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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Music Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"The Henry Cowell Papers document the composer’s life in great detail. They include scores, writings, correspondence, business and financial papers, promotional material, clippings and articles, concert programs, teaching material, photographs, awards and scrapbooks."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Henry Cowell Papers, JPB 00-03. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Henry Cowell (March 11, 1897 - Dec. 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, educator, lecturer and publisher. He was born to a poor family in Menlo Park, California, near San Francisco; Menlo Park remained his home until 1936. Cowell was mainly schooled at home by his mother and began his music studies at age five on the violin; he switched to piano within a few years and began composing around the time he was 10. Lewis Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University, began studying Cowell as an example of a child genius and used him as a case study subject for the development of the Stanford-Binet IQ test. Another Stanford professor, Samuel Seward, arranged a fund to educate Cowell and to assist his family. Cowell began studying with Charles Seeger, among others, at the University of California at Berkeley in 1914. Another mentor Cowell met in his teens was the Irish Theosophist poet John Varian, whose texts Cowell set to music. Later in his life Cowell studied with musicians from non-western cultures to learn about their music.</p> <p>Following a stint in the army in 1918-1919, Cowell concentrated on performing his own music. He began touring the United States and visited Europe for the first time in 1923, attracting publicity for his use of tone clusters and direct manipulation of piano strings; he drew more substantial interest from European composers such as Bela Bartók and Arnold Schoenberg.</p> <p>In addition to his own musical activities, Cowell was a tireless advocate, publisher and presenter for other contemporary composers, most notably Charles Ives, but also for his friends John Becker, Carl Ruggles and Wallingford Riegger, among others. He formed the New Music Society of California, and was a major player in the Pan American Association of Composers, which helped publicize such composers as Carlos Chavez. Cowell also established the brand name <span class=\"title\">New Music</span>, a quarterly journal which also branched out into a record label and score publishing concern.</p> <p>Cowell taught at many institutions during his life, most notably the New School for Social Research, but also at Columbia University, Eastman School of Music, Stanford University and the University of California. He wrote books, including <span class=\"title\">New Musical Resources</span>, an exploration of modern compositional methods, and <span class=\"title\">Charles Ives And His Music</span>, the first book about Ives (written with Sidney Robertson Cowell). Cowell also toured the world meeting other musicians and composers to facilitate intercultural exchange, at times under the sponsorship of the U.S. State Department and the Rockefeller Foundation</p> <p>Cowell's music defined many of the major developments of twentieth-century music, and he was among the earliest composers to endorse the view that the musical materials of the whole world, not just Western Europe, should be available to composers and inform their musical and cultural outlook. In many ways his music and philosophy both exemplified and anticipated the musical aesthetics of the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries.</p> <p>Source: Nicholls, David. \"Cowell, Henry (Dixon)\", <span class=\"title\">Grove Music Online</span> ed. L. Macy (Accessed 12 September 2006), http://www.grovemusic.com</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> The Henry Cowell Papers consist of over 82 linear feet of material covering every aspect of Cowell's life and career in extensive detail. They include correspondence, including letters to and from Cowell while he was incarcerated at San Quentin prison; scores and sketches, including notebooks from his early music studies with Charles Seeger; concert programs from throughout Cowell's career; photographs and scrapbooks depicting every stage of Cowell's life; iconography, including posters advertising Cowell's performances; publicity material; autobiographical and biographical manuscripts written by Sidney Cowell; an extensive set of news clippings and articles; financial records; lists of Cowell's compositions, recordings and performances; teaching material associated with the various schools at which Cowell taught and information about Cowell's students; information about Cowell's world tours for the U.S. State Department; books owned by Cowell; awards and honors Cowell received; and material documenting the history of the collection itself and the whereabouts of other portions of Cowell's archives. Major portions of the collection consist of notes, manuscripts, correspondence and other papers of Cowell's widow, Sidney Robertson Cowell; her notes are incorporated into all parts of the collection.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Henry Cowell papers are arranged in seventeen series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c596404'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1884-1994, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>In addition to correspondence to and from Henry and Sidney Cowell (and a few others), this series also contains writings and other supplementary material by or associated with certain correspondents. Correspondence to and from Cowell is also found in other series in the collection.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Henry Cowell, 1884-1979</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Sidney Cowell, 1938-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Others, 1901-1979</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c597147'>Series II: Compositions</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1911-1994, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of at least partially complete scores to many of Cowell's compositions. All are full scores unless otherwise noted. Most of the scores are photocopies of originals housed at other repositories, the notable exception being the notebooks in sub-series 1. All compositions described by William Lichtenwanger in his book <span class=\"title\">The Music of Henry Cowell: A Descriptive Catalog</span> are arranged and identified by the numbers Lichtenwanger assigned them. This book is held by the Music Division (call number JND 87-22).</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Juvenile Compositions, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Unpublished Compositions, 1911-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Published Compositions, 1922-1989</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Published Collections, ca. 1963-1988</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Oversized Scores, 1915-1979</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Supplementary Composition Material, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 7: Composition Catalogs, 1930-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 8: Music Publication Correspondence, 1922-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 9: Composition File Cards, undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c597922'>Series III: Performance</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1913-1994, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series documents the performance, presentation and recording of Cowell's music. It contains information on performances of particular compositions, concert programs, promotional material, performance lists and discographies.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Performance File, 1921-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Programs, 1913-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Performance Presentation, 1920-1966 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Performance Lists, 1926-1992 and undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c598251'>Series IV: Biographical</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1892-1989, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series IV contains biographical documentation conducted by Cowell's mother, Clarissa, his step-mother, Olive, and his wife Sidney; Sidney Cowell's work was the most extensive. It also contains a small set of Cowell autobiographical transcripts, Cowell's datebooks and address books, official records and documents about Cowell and his extended family, and two folders of medical records, which are restricted by New York State Law.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Clarissa D. Cowell Biographical Work, 1914-1916 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Olive T. Cowell Biographical Work, 1897-1935 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Sidney R. Cowell Biographical Work, 1944-1989 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Henry Cowell Interview Transcripts and Autobiographical Material, 1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Datebooks and Address Books, 1930-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Official Records and Correspondence, 1892-1982 and undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c598624'>Series V: Financial and Business Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1894-1994</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains both personal and professional financial information for Henry and Sidney Cowell, as well as contracts and financial statements from publishing and recording companies. It also includes a small set of investment and insurance records.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Income Tax, 1915-1980</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Royalty Statements, 1920-1980</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Contracts, 1922-1994</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Bank Records, 1924-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Other Financial Records, 1894-1984 and undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c598776'>Series VI: Prison</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1936-1988, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series documents the period between Henry Cowell’s arrest and incarceration at San Quentin Prison in 1936 to his parole in 1940. It contains private and official police, court and legal correspondence; court and police records; statements written by Cowell and others in his defense and to secure his release, parole and pardon; documentation of his activities in prison; and Sidney Cowell’s writings on the subject.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Henry Cowell Correspondence, 1936-1947 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Official Records, 1936-1975</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Defense Correspondence, 1936-1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Parole Board Correspondence, 1936-1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Prison Activities 1940-1941</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Sidney Cowell Writings on Henry Cowell's Prison Years, 1969-1988</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c598873'>Series VII: Organizations</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1923-1987, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains correspondence, meeting minutes, publicity and other materials from organizations pertaining to Henry Cowell’s activities as an employee or board member of those organizations. The significant exception is the section on the Rockefeller Foundation, which co-sponsored a lengthy world tour in 1956-1957 for Cowell to facilitate intercultural musical exchange. Each stop on the tour generated correspondence and associated literature and memorabilia, and at the tour’s conclusion Henry and Sidney Cowell produced final reports for the Foundation describing their activities in each country and city. There is also significant correspondence with the U.S. State Department, which was the other co-sponsor for the world tour.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599025'>Series VIII: Writings By Henry Cowell</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1906-1975, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains both Cowell’s published and unpublished writings and documentation about them. It includes work-in-progress, final drafts, proofs, promotional material and correspondence with publishers.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Published Books, 1929-1975 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Published Articles, 1921-1964 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Unpublished Writings, ca. 1906-1961 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Oversized Material, ca. 1936-1954 and undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599363'>Series IX: Writings About Henry Cowell</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1900-1994, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series includes texts of posthumous radio programs about Cowell, text and correspondence regarding academic writing about Cowell, and general news clippings spanning Cowell’s life until Sidney Cowell’s death.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Radio Programs, 1977-1981 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Academic Writing and Recording Liner Notes, 1967-1993 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: General News Clippings and Articles, 1900-1994 and undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599448'>Series X: World and Folk Music</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1933-1967, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains material documenting Cowell’s interest in and research of folk music from around the world. It has two divisions: Research materials contains Cowell’s notes and other research on folk music and cultures, including arrangements of vocal and instrumental music. Transcriptions and discographies contain transcriptions of folk songs and information on recordings of indigenous music.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599455'>Series XI: Teaching and Public Addresses</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1920-1977, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains documentation of Cowell’s long career as an educator and lecturer in various schools and universities across the country. It includes correspondence with schools and students, teaching materials and work by students, lecture texts and symposia transcriptions, promotional material, and information about radio broadcasts and public discussions in which Cowell participated.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Teaching Materials and Correspondence, 1927-1977 and undated</li> <li> Sub-series 2: Information On Students Of Cowell, 1951-1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Lecture/Recitals and Symposia, 1927-1965 and</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Juries, Committees and Panels, 1937-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Radio Broadcasts, 1933-1960 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Programs and Promotional Material, 1920-1962 and undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599531'>Series XII: Iconography</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1851-1968, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains imagery documenting Henry and Sidney Cowell and the Cowell family and extended family in both America and Britain. Most of the series documents Henry Cowell’s life in great detail. The posters promote performances of Cowell’s music, mostly in Europe.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Photographs, 1851-1968 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Negatives, 1901-1968 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Scrapbooks, 1870-1960s</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Posters, 1927-1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Art, 1923-1966 and undated</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599699'>Series XIII: Awards and Honors</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1934-1964</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains awards and honors in the form of documents, plaques and objects. It also contains further documentation and correspondence about the awards, and invitations the Cowells received to ceremonies and other honorary events, some not honoring Cowell; these include invitations to the White House. Major awards and events include Cowell’s induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Juilliard School’s concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cowell’s performance debut.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599718'>Series XIV: Cowell Collection</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1940-1991, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains information about the history of the Cowell Collection itself, including information on other repository holdings and correspondence between Sidney Cowell and The New York Public Library.</p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Repositories, 1940-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Repository Listings, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Biographers, 1964-1991</li></ul></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599793'>Series XV: Ephemera</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1912, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Contains short writings, activity lists and drawings by Cowell from his youth, undated name and address notes and business cards, and illegible notes.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599797'>Series XVI: Sidney Cowell Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1937-1992</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains writings and research carried out by Sidney Cowell that were mostly unrelated to Henry Cowell. It includes her autobiographical unpublished manuscript <span class=\"title\">Chapbook Of Cheer</span> and a manuscript about animals, <span class=\"title\">Many Nations</span>. Small portions of the former may deal with Henry Cowell. The series also contains some research on folk music.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20359#c599824'>Series XVII: Books, Pamphlets and Articles</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1933-1986, undated</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains published items that contain notes, author autographs or other inscriptions. Most are inscribed to Cowell by the authors.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p> The collection is organized into 17 series and 54 sub-series. The series and sub-series are: <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Series I: Correspondence, 1884-1994 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Henry Cowell, 1884-1979</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Sidney Cowell, 1938-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Others, 1901-1979</li></ul></li> <li>Series II: Compositions, 1911-1994 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Juvenile Compositions, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Unpublished Compositions, 1911-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Published Compositions, 1922-1989</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Published Collections, ca. 1963-1988</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Oversized Scores, 1915-1979</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Supplementary Composition Material, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 7: Composition Catalogs, 1930-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 8: Music Publication Correspondence, 1922-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 9: Composition File</li></ul></li> <li>Series III: Performance, 1913-1994 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Performance File, 1921-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Programs, 1913-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Performance Presentation, 1920-1966 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Performance Lists, 1926-1992 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series IV: Biographical, 1892-1989 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Clarissa D. Cowell Biographical Work, 1914-1916 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Olive T. Cowell Biographical Work, 1897-1935 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Sidney R. Cowell Biographical Work, 1944-1989 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Henry Cowell Interview Transcripts and Autobiographical Material, 1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Date books and Address Books, 1930-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Official Records and Correspondence, 1892-1982 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series V: Financial and Business Records, 1894-1994<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Income Tax, 1915-1980</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Royalty Statements, 1920-1980</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Contracts, 1922-1994</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Bank Records, 1924-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Other Financial Records, 1894-1984 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series VI: Prison, 1936-1988 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Henry Cowell Correspondence, 1936-1947 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Official Records, 1936-1975</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Defense Correspondence, 1936-1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Parole Board Correspondence, 1936-1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Prison Activities 1940-1941</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Sidney Cowell Writings on Henry Cowell's Prison Years, 1969-1988</li></ul></li> <li>Series VII: Organizations, 1923-1987 and undated</li> <li>Series VIII: Writings By Henry Cowell, ca. 1906-1975 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Published Books, 1929-1975 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Published Articles, 1921-1964 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Unpublished Writings, ca. 1906-1961 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Oversized Material, ca. 1936-1954 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series IX: Writings About Henry Cowell, 1900-1994 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Radio Programs, 1977-1981 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Academic Writing and Recording Liner Notes, 1967-1993 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: General News Clippings and Articles, 1900-1994 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series X: World and Folk Music, 1933-1967 and undated</li> <li>Series XI: Teaching and Public Addresses, 1920-1977 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Teaching Materials and Correspondence, 1927-1977 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Information On Students Of Cowell, 1951-1962 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Lecture/Recitals and Symposia, 1927-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 4: Juries, Committees and Panels, 1937-1965 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 5: Radio Broadcasts, 1933-1960 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 6: Programs and Promotional Material, 1920-1962 and undated</li></ul></li> <li>Series XIII: Awards and Honors, 1934-1964</li> <li>Series XIV: Cowell Collection, 1940-1991 and undated<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Sub-series 1: Repositories, 1940-1994 and undated</li> <li>Sub-series 2: Repository Listings, undated</li> <li>Sub-series 3: Biographers, 1964-1991</li></ul></li> <li>Series XV: Ephemera, 1912 and undated</li> <li>Series XVI: Sidney Cowell Material, 1937-1992</li> <li>Series XVII: Books, Scores, Pamphlets and Articles, 1933-1986 and undated</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p> The Henry Cowell Papers were willed to the Music Division in 1994 by Sidney Robertson Cowell.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Scores (All published. Inscribed, if at all, with Sidney Cowell's name.) <ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Anadolu Halk Sarkilari</span>. (Book of Turkish songs.)</li> <li>Bach, JS: <span class=\"title\">Chorale “Jesus bleibet meine Freude”</span> from church Cantata No. 147. Transcribed for piano by Harold Bauer. Published by G. Schirmer.</li> <li>Bach, JS <ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Englische Wuiten</span>. C.F. Peters.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Forty-Eight Preludes and Fugues</span>. For piano. Books I & II. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring</span>. Arr. by Myra Hess. Oxford University Press.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Klavierübung I. Teil Partiten</span>. C.F. Peters</li></ul></li> <li>Brahms, Johannes<ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Klavier=Werke Band II</span>. C.F. Peters.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Variationen Und Fuge</span>, Op. 24. C.F. Peters.</li></ul></li> <li> <span class=\"title\"> English Tunes for Young Pianists</span>. Adam Carse, ed. Augener Ltd.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Irish and Welsh Tunes for Young Pianists</span>. Adam Carse, ed. Augener Ltd.</li> <li>Mexican Songs <ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Canionero Mexicano</span>. Frances, Toor, Ed. Arr. for guitar and piano.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Cantos Escolares</span>.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Cantos Para El 1er Ciclo</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Cantos Para El 2o Ciclo</span>.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Cantos Para El 3er Ciclo</span></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Cantos Para Escuelas Primarias Y Secundarias</span></li></ul></li> <li>Caturla, Alejandro Garcia: <span class=\"title\">Son</span>. For piano.</li> <li>Chopin, Frederic<ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Präludien und Rondos</span>. C.F. Peters.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Chopin’s Complete Works For The Piano Vol. 30. Book Four: Nocturnes</span>. C.F. Peters</li></ul></li> <li>Crisostomo, Giovanni: <span class=\"title\">La S. Litergui Greca</span>. J. Fischer.</li> <li>Crumb, George <ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Five Pieces For Piano</span>. C.F. Peters.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Makrokosmos, Vol. I & II</span>. C.F. Peters</li></ul></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Gagaku: Japanese Classical Court Music</span>. Transcribed by Sukehirc Shiba.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">International Collection of Revolutionary Songs</span>. Moscow: Moscow State Music Publishing Office, 1933.</li> <li>Lorca, Federico Garcia: <span class=\"title\">Silvestre Revueltas Homenaje</span>. For chamber orchestra. Score only.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Proletarian Songs of USSR</span>. Moscow: Moscow State Music Publishing Office, 1932.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Red Songbook</span>. Workers Library Publishers, 1932. Photocopy. Note from Pete Seeger says the editor was Charles Seeger.</li> <li>Sharp, Cecil J. <span class=\"title\">Country Dance Tunes</span>. For piano. Set II. Novello.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Songs of Fighting China</span>. Chinese News Service.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Songs For America</span>. Workers Library Publishers. Photocopy. Note from SRC states the editor was Earl Robinson.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Standard Settings of Pipe Music of the Seaforth Headlands</span>. Paterson’s Publications.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Workers Songbook</span>. Workers Library Publishers, 1934 & 1935. Photocopy. Note from Pete Seeger says the editor was Charles Seeger.</li> <li>[Unknown title] (Book of Russian songs.)</li> <li>Orphan published work pages: One folder of various published volumes, very fragile and disintegrating.</li></ul></li> <li>Books, Journals and Articles<ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">30th Conference Souvenir, 1956</span>. Madreas: The Music Academy, 1956. Conference program book.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">American Composers Alliance Bulletin</span>. Spring 1953</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">American Music Festival in Bad Homburg July 6 to 8, 1931</span>. Festival program.</li> <li>Berti, Luciano. <span class=\"title\">Fra Angelico</span>. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1968.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Boletin Latino-Americano De Musica</span>. Lima: Imprenta Editorial Lumen, 1936.</li> <li>Boots, Mrs. J.L. <span class=\"title\">Korean Musical Instruments and An Introduction To Korean Music</span>. Published as Volume XXX of the <span class=\"title\">Transactions of the Korean Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1940</span>. Office of War Information, 1945. (Henry Cowell, chief music editor.)</li> <li>Bucken, Dr. Ernst. <span class=\"title\">Handbuch Der Musik-Wissenschaft</span>.</li> <li>Bulos, Afif A. <span class=\"title\">Arabic Music</span>. Beirut: Catholic Press, 1955.</li> <li>Campos, Ruben M. <span class=\"title\">Folklore Y La Musica Mexicana</span>. Mexico: Secreteria De Educacion Publica, 1928.</li> <li>Cowell, Henry and Sidney Cowell. <span class=\"title\">Charles Ives And His Music.</span> New York: Oxford University Press, 1955.</li> <li>Cowell, Henry and Sidney Cowell. <span class=\"title\">Ives.</span> (Polish edition of <span class=\"title\">Charles Ives And His Music.</span></li> <li>Cowell, Henry. <span class=\"title\">New Musical Resources.</span> Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930, 1969 and 1996 editions.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Deutsche Island-Forschung 1930</span>. Sonderbruck, Iceland.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">die Riehe: A periodical devoted to developments in contemporary music</span>. Edited by Herbert Eimert and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser, 1959.</li> <li>Duriyanga, Phra Chen. <span class=\"title\">Thai Musi</span>c. Bagkok: The National Culture Institute, 1953.</li> <li>Elias, William Y. <span class=\"title\">Grapes: Practical Notation For Clusters And Special Effects For Piano And Other Keyboards</span>. New York: Pendragon, 1984.</li> <li>Fewkes, J. Walter. <span class=\"title\">Music Of The Hopi Indian</span>. Insert for Hopi and his Music, Gennett Records.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Fifty-Sixth Conference Souvenir 1982</span>. Madreas: The Music Academy, 1982. Conference program book.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">A Golden Treasury of Psalms and Prayers</span>. Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper, unknown date.</li> <li>Hagemeyer, Dora<ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Leaf And Shadow</span>. Carmel-By-The-Sea, California: Carmel Pine Cone Press, 1941.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Leaf and Stone</span>. Self-published, 1932.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Overtones</span>. London: Mitre, 1944.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Shining Wind</span>. Carmel-By-The-Sea, California: Carmel Pine Cone Press, 1944</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Sonnets And Other Songs</span>. Wellington: Harry H. Tombs, undated.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Spring In October</span>. Self-published, 1939.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Swords of the Grass</span>. Carmel-By-The-Sea, California: Seven Arts Press, 1927.</li></ul></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Hammond Times</span>. Jan. 1941.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Het Muziekcollege Caecilla Maandblad Voor Muziek</span>. German magazine, Oct. 1932.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The History Of A Self-Made Musical Organization In Los Angeles</span>. (Pamphlet about <span class=\"title\">Evenings On The Roof</span> concert series, September 1946.)</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Journal of the Music Academy Madras</span>. Vol. XXXIII, 1962, Vol. XXVIII, 1957, and Vol XXXII, 1961.</li> <li>Kolinski, Mieczyslaw. <span class=\"title\">Die Musik der Primitivstämme auf Malaka und ihre Beziehungen zur samoanischen Musik</span>. Revue Internationale D’Ethnologie Et De Linguistique, 1930.</li> <li>Landeck, Beatrice, Elizabeth Crook and Harold C. Youngberg. <span class=\"title\">Making Music Your Own</span>. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett, 1965.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Maandblad Voor Hedendaagsche Muziek</span>. (Brochure for German organ company, December 1932.)</li> <li>Meng, Chih. <span class=\"title\">Remarks On Chinese Music and Musical Instruments</span>. New York: China Institute in America, 1932.</li> <li>Mull, Helen K. <span class=\"title\">The Acquisition of Absolute Pitch</span>. Reprint from The American Journal of Psychology, Oct. 1925.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Musicalia: Revista Bimestral De Arte Y Critica</span>. Jan-Apr. 1942.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Music Academy Thirtysixth Conference 1962 Souvenir</span>. (Program book.)</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">National Music Council Bulletin</span>, August 1943.</li> <li>Ortiz, Fernando. <span class=\"title\">La “Clave” Xilofonica De La Musica Cuban</span>a. Habana, 1935.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Paumanok Review</span>. Spring 1962.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Perspectives USA</span>. Winter 1956.</li> <li>Sachs, Curt. <span class=\"title\">Vergleichende Musicwissenschaft</span>. Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1930.</li> <li>Salas, Eugenio Pereira. <span class=\"title\">Notas Para La Historia Del Intercambio Musical Entre Las Americas Antes De Ano 1940</span>. Published in May 1943 Music Series No. 7 by the Pan American Union.</li> <li>Sambamoorthy, P.<ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Melakarta Janya-Raga Scheme With An Explanatory Chart And Two Appendices</span>. Madras: The Indian Music Publishing House, undated.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Musical-Time Chart Explaining The Scheme Of The Thirty-Five Talas</span>. Madras: The Indian Music Publishing House, undated.</li></ul></li> <li> <span class=\"title\">South Florida’s Historic Ives Festival 1974-1976</span>. Festival program.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Tempo: The Boosey & Hawkes Newsletter</span>. 1941 Jan. and 1944 Dec.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Ten Years of the American Institute of Musicology 1945-1955</span>. Pamphlet.</li> <li>Thompson, Edan. <span class=\"title\">Yoga Cookbook</span>. New York: Philosophical Library, 1959.</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Volume of Proceedings of the Music Teachers National Association</span>. Edited by Theodore M. Finney. Pittsburgh: The Association, 1946.</li> <li>Vrionides, Christos. <span class=\"title\">The Byzantine Chant of The Greek Orthodox Church</span>. Babylon, New York: Byzantium, 1959.</li></ul></li> <li>Sound Recordings and Related Material <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Fifteen 78rpm discs, all commercially released, none of Henry Cowell.</li> <li>Record 4 (33rpm) of box set <span class=\"title\">Making Music Your Own</span>.</li> <li>One 33rpm disc. <span class=\"title\">Enchanted Evening In Micronesia: Songs and Dances from Marshalls, Ponape, Turk, Yap and Palau</span>.</li> <li>Liner note booklet in German for <span class=\"title\">Music des Orients</span>.</li> <li>Label for 78rpm disc for <span class=\"title\">Suite For Woodwinds</span> by Henry Cowell, New Music Quarterly Recordings</li></ul></li> <li>Oversized Clippings and Promotional Material<ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Oakland Tribune</span>, 1924</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">New York World</span>, 1924</li> <li>San Quentin Prison newspaper, 1936</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">What The Critics Say Of Henry Cowell</span>promotional sheet with press quotes, ca. 1925</li></ul></li> <li>Posters<ul class=\"list\"> <li>Leipzig, 1923 (Fragile.)</li> <li>Munich, 1923</li> <li>Paris, 1925 (Advertising Nicolas Slonimsky performance. Two versions, one smaller, one larger.)</li> <li>Hungary, 1926</li> <li>Venice, 1926</li> <li>Belgrade, 1932 (Two copies, different colors, one in much better condition.)</li> <li>Sweden, 1932</li> <li>London, 1960 (Advertising Leopold Avakian performance.)</li> <li>Germany, undated</li> <li>Czechoslovkia, undated (Fragile.)</li></ul></li> <li>Suitcase (Used by Henry Cowell for many years. Contains explanatory note from Sidney Cowell.)</li></ul>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Processed by Peter Hirsch and Matthew Snyder; Machine-readable finding aid created by Matthew Snyder.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Grainger letters. Also available on microfilm as part of the Henry Cowell papers; service copy classmark: *ZB-4336</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Music Division holds other collections with notable Henry Cowell content, including the John J. Becker Papers (JPB 04-27), the Frank Wigglesworth Papers (JPB 97-44), the Wallingford Riegger Papers (JPB 91-18) and the Hugo Weisgall Papers (JPB 00-43). The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound holds the Henry Cowell Collection of Non-Commercial Recordings (*L(Special) 88-33).</p>"}
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{"value"=>"The Henry Cowell papers originally were substantially processed in 1999-2000 as the Henry Cowell collection; when processing was completed in 2006, it was decided to change the name of the collection to the Henry Cowell papers"}
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1851
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1851
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1994
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1851
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1994
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82.3 linear feet (203 boxes)