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Music -- Instruction and study -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Mannes School of Music clippings and scrapbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA-03-01-01
Summary

This collection consists of news clipping files and scrapbooks that document Mannes from its founding through the early 1990s. The scrapbooks, which cover the school's early history through the 1960s, contain concert programs, advertisements, and news articles. Other scrapbooks, some from before the establishment of Mannes, document the activities of the school's founders, David and Clara Mannes, in their work as musicians and educators.

Dates: 1910 - 1994

Mannes School of Music Office of the Dean records

 Record Group
Identifier: MA-01-03-01
Abstract

This collection consists of documents generated and compiled by the office of the dean of the Mannes School of Music at The New School from 1989 to 2004, during the tenures of deans Charles Kaufman and Joel Lester. The documents include reports, publicity information, memoranda, and correspondence. The collection also includes letters of commendation to the Mannes College of Music written by noted musicians in 1958.

Dates: 1952-2004; Majority of material found within 1988-2002

Mannes School of Music photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA-04-01-01
Summary

This collection contains several thousand photographs relating to the Mannes School of Music, from its early days in the 1910s through the 2000s, primarily representing the 1970s through the 1990s. Included are images of Mannes buildings; performances put on by different Mannes ensembles; administrative and academic events; the Mannes family; and Mannes personnel, including students, faculty, alumni, and guest artists and performers.

Dates: circa 1914-2004

Miriam Kartch Mannes College of Music administrative files

 Collection
Identifier: MA-01-02-01
Abstract

Miriam Kartch (1924-) was a longtime faculty member of Mannes School of Music, starting under Clara Damrosch Mannes in 1945 and retiring in 2015. This collection consists of administrative documents and notes from Kartch’s tenure at Mannes, most dating from the 1970s to 1990s.

Dates: 1948-1996; Majority of material found within 1978-1996

Peter Pindar Stearns music manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MP-0017-01
Abstract

This collection consists of music manuscripts created by composer Peter Pindar Stearns (1931-2016), who taught composition at The Mannes School of Music from 1957 to 1989. The manuscripts include both secular and religious works composed during the period from 1948 to 2013 and the collection also contains correspondence related to the publishing of Stearns's compositions and copies of the published works.

Dates: 1948 - 2013

The New School School of Jazz and Contemporary Music Dean's Office records

 Record Group
Identifier: MA-06-01-01
Abstract The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music was established at The New School in 1986 and, as of 2020, is a department within the College of Performing Arts. These records, largely compiled by former dean Martin Mueller, cover the School of Jazz from its inception to Mueller's retirement in 2016. Includes audiovisual recordings, budget and fundraising records, clippings, correspondence, photographs, publicity materials, and reports and studies. The International Association of...
Dates: 1984-2016