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Aaron Copland Oral History

 Collection
Call Number: OHVI
Scope and Contents: The Aaron Copland Oral History comprises approximately 75 interviews with colleagues, friends, and family of Aaron Copland (note: for interviews with Copland himself, see the Major Figures in American Music collection). Oral History of American Music (OHAM) founder Vivian Perlis first became friends with Copland while working on the Charles Ives Oral History. Copland later wrote the preface for her book, Charles Ives Remembered. As the Ives project finished, Perlis focused on Copland as her new...
Dates: 1948-1989, bulk 1980-1989

The John Kirkpatrick Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 56
Overview: Correspondence and other writings, music, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American pianist and scholar John Kirkpatrick (1905-1991)
Dates: 1836-1993 (inclusive)

The Vivian Perlis Collection of Schmitz, Ornstein, Copland, and Kirkpatrick

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 96
Overview: Correspondence, an unpublished book, clippings, and other materials pertaining to E. Robert Schmitz and the Pro Musica Society, Leo Ornstein, Aaron Copland, and John Kirkpatrick
Dates: 1914-2002

The Mel Powell Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 70
Overview: Musical scores, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and sound recordings by and about Mel Powell (1923-1998), the composer, jazz pianist, and educator.
Dates: 1942-1991, inclusive