Abstract The collection consists of materials from author and theater history scholar John Franceschina relating to four of his publications, Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923, Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire, Ross Alexander: The Life and Death of a Contract Player, and The Musical Theatre of Charles Dibdin. His personal musical compositions and...

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This collection is comprised of published compositions, musical anthologies and other biographical materials documenting the life and works of Niels Wilhelm Gade during the mid-nineteenth century.

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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.

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...

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 The total collection comprises about 75,000 leaves of manuscript largely unpublished,...

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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.

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 ...

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The collection consists of multiple musical works composed by Catalan composer and conductor Celestí Sadurní in the late 19th and early 20th century. The works, which were mostly unpublished, are handwritten either by Sadurní or a copyist and most are autographed and dated. Compositions in the collection include zarzuela operas, a ballet, a piano score, a religious march, and a number of short instrumental works.