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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
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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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    Ross Lee Finney papers, 1926-1977 Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997) was a twentieth century American composer and educator. He served on the faculty of Smith College in Massachusetts and as faculty and composer-in-residence at the University of Michigan. His musical education included both classical training and traditional American folk music, both of which directly influenced his compositional style. Finney's music was cateogrized as tonal and melodic and included serial and...
    • Contributor: Diamond, David - Piston, Walter - Schuman, William - Porter, Quincy - Carter, Elliott - Finney, Ross Lee - Copland, Aaron - Bacon, Ernst
    • Date: 1926
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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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    Minna 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