Lawrence Morton Collection of Materials Relating to the Monday Evening Concerts, 1950-1971

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Lawrence Morton Collection of Materials Relating to the Monday Evening Concerts, 1950-1971

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Lawrence Morton (1904-1987) played the organ for silent movies and studied in New York before moving to Los Angeles, California, in 1940. He was the executive director of (later renamed ) from 1952-71. The collection consists of concert programs, 6 scrapbooks, and correspondence of composers related to the Monday Evening Concerts of Los Angeles, 1955-67. Evenings on the Roof Monday Evening Concerts

1 box (0.5 linear ft.); 6 oversize boxes

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Monday Evening Concerts of Los Angeles

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The Monday Evening Concerts, first known as Evenings on the Roof, began in 1939 under the direction of Peter Yates; concerts featured his wife Frances Mullen, among others, playing chamber music and other experimental works; Yates retired from the series, but the concerts continued under the direction of Lawrence Morton (1954-71) and Dorrance Stalvey (1971- ). From the description of Programs, 1971- (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41578115 ...

Morton, Lawrence, 1904-1987

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Morton was born in 1904; he played the organ for silent movies and studied in NY before moving to Los Angeles, CA, in 1940; wrote music criticism for Script magazine; executive director, Evenings on the Roof (later renamed Monday Evening Concerts), 1952-71; director of the Ojai Music Festival; as curator of music at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, he staged several Bing Concerts each year; died in 1987. From the description of Papers, 1908-1987. (University of California, Los A...