Found 59 collections related to Scores

The Martin Kalmanoff Papers document the career of an American composer of operas, musicals, choral works, religious services and popular song. The papers consist of scores, correspondence, financial and business papers, writings, notes, concert programs, photographs and media clippings. less

May O'Donnell was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her husband, Ray Green was an American composer who created works for dance companies as well as orchestral, choral, and children's pieces. The May O'Donnell and Ray Green papers contain correspondence, choreographic notes, scores, photographs, and other materials relating to the professional and personal lives of the couple. less

Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001) was an important American jazz / pop singer as well as a talented writer. Her papers consist of her writings, correspondence, business and personal papers, scores, concert programs, clippings, publicity material, photographs and books. less

The Patricia Brooks papers (1867, 1897-2009) document the professional vocal career of the artist, focusing on her operatic performances. The papers contain professional and personal correspondence; reproductions of photographs documenting her operatic career, including photographs of Brooks with Placido Domingo and Frank Corsaro; financial records and advanced ticket sales regarding Brooks' recital in 1977; as well as correspondence, notes, ticket lists, and potential performers relating to the New York City Opera's tribute to Brooks in 2008. Annotated, published scores make up the majority of the collection. less

Richard Lewine was a musical theater composer, an author of works of scholarship on musical theater and a theater and television producer, working mainly from the 1930s through the 1980s. This collection includes personal files, scores, scripts, production files, programs and oversized items pertaining to Lewine's career, life and films, stage musicals and television programs written or produced by Lewine. less

The Richard Maltby Sr. papers hold scores, correspondence, business papers, photographs, clippings, and scrapbooks. The vast majority of the collection consists of scores and parts for arrangements and compositions by Maltby as well as by his staff arrangers (primarily Al Muller and Red Bone), most of which are for jazz big band. less

Betty Comden was an American lyricist, playwright, screenwriter and actress working on stage and screen productions from the late 1930s through the 1990s. This collection is the personal and professional papers of Betty Comden. It consists mainly of scripts and scores. less

The papers of the composer Charles Turner, one of Samuel Barber's few students, contain scores, sketches and notes, libretti, correspondence, diaries, photographs, programs, scrapbooks, yearbooks, clippings, and audio recordings documenting his life and career as a violinist, composer and pedagogue. less

The bulk of the J.K. Randall Collection consists of the composer's scores and other papers documenting his compositions. The remainder is comprised of Randall's personal files containing his writings, theoretical notes and analyses, correspondence and concert programs. less

Jacob Avshalomov, composer, was born in China in 1919, but immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1937. He studied in Los Angeles with Ernst Toch, at the Eastman School of Music with Bernard Rogers, and at Tanglewood with Aaron Copland. Avshalomov spent the majority of his career as the director of the Portland Youth Orchestra from 1954 to 1995. The Scores contains various drafts and sketches and scores composed by Jacob Avshalomov from 1928-1998. The bulk of the material dates from 1940-1998, and in addition to the scores, the collection contains correspondence, libretti and programs. The collection also includes compositions written by the composers father, Aaron Avshalomov. less

Harry Ruby was an American composer, songwriter, librettist and screenwriter. This collection documents Ruby's personal and professional life through scrapbooks, press clippings, musical scores, songbooks and sheet music, publishing and copyright agreements, writings, correspondence, telegrams, lyrics scripts, theatre programs and photographs. Also included are copies of the eulogy read at Ruby's funeral, as well as letters of condolence to Ruby's family after his death. less

The Leon Kirchner papers document the career of the composer, conductor and pianist from the 1950s to the early 2000s. They include scores and sketches, correspondence with important musical figures, writings, programs, clippings, photographs and posters. less

New Music for Young Ensembles (NYME), founded in 1974 by Claire Rosengarten, was an organization which fostered musical composition of ensemble music for intermediate level players. The organization's main activities centered around an annual composition competition, and an annual concert of music which would include the competition winner and other contemporary music. The New Music for Young Ensembles records consist of a variety of materials, including correspondence, photographs, administrative records, concert programs, and scores documenting the entire history of NMYE from 1974 until 2004, as well as materials detailing the assembly of this archive. less

Zachary Solov (1923-2004) was a dancer and choreographer who spent many years as the ballet master at the Metropolitan Opera. The Zachary Solov papers (1870-2005) contain programs, notes, photographs, posters, scrapbooks and personal materials relating to the career of the noted dancer, choreographer, and ballet master. less

Conductor, radio host, and music educator David Randolph (1914-2010) was an active member of the New York classical music community. He served as musical director of the Randolph Singers, the Masterwork Chorus, and The St. Cecilia Chorus and was a longtime WNYC radio host of “Music for the Connoisseur,” later called “The David Randolph Concerts.” The collection contains letters, diaries, writings, concert programs, photographs, and annotated scores, documenting Randolph’s career. less

Francis Thorne is an American composer. Most of his was work created in the late 20th Century. He has composed over 100 works, including symphonies, concerti, string quartets, as well as chamber music, choral music and songs. In addition to composing, he has been active in music administration, being a founding member of the American Composers Orchestra. He has been President/Treasurer of the Thorne Music Fund as well as the Executive Director of the Music Theatre Group, and American Composers Alliance. His music is published by Merion Music, Inc. and distributed by Theodore Presser Company. This collection consists mainly of scores. There are also office files. less

Michael Gibson (1944-2005) was an orchestrator and arranger for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals, films, and concert productions by Broadway artists. His scores include orchestrations for several musicals by John Kander and Fred Ebb, as well as for other Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. They also hold orchestrations for Broadway performers such as Barbara Cook, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, and Chita Rivera. less

Since its inception in 1954, the New York Shakespeare Festival/the Public Theater has been a highly acclaimed theater company, dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an American theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of challenging new plays, musicals and innovative stagings of the classics. The additions to the New York Shakespeare Festival Records document the Festival's activities from 1968-2010. The collection contains scripts, scores, correspondence, publicity materials and other production files from Public Theater Productions. less

Norman Dello Joio is a pianist, organist, educator and a Pulitzer Prize winning composer. The collection contains materials related to his work; including business related correspondence (from individuals and institutes), personal papers (financial, biographical, some photographs, speeches and writings), performance files (programs and other related items), musical scores, clippings, ephemera, and scrapbooks. less

The Jean Erdman Papers document the professional life of Jean Erdman Campbell, a dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor. Materials date from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s, and cover the early stages of her career as well as productions created during her later endeavors at the Theater of the Open Eye. This collection contains correspondence, production materials, academic papers, office files, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, publicity materials, and photographs. This collection contains almost no materials related to Jean Erdman's personal life. less