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Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)

Title: Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)

Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.

ArchivalResource: circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet

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Aaron Copland Collection, 1841-1991, (bulk 1911-1990)

Title: Aaron Copland Collection 1841-1991 (bulk 1911-1990)

The Aaron Copland Collection consists of published and unpublished music by Copland and other composers, correspondence, writings, biographical material, datebooks, journals, professional papers including legal and financial material, photographs, awards, art work, and books. Of particular interest is the correspondence with Nadia Boulanger, which extent over 50 years, and with his long-time friend, Harold Clurman. Other significant correspondents are Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, Carlos Chávez, David Diamond, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, Claire Reis, Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions, and Virgil Thomsom. The photographic collection of Copland's friend and confidant Victor Kraft, a professional photographer, forms part of the collection.

ArchivalResource: around 400,000 items; 564 boxes; 306 linear feet

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The Leonard Burkat Papers, 1943-1981 (inclusive)

Title: The Leonard Burkat Papers 1943-1981 (inclusive)

Correspondence, music, and photographs by and about the American music librarian, critic, music administrator, recording executive, and program annotator Leonard Burkat (1919-1992)

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (3 linear feet)

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Leonard Bernstein Collection, circa 1900-1994, (bulk 1933-1990)

Title: Leonard Bernstein Collection circa 1900-1994 (bulk 1933-1990)

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, writer, lecturer, and pianist. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, writings, personal business papers, the archives from his corporate identity, Amberson Inc., scrapbooks, clippings and press materials, programs, datebooks and schedules, iconography, address books, and fan mail. In addition, it contains music manuscripts for many of his compositions, including ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and . The Age of Anxiety (Symphony no. 2) Candide Chichester Psalms Fancy Free Jeremiah (Symphony no. 1) On the Waterfront Prelude, Fugue and Riffs Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" Trouble in Tahiti West Side Story Wonderful Town

ArchivalResource: around 400,000 items; 1227 boxes; 508 linear feet

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Irving Fine Collection, 1930-1993, (bulk 1950-1962)

Title: Irving Fine Collection 1930-1993 (bulk 1950-1962)

The bulk of the materials in the collection are musical scores and sketches which represent virtually the entire musical output of the composer, some of which have been cataloged individually and classified and shelved in ML96.F47, ML96.5.F47, ML30.3C.F55, and ML29c.F527. In addition there are photographs, clippings, programs, scrapbooks, as well as correspondence from 20th century musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, Alberto Ginastera, Ned Rorem, and William Schuman.

ArchivalResource: around 4,350 items; 21 boxes; 7 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu001001 View