- Creator
- Perle, George, 1915-2009
- Call number
- JPB 89-2
- Language
- Chiefly in English; several items in German
- Preferred Citation
- George Perle papers, Music Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Music Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
An American composer and theorist, George Perle received his Ph.D. degree in 1956 from N.Y. Univ. with the dissertation Serial Composition and Atonality (publ. 1962; 4th ed. 1977). He also wrote Twelve-tone Tonality (1977); The Operas of Alban Berg (v. 1, Wozzeck, v. 2, Lulu; 1980-1985); The Listening Composer (1990); and numerous articles on Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern. He is co-founder and director of the International Alban Berg Society. Manuscripts of books, articles, reviews, and student term papers (the last under the name Perlman); correspondence (about publications; about theory, chiefly with Paul Lansky; and about the Society); bibliography of books and articles by and about Perle; income tax records; programs; flyers; clippings; and musical scores of compositions (page proofs and photocopies of holographs, with emendations in the hand of the composer). Musical scores have classmark JPB 89-3 and will be cataloged separately in the Scores file.
Administrative information
Custodial history
Gift of George Perle, 1987; 1990.
Source of acquisition
19 boxes: Gift, Perle, George, 06/25/87 5 boxes: Gift, Perle, George, 10/04/90 14 boxes: Gift, Perle, George, 07/15/92Related Material
Perle, George, 1915- . Papers, musical scores, and sound recordings
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Names
- Perle, George, 1915-2009
- Berg, Alban, 1885-1935
- Lansky, Paul, 1944-
- Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951
- Webern, Anton, 1883-1945
- American Music Collection
- International Alban Berg Society
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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