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{"value"=>"JPB 00-9", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1898-1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1898/1998"}
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{"value"=>"Charles Schwartz papers"}
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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"=>"The Charles Schwartz Papers document the career of the composer, author and concert impresario. They include correspondence, business and financial papers, manuscripts, notes, clippings, concert programs, publicity material, photographs and scores."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Schwartz Papers, JPB 00-9. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Schwartz, Charles, 1922-", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Charles Schwartz (born New York City, June 13, 1922, died New York, Dec. 24, 1998), was a composer, author and music impresario. He received his Bachelors degree at Brooklyn College and a Masters degree from New York University Graduate School before studying from 1945-1953 with several contemporary composers: Arthur Berger, Roger Sessions, Jacques Ibert, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, and Charles Jones. He received a Ph.D. in Musicology from NYU in 1969, after which he taught at Queens College (1967-1971) and Hunter College (1972 onward). In addition to his work in academe, he also lectured publicly and took part in panel discussions on American musical theater, jazz and contemporary music. Schwartz also freelanced as an orchestrator and trumpeter.</p> <p>From 1957 until the mid-1990s, Schwartz produced concert series under the titles <span class=\"title\">Composers’ Showcase</span> and <span class=\"title\">Jazz Profiles</span> (both eventually under the former title), presenting concerts of new music and jazz at the Whitney Museum, Circle In The Square, the Museum Of Modern Art and Lincoln Center. These concerts presented new works by significant composers in both fields, including Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, Ned Rorem, Eubie Blake, Luciano Berio, Charles Mingus and David Amram, among others.</p> <p>Schwartz also researched and wrote about two major figures in American popular song, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. He published three books on them: <span class=\"title\">George Gershwin: His Life And Music</span> (Bobbs-Merrill, 1973), <span class=\"title\">George Gershwin: A Selective Bibliography And Discography</span> (Information Coordinators, 1974), and <span class=\"title\">Cole Porter: A Biography</span> (Dial Press, 1977). He also wrote articles on Gershwin for the <span class=\"title\">Dictionary Of Contemporary Music</span> (Dutton, 1974) and <span class=\"title\">Grove’s Dictionary Of Music And Musicians</span> (6th edition, Macmillan, 1977).</p> <p>Schwartz continuously composed his own music, including symphonies, string quartets, popular song, works for wind and percussion and chamber pieces. He also wrote, performed and recorded several “jazz symphonies” and other smaller works combining elements of jazz and classical music and featuring jazz artists such as Clark Terry, Cab Calloway, Sonny Fortune, Freddie Hubbard and Jon Hendricks. These included <span class=\"title\">Professor Jive</span>, <span class=\"title\">Solo Brothers</span>, <span class=\"title\">Riding High</span> and <span class=\"title\">Mother, Mother</span>. As a composer, Schwartz won many honors, including ASCAP awards in 1978 for <span class=\"title\">Professor Jive</span> and in 1979 for <span class=\"title\">Mother, Mother</span>. He was a Fellow of the Macdowell Colony in 1968.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Charles Schwartz Papers document the three parts of Schwartz's career: his activities as a producer of concerts of contemporary music and jazz with his <span class=\"title\">Composers' Showcase</span> series; as a published biographer of George Gershwin and Cole Porter; and as a prolific composer whose music was performed and recorded by important musicians. <span class=\"title\">Composers' Showcase</span> is documented by correspondence, business papers, clippings, concert programs, publicity materials and photographs of performances and participating musicians. The collection contains Schwartz's Gershwin and Porter books in manuscripts and proofs, as well as papers, notes, articles and photographs used in his research process. These include copies of Gershwin and Porter music manuscripts and correspondence, originals of which are in other repositories. Schwartz's own music scores comprise over half the volume of the collection and include music composed from the early 1940s until the mid-1990s. The clippings and concert programs document the performance and critical reception of Schwartz's music, and other papers document the business and logistics of performing and recording it.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Charles Schwartz papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20413#c612697'>Series I: Professional Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1898-1998 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains professional papers documenting the history of Schwartz's <span class=\"title\">Composers' Showcase</span> concert series; his compositions and associated recordings and performances; and Schwartz's writings and the research that went into them. The <span class=\"title\">Composers' Showcase</span> sub-series contains correspondence, business papers and fundraising information. Sub-series 2 contains information on some of Schwartz's music and the business of performing and recording it. Sub-series 3 contains manuscripts of his books in progress and associated research documentation, including reproductions of George Gershwin music manuscripts. Sub-series 4 contains general correspondence and concert programs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20413#c612823'>Series II: Photographs</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1957-1997 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The majority of the photographs in this series document the <span class=\"title\">Composers' Showcase</span> concert series. These include publicity and performance photographs of participating artists, including Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Lotte Lenya, John Cage, Cab Calloway, Jon Hendricks, Merce Cunningham, Aaron Copland, Eubie Blake and others. Other photographs include images used in Schwartz's Gershwin biography, photos taken during the recording of <span class=\"title\">Professor Jive</span> (featuring Clark Terry), and portraits and candid photographs of Schwartz. General photographs include images of Freddie Hubbard, Sun Ra and Henry Cowell. Oversized photographs are in Series IV.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20413#c612837'>Series III: Scores</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1943-ca. 1995 and undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Scores for probably all of Schwartz's music are in this series, from his-post college days to his final works in the 1990s. Most of the music from ca. 1970 onward is not dated, but files in Series I, sub-series 2 can date some of them. Works that were performed have parts as well as full scores. These include <span class=\"title\">5 Pieces For 4 Trumpets</span>, <span class=\"title\">American Symphony</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mother, Mother</span>, <span class=\"title\">Professor Jive</span>, <span class=\"title\">Rhymes And Fables</span>, <span class=\"title\">Riding High</span> and <span class=\"title\">Solo Brothers</span>. Many pieces have early sketches as well as final scores. The two boxes of untitled sketches probably contain early versions of pieces in this series.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20413#c612939'>Series IV: Oversized Material, 1909-1984 and undated</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains clippings and articles used in researching George Gershwin and publicity material for the Gershwin biography; promotional posters for <span class=\"title\">Composers' Showcase</span> concerts; and photographs used in researching the Gershwin and Porter biographies.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection is organized into 4 series and 4 sub-series. They are:<ul> <li>Series I: Papers, 1898-1998 and undated<ul> <li>Sub-series 1 – Composers’ Showcase, 1963-1998 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2 – Compositions And Projects, 1976-1998 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3 – Writings, 1898-1998 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4 – General, 1956-1998 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series II: Photographs, 1957-1997 and undated</li> <li>Series III: Scores, 1943 – ca. 1995 and undated</li> <li>Series IV: Oversized Material, 1909-1984 and undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Charles Schwartz Papers were donated to the Music Division in 1999 by the Charles Schwartz Foundation.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Sound Recordings<ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">5 Pieces For 4 Trumpets</span>. June 21, 1995. DAT master tapes (2).</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Basic Feelings for Strings</span>. Aug. 4, 1999. DAT master tapes (2).</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Rhymes And Fables And Other Works</span>. Session DAT tapes (10), with documentary paperwork.</li></ul></li> <li>Printed Music <ul> <li>Piano-vocal scores (All by George Gershwin.) <ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">Beautiful Gypsy</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Feeling I’m Falling</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Fidgety Feet</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">I Don’t Think I’ll Fall In Love Today</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">I Got Rhythm</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Let ‘Em Eat Cake</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Maybe</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Mine</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Oh, Kay</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Rosalie</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Say So!</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">So Am I</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Song Of The Flame</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Life Of A Rose</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Man I Love</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Vodka</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Wintergreen For President</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">You’ve Got What Gets Me</span></li></ul></li> <li>Bound Volumes <ul> <li>Billings, William. <span class=\"title\">The Continental Harmony, Containing A Number of Anthems, Fuges, and Chorusses, in several Parts.</span>Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap, 1961.</li> <li>Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman. <ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">Blessings</span>. Tel-Aviv: Israeli Music Publications, Ltd., 1957.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Ricercari</span>. Tel-Aviv: Israeli Music Publications, Ltd., 1953.</li></ul></li> <li>Nancarrow, Conlon.<ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">Selected Studies For Player Piano</span>. Washington, D.C.: Soundings Press, 1977.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Studies No. 2, 6, 7, 14, 20, 21, 24, 26 And 33 For Player Piano</span>. Santa Fe: Soundings Press, 1984.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Study No. 3 For Player Piano</span>. Santa Fe: Soundings Press, 1983.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Study No. 37 For Player Piano</span>. Santa Fe: Soundings Press, 1982.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Books<ul> <li>Kay, Ernest, Ed. <span class=\"title\">International Who’s Who In Music And Musicians’ Directory</span>. Seventh Edition. Cambridge, England: International Who’s Who In Music, 1975.</li> <li>Marrocco, W. Thomas and Harold Gleason. <span class=\"title\">Music In America: An Anthology From The Landing Of The Pilgrims To The Close Of The Civil War. 1620-1985.</span> New York: Norton, 1964.</li> <li>Schwartz, Charles. <span class=\"title\">Cole Porter: Uma Biografia.</span> Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio Editora, 1977. (Brazilian edition, translated into Portuguese.)</li></ul></li> <li>Microfilm <ul> <li>One role labeled “Works By George Gershwin”.</li> <li>One unidentified role.</li></ul></li> <li>Brochure <ul> <li> <span class=\"title\">Peter Maxwell Davies</span>. Boosey & Hawkes brochure of published works.</li></ul></li></ul></p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
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1898
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1998
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1898
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Matthew Snyder; Machine-readable finding aid created by Matthew Snyder.</p>"}
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17.2 linear feet (28 boxes)
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1898
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1998
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1943
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1998