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McDonald, Harl, 1899-1955

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Personal name headingMcDonald, Harl, 1899-1955
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Variant(s)Makudonarudo, Hāru, 1899-1955
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placePhiladelphia (Pa.)
Birth date1899-07-27
Death date1955-03-30
Place of birthBoulder (Colo.)
Place of deathPrinceton (N.J.)
AffiliationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Orchestra
Profession or occupationComposers Conductors (Music) Pianists Organists Music teachers Arts administrators
University and college faculty members
Acoustician
Found inStockton, A.M. Ann Mason Stockton, harp [SR] 1984?: label (Harl McDonald) container (composer, conductor, pianist, organist, director of mus. at the Univ. of Pa., manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra, musical research scientist, 1890-1955 [sic])
New Grove (McDonald, Harl; b. nr. Boulder, Colorado, 27 July 1899, d. Princeton, 30 March 1955)
Tōkyō-to Kōkyō Gakudan. Kodomo no shinfonī, p1980: label (Harl McDonald) container (Hāru Makudonarudo)
Grove music online, August 29, 2019 (McDonald, Harl; born July 27, 1899, near Boulder, Colorado, died March 30, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey; American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher; taught at the University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1946; general manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1939-1955; conducted research in acoustics and sound measurement for the Rockefeller Foundation, 1930-1933, publishing with O.H. Schenck New methods of measuring sound (1935))