{"value"=>"<p>Ray Green's papers hold personal and professional materials spanning his 50 year career as a pianist, composer, and music publisher. The bulk of the papers are composed of correspondence, scores, and American Music Edition materials.</p> <p>The American Music Edition was a publishing and rights holding institution founded by Green in 1951 to document and disseminate new American music. Green published his own works through the company and represented Carl Ruggles, Halsey Stephens, Eugene Hemmer, and many others. Materials consist of general files, address lists, contracts, correspondence, copyright agreements, and royalties information. There are four records and two tapes of music related to the American Music Edition's holdings. Inquiries regarding audio/visual materials in the collection may be directed to the Dance Division (dance@nypl.org). Audio/visual materials may be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p> <p>Green's correspondence is a mix of personal and professional - often within the same letter. Of note are exchanges with his sister, Anne Green Jacobson, who funded many of his ventures, as well as his correspondence with wife May O'Donnell while they were separated during various travels as well as during World War II. The couple writes of creative difficulties and often bounced ideas off each other through letters when war or work necessitated time apart. Their close working relationship is evident throughout their correspondence.</p> <p>Programs, files relating to various professional organizations, military correspondence, reviews, and the drafts and correspondence relating to his children's teaching books, The Ray Green Piano Course, are also here.</p> <p>Greens' scores comprise the bulk of this series, and are arranged by composition type and title. The scores range from early pencil drafts in notebooks with many revisions to carefully edited printer's copies. Most of his scores are undated, and there are often multiple drafts of each piece with no indication of which is the final product. For example, one should check each folder containing portions of Sunday Sing Symphony to see the progression of the work. Untitled, unidentified, and fragmented work are filed under \"untitled sketches.\"</p> <p>Alphabetical by subject or name.</p>"}