Williams, Vincent T. (Taylor), 1903-1968
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1903 - 1968
Biography
Vincent T. Williams was born in Stanberry, Missouri, in 1903, but grew up in Kansas City. He attended the Horner Institute in Kansas City on a piano scholarship, studied at the Metropolitan Junior College in Stanberry, and then attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri from 1926-1931. Williams was an admirer of Abraham Lincoln. His piece written on the life of Lincoln, Father Abraham, was criticized by Virgil Thomson, causing Williams to study musical composition in mid-life with Francis X. Buebendorf at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory for about ten years. Williams died in Kansas City in 1968 after a career as a physician.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Dr. Vincent T. Williams Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0071
Scope and Contents
The Dr. Vincent T. Williams Collection was donated to the University of Missouri-Kansas City by the Williams Estate. Housed in the Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections, the collection consists of dozens of music manuscripts by Williams, as well as miscellaneous items such as correspondence, programs, news clippings and photographs. Included are signed letters to Williams from Robert Russell Bennett and Virgil Thomson, three printed piano/vocal scores of musical comedies...
Dates:
1950s - 1960s
