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Conductors (Music)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: Clark
Abstract

The collection contains concert programs, lecture notes, biographical materials on Edward Clark and Elisabeth Lutyens, notebooks, photographs, and a certificate of award. There are groups of materials focused on organizations with which Clark was associated, and materials related to Clark's slander lawsuit against composer Benjamin Frankel.

Dates: 1888 - 1962

Michael Costa correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Costa
Abstract

The Michael Costa correspondence collection is comprised primarily of letters to nineteenth-century Italian-born British conductor and composer Michael Costa (1808-1884) covering his personal and professional life from 1846-1884 and the years following his death until 1909. The collection also includes a few contracts, receipts, documents, photographs and artefacts related to Costa.

Dates: 1846 - 1909

Records of the Northwestern University Band Program

 Collection
Identifier: 19/2/5
Abstract

This collection comprises 146 boxes, containing records of the Northwestern band program from 1917 to 2007. The band program began in 1926 with the first Northwestern Director of Bands, Glenn Cliffe Bainum. After Bainum’s tenure as Director of Bands, the next person to take that position was John Philip Paynter. Mallory Thompson took over the band program as Northwestern’s third Director of Bands and holds that position as of 2022.

Dates: 1917 - 2007

Fritz Reiner correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Reiner
Abstract

Conductor Fritz Reiner's correspondence collection includes both personal and business correspondence, including letters to family, friends, and fans, and papers regarding his work with the Curtis Institute of Music and the Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras. Carlotta Reiner's correspondence is also heavily represented.

Dates: 1916 - 1967; Other: Majority of material found within 1921 - 1963

Wilson Stone (1927-2020) Papers, circa 1945-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/240
Abstract

Wilson Stone (1927-2020) was a lyricist, composer, conductor and pianist. He wrote for the Waa-Mu Show as a Northwestern University student. After graduating, he worked as a composer in New York City, where he wrote industrial musicals and composed lyrics for Paramount Studios.

Dates: circa 1945-2005