Collection 15-M

Fannie Charles Dillon Collection of Musical Compositions and Memorabilia

Dillon was born on March 16, 1881 in Denver, CO; moved with family to Long Beach, CA in 1890; studied composition with Heinrich Urban, Hugo Kaun and Rubin Goldmark, and piano with Leopold Godovsky, Berlin, Germany, 1900-06; teacher, pianist and composer, Los Angeles, 1906-10; taught at Pomona College, 1910-13, and in LA high schools, 1918-41; composer of piano, vocal, orchestral and chamber music, as well as for the outdoor dramas Nevertheless--Old Glory, The desert calls, and Tahquitz; founded Woodland Theater at Fawnskin, Big Bear Lake, CA, 1924, serving as general manager, 1926-29; died on Feb. 21, 1947.

Collection consists of manuscripts, manuscript transparencies, ozalid reproductions, and publications representing about 140 compositions by Dillon. Also includes programs, newspaper clippings, poems, correspondence, and other miscellaneous documents.

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