Elliot Weisgarber fonds. 1946-12002.

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Elliot Weisgarber fonds. 1946-12002.

The fonds consists of audio recordings of Weisgarber compositions or performances (1957-1999); musical scores, drafts and sketches (1946-1996); and research materials generated or accumulated by Weisgarber in the preparation of an unpublished biography of Aurelio Giorni and an article "The Honkyoku of the Kinko-Ryu: Some Principles of its Organization" (1968).

1.64 m of textual records.85 audio tapes.1 film.

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Weisgarber, Elliot, 1919-2001

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Clarinetist, composer and ethnomusicologist Elliot Weisgarber (December 5, 1919 - December 31, 2001) was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He studied clarinet and composition at the Eastman School of Music where he earned his Bachelor and Masters degrees in music as well as a Performers Certificate in clarinet. Following his graduation in 1943 Weisgarber spent one year teaching at Colby Junior College in New Hampshire before moving on to a sixteen-year career at the Womans College, University o...