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Marlboro Music School and Festival records, 1946-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:
150 linear feet (227 boxes, 3 oversize folders) and 4.1 gigabytes
Abstract:
The Marlboro Music School and Festival Records spans Marlboro's history from 1950 through 2013 and showcases its influence on chamber music in America as it documents its growth from a small and informally organized summer school in the early 1950s to its current status as a prestigious institution that has shaped careers and inspired the formation of numerous renowned ensembles. The school's emphasis is on the intensive study of chamber music where young and senior professionals collaborate in a relaxed atmosphere that is removed from the demanding rehearsal and performance schedules that they face throughout the year. The collection comprises administrative documents, concert programs, printed promotional materials, articles and reviews, photographs, and audio-visual materials relating to the Marlboro School of Music and annual summer festival as well as the related Musicians from Marlboro touring series and the Marlboro Recording Society.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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American Musicological Society oral history collection, 1994-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) and 29.2 gigabytes
Abstract:
The American Musicological Society, founded in 1943 to promote the systematic study of music, actively documents its history, its members, and, more generally, the history of musicology in North America through its oral history project. This collection contains transcripts, written memoirs, documentation, audio, and video resulting from the oral history project which began in 1996 and continues to the present. Researchers must obtain permission from the American Musicological Society to research the contents of this collection (see Conditions Governing Access note).

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Curtis W. Davis collection on Leopold Stokowski, 1936-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.5 linear feet (17 boxes)
Abstract:
Curtis W. Davis (1928-1986) was a television producer who planned to publish a biography of the orchestral conductor Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977). The biography remained unfinished at the time of Davis' death. This collection consists of his research materials, notes, correspondence, and drafts of the planned biography.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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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.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Princeton Music Collection, 1849-2009 (inclusive) 1894-1941 (bulk)

Extent:
14 boxes and 2 items
Abstract:
This collection contains various songbooks printed for Princeton University including bound volumes and small booklets. Among the former is a nearly complete series of the Carmina Princetonia. There is also a second series dedicated to sheet music comprising various songs written for Princeton University, including many pieces written by alumni.

Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]

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American Musicological Society collection of The Broude Trust for the Publication of Musicological Editions publications, 1977-2023 (inclusive)

Extent:
8.7 linear feet (8 boxes, 37 volumes and 4 flash drives) and 6.5 gigabytes
Abstract:
This collection contains proofs, hard and soft cover volumes, and digital files of musicological editions published by Broude Brothers, Ltd. and The Broude Trust for the Publication of Musicological Editions.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Edward T. Cone Papers, 1924-1996 (inclusive) 1939-1996 (bulk)

Extent:
32 boxes and 28.6 linear feet
Abstract:
This collection contains the musical manuscripts, musical sketches, and personal papers of Edward T. Cone, a composer and member of the Princeton University faculty.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Fresh Air With Terry Gross, 1976-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:
8142.0 digital files
Abstract:
Fresh Air with Terry Gross is a radio talk show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and broadcast nationally on National Public Radio (NPR). Fresh Air began production in 1975 and features interviews with journalists, scholars, and experts in various fields aimed at putting current issues into a larger political, cultural, and historical framework. The Fresh Air audio archive represents more than 8,000 interviews which were recorded over the past 40 years in various audio formats—from analog reels to digital files. The digital collection contains files covering 7,000 Fresh Air episodes of the radio program’s original broadcast audio recordings.

Held at: WHYY Archives [Contact Us]

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Oliver Daniel research collection on Dimitri Mitropoulos, 1905-1995 (inclusive) 1982-1989 (bulk)

Extent:
15 boxes
Abstract:
Research materials, photographs, and sound recordings for Oliver Daniel's uncompleted biography of orchestral conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos, which was later completed by William R. Trotter as Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos (1995). Includes Daniel's correspondence, photocopies of some of Mitropoulos's correspondence, other writers' biographical works on Mitropoulos, oral history interview transcripts, reminiscences, research notes, clippings, programs, reviews, photographs, and sound recordings of interviews, radio programs, and musical works.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Frances McCollin papers, 1924-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.4 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:
The McCollin-Arnett family, including Frances McCollin (1892-1960), Edward McCollin, and Edward McCollin Arnett, was influential in the musical community of Philadelphia. This collection documents some of their activities through correspondence, notes, photographs, programs, sheet music, and recordings.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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