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National Music Council

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The National Music Council Collection (founded in 1940) includes the business papers and correspondence of this organization, as well as a significant amount of organized information files about notable musical organizations (orchestras and chamber groups) and musicians active in the United States in the third quarter of the 20th century.

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General

Span Dates
1945-1982
Bulk Dates
1945-1982
Major Language(s)
English
Repository
Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items
7200
Number of Containers
47 + 4 scrapbooks
Linear Feet
26
Contents
Business papers; correspondence; information files; photographs; concert programs; newspaper clippings; publicity material; scrapbooks.
Processing History
Unprocessed
Provenance
Gift of National Music Council, (1985)

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions
Not permitted
Copyright Info
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation
National Music Council, Music Division, Library of Congress

Subject(s)

  • Chamber Music
  • Instruments: Flute
  • Instruments: Other
  • Instruments: Piano
  • Instruments: Strings
  • Orchestra

Names Associated with Collection

  • Hughes, Edwin
  • Hanson, Howard
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