- unitid
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{"value"=>"20815", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 218", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b12458381", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1934-1980", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1934/1980"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Hughes-Neilson music collection and additions"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.29 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Kenneth P. Neilson is an educator, artist, composer, author, and founder of All Seasons Art, a multimedia production center which seeks to gain exposure for developing African American and Hispanic artists. The Hughes-Neilson music collection consists of musical settings of the poetry and lyrics of Langston Hughes."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Neilson, Kenneth P.", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"col"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Kenneth P. Neilson is an educator, artist, composer, and author. For nearly thirty years, he worked for the New York City public school system as a teacher and supervisor. In 1977, he founded All Seasons Art, a multimedia production center which seeks to gain exposure for developing African American and Hispanic artists through a series of exhibitions, publications, concerts, and theatrical productions. It also works to develop audience appreciation for the visual, literary, and musical arts through special programs devoted to the life and work of well known artists. In 1984, All Seasons Art, in cooperation with the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, sponsored a special program entitled \"The World of Langston Hughes Music: A Concert of Poems and Musical Settings.\".</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Hughes-Neilson music collection consists of musical settings of the poetry and lyrics of Langston Hughes. Composers represented include David Amram, Leonard Bernstein, W.C. Handy, Hall Johnson, Elie Siegmeister, Hale Smith, Howard Swanson, Kurt Weill, and donor Kenneth P. Neilson. Printed music is composed of song sheets, operatic scores, and anthologies. Included is a copy of singer Rawn Spearman's dissertation, \"A Study and Selected Musical Settings for Solo Voice and Piano of the Poetry of Langston Hughes\" (1973), and a comprehensive listing of the musical settings of Hughes's works compiled by Neilson, entitled \"The World of Langston Hughes' Music\" (1982). Additions include similar content, plus printed matter on Hughes and Al Hirschfeld, a comic strip that references Hughes, and a book Hughes's poems with illustrations by a fourth-grade class.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Mostly arranged alphabetically by author's last name, with additions at the end.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Kenneth P. Neilson, 1986-1993.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: poster.</p> <p>Transferred to Broadside collection, Sc MG 929, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division: poster</p> <p>Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Mary Yearwood, 1986-1988, and Diana Lachatanere, 1993. Processed through the Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopies of music requires permission of publisher or other holder of copyright.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 June 15"}
- date_start
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1934
- keydate
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1934
- date_end
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1980
- date_inclusive_start
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1934
- date_inclusive_end
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1980
- extent_statement
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1.29 linear feet (4 boxes)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], Hughes-Neilson music collection and additions, Sc MG 218, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}