Audio tape collection, 1975-1984.

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Audio tape collection, 1975-1984.

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Audio tape recordings, including I.S.A.M. Lecture series by Robert Kimball, 1975; oral history interviews by Cole Gagne with various persons about Henry Cowell, 1977, and interviews about Cowell by Rita H. Mead, 1978; convocation in honor of Virgil Thomson, 1981; interview with John Cage on music and politics, n.d.; and I.S.A.M. Fellowship Lectures, various dates.

6.5 linear ft. (70 tapes)

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Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965

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Composed 1916-18. The original ms. had a pencilled-in note saying: "This is the only copy anywhere." See note from Mrs. Cowell 19 Nov. 1959: "The first symphony is a student work, and I hope earnestly for it not to be performed." This is a facsimile of the composer's holograph score, according to Bill Lichtenwanger.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in B minor / Henry Cowell. 1918. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207014 Compo...

Cage, John, 1912-1992

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John Cage was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He studied composition with Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, and Arnold Schoenberg. In 1938 he began working as an accompanist for dance and a teacher at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. It was here that he first met the dancer Merce Cunningham, with whom he would have a lifelong working relationship. Together they were responsible for a number of radical innovations in musical and choreographic compositions, such as the...

Gagné, Nicole V., 1954-

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Kimball, Robert A.

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Mead, Rita H.

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Thomson, Virgil

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The hymn is How Firm a Foundation, words and music commonly ascribed to Robert Keene. The melody is also called Geard. Also quoted Yes, Jesus Loves Me and For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. Composed 1926-28. First performance New York, 22 February 1945, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony on a hymn tune / Virgil Thomson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56078995 Composer. ...

Brooklyn College. Institute for Studies in American Music

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Collecting area: American music. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457085 ...