"Composers" / Collection: Peter G. Davis Papers, 1912-2021, bulk 1948-2021 - Columbia University Libraries Archival Collections Search Results

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Highlight: Interview with composer/lyricist Robert Wright and his collaborator George Forrest, undated
Abstract Or Scope: On both sides of item 10.

Highlight: Composers -- Interviews
Gay composers
Music by gay composers
Creator: Davis, Peter G.
Abstract Or Scope: This collection contains the papers of Peter G. Davis (1936-2021), who worked as a classical music critic at various national and specialist publications from 1962-2018. It includes the vast majority of Davis's writings on music (published or draft), along with print material relating to these writings, Davis's compositions (1957-1964), material relating to Davis's early education (1948-1959), and correspondence and interviews with a number of major classical musicians.

Highlight: Includes photographs of various composers and singers, photographs of Davis, photographs from the
Abstract Or Scope: Includes photographs of various composers and singers, photographs of Davis, photographs from the 1965 recording of Mahler's tenth symphony at Columbia Records (which Davis attended).

Highlight: Festival, Columbia Composers concert on April 12th (circa 1961), in which Sherds was performed.
Abstract Or Scope: Sherds is a shorter version of Shards. Also contains a program from the Barnard-Columbia Arts Festival, Columbia Composers concert on April 12th (circa 1961), in which Sherds was performed.

Highlight: Rosa Ponselle Foundation, Central City Opera, the Richard Tucker Foundation, American Composers
Abstract Or Scope: Also includes clippings of articles, programs, contracts with New York Magazine and the BBC, a play by Ruth A. Gardner, a copy of Christa Ludwig's birth certificate, Curiculum Vitaes, other ephemera sent to Davis. Includes correspondence from the 2002 Pulitzer Prize Committee (includes annotated list of nominees). Includes correspondence with prominent gay activist Vito Russo. Includes correspondence from the following institutions: EMI, BMG Classics, Opera News, Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Royal Opera House, Columbia Artists Management, 92nd St Y, Doubleday, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Rosa Ponselle Foundation, Central City Opera, the Richard Tucker Foundation, American Composers Orchestra, City University of New York.

Highlight: Böhm, Trevor Pinnock, Christopher Hogwood, among others), composers (Robert Wright), and other
Abstract Or Scope: Materials relating to Davis's interviews with various singers (Dawn Upshaw, Victoria de los Angeles, Thomas Hampson, Frederica von Stade, Elisabeth Söderström, among others) conductors (Zubin Metha, Karl Böhm, Trevor Pinnock, Christopher Hogwood, among others), composers (Robert Wright), and other musicians. The series consists primarily of audio material (interview recordings on CD and cassette tape), but also includes a pad containing interview notes. Further interview notes may be found within Davis's professional notebooks, housed in Series I. Notably, this series features cassette recordings of a number of interviews with musicians, conductors, and administrators at the New York Philharmonic. This series also includes a number of unidentified cassette tapes that were stored alongside cassette tapes which contained recordings of interviews.

Highlight: The Four Chaplains appears to be a musico-dramatic work; it was likely either composed or
Abstract Or Scope: The Four Chaplains appears to be a musico-dramatic work; it was likely either composed or transcribed by Davis himself. His Excellency is a new setting of a W.S. Gilbert libretto: the fragment here is from the number "Now all that we've agreed upon-o."

Highlight: Landings," 4. "Glimpse from the Blimpse (bass flute)." All works composed and performed by Robert Dick and
Abstract Or Scope: Label on the tape case says: 'Robert Dick. Side A, 1: "Flames Must Not Encircle Sides," 2. "Piece in Gamelan Style," 3. "Or"; Side B, 1. "Young Teeth," 2. "T=C10 (bass flute)," 3. "Whispers and Landings," 4. "Glimpse from the Blimpse (bass flute)." All works composed and performed by Robert Dick and all were recorded acoustically without any overdubs or electronics. circa 1983 by Robert Dick.' [This label may not reflect the contents of the tape].

Highlight: various musical figures (composers and singers), of Davis's personal acquaintances, and of the 1965
Abstract Or Scope: This series consists of musical and personal memorabilia that Davis collected over the course of his life. This series primarily includes souvenir programs and ticket stubs, photographs, and scores that Davis owned. Davis collected a number of souvenir programs and ticket stubs for a range of musical, operatic, and theatrical performances. These materials mainly date from the 1950s through to the 1980s and were primarily collected during Davis's travels in Europe. However, there are some programs from the 1950s and 1960s that were collected from performances in the United States of America (primarily around Boston, and New York). Many of these programs were held in a ring-bound scrapbook kept by Davis, where they were taped to lined paper containing Davis's handwritten annotations on the performance. This series contains full programs for a number of major international Classical music festivals (the Bayreuth Festspiele, the Salzburger Festspiele, the Spoleto Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival). Other institutions that are significantly represented include the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the New England Opera Theater.

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