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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 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
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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