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Bailey, Charity
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 71
0.83 linear feet (2 boxes)
Charity Alberta Bailey (1904-1978) was a pioneer in the field of children's music. Her papers consist of biographical material and working files for the development of a curriculum to teach educators and children.
Schindler, Kurt, 1882-1935
Music Division | JPB 93-1
The Kurt Schindler Papers represent the life and career of Kurt Schindler, a conductor, composer, music editor and folksong musicologist. The material covers his early musical interests and compositions, his career in the United States as an...
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Skinner, Elliott P. (Elliott Percival), 1924-2007
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division | Sc MIRS Skinner 1999-21
17 audio_recordings
Elliott Percival Skinner (June 20, 1924 - April 1, 2007) was a Trinidadian-born anthropologist and US ambassador to the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 1966 to 1969. The collection consists of seventeen audio recordings primarily...
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De Cormier, Robert
Music Division | JPB 26-3
23.75 linear feet (85 boxes). 40 audio recordings. 1 moving image recording
Robert DeCormier (1922-2017) was an American arranger, conductor, and composer best-known for his associations with the New York Choral Society, Harry Belafonte, and Peter, Paul, and Mary. The Robert DeCormier papers, dating from the 1940s to...
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Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound | *L (Special) 88-33
These noncommercial music and spoken word recordings were collected by Henry Cowell and primarily consist of his own compositions and lectures, as well as numerous field recordings of folk and ethnic music. Additional recordings contain music by...
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