Spivacke fund (Rose Marie and Harold Spivacke) collection, 1993-1998.

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Spivacke fund (Rose Marie and Harold Spivacke) collection, 1993-1998.

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The materials in the Spivacke fund (Rose Marie and Harold Spivacke) collection have been purchased through an endowment fund established by Mrs. Harold Spivacke in 1982 based on the wishes of her husband, who was the chief of the Music Division at the Library of Congress from 1937-1972. The purpose of the fund is to assist the Library in adding to and increasing the collections in the Music Division. The purchases primarily focus on holograph music manuscripts, printed music, and autograph correspondence which enhance the existing collections. All purchases of manuscript and printed music are fully catalogued separately. The correspondence with any accompanying material and photographs, however, is not separately catalogued. The finding aid summarizes all purchases both catalogued and un-catalogued --- a minimum amount of description for the catalogued music and an itemized listing of the correspondence and other materials. This guide includes certain sections normally associated with a finding aid, such as a Biographical Sketch, a Scope and Content Note, or a Series Description. A major purchase made partially through The Spivacke Fund from 1992 to 1995 has been the Charles Mingus Collection. This collection is housed as a separate collection apart from the other purchases made through the fund. The guide and bibliographic record for the Mingus Collection indicates that the collection comprises part of The Spivacke Fund Collection. In 1998, a collection of letters and papers that had been in the hands of Hans Heinsheimer, noted American publisher and writer on music, were purchased from Lion Heart Autographs, Inc., New York City. The 75 items are housed together and identified on the folders as the Hans Heinsheimer Collection; however, the items are not identified in the finding aid under this collection name. Instead, the items have been listed under the prominent name on the correspondence or other papers and filed alphabetically among the names of other prominent musicians/authors from previous purchases. The Spivacke Fund Collection is separate and distinct from the personal papers of Harold Spivacke which are housed as the Harold Spivacke Collection in the Music Division.

3 linear ft. (7 boxes, ca. 294 items).

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Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979

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Charles Mingus, African-American jazz bassist, was born April 22, 1922, in Nogales, Arizona. He began to study the cello in 1934, switching to the bass in 1937. In 1939 he began studying composition with Lloyd Reese and composed What love and Half mast inhibitions. He began his professional career in 1940, playing bass with Lee Young, and he toured with Louis Armstromg's big band the following year. In 1942 he played bass with Barney Bigard's ensemble which featured retired trombonist Kid Ory. T...

Heinsheimer, Hans W., 1900-1993

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Author and music publishing executive Hans Heinsheimer was active with many of the leading European and American 20th-century composers. From the description of Hans Heinsheimer collection 1915-ca 1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128299 German-born American publishing executive and writer on music. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 25 November 1964, to James J. Fuld, 1964 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873424 ...

Grentzer, Rose Marie

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Rose Marie Grentzer (1914-1985) was an American music educator. She graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1936 with bachelor's degrees in public school music, music (violin), and music education. From 1946-1955, Grentzer taught music education courses at several prominent institutions, including the Juilliard School, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, University of Michigan, University of Colorado, and the Catholic University of America. She ...

Spivacke, Harold, 1904-1977

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Musicologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Harold Spivacke : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587332 Biographical Note Harold Spivacke was born July 18, 1904 in New York City. He studied at New York University, where he received his B.A. in 1923 and his M.A. in 1924. He attended the University of Berlin and received his Ph.D. in 1933, magna cum laude, wi...