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Culprit Fay," — Cited from "American Composers," by Ru- 

 pert Hughes (Boston, 1914), p. 167. It has also been set 

 as a rhapsody for grand orchestra, by Henry Kimball Hadley, 

 as follows : 



Henry Hadley / Op. 62 / The Culprit Fay / A Rhapsody / 

 for / Grand Orchestra / after Joseph Rodman Drake's Poem 

 / Score / Parts / New York: G. Schirmer / ... I ... / 

 .../.../.../ [Copy. 1910]. 



F° ; cover-title, verso blank; title, verso blank; insert "Pro- 

 gramme Sketch," by Arthur Farwell, English and German, 

 one leaf; music score, no words, pp. 1-59; verso of p. 59 and 

 recto of end cover, blank; verso of cover has publisher's trade- 

 mark. Copies described in New York Public Library (Music 

 Division) and the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences. 



The description above is for the full score. The rhapsody 

 was published also in the parts for the instruments. Hadley 

 began the composition at Mayence in April, 1908, and com- 

 pleted his work in the spring of 1909. It won the prize of 

 $1,000 offered by the National Federation of Music Clubs, 

 for which twenty-five competitors entered. The rhapsody 

 was first performed on May 28, 1909, at Powers Theatre. 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. The composer himself led the Theo- 

 dore Thomas orchestra on this occasion of its production, as 

 he did the Boston Symphony Orchestra on November 18 and 

 19, 191 o. It was played by the Theodore Thomas orchestra, 

 with Mr. Stock as conductor, at regular concerts of October 

 29 and 30, 1909, and in other cities, as Detroit, Cleveland, and 

 Memphis. It was also included as a repertoire number by the 

 Seattle Symphony orchestra and has been performed by the 

 Philadelphia Orchestra Association. 



Another American composer, Henry Schoenefeld (b. 1857) 

 produced a festival overture based on his own setting of 

 Drake's " The American Flag." It has not been ascertained 

 whether the score was ever published. 



