Marilyn Crispell papers, 1980-2021

Creator:
Crispell, Marilyn, Workman, Reggie, and Braxton, Anthony
Extent:
7 linear feet 12 boxes (six ms boxes, three tall ms boxes, one CD box, one DVD box, one oversize flat box) and two mapcase folders
Language:
Most Materials in English, with some programs and articles in Finnish, French, Dutch, German.
Scope and content:

Jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell's career is documented in this collection by programs, reviews, scrapbooks, books, sounds recordings, art, and posters.

Biographical / historical:

Marilyn Crispell, is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. She has been a touring member of the Anthony Braxton Quartet, the Reggie Workman Ensemble and the Henry Grimes Trio. .She has also performed and recorded music by contemporary composers Robert Cogan, Pozzi Escot, John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Manfred Niehaus and Anthony Davis (including four performances of his opera "X" with the New York City Opera). She has performed modern art productions including artists, Cy Twombly and Christian Marclay's festival at the Whitney Museum of Modern Art. Ms. Crispell is the recipient of three New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship grants (1988-1989, 1994-1995 and 2006-2007), a Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust composition commission (1988-1989), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2005-2006). In 1996 she was given an Outstanding Alumni Award by the New England Conservatory, and in 2004, was cited as being one of their 100 most outstanding alumni of the past 100 years.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Single reproductions may be made for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to secure permission for publication or use from the appropriate copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Marilyn Crispell papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Location of this collection:
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