Content Description
Dates
- 1 August 1881
Creator
- Kieffer, Aldine S., 1840-1904 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Biographical / Historical
Kieffer was the grandson of Mennonite musician Joseph Funk. After Funk's death, he and Ephraim Ruebush took over Funk's publishing company. With Ruebush and John W. Howe, Kieffer founded the Kieffer, Ruebush, & Company music company circa 1873, which was moved from Singers Glen to Dayton, Virginia in 1878. Kieffer was editor of the Musical Million and Fireside Friend periodical. The Musical Million, published from 1870 until 1914, was one of the leading tools promoting shape note music for almost a half century. It helped link teachers and students across the country, and published many songs in its pages.
Kieffer taught singing schools and used his songbooks in the schools. One of Kieffer's most popular song books was The Temple Star, published at Singer's Glen in 1877. One of his most popular songs was his poem Twilight is Stealing, set to music by B. C. Unseld in 1877 and published in the Temple Star.
Source: "Aldine Silliman Kieffer" Wikipedia. Accessed 2/08/2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldine_Silliman_Kieffer
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Condition Description
Creator
- Kieffer, Aldine S., 1840-1904 (Person)
- Title
- Aldine S. Kieffer letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 02-08-22
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States