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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newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy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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Department of Music of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1937-1983

Title: Department of Music of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1937-1983

The Department of Music of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was founded in 1919 and offers graduate and undergraduate curricula in music theory, performance, and musicology. Records of the department include sound recordings and documentation of select University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Music concerts and recitals, 1954-1983, as well as administrative records of the department, 1950-1977. The sound recordings feature not only departmental faculty and students but also guest artists. Numerous ensembles are represented, including the Carolina Choir, Early Music Ensemble, Friends of Chamber Music, North Carolina String Quartet, UNC Jazz Lab Band, UNC Opera Theater, UNC Wind Ensemble, University Chorus, University Chamber Singers, University Men's and Women's Glee Clubs, and University Symphony Orchestra. There is also a number of recordings of composer Roger Hannay conducting the New Music Ensemble. The administrative records are scant and consist mainly of faculty meeting minutes, files related to curriculum planning, and files related to departmental concerts and recitals.

ArchivalResource: 2500; 60.0

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