Smith, Carleton Sprague
Smith, Carleton Sprague
Smith, Carleton Sprague , distinguished American musicologist; b. N.Y., Aug. 8, 1905; d. Washington, Conn., Sept. 19, 1994. He was educated at Harvard Univ. (M.A., 1928) and at the Univ. of Vienna (Ph.D., 1930, with the diss. Die Beziehungen zwischen Spanien und Oesterreich im 17. Jahrhundert). Returning to the U.S., he was an instructor in history at Columbia Univ. (1931–35), then at N.Y.U. (1939–67); he also served as chief of the Music Division at the N.Y. Public Library (1931–3; 1946–59). A linguist, he lectured in South America, in Spanish and Portuguese, on the social history of the U.S. Smith was also a skillful flutist, and often took part in concerts of early and new music.
Bibliography
I. Katz, M. Kuss, and R. Wolfe, eds., Libraries, History, Diplomacy, and the Performing Arts: Essays in Honor of C.S. S. (Stuyvesant, N.Y, 1991).
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