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Mario Lombardo Scores, 1972-2008
2.5 linear feetA collection of seventy nine scores.
Mark Tucker papers, 1939-2000, bulk 1980s
31 linear feetMusical scores, correspondence, sheet music, audio tapes of interviews with jazz musicians, and other materials from Tucker, jazz pianist and scholar.
Martin Mayer papers, 1954-1980
111 boxesPapers covering Mayer's literary activities from approximately 1954-1983 and his versatile interests in music and recordings, the financial world, the advertising business, the legal profession, and public education. The collection includes his notes, interviews, drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, reviews, correspondence, and clippings for THE SCHOOLS; THE LAWYERS; MADISON AVENUE, U.S.A.; EMORY BUCKNER; DIPLOMA; WHERE, WHEN, AND WHY: SOCIAL STUDIES IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS; as well as several hundred essays published in ESQUIRE, HORIZON, the SATURDAY EVENING POST, and other magazines. Also, material dealing with Mayer's books on banking, television, music, and housing, and with his continuing interest in education and the New York City school system; and diplomacy and his Sloan Foundation study on cities and universities.
Maurice Peress papers, 1898-1923, 1950s-2017
55 linear feetSergei Ivanovich Sobrievskii Manuscript Biography, 1960
1 itemThe eight-page biographical sketch, signed M.S. (perhaps Marii︠a︡ Sobrievskai︠a︡), discusses Sobrievskiĭ's early aptitude for music, his military training, his participation in World War I, and his life in German captivity. The sketch also describes Sobrievskiĭ's emigration to Egypt where his career as a violin player flourished.
Solomon Pimsleur papers, 1914-1962
5 linear feetThe original compositions of Solomon Pimsleur, consisting of over 100 sonatas, suites, etudes, and songs for piano, orchestra and voice. Also included are Pimsleur's arrangements of various musical works, and photodisks and tapes of Pimsleur performing his own works; there are also a few periodical and monograph publications which the composer used as bases for some of his work
W.H. Auden papers, 1931-1973
2 linear feetLetters, manuscripts, galley proofs, page proofs, art works, and printed materials of Auden, including three postcards to Geoffrey Grigson, one of which relates to galley proofs for Auden's poems included in THE YEAR'S POETRY, 1937. There are manuscripts, galley proofs, and page proofs of COLLECTED SHORTER POEMS 1927-1957 (Faber and Faber, 1966) all of which contain his corrections in ink. The manuscript of the book is comprised of typewritten and printed pages, which taken together are a mock-up of the entire book. Also, a pencil sketch of Auden by Terry Durham, a silkscreen portrait by Meyer F. Lieberman, and a portrait head cast by Olaf de Wett. There is also the manuscript and proofs of MARKINGS by Dag Hammarskjöld, translated from the Swedish by Leif Sjöberg and W.H. Auden; the libretto and score of PAUL BUNYAN by Auden and Britten; five letters from Auden to Norman Loftis criticizing Loftis' poetry; two letters from Auden to Patrick Anthony Lawlor; and four letters from Auden to Olive Mangeot.
World War II literature and music records, 1935-1947
2 linear feetA collection of literature and music produced for the use of U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. Included are paperbound reprints of popular fiction, popular classics, poetry, and other books of general interest, specially manufactured for distribution to American soldiers and sailors overseas and to soldiers in the army hospitals in the United States. The music includes song books, army field manuals for bands, camp show books and a set of ARMY HIT KIT OF POPULAR SONGS, June 1943-April 1944. Also includes a selection of sheet music of popular songs with a war or patriotic theme. 1985 addition: a few samples of war poetry, humor, battle accounts and memorabilia
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