Biography
Born in Picton, Ontario, 4 November 1881, Gena Branscombe, composer and conductor, left Canada in 1897 to study and work in the United States. Her piano pieces, songs, and choral and orchestral works were published and performed in both countries . She died in New York 26 July 1977. See the Canadian Encyclopedia for a full biography.
Scope
Music manuscripts, photographs and programs.
Size
1 file (.02 m.)
Provenance
Gena Tenney Phenix
Associated
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts holds most of Gena Branscombe's archives. Library and Archives Canada also holds a Gena Branscombe fonds. The University of Toronto collection includes almost 200 sheet music publications.

Inventory	Description
Musical compositions.	Arms that have shelter'd us : Navy song, for men's chorus -- Bells of circumstance : Finale from act II -- Quebec : Procession, from the orchestral suite : arranged for trumpet, piano and organ -- Prologue from the symphonic suite : for high voice with piano accompaniment. from the symphonic suite : for high voice with piano accompaniment. 4 scores (various pagings) MS ink, and pencil.
Photographs.	5 items
Programs and magazine articles.

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