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- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 03-21", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20272", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1969-1973", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1969/1973"}
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1969
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1973
- keydate
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1969
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"George Perle correspondence with Paul Lansky"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The George Perle letters to Paul Lansky date from July 1969 through October 1973. They explore Perles development of his 12-tone modal system that modifies the dodecaphonic theories of the composers, Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern by applying certain principles of tonality to them."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>George Perle letters to Paul Lansky, JPB 03-21, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Perle, George, 1915-2009", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>George Perle was born May 6, 1915 in Bayonne, N.J. His composition teachers include Wesley La Violette at De Paul University and Ernst Krenek, who he took lessons from privately. After graduating from De Paul in 1938 he took his Masters of Music at the American Conservatory of Music in 1942 and finally his Ph.D in Musicology at New York University in 1956. Perle has taught composition at the University of Louisville, University of California, Davis and Queens College of CUNY in addition to holding numerous visiting professorships in theory, composition and music history. He was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships (1966 and 1974) and the MacArthur Fellowship (1986) and received the 1986 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Wind Quintet no. 4. Aside from his work as a composer and teacher, he is widely recognized as a major authority on the Second Viennese School and for his writings on that subject, in particular his two volume <span class=\"title\">\"The Operas of Alban Berg\"</span> and his articles <span class=\"title\">Weberns 12-Tone Sketches</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Secret Program of the Lyric Suite</span>.</p> <p>Paul Lansky was born on June 18, 1944 in New York City, where he attended the High School of Music and Art, graduating in 1961. Lansky continued his studies, majoring in French horn, at Queens College, where he studied composition with George Perle and Hugo Weisgall, He later received his MFA (1969) and Ph.D (1973) from Princeton University, where his composition teachers included Milton Babbitt, Edward Cone and Earl Kim. His earliest compositions were written for acoustic instruments, but computer-generated sounds took a progressively central role starting with his <span class=\"title\">Mild und leise</span>, written in 1973. He has served on the faculty at Princeton since 1969 and was made a full Professor of Music in 1984. His works have been widely recorded and he has received numerous commissions. Honors include fellowships from the Guggeneim Foundation (1981) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1981, 1988).</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p> Antokoletz, Elliott: <span class=\"title\">'Paul Lansky'</span>, <span class=\"title\">Grove Music Online</span> ed. L. Macy (Accessed 13 Jan., 2004), <http://www.grovemusic.com></p> <p>Lansky, Paul: <span class=\"title\">Curriculum vitae</span> (Accessed 13 Jan., 2004) <http://silvertone.princeton.edu/~paul/cv.html></p> <p>Lansky, Paul: <span class=\"title\">'George Perle'</span>, <span class=\"title\">Grove Music Online</span> ed. L. Macy (Accessed 15 Jan., 2004), <http://www.grovemusic.com></p> <p>McCarthy, David: <span class=\"title\">Paul Lansky</span>, (Accessed 13 Jan., 2004) <http://silvertone.princeton.edu/~paul/bio.html></p> <p>Slonimsky, Nicolas, Laura Kuhn and Dennis McIntire: <span class=\"title\">George Perle</span>, <span class=\"title\">Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians</span>, 8th Edition, 2001</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The George Perle letters to Paul Lansky consist of approximately .41 linear feet of material. The letters date from July 1969 to October 1973 and are arranged chronologically in a single series. Perles exchange with Lansky centers on his study of the twelve-tone method and his attempts to explore what he perceived as modal and tonal relationships within the framework of atonality. Perles letters are mostly typewritten, with some holograph, originals and Lanskys are all copies. Some of the items are in fragile condition and have been encapsulated for preservation.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Paul Lansky.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Music Division, The New York Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Chronological"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Clinton Manley; Machine-readable finding aid created by Clinton Manley and Peter Hirsch.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.41 linear feet (1 box)
- date_start
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1969
- date_end
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1973