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Collection of Ricordi records
Collection
Identifier: Ricordi
Scope and Contents
Over 1,000 items, mainly correspondence to the directors of Ricordi (in chronological order: Giovanni Ricordi, Tito Ricordi, Giulio Ricordi, Tito Ricordi (Giulio's son), Carlo Clausetti, Alfredo Colombo), with some correspondence from and between the directors as well as photographs of the Ricordi and Clausetti families and annual reports written by Clausetti. The correspondents include composers, librettists, singers, music critics, and nobility from throughout Europe. Most folders of...
Dates:
1810-1959; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1969
Found in:
Music Library
Camille Saint-Saëns correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Saint-Saens
Abstract
The Camille Saint-Saëns Correspondence Collection is comprised of over 200 letters written by or to Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) between 1845 and 1921. Correspondents include fellow musicians and composers as well as other historical and cultural figures of the era. Saint-Saëns was a celebrated composer who wrote in nearly every genre of French music at the end of the 19th century. His compositions and and influence on students and later composers make him an important bridge to later 20th...
Dates:
1845 - 1921
Found in:
Music Library
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji letters, 1942-1977
Collection
Identifier: Sorabji
Abstract
Kaikhosru Shaburji Sorabji (1892-1988) was an English-Parsi composer and music critic active for the majority of the 20th century. This collection of letters between Kaikhosru Sorabji and Baron Arnold Hartzhorn are primarily from February 1950 to August 1966 and discuss opinions on music, music criticism, religion, and briefly touching on the personal life of Sorabji. This collection is one archival box.
Dates:
1942-1977
Found in:
Music Library
Leo Sowerby papers
Collection
Identifier: Sowerby
Abstract
Chiefly music manuscripts of original compositions by the American composer and church musician Leo Sowerby (1895-1968).
Dates:
1911 - 1995; Other: Majority of material found within 1911 - 1967; Other: Date acquired: 07/11/1994
Found in:
Music Library
William Marvin Spencer papers
Collection
Identifier: Spencer
Abstract
This collection contains manuscript scores (some photocopied), plot synopses, photographs, and a printed biography of the American industrialist and amateur composer William Marvin Spencer (1892-1984).
Dates:
1962-1996
Found in:
Music Library
Alan Stout manuscript scores
Collection
Identifier: Stout
Abstract
Manuscript scores (diazotype) by the American composer Alan Stout (born 1932), most with cover labels and stamps from the American Composers Alliance Library, New York.
Dates:
1961-1975; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/2007
Found in:
Music Library
Pat Patrick Collection of Sun Ra Materials
Collection
Identifier: Sun Ra
Abstract
The Pat Patrick Collection of Sun Ra Materials, 1950-1992, contains the ephemera, sermons and writings of the influential jazz musician Sun Ra. Patrick was a musician in his own right and a long standing member of Sun Ra’s orchestra as well as being influenced and involved in Sun Ra’s spiritual beliefs and outlook on life.
Dates:
1950 September-1992 January
Found in:
Music Library
Elizabeth Augusta Wrightson Collection of Annotated Bel Canto Vocal Music
Collection
Identifier: Wrightson
Abstract
The Elizabeth Augusta Wrightson Collection consists of 135 arias and other songs chiefly from Italian operas of the bel canto style. Approximately 100 contain detailed performance markings including ornamentation, expression marks and cadenzas.
Dates:
Publication: Music printed 1815-1840; Compiled between 1834-1835; Other: Bound in three volumes
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