Larry Bell papers

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10102
origination
Bell, Larry, 1952-
date statement
1965-2013
key date
1965
identifier (local_mss)
23283
org unit
Music Division
call number
JPB 15-69
b-number
b20849411
total components
158
total series
0
max depth
4
boost queries
(none)
component layout
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Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2015-12-30 18:14:41 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:51:20 UTC
status note
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1965-2013", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1965/2013"}
date_inclusive_start
1965
date_inclusive_end
2013
keydate
1965
date_start
1965
date_end
2013
unittitle
{"value"=>"Larry Bell papers"}
physdesc
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repository
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abstract
{"value"=>"Larry Bell (born 1952) is an American composer and pianist. The Larry Bell papers, dating from 1965 to 2013, document the composer's career through published scores, sketches, programs, clippings, correspondence, subject files, writings, and photographs."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Larry Bell papers, JPB 15-69. Music Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Bell, Larry, 1952-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Larry Bell (born 1952) is an American composer and pianist. He studied at East Carolina University and Appalachian State University with Gregory Kosteck, receiving his bachelor of music from Appalachian in 1974. At the Juilliard School, where he received masters and doctoral degrees in 1977 and 1982, he studied with Vincent Persichetti and Roger Sessions. A Guggenheim Fellowship (1981), Rome Prize (1982–1983), and Rockefeller grant (1985) took Bell to Italy, where he began a performing career as a pianist.</p> <p>After teaching at the Juilliard Pre-College, Bell taught at The Boston Conservatory (1980–2005), the New England Conservatory (from 1992), and the Berklee College of Music (from 2007). By 2010, he had produced 110 works. Bell's music has been performed by the Seattle and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras under conductors Gerard Schwarz, Jorge Mester, and Benjamin Zander; the Juilliard and Borromeo String Quartets; Speculum Musicae; cellists Eric Bartlett and Andrés Díaz; pianists Sara David Buechner and Jonathan Bass; and singers Robert Honeysucker, Matthew DiBattista, and D'Anna Fortunato.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Larry Bell papers, dating from 1965 to 2013, document the composer's career through published scores, sketches, programs, clippings, correspondence, subject files, writings, and photographs.</p> <p>About 130 scores and sketches comprise the majority of the collection. With the exception of two scores by Gregory Kosteck and one by Roger Sessions, all are for music by Bell. Most of the scores, dating from 1970 to 2013, were published by Bell's company, Casa Rustica Publications. Bell's music is arranged by opus number, which roughly matches chronological order. Two scores that do not bear opus numbers are at the end of Bell's score list. Loose sketches and sketchbooks are integrated with the score files, with the exception of sketchbooks containing work on more than one composition. These are arranged chronologically under Sketches at the end of the score list.</p> <p>Scores for Gregory Kosteck's fourth and fifth string quartets are dedicated to Bell, and the score for the fourth includes Bell's analysis of the work. Roger Sessions' <span class=\"title\">Adagio for Piano Solo</span> (1947) was discovered by Andrea Olmstead in 2006 and published by Casa Rustica.</p> <p>Clippings and programs cover Bell's career from 1973 to 2013. Bell's correspondence is with musicians such as Ursula Oppens, Ken Frazelle, and Daniel Horn, as well as with orchestras and friends. It also includes contracts. Among the other files are documentation of performances of Bell's <span class=\"title\">Sacred Symphonies</span>; the unpublished manuscript of <span class=\"title\">Larry Bell: Portrait of a Composer as a Young Man</span>, a book by Andrea Olmstead; an article by Bell about Vincent Persichetti titled \"Reflections On Reflective Keyboard Technique\"; Bell's instructional books on composition and solfége; photographs of Bell; information on commissions; correspondence with the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; and a list of Bell's compositions.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The papers are arranged alphabetically by subject or format. Scores are arranged by composer. Bell's scores are arranged by opus number.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Larry Bell, 2013.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Matthew Snyder</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
dsc_type
combined
extent_statement
5.62 linear feet (15 boxes)

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