Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>Browsing a list of new releases, I came across an Albany CD of
>orchestral music by one Edward Collins.  I assumed him to be American as
>the CD is conducted by Marin Alsop. There was no information in Grove,
>DRAM lists Edward Collins and Edward Joseph Collins, who may be the same
>person.  No source I checked mentioned his dates, but I'd guess late
>C19-early C20.  Steve may well be writing his review of the CD, but in
>the meantime, I'd appreciate any other information about this composer.

I wrote a review of his Symphony in B minor and 3rd Piano Concerto.  Do
you have access to American Record Guide?  The review appeared in the
January-February 2004 issue, and I understand that a colleague is reviewing
another disc for the March April issue.

Very quickly, he was a Chicago composer with dates of 1896-1951.  He
wrote a good deal of piano music and some choral works, among others.
I went into a lot of detail describing the works I reviewed in my review.
Put way too briefly, though he was an American, his music is strongly
late European Romantic.

Roger Hecht