Harvard University. Department of Music (1855-)

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A professorship in music was first proposed in 1832, but it wasn't until 1855 that Harvard's catalogue listed its first music course. The music program was developed further in the 1870s by John Knowles Paine.

From the description of General information by and about the Department of Music. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 236231892
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creatorOf Before West Side Story : Leonard Bernstein's Boston, 2006. Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
referencedIn Papers of Elliot Forbes Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Papers of George Wallace Woodworth, 193?-1969 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Records of the Symposium on Music Criticism, held May 1-3, 1947 at Harvard Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
creatorOf [Musical compositions] [1960-1971] Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
referencedIn Rudolf Kolisch papers, 1886-1978. Houghton Library
referencedIn Musical notations, recordings of performances and rehearsals, and correspondence relevant to a gamelan ensemble established at Harvard by Mantle Hood in 1960. 1960-1965. Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
referencedIn Richard Aldrich papers, 1842-1956 (inclusive), 1883-1938 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Faculty search records, 1977-1992 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Harvard University. Dept. of Music. "Ways of Representing Music" : a symposium in honor of Professor Rulan Chao Pian, 9:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m. ; An evening of Chinese performing arts, 8:00 p.m., Saturday, 11 April 1992, Paine Hall, Music Building / Harvard University, Department of Music presents. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
referencedIn Goldthwaite, Scott, 1901-1981. Papers, 1942-1956. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
creatorOf Student records (undergraduate), 1970-1990 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Il quinto libro de tabolature da liuto de M. Giulio Abundante detto dal Pestrino. 1957. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Studies in Baroque music transcriptions of baroque sonatas by students in Music 215. Department of Music, Harvard University. 1959. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
referencedIn Papers of Archibald Thompson Davison Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Syllabi, course outlines and reading lists in Music, 1902-1968, undated. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Collection of Deborah W. Dorsey, 1958-1959. Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Meditation : P. Tchaikowsky : scored for full orchestra by students in Music 6 taught by W.R. Spalding '82 : final score copied by Philip G. Clapp '10 : performed three times at Pop Concerts : manuscript, [1907] Houghton Library
referencedIn Correspondence, teaching materials, research notes and musical transcriptions, 1926-1984 (inclusive) Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
creatorOf The collected lute works of John, Edward and Robert Johnson. 1959. HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf General information by and about the Department of Music. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Musical notations, recordings of performances and rehearsals, and correspondence relevant to a gamelan ensemble established at Harvard by Mantle Hood in 1960. 1960-1965. Harvard University, Loeb Music Library
creatorOf Records of the Music Department, 1904-1959 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Harvard University collection of reference materials relating to academic departments, research centers, laboratories, etc., ca. 1790- Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Student folders (graduate and non-degree), 1932-1990 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
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associatedWith Abondante, Giulio, fl. 1546-1587. person
correspondedWith Aldrich, Richard, 1863-1937 person
associatedWith Brown, John Nicolas. person
associatedWith Buck, Paul Herman, 1899-1978. person
associatedWith Cairns, Huntington, 1904-1985. person
associatedWith Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978. person
associatedWith Collegiate Chorale. corporateBody
associatedWith Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978. person
associatedWith Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. person
associatedWith Davison, Archibald T. (Archibald Thompson), 1883-1961. person
associatedWith Dorsey, Deborah W. person
associatedWith Downes, Olin, 1886-1955. person
associatedWith Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Erikson, Mrs. A. W. person
associatedWith Forbes, Elliot. person
associatedWith Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. person
associatedWith Frankenstein, Alfred V. 1906-1981. person
associatedWith French, Richard F. 1915-2001. person
associatedWith Goldthwaite, Scott, 1901-1981. person
associatedWith Graham, Martha. person
associatedWith Harvard University corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard University. Friends of Music. corporateBody
associatedWith Harvard University. Nieman Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. person
associatedWith Johnson, Edward, fl. 1572-1601. person
associatedWith Johnson, John, d. 1594 or 5. person
associatedWith Johnson, Robert, ca. 1583-1633. person
associatedWith Kinkeldey, Otto, 1878-1966. person
associatedWith Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978 person
associatedWith Lang, Paul Henry, 1901-1991. person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Library of Congress. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973. person
associatedWith Martha Graham Dance Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959. no. 6. person
associatedWith Merritt, A. Tillman (Arthur Tillman) person
associatedWith Music and Criticism: A Symposium (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948) person
associatedWith Piston, Walter, 1894-1976. no. 3. person
associatedWith Radcliffe College corporateBody
associatedWith Samaroff Stokowski, Olga, 1882-1948. person
associatedWith Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. op. 45. person
associatedWith Schuman, William, 1910-1992. person
associatedWith Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985. person
associatedWith Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999. person
associatedWith Spalding, Walter Raymond, 1865-1962. person
associatedWith Symposium on Music Criticism (1947 : Harvard University) corporateBody
associatedWith Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. person
associatedWith Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. person
associatedWith Walden String Quartet (Urbana, Ill.) corporateBody
associatedWith Wind, Edgar, 1900- person
associatedWith Woodworth, G. Wallace person
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Massachusetts--Cambridge
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Lute music
Music
Music
Music
Musical criticism
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