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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The Aaron Copland Collection consists of published and unpublished music by Copland and other composers, correspondence, writings, biographical material, datebooks, journals, professional papers including legal and financial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

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002006 View

Kirkpatrick, John, 1905-1991. The John Kirkpatrick papers, 1836-1993 (inclusive).

Title: The John Kirkpatrick papers, 1836-1993 (inclusive).

The John Kirkpatrick Papers document the life and career of American pianist John Kirkpatrick through his correspondence with composers, performers, music educators, and family members. The Papers also hold an extensive collection of music, including sketches, manuscripts, and published versions of Kirkpatrick's many editions of music by composers such as Charles Ives and Carl Ruggles. Kirkpatrick's life and work are further documented with photographs, programs, reviews, writings, teaching materials, and miscellaneous items.

ArchivalResource: 40 linear ft. (95 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150415 View

Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869. Noche de los trópicos / Louis M. Gottschalk ; reconstructed by Howard Shanet from band version and piano sketches.

Title: Noche de los trópicos / Louis M. Gottschalk ; reconstructed by Howard Shanet from band version and piano sketches. c1958.

ArchivalResource: ms. score ([113] p.) + parts ; 42 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52006222 View

The John Kirkpatrick Papers, 1836-1993 (inclusive)

Title: The John Kirkpatrick Papers 1836-1993 (inclusive)

Correspondence and other writings, music, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American pianist and scholar John Kirkpatrick (1905-1991)

ArchivalResource: 95 boxes (40 linear feet)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/music.mss.0056 View

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

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002011 View

Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951)

Title: Serge Koussevitzky Archive 1920-1976 (bulk 1924-1951)

The archive is a collection of correspondence, personal and business papers, photographs, and other materials which document some of the most significant aspects of twentieth-century music. Through his work as a conductor and publisher, and his efforts to commission new musical works, Koussevitzky maintained deep ties with many of the finest composers and musicians of the day. These figures are represented in their personal and professional affiliations with the conductor. In addition to serving as a record of Koussevitzky's life and career, the collection extensively chronicles periods in the history of organizations such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, and the American International Music Fund. Material in the collection dates from Koussevitzky's years in his native Russia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1924 to 1951; it also contains material created after Koussevitzky's death, reflecting his widow's continuing work with various organizations and projects. Musical compositions commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky are part of the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Collection, and are shelved in ML30.3c, ML30.3c2, ML30.3c3, and ML30.3e2.

ArchivalResource: circa 13,000 items; 138 boxes; 100 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu002008 View

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Aaron Copland oral history.

Title: Aaron Copland oral history.

The Aaron Copland Oral History consists of extensive, in-depth interviews with Aaron Copland conducted by Vivian Perlis in 1975 and 1976, as well as secondary source material. The interviews form the basis of the two-volume autobiography co-authored by Copland and Perlis: Copland: 1900 through 1942 (New York: St. Martin's/Marek, 1984), and Copland Since 1943 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989). Secondary source material consists of 65 brief interviews with other composers, conductors, choreographers, family members, and business associates.

ArchivalResource: .75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165276 View

Shanet, Howard. The violin alone; a study of music for unaccompanied violin to the time of J.S. Bach.

Title: The violin alone; a study of music for unaccompanied violin to the time of J.S. Bach. 1941.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56151106 View

Columbia University Orchestra/Composers String Quartet tapes, 1949-1987

Title: Columbia University Orchestra/Composers String Quartet tapes, 1949-1987

ArchivalResource: 13.75 linear ft. (11 record cartons)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-ua/ldpd_9538715 View