Leonard Altman papers, 1930-1995
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0021
- Bib ID:
- 4079918 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Altman, Leonard, 1920-1996
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 1 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes)
- Language(s):
-
English
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- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located on-site.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, notes, printed material, and photographs of Leonard Altman concerning his work as editor of LISTEN and board member of Carnegie Hall as well as his other professional and personal interests.
Arrangement
Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Box 1: Cataloged correspondence and manuscripts; Box 2: Uncataloged materials, A-Z.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located on-site.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leonard Altman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Page, Tim. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/23/2001. Accession number--M-01-05-23.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers Cataloged HR 01/23/2002.
Revision Description
2008-12-02 File created.
2009/01/21 xml document instange created by Patrick Lawlor
2010-01-21 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Musician, teacher, writer, and arts administrator who played an important role in the preservation of Carnegie Hall and was Director of the music division of the New York State Council of the Arts. In the 1950s and 1960s, he wrote about music for Stereo Review, The American Record Guide and Musical America, and was the editor and publisher of Listen: A Music Monthly from 1963 to 1965. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he produced more than 200 music programs for WNYC-TV, and radio programs for stations in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles. He was editor of the Leeds Music Corporation, a music publisher, in the early 1960s and director of the Concert Artists Guild from 1969 to 1973. He helped start the Citizens Committee to Save Carnegie Hall and was a board member for Carnegie Hall until 1974. He also was chairman for the unsuccessful Citizens Committee for the Preservation of the Old Metropolitan Opera House. He was with the New York State Council on the Arts from 1973 until 1979; taught at New York University, the New School, and Queens College; and was with the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood in Lenox MA. He moved to California in 1979 and became a director of the Los Angeles County Music and Performing Arts Commission. From the late 1980s, he was director of the Maestro Foundation which sponsored private concerts in California.
Subject Headings
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| Genre/Form |
|---|
| Announcements |
| Articles |
| Brochures |
| Certificates |
| Contracts |
| Essays |
| Estimates |
| Financial records |
| Fliers (printed matter) |
| Greeting cards |
| Invoices |
| Lists (document genres) |
| Notes (documents) |
| Poems |
| Press releases |
| Programs (documents) |
| Scores (documents for music) |
| Teachers |
| minutes (administrative records) |
| Name |
|---|
| Babin, Victor, 1908-1972 |
| Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990 |
| Beardslee, Bethany |
| Bentley, Eric, 1916- |
| Biggs, E. Power (Edward Power), 1906-1977 |
| Bloom, Julius |
| Brown, Earle, 1920- |
| Bruch, Max, 1838-1920 |
| Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007 |
| Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) |
| Demus, Jörg, 1928- |
| Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969 |
| Farberman, Harold, 1929- |
| Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987 |
| Fortas, Abe |
| Foster, Norman |
| Fuleihan, Anis, 1900-1970 |
| Gebhard, Heinrich, 1878-1963 |
| Hawkins, Erick |
| Kassern, Tadeusz, 1904-1957 |
| La Brecque, Rebecca |
| Malraux, Madeleine |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864 |
| Meyerowitz, Jan, 1913-1998 |
| Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 |
| Milhaud, Madeleine |
| Morley, Hilda |
| Nestʹev, I. V (Izrailʹ Vladimirovich), 1911-1993 |
| Perry, Julia, 1924-1979 |
| Previn, André, 1929- |
| Reich, Steve, 1936- |
| Rochberg, George |
| Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992 |
| Rudhyar, Dane, 1895-1985 |
| Sargeant, Winthrop, 1903-1986 |
| Schonberg, Harold C |
| Schuller, Gunther |
| Secrest, Meryle |
| Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985 |
| Shapey, Ralph, 1921-2002 |
| Sokolow, Anna |
| Sowande, Fela, 1905-1987 |
| Starer, Robert |
| Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001 |
| Stevens, Denis, 1922-2004 |
| Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013 |
| Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 |
| Tcherepnin, Alexander, 1899-1977 |
| Thorne, Francis |
| Tourel, Jennie |
| Trampler, Walter |
| Twining, Nathan |
| Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965 |
| Varèse, Louise, 1890-1989 |
| Vötterle, Karl, 1903-1975 |
| Westergaard, Peter |
| Subject |
|---|
| Arts administrators |
| Composers (Music) |
| Music -- United States |
| Music critics |
| Musicians |
Box 1
Babin, Victor To the editor of Listen, Cleveland, OH, 3 July 1964, 1 t.l.s
Box 1
Bacon, Ernst To Leonard Altman, Middletown, CT, 12 Dec 1963- 19 Feb 1964, 2 a.l.s.
Box 1
Beardslee, Bethany To Leonard Altman, Princeton NJ, 16 Aug 1962 - 1 Oct 1962, 4 a.l.s.
Box 1
Beardslee, Bethany To Leonard Altman, Princeton NJ, 16 Aug 1962 - 1 Oct 1962, 4 a.l.s.
Box 1
Bentley, Eric Russell To Leonard Altman, v.p., 7 Dec 1963 - 1982, 4 t.l.s , 5 t.p.c.s.
Box 1
Biggs, E. Power To Joseph Dash, Cambridge, MA, 14 March 1976, 2 a.l.s.
Box 1
Brown, Earle Homer To Leonard Altman, v.p., 25 June 1964 - 18 Aug 1964, 1 t.l.s,; 2 t.ms.s.
Box 1
Carlisle, Kitty To Leonard Altman, v.p., various [1984 - 1993], 1 t.l.s,; 4 a.l.s.
Box 1
Demus, Jorg To Leonard Altman, Vienna, 23 June 1981 - 21 July 1981, 2 t.l.s.
Box 1
Duke, Vernon To Leonard Altman, Pacific Palisades, CA & Paris, 6 Jan 1964 - 24 May 1966, 9 t.l.s,; 17 a.p.c.s,; 17 a.l.s,; 7 t.ms.
Box 1
Faberman, Harold To Leonard Altman, [New York], [18 May 1964], 1 a.n.s.
Box 1
Feldman, Morton To [the editor of "Listen"], New York, 25 March 1964, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Fortas, Abe To Leonard Altman, Washington, 25 Nov 1963, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Fuleihan, Anis To Leonard Altman, Tunis, 11 Feb 1963, 2 t.l.s
Box 1
Gebhard, Heinrich To Leonard Altman, Brookline, MA, 4 May 1950, 1 a.l.s.
Box 1
Schonberg, Harold C. To Leonard Altman, New York, 26 Nov 1963 - 7 Sept. 1964, 2 t.l.s.
Box 1
Kassern, Tadeusz To Leonard Altman, [New York], 10 June 1950, 2 a.l.s.
[With 2 snapshots of Kassern, taken at Rev. Hebert Owen's house]
Box 1
Malraux, Madeleine Lioux (Mme. Andre) To Leonard Altman, v.p., various [1973], 5 a.l.s,; 1 a.n.s,; 2 t.l.s.
Box 1
Meyerowitz, Jan [To Leonard Altman], Berlin, 3 May 1964, 10 t.ms.s.
Box 1
Milhaud, Darius [To Leonard Altman], [Oakland, CA], [Dec 1962], 1 Christmas cards.
Box 1
Nestev, Izrail Vladimirovich To Leonard Altman, Moscow, 28 Ma7 1961 - Dec 1965, 2 t.l.s,; 1 t.p.c.s,; 1 a.l.s.
Box 1
Perry, Julia Amanda To Leonard Altman, Akron, OH, [24 Aug 1949], 1 a.p.c.s.
Box 1
Previn, Andre To Leonard Altman, [Los Angeles], 11 May 1963, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Reich, Steve To Leonard Altman, n.p., 25 Oct 1978, 1 a.l.s.
Box 1
Reich, Steve To Leonard Altman, v.p., 25 Oct 1978 - 26 Dec 1991, 1 a.l.s,; 2 a.p.c.s.
Box 1
Rochberg, George To Leonard Altman, Newtown Square, PA, 2 Aug 1961 - 28 April 1962, 18 a.l.s.
Box 1
Rodgers, Dorothy Feiner (Mrs. Richard) To Leonard Altman, [New York], [2 Feb 1980], 2 a.l.s.
Box 1
Sargeant, Winthrop To Leonard Altman, [New York], 27 Nov 1963, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Schonberg, Harold C. To Leonard Altman, New York, 26 Nov 1963, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Schuller, Gunther To Leonard Altman, v.p., various [1962-1988], 5 a.l.s,; 3 a.n.s,; 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Secrest, Meryle To Leonard Altman, v.p., 23 May 1991 - 2 Jan 1992, 4 t.l.s.
Box 1
Sessions, Roger To Rebecca La Brecque, v.p., 26 May 1979 - 21 July 1980, 1 a.l,; 6 a.l.s,; 1 a.p.c.s.
Box 1
Shapey, Ralph To Leonard Altman, v.p., [27 June 1963 - 31 Dec 1987], 1 t.l.s,; 15 a.l.s,; 3 a.p.c.s,; 1 p.l,; 1 and a.n.s.
Box 1
Sokolow, Anna To Leonard Altman, [New York], [11 July 1990 - 20 Jan 1991], 1 a.l.s,; 2 a.p.c.s.
Box 1
Sowande, Fela To Leonard Altman, v.p., 8 May 1962 - 17 June 1966, 2 a.l.s,; 2 t.l.s.
Box 1
Starer, Robert & Johanna (Mrs. Robert) To Leonard Altman, [Rome], 19 Nov 1964, 1 a.l.s.
Box 1
Stern, Isaac To Leonard Altman, New York, 11 Nov 1974 - 3 Jan 1991, 2 t.l.s.
Box 1
Stern, Vera Lindenblit (Mrs. Isaac) To Leonard Altman, New York, 5 Dec 1991, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Stevens, Denis To James Goodfriend, South Croydon, UK, 10 July 1964, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Stevens, Rise To [Leonard Altman], n.p., n.y., 1 Christmas card
Box 1
Stravinsky, Igor A Cure for V.D. [Vernon Duke], New York, 14 Aug 1964, 4 t.ms.
Box 1
Tcherepnin, Alexander & Ming Lee To [Leonard Altman], Bach, Switz., [Nov 1964], 1 Christmas card
Box 1
Thorne, Francis Burritt, Jr. To Leonard Altman, New York, 3 April 1984, 1 a.l.s.
Box 1
Tourel, Jennie To Leonard Altman, New York, 4 June 1969, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Trampler, Walter To Leonard Altman, [Polensa, Mallorca, Sp.], 13 Sept. 1962, 4 a.l.s.
Box 1
Twining, Nathan To Leonard Altman, [Baltimore], 20 Sept 1972, 1 a.l.s.
[This concerto was first performed on 20 Sept 1972 by Nathan Twining & Martin Berkofsky.]
Box 1
Varese, Louise McCutcheon (Mrs. Edgar) To Leonard Altman, [New York], [18 Nov 1965], 1 a.l.s.
Box 1
Votterle, Karl To Leonard Altman, Frankfurt/Main, 27 Aug 1963 - 30 Sept 1963, 4 t.l.s.
Box 1
Westergaard, Peter To Leonard Altman, New York, 4 April 1962, 1 t.l.s.
Box 1
Wolpe, Hilda Morley To Leonard Altman, New York, 20 Aug 1981 - 30 Jan 1982, 4 t.l.s.