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Robert Capanna scores, 1972-2019 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.5 linear feet (2 record center boxes, 2 oversize flat boxes)
Abstract:
Robert Capanna (1952-2018) was an American composer and Executive Director of the Settlement School, a community school of the arts located within greater Philadelphia. This collection contains scores written by Capanna, both in draft and final, published forms.

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Morris Osborn collection of Bonnee Hoy material, circa 1970-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.1 linear_foot (1 box and i oversized folder)
Abstract:
This small collection contains materials by or about Bonnee Hoy, a Philadelphia area-based musician and composer. Included are Hoy's curriculum vitae as of circa 1979, articles relating to Hoy, promotional material, one manuscript musical score, two letters, and one vinyl album.

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Leonard B. Meyer papers, 1935-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 linear feet (18 boxes)
Abstract:
Leonard B. Meyer (1918-2007) was a musicologist and composer who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1988. The papers, dating from 1935 to 2008, consist of correspondence with Meyer, drafts and notes for many of his works, research and teaching materials, musical compositions, and memorabilia.

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Camille Saint-Saëns letters, 1879-1921 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. This collection consists of letters from Camille Saint-Saëns to various correspondents. A great many of the letters are to Princess A. Bibesco. Other addressees include Edouard Dern, Marianne Eissler, Richard Pohl, a Monsieur F. Hueffer, a Monsieur Alboize, Dandelot and Sardou.

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H. Owen Reed papers, 1920-2016 (bulk: 1942-2010) (inclusive)

Extent:
2.5 linear feet (7 boxes) and 1.9 gigabytes
Abstract:
H. Owen Reed (1910-2014) was an American composer as well as a musician, author and music educator, serving as a professor at the Michigan State University College of Music for 37 years. This collection contains music compositions by Reed and other composers, his personal and professional correspondence, and various materials documenting and promoting his work and professional activities.

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Jeffery Cotton papers, 1975-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:
5.25 linear feet (6 boxes) and 2.7 gigabytes
Abstract:
Jeffery Cotton (1957-2013) was a composer, entrepreneur, essayist and fiction writer who worked extensively in the United States and Europe. The collection features the personal journals of Jeffery Cotton from 1975-2006, handwritten and printed scores, CDs and cassettes of his recorded music, awards, and photographs.

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Dana Richardson collection of Constant Vauclain material, 1898-2008 (inclusive) 1930-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
5 linear feet (8 boxes)
Abstract:
The Dana Richardson collection of Constant Vauclain material contains sheet music, audio cassettes, essays, notes and analysis of music, correspondence, newspaper clippings, event programs, photographs, poetry and lyrics. Andre Constant Vauclain (1908-2003) was a composer and professor of music who developed a new system of composition that he called, "syntonality." Dana Dimitri Richardson (1953-), is a composer and music theorist who studied under Constant Vauclain from 1971 to 1976.

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Joseph Castaldo papers, circa 1930s-2000 (inclusive) 1955-1999 (bulk)

Extent:
12 linear feet (20 boxes)
Abstract:
Joseph Castaldo (1927-2000) was a composer of classical music and a teacher of musical composition and music. This collection includes scores, writings and teaching material, correspondence, program notes and programs, clippings and articles, records relating to his professional associations, images, musical instruments and recordings, and memorial material and provides a view into Castaldo's professional life.

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F. Antonio Di Cecco manuscript scores and notebooks, 1898-1947 (inclusive) 1917-1939 (bulk)

Extent:
3.5 linear feet (8 boxes)
Abstract:
F. (Falco) Antonio Di Cecco (1888-1954) was an Italian American composer and conductor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collection includes sixteen complete and unpublished music works by Di Cecco, along with a small number of personal notebooks and printed music books.

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Richard Wernick papers, 1943-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:
22 linear feet (53 boxes)
Abstract:
Richard Wernick (born 1934) is an American composer and professor of music composition, working at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 to 1996. This collection documents Wernick's professional life and includes scores, professional material, concert programs, articles collected by Wernick, recordings of works by Wernick and others, and photographs.

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