| LC control no. | n 82246113 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Firth, Vic |
| Variant(s) | Firth, Everett |
| Located | Sanford (Me.) |
| Birth date | 19300602 |
| Death date | 20150726 |
| Place of birth | Winchester (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Boston (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | New England Conservatory of Music Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Drumstick maker Timpanists Music teachers Composers |
| Found in | His Suite for four timpani, four RotoToms, and drum set, c1983: t.p. (Vic Firth) notes (age 21 in 1952) Saint-Saëns, C. Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 [SR] p1987: container (Everett Firth, timpani) Electronic communication from Patrick H. Maxfield, Head of Technical Services, New England Conservatory Libraries, July 17, 2001 (Everett "Vic" Firth is timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music) Boston Symphony Orchestra WWW homepage, http://www.bso.org, July 18, 2001: search "Firth" (Everett Firth, timpani; joined BSO in 1952 at age of 21; founder and president of Vic Firth Inc.) New York times WWW site, viewed July 29, 2015 (in obituary published July 28: Vic Firth; b. Everett Joseph Firth, June 2, 1930, Winchester, Mass.; reared in Sanford, Me.; d. Sunday [July 26, 2015], Boston, aged 85; joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1952; named principal tympanist in 1956; retired in 2002; also served as head of the percussion department of the New England Conservatory of Music for more than 40 years; drumstick manufacturer; founded Vic Firth Inc. in 1963; the company was acquired by the Avedis Zildjian Company in 2010 and has been known since then as the Vic Firth Company) |
| Invalid LCCN | no 97029952 |
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