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 .
Access:
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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 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Articles CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brochures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Certificates CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Contracts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Estimates CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Financial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fliers (printed matter) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Greeting cards CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Invoices CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Press releases CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Programs (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scores (documents for music) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
minutes (administrative records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Babin, Victor, 1908-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Beardslee, Bethany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bentley, Eric, 1916- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Biggs, E. Power (Edward Power), 1906-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bloom, Julius CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brown, Earle, 1920- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bruch, Max, 1838-1920 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Demus, Jörg, 1928- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Farberman, Harold, 1929- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fortas, Abe CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Foster, Norman CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fuleihan, Anis, 1900-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gebhard, Heinrich, 1878-1963 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hawkins, Erick CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kassern, Tadeusz, 1904-1957 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
La Brecque, Rebecca CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Malraux, Madeleine CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Meyerowitz, Jan, 1913-1998 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Milhaud, Madeleine CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Morley, Hilda CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nestʹev, I. V (Izrailʹ Vladimirovich), 1911-1993 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Perry, Julia, 1924-1979 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Previn, André, 1929- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reich, Steve, 1936- CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rochberg, George CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rudhyar, Dane, 1895-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sargeant, Winthrop, 1903-1986 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schonberg, Harold C CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schuller, Gunther CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Secrest, Meryle CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Shapey, Ralph, 1921-2002 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sokolow, Anna CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sowande, Fela, 1905-1987 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Starer, Robert CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stevens, Denis, 1922-2004 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tcherepnin, Alexander, 1899-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Thorne, Francis CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tourel, Jennie CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Trampler, Walter CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Twining, Nathan CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Varèse, Louise, 1890-1989 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Vötterle, Karl, 1903-1975 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Westergaard, Peter CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Arts administrators CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Composers (Music) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Music -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Music critics CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Musicians CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID