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100@100: Women Composers Interviewed by Mt. Holyoke College Students
Collection
Call Number: 100@100
Dates:
2020-2021
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
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
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Alone Together: Musicians in the Time of Covid
Collection
Call Number: OHVIII
Scope and Contents:
A series of Zoom interviews with composers and musicians, focusing on their personal and creative lives while isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Charles Ives Oral History
Collection
Call Number: OHII
Scope and Contents:
The Charles Ives Oral History was the first documentary oral history of an American composer. Interviews with sixty people who knew and worked with Charles Ives were conducted between 1968 and 1971, and this project was the impetus for the founding of Oral History of American Music (OHAM). Family, friends, neighbors, business associates, and musicians reminisce about one of the most significant artistic figures of the century. The project formed the basis of the award-winning book by Vivian...
Dates:
1968-1974
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Connor and Neff Blues Interviews
Collection
Call Number: BL
Scope and Contents:
The Connor and Neff Blues Collection consists of 96 interviews with various blues musicians and blues industry figures. These interviews were the basis for the 1975 book The Blues by Anthony Connor and Robert Neff.
Dates:
bulk 1964-1976
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Duke Ellington Oral History
Collection
Call Number: OHIII
Scope and Contents:
The Duke Ellington Oral History is comprises ninety-two interviews with and about Ellington, one of America's greatest composers. Included among the interviewees are musicians, family members, friends, and colleagues.
Dates:
1939-1987, bulk 1977-1987
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Major Figures in American Music
Collection
Call Number: OHV
Scope and Contents:
Major Figures in American Music is the core unit of Oral History of American Music. It consists of over 1000 interviews with composers, performers, and other significant musicians. The first subjects were those most fragile in terms of age and health, such as Eubie Blake, Nadia Boulanger, Aaron Copland, Harry Partch, Charles Seeger, Claire Reis, and Virgil Thomson. Among other senior composers interviewed during the OHAM's first decade were John Cage, Lou Harrison, Ernst Krenek, Leo Ornstein,...
Dates:
1930-2021, bulk 1970-2021
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Music and the Black Church
Collection
Call Number: MBC
Scope and Contents:
A collection of video interviews with leaders of music in the Black church, including pastors, music ministers, gospel artists, and choir directors. These interviews were conducted by students in the Yale University class The Gospel Imagination, taught by Prof. Braxton Shelley.
Dates:
2022-2023
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
NewMusicBox Interviews
Collection
Call Number: NMUSA
Content Description:
108 interviews as of September 2, 2021. Interviews conducted for NewMusicBox, the online magazine for New Music USA.
Dates:
1999-2013
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Paul Hindemith Oral History
Collection
Call Number: OHI
Scope and Contents:
The Paul Hindemith Oral History consists of seventy-nine interviews with students, performers, colleagues, and friends of the celebrated German composer. The Hindemith oral history complements and gives added dimension to the Paul Hindemith Collection of personal papers and manuscripts in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Yale University.
Dates:
1951-2007, bulk 1972-1977
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Russ Wiltse Video Collection
Collection
Call Number: RWA
Scope and Contents:
The Russ Wiltse Video Collection consists of 20 interviews with 19 composers. The interviews were conducted by filmmaker Russ Wiltse and others, and used in the making of his 2014 documentary "Beautiful Scary: Contemporary Music in America."
Dates:
2001-2008
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Steinway & Sons Oral History
Collection
Call Number: OHIV
Scope and Contents:
The Steinway & Sons Oral History traces the history of Steinway & Sons, one of the preeminent manufacturers of pianos, from its years as a family business until its acquisition by CBS in 1972. One-hundred twenty interviews provide a multi-level look at a major musical institution that has made a significant impact on musical culture in the United States and abroad. Interviewees include Steinway family members, piano technicians, factory workers, Steinway agents, and concert pianists.
Dates:
1978-1981
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
Yale Student Composers Interviews
Collection
Call Number: OHVII
Scope and Contents:
The Yale Student Composers project documents Yale’s celebrated graduate student composers. These promising young artists are interviewed at the outset of their studies at Yale, and they speak about their work, musical education, inspiration, and other subjects. Their testimony is filmed by a professional videographer.
Dates:
2010-2021
Found in:
Oral History of American Music
YOST: Y / Opera / Studies Today
Collection
Call Number: YOST
Scope and Contents:
A collection of recorded conferences, workshops and presentations hosted by the Yale Opera Studies initiative.
Dates:
2020-2021
Found in:
Oral History of American Music