Harold Triggs

Harold Triggs in 1948

Harold Melvin Triggs (December 25, 1900 – July, 1984) was an American composer and pianist.

A native of Denver, where his father directed a company which sold musical instruments, Triggs studied at the Bush Conservatory under Julie Rivé-King, and also had lessons with Josef Lhévinne. He had a long career as a teacher, beginning at his alma mater and continuing at the Juilliard School and Columbia University. Concurrently he appeared as a concert pianist, both alone and as a duo with Vera Brodsky. Most of his music is for piano; other works include the orchestral The Bright Land, which was taken up by Leopold Stokowski and Howard Hanson among others, and recorded by the latter. As a pianist Triggs made a number of piano rolls during his career.

Triggs died in Thomasville, Georgia. His papers are held by Columbia University.

References

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  2. 1 2 "Harold Triggs papers, 1900-1984". Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1921. pp. 12–.
  4. ↑ Brodsky Lawrence, Vera (1999). Repercussions, 1857-1862. University of Chicago Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-0-226-47015-3.
  5. ↑ David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers. Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-385-14278-6.