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Louise Talma Collection

|| About the Collection ||

Composer, pianist and educator Louise Talma taught music at Hunter College in Manhattan for over fifty years. She had close ties with the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau near Paris where she worked for many years with Nadia Boulanger, first as a student and then as a colleague, becoming the first American Boulanger invited to teach with her at Fontainebleau. She also spent many summers at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and left them a million dollars in her will. The collection consists mostly of her scores (sketches, manuscripts and some published pieces), correspondence, programs, clippings and photographs.

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General

Span Dates: late 1800s-1990s
Bulk Dates: 1940s-1980s
Major Language(s): English, French
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 10500
Number of Containers: 22
Contents: Scores: 323 (Talma); 148 (others)
Corres: 5000 (est.)
Programs: 2000 (est.)
Clippings: 1500 (est.)
Photos: 2000 (est.)
Processing History: In process
Transfers: Recordings transferred to MBRS.
Provenance: Collection was willed by Talma to the Library of Congress with the MacDowell Colony having all rights to the material. Collection received in 1997. Memorandum of Receipt: 09/30/97.

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions: Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
On Microfilm?: No
Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: Louise Talma Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress