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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.58 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"JPB 06-56", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20358", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1909-1993", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1909/1993"}
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1909
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1993
- keydate
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1909
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Myra Russel collection of musical settings of James Joyce"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</span><span class=\"subarea\">Music Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Myra Russel Collection of Musical Settings of James Joyce consists of music scores for songs set to the words of the writer by a variety of contemporary composers, which were amassed by Myra Teicher Russel, a professor and authority on the works of James Joyce."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Myra Russel Collection of Musical Settings of James Joyce, JPB 06-56. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Russel, Myra Teicher, 1920-", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Collector", "role_code"=>"col"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Myra Teicher Russel (1920-2005) was a professor and authority on the works of James Joyce. She returned to school later in life, completed her graduate work at Sarah Lawrence College, and taught literature at Elizabeth Seton College (later Iona College) for many years. Her area of interest within Joyce studies was music set to the poems of the author. In the early 1980s, Russel rediscovered the manuscript for Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer's <span class=\"title\">Chamber Music</span> (1909) at the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. <span class=\"title\">Chamber Music</span> (1907), a volume of thirty-six poems, was Joyce's first published book and it has inspired many composers. Joyce particularly admired Palmer's settings of the poems, which he saw in manuscript through correspondence with the composer. He encouraged Palmer to publish the work, but the score did not appear in print until Russel produced her own edition, <span class=\"title\">Chamber Music: The Lost Song Settings</span> (1993), accompanied by a recording of the songs by the tenor, Robert White (Joyce never heard Palmer's score in performance). An active figure on the conference circuit, Russel often arranged programs that featured music set to the works of Joyce, wrote several scholarly articles, and was a longtime member of the James Joyce Society of New York.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Myra Russel Collection of Musical Settings of James Joyce consists of music scores for songs set to the words of the writer by a variety of contemporary composers, which were amassed by the Joyce scholar, Myra Teicher Russel. While most of the material is comprised of photocopies, the collection contains a few original printed scores, as well as some material that was inscribed to Russel or that included correspondence from the composer. Among these items are compositions by Peter Dickinson, Ross Lee Finney, and Gordon B. Ramsey. Many of the musical settings are to the poems from Joyce’s early work, <span class=\"title\">Chamber Music</span>, but other texts are represented as well. The collection includes two photocopies of Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer's 1909 manuscript for <span class=\"title\">Chamber Music</span>, which Russel rediscovered in the early 1980s and later published as an edition with Indiana University Press (1993). Dates, when provided, are generally for the copyright date of a given piece.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The Myra Russel Collection of Musical Settings of James Joyce was donated to the Music Division in 1999 by Myra Russel.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Music Division</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Arranged alphabetically by name of composer"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Helice Koffler; Machine-readable finding aid created by Helice Koffler.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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2.58 linear feet (3 boxes)
- date_start
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1909
- date_end
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1993