Harold Triggs

American classical composer

Harold Melvin Triggs (December 25, 1900 – July, 1984)^[1]^[2] was an American composer and pianist.

A native of Denver, where his father directed a company which sold musical instruments,^[1] Triggs studied at the Bush Conservatory under Julie Rivé-King,^[3] and also had lessons with Josef Lhévinne.^[4] He had a long career as a teacher, beginning at his alma mater^[3] and continuing at the Juilliard School and Columbia University. Concurrently he appeared as a concert pianist, both alone and as a duo with Vera Brodsky. Most of his music is for piano; other works include the orchestral The Bright Land, which was taken up by Leopold Stokowski and Howard Hanson among others, and recorded by the latter.^[5] As a pianist Triggs made a number of piano rolls during his career.^[1]

Triggs died in Thomasville, Georgia.^[1] His papers are held by Columbia University.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pianola". Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Harold Triggs papers, 1900-1984". Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1921. pp. 12–.
^ Brodsky Lawrence, Vera (1999). Repercussions, 1857-1862. University of Chicago Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-0-226-47015-3.
^ David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-385-14278-6.