Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1–6 of 6

Filtered By

  • Storage location: Stored offsite X
  • Subject: Composers -- United States -- 20th Century X

Filter Results

Additional filters

Repository
Gilmore Music Library 3
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 2
Oral History of American Music 1
 
Subject
Composers -- United States -- 20th Century 5
African American Composers 3
Composers -- United States -- Archives 3
African American musicians 1
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1

Ed Bland papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 310
Abstract:

The collection includes manuscript music, notes and writings, correspondence, professional papers, printed material, and audiovisual and computer media documenting the career of African American composer and musician Ed Bland.

Dates: 1914-2019

Margaret Bonds papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 151
Abstract: Vocal music, most 1960s or undated, consisting of autograph manuscript drafts and arrangements, transparencies, and diazo reproductions, some accompanied by copies of published music; and a small amount of other papers. Autograph manuscript music includes spirituals arranged for solo voice or chorus; The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Songs of the Seasons, Three Dream Portraits, and other songs on texts by Langston Hughes; songs on texts by Edna St. Vincent Millay and other poets; and musicals and...
Dates: 1928-1983, bulk 1960-1969

The Paul Hindemith Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 47
Abstract:

Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895-1963).

Dates: 1901-1993, inclusive

Ezra Laderman Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 133
Scope and Contents: The Papers are focused principally on Laderman’s prolific career as a composer. Virtually all of his compositions are held in the collection, including chamber music, orchestral works, operas and musicals, oratorios and cantatas, and scores for film and television. The collection contains many sketches and drafts, which give insight into Laderman’s compositional process. The collection also contains a significant number of reel-to-reel recordings of Laderman’s works.The remainder...
Dates: 1924-2015

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...
Dates: 1930-2023, bulk 1970-2023

Roberto Sierra Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 144
Abstract:

The Papers consist mainly of music and programs. Clippings, correspondence and other documents are also included. The collection should be considered partial, as Sierra is currently an active composer.

Dates: 1982-2017