Roger Hannay papers, 1890s-2006.

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Roger Hannay papers, 1890s-2006.

he collection includes correspondence, printed items, compositions, photographs, and other items relating to Hannay's career as a musician and professor. Correspondence includes letters from friends, professional colleagues, and family regarding the professional music community, especially in the areas of teaching and performance. Many of the letters discuss the difficulties of the music profession. Also included is correspondence relating to performances of Hannay's works. Printed materials include programs for performances by Hannay and of Hannay's works performed by others; programs and other information relating to performances of the New Music Ensemble, which Hannay founded and directed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; annual reports of the Department of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and other printed items, including clippings, transcripts from radio shows, interviews, and essays. Hannay's compositions appear in various formats: scores, audiodiscs, audiocassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, reel-to-reel original master audiotapes of electronic work, videotapes, audio and data compact discs, and floppy disks. Also included are photographs documenting Hannay's career as a musician and professor. Of note are letters and other items relating to Gloria Coates, Lukas Foss, Russell Graves, Howard Hanson, Hunter Johnson, Otto Luening, Thea Musgrave, and Dika Newlin. Note that there have been numerous additions to the collection since the original deposit in 1996.

About 6000 items (15.0 linear ft.)

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996

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American composer, teacher, conductor, and flutist. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [New York?], 11 September 1981, to Mr. Allen, 1981 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874496 From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 22 July 1992, to Joseph Chouinard, 1992 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270930274 Composer. From the description of Reminiscences of Otto Luening : oral history, 1979. ...

Foss, Lukas

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Lukas Foss (b. Aug. 15, 1922, in Berlin; d. Feb. 1, 2009, in New York City) was an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. From the description of Lukas Foss papers, circa 1926-2000 (bulk 1936-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130018 Composed 1955-58. First performance Pittsburgh, 24 October 1958, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony of chorales : for orchestra : ...

Johnson, Hunter, 1906-1998

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Coates, Gloria

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Commissioned by the South German Radio Stuttgart.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 7 / by Gloria Coates. c1990. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45205097 Gloria Kannenberg Coates, 1938- , American composer and music director. She studied music composition at Columbia University with Jack Beeson and Otto Luening. From the description of Gloria Coates papers, 1970-1986. (Columbia Universit...

Graves, Russell 1922-

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Newlin, Dika, 1923-2006

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Newlin was at that time studying under Arnold Schoenberg and was apparently acquainted with Meyer Krakowski, a professor of German literature and friend of Werfel. From the description of Correspondence to Franz Werfel, 1940. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864060 ...

Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981

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Composed 1921.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Concerto : for organ, strings and harp, op. 22, no. 3 / Howard Hanson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52170318 Composed for the Chopin Centennial, UNESCO, Paris 1949.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Pastorale for solo oboe, strings and harp / Howard Hanson. c1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52170353 American compos...

Hannay, Roger

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Roger Durham Hannay (1930-2006) was a composer, performer, and professor of music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1966-1995. From the description of Roger Hannay papers, 1890s-2006. WorldCat record id: 45106221 Roger Durham Hannay was born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., in 1930. He studied composition at Syracuse University, Boston University, and the Eastman School of Music. He received his Ph.D. from the Eastman School in 1956. In 1959, Hannay studi...

Musgrave, Thea

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000287 Scottish composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Santa Barbara, Ca., [n.d., 1981], to Francis [S. Mason, Jr.], [n.d., 1981]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582796 ...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Music.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Music was established in 1919 with the appointment of Paul John Weaver as Professor of Music. Prior to that time the study and performance of music in the University had been sporadic. Before 1900, according to L. R. Wilson, there had been an occasional glee club, a University quartet, and late in the 1890s a choral group directed by Dr. Karl P. Harrington, Professor of Latin. For music at events such as commencements, th...