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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialAaron Copland collection, 1841-1991 The Aaron Copland Collection consists of published and unpublished music by Copland and other composers, correspondence, writings, biographical material, datebooks, journals, professional papers including legal and financial material, photographs, awards, art work, and books. Of particular interest is the correspondence with Nadia Boulanger, which extent over 50 years, and with his long-time friend, Harold Clurman. Other significant correspondents are Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Benjamin...
- Contributor: Kraft, Victor - Copland, Aaron
- Date: 1841
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDavid Diamond papers, 1915-2003 David Diamond was an award-winning American-Jewish composer and prominent symphonist of the mid-twentieth century. A former student of Roger Sessions and Nadia Boulanger, Diamond ultimately composed eleven symphonies and countless other chamber and vocal works, such as his influential Symphony no. 4 (1945), Elegy in memory of Maurice Ravel (1938), and Rounds (1944). His social circle of musical personalities included Leonard Bernstein, Serge Koussevitzky,...
- Contributor: Copland, Aaron - Diamond, David - Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin) - Bernstein, Leonard - Melville, Herman
- Date: 1931
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialModern Music archives, 1909-1983 The League of Composers was founded in New York in 1923 to promote American composers and introduce audiences to the best in new music through high quality performances. Its quarterly journal, Modern Music, was published from 1924 to 1946, and edited by Minna Lederman Daniel. It is one of the most distinguished collections of criticism and scholarship concerning early twentieth-century musical arts. The archives...
- Contributor: Smirnoff, Boris - Picasso, Pablo - Piston, Walter - Cowell, Henry - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Heinsich, Richard - Rosenfeld, Paul - Breton, André - Berg, Alban - League of Composers (U.S.) ... Smirnoff, Boris - Picasso, Pablo - Piston, Walter - Cowell, Henry - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Heinsich, Richard - Rosenfeld, Paul - Breton, André - Berg, Alban - League of Composers (U.S.) - Shapero, Harold - Thomson, Virgil - Kirstein, Lincoln - Denby, Edwin - Lederman, Minna - Caruso, Enrico - Copland, Aaron - Brecht, Bertolt
- Date: 1909
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CollectionAaron Copland Collection The first release of the online collection contains approximately 1,000 items that yield a total of about 5,000 images. These items date from 1899 to 1981, with most from the 1920s through the 1950s, and were selected from Copland's music sketches, correspondence, writings, and photographs.
- Contributor: Kraft, Victor - Copland, Aaron
- Date: 1841
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialMinna Lederman Daniel collection, 1896-1993 Minna Lederman Daniel was an American writer and editor who specialized in music and dance. A major influence on 20th century music, she was a founding member of the League of Composers, a group of musicians and proponents of modern music. She helped launch the League’s magazine, The League of Composers’ Review (later called Modern Music), which was the first American journal to manifest...
- Contributor: Cage, John - Lederman, Minna - Oja, Carol J. - Thomson, Virgil - Copland, Aaron
- Date: 1896