Book/Printed Material | Collection | Manuscript/Mixed Material Irving Fine collection, 1930-1993

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- Title
- Irving Fine collection, 1930-1993
- Contributor Names
- Fine, Irving, 1914-1962.
- Subject Headings
- - Fine, Irving,--1914-1962
- - Fine, Irving,--1914-1962--Correspondence
- - Fine, Irving,--1914-1962--Autographs
- - Bernstein, Leonard,--1918-1990--Correspondence
- - Copland, Aaron,--1900-1990--Correspondence
- - Foss, Lukas,--1922-2009--Correspondence
- - Ginastera, Alberto,--1916-1983--Correspondence
- - Rorem, Ned,--1923---Correspondence
- - Schuman, William,--1910-1992--Correspondence
- - Composers--United States--Correspondence
- - Musicians--Portraits
- - Orchestral music--Scores
- - Chamber music--Scores
- - Vocal music
- - Instrumental music
- Genre
- Scores
- Art music
- Chamber music
- Incidental music
- Musical sketches
- Songs
- Symphonies
- Albums (Books)
- Business correspondence
- Concert programs
- Personal correspondence
- Photographs
- Autographs (Manuscripts)
- Clippings (Information artifacts)
- Notes
- - Organized in following series: I. Music (1930s-1960s), subdivided: Original Compositions (1930s-1960s), Sketchbooks, undated, Music by Others (1943-1963), II. Writings (1940s-1963), subdivided: Writings by Irving Fine (1940s-1957), Writings by Others, III. Correspondence (1941-1992), subdivided: General Correspondence (1934-1992), Business Correspondence (1962-1989), IV. Photographs (1937-1974), V. Programs (1930-1992), VI. Clippings (1940-1993), VII. Scrapbooks (1936-1962), VIII. Printed Matter (1949-1987).
- - Irving Fine, American composer, teacher, and conductor, was born in Boston, Mass., on Dec. 3, 1914. He started learning music from studying piano. Fine went to Harvard University, attending the composition and theory classes of Edward Burlingame Hill and Walter Piston; he received his BA in 1937 and his MA a year later; at Harvard he also studied choral conducting with Archibald T. Davidson and, at Tanglewood, orchestral conducting with Serge Koussevitzky. In 1938-1939 he attended Nadia Boulanger's composition classes at Fontainebleau, outside Paris, and at Radcliffe College, Cambridge (Mass.). Fine's connection with Harvard continued in 1939, when he became a member of the Music Department. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1945 and stayed there until 1950. From 1939-1945 he was also Assistant Conductor of the Harvard Glee Club. At Harvard Fine became closely associated with Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Serge Koussevitzky, and Leonard Bernstein. From 1950, he taught at Brandeis University, where he was Walter S. Naumburg Professor of Music and founded the School of Creative Arts. Between 1946 and 1957, he also taught composition at the Tanglewood Music Festival in the Berkshires. He received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Fulbright Research Fellowship for France, and many other awards. In addition to his composing, Fine wrote articles and reviews. Irving Fine died in Boston on Aug. 23, 1962.
- - Collection material in English.
- - Gifts; Verna Fine; 1964-1991.
- - Digitized images along with identifying information and a narrative introduction are also available through the Library of Congress Web site under the title: The Irving Fine collection, ca. 1914-1962 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/collmus.mu000004
- - Sound recordings Irving Fine Collection ((MAVIS collection number 3291); Also located at; Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division; 19053 Mt. Pony Rd., Culpeper, VA 22701 USA; An inventory of forty unpublished tapes transferred to MBRS is available in the Music Division's collection file.
- - Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu001001
- - Irving Fine Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.
- Medium
- approximately 4,350 items (21 boxes, 7 linear feet)
- Extent
- 25 p. ; 21 cm.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- ML31 .F5
- Repository
- Library of Congress Music Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.home
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 2003561019
- Related Resources
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/collmus.mu000004 (American memory presentation)
- Rights Advisory
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Access Advisory
- Open to research.
- Not all materials in this collection may be readily accessible; please request accessibility information well in advance of your visit http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/perform.contact
- Online Format
- web page
- image
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2003561019
- Additional Metadata Formats
- METSXML Record
- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
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Format
Contributors
Dates
Locations
Languages
Subjects
- Albums (Books)
- Art Music
- Autographs
- Autographs (Manuscripts)
- Bernstein, Leonard
- Business Correspondence
- Chamber Music
- Clippings (Information Artifacts)
- Composers
- Concert Programs
- Copland, Aaron
- Correspondence
- Finding Aid
- Fine, Irving
- Foss, Lukas
- Ginastera, Alberto
- Incidental Music
- Instrumental Music
- Musical Sketches
- Musicians
- Orchestral Music
- Personal Correspondence
- Photographs
- Portraits
- Rorem, Ned
- Schuman, William
- Scores
- Songs
- Symphonies
- United States
- Vocal Music
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Fine, Irving. Irving Fine collection, -1993. 1930. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003561019/.
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Fine, I. (1930) Irving Fine collection, -1993. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003561019/.
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Fine, Irving. Irving Fine collection, -1993. 1930. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003561019/>.
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