Found matches for "oral history" in 20 collections.

H. Wiley Hitchcock, an American musicologist, was influential in advancing the study of American music in the United States. He was a noted scholar of Charles Ives and Henry Cowell, and the founder and longtime director of the Institute for the Studies of American Music (ISAM) at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His papers document his research, writings and other scholarly activity, and the work done by ISAM during his tenure as director (1971-1993). less

Jane Jarvis (1915-2010) was a jazz pianist, also known for her work as the organist for the New York Mets, and as a programming executive for Muzak. The Jane Jarvis papers (1896-2004) contain correspondence, scores, photographs, contracts, notes, scrapbooks, and personal materials that document Jarvis's career as a performer and composer. less

Herbert Haufrecht (1909-1998) was a composer, pianist, folklorist and music editor. His collection holds correspondence, concert programs, clippings, scores for his compositions and arrangements, and papers documenting his research on the music and culture of the Catskills region of New York, as well as on folk and indigenous music from around the world. less

Harry Ruby was an American composer, songwriter, librettist and screenwriter. This collection documents Ruby's personal and professional life through scrapbooks, press clippings, musical scores, songbooks and sheet music, publishing and copyright agreements, writings, correspondence, telegrams, lyrics scripts, theatre programs and photographs. Also included are copies of the eulogy read at Ruby's funeral, as well as letters of condolence to Ruby's family after his death. less

Jan Peerce (1904-1984) was an American tenor whose career as an opera star and concert performer extended more than fifty years. The Jan Peerce Papers are a record of his life and career, documented through correspondence, scripts, writings, programs, clippings, scores and other performance materials. less

Norman Dello Joio is a pianist, organist, educator and a Pulitzer Prize winning composer. The collection contains materials related to his work; including business related correspondence (from individuals and institutes), personal papers (financial, biographical, some photographs, speeches and writings), performance files (programs and other related items), musical scores, clippings, ephemera, and scrapbooks. less

Vincent Persichetti, American composer, educator and author, studied the piano with Olga Samaroff and composition with Paul Nordoff at the Philadelphia Conservatory, and conducting with Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute. In 1941 he was appointed to teach at the Philadelphia Conservatory, and in 1947 he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School. From 1952 he also served as Editorial Director for Elkan-Vogel. In 1961, Persichetti’s Twentieth Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice was published by W.W. Norton and was immediately viewed as the definitive book on modern compositional techniques. Over the course of his career, he received commissions from the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Louisville Philharmonic Society, the Naumberg Foundation, the Samaroff Foundation, the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation, the American Guild of Organists, universities and individual performers. less

Mitch Miller (1911-2010) was an American musician and conductor. The collection dates from 1921 to 2003 (bulk: 1962-1986) and documents Miller's television show, Sing Along With Mitch; his conducting; and other professional endeavors. The collection contains correspondence, scores, photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and promotional materials. less

Andrea Olmstead, a musicologist, is the leading authority on the American composer Roger Sessions. The Andrea Olmstead papers, dating from 1970 to 2013, mainly document the research and writing of Olmstead's books and articles on Sessions, as well as her history of the Juilliard School. They include Olmstead's correspondence with the composer and transcripts of her interviews with him; research notes; book drafts; papers, lectures, and presentations; and correspondence with other musicologists and writers. The papers also hold Olmstead's interviews with faculty and alumni of the Juilliard School. less

George Mesrop Avakian (1919-2017) was an American music producer, recording executive, artist manager, writer, and educator best known for his work with artists such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, his wife Anahid Ajemian, and many other musicians and composers. Violinist Anahid Ajemian (1924-2016) specialized in performing new music as a soloist; with her sister, the pianist Maro Ajemian (1921-1978); and with the Composers String Quartet. The George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian papers (1908-2016) document the careers and lives of the producer and violinist through audio and video recordings; personal and professional correspondence; photographs; scrapbooks; published and unpublished writings and speeches; contracts and other business papers; scores; clippings; programs; awards; posters; and visual art. The bulk of the collection documents George Avakian's career as a recording producer and artist manager, and the artists he worked with. less

The Otto Kinkeldey Papers include Kinkeldey's academic writings, research and teaching notes, and correspondence between the years 1908-1962. Many of the teaching notes come from his time as Professor and Librarian at Cornell University and as Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of North Texas. less

David Amram (born 1930) is an American composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist active in classical, jazz, and folk music. The David Amram papers, dating from 1937 to 2011, most strongly represent his career path from the 1950s through the early 2000s, documenting his compositions, performances, conducting, writings, and business matters. They also evidence Amram's relationships with musicians and writers, including Jack Kerouac and other "Beat generation" figures. less

Henry Grimes (1935-2020) was an American jazz double bassist. A versatile and innovative player, Grimes performed with some of the leading jazz performers of the 1950s and 1960s including Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, and more. After withdrawing from the music world, Grimes lived an ascetic life in Los Angeles for 30 years. He emerged in 2002, reestablishing his legacy as an important jazz figure. The Henry Grimes papers documents his life as a performer through recordings from across his career and details his life away from music through the many notebooks kept during his years in Los Angeles. less

The Irving Kolodin Papers document the career of Irving Kolodin, music critic, author of several books and teacher at the Juilliard School. The collection dates from 1844 to 1986. In addition to Kolodin’s papers, dating from 1915-1986, there are also papers related to his patron, W. J. Henderson, and his close friend, Alfred Knopf. The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, personal papers, drafts, galleys and research and publicity material used in Kolodin’s books and articles, lecture notes and supporting teaching material, scores, photographs, and scrapbooks. less