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Music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Halpern collection of music documentaries

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-075
Abstract

The collection consists of 15 documentaries on DVD produced by SMH Music, focusing on various classical musical composers, groups, and performers, including Spanish composers Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla, and Federico Mompou. The collection also includes multiple documentaries on violinist and teacher Aaron Rosand, which include performances, interviews, and master classes taught by Rosand.

Dates: 2007-2018

Nancy Lee Harper collection on Iberian music

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-137
Abstract The collection consists of materials related to Nancy Lee Harper's research on Iberian music and composers, as well as her career as an Associate Professor of Piano with Distinction at the Universidade de Aveiro in Portugal. Items in the collection include sheet music, brochures, and articles related to Iberian composers, most notably Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. The collection also includes a number of dissertations completed by students advised by Harper at the Universidade de...
Dates: circa 1900-2013

Oswald Jonas memorial collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-067
Abstract The Oswald Jonas memorial collection combines the papers of the Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935) with the papers of Oswald Jonas (1897-1978), a distinguished Schenker pupil and loyal disciple. Added to these are the papers of Moriz Violin (1879-1956), concert pianist and Schenker's closest friend, including the monumental Schenker-Violin correspondence extending from 1896 to 1935. The total collection comprises about 75,000 leaves of manuscript largely unpublished,...
Dates: circa 20th century, undated.

Ernest Kanitz papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-073
Abstract

The Ernest Kanitz papers contain professional and personal correspondence, orchestrations, concert reviews, musical publications, and other material regarding Ernest Kanitz, an Austrian composer and musician. Materials also document his performances and programs of his concerts. Topics covered by the collection include commentaries on music compositions, documentation of his work history, and business materials associated with his work as a professor.

Dates: 1922-1981, undated; Majority of material found within 1940-1970

Joaquín Nin-Culmell and José Joaquín Nin y Castellanos family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-076
Abstract This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, scores, reviews and other material pertaining to Joaquín Nin-Culmell, a twentieth century Cuban-Spanish composer, conductor, pianist, and professor, and his father José Joaquín Nin y Castellanos, a twentieth century Cuban pianist and composer. The included materials document both the professional and personal lives of both men with an emphasis on their musical careers. Highlights include several versions of Nin-Culmell's opera ...
Dates: 1863-2003, undated.; Majority of material found within 1910-2002