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Serge Prokofiev Archive, 1917-2012

294 linear feet
Serge Prokofiev (1891–1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, and seminal figure in the history of twentieth-century music. The Serge Prokofiev Archive (SPA) contains 58 original music manuscripts and over 10,000 letters and documents primarily from 1918-1936, the years Prokofiev spent in the West. The SPA also includes an expansive collection of music manuscript copies, published scores, concert programs, scholarly books and articles, photographs, and audio and video material, making it the premier research collection for studying Prokofiev's life, work and legacy.
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Jack Beeson papers, 1854-2013

80 linear feet
Jack Beeson (1921-2010) was a noted twentieth-century American composer, professor of composition, and the chair of the Columbia University Department of Music from 1968 to 1972. The collection includes scores, correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks, datebooks, drafts of written works, biographical materials, programs, and audio and audiovisual recordings.
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Center for US-China Arts Exchange records, 1956-2019, bulk 1977-2003

102 Linear Feet
This collection of records document the institutional history of the Center for US-China Arts Exchange, established in 1978. Under the directorship of professor and renowned composer Chou Wen-chung, the Center is a not-for-profit organization that connected arts professionals from the US and China through a spectrum of curated programs, conferences, and research trips. Bulk dated between 1977 and 2003, materials in this collection consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, printed materials, as well as audiovisual items. The collection serves as important material evidence that help to tell the recent history of cultural communications among individuals and organizations across the Pacific.
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Ulysses Kay papers, 1894-2017, bulk 1938-1995

55.25 linear feet
Ulysses Kay (1917-1995) was a noted twentieth-century American composer. The collection includes audio reels, biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, phonograph records, photographs, programs, and scores.
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Pulitzer Prizes collection, 1917-2017

408 linear feet
This is the collection of Pulitzer Prizes winning exhibits and books from 1917 through 2017. In 2012 the Pulitzer Prizes switched from the bulky exhibits to an online system of submittal and judging.
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Peter G. Davis Papers, 1912-2021, bulk 1948-2021

13 Linear Feet
This collection contains the papers of Peter G. Davis (1936-2021), who worked as a classical music critic at various national and specialist publications from 1962-2018. It includes the vast majority of Davis's writings on music (published or draft), along with print material relating to these writings, Davis's compositions (1957-1964), material relating to Davis's early education (1948-1959), and correspondence and interviews with a number of major classical musicians.
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Correspondence received during employment at New York magazine, circa 1982-2007 2 folders Box 12, Folder 5-6

, Royal Opera House, Columbia Artists Management, 92nd St Y, Doubleday, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the

Also includes clippings of articles, programs, contracts with New York Magazine and the BBC, a play by Ruth A. Gardner, a copy of Christa Ludwig's birth certificate, Curiculum Vitaes, other ephemera sent to Davis. Includes correspondence from the 2002 Pulitzer Prize Committee (includes annotated list of nominees). Includes correspondence with prominent gay activist Vito Russo. Includes correspondence from the following institutions: EMI, BMG Classics, Opera News, Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Royal Opera House, Columbia Artists Management, 92nd St Y, Doubleday, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Rosa Ponselle Foundation, Central City Opera, the Richard Tucker Foundation, American Composers Orchestra, City University of New York.

  1. Series I: Music criticism, 1963-2018
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Tibor Serly papers, 1905-1992

3.15 linear feet
This collection contains the personal papers, including musical scores, of the Hungarian-American composer, arranger, and theorist Tibor Serly.
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Alvin Singleton papers, 1952-2021

9.22 Linear Feet
Composer Alvin Singleton was born on December 28, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. He has composed music for theatre, orchestra, solo instruments, and a variety of chamber ensembles. The collection includes primarily musical scores, as well as audio recordings, clippings and other biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, programs, scrapbooks.
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