Teiji Itō collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"JPB 93-12", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20212", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Teiji Itō collection"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1950-1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1950/1982"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 cubic ft."}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1950

date_inclusive_end

1982

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Teiji Itō, 1935-1982, was a Tokyo-born composer who resided in New York City. His compositional style reflects Japanese, African, American Indian, and American influences. A percussion performer, he was particularly interested in the use of percussion instruments in various cultures. Itō composed music for some of the experimental films of his first wife Maya Deren, who died in 1961. Much of his dance and theater music was composed for productions by the Open Eye Company (theatrical troupe) and at the Theater of the Open Eye in New York City.</p>"}

arrangement

{"value"=>"1. Papers; 2. Music by Teiji Itō; 3. Music by Yuji Ito and others"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Papers collected and arranged by Teiji's widow, Cherel Ito, include: biography of and comments on Teiji Ito, certificate of citizenship, clippings, photographs, drawings by Teiji Ito, interview transcripts, lecture notes, articles, and music scores. Material about Teiji's uncle Michio, mother Teiko, and father Yuji and about Maya Deren's films are included. Nearly one third of the collection consists of manuscript music scores composed or arranged by Yuji Itō, who published under the name Yuji Itow. There are also manuscript score by Tai Koh, Tai Ito, and Scriabin (in the hand of Michio Itō); and published scores by Lao Chih-ch'eng and Albert Kaufman and of the song Dark Eyes.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MUS"}

{"date"=>"1987", "materials"=>"1 notebook, 2 boxes of music", "source"=>"Theater of the Open Eye", "address"=>"270 W. 89th St., New York, NY 10024", "method"=>"Gift in honor of Cherel Ito", "value"=>"1 notebook, 2 boxes of music: Gift in honor of Cherel Ito, Theater of the Open Eye, 1987"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Audio tapes and sound cassettes available in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Music scores have also been cataloged in the Scores file</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Papers collected and arranged by Teiji's widow, Cherel Ito, include: biography of and comments on Teiji Ito, certificate of citizenship, clippings, photographs, drawings by Teiji Ito, interview transcripts, lecture notes, articles, and music scores. Material about Teiji's uncle Michio, mother Teiko, and father Yuji and about Maya Deren's films are included. Nearly one third of the collection consists of manuscript music scores composed or arranged by Yuji Itō, who published under the name Yuji Itow. There are also manuscript score by Tai Koh, Tai Ito, and Scriabin (in the hand of Michio Itō); and published scores by Lao Chih-ch'eng and Albert Kaufman and of the song Dark Eyes."}

keydate

1950

prefercite

{"value"=>"Teiji Itō collection, Music Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

1 cubic ft.

date_start

1950

date_end

1982

origination

{"type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator", "value"=>"Ito, Cherel."}

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