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Edwin Franko Goldman Collection
Umbrella Collection name: American Bandmasters AssociationResearch Center
Individual Collection name: Edwin Franko Goldman Collection
Repository name: Special Collections in Performing Arts,
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland
Type: Press books, programs, and professional papers
Collection dates: c. 1895-c. 1976
Extent: 18 linear feet
Description: This collection contains program books for the Goldman Band's annual summer concerts as well as press books of newspaper clippings. In addition there are a small number of professional papers, photographs, and correspondence.
Statement of provenance: The press books of Edwin Franko Goldman were in the possession of his daughter until her death in 1975 at which time they were given to the ABA Research Center by Edwin Franko Goldman's son, Richard Franko Goldman. They were transferred to the ABA Research Center by August 13, 1975.
Finding Aid: A finding aid prepared by Bradley Mariska is available. [View Online]
SCPA shelf location: SCPA Collections Room, Aisle C
Access: Materials from this collection must be used in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library's Irving and Margery Morgan Lowens Room for Special Collections, 10 to 5, Monday through Friday. Please make an appointment with the curator.
Because of the fragile nature of this collection, handling of some materials may be restricted.
Biography: Edwin Franko Goldman, a founder of the American Bandmasters Association, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on 1 January 1878. He enrolled at the National Conservatory at the age of eight where he studied cornet and was a composition student of Antonin Dvorak. From 1899 to 1909 Goldman was solo cornetist with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra. In 1911 he formed his own band which continued to perform under the baton of his son, Richard Franko Goldman until 1979. Goldman championed the performance of neglected band music and gave the American premieres of a number of important works, including Berlioz's Symphonie funebre et triomphale. He composed over one-hundred marches including "On the Mall." He wrote several books, including The Goldman Band System (1935), and an unpublished autobiography, Facing the Music, the manuscript of which is in the Library of Congress. Goldman died on 21 February 1956 in New York.
Series Arrangement:
Series Description:
Series II, Programs, contains program books and loose programs from Goldman summer concerts between 1919 and 1977. The program books often contain extensive program notes, and in a few cases list the members of the band. In 1919 the band is called The New York Military Band. Beginning in 1920 it is the Goldman Concert Band or the Goldman Band. Between 1919 and 1922 the summer concerts were given at Columbia University. Beginning in 1923 they were given either "On the Mall" in New York City's Central Park, or "On the Campus" of New York University, with only a few exceptions, such as Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Beginning in 1941, the concerts are advertised as The Daniel Guggenheim Memorial Concerts.
Series III, Documents, contains a small number of items relating to Edwin Franko Goldman. These include additional press clippings and programs, press releases from the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation, articles and addresses by and about Goldman, and materials relating to the first conventions of the American Bandmasters Association.
Series IV, Photographs, contains a selection of photographs of Edwin Franko Goldman.
Series V, Correspondence, contains correspondence to E.F. Goldman (1928-33, 1950). Correspondents include Herbert Clarke, Henry Fillmore, Victor Grabel, Percy Grainger, Karl King, and Arthur Pryor, among others.
Goldman's son, Richard Franko, was born in New York on 7 December
1910, and attended Columbia University where he studied with Nadia
Boulanger and Wallingford Riegger. In 1937 he became associate
conductor of the Goldman band under his father, and succeeded him as
conductor in 1956. In 1979, Goldman disbanded the ensemble, but it was reconstituted as the Guggenheim Concerts Band in 1980 and renamed the Goldman Memorial Band in 1984.
Richard Franko Goldman served on the faculty of the Julliard School
from 1947 to 1960. In 1968 he was appointed director of the Peabody Conservatory and in 1969 he became president of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore. Richard Franko Goldman was well known as a writer and critic and served as the principle New York critic of the Musical Quarterly from 1948 to 1968. He was especially influential in his early recognition of Henry Cowell and Elliott Carter. Richard Franko Goldman died on 19 January 1980.
Life Chronology:
1878 Born, 1 January, Louisville, KY
1887 Taken to New York for music training;
Studies cornet with George Wiegand
1892 Wins scholarship to study at National Conservatory;
Cornet and trumpet lessons from Carl Sohst
1893 Professional performance career begins
1899-1909 Solo cornetist with Metropolitan Opera orchestra
1910 Son Richard Franko born, 7 December, New York
1911 Forms his own band, New York Military Band
1914 Foundation to Cornet or Trumpet Playing published
1916 The Amateur Band Guide published
1918 First season of summer concerts
1918 Briefly conducts New York Police Band
1920 New York Military Band becomes The Goldman Band
1920 Becomes conductor of Columbia University Band
1923 Most famous march, "On the Mall," is published
1924 Guggenheims begin to underwrite concerts
1929 Founds American Bandmasters Association
1934 Band Betterment published
1935 The Goldman Band System published
1947 U.S. premiere of Berlioz’s Symphonie funébre et triomphale
1956 Dies, 21 February, New York, NY
R.F. Goldman takes over the Goldman Band
View Items from the Collection:
Series I: Pressbooks
Series II: Program books
Series III: Documents
Series IV: Photographs
Series V: Correspondence
Series I, Pressbooks, 1895-1955, contains twenty-one scrapbooks plus one box of loose scrapbook pages detailing Goldman's career. The scrapbooks contain newspaper and magazine clippings, programs, and concert announcements. The 1909-1919 scrapbook contains a number of Goldman's pedagogy articles. The dates covered by the pressbooks are: 1895-1912, 1909-1919, 1913-1916, 1918, 1919, 1919-1922 , 1922-1923, 1923-1925, 1925-1926, 1926-1927, 1926-1936, 1927-1928, 1928, 1937-1938, 1938-1939, 1940-1942, 1942-1946, 1946-1949, 1950-1952, 1952-1954, 1954-1955. The pressbooks are available and should be viewed on microfiche. An additional scrapbook from the dedication of the Goldman Room at the University of Michigan in 1954 is also in this series, but has not been microfiched.
