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Creator
Harkness Ballet Foundation
Call number
JPB 87-32
Physical description
ca. 50 cu. ft. (144 boxes)
Preferred Citation
Collection of musical scores, Music Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Music Division
Access to materials
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Established in New York in 1961 with Rebekah Harkness as president, the Harkness Ballet Foundation sponsored Robbins's Ballet:USA in its European tour, 1961, and the Joffrey Ballet, 1962-4. 179 compositions and 9 arrangements by Rebekah Harkness; and 90 works of various composers used for ballet.

Scope and arrangement

Arrangement

In 6 series: Series I, compositions of Rebekah Harkness; Series II, arrangements by Rebekah Harkness; Series III, works by various composers; Series IV, oversize scores; Series V, incomplete, miscellaneous, and unidentified scores; Series VI, parts

Administrative information

Custodial history

Gift of the Harkness Ballet Foundation.

Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor