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October, 2007

Alvary, Lorenzo, 1909-1996.
Lorenzo Alvary papers, 1919-1992.
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This collection contains materials related to the Metropolitan Opera’s basso singer Lorenzo Alvary. In addition to the many photographs and clippings, there are several legal documents, correspondence and production materials relating to his co-production with Salvador Dali of The Spanish Lady and The Roman Cavalier.

Black, Ivan, d. 1979.
Ivan Black papers, 1887-1979
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The Ivan Black Papers document Black’s work as a publicity agent on behalf of nightclubs, musicians and entertainers in New York from the 1940s to the 1970s. They include press releases, clippings, correspondence, photographs, promotional material and published music scores.

Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002.
Joseph Boromé research and writings on opera, 1931-1976.
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The Joseph Boromé Research and Writings on Opera consist primarily of the longtime City College professor's correspondence, research materials, and manuscript drafts of writings on opera and related topics in music history. The largest portion of the collection documents Boromé's efforts to do research for a proposed biography of the composer, Vincenzo Bellini; it also includes information that may be of interest to researchers studying the bel canto revival of the mid-twentieth century, as well as the economic aspects of nineteenth century opera performance history.

Hornberger, G.O.
Gustav Otto Hornberger scores, circa 1897-1944.
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This collection contains materials related to concert cellist and music professor Gustave Otto Hornberger. The materials primarily consist of scores created by Hornberger. There is a small amount of material documenting Hornberger's concert schedule.

Schwartz, Charles, 1922-
Charles Schwartz papers, 1898-1998 (bulk 1943-1993)
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The Charles Schwartz Papers document the career of the composer, author and concert impresario. They include correspondence, business and financial papers, manuscripts, notes, clippings, concert programs, publicity material, photographs and scores.

Steinert, Alexander, 1900-1982
Alexander Steinert papers, 1888-1977
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Alexander Lang Steinert (1900-1982) was a composer, conductor, and pianist who worked in television, film, and radio, as well as concert settings. The Alexander Steinert Papers consists primarily of the composer’s collection of published scores, the majority of these arranged for piano and four hands. The collection also contains scrapbooks as well as contracts and correspondence that detail some of the highlights of Steinert’s professional career.

Trueblood, Paul
Paul Trueblood papers, 1893-1977
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Paul Trueblood is a pianist and musical director based in New York whose work has focused on cabaret, Broadway, popular songs, and standards. This collection consists primarily of score manuscripts and published sheet music representing a range of songs and composers.

July, 2007

Aston Magna Foundation for Music
Aston Magna Foundation for Music records 1972-1979
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The Aston Magna Foundation for Music Records consist of office files that document the first years of the Foundation, a pioneering American organization for the study and promotion of early music. Established in 1972 by Albert Fuller and Lee Elman, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the Foundation was created to serve as a center for the study and performance of seventeenth and eighteenth century music, and continues today to build upon its original mission.

Bradley, Lillian E.
Lillian E. Bradley papers, ca. 1893-1961
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Lillian E. Bradley was a singer, entertainer, and producer. This collection consists of Bradley's photographs, one scrapbook of recital programs and thank you letters from various groups she entertained, and one folder of loose clippings, programs, correspondence, and her single musical composition.

Clarke, Henry Leland
Henry Leland Clarke papers, 1929-1987
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The majority of the collection consists of Henry Leland Clarke’s scores from 1929 to 1978. There are several drafts of many of the compositions in the collection. There is also correspondence, clippings, programs and other professional records, including extensive documentation of Clarke's membership in the Unitarian Universalist Hymnbook Commission, including indexes, texts, scores, reports and memos.

Kramer, Catherine
Catherine Kramer Scores
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The Catherine Kramer Scores primarily consist of original music composed by Kramer, as well as her arrangements of works by other composers. Catherine (or Catharine) Kramer completed a three-year course in piano, piano pedagogy, and composition at the Master Institute of Roerich Museum in May 1934.

Patten, Grace Bigelow
Mrs. William Patten papers, 1801-1950
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The Mrs. William Patten Papers are comprised mainly of unbound scrapbook leaves containing press clippings and other materials relating to musicians active during the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. It is probable that the materials were compiled by Grace Bigelow Patten, the wife of the editor William Patten (1868-1936). She wrote at least one of the stories which appeared in the ten-volume Junior Classics series edited by her husband and is also is known to have published magazine pieces.

Strouse, Charles
Charles Strouse papers, 1890-2000
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Charles Strouse is a composer of stage and film musicals, known for such musicals as Bye Bye Birdie (1960), Applause (1970) and Annie (1977). He occasionally writes his own lyrics, but usually collaborates with a lyricist. His most frequent lyricist is Lee Adams, though he has also worked with Martin Charnin, Alan Jay Lerner, Richard Maltby Jr. and Stephen Schwartz. The majority of the materials in this collection are scripts and scores from Strouse’s shows from the 1960s through 2000. The collection also includes clippings, correspondence, production files and programs.

Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960
Leonard Warren papers, 1938-1963
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The Leonard Warren Papers document the professional career of the American baritone. Warren was a leading performer with the Metropolitan Opera for over twenty years, whose significant accomplishments have been overshadowed by his dramatic death onstage during a performance. Much of the collection is comprised of clippings and scrapbooks, as well as some promotional materials, such as broadsides and posters. It also contains numerous condolence cards, letters, and telegrams sent in the wake of the singer's untimely death

Wehner, George B.
George Wehner scores, 1936-1966
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The George Wehner Scores consist of original music created by the eccentric, but prolific composer, actor, writer, painter, and spiritualist, George Benjamin Wehner (1890-1970). After achieving some fame as a professional medium during the 1920s, Wehner began to compose prolifically from the mid-1930s up until the time of his death, writing numerous songs, orchestral works, and operas.