- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".25 linear ft. (1 box)"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 84-270", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"19982", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Daniel Gregory Mason sketchbooks"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library, Music Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Daniel Gregory Mason Sketchbooks contain sketches for the composer's compositions as well as analyses of other composers' works."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>The Daniel Gregory Mason Sketchbooks, JPB 84-270, Music Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Daniel Gregory Mason was an American composer and educator.</p> <p>Mason was born on November 20, 1873 in Brookline, Massachusetts into a musical family. (His grandfather was composer Lowell Mason, his uncle was pianist William Mason, and his father, Henry Mason, was a co-founder of the Mason and Hamlin piano manufacturing firm.) While attending Harvard he studied with John Knowles Paine, graduating in 1895. He continued his studies with Arthur Whiting (in piano), Percy Goetschius (in theory), and George Chadwick (in orchestration). Mason joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1905. In order to perfect his skills at composition Mason went to Paris in 1912 to study briefly with Vincent D'Indy. Mason remained on the faculty of Columbia University until his retirement in 1942, gaining the title MacDowell Professor of Music and becoming chairman of the music department.</p> <p>Daniel Gregory Mason's compositional style is resolutely conservative based in the Germanic tradition, and somewhat influenced by colorist devices of the French. He was outspoken opponent of corrupting foreign influences in American music, such as music influenced by African-Americans or Jewish-American styles.</p> <p>A consumate teacher, Mason is credited with being a pioneer in the field of music appreciation, publishing books such as <span class=\"title\">From Grieg to Brahms</span> (1902), <span class=\"title\">The appreciation of music</span> (1907, a textbook), <span class=\"title\">A students' guide to music</span> (1909), <span class=\"title\">Music as a humanity and other essays</span> (1921), and numerous other works.</p> <p>Mason died at Greenwich, Connecticut, on December 4, 1953.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Daniel Gregory Mason Sketchbooks contain sketches for several of Mason's works. They also contain analyses of works by other composers.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The sketchbooks are arranged in a single series, chronological order.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to copy or publish please contact the Music Division.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Several holograph scores by Mason are cataloged individually and may be found in CATNYP, the research library's online catalog: http://catnyp.nypl.org</p> <p>The bulk of Mason's papers and scores reside at Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Butler Library, New York, NY 10027.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1900-1939", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1939"}
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1900
- date_inclusive_end
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1939
- origination
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{"value"=>"Mason, Daniel Gregory, 1873-1953", "type"=>"persname"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Holograph sketchbooks, signed</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Includes analyses of the works of other composers and musical sketches for original compositions</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Contents list in 1st folder</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- keydate
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1900
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Martha Grutchfield; machine-readable finding aid created by Robert Kosovsky.</p>"}
- date_start
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1900
- date_end
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1939