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Piano music (Pianos (2))

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick Werlé music manuscripts and papers

 Collection
Identifier: MP-0019-01
Abstract

Frederick Werlé (1910-1997) was a composer, music teacher, and a former dean of the Mannes College of Music. His papers primarily consist of reel-to-reel and LP audio recordings and original music manuscripts. Also present in the collection are newspaper clippings, published music scores, concert programs, correspondence and notes.

Dates: 1926-1996

Leopold Mannes music manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MP-0012-01
Abstract

Leopold Mannes (1899-1964) was an American musician, educator, inventor, and son of the founders of the Mannes School of Music, David and Clara (Damrosch) Mannes. Leopold Mannes and Leopold Godowsky, Jr. invented Kodachrome color photography. Mannes became president of the Mannes School of Music in 1948. This collection contains music manuscripts of Mannes's compositions, including arrangements of pieces by other composers.

Dates: 1919-1979; Majority of material found within 1919-1929

Menachem Zur collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MP-0002-01
Summary

Menachem Zur (born 1942) is an Israeli composer who studied at Mannes College of Music (now, Mannes School of Music), and Columbia University. His compositions are influenced by modernism, post-tonal music, and set theory, as well as traditional Jewish music. The collection includes various chamber music scores by Zur, mostly in photocopy form, as well as a recording of several of his compositions.

Dates: 1972-2005