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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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Jack Beeson papers, 1854-2013

80 linear feet
Jack Beeson (1921-2010) was a noted twentieth-century American composer, professor of composition, and the chair of the Columbia University Department of Music from 1968 to 1972. The collection includes scores, correspondence, subject files, scrapbooks, datebooks, drafts of written works, biographical materials, programs, and audio and audiovisual recordings.
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Subseries VI.2: Miscellaneous Correspondence, circa 1943-2006

is some correspondence that pertains to the Columbia University Department of Music.

This subseries contains Beeson's miscellaneous correspondence, arranged chronologically, generally by 6-month or 12-month (academic year) period. Beeson's correspondence while in Rome is separated, as is some correspondence that pertains to the Columbia University Department of Music.

  1. Series VI: Correspondence, circa 1943-2006

Series VI: Correspondence, circa 1943-2006

correspondence relating to Columbia University Department of Music activities. Much of Beeson's correspondence

This series contains the bulk of Beeson's correspondence. It is divided into two subseries: the first, containing correspondence with individuals whom Beeson deemed "VIP," is arranged chronologically by item; the second, containing miscellaneous correspondence, is arranged chronologically by 6-month or 12-month (academic year) periods.

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Alice M. Ditson Fund Records, 1940-2009

42.2 linear feet

The Alice M. Ditson Fund was established at Columbia University in 1940 and is still active in its primary function of providing financial support to composers, performances, and recordings of contemporary American music. The fund also gives out the annual Ditson Conductor's Award, established in 1945, which honors conductors who have a distinguished record of championing American music. The collection includes files regarding the selection of this prize across several decades, as well as financial records, meeting minutes, applicant files, and subject files for the general Fund since its creation.

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Scarecrow / Normand Lockwood., May 9-12, 1945

-operation with the Columbia University Departement of Music. Vocal soloists listed in accompanying program

Recorded live: Brander Matthews Hall, Columbia University during one of the performances given May 9-12, 1945. Performer: Presented by the Columbia Theater Associates of Columbia University in co-operation with the Columbia University Departement of Music. Vocal soloists listed in accompanying program ; members of the Columbia University Orchestra ; Otto Luening, musical director.

  1. Series VII: Digitized Audio Recordings, 1944-1986
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Jonathan D. Kramer papers, 1967-1994

27 linear feet

Correspondence and teaching materials.

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Gloria Coates papers, 1970-1986

0.5 linear feet
Gloria Coates is an American composer who studied at Columbia University with Jack Beeson and Otto Luening. These papers include correspondence, concert programs and business records related to her activities as director of the German-American Contemporary Music Series in Munich from 1970 through 1986.
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George Edwards papers, 1963-2012

16 linear feet
George Edwards (1943-2011) was an American composer, critic, and teacher. He taught in Columbia University's Music Department from 1977 to 2006 and was named an Edward MacDowell Emeritus Professor of Music by Columbia's Board of Trustees. This collection includes scores, teaching materials, audio recordings, programs, clippings, correspondence, and biographical materials, including medical records and information surrounding Edwards' death from Alzheimer's disease.
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Douglas Moore papers, 1883-2018, bulk 1907-1969

45 linear feet
Douglas Stuart Moore (1893-1969) was an American composer, educator, and author. His best known works include the operas The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937-1939), The Ballad of Baby Doe (1953-1956), and Giants in the Earth (1949-1950), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951. The papers include clippings, correspondence, course and lecture materials, librettos, photographs, programs, publicity materials, recordings, and scores.
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