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Creator
Schuman, William, 1910-1992
Call number
*L (Special) 99-24
Physical description
134 items
Preferred Citation

William Schumann Collection, *L(Special) 99.24, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Repository
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply

The majority of the collection consists of works by Schuman which were recorded between 1939 and 1992. Also included in the collection are works by other composers such as: Aaron Copland; Paul Creston; Roy Harris; David Lieberman ; Walter Piston; and Quincy Porter.

Biographical/historical information

William Schuman was an American composer and educator. He was an instructor at Sarah Lawrence College (1935-1945), president of The Juilliard School of Music (1945-1962), director of publications for G. Schirmer (1945-1952), and president of Lincoln Center (1962-1968). In the 1970's he was chairman of the Norlin Foundation and of the MacDowell Colony. He was a founding director of the Charles Ives Society and a member of the board of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Naumberg and Koussevitzky Foundations, and of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, organizations which he founded. Mr. Schuman died Feb. 15, 1992.

Scope and arrangement

The majority of the collection consists of works by Schuman which were recorded between 1939 and 1992.

Also included in the collection are works by other composers such as: J.S. Bach; Samuel Barber; Ludwig van Beethoven; Johannes Brahms; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Chou-When Chung; Aaron Copland; Paul Creston; Roy Harris; David Lieberman; Olivier Messiaen; Walter Piston; Quincy Porter; Sergei Rachmaninoff; Joaquin Rodrigo; Gunther Schuller; Donald Sosin and Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Some of the performers represented in this collection are: Boston Symphony Orchestra; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Brooklyn College Conservatory Orchestra; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Eastman School Orchestra; Gregg Smith Singers; Houston Symphony Orchestra; Juilliard String Quartet; Lydian String Quartet; New England Conservatory Jordan Winds; New York Philharmonic; Minnesota Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; St. Olaf Choir; Sarah Lawrence College Chorus; and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

Some of the conductors represented in this collection are: Leonard Bernstein; Michael Charry; Antal Dorati; Carl Maria Giulini; Dorothy Klotzman; William C. Harwood; Samuel Krachmainick; Serge Koussevitzky; Rafael Kubelik; Brock mcElheran; Neville Mariner; Zubin Mehta; Jorge Mester; Pierre Monteux; Charles Munch; Eugene Ormandy; William Powers; William Schuman and Leonard Slatkin.

The William Schuman collection sound recordings are arranged in four series:

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Music Division, 1999

Processing information

Processed by Peggy Schein.

Related Material

William Schuman Papers and records

Using the collection

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
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

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Access restrictions

Access to original recordings is restricted.