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    David 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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    Modern 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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    Martha Graham collection, 1896-2003 Martha Graham was an American modern dancer, choreographer, teacher and company director. The Martha Graham Collection is comprised of materials that document her career and trace the history of the development of her company, Martha Graham Dance Company, which became the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, and school, Martha Graham School, later to be called the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.
    • Contributor: Graham, Martha - El-Dabh, Halim - Riegger, Wallingford - Horst, Louis - Barber, Samuel - Weissberger, L. Arnold - Lester, Eugene - Menotti, Gian Carlo - Schuman, William - Karan, Donna ... Graham, Martha - El-Dabh, Halim - Riegger, Wallingford - Horst, Louis - Barber, Samuel - Weissberger, L. Arnold - Lester, Eugene - Menotti, Gian Carlo - Schuman, William - Karan, Donna - Noguchi, Isamu - Rosenthal, Jean - Tipton, Jennifer - Dello Joio, Norman - Skelton, Thomas R. - Hovhaness, Alan - Hindemith, Paul - Emmons, Beverly - Ter-Arutunian, Rouben - Copland, Aaron - Starer, Robert
    • Date: 1896
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    Aaron 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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    Hans Heinsheimer papers, 1900-2005 Hans Walter Heinsheimer was a music publisher, author, and journalist. As a publisher and promoter, he worked with many composers, including Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Zoltán Kodály, George Antheil, Leonard Bernstein, Alban Berg, Leoš Janáček, and Ernst Krenek. The correspondence, photographs, writings, and subject files in this collection help record his instigation of, participation in, or presence at many significant...
    • Contributor: Heinsheimer, Hans W. - Barber, Samuel - Schoenberg, Arnold - Bartók, Béla - Grainger, Percy - Stravinsky, Igor - Antheil, George - Berg, Alban - Bernstein, Leonard - Krenek, Ernst - Britten, Benjamin - Copland, Aaron - Janáček, Leo
    • Date: 1900