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- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 06-74", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20396", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1900-1997", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1997"}
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1900
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1997
- keydate
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1900
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Charles Jones papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Charles Jones born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada was a composer. Jones spent the majority of his career as a teacher at the Juilliard School, at Mills College, then at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. The Collection contains various drafts, sketches and scores composed by Charles Jones from 1930s-1997. In addition there are scores by other composers, correspondence, programs, clippings and photographs"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p> Charles Jones Papers, JPB 06-74. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Jones, Charles, 1910-1997", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p> Charles Jones was born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada on June 21, 1910. At the age of ten he moved to Toronto where he studied the violin and theory. In 1928 he went to New York and studied violin at the Institute of Musical Art with Sascha Jacobson graduating in 1932. In 1935 Jones entered the Juilliard School on a fellowship where he studied with Bernard Wagenaar and graduated in composition in 1939. He was then sent by the Juilliard School to teach at Mills College, California, there he met fellow teacher, the French composer Darius Milhaud. This began a thirty year collaboration between them, first at Mills College, then at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and finally at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. Milhaud retired from teaching in America in 1969 and Jones continued at the Aspen Festival as composer-in-residence until 1989. In 1946 he and his wife moved from California to New York. He began teaching at the Juilliard School in 1954 and later at the Mannes College of Music. Two short periods were spent teaching at the Salzburg Seminar in Austria and at the Bryanston School in England. In spite of teaching, Jones considered himself first and foremost a composer. He composed ninety works for many combinations, including four symphonies, string quartets, numerous vocal scores and many other. After composing in a neo-Classical style, he developed a complex mode of expression notable for its chromaticism. His music has been played by the New York Philharmonic, the NBC Symphony, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC, the Suisse Romanne Radio among others. Charles Jones died on June 6, 1997.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p> The majority of the collection consists of Charles Jones scores encompassing more than a sixty-year period of his work from the 1930s to 1997. There are several drafts of many of the compositions in the collection. Among the works are <span class=\"title\">Allegory</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ballade for Violin and Piano</span>, <span class=\"title\">Book of the Hours</span>, <span class=\"title\">Capriccio for Viola and Piano</span>, <span class=\"title\">Case History</span>, <span class=\"title\">Down With Drink</span>, <span class=\"title\">Epiphany</span>, <span class=\"title\">String Quartets</span>, <span class=\"title\">Symphonies</span> and more. The Charles Jones Papers also contain a number of scores by other composers such as <span class=\"title\">Composition in G minor</span> by Cameron Jones, <span class=\"title\">Chant</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Serenade</span> by Sandy Jones, <span class=\"title\">In Memoriam</span> and <span class=\"title\">Sonatine Pastorale</span> by Darius Milhaud and others. There is one box of correspondence, clippings, programs and photographs. The correspondence contains letters from John Adaskin, Vladimir Goldshmann, Alfred Frankestein, Darius Milhaud, Richard Korn, Igor Stravinsky and others</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Charles Jones papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20396#c605427'>Series I: Scores</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1900-1995</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The largest part of the series consists of Charles Jones scores from 1930s to 1997. There are few drafts of many of the compositions in the collection. Among the works are <span class=\"title\">Allegory</span>, <span class=\"title\">Ballade for Violin and Piano</span>, <span class=\"title\">Book of the Hours</span>, <span class=\"title\">Capriccio for Viola and Piano</span>, <span class=\"title\">Case History</span>, <span class=\"title\">Down With Drink</span>, <span class=\"title\">Epiphany</span>, <span class=\"title\">String Quartets</span>, <span class=\"title\">Symphonies</span> and many more. The series also includes a number of score by composers Cameron Jones, Sandy Jones, Darius Milhaud and others</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20396#c605570'>Series II: Professional Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1935-1997, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This Series include correspondence, photographs, clippings, programs and the article <span class=\"title\">Polytonality and Atonality</span> by Darius Milhaud. The correspondence contains letters from John Adaskin, Vladimir Goldshmann, Alfred Frankestein, Darius Milhaud, Richard Korn, Igor Stravinsky and others</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p> The Charles Jones Papers were donated to the library by Mrs. Jones in December 1997.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p> There are 117 audio disc albums, mainly US domestic and some Continental European commercial albums. Items may not be available for immediate consultation. See The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound for further details.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p> {manditory if applicable - statement regarding availability of collection on microfil, in published form, etc.}manditory if applicable - statement regarding availability of collection on microfil, in published form, etc.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Liavon Yurevich; Machine-readable finding aid created by Liavon Yurevich.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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18 linear feet (23 boxes)
- date_start
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1900
- date_end
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1997