Reverberations: Women and Music colloquium recordings
Abstract
Reverberations: Women and Music was a two-day colloquium primarily held at The New School, March 9-10, 1995. The event, consisting of lectures, panel discussions, and concerts, focused on the history of women in music. The collection consists of sound and video recordings.
Dates
- 1995 March 9-10
Creator
- McClary, Susan (Susan Kaye) (1946-10-02) (Speaker, Person)
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (Host institution, Organization)
- WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) (Broadcaster, Organization)
Extent
12 Analog Recordings (6 DAT, 3 Hi-8, and 3 audiocassette tapes)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of audio and video recordings of events associated with a two-day colloquium held at The New School's New York City campus. Lectures and panel discussions are recorded on audiocassettes, with the exception of the keynote address and the first day's panel discussions, recorded on Hi8 video tape. Concerts and performances are recorded on digital audio tape (DAT). New York City public radio station WNYC broadcast the concert from the first day of the colloquium live during the program, New Sounds. The WNYC broadcast recording is included in the collection.
While part of the Reverberations colloquium, the evening concerts, "Under the Influence: Women Artists in Tribute to John Cage" and "Ladyfingers," are listed separately in The New School's course catalog, with "Under the Influence" requiring a separate admission fee from the rest of the colloquium.
Although other universities in New York and New Jersey hosted related events, only events held at The New School's campus are included in the collection.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. No access copies of the Hi8 or DAT recordings in the collection are currently available. Researchers desiring access and willing to pay a digitization fee may do so upon consultation with The New School Archives. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment to listen to audiocassettes or for more information about ordering digital files.
Conditions Governing Use
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Historical note
“Reverberations: Women and Music” was a colloquium primarily held at The New School from March 9-10, 1995. The event, consisting of lectures, panel discussions, and concerts, focused on the history of women in music.
The keynote address, titled “Feminine Beginnings: A Revisionist Perspective on Women and Music,” was delivered by feminist musicologist Susan McClary. The colloquium also included a performance of original music in tribute to the composer John Cage, who had died three years earlier, by three women composers, Margaret Leng Tan, Martha Mooke, and Wendy Chambers; and was broadcast live on the public radio station WNYC on March 9th. The following evening featured a four-and-a-half hour long concert of women pianists, titled, “Ladyfingers.”
A scaled-down version of the colloquium was held on March 13th at Sarah Lawrence College, 16th at Bard College and 17th at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Sources:
Allan Kozinn. “A Feminist Look at Women in Musical Composition: Beware Complacency.” The New York Times. March 13, 1995. Accessed July 16, 2024. /www.nytimes.com/1995/03/13/arts/critic-s-notebook-feminist-look-women-musical-composition-beware-complacency.html>
New School (1995). New School Bulletin 1995 Spring Vol. 52 No. 4 [course catalog]. New School Course Catalog Collection. New School Archives and Special Collections. /digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/NS050101_ns1995sp>
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The staff of The New School Archives and Special Collections assembled this collection from a larger set of legacy recordings transferred from The New School's Raymond Fogelman Library following the establishment of The New School Archives, circa 2012.
Processing Information
New School Archives staff based all description in this finding aid on course catalog text and recording container inscriptions. Staff did not view or listen to the tapes to verify content.
- Avant-garde (Music) (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cage, John (John Milton) (1912-09-05-1992-08-12)
- Sound recordings (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Women composers (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women musicians (Occupation) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Reverberations: Women and Music colloquium recordings
- Status
- In Process
- Author
- Jack Wells, Jason Adamo and Jenny Swadosh
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin