Background
Briggs, John Gurney was born on February 17, 1916 in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Gurney and Hazel Irene (Harmon) Briggs.
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Leonard Bernstein: The Man, His Work And His World
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Requiem for a Yellow Brick Brewery: A History of the Metropolitan Opera
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Carefully detailed, written with skill and grace, this book takes the reader behind the scenes as they occurred, and offers a collection of hitherto unpublished, humorous, and candid anecdotes gathered from thirty years of personal experience with the Metropolitan.
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Leonard Bernstein - The Man, His Work and His World
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John Gurney Briggs
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Student, University North Carolina, 1932-1935; graduate, Curtis Institute Music, 1938.
Works
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Requiem for a Yellow Brick Brewery: A History of the Metropolitan Opera
(Carefully detailed, written with skill and grace, this bo...)
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Leonard Bernstein: The Man, His Work And His World
(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)
- Leonard Bernstein - The Man, His Work and His World
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Requiem for a Yellow Brick Brewery: A History of the Metropolitan Opera
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Balée Westmoreland, December 23, 1938 (deceased 1980). Children— Robert Ragan, Mary Curtis.
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Episcopalian