Aston Magna Foundation for Music records 1972-1979

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Aston Magna Foundation for Music records 1972-1979

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/20401

The Aston Magna Foundation for Music Records consist of office files that document the first years of the Foundation, a pioneering American organization for the study and promotion of early music. Established in 1972 by Albert Fuller and Lee Elman, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the Foundation was created to serve as a center for the study and performance of seventeenth and eighteenth century music, and continues today to build upon its original mission.

2.17 linear feet; 2 boxes

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316532

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American Music Collection

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Fuller, Albert

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Elman, Lee M

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Aston Magna Foundation for Music

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Established in 1972 by Albert Fuller and Lee Elman, the Aston Magna Foundation for Music was created to serve as a center for the study and performance of seventeenth and eighteenth century music. The original site of the Foundation in Great Barrington, Massachusetts was the former summer home of the violinist Albert Spalding. Although the Foundation faced some initial problems with the local community over turning the property, which was located in a primarily residenti...