George Perle papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"JPB 89-2", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20088", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"George Perle papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1948-1991", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1948/1991"}

date_inclusive_start

1948

date_inclusive_end

1991

origination

{"value"=>"Perle, George, 1915-2009", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>An American composer and theorist, George Perle received his Ph.D. degree in 1956 from N.Y. Univ. with the dissertation Serial Composition and Atonality (publ. 1962; 4th ed. 1977). He also wrote Twelve-tone Tonality (1977); The Operas of Alban Berg (v. 1, Wozzeck, v. 2, Lulu; 1980-1985); The Listening Composer (1990); and numerous articles on Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern. He is co-founder and director of the International Alban Berg Society.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of George Perle, 1987; 1990.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Manuscripts of books, articles, reviews, and student term papers (the last under the name Perlman); correspondence (about publications; about theory, chiefly with Paul Lansky; and about the Society); bibliography of books and articles by and about Perle; income tax records; programs; flyers; clippings; and musical scores of compositions (page proofs and photocopies of holographs, with emendations in the hand of the composer). Musical scores have classmark JPB 89-3 and will be cataloged separately in the Scores file.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MUS"}

{"date"=>"06/25/87", "materials"=>"19 boxes", "source"=>"Perle, George", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"19 boxes: Gift, Perle, George, 06/25/87"}

{"date"=>"10/04/90", "materials"=>"5 boxes", "source"=>"Perle, George", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"5 boxes: Gift, Perle, George, 10/04/90"}

{"date"=>"07/15/92", "materials"=>"14 boxes", "source"=>"Perle, George", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"14 boxes: Gift, Perle, George, 07/15/92"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Perle, George, 1915- . Papers, musical scores, and sound recordings</p>", "type"=>"host"}

langmaterial_code

eng

ger

keydate

1948

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Chiefly in English; several items in German"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"George Perle papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"An American composer and theorist, George Perle received his Ph.D. degree in 1956 from N.Y. Univ. with the dissertation Serial Composition and Atonality (publ. 1962; 4th ed. 1977). He also wrote Twelve-tone Tonality (1977); The Operas of Alban Berg (v. 1, Wozzeck, v. 2, Lulu; 1980-1985); The Listening Composer (1990); and numerous articles on Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern. He is co-founder and director of the International Alban Berg Society. Manuscripts of books, articles, reviews, and student term papers (the last under the name Perlman); correspondence (about publications; about theory, chiefly with Paul Lansky; and about the Society); bibliography of books and articles by and about Perle; income tax records; programs; flyers; clippings; and musical scores of compositions (page proofs and photocopies of holographs, with emendations in the hand of the composer). Musical scores have classmark JPB 89-3 and will be cataloged separately in the Scores file.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1948

date_end

1991

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