| LC control no. | n 79094608 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.N694 Biography PS3527.I72 |
| Personal name heading | Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980 |
| Variant(s) | Niles, John J. (John Jacob), 1892-1980 |
| See also | Partner: Niles, Rena Lipetz, 1913-1996 |
| Associated country | United States France |
| Associated place | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1892-04-28 |
| Death date | 1980-05-01 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Lexington (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Lyric Opera of Chicago |
| Profession or occupation | Folk singers Folklorists Composers Authors Air pilots Arrangers (Musicians) |
| Found in | Author's Singing soldiers. Little, D. An historical overview and analytical study in the origin of texts, melodies and performance practices of the Niles-Merton song cycles, 1994: p. 3, etc. (John Jacob Niles; b. April 28, 1892, Louisville, Ky.; d. May 1, 1980) Oxford music online, November 24, 2014: New Grove dictionary of American music, 2nd ed. (Niles, John Jacob; born April 28, 1892, Louisville, KY, died May 1, 1980, near Lexington, KY; American folksinger, folk-music collector, and composer) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 683 (John Jacob Niles, ballad writer and collector, pilot in France during World War I then moved to New York. Gathered and recorded songs of eastern Kentucky 1909-1917 and 1928-1934; composed or arranged more than 1,000 ballads and folk songs. Set twenty-two of Trappist monk Thermos Merton's poems to music. Sang briefly with the Chicago Lyric Opera Company. His last concert was at Swannanoa, North Carolina, September 1978.) Carl Fischer Music. Songs of the American Negro, 1934?: unnumbered page 9 (adapted and arranged by John J. Niles) |
| Associated language | eng |
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