José Limón collection of manuscript music scores

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unitid

{"value"=>"JPB 95-20", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20197", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1920-1962", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1962", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"José Limón collection of manuscript music scores"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"101 items of ms. music in 6 boxes"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"53 x 43 x 8 cm. or smaller"}]}

repository

{"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>"}

physloc

{"value"=>"*ZB-4354 [Microfilm]"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The José Limón collection of manuscript music scores are arranged in two series:"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>José Limón collection of manuscript music scores, Music Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Limón, José"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Danza / by J. Arcadio (Folder 2) ; Dialogues : dance in two parts / music by Norman Lloyd (Folder 20) ; Hoch! / M. Lloyd (Folder 34) ; Dance suite / choreography José Limón, music, Lionel Newman (Folder 55). Also available on microfilm as part of the José Limón collection of manuscript music scores. service copy classmark: *ZB-4354</p>"}

note

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Includes manuscripts in ink and pencil, reproductions of manuscripts, some holographs, and several pubished items (various publishers) ; some works include performance and/or choreographic markings"}

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Music by various composers, some arranged by Simon Sadoff, used by José Limón in dance productions ; includes holographs by Cicely Foster Gittes, Norman Lloyd, Paul Nordoff, and Lionel Nowak"}

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Includes music for piano, and scores and some parts for orchestra or other instrumental ensemble"}

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Item 76 is accompanied by a letter (TLS) from its composer Gardner Read to José Limón, 1946 Apr. 20"}

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Other composers represented include: H. Aitken, J. Arcadio, N. Cazden, H. L. Clarke, C. Engel, V. Fine, L. Foss, Roy Harris, C. Jiménez, M. Mamorsky, Burle Marx, Mozart, G. Pittaluga, Purcell, W. Riegger, A. Schoenberg, G. Schuller, E. Siegmeister, C. Surinach, and Esther Williamson"}

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Complete contents list in repository"}

{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"Transferred from Dance Collection, NYPL"}

date_start

1920

keydate

1920

date_end

1962

date_inclusive_start

1920

date_inclusive_end

1962

extent_statement

53 x 43 x 8 cm. or smaller, 101 items of ms. music in 6 boxes (53 x 43 x 8 cm. or smaller)

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The José Limón collection of manuscript music scores are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20197#c1925911'>Scores</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/20197#c1926004'>Oversized Scores</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

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2. Oversized Scores [9/1]