a drama division was added, and in 1969 the school’s name was changed to the Juilliard School and it moved into Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
In 1989 Juilliard joined with Columbia University to set up a five-year program that will allow qualified students to study at both schools, earning a bachelor of arts degree at Columbia or Barnard College and a master’s degree in music at Juilliard.
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 MusicianBio.com - International Directory of Classical Performers
Lehman Brothers is proud to be supporting and partnering with Juilliard in its centennial year.” Juilliard’s centennial celebration begins with the School’s 100th commencement in May 2005 and concludes with its 101st in May 2006.
From Juilliard’s earliest days, its history has been linked with Lehman Brothers; we are indeed grateful to have this new and important tie between two leaders in their respective fields.
Juilliard alumni are working artists who carry with them the highest standards of their profession throughout the world.
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 The Library for the Performing Arts Hosts The Juilliard School Centennial
The Juilliard School commemorates its 100th birthday this year with a season-long celebration including world premiere performances of 47 music, dance, and drama commissions, orchestral tours of the Europe and the U.S., and the first-ever U.S. tours by Juilliard's drama and dance divisions.
Today's Juilliard continues to represent the finest in performing arts education, growing with and responding to the needs of a thriving cultural community in New York City, the U.S., and abroad, with more than 800 dance, drama, and music students drawn from 43 states and 43 foreign countries.
Juilliard alumni are working artists who carry with them the highest standards of the performing arts profession worldwide.
www.nypl.org /press/2005/juilliard.cfm   (2466 words)

  
 Juilliard School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The school was named the Juilliard School of Music in 1946, when it was formed by the joining of the Institute of Musical Art and the Juilliard Graduate School.
The Institute of Musical Art was founded by the American conductor Frank Damrosch and the American philanthropist James Loeb in 1905; the Juilliard Graduate School was established in 1924 through a legacy of the American music patron Augustus D. Juilliard.
In 1951 a dance division was added to the Juilliard School of Music, and in 1968 a drama division.
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 Juilliard Takes a Bow - April 3, 2006 - The New York Sun
Juilliard (seldom referred to as "the Juilliard School") may be the best-known performing arts school in the world.
Thus, the ultimate effect of the Juilliard bequest was to transform what was already one of the leading music schools in America into what, with its lavish new endowment, well outpaced all rivals.
A year later, Juilliard finally moved to Lincoln Center from Claremont Avenue, to a travertine-clad building, co-designed by the famous modern architect Pietro Belluschi, in the northeastern part of the Lincoln Center "campus." That year, the Manhattan School of Music moved into Juilliard's old Claremont Avenue digs, where it remains today.
www.nysun.com /article/30223   (823 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Archive Center - Papers of Individuals - Rockefeller Family Related
The images were taken by Paul D. Simpson during and after construction, and are especially strong in their depiction of clearing, grading and leveling techniques, construction equipment, bridge construction, and the finished roads and bridges.
Biography: Charles Augustus Strong (1862-1940), a psychologist, was the son of the prominent Baptist minister, the Rev. Augustus H. Strong.
It was Rockefeller's idea to include the Juilliard School as the educational component of Lincoln Center, and he suggested that drama and dance be taught there as well as music.
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 American Masters . Augustus Saint.Gaudens | PBS
Taken from a mostly European sensibility, these monuments are testaments to their subjects and to the times in which they were sculpted.
Among the greatest American sculptors and monument builders of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1848.
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 Julliard School History
But Dr. Frank Damrosch (photo, right), the godson of Franz Liszt and the head of music education for New York City’s public schools, was convinced that American musicians should not have to go abroad for their training.
And in 1947 he created an innovative music theory curriculum, called Literature and Materials of Music (known as L&M), that changed the manner in which music was taught throughout the United States.
During Dr. Polisi’s tenure, the Juilliard Orchestra has performed in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, France, and Bermuda, and participated, in 1992, as the Evian Festival’s resident ensemble.
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 NPR : The Venerable Juilliard, Turning 100
In 1969, the Juilliard School moved to its current space at Lincoln Center at Broadway and West 65th St. It also includes a high-rise dormitory, rear.
Founded in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art, Juilliard was the first American institution to rise to the level of its European counterparts.
The Juilliard Graduate School opened adjacent to the music institute in 1924; the two merged in 1926, despite maintaining separate leaderships.
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 Episcopal Academy - Administration
Juilliard¹s school-based outreach programs begin with a belief that effective student teachers/performers, working with an understanding of the school system, can forge a lasting love of the arts in their young pupils.
Schools are selected based on their ability to house and provide administrative support for the programs within their existing framework.
A Brief History At the time The Juilliard School was founded in 1905 (as the Institute of Musical Art), the idea of establishing a music academy in America to rival the European conservatories was a novel one.
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 Juilliard School - Wikipedia Light!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Juilliard School is recognized as one of the premiere performing arts conservatories in the world.
In 1920, the Juilliard Foundation was created, named after textile merchant Augustus Juilliard who bequeathed a substantial amount for the advancement of music in the United States.
In 2006 Juilliard received a trove of precious music manuscripts from the billionaire collector and financier Bruce Kovner.
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 Juilliard School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Juilliard School is recognized as one of the best performing arts conservatories in the world.
Major construction is now underway for the New Juilliard, an expansion of the original 1969 building that will yield over 3900 square feet of space for classrooms, rehearsal studios, teaching studios, and offices.
The lobbies of the Juilliard theatre and Alice Tully Hall will be merged, creating new entrances to the venues.
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 Teenstation.com : Study Abroad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
After John D. Rockefeller's grandson died from scarlet fever in January 1901, the capitalist and philanthropist moved to formalize plans for the research center he had been discussing for three years.
Augustus D. Juilliard and the Juilliard Graduate School are the other half.
The School changed its name to The Juilliard School to reflect its broader artistic scope.The establishment of a jazz programme — the Institute for Jazz Studies (a collaboration of The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center) — which began in September 2001 was a new chapter in the growth of Juilliard.
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Ghost at the Metropolitan -- Mar. 13, 1933   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Juilliard, the name of the rich old, man who used to sit quietly and attentively listening to opera from Box No. 2.
Augustus Juilliard's money, the public was informed, had saved the life of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Author-Musician John Erskine, in his capacity as president of the Juilliard School of Music, said so.
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 The Guaranty Trust
Augustus D. Juilliard was a director of the Guaranty Trust from its reorganization in 1892 until his death in 1919.
New York Central Railroad Co.; Alexander J. Hemphill, Chairman of the Board; Augustus D. Juilliard of A.D. Juilliard and Co.; Thomas W. Lamont, partner of J.P. Morgan and Co.; William C. Lane, Vice President; Edgar L. Marston of Blair and Co.; John R. Morron, Pres.
In 1927, Juilliard, Marston, Peabody, and Spoor left, and were replaced by George G. Allen, Vice Chairman, British-American Tobacco Co.; Henry G. Dalton of Pickands, Mather and Co.; Philip G. Gossler, Pres.
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 Streetscapes/Manhattan School of Music, 122nd Street Between Claremont Avenue and Broadway; A Campus With a Century of ...
In 1926 the Juilliard Musical Foundation, established by the will of the textile merchant Augustus D. Juilliard, merged with the institute, bringing along its endowment of $13 million.
The merged institute ultimately came to be known solely by the Juilliard name.
In 1930, John Erskine, its president, told The Times that there was ''no future for opera'' as produced in the major houses.
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 The Database of Recorded American Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A native of Philadelphia, Krzywicki studied with Joseph Castaldo, with Vincent Persichetti at the Juilliard School, with Nadia Boulanger at the Ecole de Beaux Arts Americaines, with Darius Milhaud at the Aspen Music School, and with Edward Mattila at the University of Kansas.
She is a native of New York City and was educated at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music.
She has been the recipient of several prestigious vocal awards and made her professional debut at the age of twenty at the Metropolitan Opera.
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 Polish Music Journal 4.1.01 - Paderewski and Poland's 10th Anniversary, Part I
Frederick Juilliard was the son of Augustus D. Juilliard who established the Juilliard Foundation, a chief supporter of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
A.D. Juilliard was also instrumental in the creation of the Juilliard School of Music, founded by Frank Damrosch.
Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950) was a German American conductor and composer, studied with his father and Hans von Bülow later to become a conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, and the New York Symphony Society (1885-1927) before becoming the conductor for the National Broadcasting Society's Orchestra (1928-1942).
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 Contrasto - Reportage
Spoleto June the 27th 2003 - New York Juilliard Orchestra, official orchestra of Festival dei Due Mondi - In the dormitory before the festival opening concert : clothes and a trumpet on the bed - (c) Contrasto
In 1924 Augustus D. Juilliard, a rich textile trader - from whom the school was named after - benefited the Institute with his heritage; afterwards the school became the most important in the States.
In 1945, composer and winner of the first Pulitzer prize for music William Schuman, became president of Juilliard and the school introduced dance courses under the direction of Martha Hill.
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 Where Juilliard's Benefactor Had His Store; Melding 5 Structures For a TriBeCa Condo - New York Times
Five adjoining 19th-century brick buildings -- 14 to 22 Leonard Street in the TriBeCa West Historic District -- are being transformed into the Juilliard Building, a 31-unit condominium expected to be completed this summer.
The $30 million project is named for Augustus D. Juilliard, a dry goods merchant and financier who with his wife, Helen, ran the Juilliard dry goods store and warehouse at the site, and was a benefactor of what became the Juilliard School.
The two other penthouses will occupy new two-story setbacks atop the two six-story buildings originally completed in 1874 for a contracting and real estate company run by Henry Naylor and his father, Joseph, who was also the architect of No. 22.
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 Julliard Family Genealogy Forum
Re: Augustus D Juilliard 1843-1919 - frank hinchey 9/08/00
Re: Augustus D Juilliard 1843-1919 - David Allen 10/28/03
Re: Augustus D Juilliard 1843-1919 - Adrienne Walton 4/11/04
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 The National Bank of Commerce in New York
Guaranty Trust (Samuel D. Babcock, G.G. Haven, R. Somers Hayes, Augustus D. Juilliard, Richard A. McCurdy, Henry H. Rogers, H. McK.
Joseph C. Hendrix, formerly a newspaper editor, congressman and president of the Kings County Trust Company, was the President; and Edward D. Leech, a former Director of the Mint, was the Vice President and Cashier.
A.D. Juilliard, 2,000; J.J. Gerdan, and lesser amounts by J.F. Goodhart and Co.; J.N. Jarvine, F.A.V. Twombly; Kidder, Peabody and Co.; J.P. Morgan Jr.; L.P. Morton; H.B [?] Davison; W.W. Astor; J.H. Schiff; V.P. Snyder; G. Whittell; and E.T. Nichols.
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