- Creator
- Damrosch, Frank, 1859-1937
- Call number
- JPB 88-25
- Physical description
- 1 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Frank Damrosch papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Music Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Frank Damrosch was born Franz Heino Damrosch in Breslau, the son of Leopold Damrosch. A choral conductor, composer, and educator, he founded the Musical Art Society of New York and the Institute of Musical Art which became affiliated with the Juilliard School of Music. Drafts of autobiographical and other writings and lectures; published articles by and about Frank Damrosch; letters received; programs; clippings; scrapbooks; minutes of meetings of the Musical Art Society; material from the People's Choral Union; copies of The Baton, a publication of the Institute of Musical Art and The Juilliard School; and published scores of 10 choral works composed or arranged by Frank Damrosch and of 3 songs composed by Frank Damrosch.
Administrative information
Custodial history
Gift of Charles Haywood, 5-16-88.
Source of acquisition
Gift, Haywood, Charles, 05/16/88Key terms
Names
- Damrosch, Frank, 1859-1937
- American Music Collection
- Institute of Musical Art (New York, N.Y.)
- Musical Art Society of New York
- People's Choral Union
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Location
Music DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor